“I’ll buy it to make it up to you after we leave the secret realm,” Zaun said quickly.
"You said the same thing when you borrowed my handkerchief last time, but you still haven't returned it to me," Ji Xiaoxi grumbled.
Zuan chuckled sheepishly, realizing he'd really forgotten about it: "We'll pay for it together next time, we'll pay for it together."
The group of golden-haired rats chased into the valley, and seeing that nothing had happened, they became bolder and squeaked as they chased after Zaun. This human was too annoying, they had to gnaw him clean and break his bones to vent their hatred!
Taking advantage of the complex terrain in the valley, it was much easier for the two to hide than on the plains. However, there were simply too many of these golden-haired monster rats, and each of them had an excellent sense of smell. No matter how well the two hid, they would be discovered in no time and then summon more companions to attack them.
The two could only keep playing guerrilla warfare, being chased and left in a sorry state. Finally, they were forced to hide in a big tree.
But it wasn't long before they were discovered, and soon more and more golden-haired rats gathered around.
They first climbed up the tree trunks, but Zu'an was high up and the space on the tree trunks was limited, so the golden-haired monster rats could hardly make use of their numbers and were basically killed one by one with a sword.
The leader, the golden-haired rat king, stood on a rock and squeaked for a while. His companions then changed their strategy. Instead of climbing, they began to gnaw on the roots of the tree. Once the tree fell, the rats would swarm up and tear them to shreds.
Hearing the sound of wood being chewed down below, Zu'an got a little angry: "Xiao Xi, do you have any poison or anything like that? Let's poison them all!"
Traditional Chinese medicine and poisons are inseparable; her medical skills are so good, her use of poisons must be equally impressive.
"Yes, there are." Ji Xiaoxi hesitated.
Zuan: "???"
I was just asking casually, but who knew she actually had it? If she can turn these poisons upside down, then what was the point of us being chased like stray dogs just now?
As if sensing his question, Ji Xiaoxi said softly, "I just don't think they've done anything wrong. They're living here just fine. We're the ones who disturbed them. If I were to poison them, it would be too unfair to them."
Zuan: "..."
This girl is so kind, so kind that he's even a little curious about how she's survived to this age in such a dangerous world.
"What if we get eaten by them after the tree falls?" Zuan asked.
Ji Xiaoxi hesitated for a moment: "Maybe they'll retreat later. If things get too difficult, then... I'll poison them."
Knowing her temperament, Zu'an didn't want to force her any further. Instead, he thought that if things went wrong, he could summon a strong wind to teleport a short distance the moment the tree fell, which should allow him to temporarily escape the encirclement of these rats. As for whether he could escape afterward, he would leave it to fate.
Neither of them noticed that the corpse of the golden-haired monster rat, which had just been killed, fell to the ground, and its blood seeped into the ground at an extraordinary speed, without a single drop spreading out.
A while later, a golden-haired monster rat, which was gnawing on the tree roots, suddenly let out a shrill scream.
Zuan was startled and hurriedly looked down, only to see a skeletal hand piercing through its back, with blood flowing over the bones, creating an eerie and unsettling feeling.
Just then, screams rang out as many golden-haired monster rats suffered the same fate, their bodies pierced by skeletal hands.
"Where did these things come from?" Zuan was dumbfounded; the scene before him was like something out of a horror movie.
"Brother Zu, I'm a little scared." Ji Xiaoxi instinctively hid behind Zu An, tightly gripping his sleeve with both hands.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaoxi, I will protect you," Zu'an comforted her. Actually, the scene in front of him made him a little flustered, but women naturally give men inexplicable courage, so how could he show weakness in front of a young girl?
He looked closely and finally understood what was going on.
It turns out that those skeletal hands didn't appear out of thin air, but rather rose from underground.
Not only near the big tree, but everywhere you look, the soil on the ground is starting to loosen, and hands are reaching out.
"How much of that is there?!" Zuan couldn't help but swallow hard.
The golden-haired rats instantly panicked, no longer caring about gnawing on the tree roots, and desperately tried to escape. However, they were caught by the skeletal hands that emerged from the ground. The rats squeaked, but the seemingly falling skeleton possessed immense strength, making it impossible for them to break free.
Soon, skeletons emerged from the ground, but it wouldn't be accurate to call them skeletons, because they weren't completely skeletal; they still had nearly half flesh on their bodies, and you could even vaguely see traces of clothing on them, although the clothes looked quite tattered, as if they had been buried underground for too long.
Using terms like zombies or mummies to describe them would be more accurate.
Just then, the zombies grabbed the golden-haired monster rats in their hands and started gnawing on them. In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and the screams of the golden-haired monster rats and the sound of flesh being chewed turned the entire valley into a hellish place.
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