Because the area within sight was almost entirely filled with enormous beehives, resembling human skyscrapers, and countless wild bees of all kinds swarmed around him, Gou Fugui had a fleeting thought of transforming into a bumblebee, also a type of bee, to infiltrate the swarm and gather information.
Just like he had done before with the giant rabbit pack and the wind wolf pack.
But in the end, he lowered his hand that was about to slap the wrist.
It wasn't just because Xie Tianlang was standing beside him with a serious expression, telling him to take another look at the situation. It was also because he himself had been unable to ignore the ever-present sense of crisis that had been subtly present in his heart ever since he arrived at this place.
How should I put it?
Even though he and Xie Tianlang had hidden in a hole in the wild grass where the bees were least likely to find them, even though they had both applied Si Wuyai's specially made pheromone spray that would make the bees ignore them, even though it was almost impossible for any wild bees to find them if they stayed in this place, Gou Fugui still felt the danger that he could not eliminate.
It was as if an omnipresent eye was watching him from above and from all directions.
Therefore, Gou Fugui gave up his plan to transform into a bumblebee.
He wanted to save this last chance to transform for a more important time.
But after he lowered his wrist, the sense of crisis in his heart became even more intense and urgent. To put his mind at ease, Honey Badger Fugui subconsciously began to observe the surrounding environment around him.
What exactly is wrong?
All around were bushes that were at least half a meter tall, and in the middle of the bushes grew flowers of different colors that were much larger and more vibrant than ordinary flowers.
However, they were positioned some distance from the flowers to prevent the wild bees from seeing them and wanting to go down to collect nectar, thus avoiding being discovered by them. At this moment, none of the brightly colored flowers in the surrounding grass attracted the attention of the wild bees, so naturally, none of them noticed them.
If there is no danger in front, behind, left, or right, then where does the danger come from?
Is it under his feet or above his head?
As Honey Badger Fugui thought this, he stomped his feet on the ground and looked up at the same time.
Above them were towering trees and huge beehives built on top of them.
The giant tree had lush, verdant foliage and a very sturdy beehive, which seemed to indicate that there was nothing wrong with it. However, a gentle breeze blew by, carrying a fragrance that seemed to soothe the soul. As the honey badger Fugui was looking around warily with its head raised, its bright black eyes seemed to catch a faint, misty purple glimpse from the towering, lush foliage.
It was a cluster of flowers that looked like wisteria blossoms.
Compared to the small, bell-like flowers of the wisteria, the purple blossoms among the huge leaves appeared larger. Moreover, upon closer inspection of the slowly opening purple flowers, one could see that the bell-like petals had varying shades and colors, making this string of large bells seem like an intricate pattern of gradient colors.
The little honey badger under the tree hole looked up at the beautiful string of purple bellflowers, and for a moment felt that its soul was about to be immersed in the blooming flowers with their beautiful and intricate patterns.
"What beautiful flowers..."
Honey Badger Fugui blinked. Wouldn't it be even more beautiful and charming if this string of pretty bellflowers were fully in bloom?
The moment this thought crossed his mind, Honey Badger Fugui, who was engrossed in looking up at the flowers, suddenly felt a tremor in his soul and an approaching danger.
At the same time, Xie Tianlang's voice rang in our ears: "We've been discovered! Dozens of giant wild bees are rapidly approaching us from all four directions! Move out!"
Honey Badger Fugui could hardly believe his ears, but he and Xie Tianlang cooperated perfectly. In the first instant, he jumped onto Xie Tianlang's back and gripped the fur on Xie Tianlang's back tightly with his claws, allowing Xie Tianlang to carry him away quickly.
As they moved, the dozens of giant wild bees flying towards them finally emitted a warning buzzing sound to the entire colony.
Wild bees are incapable of making a sound, yet their innate ability to spread information within their colony has alarmed the entire city of wild bees deep in the dense forest.
Lying on Xie Tianlang's back, Gou Fugui heard for the first time that ubiquitous, overwhelming buzzing and flapping sound that could make one tremble and even itch from the bone.
Even though the sound was coming from all directions, it reached a level of uniformity and resonance in a very short time, inevitably affecting anyone who heard it – making it impossible for them to concentrate.
"I'll turn into a groundhog to help you control it, but you must stay calm! Don't let the buzzing distract you!"
The wind wolf forced Xie Tianlang to run wildly back the way he came while dodging swarms of wild bees that were pouncing on him from almost all directions, trying to sting him.
He certainly heard the buzzing of wings, which seemed to have a special rhythm and cadence, but his determination to get Xinshangyuan out of danger kept him highly focused. As he ran, he replied, "Don't worry, I'll definitely get you out of here! Don't be afraid!"
It's just that he's attacked from all sides, but a large number of them doesn't mean he can completely attack them. In fact, when the swarm attacks him together, their individual movements are sometimes hindered by their positions. As long as he can find an opening during those very short pauses, he can keep running!
