Yuan Chu's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly changed the subject, saying, "Yuanbao, is your little brother settled in? If he is, we'll set off."
"Master, this is a sign that you're feeling guilty. My little brother has already been settled."
"Hmph, what's your tigress wife's name?" Yuan Chuyi asked irritably.
"Lantern Festival," Yuanbao transmitted his voice.
"The names really do match." After saying that, he pulled this tigress into the team as well.
The people in the sky watched as Yuanbao sat on Yuanxiao's head and quickly traversed the jungle below.
"They're really fast. Maybe this place is more suitable for their current size."
More than half an hour later, the group finally spotted hordes of rat-men appearing on the other side of the mountain range. Yuan Chuyi took out double experience scrolls and distributed them to the group, saying:
"Come on, let's begin our hunt now."
The first sound was a tiger's roar, and Yuanbao, riding Yuanxiao, was the first to charge forward.
At the same time, the tiger's roar startled the rat-men wandering in the distance. Yuan Chuyi saw from afar that a rat-man leader's nose twitched, as if he had smelled something irresistible, and rushed towards Yuan Xiao, who was at the front.
"Damn, so many ratmen have come! I wonder if those two can hold them off. Let's help them quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless fiery clouds appeared in the sky, followed by a dense rain of fire falling from the heavens.
Yuan Chuyi was overjoyed as he watched his experience points steadily increase. "This experience gain is really satisfying."
The girls weren't idle either; they each provided support to Yuanbao and Yuanxiao from the air.
Soon, Yuanbao carried a giant rat-man, as tall as a one-story building, and threw it in front of Yuan Chuyi with its tail wagging.
Yuan Chuyi looked at the huge gold ingot and leaped onto Yuanxiao's neck, saying, "I know you're powerful. You're the one who killed this rat-man leader."
After saying that, he vigorously ruffled Yuanbao's long hair.
"Huh? You've stopped shedding now?"
Soon, Yuanbao's voice reached Yuan Chuyi's mind, "I stopped shedding a long time ago! Also, I didn't bring this rat-man leader over to show off to you, but during the battle just now, this rat-man leader actually tried to run away."
Yuan Chuyi patted Yuanbao's head. "Alright, you're quick-witted and have a fast reaction, okay?"
“That’s not what I meant. What I meant was that on Earth, the ratmen I’ve killed never knew how to run away. Don’t you think it’s strange that this ratman knows how to run away?”
After Yuanbao mentioned it, Yuan Chuyi began to recall seriously, and he also told the girls about Yuanbao's discovery.
"So, according to you, this rat-man leader has evolved intelligence?" Zheng Shuang asked doubtfully.
"They may not necessarily be intelligent, but they have definitely evolved and can now sense danger."
"I don't think we need to care too much. So what if they evolve?" Chen Wei said, shaking his arm.
"Let's go, let's keep going," Yuan Chuyi suggested. He wanted to kill as many ratmen as possible during this double experience period.
"There's another huge group of ratmen ahead. I'll go first this time." As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Wei rushed out first.
As the group continued to kill the ratmen, their location gradually extended to the other side of the mountain range.
Yuan Chuyi, panting, sat on a boulder and called out, "Yuanbao, come and eat some dried fish."
Yuan Chuyi simply took out all the dried fish from his spatial storage. "All the dried fish are here. This time, you can eat your fill."
"Master, you're so kind. I haven't tasted this flavor in so long."
“We’ve been killing people all morning, have you noticed anything wrong?” the observant Liu Xin asked.
“There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just that there are more rat people here, and they’re a bit smarter, right?” Wan’er said, taking a sip of orange juice.
“I’m not referring to the rat people, I mean the environment here,” Liu Xin added.
"Environment? What's wrong with the environment? It's great."
While eating, Tang Yan recalled the battle that morning and the circumstances at the time. "I understand."
Immediately, several pairs of eyes turned to Tang Yan.
"Have you noticed that wherever the ratmen appear, there's always a large hole nearby?"
"So what if there's a hole? Rats are born knowing how to dig holes, isn't that normal?"
Perhaps that is their place of refuge.
"Back in the Western Continent, we occasionally see other animals and plants. But since you've come to the Eastern Continent, have you seen a single other animal or plant?"
When Tang Yan asked this question, everyone looked around.
"Huh, I didn't even notice until you pointed it out. There aren't any plants here at all."
"If there's nothing here, how have those rat-men survived for so long?" Tang Yan reminded her.
"you mean……?"
"I suspect those caves must hold secrets we're looking for."
After lunch, the group continued on their journey.
Soon, the group encountered another group of ratmen. With the combined attack of the group and two beasts, the ratmen, numbering only a few thousand, were easily wiped out.
“Let’s go, let’s go take a look inside that cave.” Yuan Chuyi took the lead and walked towards the cave entrance.
"What's that smell? It stinks!" Zheng Shuang said, rubbing her nose.
"Could this hole contain the excrement of those rat-men? Or perhaps we're mistaken? Maybe this is their public toilet."
Just like cats like to bury their droppings, rat people like to poop in their holes.
After Wan'er finished speaking, she glanced at Yuanbao, who was walking behind her.
"Then you go in first, and you'll be the first to step on the landmines," Chen Wei joked.
"Alright, stop fooling around. Did you guys notice? This hole seems much smaller than the one we saw before," Liu Xin said, puzzled.
“I suspect the size of the hole depends on the size of the leader of this group of ratmen. If the leader is tall, then the hole will naturally be large. Conversely, if there is no very large leader among these ratmen, then there is no need to dig such a large hole,” Tang Yan analyzed.
"Let's go in and take a look first. We can't just stand at the cave entrance talking without doing anything," Yuan Chuyi said with a mischievous smile.
The girls all sensed a deeper meaning in Yuan Chuyi's words, but none dared to bring it up. Left with no other option, they followed him into the cave.
But just as the group had taken a few steps into the cave, they suddenly heard the sound of gravel falling to the ground behind them.
The group quickly turned around to look behind them, and what they saw made them burst into laughter.
The three- or four-meter-tall Yuanxiao (a type of glutinous rice ball) was stuck right at the entrance of the cave, while the shrunken Yuanbao was bounced down by a large rock above the entrance.
This embarrassing scene was clearly seen by the people who turned around.
Yuanbao, who had gotten up from the ground, bared his teeth at Yuanxiao, as if to say, "You spendthrift woman, don't you know I'm sitting on your head!"
Yuan Chu laughed and said, "Yuanbao, I think you two don't need to come in. What if there's an even narrower place inside? You can shrink, but Yuanxiao can't. You can stay here with it and wait for us to come out."
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