The "Classic of the Northern Mountains" in the Classic of Mountains and Seas recorded: "There is a beast shaped like a rabbit, with the head of a rat. It flies using its back, and its name is the Flying Squirrel."
Earth's natural world also had flying rodents of this kind, scientifically known as flying squirrels. The largest, the woolly flying squirrel, could grow to around 1.2 meters in length, including its tail.
Back in the old forests of Gongshan, Chen Jue had seen Yun Xiaomei playing with flying squirrels.
But the Flying Squirrels of Second Home that Chen Jue encountered now were about the size of adult kangaroos.
It was not just their size. Even the muscles of these Flying Squirrels resembled those of kangaroos, bulging all over their bodies like solid rock. Flat stretches of skin and fur supported by their four limbs allowed them to glide and fly short distances.
If flying were all they could do, Chen Jue naturally would not have feared them. He could simply kill them as casually as he had those Feiyi.
But these Flying Squirrels were not merely numerous, appearing in flocks that filled the sky like formations of fighter jets. They also carried a sense of threat that made Chen Jue's heart inexplicably flutter whenever he drew close.
Ever since awakening his heavenly sensitivity, Chen Jue had possessed a keen awareness of danger, almost like "a cicada sensing autumn before the wind even stirs." Having detected a threat, he naturally had to keep well away.
"Fuck!"
"I only picked a few fruits! Do you really have to chase me this relentlessly?"
"It's not like I dug up your ancestors' graves!"
Seeing the flock of Flying Squirrels behind him growing ever larger, Chen Jue could only grit his teeth and sweep his