After eavesdropping on my thoughts, the whole family went crazy.

Chapter 44

"I" Su Ran was completely unable to move now, and his eyes were fixed on the distance not far ahead.

Hua Rongqi didn't know why, and followed Su Ran's gaze in confusion: "You?"

The next moment, Xie Shiqing's louder voice came from the front: "Run—!"

This sound was earth-shattering. Su Ran had no doubt that if there were any birds or beasts in the forest, they would have been frightened away by his loud shout.

But she has no intention of doubting it now, because there really is a shadow monster running out...! ! !
Su Ran turned around and ran away, not forgetting to grab Hua Rongqi who didn't react.

Almost as soon as they ran away from the spot, there was a loud noise from where they were standing, and then a large pit appeared.

The wind blew under Su Ran's feet and asked Hua Rongqi to go to the other side. The three of them did not gather together.

The bottom of the mountain is all flat land, and there is absolutely no place to hide.

The only place that could be considered a refuge was the ruined temple. But that ruined temple doesn’t even have a gate, so what the hell! ! !
At least there are trees on the mountain for cover, so if you can't, you can still climb trees.

Wait to climb a tree?

Because the three of them were separated, the shadow monster hesitated for a moment which one to pursue.

During its hesitation, Su Ran and the others were able to run away to a relatively safe distance.

Su Ran watched the black shadow monster go straight towards Hua Rongqi. He saw that the distance between the two was getting closer and closer. It was almost as if the monster could catch Hua Rongqi if he took one step faster.

Su Ran didn't bother to check carefully, so she hugged the tree with both hands and started to climb up. When she climbed to the first branch, Su Ran panted and looked up, only to see the monster's sharp claws grazing Hua Rongqi's cheek!

"Hey!!!" Su Ran hugged the thick tree trunk tightly with one hand, put the other hand in the shape of a trumpet at the corner of his mouth, and shouted in the direction of the black shadow monster: "Silly X! Come and catch me!"

Hua Rongqi almost died. Just now, he saw Tai Nai waving to him in a trance.

Suddenly hearing Su Ran's voice, he was stunned for a moment, then burst out at an astonishing speed and rushed towards the tall trees in front of him.

Unlike Su Ran, he had to climb up the tree slowly.

I saw him taking three steps and two steps at a time. Using the speed of his approach, he raised his foot to step on the tree trunk in front of him and kicked hard!
When I looked again, I had already stood firmly on the first branch.

When Hua Rongqi ran towards the tree, Su Ran did not forget to shout to Xie Shiqing: "Jump down before he hits the tree later!"

When Su Ran climbed the tree, Xie Shiqing noticed her behavior and climbed to a tree not far from the tree she climbed.

Xie Shiqing remembered what Su Ran said before going up the mountain, "Three people should not hug the tree." Seeing that Hua Rongqi was about to touch the tree in front of him, he quickly jumped down.

The shadow monster was originally attracted to Su Ran, but she was standing peacefully on the branch.

It was breathing heavily from its nostrils, and it looked like it was on the verge of exploding.

When it turned around, it saw that the prey it had just chased had climbed up the tree, and it suddenly erupted into a sharp and long roar.

This sound passed through the mountains and forests, and was even worse than the cries of babies in the ruined temple.

Only then did Su Ran take advantage of the moonlight to see clearly the appearance of the monster.

It has a human face! ! !
It was the face of a middle-aged man, with thick black hair around his facial features and all over his body, so Su Ran and the others just saw a black shadow monster.

It was two meters tall, and its standing posture looked very similar. Su Ran thought for a while, and it looked very similar to the chimpanzee she had seen in the zoo before.

But the species in front of us is obviously much larger than chimpanzees.

The weirdest thing is its eyes. Su Ran doesn't know whether it's because of the light or the angle.

Looking from her position, the monster's eyes were cloudy white and seemed to have no pupils.

Every time the shadow monster raised its feet, the ground beneath its feet would shake, and even the tree trunk Su Ran was hugging would faintly shake.

When the monster saw that the prey it was about to catch ran away, it became visibly agitated, and its chest rose and fell with the breath blowing out of its nostrils.

It looked around anxiously on the spot, stretching its neck, as if trying to sniff out the remaining breath of life in the air.

finally! It fixed its gaze on Xie Shiqing, who had jumped down from the tree.

In the blink of an eye, Su Ran had a plan in mind and quickly shouted in the direction of Hua Rongqi: "Hurry up and jump down before Xie Shiqing hits the tree!"

Don't ask why it wasn't Su Rantiao. At her tree-climbing speed, she was pulled down by this monster before she climbed up.

