"Did you see Song Mu when you came back?"
Hearing Lin Qiu's voice, everyone turned around at the same time.
"We saw him when we were returning the same way. He said you asked him to go find Ling Yun."
The male in the same group as Ling Yun walked towards Lin Qiu and answered her question.
This female is so stupid. When one male gets into trouble, she sends the other male away.
It seems that Lin Qiu is about to find a new male partner.
Wu Chuan came over and said to Lin Qiu, "Don't be sad. Maybe Song Mu will be able to come back before dawn."
He only mentioned Song Mu, as if he had already determined that Ling Yun would never come back.
Lin Qiu had never heard of the existence of a swamp near the forest. The swamp looked no different from ordinary ground. Once you stepped on it, you would sink deeper and deeper. Even the strength of a male was not enough to pull out the person who fell into the swamp.
If you fall into it, you can only watch yourself gradually sink into the quagmire and wait for death.
The way to save yourself when you are stuck in a quagmire is to relax your body as much as possible, lie down immediately, and use the largest area possible to contact the quagmire. Your movements should be as slow as possible so that you can get out.
But when most people enter the quagmire, their first reaction is to keep struggling, which will only make them sink deeper and deeper.
Lin Qiu didn't know that Ling Yun would encounter such danger, and of course she didn't have time to tell Song Mu.
Lin Qiu fell like a stone. Fortunately, Dongxue grabbed her and she fainted.
Song Mu was halfway there when he heard that Ling Yun had fallen into a quagmire. He did not return with everyone as they advised, but instead quickened his pace and ran wildly following the scent left by Ling Yun.
Ling Yun stood in the mud, looking up at the stars in the sky through the shadows of the trees.
He found himself terrifyingly calm now, not afraid of death, but just missing Lin Qiu and his disappointing...brother?
"Song Mu?"
Ling Yun seemed to smell the scent of Song Mu, and Song Mu's footsteps came whistling in the jungle.
"Don't come over here, be careful! This is a swamp." Ling Yun shouted.
He suddenly exerted force, causing his body to sink faster, and the mud had spread to his armpits.
Song Mu turned into a human form. He stood beside a tree, staring at Ling Yun in the mud with a frown.
Seeing him looking at him, Ling Yun smiled bitterly: "Why are you here?"
"Xiao Qiu asked me to come."
"Xiao Qiu? Xiao Qiu..." Ling Yun's belated longing hit him like a strong wind. "Song Mu, you must take good care of Xiao Qiu from now on. Xiao Qiu is a little more fragile than other females. Before the cold season comes, you must urge her to find another male as soon as possible."
Song Mu's frown deepened.
"You should talk more in the future. Xiaoqiu won't like you like this. Other males won't give in to you like I do." Ling Yun said with a smile.
"Shut up. I'll try to pull you up."
"Song Mu, don't," Ling Yun's face also became serious, "You can't pull me down, and you will only implicate yourself. Go back immediately! Go back to Xiao Qiu, she needs you!"
The males in the same group as Ling Yun also wanted to pull him up, but their actions only accelerated his sinking speed.
Ling Yun didn't want others to see his miserable death, so he asked them to go back and report the news.
Song Mu said, "Xiao Qiu asked me to come. She asked me to take you back, so I have to take you back."
"Song Mu, don't be silly."
"Ling Yun, do you want to make Xiao Qiu sad? We didn't hear any news in the tribe that you were trapped in the quagmire. It was Xiao Qiu who said she had a premonition that you were in danger, so she begged me to come find you! She begged me! Ling Yun, you must return alive, do you understand?"
Ling Yun and Song Mu knew very well that Lin Qiu did not possess Ling Yun's beast pattern. Her premonition was simply due to her genuine concern for Ling Yun.
Ling Yun's determination to die suddenly wavered. He originally thought that he could face death calmly, but after listening to Song Mu's words, he longed for the warmth by Lin Qiu's side.
He doesn't want to die.
Song Mu did not come over, but instead chopped down a tree with his claws and threw the trunk towards Ling Yun.
The tree trunk was across in front of him. Ling Yun understood what he meant and put his hand on the trunk, trying to put the weight of his upper body on it.
He found that the tree trunk showed no signs of falling, but instead seemed to be supported by an upward force.
Song Mu quickly threw another one over. The two thick tree trunks were big enough for Ling Yun to lie on with his entire upper body.
"Don't use brute force. Apply force slowly as if you were falling, and you will get out slowly." Song Mu said.
Ling Yun hugged the tree trunk tightly with his arms, took a breath, and slowly used the buoyancy of the trunk to drag his body out of the mud.
Song Mu stood on the shore, holding his breath and watching Ling Yun intently. He saw that although Ling Yun's movements were slow, he was indeed coming out slowly.
Ling Yun soon had his entire upper body lying on the giant tree. Only then did he dare to relax for a moment and take two deep breaths.
"If you transform into a beast form now, you can probably get ashore. Ling Yun, don't rush forward when you transform into a beast form. Pull it out slowly."
"Um."
Ling Yun didn't have the strength to speak anymore. He responded and changed into a beast form. The giant tiger's claws rested on the hard soil at the edge of the swamp.
With his paws touching the solid ground, Ling Yun felt much more at ease.
He dug his claws into the soil, slowly crawled to the shore, and dragged his lower body out.
Only after all four claws reached the shore did Ling Yun breathe a sigh of relief.
His entire tiger body was covered in mud, and he looked very miserable. Song Mu looked at him from the side and snorted with disdain.
Ling Yun had escaped death, and he looked at Song Mu with a little more favor: "I didn't expect you to be so smart."
Song Mu said faintly, "When I was traveling before I came of age, a horse orc living near the swamp told me how to deal with it. Only fools who keep struggling will sink deeper and deeper. As long as you stay calm, you won't fall in."
Ling Yun understood that Song Mu was calling him an idiot.
"You have a way to get out of the swamp, why didn't you tell me earlier? You made me worry! I've always seen you holding your farts in."
Ling Yun stood up and shook off the mud on his body, splashing mud all over Song Mu.
Song Mu closed her eyes, too lazy to argue with him: "If you are okay, go back quickly. Xiao Qiu will be worried."
"Yes, let's go back quickly!"
After Ling Yun finished speaking, he started running, and Song Mu followed behind him. They waded into the river halfway, swam against the current for a while, washed off most of the mud on their bodies, and then continued to run ashore towards the tribe.
Lin Qiu woke up in the cave, and Dong Xue was still sitting beside her: "Lin Qiu, don't be too sad. Although Ling Yun is indeed a good person, there are still many good males in the tribe. You must take care of yourself."
Lin Qiu was not surprised by Dong Xue's words, but she asked, "If something happened to Tan Yuan, would you really not worry at all?"
"I..." Dongxue pursed her lips.
Lin Qiu asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"
"It's been a long time. Daybreak will soon begin."
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