Chapter 825 Creatures
“What’s your name?”
The unkempt old man became somewhat interested in the young man in front of him.
He took the initiative to ask questions to the young man.
However, there was a look of astonishment on the young man's face, and he shook his head in confusion: "Name... we don't have a name."
"Then what do they call you?" the old man asked.
"Scarface, they call me Scarface." The boy replied.
Then he asked the old man: "What about you? Do you have a name?"
The old man suddenly stayed blank for a long time, as if he was thinking and remembering seriously.
Just when the young man thought he had fallen asleep, the old man suddenly said: "Okay."
"My name is Kang."
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"Keep it for yourself." Kang said, pushing back the rat piece Scarface gave him, "I don't need it. This."
"Oh, okay." Scarface hesitated, then carefully wrapped up the rat pieces and put them away.
"Is there any smoke?" Kang suddenly asked.
"What cigarette?" Scarface blinked.
“Cigarette.”
“What is that?”
“Okay, it’s okay.”
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Two people from different worlds had a brief, ineffective exchange.
Scarface told Kang not to run around, because other tribes would not be as easy to talk to as they were, and they would directly capture people who were not members of their tribe and use them as winter prey.
Although there are still unkind and repulsive looks in this tribal cave, Scarface can obviously calm those hungry fellow tribesmen.
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“People from other tribes often try to invade and rob us, snatch our food and newborn babies, but don’t worry, as long as you don’t run around, it will be safe to stay here, you are here They must have seen it, there is a cliff outside our cave, they dare not break in..."
When the two were about to end their conversation, a series of rushing sounds suddenly came from outside the cave entrance.
Scarface’s eyes instantly became sharp.
He smelled the smell of blood, so he immediately pulled out the bone blade and stone ax from his waist.
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The ones who broke into the cave were not intruders from other tribes, but people from Scarface’s own tribe.
The man rushed in holding on to the stone wall and staggered to the ground the next second.
His body was covered with scars, and his left arm was torn off at the shoulder level. The violent running accelerated the loss of blood, and he could no longer survive.
With his last breath, he shouted intermittently to Scarface and others:
"Run...that thing...is climbing up!"
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These words made the entire tribe in the cave look pale.
The few young adults immediately escorted the child to the deepest part of the cave, then prepared bone-bladed bows and arrows and other weapons, staring intently at the dark cave entrance that could not be completely illuminated by the fire.
Scarface also joined the team guarding the hole.
Kang watched all this with cold eyes.
Just now, when Scarface and his tribesmen were hurriedly preparing weapons, the body of the tribesman with a broken arm who broke into the cave before had disappeared.
Only Kang could see clearly that a strange creature took advantage of the chaos and dragged the body out...
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A series of chewing and swallowing sounds came from outside the dark hole.
However, the people in the cave were terrifyingly calm.
Most of them still have childish looks on their faces, and some are even younger than teenagers. Their weak strength is not enough to maintain the posture of drawing the bow for a long time, but even so, there is no expression in their eyes. No fear.
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I don’t know since when, the threats to the survivors in the restricted area are not only severe cold, hunger and internal fighting, but also some powerful and terrifying creatures crawling up from the deeper eastern canyons.
Their limbs have insect-like arthropod structures, but they are huge.
A restricted area with limited resources cannot afford to support such a creature.
In the long past, the only species the survivors have seen are rodents with degraded eyes underground, which are the raw materials for making rat slices.
The outside world doesn't know what happened, and even the restricted area that has remained unchanged for millions of years has been affected.
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Soon.
The sound of chewing gradually stopped.
A dozen sharp forelimbs began to poke out from the edge of the dark hole.
In the darkness, more than a dozen pairs of eyeballs on the same head are examining the humans waiting around the cave fire...
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Chi!
Scarface took the lead in attacking.
He took the bow and arrow from his companion, fully loaded the bow string and fired the arrow, accurately hitting the huge creature blocking the entrance of the cave.
Accompanied by a neighing sound.
The spear, stone axe, and bone blade all greeted the creature.
However, what immediately sounded was the sound of hard objects colliding, and even sparks were torn out.
The weapons of the survivors did not work at all. Instead, the forelimbs of the strange creature were sharper. The hook-like structure easily penetrated and hung on the limbs of the two survivors closest to the hole, dragging them out. .
The painful screams sounded immediately.
