Chapter 25: Crisis in the Jungle (Continued)

  Under the big tree, Tang Tian crawled on the ground, Zhang Yu helped him pull out the sharp thorns that had pierced into his flesh from behind. Every time a thorn was pulled out, Tang Tian's entire body would shudder with pain, but he endured it silently, not daring to make a sound.

  He never thought that these two or three centimeter long thorns would have a small reverse thorn, hooked into the flesh, and with one pull, a piece of meat thread was pulled out. The pain can be imagined.

  And what made Tang Tian clench his teeth was that this Zhang Yu obviously had no experience in taking care of people, pulling out a thorn without any lightness or heaviness. Sometimes, one sharp thorn could be pulled out with just a little force, but she would still fiddle with it for several times before pulling it out.

  This made Tang Tian so angry that he almost cried. His mother's... If it weren't for the fact that only Zhang Yu was here to help, Tang Tian would rather die than let her help him.

  There were dozens of thorns on Tang Tian's back, Zhang Yu helped Tang Tian pull out the thorns with a bent waist, after a long time, she felt a bit tired, so she sat down on Tang Tian's leg and focused on helping him pull out the thorns.

  But she sat like this, and Tang Tian was in trouble. He had never experienced such an array. Zhang Yu's plump little butt occasionally moved up on his thigh, and the wonderful feeling made Tang Tian's heart skip a beat.

  Zhang Yu slowly and carefully pulled out the thorn, and with the occasional friction of his body, Tang Tian felt both pain and pleasure!

  It wasn't until who-knows-how-long that Tang Tian felt like he was about to pass out, and only then did he realize that all the thorns on his back had been removed. Zhang Yu also got up and left his thigh, rubbing her shoulder in the process. Apparently, she hadn't done such meticulous work before either, because now her shoulders were sore and numb.

  Tang Tian didn't get up, continuing to crawl there, the reason, hmm, a poor bachelor's embarrassing stiffness... can't bear the pain...

  After resting for a while, he felt that his brother had become honest, and Tang Tian finally got up, saying: "We must leave here quickly. When you helped me pull out the thorn just now, I shed a little bit of blood on my body. Although it's very light, some mutant beasts with keen sense of smell will definitely find out. It'll be troublesome when they come after us. Can you still remember which direction we're heading?" He looked at Zhang Yu's eyes with a hint of strangeness.

  Zhang Yu blinked his big eyes, looked around, and then shook his head in disappointment: "The terrain has changed completely, and I've only been to Shi Jia Village once before. How can I find the way back now?"

  Such a situation was anticipated by Tang Tian, so he wasn't very disappointed. He stood up and looked around, then took out the mechanical watch on his body and asked, "It's already past three in the afternoon now, do you still remember which direction Shi Jia Village is in at this time?"

  "I remember last time I came, it was in the morning, and Shi Jia Village was just west of my location. Actually, judging by direction is not feasible at all, because we don't even know where we are now."

  "Hmm, hearing Zhang Yu's words, Tang Tian thought that it was indeed the case. He didn't even know where he was, and using directions to determine anything was useless. So, radiant as ever, he said: 'Forget it, let's just keep moving forward. At least after entering the forest, our general direction hasn't changed'."

  For some reason, Tang Tian's attitude towards Zhang Yu has changed, and he no longer has the indifference he had at the beginning.

  Zhang Yu naturally had no opinion, she was now in a state of six spirits without a master, and simply didn't know what to do. Everything naturally became Tang Tian's arrangement.

  Huh? No way!

  Tang Tiangang was about to pull Zhang Yu away, but suddenly stopped in his tracks, making a silencing gesture to Zhang Yu, and then concentrated on listening carefully to the surrounding movements.

  "Hmm... A very faint sound echoed through the jungle."

  Upon hearing this sound, Tang Tian furrowed his brow, feeling that there should be trouble, but he just couldn't recall what animal made this sound.

  A few seconds passed and the buzzing sound suddenly grew louder, as if it was coming straight for him from all directions.

  "This is terrible, it's mosquitoes!", Tang Tian suddenly thought of this, the buzzing sound was indeed made by mosquitoes, his face changed drastically. Mosquitoes are not scary, mutated mosquitoes are not scary either, what's scary is a swarm of mutated mosquitoes!

  Because mosquitoes always appear in large groups!

  Without time to think carefully, Tang Tian pulled up Zhang Yu from the ground and started running wildly, because he had already seen a mutated mosquito, instantly losing his will to fight.

  Because he saw that this mutated mosquito was at least one meter long, with a sharp mouth of several tens of centimeters, which was simply a blood-sucking tool, and it flew towards Tang Tian and the others with its long belly, and from the midst of the sky came a deafening buzzing sound rushing towards here!

  "Mutant mosquitoes, secondary, their long sharp mouth is their attacking weapon, although the attacking intensity is not high, but they are good at sucking blood, being stabbed by their sharp mouth has a slight numbing effect, often appearing in groups."

  It was indeed the Eye of Truth that had been activated, and Tang Tian quickly obtained information about this mosquito. As expected, it was just as he had guessed - these mosquitoes would never appear alone, but rather in large swarms! Once surrounded, there was only one outcome: being sucked dry to a shriveled corpse.

