The Return Of Cambrian Period

TRCP 221.1

Chapter 221: Qinghai’s Mystery PART 1

Cong Xia stared in shock at the eight-meter-long reptilian monster before him. It looked like a lizard, with thick limbs and a long tail, but its entire body was covered in spines, and it had huge horns like a rhinoceros on its face. Its eyes glowed green. What terrified Cong Xia most was that the large lizard had appeared suddenly in their line of sight, only seven or eight meters away. It had been lying there, but its skin had blended seamlessly with the surroundings, making it completely invisible. If Cong Xia hadn’t sensed the powerful energy threat, they might have walked right into its mouth without knowing.

Zhuang Yao said to Deng Xiao, “That’s a Thorn Lizard, a subspecies of the lizard family. What other animals it’s fused with, we don’t know. Deng Xiao, see? This is your future evolutionary direction.”

Deng Xiao swallowed, acutely aware of the enormous gap between himself and this monster. Just the flawless camouflage skill was beyond his current capabilities.

Cheng Tianbi stopped, clenching his fists. He said coldly, “I don’t want to kill you. Move aside.”

Cong Xia looked at Cheng Tianbi with even more astonishment. Tianbi was talking to the lizard?

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The lizard slowly shook its head and crawled towards them step by step.

Cheng Tianbi’s expression contorted. “Captain!”

Zhuang Yao frowned. “Captain?”

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Ubldt Mkydck oyzjle vsoyaep kv pvlr cu pvlr, nszezu pyukdt, “Uyrvykd, esd’v usw alxlxcla xl?”

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Ubldt Mkydck xyvlakyzkgle y bwtl okde czyel kd vbl yka yde takvvle bkp vllvb. “Ohld zkjl vbkp… usw pvkzz… ekl!” Tl zlyrle kdvs vbl yka, pzypbkdt esod okvb vbl kdhkpkczl okde czyel.

The large lizard’s tail suddenly whipped back at an unnatural angle, rapidly lengthening in the air until it exceeded its body length. Everyone saw that its original lizard tail had become a snake’s tail, which flexibly lashed towards Cheng Tianbi.

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Cheng Tianbi rolled to avoid it, his wind blade striking the lizard’s spine.

The large lizard coiled upwards like a snake, its sharp spines disappearing, its body turning into smooth snake skin. With a slight glide on the damp earth, it slid several meters away. Cheng Tianbi’s strike missed. The large lizard—now a large snake—spun in the air, its body like a ribbon, sweeping towards Cheng Tianbi.

Cheng Tianbi’s body dispersed in the air, rendering the attack ineffective.

The snake’s face subtly revealed human features: a square-faced man in his thirties, pale skin, vacant eyes. It slithered through the dense mushroom cluster, circling them, seeking a better opportunity to attack.

Cong Xia whispered, “Tianbi, is he your comrade?”

Cheng Tianbi clenched his fists and finally nodded stiffly.

“You discovered him just now?” No wonder. Tianbi, always the most cautious, had disappeared into the forest alone.

Cheng Tianbi nodded again, his eyes following the large snake.

Zhuang Yao said, “He’s completely lost his human consciousness? He can still think with human intelligence. I’ll try to awaken his human consciousness.”

Just as Zhuang Yao was about to try, Deng Xiao suddenly shouted, “Careful!” Before he knew it, Zhuang Yao was grabbed by Deng Xiao. He looked back to see a huge, long-haired, winged monster opening its mouth to attack their heads. Deng Xiao swung his tail, temporarily repelling it.

The large snake seemed displeased that the monster had attacked its prey, hissing at it. The monster didn’t back down, hissing back. The next second, more large, winged creatures flew towards them.

They had only just caught their breath, less than two minutes, and were surrounded again.

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The mushroom forest echoed with the roars and screams of various creatures—human and animal. Everyone was surrounded. After breaking through the mushroom illusion, they found the forest wasn’t as large as they imagined. The puppet jade might be nearby, but they couldn’t get past.

The individual strength of the creatures here was too powerful, unlike anywhere else. Usually, they used ocean tactics to overwhelm them. They had once thought those tactics were terrifying, but facing powerful creatures in large numbers, they realized what true terror was.

Zhuang Yao shouted, “No time for your comrade! Run forward!”

Cheng Tianbi conjured a hurricane, scattering the winged creatures and pulling Deng Xiao out of the encirclement. They jumped onto Abu and tried to run.

The large snake transformed back into its Thorn Lizard form, crawling through the mushroom forest, closely following them, seemingly determined to eat Abu.

They hadn’t run twenty meters before a large brown beetle blocked their path. Tang Yanqiu fired an arrow. The moment the beetle was hit, its body collapsed like a dam breaking, transforming into countless small beetles the size of potatoes, swarming towards them like a tide.