Su Ran didn't know how to climb trees, but she didn't expect that at a critical moment of life and death, a person's potential would be forced out.

After Hua Rongqi and Xie Shiqing jumped off the tree, Su Ran had already made some general judgments in her heart.

This shadow monster didn't look like it could climb trees, but for some reason, it stopped chasing them after they climbed up the tree.

The easiest way now is for the three of them to climb the tree together, but the sentence "three people don't hug the tree" has always been in Su Ran's mind.

No one is willing to try this kind of life-and-death thing unless they have no choice.

If Su Ran had not encountered the ruined temple before, she would have ignored this sentence.

But now the ruined temple is in front and the tree is in the back. The correlation is too strong, which makes Su Ran unable to ignore the rules of that Chinese ghost story.

Seeing the black shadow monster rushing towards Xie Shiqing at a speed that humans could not possess, Su Ran sternly said: "Now!"

Before he finished speaking, Xie Shiqing and Hua Rongqi jumped up and the other down.

The two of them cooperated tacitly, just enough to avoid the time when the three of them were in the tree at the same time, and tricked the shadow monster again.

This time the monster did not leave immediately. Instead, it stayed under the tree where Xie Shiqing was, roaring wildly, and seemed to be trying to push the tree.

Hua Rongqi looked at the situation over there, his eyes fell on the sword Xie Shiqing carried behind his back, and shouted: "Don't you have a sword? Use it!!"

He and Su Ran were unarmed, so they could only run.

Xie Shiqing, a man with a famous sword in his hand, is actually in such a mess? !
If you don't need the sword, give it to him! ! !

"Do you think I don't want to?!" Xie Shiqing also collapsed. He told his companions about his forbearance, "I can't pull out the sword!"

Hua Rongqi: "Fuck!!!"

I don't know which string was triggered by Hua Rongqi's angry curse. The monster that was originally staying under the Xie Shiqing tree let out a long and mournful howl, then turned around and rushed towards Hua Rongqi.

Hua Rongqi: "!!!"

Seeing the monster rushing towards him, Hua Rongqi immediately prepared to climb the tree and shouted at the same time: "Get down quickly! Let me go up!"

Xie Shiqing didn't procrastinate. When he saw Hua Rongqi and was about to jump up, he jumped down at the right time.

It's just that his foothold this time was different from before. He moved to a place slightly farther away.

Su Ran saw what he wanted to do.

Xie Shiqing probably wanted to change the tree next time and keep the distance between them farther, so that he could buy more time for the other tree climber when his teammate jumps to attract monsters.

Su Ran watched him run to the other side, holding the tree trunk tightly with both hands for fear of falling.

Because he was so close, his fair and tender face could not help rubbing against the rough bark of the tree, and soon turned red. Su Ran didn't notice the discomfort on her face. She was focused on calculating the distance between Xie Shiqing and the others and how long it would take the monster to run this distance.

They didn't know when this monster would disappear, and they couldn't find any other way for a while. They couldn't just rely on Xie Shiqing and Hua Rongqi to climb down and climb trees.

Just relying on the two of them, the stamina will soon be exhausted.

Xie Shiqing ran quickly towards a tree a little further away while paying attention to their actions there.

Seeing Su Ran's ready to move, Xie Shiqing immediately strangled her thoughts in the cradle: "Don't move!"

With Su Ran's tree-climbing speed, just wait for death.

Su Ran, who was about to save his teammates from the fire and water: "."

Over there, Hua Rongqi saw that the monster was about to pounce. He took a deep breath and quickly jumped to the branch.

After adapting to this process several times before, he is now very good at it.

However, something unexpected happened this time.

The shadow monster stayed under Hua Rongqi's tree and refused to leave.

Hua Rongqi: "."

As long as Hua Rongqi lowers his head, he can look into the monster's pale eyes.

A piece of turbid white, staring at people closely, instantly makes people feel cold all over.

Hua Rongqi slowly closed his eyes, then raised his head and looked straight ahead, avoiding the sight of the monster.

At this moment, Hua Rongqi had a bad premonition, and he immediately hugged the tree trunk next to him!
At the next moment, the black shadow monster rushed to the tree, raised its thick arms, and began to shake violently.

That force was clearly intended to break the tree trunk!
Su Ran, a bystander, could see it, let alone Hua Rongqi, the person in the tree.

He had no doubt that this thing would break the tree in the next second, and he even vaguely heard the overwhelming sound of the tree trunk breaking.

Huarong Qi's heart felt cold, and she was about to cry but said without tears: "Why doesn't it go away?"

