Chapter 10: The Idiot Girl

  Is there danger?

  These three words made my heart tense up suddenly.

  "Hurry up! You guys hurry up, that strange dog is coming!" Ah Li said to me and Xu Yan.

  "How did it know we were here?" Xu Yan asked.

  "We tracked him down," Arin explained. "The dog monster bit him, and probably left its aura on his body, which led us here."

  "Ali, can you hold on by yourself?" Xu Yan looked at Ali and asked.

  "Don't worry, it won't do anything to me for the time being," Ah Li said. "I'll go out and block it for a while, you take the Phoenix Egg to Love, there are our people there, he doesn't dare to provoke us."

  "But that place......" Xu Yan hesitated a little.

  "It's better than being haunted by that dog monster anyway." Ah Li said to Xu Yan.

  "Alright." Xu Yan hesitated for a moment, then nodded her head.

  "Hurry up." Ah Li urged again.

  I don't know what that strange dog is doing here, but it's probably not up to any good. I just didn't expect to be so unlucky, having just gotten mixed up with them and then this kind of trouble happens.

  "Carry it up." Xuyan pointed at the trunk and said to me.

  "Am I carrying you?" I frowned.

  "Huh?" Xu Yan looked at me for a moment.

  "Alright." It's indeed a bit inappropriate to let a woman carry such a big box, so I had no choice but to put myself out and pick up the box. "Which way do we go?"

  "There's another exit here, just follow me." Xu Yan said to me and took me towards a wall in front of us.

  Xu Yan removed a wooden board from the wall, and inside there was another hidden passage. It seems that Xu Yan had made sufficient preparations, and the escape route had been planned long ago.

  I followed Xu Yan into the secret passage, and as for Ah Li, she could only be left to her own devices.

  After a long darkness, I and Xu Yan crawled out of that dark passage and came to the surface.

  The sky was dark at this time, and the swaying lights were flashing in the distance within my sight. It seemed that there should be a highway there, and maybe we could find a taxi to the city on that highway.

  "Go take a look on that road and see if there's a car?" I said to Xu Yan.

  It's so far from downtown Hong City, I don't want to walk all the way here, especially when it's still so dark.

  Xu Yan shook her head, and didn't mean to go over there.

  "What's wrong? Are you going to go over there?" I asked Xu Yan urgently.

  "There's still a hint of that dog monster's aura on you. If we take the highway, it'll be easy for them to catch up." Xu Yan said to me.

  I thought about it and felt what he said was reasonable.

  "Alright, let's split up." I asked Xu Yan urgently, "That dog followed the scent on me to get here. I'll lure them away, you take this box and leave first."

  "No way." Xuyan looked at me and said, "It's too dangerous like this, you're no match for them."

  "Anyway, I've been bitten before, so I'm not afraid of anything now," I said. "Otherwise, neither of us can escape."

  As I spoke, I directly opened the box and took out the phoenix egg with one hand.

  "This is for you." I said to Xu Yan, "I'll hold onto the box, it can still be used to trick the dog monster later."

  I stuffed the phoenix egg into Xuyan's arms, and she was naturally unwilling. However, I didn't say much to her either, turned around and ran in the direction away from the city center.

  I'm doing this not just for Xuyan, but also for myself. What Xuyan said is right, if that monster can find its way here, it's likely to come after us too. If I had Xuyan with me, I might really not have the confidence to make a run from here to the city. But without Xuyan, this thing becomes much easier for me.

  As for the reason, it's simple: I can swim and I'm really good at it.

  I'm still quite familiar with the situation in Hongshan City. There's a river that runs through the entire city of Hongshan, and as long as I can run from here to the riverbank, jump into the river, and swim a few miles, I reckon no one will be able to catch up with me again.

  Taking the water route is a straight line, and it's much closer to the city center than taking the land route. With Xu Yan by my side, I'm actually being held back; without her, I'd be like a fish in the ocean or a bird soaring through the sky - I might not win a fight, but escaping would be no problem.

