Chapter 115

Having had previous combat experience, this time the encirclement and killing were naturally easy for the leading Xia Hong and the three others.

Xia Chuan took the lead in flicking his fingers, and several silk threads flew straight toward the two Gnawing Rats; with the cooperation of the other five, they were the first to entangle their four limbs.

The two Gnawing Rats could clearly feel the danger from the six people; although their expressions were slightly flustered, their reactions were not slow, and each transformed into silver light, constantly drilling into the gaps of the six, wanting to break through and escape.

It was a pity that Xia Hong and the five others blocked with their blades, not leaving them half a gap; the gnawing teeth and the large blades constantly collided, sparking, and after a dozen or so collisions, they all hit the large blades of Xia Hong and the five, without a trace of breaking through.

And accompanying these dozen or so headless collisions, the larger their range of activity, the tighter their four limbs were entangled by Xia Chuan's white threads.

"Tighten, kill!"

The leader, Xia Hong, seeing that Xia Chuan's white threads were already stretched very tight, seized the opportunity of the Gnawing Rats' exhaustion, shouted sharply, stepped on the long tail of one of the Gnawing Rats with both legs, kicked hard, jumped up with his blade, and slashed fiercely at its neck.

The moment his shout rang out, Xia Chuan not far away suddenly tightened his hands, the white threads instantly pulled taut, the four limbs of the two Gnawing Rats tilted, their bodies staggered together, and they directly flipped over to the ground on their sides.

At the same time, Luo Yuan and the three Zhao brothers also seized the opportunity, gave up the entanglement, raised their blades to accumulate strength, and almost at the same time as Xia Hong, slashed toward the spine of the other Gnawing Rat.

Crack... crack...

Two sounds of bone fragmentation rang out one after another; except for Xia Chuan not far away, the large blades of Xia Hong and the five all slashed into the bodies of the two Gnawing Rats.

Although Luo Yuan and the four slashed at the spine, the blade bodies also slashed to the position of nearly half the Gnawing Rats' bodies, which showed the strength of the four;

Xia Hong was even more exaggerated; he slashed at the neck, and although it was avoided by the Gnawing Rat in the end, it still slashed to the back of the head.

With this slash, the head of that Gnawing Rat directly shattered, minced meat and brains splashed all over the ground, and the entire head, except for those two gnawing teeth, couldn't find a single good bone.

Chen Ying and his two sons, who hadn't run far, as well as a small number of adults from Chen Ye's camp, looked at the six people in the field who were like gods and demons, and were already dumbfounded, their hearts full of horror.

These two powerful cold beasts that could slaughter humans at will were killed in less than three minutes in the hands of these six people before them.

Could these six people be gods?

At this very moment, not to mention the other ordinary people, even Chen Ying, who had seen the Xia Hong brothers before, couldn't help but have this thought pop into his mind.

After coming to his senses, in the eyes of everyone looking at Xia Hong and the six, only thick worship and reverence remained.

"Clean up, hurry and run!"

Xia Hong naturally didn't know the thoughts of Chen Ying and the others.

He told Luo Yuan and the five to clean up the battlefield quickly, turned his head to see Chen Ying and the others still standing in place, and couldn't help but angrily shout: "What are you still standing there for, hurry and run south!"

Chen Ying and the others were awakened by the words and immediately continued to flee south.

On this side, seeing Xia Chuan and the five clean up the battlefield, Xia Hong didn't say a word and took the lead in running south; the five naturally carried the two wrapped Gnawing Rat carcasses and followed closely behind.

Lighting the first torch and taking a detour from the south took more than five minutes; watching the Gnawing Rat swarm pass took more than two minutes; just now, killing those two Gnawing Rats took three minutes, which was already over twelve minutes.

Xia Hong roughly calculated the time in his heart, realized that those torches would soon go out, and hurriedly quickened his pace; in less than a dozen breaths, he caught up with the personnel of Chen Ye's camp running in front.

Seeing Xia Hong come over, Chen Ying and the three didn't care about their injuries, and immediately bowed and knelt toward him with excited expressions.

