Chapter 482 Hunting
The mutant ape's lower body was pierced by the stone spike, smashing out a small area. It roared and stretched out its arms, which were several times longer than its height, trying to grab the crack and climb up. However, every jump would make the wound more serious. In a short while, a pool of blood had formed on the ground.
“Shua…”
Liu Rui was panting, his face full of joy, but he clearly felt the strength in his hands fading, and he was supported entirely by his willpower.
Xu Sa saw his pale and bloodless face, his camouflage clothes were covered with dirt, mud and liquids of various unknown colors, and he looked extremely miserable.
He smiled foolishly, not caring at all about the life-and-death situation that had just occurred.
"Idiot!" Xu Sa cursed in a hoarse voice, and condensed a bolt of lightning to attack the struggling mutant monkey. After hanging his safety rope, he swung towards Liu Rui, hugged him tightly in his arms, dragged him away from the crack, threw him back to the ground, and rolled twice to relieve the force.
"Let's walk further away. There is a cave below. The mutant monkey is too strong. Be careful not to collapse the surrounding area." Xu Sa stood up to pull Liu Rui, only to realize that he was cold all over and his eyes were beginning to blur.
Xu Sa's heart skipped a beat. "Where are you hurt?"
Liu Rui said nothing, and he looked visibly weak.
Not far away, the mutant ape trapped underground struggled angrily. The huge hammering sound was accompanied by the re-condensation of water in the surrounding air.
Xu Sa felt something was not good and did not bother to check the injuries on Liu Rui's body. He waved his hand to attach the lightning to the water droplets, and condensed a huge net with the lightning wire. He threw it towards the ground, carried Liu Rui on his back and ran away.
It was not until they were out of the mutant monkey's attack range that Xu Sa cleared a safer place and then put Liu Rui down. The person on his back had fainted halfway through and no longer responded to him. Now that he was placed on the ground, he had no reaction at all, and the whole person looked like he was dead.
Even though he could feel the other person's faint heartbeat, he still felt nervous at this moment. With trembling hands he felt his gentle breathing, heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly undressed him to check his injuries.
In addition to the wounds of various shapes, what caught the eye most was the insects crawling all over the lower body.
The worms, as big as a child's fist, were full of blood and swollen to the point of bursting at any time. Some of them were crushed on the road, and the blood flowed all over the legs.
Xu Sa took a deep breath and gritted her teeth when she saw Liu Rui's loose trouser legs.
Anyone with a little common sense knows that the most important thing to guard against when entering such a place is bites from various insects. In order to avoid these situations, people will try to tie their trouser legs and clothes corners tightly.
Liu Rui's clothes were torn, and he probably didn't know that he hadn't taken any measures, resulting in the blood-sucking leech occupying half of his body. The secretions released by the leech while sucking blood will anesthetize the area, making it impossible for people to feel it. At this rate, it won't be long before Liu Rui is completely sucked dry.
The standard backpacks that the team brought were to ensure that emergency items were available in any environment. There were only small quantities of everything, but fortunately Xu Sa had brought emergency items in the jade space. He took some alcohol and poured it on the space. Soon, a bunch of wriggling bugs fell to the ground.
As soon as the "well-fed" leech landed on the ground, it was stepped on to death by Xu Sa. Every pool of blood on the ground belonged to Liu Rui. Xu Sa's teeth were grinding, but there was nothing he could do.
The bloody smell attracted more small animals to come closer, and they hid in the dark waiting for their chance to strike.
Xu Sa's supernatural powers have been consumed a lot, and he needs crystal cores to replenish his supernatural powers as soon as possible. Liu Rui, who has obviously lost too much blood, needs to hurry up to replenish his supernatural powers.
It was unlikely to find something nutritious in a short time. Xu Sa looked around and finally fixed his eyes on a three-meter-tall mutant musk deer not far away. The musk deer walking in the woods did not look very aggressive. When it saw Xu Sa, it even stopped and looked at him curiously.
In just a few minutes, Xu Sa quickly condensed his supernatural powers and used electric current to stimulate the mutant musk deer to make it twitch, then he decisively took action and killed it with a single blow.
Xu Sa then fed Liu Rui the blood from the wound as water. The unconscious little stutterer didn't even have the consciousness to swallow, so Xu Sa could only feed him mouthful by mouthful. The strong smell of blood rushed into his throat and he felt the urge to vomit, but he had to suppress it, and his eyes turned red.
After force-feeding half of it, Xu Sa used salt to solidify the rest into blood clots, and then took out the musk deer's liver and put it into the space.
After estimating the remaining crystal cores, Xu Sa felt that it was impossible to maintain sufficient supernatural powers, especially since Liu Rui could not stand the tossing at this time. He climbed up the tree to take a look, made a mark, carried Liu Rui on his back again, and walked towards the direction closest to the jungle border.
***
Six o'clock in the morning.
The Gu brothers came back with two children and a boy and a girl. They were Xu Sa's half-siblings, Xing Lu who had sought their shelter before, and He Mei who had been making trouble for a long time.
Qin Le'an was holding a dirty rag doll in her arms, staring at the people in the yard carefully. Qin Leyang, who was holding her hand, had a bundle tied casually around him. He was alert, like a frightened bird, ready to pounce at any time.
