Chapter 17: 017 Chaos

"This thing is called a Three-Legged Turtle. Its earliest appearance was recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica, though those who have heard of it likely know it from the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

As he spoke, Zhang Bei reached out and scooped the Three-Legged Turtle up from the ground.

The entire Three-Legged Turtle weighed over ten jin, and it differed from land turtles in one specific way.

The Three-Legged Turtle's tail was extremely long, and even when it encountered danger, it would not retract into its shell.

He turned his head to look at Su Xiao Xiao: "Did your ability level up?"

Su Xiao Xiao nodded: "It reached Level 2. The range I can detect now is five meters."

Zhang Bei nodded lightly; a five-meter range was already enough to do quite a few things.

Looking at the dim sky: "Rest now. We have to keep moving tomorrow."

On the twelfth day of survival in the Ice Age, Zhang Bei finally found animals in the midst of migration.

All the animals formed a long dragon-like line, and at the very end of the procession was a group of slow-moving sloths.

Zhang Bei sat in the driver's seat, squinting his eyes.

From here on, he just needed to follow behind this group of animals and head toward the equator.

Zhang Bei controlled the vehicle's speed and slowly followed them.

A few sloths turned their heads to look at the Ice-Snow Chariot, then turned back and continued walking forward.

Every day, new creatures joined this procession.

They were only walking at the end of the line due to their natural instincts.

The sky gradually darkened, and the migrating procession slowly came to a halt.

Zhang Bei wiped the long sword in his hand and stood by the vehicle.

In such a massive migration of mammals, there were bound to be carnivores hunting at night.

Although he was no longer short on food now.

Zhang Bei was still quite curious about the rewards for the Hunter mission.

Time passed second by second, when suddenly, the very front of the procession fell into chaos.

From time to time, it was accompanied by bursts of shrill cries.

Zhang Bei took a deep breath, gripped his long sword, and quickly arrived at the place where the High-Horned Sheep were resting.

Several white snow leopards were weaving through the chaotic flock of sheep.

Zhang Bei squinted his eyes, and the long sword in his hand thrust heavily forward.

Instantly, blood splattered, and a snow leopard collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

Zhang Bei licked the corner of his mouth lightly and, hunching his body, charged into the flock.

With a turn, he dodged a High-Horned Sheep charging wildly, and the long sword in his hand slashed forward.

A snow leopard stopped abruptly, looking at Zhang Bei with a fierce glint in its eyes.

Zhang Bei held the sword in his right hand, a gray light flashed over his left hand, and he charged toward the snow leopard in front of him.

As a predator in the Ice Age, the snow leopard was naturally not to be trifled with.

Its sharp claws swiped down instantly.

Zhang Bei's figure flashed, and he thrust the long sword toward the snow leopard's eyes.

The gray light on his left hand also struck out toward the front.

The snow leopard only tilted its head to dodge the long sword.

But in the dark night, the gray light struck the snow leopard's body squarely.

In just a few seconds, a stone statue of a snow leopard appeared before his eyes.

Just as he was preparing to find his next target, a shrill cry suddenly rang out.

The ground began to vibrate slightly.

Zhang Bei's expression changed, and he hurriedly retreated backward.

The protagonist causing the vibration was the absolute overlord of the Ice Age: the Mammoth.

Under the moonlight, the Mammoth's sturdy body charged straight toward the snow leopards.

With just a light nudge of its massive tusks, the belly of a snow leopard was ripped open.

Its sturdy trunk instantly coiled around a snow leopard and smashed it fiercely against the ground.

Watching the two snow leopards lying on the snow, gasping their last breaths, Zhang Bei quietly crept over.

He swung his long sword twice, and in an instant, he ended the breathing of both snow leopards.

The remaining snow leopards dragged a High-Horned Sheep and disappeared from the spot.

The Mammoth let out a shrill cry, its gaze fixed on Zhang Bei.

Zhang Bei's body instantly stiffened.

At this moment, the viewers in the live broadcast room also began to grow nervous.

Wu Yingcai: 【Holy crap, is it about to attack?】

Li Qinqin: 【Damn, weren't they just fighting side-by-side?】

Lu Zhong: 【Bullshit, he was clearly just following behind it to scavenge!】

The tense atmosphere was broken by a High-Horned Sheep.

It turned out that the High-Horned Sheep that had been chased by the snow leopards earlier had crouched down beside Zhang Bei.

The Mammoth's gaze softened; it touched the sheep's horns lightly with its trunk and turned to walk toward the front of the procession.

The High-Horned Sheep bleated softly at Zhang Bei and returned to the reassembled flock.

Hong Hui: 【Ahhh, that's so heartwarming!】

Li Qinqin: 【Holy crap, this sheep is too cute!】

Ye Fan: 【This Mammoth is so ma-】

【-jestic!】

Watching this "grateful" little sheep, Zhang Bei also smiled and turned back to the vehicle.

Su Xiao Xiao looked at the bloodstains on Zhang Bei's face and immediately grew nervous: "You aren't hurt, are you?"

Zhang Bei shook his head: "I'm fine. Rest, we have to keep moving tomorrow."

Su Xiao Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and helped Zhang Bei wipe the bloodstains off his face.

Late at night, Zhang Bei looked at the small screen in front of him, frowning.

The cold wave had already begun its assault, and basically every day, people were saying their final goodbyes to the world in the Trading Center.

And those three settlements had also revealed themselves in the open.

They began recruiting people in large numbers under the banner of providing heating.

Many familiar IDs never appeared again, and many people seeking help from various places had emerged.

After watching for a while, Zhang Bei leaned back in his chair and drifted into a dream.

The sky soon brightened; Zhang Bei wiped his face with accumulated snow, started the car, and followed the pace of the animal migration.

Su Xiao Xiao took a bite of bread: "How much longer do we have to walk?"

Zhang Bei looked up at the map: "Estimated about five more days."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Bei stepped lightly on the accelerator and drove forward.

The vehicle drove along the long line of the procession.

And the live broadcast room finally saw the complete encyclopedia of species of the Ice Age.

From the initial sloths, to the High-Horned Sheep, to the Woolly Rhinoceros.

All kinds of creatures opened everyone's eyes.

Li Qinqin: 【Holy crap, was that thing that just passed by a flamingo?】

Lu Zhong: 【It really is a flamingo!】

Wu Yingcai: 【It's so beautiful, I really want to raise one!】

Zhang Bei also noticed the birds flying in mid-air.

Their feathers were entirely red, and as they streaked across the sky, they looked like a ball of fire.

Su Xiao Xiao looked at the sky and sighed: "I really want to take a photo."

Zhang Bei twitched the corner of his mouth; had he been feeding Su Xiao Xiao too well?

The vehicle finally stopped beside the Mammoth.

The Mammoth was at the very front of the entire massive migration procession.

The slight roaring sound of Zhang Bei's vehicle naturally attracted some attention.

But under the shrill cry of the Mammoth from yesterday, the procession returned to silence once again.

Suddenly, a ringtone came from Zhang Bei's wristwatch.

It was a call request.

Zhang Bei frowned and reached out to tap accept.

A hoarse voice came from his ear.

"Hello Langzi, I am the person in charge of the Qingcheng Settlement. You can call me Lone Wolf." ===== CHAPTER 18 =====