With the addition of the groundhog Fugui, who had already transformed and taken out a specially made cloak from his pocket to cover himself and Xie Tianlang, the countless wild bees in the entire Wild Bee City were alarmed. Almost half of the worker bees and the queen bee rushed out of the hive to kill the two intruders. However, thanks to Xie Tianlang's extremely calm escape and the groundhog Fugui's excellent screams, Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui managed to withstand the overwhelming pursuit of the wild bees.
"Aaaaaahh ...
After another scream that paralyzed a group of wild bees that were extremely close to them, Fugui, the groundhog with a specially made cloak on his head, asked Xie Tianlang, "Are we almost at the river we passed?!"
Xie Tianlang ran hard while sniffing the air. He pushed aside the faint, slightly sweet scent that seemed to have been lingering around his nose, and caught the distinct moisture in the air. His tone finally carried a hint of relief: "It's just ahead! I'll shout to remind you when you jump into the river. Make sure you grab me."
Fugui the groundhog shrieked again, then clutched his rapidly beating heart and grinned, "Don't worry, I'll definitely catch you."
Then he finally had the time and courage to look behind him at the swarm of wild bees that looked like a giant monster, and made a face at them.
They even managed to break through Super Wild Bee City!
All you need to do next is run to the river and follow the current to leave this place, and there won't be any problems.
He still couldn't figure out how he and Xie Tianlang had been discovered by the wild bees. They didn't have any scent that would attract the bees, and the surrounding flowers weren't drawing their attention, so why...?
As he was thinking this, Fugui the groundhog suddenly smelled that extremely faint and sweet fragrance again, as if some answer was about to be revealed, but the sound of flowing water that followed distracted him.
The sound of flowing water was right ahead; he and Xie Tianlang would soon be able to escape the swarm of bees and get out.
!!
Xie Tianlang, who was running forward, suddenly stopped.
The excessive reduction in speed almost caused him and Gou Fugui to tip forward.
But by then, neither of them had the energy to care about such things anymore—there was indeed a wide river in front of them.
However, this river was definitely not a shortcut for them to jump in, float downstream, and escape to heaven. On the contrary, it was a river of death, where all hope of life was blocked.
At this time, the riverbanks are teeming with countless killer frogs and killer crabs, while leaping out of the river are ferocious piranhas with visible teeth and killer shrimp with sharp, dagger-like spikes on their heads.
But if it were just these small, deadly aquatic creatures, Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang could still try their luck. However, what they could not ignore were the dozen or so enormous swamp crocodiles that almost stretched across the river.
Their brownish-yellow eyes with vertical pupils were fixed on Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui. Although they did not move at the moment, these terrifying swamp crocodiles would devour any life they could eat as soon as prey entered their hunting range.
With their path blocked, the pursuers from behind arrived in a short time.
Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang looked to the left, right, and above the jungle, hoping to find a glimmer of hope, but were astonished to find that more than a dozen ferocious tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves slowly emerging from the grass on either side of the river, while unidentifiable birds circled overhead.
At this point, it can be said that all of Gou Fugui's and Xie Tianlang's escape routes have been blocked.
It seems that at this point, there is no other way but to die in the mouths of these mutated and evolved beasts.
But compared to the imminent death, Gou Fugui was thinking about something else, something far more terrifying—
These animals didn't appear only when they arrived; they hid in the grass, lined up neatly on the riverbank, waiting as if they already knew that Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang would come here on their own initiative and willingly run into this trap that could put them to death.
But why?
Why would they deliberately run into the encirclement of the evolved beasts?
Gou Fugui carefully observed the environment on both sides of the riverbank, searching for the source of the problem.
Then he saw clusters of purple bells blooming among the bushes to his left.
Why are there purple bellflowers in the bushes? Aren't they supposed to grow among the branches and leaves of giant trees?
wrong!
Gou Fugui gripped Xie Tianlang's fur tightly. He recalled the tiny, almost invisible vines that twined around the branches of the giant tree, and the vines that were hidden among the leaves of the bushes.
"...It's a flower."
Gou Fugui looked at the animals that surrounded them, staring at them with eyes of different sizes and colors, but his gaze finally fell on the purple flowers hanging among the bushes.
"Is it your scent that lured your prey, us, here? Is it your scent that made the beasts you enslave wait here and surround us?"
The purple flower, swaying gently in the wind, did not answer Gou Fugui's question, just as it was the lowest of all life forms in the world, a plant that could neither understand human speech nor move.
But Gou Fugui smirked: "What you want is the core fragment, right? But swarming in to kill us and then devouring our fragments won't work for me."
As Gou Fugui spoke, a large core fragment appeared out of thin air in his little paw. However, when the little groundhog squeezed his paw again, the large core fragment disappeared into thin air.