  Tang Tian sprinted wildly in the direction he had started, eventually getting impatient with Zhang Yu's slow pace and hoisting her onto his shoulder, ignoring her struggles. With Tang Tian's current strength, carrying Zhang Yu's less-than-100-jin body was like a game, and he didn't feel any weight at all.

  There were too many mosquitoes behind him, especially the buzzing sound that made Tang Tian's heart feel annoyed and disordered. Fortunately, after these mosquitoes mutated, their bodies became too large, and their wings couldn't support their rapid movement, so Tang Tian saw a glimmer of hope to escape.

  "Damn it, it must be the bloody smell on me that attracted these mosquitoes. I should have left earlier," Tang Tian thought with regret, because he had initially neglected the existence of these blood-sensitive mosquitoes.

  But now it's no use saying anything, escaping with one's life is what matters most.

  But soon, Tang Tian became desperate because a river blocked his path. Although the river didn't seem very deep, he still didn't dare to enter the water rashly. Who knew how many mutated creatures were hidden in the water?

  "Ah, I know, hurry up to the upper reaches of the river, that Shi Jia Village is just upstream", at this time, Zhang Yu, who was being held by Tang Tian, suddenly spoke loudly.

  Tang Tian was overjoyed and immediately ran towards the upper reaches of the river. As long as he hid behind a building, he wouldn't have to worry about these annoying mosquitoes anymore.

  Because it was by the river, the view was relatively broad. Tang Tian Bian ran and looked back, suddenly feeling his scalp explode. He saw a large patch of black behind him, all mosquitoes, almost covering the sky! The buzzing sound made people desperate.

  Not daring to stay for a moment, Tang Tian quickly carried Zhang Yu and ran towards the upper reaches of the river, hoping to arrive at Shijiavillage as soon as possible, so that they could be saved.

  "Can you estimate how far Shijiazhuang is from us?" Tang Tian asked while running.

  "There's not much further to go, at most two or three kilometers left," Zhang Yu said weakly, his eyes rolling back in his head as he was jostled around on Tang Tian's shoulders.

  After hearing her words, Tang Tian almost vomited blood on the spot. Two or three kilometers is still a long way, do you think I'm a car?!

  Although his heart was extremely depressed, Tang Tian still had to run desperately without stopping, this was the only hope left. All the way running here, he didn't see a place to hide, and could only pin his hopes on the house in Shi Jia Village being strong enough.

  It's strange to say, but Tang Tian ran all the way here and didn't encounter any other mutated creatures on the road. But thinking about it, it makes sense - with so many mosquitoes around, what mutated creature would dare appear? Being surrounded is just a fate of being sucked dry.

  Nor did he know how long he had run, but after a fierce sprint, Tang Tian finally felt that he was about to be unable to run anymore. Just as he turned a corner, his eyes suddenly lit up and the view suddenly opened up.

  Only a village appeared in front, and the surrounding mountains were bare, with rocks scattered all over, and there was hardly any existence of plants.

  And the river beside it made a bend around this small existence and went behind the mountain.

  What made Tang Tian even more fortunate was that he happened to be on this side of the village, otherwise crossing the river would still be a troublesome matter.

  Without thinking much, Tang Tian almost sprinted into the village at a speed of 100 meters, rushing towards a stone house nearby, regardless of whether there was anyone inside, and kicked the door open with one foot before charging in.

  Without having time to look carefully, Tang Tian put Zhang Yu inside the house and came back to the door again. Because a large group of mosquitoes were only more than ten meters away from the house, he had to block the door.

  The door had been kicked to pieces by himself and couldn't be closed, just as Tang Tian was thinking of taking out all the tables from the storage ring to block the door, he changed his mind and instead pulled out a long knife, assuming a fighting stance.

  Because he suddenly thought that now he was safe, these were just secondary mosquitoes, not difficult to deal with, as long as he guarded the door, he could play a crucial role.

  As soon as Tang Tian made his battle preparations, a mosquito flew towards him, its sharp long mouth seemingly about to pierce through him.

  Tang Tian stood at the door, and when the mosquitoes flew to a distance of one meter from him, he swung his hand and cut them in half with a single knife. These mosquitoes were weak in body, but they had the advantage of numbers, which forced Tang Tian to flee for his life. Now that the number of mosquitoes could no longer be an advantage, it was time for Tang Tian to start killing on a large scale.

  After the mosquito died, Tang Tian gained 10 experience points. It was better than nothing, after all, the Great Wall was built one brick at a time.

  After the mosquito died, only one long sharp stinger fell off, nothing else. Tang Tian didn't even have time to pick it up and take a look, because a large swarm of mosquitoes had already charged towards him.

  However, the mosquitoes are relatively large, but the door is only that small, and there are usually only one or two that can attack Tang Tian. As long as Tang Tian swings his knife, he can cut them down, and there's no real danger.

  The mosquitoes in front died, and the ones behind quickly filled up. Tang Tian only needed to mechanically swing his knife, and soon a large number of mosquito corpses piled up at the door. Tang Tian thought for a moment that this wasn't going to work, if the door was blocked, he wouldn't be able to kill any more mosquitoes.

  But he couldn't go out either, because that would mean being attacked by countless mosquitoes, and at that time, he wouldn't even know how he died. For the time being, there was no solution, so Tang Tian could only accept it as it was.

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