"Buzz--"
The darkness surged and instantly covered most of the forest, then... it swept away!
Fear quickly filled the Two-Horned Lizard's eyes.
It instinctively tried to turn its head to look at the Black Rat, but found that its body had become incredibly stiff at that moment.
What should have been a quick action became incredibly slow at this moment.
The surrounding scenery gradually came into its view.
Some crawled, some trembled, some stood frozen—one after another, the Calamity Beast appeared in its field of vision.
Before it could fully turn its head, the movement suddenly stopped.
Within sight.
The black waves are coming!
There was still no movement; all the Calamity Beast stood motionless in place.
Even though their eyes were almost filled with fear, they still didn't make a sound.
Including those Black Rat.
The next instant, a black wave crashed in.
A Barrier, shimmering with a faint glow, suddenly rose up.
Then, the two collided.
Without a sound or a sound, the black waves crashed against the Barrier, then rolled back, before continuing to crash.
In this process, hands, claws, wings, and all sorts of limbs emerged from the waves.
However, the Calamity Beast below remained completely silent.
Even their eyes were gradually becoming dull.
"What the hell is this?!"
This was the last thought that flashed through the Two-Horned Lizard's mind.
The next instant, it lost its perception of the outside world.
When consciousness returned, the Barrier was gone, and the black tide had begun to recede.
But that indescribable sound, which I kept hearing, still echoed in my ears.
Anger, fear, sobbing...
The Two-Horned Lizard's eyes were still filled with fear.
After an unknown amount of time, the Black Tide finally disappeared completely.
Then.
"Ha-hoo, ha-hoo..."
"Ha ha..."
A sudden sound of panting filled the field.
One after another, the Calamity Beast lay on the ground, panting heavily.
The deep fear still lingered in their eyes.
The Two-Horned Lizard was also trembling and panting heavily.
The scene that had just occurred was replaying in my mind.
It took a long time for it to recover a little, and then it looked around.
Nearby, many Calamity Beast were still trembling.
But some of them had already raised their heads, looking to the side with confused expressions.
The Two-Horned Lizard ignored the ordinary Calamity Beast and looked towards the Black Rat.
The Black Rat seemed to have just come to their senses, panting heavily.
There was no confusion on their faces.
However, it seems there's no intention to explain anything to them.
Seeing this, the Two-Horned Lizard frowned and looked towards the distant horizon.
It was getting dark, but it had a memory; it would only last a few hours at most.
"Did that black tide last for several hours?" the Two-Horned Lizard wondered, then turned its gaze and carefully crept towards a certain direction.
After a long while, it finally reached its destination and stopped.
"What the hell was that just now? Do you know?" the Two-Horned Lizard asked, still somewhat frightened. Even now, it couldn't forget what had just happened.
The figure beside him paused for a moment and said:
"I'm not entirely sure, but if it's true, you... should know."
"I should know?" The Two-Horned Lizard frowned.
"Hmm, a mine, darkness, fear!" Shen Heng said, looking at the Two-Horned Lizard.
The Two-Horned Lizard frowned even deeper, its gaze fixed on the ground as it pondered.
Mines, darkness, fear...
Suddenly, it paused, raised its eyes, and said with some disbelief,
"You mean, that Underground Demon?"
"Hmm," Shen Heng responded in a deep voice.
"No, this, how is this possible? Isn't that thing fake?" The Two-Horned Lizard stared wide-eyed, somewhat incredulous.
It wasn't that it didn't want to believe it, but rather that it was truly hard to believe.
The others were one thing, but the Underground Demon —it had heard of them countless times.
Within their tribe, it's something only newborn young animals would believe.
result...
"It's just a fake on the outside," Shen Heng said, looking at the Two-Horned Lizard.
"Outside..." The Two-Horned Lizard paused halfway through its repetition, its mind racing. It asked, somewhat taken aback, "You mean, what was fake outside was Distortion into reality in this world?"
"Hmm," Shen Heng responded indifferently.
Upon hearing this, the Two-Horned Lizard's lips twitched involuntarily. "Wait, is that even allowed?"
"How many unusual things have you seen here?" Shen Heng asked.
"But this also..."
The Two-Horned Lizard still found it hard to accept, but since the situation had already occurred, it had no choice but to force itself to accept it.
"But that power was too great!" it said gravely. "If it weren't for that Barrier, we would all be dead!"
There was no response, Shen Heng's gaze also lowered.
He already knew that the Underground Demon were real, but he hadn't really expected them to reach this level of power.
Was it always like this? Or did it increase along with others after the last riot?
After pondering for a while without success, Shen Heng glanced at the recovered rats in the distance, then looked back at the Black Rat in this direction, and said:
"Alright, let's not worry about that anymore. Even if that Underground Demon is real, and even if it's very powerful, it won't affect us."
"After tonight, let's continue as normal tomorrow!"
The Two-Horned Lizard paused after listening.
nod.
Time flows on.
Beneath the vast, towering mountains.
One after another, Black Rat stood, sat, or lay in front of a huge cave.
Among them, the two largest Black Rat were chatting idly.
"The day before yesterday..."
"Let's eat tonight..."
"That..."
While listening to his friend Broken Tooth's words, Black Whiskers's eyes idly wandered around.
Suddenly, its gaze paused, then shifted forward slightly.
In my line of sight, the trees swayed, as if something was moving within them.
Who's there right now?... Black Whiskers looked on in confusion, his gaze fixed on that spot.
"No, what are you looking at?" The Broken Tooth, noticing its unusual appearance, asked with some confusion, its gaze also turning towards the broken tooth.
"Who do you think would come from over there at this time?" Black Whiskers asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Uh, maybe, on patrol?" Broken Tooth said somewhat uncertainly.
"This place isn't too far from the valley entrance or the clan's territory, so why don't we patrol this area?" Black Whiskers retorted.
"Then what did you say?" Broken Tooth demanded.
"..."
Black Whiskers choked for a moment, then remained silent, his gaze fixed on that spot.
Broken Tooth smiled with satisfaction, and his gaze returned to that direction.
Two Fourth Tier Black Rat just stood there, quietly watching.
Until two figures suddenly appeared from the other side.
Then, time stopped.
Four pairs of eyes met across the distance...
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Uh... I don't know why this story is so long, but as I wrote, it just got this long... If this story ends, it should be, maybe, around ten chapters.