mother of beasts

Oops!

Li Jia felt cold all over, quickly jumped out of the position he was just standing on, and hid in the dark place beside him.

"boom--"

There were bursts of gunshots at the feet, and the man had already set his sights on the direction where Li Jia was standing when the woman was leaning back, and fired without hesitation.

The snakes and beasts in the cave seemed to understand Li Jia's embarrassment. As soon as Li Jia turned around and ran, they rushed forward in unison, blocking the road in front of the man tightly.

The man who originally wanted to chase him had no choice but to hastily withdraw his hands and cast his eyes on the group of snakes piled up in front of him.

And the woman who narrowly escaped the blow just now got up quickly, raised the musket in her hand high, and hung the searchlight on the musket barrel to look around.

Li Jia didn't run back to the shallow pit, but just ran to a place where snakes and beasts were denser, lay down and waited for the opportunity.

The surrounding snakes and beasts are very smart, they always keep a little distance from him, and when the woman's searchlights are coming, they rush forward together to divert the woman's attention.

Looking at the group of snakes and beasts that crazily rushed to die, Li Jia felt warm in his heart.

He hated this slender slimy creature, it was before.

But now, these creatures, who were so vulnerable to muskets, were using their lives to protect him, although he didn't know why they wanted to help him.

Men and women are not unscathed from the onslaught of these swarms of serpents.

In addition to the signs of embarrassment on their bodies, the two of them had many tooth marks bitten by snakes and beasts, but for some reason, they only moved a little slower, and there was no other discomfort.

Li Jia gritted his teeth secretly, just when he crawled up carefully, he heard their whispered conversation.

They said there was more than an hour before someone else would come.

This means that he must leave the hole with the little monster within this hour, far away from this area.

Otherwise, what greets them may be death.

Clenching his fists tightly, Li Jia squinted his eyes and looked at the two somewhat blurred figures not far away.

The hand was suddenly wet, and Li Jia froze, looking down at the hand.

The little monster crawled to his side at some point, and it really couldn't be found without looking carefully.

It arched against the back of Li Jia's hand with its wet nose. Seeing Li Jia looking down at it, it quickly turned around to please it, and dragged out the things behind it with its short and sharp claws.

Li Jia squinted his eyes, held it aside with one hand, touched behind it slightly with the other hand, and carefully pulled out the thing it dragged over.

this touch...

Li Jia's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at the little monster.

The little thing's short tail was wagging behind him, and his two big red eyes blinked at him.

Li Jia looked at it calmly, and suddenly felt that its action was very cute.

Just like a real little pet, it opens its eyes wide and waits for the owner's compliment.

He wanted to laugh, but he also understood that now is not the time to think about these messes.

Holding the little thing's body with one hand, he grabbed it in front of him. The little monster moved closer to his face, stretched out its tongue and licked his face, and then licked his lips when he was slightly stunned.

Quickly moving this lifeless little monster away, Li Jia wiped his face and wiped away the saliva.

With two fingers bent, he tapped the little thing's head lightly. Li Jia didn't speak. He threw it back, grabbed the things it dragged with one hand, and carefully crawled towards the place where the man and woman were standing.

The little monster was lying on the spot, and the fleshy wings on its back seemed a little bigger than the previous two days, but it was still pitifully small.

Shaking its ears and wings, it widened its eyes and looked at Li Jia's back without blinking. For a long time, it stuck out its tongue and licked its mouth.

In view of the previous experience, Li Jia's movements this time were very careful, but the speed was a little faster.

With time running out, he had to deal with these two quickly and find a way to get out of the hole.

The men and women were about to go crazy. The snakes and beasts here seemed to be manipulated, and they rushed towards them as soon as they had time, and the ammunition of the muskets was almost exhausted.

According to the development of this situation, they will never be able to support until the arrival of others.

"Peter, are you wearing the protective cover?" Suddenly, the woman turned her head and asked the man.

The veins on the man's forehead suddenly trembled, he fired two shots quickly, turned around and turned to face the woman from a different angle: "You want to use that thing?"

"...No need now, we'll just wait to be killed here by these snake beasts, and there will be no bones left."

The woman's tone was very calm, as if she was talking about a very common thing.

"...you're crazy."

The man shook his head, switched back to the original angle to use up the last few bullets in the gun, and then quickly replaced them with new bullets. The speed of his action was simply astonishing.

"I'm not crazy, you should understand, if this continues, we will die here sooner or later."