Shouldn't it be that Xie Shiqing should jump at him as soon as he jumps down?

No matter how much Su Ran and Xie Shiqing shouted over there, their voices were almost hoarse, but the monster remained indifferent and only stared at Hua Rongqi.

As if he were some delicacy.

Seeing the precarious situation over there, Su Ran couldn't really watch Hua Rongqi die. She tried hard to recall what Hua Rongqi had done to stimulate the monster to this point.

After all, the three of them came here at the same time, and no one did anything out of the ordinary. There was no reason for the monster to stare at Hua Rong.

Su Ran recalled the actions of Xie Shiqing and Hua Rongqi just now, and suddenly felt blessed.

She shouted at the top of her lungs: "Fuck!!! You idiot!"

This sound drowned out the sound of the monster shaking the tree, and successfully attracted the monster over.

When it hit, the tree where Su Ran was standing visibly shook.

Su Ran didn't notice for a moment and was almost shaken down. Then he hugged the tree trunk tightly and wouldn't let go.

Hua Rongqi saw Su Ran successfully attracting the monster away, and heard the "idiot" in her mouth, and asked in shock: "Can this thing understand how people scold it?"

Not only can I understand, but I can also hold grudges.

When the monster was attracted by Hua Rongqi just now, Su Ran and Xie Shiqing briefly discussed the countermeasures.

Su Ran's idea was that she and Hua Rongqi would stay here to attract monsters, while Xie Shiqing went to check if there was anything wrong in the forest.

Xie Shiqing is currently the furthest away from the monster, and since he has the best skills and fastest speed, he is the most suitable candidate.

And in this way, the three of them are separated.

In this case, they are all on the tree, so they shouldn’t fall into the category of “three people not hugging the tree”, right?
Xie Shiqing had no objection. He asked Su Ran to pay attention to safety. When the monster was attracted by Su Ran, Xie Shiqing ran deep into the forest without hesitation.

The branches under her feet were shaking violently. Su Ran was afraid that her feet would slip off, so she tightly wrapped her legs around the tree trunk, hanging on the tree.

It looks as if it wants to blend in with the tree trunk.

Hua Rongqi felt the strength of the branches under his feet, and while the monster was attracted by Su Ran, he jumped off the tree without hesitation, ran under another stronger tree, and then climbed up the tree skillfully.

Su Ran didn't know the situation on Hua Rongqi's side. She was pretending to be dead with her eyes closed. She even breathed a lot lighter, trying to minimize her presence.

The restless monster gradually calmed down and stopped shaking the tree roughly.

Su Ran felt happy and began to guess how the monster discovered them. After all, the monster didn't even have pupils, so how could it see?

Is it by voice or breath?
Well. To be sure, cursing will definitely attract monsters, and it will have miraculous effects.

Meanwhile, the trees seemed like a safe place.

Su Ran and other monsters who had calmed down retreated to the side and began to gesture to Hua Rongqi, and the two communicated silently.

Su Ran: Don’t breathe for a moment!

Hua Rongqi: You want me to poke its nose?
Su Ran: Don't breathe when you jump!

Hua Rongqi: You want me to jump down and poke its nose? !
Su Ran: "."

Communication failed.

Seeing that there was no tacit understanding between his teammates and him, Su Ran decided to use a simple and crude method and shouted directly: "I told you to watch my gestures later and jump down. Don't breathe or make a sound!"

But her shout was not only heard by Hua Rongqi, but also by the monster wandering not far away.

It quickly locked onto Su Ran's position and pounced on him with its huge mouth, its sharp claws leaving horrific scratch marks on the tree trunk.

Su Ran pressed her face against the tree trunk, counting silently for three seconds, and began to hold her breath and pretend to be dead.

Just when Su Ran's face turned red and he was about to be unable to hold on any longer, the monster opened its mouth and roared, revealing its fangs.

After the roar, it became quiet again.

At this moment, Su Ran gestured to Hua Rongqi, telling him to jump down.

Hua Rongqi, who had been paying attention to Su Ran's movements, naturally did not miss Su Ran's action. He carefully avoided the branches and dead leaves on the ground and fell to the ground quietly.

Su Ran gradually resumed breathing, but as soon as she took a gentle breath, she closed her eyes in pain, and her face almost wrinkled into a ball.

Smelly! It stinks!
Why does this monster's mouth smell so bad! The breath he exhales is like a biological weapon.

Seeing Su Ran's painful expression, Hua Rongqi thought she had just been injured, but Su Ran just waved her hand at him to indicate that she was fine.

After Su Ran regained consciousness, she carefully poked her head out from behind the tree trunk.

(End of this chapter)