I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 267 - 263 Ran Away
Chapter 267: Chapter 263 Ran Away
Chapter 267: Chapter 263 Ran Away
Watching the white-haired man-eating rat flee frantically, and the half a rat tail beneath the dagger, Taotie suddenly had an ominous feeling that he had caused trouble…
Taotie blinked, hesitating for 0.01 seconds.
He gave up on chasing the white-haired man-eating rat.
He chose to turn around and go back to report the incident.
Because if Taotie ran, his own pursuit could easily become a one-way trip. Who knows how many more man-eating rats of the same kind awaited him in the cave ahead, ready to devour him as he delivered himself like a meal on wheels.
One wrong move, and he could be gnawed to shreds.
The kind where not even the bones would be left.
The danger posed by a group of man-eating rats far exceeded that of the giant serpent he had previously encountered.
With the giant serpent, as long as he was careful enough and reacted quickly, he wouldn’t get hurt.
But being surrounded by a group of man-eating rats meant almost certain death.
After all, even a great tiger can’t withstand a pack of wolves. No matter how strong he was, he only had two hands and two eyes. If the group of rats was large enough, they could completely overwhelm him, and just one bite from each rat would be enough to do him in.
Just think about the image of being surrounded and gnawed down to bone by hundreds of rats.
Even someone as brave as Taotie felt a tremor of fear.
Thinking of that image, Taotie shivered repeatedly, clutching himself tightly.
“Can’t handle it, absolutely can’t handle it.”
“I’m so scared!”
Muttering to himself, Taotie started to run.
The priority now was to quickly reunite with Fang Xiaocao and the others and make a swift escape!
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In the cave!
Fang Xiaocao, Tom, and Hummingbird looked at each other while watching the clock, waiting for Taotie’s news.
It had been far too long.
The trio grew increasingly restless.
It wasn’t just Tom who couldn’t sit still anymore; even Fang Xiaocao began to worry that Taotie had encountered danger or had been trapped by something again.
“Princess Your Highness, Taotie must have run into some trouble,”
Tom said seriously, frowning.
Hummingbird nodded in agreement with Tom’s view.
Fang Xiaocao pursed her lips, pulling out a gun.
“Let’s go, we need to support Taotie!”
“You two move fast, and I’ll provide fire support from behind,”
Fang Xiaocao said as she checked her ammunition.
Fang Xiaocao was very aware of her limits and didn’t try to charge alongside Tom and Hummingbird. She knew that if trouble had overcome even Taotie, she would only be heading into danger herself. Charging in might only complicate things for Tom and the others, so it was better for her to stay in the rear.
Tom and Hummingbird exchanged glances and nodded.
“Alright!”
“We’ll do as Princess Your Highness suggests!”
“Let’s go!”
Tom, with two Sprite Ball Bombs in hand, spoke in a deep voice.
The trio got up and headed deeper into the cave.
Tom led at the front, with Hummingbird close behind.
Fang Xiaocao followed leisurely at the rear.
After walking about three hundred meters, Tom gestured and quickly crouched down, staring intently into the darkness ahead, raising his gun and aiming it forward.
Seeing Tom’s actions, Hummingbird and Fang Xiaocao instinctively crouched down and raised their guns.
“Tat-tat-tat!”
Heavy footsteps approached from the front.
Tom clicked, turning off the safety.
He was ready to shoot at any moment.
Taotie had reported that he had discovered a living creature.
But what this creature was, everyone had waited a long time, and he hadn’t mentioned a word about it.
So this creature could be anything.
It could be an animal, or it could be a person.
If Taotie really was in trouble,
and it happened too quickly for him to send a message, then this creature that Taotie was investigating might very well be a person.
Only when someone shot him in the dark did Taotie lose the opportunity to flee or send a message.
In the darkness, that person ran closer and closer.
Very soon…
A human silhouette appeared before him.
Tom squinted slightly, his finger slowly pressing on the trigger, ready to shoot at any moment.
Suddenly!
Taotie frowned slightly and moved his finger away.
The human figure running towards him from the darkness, why did it look so much like…
The missing person, Taotie!
Tom made a cautious warning gesture to those behind him, then got up and stealthily approached the shadow.
Tom tiptoed forward, hiding behind a giant rock, waiting for the shadow in the darkness to get closer. When it did, Tom flew up a kick fiercely toward it.
“Damn it!”
“Who the hell is ambushing me again?”
Taotie, who was running, saw a shadow leap from behind the rock and kick at him. He immediately cursed loudly and swung a punch fiercely back.
The punch and kick met, emitting a “thump” of a dull sound.
Taotie stood his ground without flinching.
Tom, however, staggered back three or four steps.
“Old Tom, you’re ambushing me again!”
With just one exchange, Taotie immediately recognized that his assailant was Tom.
“You actually came back?”
Tom moved his foot, asking in a deep voice.
“Why wouldn’t I know to come back?”
Taotie rolled his eyes, speaking with annoyance.
As soon as he finished speaking, Taotie grabbed Tom and started running toward Fang Xiaocao, shouting as he ran, “No time to explain more, we need to get out fast.”
“Damn it, there are man-eating rats over there and at least one. Man-eating rats are intelligent creatures.”
Hearing Taotie’s words, Tom’s expression changed.
“Man-eating rats?”
Tom asked in surprise.
“That’s right, man-eating rats!”
“The number is unclear, but I encountered two intelligent man-eating rats. I intended to kill them both before coming back to report, but I only killed one and wounded the other, and the wounded one escaped.”
“I guess by now, an army of man-eating rats is already on its way here. I have no idea how many of them are intelligent creatures. We must retreat quickly. If we’re surrounded by man-eating rats, we’ll all end up as skeletons.”
Taotie shouted as he ran.
By the time they reached Fang Xiaocao, he had just finished explaining.
“Man-eating rats?”
“What is that?”
Fang Xiaocao exclaimed in surprise.
Fang Xiaocao had heard some of Taotie’s explanation.
“It’s a kind of rat that grows up eating human flesh!”
“They’ve adapted to eating human flesh, considering it food. The two I encountered even saw me as prey and wanted to hunt me.”
Taotie stood still, adjusting his breathing while educating Fang Xiaocao.
He was gasping a bit from running too fast.
“Tom?”
After hearing Taotie’s story, Fang Xiaocao looked at Tom.
“Retreat!”
“We must retreat!”
Tom furrowed his brows deeply, speaking decisively without any hesitation.
If Taotie was not mistaken, then the situation was indeed very critical, with a danger level far surpassing that of the giant serpent.
“Alright!”
“Retreat!”
Seeing Tom speak thus, Fang Xiaocao no longer cared about any treasure.