The speed at which the woman fired the gun remained unchanged, and her tone remained calm.

"But that thing will destroy the entire place! By the way, that alien animal hatchling will also be killed!" The man's tone became agitated.

"But we don't need it now, and we will be the ones who will be destroyed." The woman's tone was terrifyingly calm, she turned her head and looked at the man, "You know, I have always been an individualist, and you want me to do this for such an experiment It’s impossible to give up on yourself, even if it’s the task of your father, it’s impossible. If you die here now, everything will be over, you understand what I’m talking about.”

"...Okay, I'm wearing a protective shield."

After a long silence, the man shook off his sweat and replied.

In the darkness, the woman's eyes were bright and a little crazy. She slowed down the movement of her hands a little, bent over to open the backpack under the cover of the man, and took out something from it.

……It's now!

Li Jia opened his eyes wide, threw the thing in his hand forcefully, and then took advantage of the moment when the woman was covered and the man was at a loss, he squatted up and fired wildly at the two people there!

The surrounding snakes and beasts also seemed to understand that now is a good time to pounce on them. The moment Li Jia shot, they all pounced on the two of them!

"what--"

The screams of mixed men and women sounded, almost in no particular order, and the bodies of the two fell down slowly.

Li Jia held a gun and squatted there.

Following the woman's falling movement, the searchlight slowly slid down from the woman's gun barrel, facing the faces of the two of them.

From Li Jia's movement, two human faces can just be seen.

I don't know where it started, the bodies of the two were dehydrated and shrunk in an instant, and dried into mummy-like corpses, staring at Li Jia with wide-eyed eyes, expressing their unwillingness silently.

In the next second, a group of snakes rushed up, and the dried corpse turned into powder invisible to the naked eye, and was lost in the group of snakes.

Li Jia was stunned, keeping his half-squat holding the gun, and stared blankly at the position where the two fell down just now.

Just now, he seemed to see a group of strange things flashing past there.

It's just a flash, and the speed is so fast that it can hardly be calculated in human time.

But he still saw it.

A strange mass, very small.

As far as he knows, there is only one creature in this cave with such characteristics.

Turning his head stupidly, Li Jia looked at the place where he dropped the little monster just now, his movements seemed a little stiff.

The little thing lay on the spot, tilted his head and looked in his direction, just in time to meet his gaze.

Li Jia immediately froze in place, motionless.

The little monster twisted its fleshy body and ran towards Li Jia's direction. It may be because of the injury on its body, its movements were a bit lame, and it looked ridiculous.

Li Jia didn't move until the little monster threw himself into his arms, and he seemed to have come to his senses, and hugged it slowly.

The eyes of one person and one beast met, and no one made a next move.

Li Jia's eyes were really strange, so strange that even a non-human creature like a little monster was a little scared. He turned his head and staggered his sight, kicked his hoof and wanted to hug him.

"...cough cough."

Li Jia coughed twice suddenly, then let go of his hand, allowing the little thing to stretch out its claws and grab the skirt of his clothes, and then slowly stretched out his hands to hug it and put it in his arms.

The little monster leaned against his arms and let out a soft whimper comfortably.

Li Jia lowered his head and hugged the little thing tightly in his arms, closed his eyes, and did not speak.

The smell of the little monster lingers near the nose. The warm bloody smell is mixed with the smell of human sweat and the unique fragrance of women's perfume.

The smell of perfume is very light, if Li Jia hadn't lived in a noble family since he was a child, if his father hadn't been surrounded by all kinds of women...

He would never notice this scent.

After maintaining the embracing movement for a long time, Li Jia slowly let go of the little thing in his arms, then got up nimbly and walked to the place where the two died just now.

When Li Jia approached, the group of snakes consciously moved out of the way, opening a path.

The little monster who was left behind lowered its head and didn't know what it was thinking. It took a while to look up at the back of Li Jia walking away, with complicated emotions in its red eyes.

The bodies of the two men had disappeared long ago, leaving only a layer of fly ash. Under the circumstances of the snakes crawling around, they disappeared without a trace. Only two worn white clothes and two backpacks were left. One is still open.

Li Jia squatted down and took several backpacks scattered in other corners, and then quickly opened them one by one under the dim searchlight light, taking food, drinking water, knives, guns and shells and other useful things. They came out and put them together in the cleanest-looking backpack.

The little monster behind him had already quietly moved to his side, half-squatting and watching his movements.

Just about to get up, Li Jia suddenly saw a strange box protruding from the opened bag.