“Damn it!” Liu Fengyu cursed, aiming his liquid gun at the beetle swarm and firing wildly. Where the digestive fluid landed, the beetles melted into puddles of water.

Tang Yanqiu continuously fired rockets into the beetle swarm, and Cong Xia threw various attack talismans. He quickly discovered he was running low on attack talismans; he’d used up most of them dealing with the hornets earlier. He had only a few left. He didn’t dare use them anymore and could only lie on Abu, firing his gun uselessly. His aim was poor; most of his shots missed. Deng Xiao was beside him and Zhuang Yao, firing while preventing sneak attacks. Abu leaped frantically, crushing the beetles under its feet, but some still climbed onto its fur and bit it, making it howl.

Cheng Tianbi repeatedly used gusts of wind to blow away the small beetles, but they quickly regrouped into large beetles, advancing against the wind, scattering again to attack. After several repetitions, although the number decreased, they remained relentless.

Other team members began to gather around them. Some were injured, some lacked energy, all needing Cong Xia’s help. He used his energy-storing talismans one after another. Fortunately, he’d made basic elemental talismans before leaving; higher-level mutated humans could automatically replenish energy by activating the talismans he’d placed in their bodies beforehand. But more and more people were injured; he was almost overwhelmed.

“Careful, the Thorn Lizard is back,” Tang Yanqiu shouted. “It’s using camouflage. Three o’clock.”

Everyone looked but saw nothing. The monster was indeed powerful, its camouflage flawless.

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Cheng Tianbi was about to charge when the mushrooms swayed, as if the monster had left. Less than two seconds later, Shen Changze roared, “Father!”

They looked to the distance; the monster had somehow wandered to the Dragon Blood clan’s side, biting the large brown bear that was Dan Ming’s mount. As it said, it didn’t seem interested in humans but preferred animals rarely seen in Qinghai.

Dan Ming’s leg was caught between the bear and the lizard’s teeth. Gritting his teeth, he raised his gun, jammed the barrel into the lizard’s mouth, and pulled the trigger. The monster roared, releasing its grip. The brown bear collapsed, its lower body almost severed, blood gushing out; it was clearly breathing its last.

Shen Changze flew over, scooped up Dan Ming, and threw him onto Abu. Dan Ming, still enraged, continued to fire his machine gun at the monster. But the bullets bounced harmlessly off its hard hide. The monster retreated, its skin slowly changing color. Everyone watched as, in less than two seconds, its body blended seamlessly with the surroundings again.

Cong Xia quickly treated his wounds and asked, “Is your energy shield broken?”

“No, it blocked it. Otherwise, my leg would be broken.” A large chunk of flesh had been ripped from Dan Ming’s thigh by the monster’s teeth, blood flowing freely. He pulled out bandages from his tactical vest and calmly bound his thigh artery. “What was that thing? A chameleon?” They hadn’t noticed such a huge creature approaching until it opened its mouth to bite them.

“It has camouflage abilities, anyway.” Cong Xia looked at Shen Changze. When Shen Changze turned to chase the Thorn Lizard, it once again hid in the mushroom cluster, disappearing completely. The thing was terrifying, using perfect camouflage to hide and ambush them. If it hadn’t been for Tang Yanqiu’s bio-radar ability, it would have been Abu that was attacked.

Tang Yanqiu gritted his teeth. “I’ll take care of it.”

Zhuang Yao said, “No, your radar range is limited. If it leads you to an area with few people, you’ll be at a disadvantage. Full speed ahead.”

Cheng Tianbi narrowed his eyes, looking into the depths of the mushroom forest, hesitating whether to go, when a winged monkey howled and pounced towards them.

They were already exhausted and had no energy to deal with the monster.

Everyone fought desperately, crimson blood staining the mud beneath their feet, paving their path forward.

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As Cheng Tianbi was focused on dealing with the beetles, Deng Xiao threw away his energy-depleted machine gun, roared, and charged at the large monkey. He collided with the monkey’s stomach in mid-air, hugging its waist and pounding its temple with heavy fists.

The monkey’s claws grabbed his fist, its head smashing against Deng Xiao’s forehead. Deng Xiao felt dizzy and was thrown heavily to the ground.

After landing, Deng Xiao quickly jumped up and climbed onto a mushroom. The monkey flapped its ugly wings and flew up. Deng Xiao used the mushroom to launch himself towards it again. The monkey used the same trick, reaching out to grab him, but Deng Xiao suddenly opened his mouth, and his long tongue shot out. The venom glands hidden in his jaw instantly secreted venom, spraying it all over the monkey’s face.


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