I opened a treasure chest on the road to escape

"what sound?"

In the middle of the night, Uncle Geng and others were instantly awakened.

Chen Chuxue and others were sleeping with their clothes on, so they quickly climbed out of the tent and turned on the flashlight.

Uncle Geng hissed at them and motioned for them to turn off the flashlight, "Did you hear the sound?"

Chen Chuxue nodded seriously, "I seem to hear the scream of a horse?"

Aunt Geng also nodded, "I also heard it wrong, but I did hear it several times."

Although the rain was pattering outside, the horses' screams were so harsh that they woke them up immediately.

Uncle Geng's face became serious, "Be careful, I'll go out and take a look."

Xiaoxue and the others actually heard it, which meant it was not an illusion and something must have happened outside.

"do not go."

Aunt Geng suddenly pulled him, "There's nothing important on the carriage. It's dark outside and it's raining heavily. It's too dangerous..."

If there was an ambush outside, they wouldn't be able to see it, let alone hear their footsteps.

"That's right, Uncle Geng. There's nothing important on the carriage anyway, so there's no need to take risks."

Uncle Geng thought for a while and nodded. He was also worried that this was a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so he came to the door.

He opened the door a crack and looked outside using thermal imaging. Unfortunately, he saw nothing.

After waiting for a long time, they heard no other sound, only the sound of rain dripping.

When something like this happened, they couldn't sleep, so they held on like this until dawn.

At dawn, Uncle Geng picked up his weapon and planned to go outside to take a look. Chen Chuxue also held a weapon to guard him.

Fortunately, the expected danger did not appear.

When Uncle Geng walked out of the room, he saw the horse lying on the ground in the yard, and his expression suddenly changed.

He didn't care about getting wet in the rain and ran over quickly.

There were many claw marks on the horse's body, which looked like they were scratched by some creature, but he checked carefully and found that there was no such animal in his mind.

The wounds on the horse were half a meter long and several inches deep.

He has been hunting for so long and has never seen scratches like this.

And if it was done by a wild animal, it couldn't just leave scratches and disappear.

After all, most beast attacks are for food.

Unless it was disturbed, it would be impossible to give up such a large prey.

He checked his surroundings carefully, and he didn't know whether it was because it was raining too hard or because of other reasons, but he didn't see any footprints around him.

There is not a single footprint of a wild beast.

There were some messy footprints from a few of them.

He couldn't figure it out, but he came to his senses when he heard Chen Chuxue's shout and hurried back.

Aunt Geng brought dry clothes and towels to dry him, "What's wrong? What did you find? Why does your face look so ugly."

After thinking about it, Uncle Geng didn't hide anything.

"What? Beast!"

Geng Xiaoyan was startled, "What kind of beast, a tiger? Or a wolf?"

However, she quickly reacted, "Even if it's a tiger, dad, you can handle it, right?"

Her father had already killed a tiger before.

Uncle Geng shook his head, "No, it may be some kind of beast that I haven't heard of."

As he spoke, he described the scratches.

Geng Xiaoyan and others were shocked. They could kill a horse instantly and leave such deep scratches. The size of that creature was not small.

Therefore, wolves and other creatures can be quickly eliminated.

Even if it is a tiger, it is impossible to kill it with just one claw, it will have to bite out the throat or use other attacks. This is a little strange.

And, more importantly, there were no footprints around.

"Would it be washed away by the rain?"

Aunt Geng guessed that if it wasn't for this reason, it would be a bit invasive.

"This is the only explanation."

Uncle Geng looked at everyone and agreed with this statement.

"So, we can't stay in this place any longer." Aunt Geng said nervously, "I'm going to pack my things."

"Then how do we leave?" Geng Xiaoyan frowned, "The horses are dead, how can we pull the carriage?"

Everyone was stunned. Yes, the horses were dead. How could the carriage move without horses?

Chen Chuxue also frowned, "The off-road vehicle can take shelter from the rain, but we don't know when we can find the next place to take shelter."

Moreover, when you find a town or the like to take shelter from the rain, you have to put the off-road vehicle away in the rain and go there in the rain.

If it rains so heavily, you will definitely catch a cold if you get wet a few times.

Uncle Geng and others looked ugly, but they knew very well that if they got cold, they would die.

They didn't know that Chen Chuxue had cold medicine in his hand, but Chen Chuxue knew that she actually didn't agree with being exposed to the rain.

"What should I do?"

Geng Xiaoyan was a little scared, "We won't stay another night in this place with monsters!"

"That's all we can do." Uncle Geng sighed, "We'll see if the rain can stop today, otherwise we'll have to wait until it stops."

"As for the beast, don't worry, as long as we keep the door locked and we have our weapons in hand."

However, Chen Chuxue still looked ugly. She knew very well that if it were a large beast such as a tiger, the threat of a pistol would have little effect on it.

What's more, it's possible that it's not a beast.

"Okay, don't think too much." Aunt Geng clapped her hands and said, "Well, it's still early. Let's find something to seal the windows. It will be much safer."

"I will keep vigil tonight." Uncle Geng also said.

They had no choice but to do this first.

Soon, night fell again.

Like last night, the rain not only did not light up, but became much heavier.

Because of what happened during the day, Chen Chuxue and others couldn't sleep, so they stayed in the tent to fight the landlord.

That's right, it's Doudizhu.

There are no other entertainment activities in the evening. Ever since Chen Chuxue opened a lot of toys, there have been more entertainment activities.

Only then did Geng Xiaoyan realize that there were so many interesting things in this world.

After who knows how long it took, Chen Chuxue couldn't help but yawned, and finally they planned to go to sleep.

Because the first half of the night was calm and nothing happened.

However, just as they were sleeping, a strange cry came from outside.

Chen Chuxue and others were shocked.

Immediately afterwards, they heard a heartbreaking sound, which seemed to be the sound of nails scratching wood.

This made Chen Chuxue instantly think of scenes from some zombie movies in his previous life, where the zombies lying in the coffin kept scratching the wood with their nails.

Uncle Geng immediately took out his crossbow and stood guard behind the door. If anyone rushed in with him, he would attack.

Moreover, he could also hear that the strange voice was getting closer and closer.

Chen Chuxue and others also heard it. They quickly got up, took out their weapons, stared at the door, and attacked whenever the monster rushed in.

"Hiccup and crunch..."

The weird sounds were getting closer and closer, as if they would appear in front of them the next moment.