  I ran like this, and then the beam of light from the flashlight shone over very quickly.

  The "Wang Wang Wang" sound is getting closer and closer, I guess that dog monster has caught up. Behind the dog monster, there are seven or eight human shadows, don't know what they are.

  They run much faster than I do, more than twice as fast.

  Seeing this situation, I directly threw the golden box in my hand onto the road. I thought they would definitely stop to look at the box and at least delay their time.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, those guys slowed down a lot after seeing the box, probably stopping to see what's inside.

  Fortunately, I was not too far from that red river. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I ran quickly towards the red river.

  Then he jumped down directly.

  The weather is not cold, but rather a bit sweltering. At this time, jumping into the river is just right to cool off.

  After I jumped into the river, the flashlight beam behind me was still there, and voices came from time to time. I don't know if they can swim, it seems unlikely. This made me feel more at ease, and I continued swimming forward.

  I don't know how long I had been swimming, but the originally pitch-black night sky suddenly flashed out a bright white moon. The moonlight shone straight down from the night sky onto the river water, creating a bright white glow. This situation wasn't good for me - in this kind of river water, I, a black shadow, might be easily discovered by people.

  Fortunately, I didn't find anyone following me afterwards. Maybe that demon dog has given up.

  Pfft!

  Suddenly a black figure fell from the night sky and splashed up a big wave of water in front of me.

  "Save me! Save me!" Then someone shouted "save me" twice.

  The river then returned to its tranquility once again.

  I cautiously looked ahead with doubt and uncertainty.

  Under the bright moonlight, I saw a nude woman's body floating on the water surface.

  Her skin as white as a flower, her figure curvy and well-proportioned, and those parts that can't be described due to censorship, shone so brightly under the moonlight that they almost blinded my eyes.

  For a moment, he was so absorbed in watching that he forgot to swim over and rescue him.

  However, after tens of seconds, I still reacted.

  I swam up to her and wrapped my arms around her waist, taking her with me as I swam towards the shore.

  I don't know who this woman is, but whoever she is, at least she's a beauty. The excessive secretion of male hormones forces me to save this beauty.

  I pulled her up onto the shore and examined her carefully.

  This isn't me taking advantage of the situation, I saved her life at least I should take a look at what she looks like.

  This woman has a tender face, about 10 years old, is a beautiful girl. It makes me wonder, how can such a beautiful girl jump into the river naked? Did she encounter a lustful villain?

  I thought about it and felt it was very likely.

  A kind-hearted person like me can't just stand by and do nothing. Right, what's the first step in rescuing a drowning person? Artificial respiration, yes, artificial respiration!

  I enthusiastically stretched my head over, intending to perform mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration.

  At this time, the beautiful girl's eyes suddenly opened, and a blue light flashed out, like two blue gemstones.

  I was startled and hastily withdrew my head.

  "Where is it?" The beautiful girl asked me urgently.

  "Riverbank." I muttered, subconsciously responding.

  "Oh." The beautiful girl let out a sound of surprise and suddenly sat up straight, "Ah---ah"

  "Stop arguing, or you'll attract bad people and no one will be able to save you." I hastily covered the beautiful girl's mouth, afraid that she would attract the dog monster.

  Under my consolation, the beautiful girl finally calmed down.

  She brought her two legs together, with both arms embracing the towering twin peaks, revealing a weak and helpless appearance.

  "What was it you just said?" she murmured.

  "Riverbank?" I repeated again.

  "Riverbank? Is this Earth?" She looked at me.

  "Did you get water in your brain when you fell into the water just now?" I stared at her in surprise.

  She ignored me and looked up at the sky.

  "The moon. It seems this is indeed Earth." She said with conviction.

  "It's the earth." I said helplessly, "What's wrong with you? How did you fall into the water?"

  "When I came, I didn't look carefully, and accidentally fell in." She said with great grievance.

  "I was speechless. Such a big river, she could easily fall in if she's not careful? Is this road stupid or just plain stupid?"