I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 265 - 261 The Long-Haired Beauty in the Eyes of
Chapter 265: Chapter 261 The Long-Haired Beauty in the Eyes of a Taotie
Chapter 265: Chapter 261 The Long-Haired Beauty in the Eyes of a Taotie
Taotie cocked his head to listen for a while, then frowned slightly and muttered, “There seems to be something alive up ahead!”
After hesitating for a moment, Taotie took out his terminal and reported the situation that was unfolding.
[Taotie: Following the right-hand cave for about five hundred meters, I’ve discovered something. There seems to be some kind of living creature, but I haven’t gone to take a closer look yet.]
After sending the message, Taotie checked his gun and tested the sharpness of the Dagger, which gave him a bit of confidence.
In the recent battle with the Giant Serpent, Taotie’s backpack was blown to pieces by a bomb, leaving him with only a few pieces of equipment, able to be used as weapons, including this gun and the Dagger given to him by Fang Xiaocao.
He was used to wielding the Mountain Splitter Dagger, but now he had to use the Dagger,
Which felt somewhat awkward.
Upon receiving Taotie’s message, Hummingbird grabbed Fang Xiaocao, “Princess Your Highness, wait before we go any further. There’s something happening on Taotie’s end. We’ll move forward once the danger is cleared.”
Fang Xiaocao looked at Hummingbird with an inquiring gaze.
“This location is relatively safe and facilitates retreat. If there’s any danger on Taotie’s end, Tom and I will go provide support. It’s safest for you to stay here,” Hummingbird explained when he saw her gaze.
Fang Xiaocao nodded; Hummingbird’s reasoning made sense.
If a real danger arose, she would just be a liability; indeed, it wouldn’t be wise for her to push forward.
Fang Xiaocao hesitated for a moment before sending a text to Taotie.
[Fang Xiaocao: Taotie, try to find out what the living creature ahead is exactly, whether it poses any danger to us. Report immediately if there’s any danger. I’ll send Tom to support you.]
[Fang Xiaocao: Tom, hurry and move forward to rendezvous with us, ready to support Taotie at any moment.]
[Taotie: Received!]
Having read Fang Xiaocao’s message, Taotie responded and stuffed his terminal into his pocket, carefully moving towards the darkness ahead.
Tom, who had been erasing their tracks and setting traps, naturally saw Fang Xiaocao’s message as well.
Tom got up, glanced at his handiwork, decided it was adequate, and quickly packed his backpack, preparing to meet up with Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird.
[Tom: Received, I’m on my way!]
After replying, Tom put away his terminal.
He slung his backpack over his shoulder and ran towards where Fang Xiaocao and the others were. A few hundred meters was nothing to him; less than a minute later, he had arrived.
“Princess Your Highness, I’m here!”
Tom whispered as he got close to Fang Xiaocao.
Fang Xiaocao nodded and hummed a response.
Tom crouched next to Fang Xiaocao and pulled out his terminal for a glance, “Taotie hasn’t sent any more messages. Could something have happened? Should I go check it out?”
Fang Xiaocao hesitated, then shook her head.
“Let’s not go just yet; wait for a message from Taotie,” she said softly.
“We need to trust Taotie!” Tom nodded in agreement upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words.
Hummingbird crouched to one side, all ears but no mouth, offering no opinion, just waiting for Fang Xiaocao’s orders.
…
Taotie cautiously moved forward, drawing closer to the sound of the living creature.
Listening to the noise ahead, Taotie frowned slightly; the creature ahead didn’t seem like an animal…
But rather…
A live person!
Taotie blinked and decided to get a little closer to get a clear look.
Theoretically, they should have been the first group to enter; how could there be someone ahead of them?
“That’s not scientific!”
Taotie grumbled to himself and moved closer with care.
Having walked less than a hundred meters, Taotie stopped, shoved his gun into his waistband, gripped the Dagger, and pounced toward the corner ahead.
At the corner, there was a figure.
By its shape, it seemed like a woman.
Long hair fluttering, slender figure.
It should be easy to deal with.
“What the fuck!”
“What is this thing?”
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Just as he lunged forward, Taotie let out a startled cry.
The body that had been pouncing forward twisted instinctively to the side, slamming into the rock wall.
“It fucking hurts…”
Taotie grimaced, rubbing his forehead and cursing as he got up from the ground. The large bump on his forehead was a souvenir from hitting the wall.
Taotie, rubbing the bump, looked at the long-haired beauty opposite him, and almost threw up with one look.
The long-haired beauty was actually a dried-up corpse.
The noise just then had been made by two White Haired Man-Eating Rats.
Each of the two White Haired Man-Eating Rats was as big as a house cat, not afraid of people at all, their eight eyes shining bright red as they stared down Taotie.
Locking eyes with the two rats, Taotie was startled.
In the eyes of the rats shone a light that was choosing its meal, as if Taotie were their prey.
Taotie instantly became alert.
He could tell these were not naturally albino rats; they had grown naturally white with age.
If they weren’t naturally albino, their red eyes couldn’t be natural either.
Normal animals’ eyes turning red…
There was only one possibility…
It was that they…
Had eaten humans!
And must have frequently eaten human flesh to turn red!
These two rats were Man-Eating Rats!
The possibility of encountering Man-Eating Rats shocked Taotie!
If there were old ones here, then there might be a lot of young ones in the dark. Rats are extremely prolific creatures, capable of birthing a dozen in a single litter. Even with a shortage of food, they can have several litters a year.
With sufficient food, a litter a month.
Even sows aren’t as prolific as they are.
The unknown quantity of Man-Eating Rats wasn’t the scariest part; the worst was wondering where the human flesh they were eating came from…
Taotie, usually fearless, couldn’t help but wipe away a cold sweat at this thought; this treasure may not be easy to take. It could very well be a place of great danger.
God knows how many people might have died in here for this treasure.
“Squeak squeak squeak…”
One White-Haired Man-Eating Rat screamed several times, inching closer to Taotie. Its long incisors gleamed coldly, and its small red eyes sized Taotie up, as if calculating where to bite.
Taotie narrowed his eyes and pulled out a gun.
He decided to take out these two Man-Eating Rats first.
Then he would notify Fang Xiaocao and the others to quickly retreat.
Man-Eating Rats, whose exact numbers were unknown, were much scarier than the Giant Serpent.
Not only were those rats teeth tainted with corpse poison, but they also harbored numerous bacteria and even terrifying viruses like the plague.
If bitten, without immediate treatment…
Taotie was not afraid of heaven or earth. Even with a Giant Serpent, he dared to frolic in its mouth, but he feared those invisible, intangible things, such as ghosts and viruses, because against tangible entities, he could figure out a way to kill them. But for those unseen, he wouldn’t even know where to plunge his dagger.
Just as Taotie was caught off-guard, a white figure flashed by with a “whoosh”…