"Leader Xia, great kindness and virtue..."

"Leader Chen, time is urgent, no need to say these things, take people and continue running."

Xia Hong helped Chen Ying up, interrupted him directly, looked at the crowd walking slowly, pondered for a moment, and turned his head to say: "Zhao Long, you three take them back to the camp first, as fast as you can; Chuan and Luo Yuan, stay here with me to cover the rear."

"Yes, leader!"

The three Zhao brothers immediately nodded in obedience; the three picked up two children respectively, then ordered other adults who still had energy to also take the children, urging everyone to leave quickly.

With the organization of the three Zhao brothers, coupled with the assistance of Chen Ying and his sons, the originally chaotic crowd immediately had order, and the efficiency of retreating south became much faster all of a sudden.

Xia Hong and the three had already found a tree, stood on the tree, watched everyone retreat completely, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh:

"Chen Ying and this group of people, their lives are really big!"

"The luck is indeed good; I looked at the expressions of Chen Ying and his two sons, they must have not eaten for at least two or three days; they must have been trapped for too long, and the reserve food had all been eaten. Just now, rushing out of the cave, they must have wanted to make a desperate fight; they accidentally bumped into us luring the Gnawing Rats away. If the time had been slightly off, not a single one of them would have survived..."

Hearing Xia Chuan's words, Xia Hong also couldn't help but nod, sighing in his heart that the luck of the people in Chen Ye's camp was indeed not bad.

"It's also fortunate that big brother said he wanted to come back and see the subsequent movements of the Gnawing Rat swarm; otherwise, those two Gnawing Rats could probably have slaughtered them all."

"Tonight's plan, as of now, should be considered not bad; none of you six had any issues, there aren't many cold beasts along the way, and the probability of issues for the others is not high. We'll know tomorrow morning; below, just wait and see if the Gnawing Rat swarm will come back..."

Xia Hong said while staring at the outskirts of Red Wood Ridge to the northwest, hoping in his heart that the Gnawing Rat swarm would never come back.

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan were the same as him, looking at Red Wood Ridge, their expressions somewhat nervous.

Thump thump thump...

However, after staring for only three minutes, which was the time Xia Hong estimated for the torches to go out.

A huge movement came from the ground.

Xia Hong, who felt it first, was the first to raise his head.

Seeing the outskirts of Red Wood Ridge to the northwest, the silver Gnawing Rat swarm, which could not be seen to the end, was rapidly returning toward the north slope of the cliff.

Xia Hong's expression instantly turned gloomy.

"They're back again; it seems that on top of the north slope, there must be something attracting this group of Long-Tailed Gnawing Rats. We can't stay here, hurry and go!"

After Xia Hong finished speaking, he ran south without looking back. Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan followed closely behind.

The three running south didn't have very good expressions.

The Gnawing Rat swarm returning to the north slope of the cliff meant that their guidance plan tonight, which involved such great risk and invested so much manpower, was declared a complete bankruptcy.

After such great effort, the risk hadn't been reduced at all, which was equivalent to doing a useless job, so the mood of the three was naturally exceptionally heavy.

The three were very fast and soon caught up with Zhao Long's group.

"Leader, how is the situation..."

Zhao Long subconsciously wanted to ask about the situation of the Gnawing Rat swarm, but seeing Xia Hong's expression, he realized the situation was not good and immediately stopped tactfully.

"Leader Xia, about a hundred meters or so further up from the north slope of the cliff, there should be something in the mountain attracting this group of Gnawing Rats; they gather there during the day. Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, having hidden in the cave for more than ten days, I can feel it."

Chen Ye walked over at this time, speaking to Xia Hong with a respectful expression.

Clearly, on the road of fleeing just now, he had already learned from the three Zhao brothers about Xia Hong's plan tonight; seeing the ugly expressions of Xia Hong and the three when they returned, he realized the Gnawing Rat swarm had returned, so he hurriedly explained the situation he understood.

Xia Hong nodded upon hearing this; although he had guessed it long ago, with Chen Ying's corroboration, he could be even more certain.