“My fragment is hidden in a place you can’t find. You will never get the fragment by forcibly devouring us.”
"So, how about we make a deal? You get these animals to make way for us, giving us a little time to escape, and I'll throw you that piece of debris, how about that?"
The purple wisteria flower remained silent.
But the wild animals that had been closing in on Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang from the very beginning slowly stopped their movements at this moment.
Gou Fugui smiled, his eyes still fixed on the purple bell-shaped flowers among the bushes.
So, you agree to my proposal?
At this moment, the beautiful purple bell-shaped flowers slowly emerged from the bushes, and the brown vines gradually approached Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang. However, unlike other vines that climb the ground, it simply sprouted several slender but strong branches from the bushes, winding and extending slowly in the air until it reached Gou Fugui.
Then, the flowers with beautiful purple bells brought an even richer and more fragrant scent. The bells swayed gently, and the vines slowly coiled into the shape of a hand in front of him, as if asking him for a promise.
Gou Fugui stared at the vine-covered hand that was almost touching his nose, trying hard not to let the fragrance distract him. His nails dug into his palm so tightly that his breathing became somewhat rapid and difficult to control, but his expression remained firm.
"No, not now."
"You need to make the animals give way to survive."
"I will only give you the things then."
"Otherwise, even if I have to fight you all here and we all perish together, I will not give you the fragment."
"I'm not joking, and I'm not afraid of death."
Before anyone knew it, the little groundhog had transformed back into the long-haired youth. His beautiful phoenix eyes gazed at the wisteria vines and bells before him, his expression resolute and unwavering.
The giant wolf beneath him also possessed the same cold, determined resolve to perish together with him. This unwavering attitude finally forced the wisteria flower, which had been controlling everything, to back down.
Compared to the two humans it could kill and eat again at any time, the core fragment with its immense vitality and energy was what it needed more!
Once it devours and digests that core fragment, its roots can grow deeper and go further, eventually engulfing the entire world!
So, the wisteria blossoms and vines slowly retreated.
As the bell-shaped flower with its intricate patterns swayed gently, the wild bees and various animals in the forest that had been intently watching Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang slowly retreated.
“In the river, let all the animals swim upstream, as long as this path is cleared.”
The wisteria seemed somewhat reluctant, but the long-haired youth quickly added, "The entire mountain is under your control, isn't it? Even if we escape this encirclement, can't you just create another one?"
"If there is not even the slightest hope, I would rather die than give you a single fragment."
Finally, all the animals in the river reached the upper reaches.
The waterway leading downstream has been opened.
Gou Fugui gripped Xie Tianlang's wolf fur tightly.
Xie Tianlang's four claws began to gather strength, but the bell-like wisteria flowers seemed oblivious to this. After clearing the waterway further, they coiled themselves into the shape of an outstretched hand.
Then, the long-haired youth produced the metal box containing the large core fragment again. He watched as the hand suddenly threw the box away, shouting, "Go!!"
The wind wolf responded to the call and pounced straight towards the river ahead.
The wisteria flower's hand caught the metal box instantly, but the moment it touched the box, it exploded with terrifying force. Upon closer inspection of the box, where was the core fragment it had sensed earlier?!
"roar--!!"
The wisteria flower felt the anger of being deceived, and in an instant all the animals it controlled chased after Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui to the riverbank again!
Damn humans! Damn humans! Damn humans!
It's going to eat those two damned humans!
As soon as they jump into the river, it will swallow them whole, leaving not a trace!
But just as the charging giant wolf was about to leap into the river, its four paws forcefully changed the direction of its jump! It didn't choose to jump into the turbulent river at all, but instead swiftly swept past the tiger and leopard who hadn't reacted in time, and charged straight ahead along the edge of the riverbank!
"Hiss—Roar—!!"
The moment the giant wolf changed direction, a dozen or so vines resembling giant tentacles suddenly sprang up from the river in front of them, their sharp barbs flailing wildly.
Damn humans! Damn humans! Damn humans!!
Why didn't they jump into the river?!
Deception...it...damn it!!
In that instant, behind the charging giant wolf and the youth on its back, the entire Qin Mountain trembled.
Countless thick vines and branches revealed their angry claws in various parts of the forest, and at this moment all the animals in the forest began to hunt down the wolf and the man who were running wildly in the forest, regardless of their group or species.
Meanwhile, in the safe zone at the edge of the forest, Song Sanchuan, who had been controlling the simulated mechanical bird to observe everything in the forest, the Sixth City Security Base that had been monitoring this mountain forest, and even the satellite surveillance of the Second and Ninth Cities that were also paying attention to this place, all saw the huge monster that was baring its fangs and claws in the deep forest, seemingly unspeakable, through the screen lens.
"...My God, what is that?!"
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