After Zhou Yue ran off in the opposite direction.
Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen reached the teleport point safely and returned to the base.
Zhou Qiaoling, who had gotten home long ago, was crouched by the feed box, fighting Tombat and Lamball for wild berries.
Hearing them, she pulled her head out of the feed box and wiped the red juice from the corner of her mouth.
"Oh, you two are back?"
"Your brother probably isn't coming back..."
"That's fine. It'd be strange if he did."
Zhou Qiaoling grinned as she spoke.
No sooner had the words left her mouth than Zhou Yue's panting voice came through the team voice channel.
"Zhou! Qiao! Ling!!"
He sounded as though he were speaking through clenched teeth.
"Who are you cursing? I've been running my damn legs off!!!"
"Oh, no, no! We were just saying you'd definitely make it back!"
Zhong Yi hurried to smooth things over.
"Bullshit!! Old Zhong, you're cursing me too!!!"
"???"
Zhou Yue was sprinting for his life.
A colossal green beast thundered behind him.
Every so often, a gale tore through the air at his back, or an enormous Spiritual Energy projectile four or five meters across bore down on him.
Zhou Yue lived up to his reputation for deft maneuvering. Each time, at the last possible instant, he dodged Forest Mammoth's killing blow by a hair.
He ran all the way from Forest Mammoth's territory to the plain below the base, but the ground behind him still shook.
Clearly, it was still hot on his heels.
"You little punk... Hit it once and draw some aggro!!"
Fuming, Zhou Yue pointed at the Pengullet by his feet.
It innocently raised a little wing and pointed at its own cheek.
Zhou Yue had clearly set its combat mode