"Alright, don't you have anything to say?"
The Black Rat Chief looked at the Calamity Beast beneath his claws and said in a deep voice.
It spent most of the night searching for dozens of Calamity Beast, and it was almost about to give up on the idea of catching the Rock-Backed Beast, but unexpectedly it encountered the Steel-Mane Bear in the end.
If the source is correct, this Steel-Mane Bear should be the first one to join the Rock-Backed Beast uprising plan.
Furthermore, according to some of the Calamity Beast, this guy frequently appears next to the Rock-Backed Beast and participates in discussions.
In other words, this guy is definitely one of the core members of that Rock-Backed Beast team!
"Say what? What did you say?" The Steel-Mane Bear sneered as it was pinned to the ground.
"Tell me where the Rock-Backed Beast is, what your plan is, and why you suddenly appeared here!" the Black Rat Chief said in a deep voice.
"Ha, you think I'd tell you?!" Steel-Mane Bear sneered.
The Black Rat Chief stared coldly at the Steel-Mane Bear beneath his paws. He paused, then said, "If you're willing to talk, I might consider letting you go, so you don't have to take that risk and leave here!"
There was no response. The Steel-Mane Bear looked at the old Black Rat in front of it and sneered.
"You don't believe me?" the Black Rat Chief asked.
There was still no response, and the Steel-Mane Bear continued to sneer.
"It doesn't matter if you don't believe me. Here's what I'll do: I'll take you to the top of that mountain, and then I'll distance myself quite a distance away. When you feel you've reached a safe enough distance, write the location of the Rock-Backed Beast on the ground, and then leave immediately!" the Black Rat Chief said after a moment's thought.
"That way, you'll have plenty of time to escape, and after I see the location of the Rock-Backed Beast Rock-Backed Beast, to prevent it from running too far, I won't have time to chase you!"
"What do you think? This is a good choice for both of us!"
"..."
silence.
This time, the Steel-Mane Bear didn't sneer; instead, it looked hesitant.
The plan proposed by the Black Rat Chief is truly enticing!
If this is actually done, then it has a very good chance of escaping!
But, you're going to sell out Lord Two-Horned Lizard and the others?!
Steel-Mane Bear darkened.
If it were before it came in, it would have done so without hesitation, because no matter what else it does, nothing is more useful than its own survival!
During this time, through its interactions with Lord Two-Horned Lizard, although it wasn't as fiercely loyal to Lord Two-Horned Lizard as the Black Jade Lion, it honestly hoped that Lord Two-Horned Lizard could survive if it could!
After all, that was the only one it had ever seen in its life that truly cared about them and the other Calamity Beast!
So, to tell or not to tell...?
Seemingly aware of the other party's hesitation, the Black Rat Chief did not disturb them further, but waited quietly on the side.
but...
Somewhat puzzled, it stared at the Steel-Mane Bear beneath its paws.
Is there really Calamity Beast that can make other Calamity Beast hesitate between their own life and its own?
To be honest, it really didn't expect this.
Due to instinct and lifestyle habits, almost without exception, Calamity Beast place their own lives in the most important position!
Even the Black Rat within their own clan, who have lived in Black Stone Valley since childhood, are no different in this respect!
If faced with the same problem, Black Rat Chief believed that those guys would, without much thought or at most with some hesitation, choose to sell their entire clan!
This hesitation stemmed from consideration of the unique circumstances of some Black Rat.
For example, if faced with such a problem when its remaining lifespan is limited, it might actually hesitate!
But in the end, there's a high probability that they'll still sell out the other members of the clan!
After all, if you're alive, you might have a chance to gain other things even if you lose them, but if you're dead, you really lose everything!
Therefore, it was surprised by the hesitation of the Steel-Mane Bear in front of it.
Besides being able to devise such a meticulous plan, how could that guy also bewitch other Calamity Beast?!
"... Alright, I agree to your suggestion! As long as you put me up there and keep me far enough away, I can... roar, I can write down on the ground which direction Rock-Backed Beast ran from!"
The sound came from over.
Black Rat Chief turned his attention back to the Steel-Mane Bear at his feet.
Pain and indignation filled its face, along with a hint of... tension and unease?
The Black Rat Chief looked at the Steel-Mane Bear, which dared not meet his gaze but occasionally stole glances at him.
Its intuition told it that the other party had no intention of actually telling it the location of the Rock-Backed Beast.
And why did that guy yell just now? Like he was trying to interrupt something? The sound before the yell was something like 'shuang'? Shuang what?
After a pause, the Black Rat Chief looked coldly at the Steel-Mane Bear:
"I'm warning you, you'd better not even think about lying to me. If I find out later that you've lied to me, I'll definitely come looking for you and bring you back immediately!"
"You've only reached Third Tier, so you don't know, right? With Fifth Tier speed, even if we take a detour to another location, we can definitely catch you before you get too far!"
"The situation you'll face then won't be the same as it is now!"
"... Okay, I understand!" Steel-Mane Bear swallowed hard.
Without saying another word, the Black Rat Chief flipped the Steel-Mane Bear over with his paw, then grabbed it by the back of the neck and flew rapidly toward the distant mountains.
Neither of them spoke during this process.
Then, after a while, the Black Rat Chief stopped atop the mountain that was thousands of meters high.
With a flick of its paw, it tossed the Steel-Mane Bear onto the mountaintop.
Then, looking at it, he said:
"Alright, you can go out this way by yourself!"
There was no response; the Steel-Mane Bear stared blankly outside.
The Black Rat Chief frowned, his voice turning even colder as he said, "Didn't you hear what I said?"
This time, Steel-Mane Bear finally realized what was happening.
It glanced at the Black Rat Chief, then its gaze unconsciously drifted towards the outside of the mountain.
Below the mountains, there are rolling grasslands that stretch outwards all the way to... a thick fog that shrouds the visible world outside.
Well... having boundaries isn't surprising, since they weren't originally in a complete world!
However, this was the first time it had ever seen such a boundary.
When I first entered that world, the boundaries were Distortion, and the portals were very clear, but here...