The White Monkeys were nurous, and many people had been injured.
Everyone was caught off guard and panicked, falling into a disadvantage against these White Monkeys.
Chuzheng remained much calr, kicking away each one that approached her.
The White Monkeys, seeing this, probably thought this target was too fierce and couldn’t be defeated, intelligently shifted their focus.
Xie Ningfeng and Li Tian were surrounded by White Monkeys, Xie Ningfeng guarded Li Tian, but inevitably got hurt.
"Run!" Brother Gao’s voice ca from the front: "There are too many of them."
Xie Ningfeng protected Li Tian as they ran towards the main group, a White Monkey clawed at him, his arm blocked it, but his backpack was snatched away.
"The equipnt!" Xie Ningfeng exclaid.
"Let’s go!" Li Tian pulled Xie Ningfeng to run, not caring about the equipnt.
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The group was sprinting wildly through the weeds, with White Monkeys occasionally leaping behind them, creating a shockingly intense scene from afar.
The group didn’t know how long they’d been running before the sounds of pursuit stopped.
"It seems they’re not chasing us anymore."
"I can’t go on, I can’t run anymore."
The group stopped, with only the sound of wind behind them.
Confirming the White Monkeys hadn’t caught up, the group breathed a sigh of relief, so directly sat on the ground to catch their breath.
Those monkeys were terrifying as hell.
Their clothes could be ripped open easily, and with just one claw there was blood everywhere.
"Where did those damn monkeys co from?" Xiao Qiu asked, clutching his scratched arm: "Uncle Min, do you know?"
"I don’t know." Uncle Min shook his head.
Brother Gao frowned and raised his voice: "Is everyone okay?"
"My backpack was snatched."
"My backpack was snatched too."
The injuries were minor, but several backpacks were taken, so were small bags while others were whole backpacks.
"Let’s gather the remaining equipnt."
In Chuzheng’s group, only Xie Ningfeng’s backpack was snatched, Lan Chen had a small backpack taken, but everything else was there.
Though Xie Ningfeng’s was snatched it didn’t matter, as Li Tian’s were still intact so they could share.
Chuzheng’s equipnt was with Uncle Min, so there was no loss.
Soon Brother Gao finished the inventory.
"Food’s running short, but the equipnt is sufficient."
"How much food is left?"
"According to our current consumption, no more than three days."
Three days...
This is not good news.
Brother Gao turned to Uncle Min: "Uncle Min, is it easy to find food here?"
"Yes." Uncle Min nodded: "When I used to collect herbs, I often ate things from the mountains, we won’t starve, and there’s a creek ahead with fish in it."
Upon hearing this, Brother Gao was relieved: "As long as we can find food, everyone treat their wounds first, rest for a while then continue."
The group helped each other with wounds.
Brother Gao glanced around, looking at Chuzheng leaning against a tree, scrutinizing her.
Everyone was in disarray, with clothes and hair ssy even if they weren’t injured.
Only she, her clothes were untouched, still looking as if nothing had happened...
When he first saw her, this girl didn’t give off this impression at all.
Why the sudden change?
Was it all a disguise before?
Brother Gao grew wary, increasingly cautious of Chuzheng.
-
Li Tian bandaged Xie Ningfeng’s wound, her expression sowhat grim.
In the past, when going out with Lan Chen and others, so places were remote, wild mountains were normal, occasionally encountering so animals.
But never had they run into such a large group of creatures like today.
"What species are those White Monkeys?" Li Tian asked Xie Ningfeng.
Xie Ningfeng shook his head: "I’m not familiar with this... Does Chen know?"
Lan Chen, chewing on a stalk of grass, leaned against a stone, upon hearing this exclaid: "How would I know, I have no fondness for monkeys at all."
Brother Gao’s group had so animal knowledge though.
However, he didn’t know what species the monkeys were either.
The chance of seeing an entirely white monkey was one in a hundred thousand, yet they had seen dozens.
Either it’s a new species undiscovered, or so other reason caused it.
The encounter with the monkeys had cast a shadow over everyone’s hearts.
Afraid of nearby danger, the group rested before continuing their journey.
-
One day later.
The group arrived at the creek Uncle Min ntioned, the water was crystal clear with small fish and shrimp.
Brother Gao instructed everyone to set up camp, and rest here for the night.
The group wasn’t in a rush to set up tents, they first relaxed in the water.
Chuzheng stood with arms crossed by the bank, showing no intention of getting into the water.
"Miss Liu, why don’t you get in the water and wash up?" Brother Gao approached, striking up a conversation.
"I won’t."
"Miss Liu seems a bit different from before."
Chuzheng glanced at him mocking: "How am I different?"
Brother Gao scrutinized her face, searching for any change but couldn’t see anything.
"Your deanor and aura are different."
Chuzheng:"So what?" A change of heart, that’s why it’s different.
Brother Gao:"..."
This was what puzzled him, why question him back?
Why isn’t your answer within normal thinking?
"I’m just curious as to why there’s such a big change, can Miss Liu explain?"
"Why should I explain to you?" Chuzheng replied indifferently: "We’re rely strangers traveling together, I have not hard you, you have no authority to demand answers from ."
Brother Gao:"..."
Having been thwarted several tis, Brother Gao had to finally give up.
After Brother Gao left for less than a minute, a scream ca from the creek.
Xiao Qiu was running stumbling on shore, tripping and crawling with hands and feet, shouting at those in the creek: "Get out of the water!!"
Those standing in the creek were confused, not knowing what had happened.
But soon the group reacted, regardless of the reason, they rushed out of the water first.
People scrambled up the bank.
"What happened?"
"What’s going on?"
The group approached Xiao Qiu, soone noticing Xiao Qiu’s entire foot was swollen, and he seed to be in great discomfort.
Brother Gao squeezed through the crowd, squatting to check Xiao Qiu’s foot: "What’s going on?"
Xiao Qiu’s face was drenched in sweat: "I don’t know, I just felt sothing poke , and my foot went numb."
It happened after getting out of the water.
Brother Gao found a red dot where Xiao Qiu felt the poke.
"Uncle Min, Uncle Min!"
"Hey."
Uncle Min returned carrying a pile of fruits, hearing his na he ran over: "What’s wrong, what’s wrong?"
"Quick, check Xiao Qiu. While in the water, he got poked by sothing and ended up like this."
Uncle Min leaned in for a closer look, looking troubled: "This... I don’t know either."
Uncle Min was an herbalist, able to diagnose simple injuries and recognize so poisons, but he hadn’t seen such a situation.
Li Tian clung to Xie Ningfeng’s arm, standing with Lan Chen on the outskirts, talking quietly.
"What’s in the water? Did you all see anything?"
"I didn’t notice, I don’t know..."
"Could it be a water snake?"
"Snake bites don’t look like that..."
"This is too dangerous..."
First those sudden monkeys, now suddenly being poked by sothing.
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