I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 268 - 264 Watching from the Sidelines
Chapter 268: Chapter 264 Watching from the Sidelines
Chapter 268 -264 Watching from the Sidelines
Fang Xiaocao issued an order, and Tom, Taotie, and Hummingbird, the three of them immediately sprang into action.
Tom took the lead, Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird were in the middle, and Taotie still took up the rear.
The four of them formed a tactical formation and quickly retreated.
Forget about treasure, go play with that!
No treasure is more important than one’s life!
The four of them exerted all their strength as if they were suckling.
Fearing they would run too slowly and get surrounded by the Man-eating Rat army.
Less than a kilometer into their frantic run, an explosion rang out in front of them “boom,” and in an instant, a blaze shot up into the sky, accompanied by human screams drifting through the cave.
Startled by the explosion, all four of them panicked.
Tom gestured for everyone to stop.
Tom squatted on the ground, looking towards Fang Xiaocao.
Fang Xiaocao and the other two also turned their gaze to Tom.
Among the four, only Tom liked to play with bombs.
Who else would they look at but him?
“Princess Your Highness, it was a trap I had set that was triggered by someone else. There are other people coming in,” Tom said gravely.
“What do we do now?”
“Caught between a rock and a hard place?”
“How about we charge forward and fight it out?” Taotie scratched his head and suggested solemnly.
“No way!”
Fang Xiaocao shook her head decisively rejecting the idea.
The Taotie, with his hard-headed nature, only knew how to resort to violence without ever wanting to use his brain.
Taotie might be impulsive, but Fang Xiaocao certainly was not.
Even a toe could figure out it was a terrible idea.
If they fought desperately now, surrounded on all sides, not one of them could escape.
“Tom, think of something. Let’s avoid them.”
“It would be best if the pursuers and the Man-eating Rat horde could fight each other, dog eat dog, and we could reap the benefits,” Fang Xiaocao said with a twinkle in her eye and a mischievous smile.
Upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Tom was taken aback.
Then he smiled faintly and pulled out his terminal.
He opened up the treasure map and began studying the terrain.
“Oh my!”
“Old Tom, you better hurry up.”
“Both in front and behind us, they’re less than a kilometer away, any moment now they’ll be upon us,” Taotie urged quietly with his hot temper.
Fang Xiaocao shot Taotie a glare, telling him to shut up.
Intimidated by Fang Xiaocao’s stare, Taotie chuckled “hehe” and, with a sheepish grin, kept silent.
Tom, holding the map, studied it for a minute.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
Tom put away the terminal and whispered, “Princess Your Highness, follow me, let’s go this way.”
Tom led Fang Xiaocao and the others into a small path hidden behind a rock crevice.
They followed the path for two hundred meters.
There was a dead end ahead.
“Princess Your Highness, let’s hide here for a while.”
“This is extremely hidden, without a detailed map those mercenaries won’t be able to find it, but I’m afraid the Man-eating Rats might smell us and come looking. Now we just have to hope they encounter the mercenaries first,” Tom whispered.
“Hmm, it’s indeed very secluded!”
“Man-eating Rats are easy to deal with, I’ve brought my treasure with me,” Fang Xiaocao said with a smile.
As she spoke, Fang Xiaocao took off her backpack and pulled out a small spray bottle from inside.
Seeing Fang Xiaocao’s action, Tom and the others were taken aback, looking puzzled at the unlabeled bottle in her hand.
“What is that?” Taotie asked curiously.
“Synthetic Ferocious Beast Scent Agent!” Fang Xiaocao replied cheerily.
“Knowing we were going into the mountains this time, I made a special purchase. The liquid inside is a synthetic tiger scent mixed with tiger urine. Spraying it around will leave a tiger’s scent in the vicinity. Those Man-eating Rats might dare to attack humans, but they most likely wouldn’t dare to attack a tiger.”
“Besides, according to what you said, those Man-eating Rats feed on human flesh. Without any other options, they’ll probably choose the mercenaries over the tiger,” Fang Xiaocao explained with a smile.
After hearing Fang Xiaocao’s explanation, Tom and the others showed expressions of sudden realization.
“What a nifty thing!”
Taotie praised with a laugh.
“Definitely~”
Fang Xiaocao said proudly.
As she spoke, Fang Xiaocao sprayed the spray into the crevice.
Fearing the scent wouldn’t cover enough, Fang Xiaocao also sprayed some on Taotie’s body.
“That stinks…”
Taotie complained, pinching his nose.
“Just endure it!”
“Better than being eaten by man-eating rats!”
Fang Xiaocao said with a laugh.
“Rustle, rustle, rustle…”
From outside the crevice came the rustling sound of countless animals moving rapidly.
Without guessing, one knew it was a swarm of man-eating rats!
Fang Xiaocao and the others immediately held their breath and concentrated, daring not to breathe heavily for fear their breathing would draw the man-eating rats.
“Captain, there’s some noise up ahead!”
At the same time, voices came from the other side.
“The mercenaries are here!”
Tom whispered.
Fang Xiaocao nodded, “Perfect timing!”
Fang Xiaocao revealed a devilish smile.
The next second!
“What the fuck?”
“What is this crap?”
“Rats!”
So many rats!
“Ahh~”
“They’re biting…”
“Open fire, shoot, kill these beasts…”
From outside the crevice came a clamor of shouts, with people screaming in terror, others in agony, the shrill squeals of man-eating rats, and the “bang bang” of gunfire.
Clearly, the mercenaries had encountered a swarm of man-eating rats in the cavern. Seeing the man-eating rats that craved human flesh, the mercenaries instantly became prey, and the rats launched into a frenzied hunt.
The battle broke out immediately, with the mercenaries and the swarm of man-eating rats engaged in fierce combat.
The intensive fight between the mercenaries and the man-eating rats was very fierce; intermittent gunfire and screams constantly reached Fang Xiaocao and her team’s ears through the crevice.
“They’re fighting fiercely…”
Fang Xiaocao murmured.
“Oh my~”
“Just listening gets me excited!”
“Makes me want to rush out and join the fray!”
Taotie, rolling up his sleeves, said eagerly.
“Stay put!”
“Make one wrong move, and I’ll break your three legs!”
Fang Xiaocao raised her hand and executed a knock on Taotie’s head, her favorite move, as she rebuked him.
Chastised by Fang Xiaocao, Taotie immediately behaved himself.
He sat sulking off to the side, looking as pitiful as a sulking golden retriever with emo vibes.
The intense combat was bound not to last long.
After ten minutes!
The sound of the battle from outside the crevice began to fade, and the gunfire, once as frequent as popping beans, grew sparser and sparser.
Taotie listened intently for a moment, then looked at Fang Xiaocao, “Princess Your Highness, it seems the fight’s over, there’s no more noise outside.”
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Fang Xiaocao blinked and looked at Tom.
Tom got the hint and nodded.
He got up and tiptoed toward the crevice.
“Be careful!”
Fang Xiaocao cautioned Tom.
Tom nodded, took a Sprite Ball Bomb from his pocket, and grasped the gun in his other hand.
Tom squeezed through the crevice.
He didn’t dare to leave the crevice but peeked outside from within it.
Outside was a sea of blood with the corpses of both mercenaries and man-eating rats. A few mercenaries weren’t quite dead yet, twitching on the ground as about a dozen man-eating rats surrounded them, feasting.
