Ye Moxun: "..."
He had just heard the news from the system, and his first reaction was to wake her up. As for why he didn't tell his uncle first, he... didn't know.
Sigh! He turned around and quickly shook Zhong Qingyi awake. The latter had only closed her eyes for a short while and was guarding the front to prevent the people from Linjia Village from launching a sneak attack.
So he hadn't heard what Ye Moxun and Song Tantan were saying earlier. Now that he heard Ye Moxun say this, he hesitated for a moment. However, he always trusted his nephew's words, so he immediately went to find Song Zhuiyan.
"We need to inform the people of Linjia Village about this. We can't just stand by and watch them die. They can believe it if they want, and they can't blame us if they don't," he discussed with Song Zhuiyan.
"Alright, then go and tell the people in Linjia Village that I'm taking my men and running away right now." Song Zhuiyan was about to unleash a shrewish roar to wake everyone up.
A soft, childlike voice spoke first. Song Tantan, half-stanceled, focused her energy and shouted, "Everyone, run! The mountain is collapsing! Run! Run for your lives!"
Ye Moxun: "..." When did this kid become so chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur)?
In those chaotic years of war, the refugees' will to escape was so strong. Their long experience of fleeing had become a conditioned reflex; upon hearing the word "run," they would run without hesitation.
"Don't run around, everyone come this way and line up." Song Zhuiyan shouted to keep everyone in order, holding Song Tantan and Ye Moxun's hands respectively.
Then she ran with all her might toward another mountain. Halfway there, it started to rain. The raindrops were bigger than soybeans and stung her face. Song Zhuiyan ran faster and faster.
"The people behind, hurry up and catch up! Don't stop! If you don't want to die, run! Run for your life!" Ah Si and Ji Xiang were younger and tripped over tree bark while running. The two of them fell together and were so scared that they burst into tears. Seeing this, Song Zhuiyan shouted to remind them that there was no time to cry and that escaping was the priority.
Fortunately, Zhong Qingyi caught up with them and helped them up. He pulled them along for a while, but he couldn't carry them forever. When he caught up with Song Zhuiyan, he put Ye Moxun on his back and carried him as they ran.
Song Zhuiyan didn't care about anyone else, and ran off with Song Tantan on her back. Whether the people behind could keep up was up to them.
Fortunately, the situation was much better than they had expected. At least the mountain wouldn't collapse immediately before the rain reached a certain level. Although traveling in the rain was more difficult, after a whole day of non-stop travel, they finally escaped the danger zone.
When the system notified Ye Moxun and the others that they had reached a safe hilltop and could find a place to take shelter from the rain, Ye Moxun called out to Song Tantan again. Song Tantan had very sharp hearing; even though Zhong Qingyi couldn't hear what Ye Moxun was saying in such a noisy environment, Song Tantan heard it clearly.
"Auntie, find a cave to take shelter from the rain. We're all about to collapse!" Song Tantan shouted, and Song Zhuiyan immediately understood. It must be Ye Moxun's useless system that had alerted her that everything was safe.
System: Can you remove the redundant characters when it's still somewhat useful?
They were quite lucky, and after walking for about 45 minutes, they found a cave. However, they dared not go in immediately, fearing that there might be wild beasts inside. So, Song Tantan lit two bottles and threw them in. After a while, they indeed heard animal howls coming from inside the cave.
But the guy didn't come out. Song Tantan, skilled and daring, ran into the cave like a small cannonball without saying goodbye to Song Zhuiyan, sprinkling lime powder and realgar as he ran, and wearing a miner's lamp on his head.
Upon seeing two wild boars, each weighing about a hundred pounds, rolling around inside, she was overjoyed. She hadn't misheard; there really were wild boars in the cave. Just as she was about to call for her aunt and the others to come in, she suddenly heard a hissing sound above her. Without looking up, Song Tantan hid in her spatial dimension with a thought.
The flat-headed cobra's sneak attack came up empty-handed; its eyes were wide with disbelief. Where did the person go? How did they suddenly disappear?
With a "plop," Song Tantan could clearly see everything outside in the space. She found the right angle, took the knife, and as soon as she came out of the space, she accurately slashed at the cobra's vital spot, severing the snake's head.
Song Tantan took out a pile of dry grass from her spatial storage, started a fire, and burned the snake's head.
"What's burning that smells so bad?" Song Zhuiyan followed her in after a short wait outside, her face grim. "Tantan, how could you run in so recklessly? What if you encountered danger?"
"It's alright, Auntie. I recognized the sound of wild boars," she said, but was interrupted when she saw Zhong Qingyi come in. She pointed to the side and said, "Auntie, Uncle Zhong, look! Two big wild boars! We'll have meat to eat today!"
Song Zhuiyan knew that now was not the time to settle scores with her, so she could only teach her a lesson later. Song Zhuiyan turned around and said, "Brother Zhong, where is A-Xun? How is he? The cave is safe now, let's bring him in."
Zhong Qingyi glanced at the two wild boars rolling around and howling in surprise, then at the two-meter-long snake on the ground, and then nodded and left without saying anything more.
When they entered the cave, he handed Ye Moxun to Zhu Xiu. Zhu Xiu was soaked to the bone and pale, but she dutifully carried Ye Moxun on her back instead of putting her on the ground. Zhong Qingyi was somewhat moved. He picked up Ye Moxun and said in a hoarse voice, "Everyone, don't stand outside in the rain. Come with me into the cave."
As soon as they entered the cave, they heard a deafening roar outside, like mountains and rivers collapsing, which terrified them. Their faces turned ashen, and they all collapsed to the ground in fear.
“The mountains collapsed and the earth cracked…” Zhong Qingyi’s face was solemn, and his expression was somewhat stunned.
"Who cares if the sky collapses or the earth crumbles, at least we're safe now. Look at these two wild boars, how plump they are! Don't be afraid, let's roast them!" Song Tantan, despite her young age, often spoke in a childish voice that sounded more mature than an adult, and everyone was used to it.
“Tantan is right, stop spacing out. Who cares what tomorrow will bring? Let’s eat and drink our fill first. This wild boar is not easy to kill. Luckily, there’s a wooden bucket in the cave, so we can collect the pig’s blood. It seems that someone has been to this cave before.” Song Zhuiyan used the wooden bucket that Song Tantan took out from her spatial dimension to collect the pig’s blood without changing her expression, while not forgetting to make an excuse for the existence of the wooden bucket.
After worrying for a moment, Zhong Qingyi saw that Song Zhuiyan and Song Tantan saw things clearly and felt ashamed of herself. She stopped worrying and quickly took off Ye Moxun's wet clothes. However, the clothes in the bundle were also wet and there were no clean clothes to change into.
"I have some clean clothes here, take them for A-Xun to wear." Song Tantan picked up the clothes and walked over. After giving the clothes to Zhong Qingyi, she didn't leave immediately, but squatted down to check on Ye Moxun's condition.
The poor kid is probably going to get a high fever soon.
Everyone else got soaked too, and at that moment they didn't care about the difference between men and women, so they all took off their wet clothes. The women were still wearing their undergarments, but the children were completely naked.
"How come your clothes aren't wet?" Zhong Qingyi was quite surprised to see everyone changing clothes.
"We used this treasure to wrap our clothes and food inside, and everything is fine," Zhu Xiu said with a weak smile.
"What is that?" Zhang Qingyu asked, hugging her shoulders and shivering. All her belongings had been soaked by the downpour, and she had no dry clothes to change into.
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