mother of beasts

A voice in his heart told him to pick up the box.

Li Jia squinted his eyes, squatted down and took out the box in the bag, and picked up the disc-shaped object that the woman was holding just now and put it in the bag.

The little monster consciously ran into his arms when he squatted down, Li Jia glanced at it, and hugged it after hesitation.

Now there is only the question of how to get out. Li Jia held up the searchlight and looked up at the closed hole above.

He dawdled for a few minutes just now. After all, the time limit of one hour is very short, and it won't take long. He didn't have much time.

"Well--"

At this time, the little monster who was staying quietly in Li Jia's arms suddenly twisted. Li Jia lowered his head suspiciously following the light of the searchlight, but was frightened in place the next second.

Hugging the little monster's hand, a small red snake was wrapped around his wrist for some reason, and the little thing was stretching out its paws to scratch the snake beast, trying to scratch it to the ground.

The red snake beast seemed to be irritated by the little monster. It let go of its mouth that was biting its tail, hooked its tail around Li Jia's sleeve, and spat at the little monster.

The veins on Li Jia's forehead trembled a little, he had no idea when he had such a strange creature in his hands.

The surrounding snakes and beasts disappeared for some reason, and there was nothing else at the bottom of the cave except for some scattered human belongings and two beasts and one person.

Facing the weird confrontation between the two beasts in his hands, Li Jia frowned, threw both of them on the ground with a flick of his hand, walked to the cave wall and knocked left and right, testing whether he could climb up with bare hands.

The two strange beasts were thrown by surprise, and rolled to the ground at once. The little monster let out a soft cry, glared at the snake beast with big red eyes, and continued to move and run towards Li Jia.

The snake beast was light, and the fall was not as bad as the little monster. Watching it run towards Li Jia, it just vomited, and then crawled back with a meandering body.

Li Jia was thinking about how to climb up along the cave wall. The little monster squatted at his feet and watched his movements. Neither the mother nor the son noticed the movements behind him until...

"Boom--"

A loud noise came from behind, and even the bottom of the cave trembled a little, and some scattered dust and small stones kept falling from the top of the cave entrance.

Li Jia, who was sticking to the cave wall, hurriedly dodged and looked behind him, and this look made him a little dumbfounded.

The cave wall, which was supposed to be closed, opened like a sliding door. Presumably, the huge vibration just now was also caused by the door that opened suddenly.

The little monster at his feet suddenly yelled, and ran quickly towards the removed door, and Li Jia quickly grabbed the searchlight and followed.

When he got closer, he saw the door that moved automatically.

Very thick and heavy, this is Li Jia's first feeling.

There was a sudden tightening on his wrist, and the cold touch made him feel goosebumps unconsciously. When the light shone, it was the snake beast just now.

The little monster at his feet was screaming again, Li Jia shook his hand, trying to get the red snake beast off his hand, but found that the other party had already bit his tail and hung on his wrist.

Worried that if he threw it down again, he would make the other party angry and bite him, Li Jia turned black and said it was nothing.

The stone door opened, and a narrow path could be vaguely seen in front of him. Li Jia hesitated for a while, then walked into the path with a lamp on his back, and the little monster squinted at the red ring on his hand with its crimson beast eyes, and followed suit. went in.

The tunnel was very narrow and low, and it was pitch black inside. Li Jia carefully walked ahead with the lamp in hand, and the little monster at his feet followed closely without leaving half a step.

The passage was very long, and soon came to a turning point. Li Jia took an air gun and fired a few shots at the turning point, and then slowly went around.

The little monster looked at his cautious look, rolled his eyes, twisted his body and ran towards the front, and Li Jia quickly chased after him.

The mother and son walked quickly through the tunnel, but they didn't know that the stone gate behind them slowly returned to its original shape shortly after they left, and shortly after the stone gate was closed, the originally closed hole above was opened, and a group of men in white clothes with live ammunition walked along The cave wall slides down quickly...

Although the little monster seemed to be seriously injured, it did not run slowly at all. It sniffed the ground for a while, squinted its eyes for a while, looked back from time to time, and led a safe path for Li Jia in front.

Li Jia only got nervous for a while, then understood what it meant, and didn't stop it, just walked quickly behind it.

The snake beast on the wrist quietly opened its eyes and looked at the meat ball in front when Li Jia didn't notice, then closed its eyes again.