This time, the creature lost its patience and began to devour its prey. Instead, it abandoned the two corpses and squeezed into the cave again.
It is greedy.
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And when it squeezed into the hole with countless sharp insect limbs, everyone finally saw its true appearance clearly under the light of the bonfire.
It was a creature covered with sharp thorns and bristles, like a spider, but with twice as many legs as a spider, like a scorpion, but without pincers.
The arrows and spears shot by the survivors fell on it, making a clanging sound, but failed to penetrate the hard shell of its body. …
The giant insect burst in like this, leisurely examining the prey in front of it, as if selecting a lamb to be slaughtered.
Its body completely blocked the exit of the cave.
The survivors seemed to know that they had no way to harm the creatures in front of them, but they had no intention of surrendering and were still resisting tenaciously.
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Kang noticed that there was something to be said for the entire tribe’s defensive formation.
The spearman at the front must be the oldest. From him onwards, the age decreases sharply.
I don’t know if this is a unique rule of this tribe or if it is the same for the survivors of the entire restricted area. All struggles for survival are based on young lives as the core of protection. At this time, the one hiding in the deepest part of the cave is the infant. newborn.
For the remnants, their average life span may be less than thirty. Adulthood means weakness. Not only the weakening of physical fitness and various potential diseases, but also the food consumption of adult individuals will also affect the tribe. Unaffordable.
So death is never something to be afraid of.
In the course of millions of years of evolution, death has become a pursuit of the remnant race.
They will try their best to choose the most valuable way of death, including but not limited to making their bodies the food for newborns when the extreme cold comes.
Of course, those desperate people who had no choice but to sacrifice themselves to summon evil gods also had this mentality.
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Therefore, although the scene in front of Kang was bloody, it was not tragic. What he felt most profoundly was the strange indifference.
That was difficult for him to understand.
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The adults of the tribe fell into a pool of blood one after another.
They are engaging in an... orderly death.
The threat of death did not knock down their souls, but the weakness of their bodies made the strength of their souls seem useless.
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This was a one-sided massacre.
The strength and weapons of the survivors were simply not enough to stop the giant creature.
One after another, the bloody flesh was torn into pieces.
Soon it was Scarface's turn.
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After the bone blade was broken and the stone ax was shattered.
Scarface drew a unique weapon from his arms.
A curved broken blade with barbs.
That was a weapon that was not in the restricted area, because it was made of metal, filled with the black air of death, and engraved with ancient black knife runes.
It was picked up from the battlefield the last time he encountered the Shadow and the Rebel.
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The boy rushed towards the huge creature without hesitation.
It seems that the creature has become accustomed to the feeling of the survivors' weak weapons hitting its shell and breaking into pieces. It does not dodge or avoid, and it is not even prepared to kill the boy immediately.
The result was an inconspicuous broken black knife piercing the creature's shell.
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A sharp roar instantly filled the entire cave.
Scarface grabbed the handle of the broken-edged black knife and hung it on the body of the terrifying creature, refusing to let go no matter how hard it struggled and swung.
The thorns on the opponent's body tore out large pieces of bloody flesh on Scarface's body.
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Just when the monster's forelimb was about to penetrate Scarface's chest.
A thin and hunched figure suddenly rushed out of the cave.
He pulled Scarface away and faced the monster directly.
It’s Kang.
The sharp forelimbs pierced his torso.
But it didn't stop him.
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Under the horrified gazes of the survivors, the weak old man pushed the monster’s forelimbs that penetrated his body and pushed the terrifying creature out of the hole!
The momentum is unstoppable.
He actually knocked the creature out of the cave.
Both fell into the cliff.
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The muffled sound of falling from the cliff came back after a long time.
In the cave, the survivors sat in a pool of blood in despair...
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For a long time, they did not recover from this disaster.
The tribe's population dropped by half.
The strong smell of blood will also attract more weird creatures. There is no time to remember the strange old man. Scarface and the others must pack their bags and leave here immediately.
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And just when they dragged their scarred bodies out of the cave and followed the mountain road to the plain.
But they saw a scene that shocked them.
The old man who fell off the cliff with the monster was standing at the foot of the mountain. He was carrying many body parts decomposed from the monster's body, as if he was looking for a way back to the cave...
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"I can use these things to make you some better weapons."
Kang said.
(End of this chapter)