Chapter 264: Escape Crisis
After Xia Yueke washed off the dirt on her body, her fair face was revealed. She was lucky not to have suffered too much hardship along the way. Unlike the other females whose skin was wrinkled from lack of water, she stood out among the other females.
However, this excellence made her feel uneasy and uneasy.
The other females also tidied themselves up one after another, and finally regained some of the appearance that a female should have. They all became much more beautiful.
Seeing this, Xige smiled with satisfaction and said, "Okay, now you guys take a good rest for two days."
Then, a creepy smile appeared on his face, and he warned fiercely:
"But if any of you dare to take a step out of here, don't blame me for not warning you. Broken hands and feet will be the least of your worries!"
As soon as these warning words were spoken, the females suddenly quieted down, each of them remained silent, with fear in their eyes.
But Xia Yueke felt that this might be her last chance to escape.
After settling down in this temporary habitat, their activities were almost limited to two caves, and the rest of the caves were occupied by stray animals.
Because there were already more than a dozen of Lizard's men in his lair, and now with the addition of these twenty or so, there are a total of thirty or forty wandering orcs, which can be considered a large group.
After careful observation, Xia Yueke discovered that there were stray orcs patrolling nearby every night, in groups of three, with a total of five groups; and during the day, two people took turns patrolling.
Not only do they have to look after these females, but they also have to prevent other small groups of stray orcs from invading the surrounding areas. Once they discover them, they will drive them away without mercy or even kill them directly in order to seize their territory.
Finally, on the second night, Xia Yueke waited for a perfect opportunity to escape.
Lizard had gone out to fight with some stray orc, and only a dozen stray orcs were left near the cave to guard and patrol.
Normally, as long as the females don't behave abnormally, stray animals generally don't interfere.
Xia Yueke used the excuse of taking another shower as an excuse to walk towards the river with a calm expression.
Two stray orcs followed not far behind. They subconsciously underestimated their enemies. In their eyes, Xia Yue was just an ordinary female. They thought she was just like other females, trying to make herself look more beautiful because of the boss's words.
"Hurry up, hurry up, don't dawdle and make us wait here!"
A stray beast impatiently drove Xia Yueke into the river, and then started chatting with another stray beastman.
"Brother, who do you think is most likely to stay here? Hahaha, I've got my eye on that one, the timid one. It'll definitely be exciting to play with him in the future! It's a pity I don't know if it will be our turn."
Xia Yuke looked at them with their backs to her and evil smiles on their faces, and she couldn't help feeling disgusted. She secretly decided that after she reunited with Qian Jingyao and the others, she would eradicate this evil place completely and make sure no one could escape.
At this moment, she could only suppress her anger and carefully condense ice in her palm.
Each ice cube was as big as a football. Xia Yueke concentrated on making seven or eight of them. Then he quietly hung them above the heads of the two orcs, two or three meters high.
Immediately afterwards, there were several muffled "bang" sounds, and ice blocks fell one after another. Two or three of them hit the two orcs accurately, and some of them hit their heads right on them.
One of the orcs fainted instantly, and the other one was hit so hard that he turned around in pain and glared at Xia Yueke angrily. He was about to rush over to teach her a lesson, but was hit on the back of the head by a piece of ice flying from behind, and fainted.
Seeing that they were no longer moving, Xia Yuke finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, these two orcs were at the same level five as her, and they happened not to be noticed when she launched a sneak attack.
Xia Yueke quickly threw the two unconscious stray orcs onto a piece of wood, pushed them into the river, and let them drift away with the current.
She approached the river cautiously, her eyes scanning the surroundings vigilantly, her ears perked up, not missing any slight sound.
After making sure that no stray animals noticed her for the time being, she took a deep breath and jumped into the river decisively.
The river was not too deep, only reaching Xia Yueke's waist, but it posed a great obstacle to her movements.
She could only move forward in the water with difficulty, bending over. She had to use all her strength to take each step and had to be careful not to make any sound.
In order to breathe underwater, she holds a tubular root tightly in her mouth.
The river water was so cold that her limbs were numb and her body trembled slightly involuntarily.
But Xia Yue didn't dare to relax at all. She knew in her heart that once she was discovered, she would be cruelly punished.
But fortunately, it is the hot season now and the temperature is high, so the water temperature is not particularly freezing and is still within the tolerable range.
While struggling through the water, Xia Yueke had to be constantly vigilant against the stray animals patrolling the shore. If they came even slightly closer, she would immediately stop and try to hide her body in the water, leaving only her eyes exposed to observe the situation outside.
The moonlight sprinkled on the water, reflecting her tense and determined face.
Just when Xia Yueke thought that she was finally going to escape successfully, something unexpected happened.
Suddenly, something seemed to fall on her head. She looked up subconsciously and saw a rat face with buck teeth - it was Shushan.
Shushan was a seventh-level orc, far stronger than Xia Yueke. She had no power to resist at all and was captured again in just two or three moves.
When Shushan saw that it was her, there was no trace of surprise on his face. He roughly tied Xia Yueke up again and said fiercely:
"I've known for a long time that you, a female, are not honest. I didn't expect you to actually dare to run away!"
As he spoke, he was about to teach Xia Yueke a lesson. Xia Yueke was startled, then suddenly had an idea. She closed her eyes and fainted. Shushan's hands froze in mid-air, his expression instantly becoming very stiff. He thought the female had drowned from holding her breath for too long.
He quickly placed his hand under Xia Yueke's nose and breathed a sigh of relief when he felt that she was still breathing.
"Hmph! You're lucky it was me, Shushan, who saw you running away. If it were the boss, you'd probably lose your legs!"
"Brother Shu, what should we do now? Take her back? Should we tell the boss?" Shushan's little follower came over and asked with a sly look, his eyes scanning Xia Yueke wantonly, full of greed.
Shushan raised his hand and hit him twice, cursing, "Shut up, don't tell the boss about this, take her back, tie her hands and feet, and let her out when the day comes!"
"Oh, Brother Rat is right. Let's not trouble the boss with such a small matter!"
Just like that, Xia Yueke was carried back again and locked up alone in a cave. Shushan turned around and asked the younger brother next to him:
"Why are the two stray beasts that were following this female gone?"
The younger brother quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'll go find it right away!"
Xia Yueke escaped the disaster by pretending to be unconscious, but her freedom was once again imprisoned, and she was really at a loss for a moment.
"Damn it! How did I get exposed? How did this stinky rat know I was going to run away?"
Xia Yueke was full of doubts and couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
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