With the guidance of the little monster, Li Jia walked smoothly, and after a while, he reached the end of the road.

Dead end?

Looking at the front wall, Li Jia looked down at the little monster, the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch.

The little monster didn't seem to feel anything, it scratched Li Jia's calf with its claws, and seemed to want him to hug him.

Li Jia had no choice but to bend down to pick it up, but he didn't expect it to bite the red circle on Li Jia's wrist when he bent down, and then pulled it hard, throwing the snake off.

Li Jia was unprepared and almost fell to the ground. He was about to get angry when he lowered his head and saw the little monster barking at the snake beast that was spitting out a letter.

Does the snake know the way out?

I don't know why I can understand the little monster's words, but Li Jia, who understands its meaning, turns his head to look at the snake beast on the ground, his eyes are a little bright.

The snake beast seemed displeased with being treated like this just now, but after Li Jia looked at it like this, its straight body slowly softened, and it bent and crawled towards a certain corner.

"Wow—"

There was a sound, and Li Jia, who was too late to jump away, was covered in dust. He raised his head with a frown, and the stone on it actually moved away, as if the skylight had been opened, and the sunlight came in.

Li Jia, who had finally gotten used to the dark light, couldn't bear such strong sunlight for a while, so he stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and it took a long time before he moved away.

Because the tunnel is very low, the top is not very high, Li Jia gritted his teeth and climbed up, the little monster quickly followed after seeing this, and the red snake entangled Li Jia again when the little monster was not paying attention hand.

Li Jia climbed up and looked at the surroundings a little at a loss. This should be the ground, but he didn't know the exact location.

There are endless hills formed by the accumulation of sand, and strange-shaped stones are scattered everywhere on the mountain. Occasionally, there are some corpses of unknown creatures. The whole scene looks extremely desolate.

Li Jia felt a little numb in his heart, the little monster climbed into his arms at some point, and arched towards his arms.

Holding the little thing in his arms tightly, he glanced at the red snake wrapped around his hand with its eyes still closed, found a way, and walked forward quickly.

It may be because of staying in the cave for too long, the sunlight at this time is a bit weak, and there is a faint tendency to get dark, but Li Jia walked for a long time, but the surrounding environment is still as bleak as ever.

"call--"

Panting heavily, Li Jia half propped up his legs, his face covered with sweat, took off the bag on his back, took out a big gulp of water, and fed some to the little monster in his arms, looking at the desolate scene My heart began to get impatient.

In the past, he had been living in the imperial capital, and he didn't know the horror outside. The life of these few days completely broke his previous view of the end, especially at night, the endless dangers made him a little exhausted.

Seeing the sunlight disappearing little by little, the fear in his heart slowly rose.

...someone?

Inadvertently, he seemed to see a figure, Li Jia quickly stood up, opened his eyes wide and looked at it, sure that it was a person, and ran up quickly: "Wait!"

Li Jia ran to the front at the fastest speed, panting and stopped in front of a man who looked quite strong: "Huh...excuse me, can you tell me where you are going?"

The man pushing an old car looked suspiciously at him from the beginning to the end. When he saw the bulging backpack behind him, his eyes lit up, and he immediately changed his smiling face: "We are going to the Nathan Mountain ahead. Come with us?"

Li Jia was taken aback. He didn't expect this man to directly ask what he wanted to say. Although he felt that the man's reaction was a bit strange, but considering that he had so many weapons on his body, there was nothing to be afraid of. It was Nathan Shan. The place name made him a little confused: "Nathan Mountain? What is that place?"

"Hey whats up?"

Before the man could speak, several men from the same team in front had already walked over, looked at Li Jia, and laughed.

Taking two steps back slowly, Li Jia quietly took out the gun in his bag.

The smiles of these men were too wrong. If he just felt suspicious just now, then now he can be sure that these men are not good news.

Seeing the vigilance on Li Jia's face, the men laughed even more happily. The man who was talking to Li Jia just now pulled out a long gun from the car. A few small guns came out.

Now, everything is clear.

"Hey, kid, leave the bag on your back, we might spare your life."

The man with the long gun stepped on the car and slowly unbolted the gun with a grin.

Li Jia didn't speak, just hugged the little thing in his arms tightly with one hand, while slowly backing away, with the other hand holding a gun behind his back, ready to attack at any time.