Landmines

Danzhu stormed off with Xu Yanwu's first edition of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, leaving Xu Yanwu standing there alone, holding a chicken leg in a daze.

"What was she mad about...?"

Xu Yanwu said, thoroughly baffled. He scratched his head, gnawed the chicken leg clean, then walked toward the grill.

Lianshan was almost done roasting the bird.

After a round of scrambling, everyone sat leisurely beside the campfire, full and satisfied. Picking at his teeth, Xu Yanwu asked Lianshan, "Lianshan, do you remember where those water chestnuts were?"

As he tossed the trash into a dirt pit, Lianshan answered Xu Yanwu's question.

"I remember... there were quite a lot of water chestnuts growing near the river upstream from the tribe."

Lianshan racked his brain before slowly saying, "But it's been a long time. I don't know what that place is like now."

Xu Yanwu laughed twice. "What could it be like? A place where water chestnuts grow. It's not like Honkai Beasts could've taken it over."

"True." Lianshan scratched the back of his head. "It's only been a few years, so it probably wouldn't..."

Cang Xuan yawned. "Why not just go take a look? Even if there are Honkai Beasts, we can just find water chestnuts somewhere else."

"Then let's go!" Danzhu stood and pointed toward the upper reaches of the river. "Water Chestnut Search Squad! Move out!!"

Before long, they arrived at a flat stretch of land upstream.

Xu Yanwu and the others crouched in a patch of grass, watching from afar as a giant turtle lay sprawled on the flat ground, basking in the sun.

The giant turtle was larger than an ordinary house. Lying there, it looked like a small mountain.

"Good grief, this turtle... Why is it so huge? It feels like it's