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Being able to attract such a massive number of Gnawing Rats, the thing on top of the north slope was not simple, as one could imagine.

But whether it was Xia Hong or others, after realizing this point, no one had any covetous heart in their hearts; instead, there was only thick worry.

After all, no matter how precious something is, it cannot compare to life.

With that massive Gnawing Rat swarm right in front of them, given Great Xia's current strength, no matter how great the benefit, it wouldn't be their turn.

Instead, the day the Gnawing Rat swarm moves even slightly and discovers the valley, it will be a devastating disaster for them.

As long as they are still on the north slope, Great Xia going out to hunt, cut wood, or gather—no matter what they do, there is a possibility of being discovered; this is simply a sharp sword hanging over their heads, ready to fall at any time.

The problem of the Gnawing Rat swarm must be solved actively, and it cannot be slow.

However, the strength is not enough!

What method can solve them?

Xia Hong thought about methods to deal with the Gnawing Rat swarm in his mind while following the side of the team, rushing toward the valley encampment.

"Leader, we're here!"

It was only a two-kilometer journey in total, and coupled with being frightened by the Gnawing Rat swarm, the crowd's speed was not slow, and they soon arrived at the entrance of the valley encampment.

After more than half a year, seeing Luo Ge's camp gate again, Chen Ying and his two sons felt a little emotional, but turning to look at Xia Hong, infinite hope and longing rose in their hearts.

On the way back just now, what Zhao Long told them was not just about luring the Gnawing Rat swarm away tonight.

Luo Ge's camp had already become a thing of the past; the valley had now been taken over by the Great Xia camp; Xia Hong was the sole leader; Great Stone, Huang Zhao, Great Chuan, and the hundred-plus people from the former Luo Ge camp had all merged into Great Xia.

The Great Xia camp, with a total of over eight hundred people, now possessed six major Earth-Digging Realm members and over a hundred Woodcutting Realm members, which could be said to be a gathering of strong people.

If these messages were enough to make Chen Ying dumbfounded;

Then hearing the various rules currently implemented by the Great Xia camp, especially the division system of cold beast meat, Chen Ying was even more shocked in his heart.

Hunting team, woodcutting team, gathering team, camp supply office, workshop—the five major institutions; Earth-Digging Realm gets ten jin a day; Woodcutting Realm gets five jin a day; everyone over six years old counts as a reserve, and reserves get a quota of one to two jin a day; even children under six can get five jin a month, combined with crystal fruit as supplementary food...

If it weren't for seeing the divine posture of Xia Hong and the six with his own eyes earlier, no matter who said these words, Chen Ying and his two sons would probably have treated the other party as a lunatic.

How is this possible?

Did Great Xia's cold beast meat fall from the sky?

After experiencing this information bombardment, when Zhao Long said that the Great Xia camp originally intended to accommodate the two hundred-plus people in Chen Ye's camp, Chen Ying was already completely numb, and he naturally couldn't refuse.

He now had only one thought: he wanted to enter the Great Xia camp and personally verify whether what Zhao Long said was true or false.

"It doesn't need to be one hundred percent true; even if it's one-half—no, as long as one-tenth is true, I will be satisfied!"

At the last moment before entering the valley, Chen Ying and his two sons had such thoughts in their hearts.

After all, even if Zhao Long exaggerated, as long as there was one-tenth truth, they could still get half a jin of cold beast meat every day!

Holding this mentality, Chen Ying and his two sons followed behind the two hundred-plus people from Chen Ye's camp, walked slowly through the passage, and entered the valley.

"Is it too warm in this valley?"

"This... such a large house..."

"Is that tarpaulin spread on top of the house?"

"So many people!"

"How can there be so much wood, so big, so much..."

"Crystal fruit, is that the fragrance of crystal fruit at the entrance of that cave?"

"There is a meat fragrance, I smell meat fragrance, it's cold beast meat, I've eaten it..."

Before they had completely entered, exclamations and praises had already come from the front of the team; Chen Ying and his two sons behind heard the sound, their curiosity grew even more, and they unconsciously quickened their pace, rushing to the front of the crowd.

(End of chapter)