Xing Lu stood in the corner, reducing his presence, while He Mei took a quick look around the yard as soon as she entered and immediately walked towards Li Zhuang.
"Hello, we've met before. I'm Dong Hongyuan's wife." She was dressed very neatly today, with her hair combed neatly, and although her clothes were tattered, they looked clean.
Compared to the stubborn and unique charm when he left, his words were reserved and his eyes were reluctant to accept, and there was no trace of his crazy look from the previous two days.
Before Li Zhuang could say anything, Xu Yi at the side snorted, crossed his chest and looked down at her, then glanced at Li Zhuang and said in a hoarse voice, "Hello, we have met before, I am Mr. Dong Hongyuan...hiss..."
Before he could finish his words, a big hand pinched his butt hard. Xu Yi immediately jumped aside and glared at Li Zhuang.
Li Zhuang looked at him with one corner of his mouth raised, as if nothing had happened.
"You bastard!" Xu Yi cursed and shouted to Lin Mo in the distance, "Lin Mo, please protect me these days."
The healing department must be protected by a person with special abilities. This is a hard rule set by Lu Weiyi before he left.
"No, Healer Xu, my mission on the return trip is to follow the base commander closely." Lin Mo was one of the only two A-level psychics in this group of people. It was a rare opportunity to be sought after, and he felt honored. He quickly added, "Next time, next time I will definitely protect you all the way."
"Oh." Xu Yi turned his gaze towards the Gu brothers.
The two of them could see the little romance between the couple at a glance. Gu Qingyue quickly said to Zhuang Mingxu, "Brother Mingxu, the two children haven't had breakfast yet. Can I take them to eat something?"
"Go ahead," Zhuang Mingxu said to Xing Lu, "Come with me."
Gu Qingyue's brother brought the two children into the villa, Zhuang Mingxu and Xing Lu went to the office, and finally He Mei was left standing there awkwardly. Seeing that Li Zhuang didn't pay any attention to her, she stood back in the corner silently.
After settling several people for a while, Lu Xiao and Wen Jing personally brought Taoist Tianning over, and Zhuang Mingxu politely led them to the independent room at the innermost part of the truck.
This was previously the resting place for Lu Weiyi and his two children. There were bunk beds for them to rest at any time, and a small door to isolate them from the outside world.
"I will leave my master in your care from now on." After saying goodbye to Taoist Tianning, Wen Jing shook hands solemnly with Zhuang Mingxu.
"Brother, you are too polite. We are relying on Taoist Tianning to take care of us." Zhuang Mingxu motioned for others to get on the bus first. "Are you going back soon too?"
"Yes, plan for tomorrow," Wen Jing said.
"Have a nice trip. You are welcome to come to Yueban Bay anytime in the future."
"Once the underground passage is built, there will inevitably be disturbances."
After the two of them exchanged some pleasantries, the two children came up, put their arms around Zhuang Mingxu's neck and said goodbye to him affectionately.
"Be good and follow your uncle, and wait for your daddy to come back and take you home."
"Aiyi will be good, big daddy, please think of Aiyi." Zhuang Aiyi leaned against Zhuang Mingxu's cheek and wanted to cling to him.
Taotao was not to be outdone and moved to the other side and kept rubbing.
"Lao Zhuang, you are really a winner in life," Wen Jing envied.
"You should hurry up too, maybe you can still make it in time." Zhuang Mingxu laughed and continued to chatter with the two clingy little ones.
This is the first time they are going to separate after the end of the world. There is no safe place in this world now. Zhuang Mingxu is reluctant to leave. He feels worried before they even say goodbye.
"Don't worry, I will definitely bring at least a pound back when I get back." Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Xiao took the two children and teased.
"Then I'll trouble you, uncle." Zhuang Mingxu waved goodbye to the two children and got into the car.
The car started, and even after it had gone a long way, Zhuang Aiyi kept waving her hands until the person disappeared from her sight. As if she was feeling numb, tears suddenly fell.
Taotao was fine. When she saw Zhuang Aiyi crying, she started crying too.
"Hey, Xiaobao, what's wrong? What's wrong?" It was the first time that Lu Xiao saw the two children like this. He was in a panic, constantly wiping their tears, and had to coax them for a long time.
The little one didn't cry loudly, but her silent tears made people feel more distressed. She hugged Lu Xiao's shoulders with her rosy cheeks, and her tears soon wet his collar. The other one was more direct, stretching her little hands in the direction where Zhuang Mingxu left and shouting "Dad" at the top of her voice.
Several big men around him formed a circle, attracting the attention of people around them.
Fortunately, Cong Qing was prepared in advance and handed over small cakes and snacks, which barely coaxed the two of them into silence.
**
Kyoto's underground passage is located outside the base city and is guarded by special base military personnel. The car left the base and arrived in just over ten minutes.
After checking their identities and passes, Zhuang Mingxu and his team led the team that had been waiting at the Pingjin base into the underground passage.
The team members arranged in advance by Yuebanwan quickly arrived at their posts according to their duties. Zhuang Mingxu glanced at the team brought by Tang Bai, silently checked the number of people in his mind, and made sure there was no big difference before he spoke, "Tang Bai, divide the people in your base into two parts, front and back, to ensure that there are people to support any situation."
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