Survival Arena

Chapter 488: Chapter 488: Lion and Tiger Saber-Toothed Beast

“What’s not right?”

Chu Ge asked in surprise, becoming uneasy at Local Snake’s words.

Could there really be an ant hill hidden here?

Local Snake answered, “There isn’t even one ant, nor a single insect, it’s too strange.”

Chu Ge fell into thought.

What Local Snake said made sense indeed.

After thinking, he said, “You all stay here, I’ll go out alone and take a look.”

Having said that, he turned and rushed towards the cave entrance.

Local Snake wanted to call Chu Ge back, but he was too fast, and before he could speak out, Chu Ge had already dashed out.

Chi Lian came from deep within the tunnel and came before Local Snake, saying, “Where’s the captain? I found no danger inside, but the soil is very moist, we might be near an underground river.”

“The boss went out to scout,” Local Snake replied.

Chi Lian nodded, unable to help but turn around and look towards the depths of the tunnel.

Local Snake saw her concern but said nothing more.

Where isn’t dangerous now?

It’s always good to find a place to hide for a while.

After all, they only need to hide for half a day, and prepare for battle at night.

Elsewhere.

Chu Ge was moving through the bushes, not going too far, but circling nearby, inspecting carefully.

His goal was to find traces of other insects.

If there were none at all, then this place was dangerous.

There must be demons when things are abnormally strange.

After several rounds, Chu Ge saw only a few dried insect corpses and no living creatures.

He felt the problem was getting bigger, and his heart filled with unease.

He turned around, ready to go back and have everyone change locations.

From the bushes ahead suddenly jumped out a mantis, clad in purple all over, dazzling like it was armored in the sunlight’s glow.

It was much larger than Chu Ge, like comparing an adult with a baby.

Chu Ge didn’t run but walked toward it.

If he ran, this creature would surely pursue relentlessly.

“Such a cool mantis, a Pokémon?” Chu Ge wondered to himself.

The purple mantis suddenly leaped towards Chu Ge, slashing with its blades.

Chu Ge dodged by jumping away, narrowly avoiding the strike, then spread his wings and collided with the purple mantis head-on.

His strength was great, enough to knock the purple mantis flying even without the advantage of size.

The purple mantis landed and quickly sprang up, charging at Chu Ge again.

A regular insect would have been scared away after being knocked down, but it dared to come back.

Could it be a Survivor?

As Chu Ge pondered, he rammed it again.

This time, he drew on the heat within his body, igniting Raging Flame Separation all over, striking the purple mantis once more.

“Damn, you have Survival Talent!”

The purple mantis cursed, its voice trembling.

It quickly turned to run.

“Wait! I want to ask you something!”

Chu Ge quickly called out to it.

After flying some distance, the purple mantis turned back warily and asked, “What do you want?”

Chu Ge asked, “How long have you been here?”

The purple mantis replied, “Almost two hours now, what about it?”

“Did you feel something off about this area?” Chu Ge pressed on.

Two hours?

So it saw them arrive earlier.

Could there be other Survivors lurking in the shadows?

“Something off? You mean the absence of other native insects? It’s the same everywhere, the insects have all hidden away, possibly because the next round of rules is about to be triggered,”

the purple mantis replied, impatient in its tone.

Unexpectedly chased away by a clueless rookie!

If word of this got out, how could he continue to mix in?

Upon hearing this, Chu Ge couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

The purple mantis snorted coldly and quickly slipped away.

Chu Ge thought on the spot for a while, then hurried back.

When he returned to the cave, Gu Tianjiao, Xiao Poor Thing, and Xiao Ming were still resting, while Local Snake and Chi Lian were waiting near the cave entrance.

As soon as they saw Chu Ge return, they breathed a sigh of relief.

“Boss, how’s the situation?” Xiao Poor Thing immediately asked.

Chu Ge replied, “It must be due to the rules. I heard other Survivors say that insects in other areas are also hiding. No one knows what will happen next.”

Such a significant anomaly must mean the rules are no simple matter.

With an anxious tone, Local Snake asked, “The insects must have sensed danger, like storms or earthquakes. Could it be that we will also encounter a major crisis?”

Chu Ge was also worried it might be a massive earthquake.

If that were the case, it would turn into a parkour obstacle course…

Time kept passing.

Survival hints became increasingly scarce.

It might take over three hours for just one hint to appear.

It seemed all Survivors were waiting.

In the blink of an eye.

The time reached five in the afternoon.

Suddenly, deafening footsteps came from outside the cave, startling Chu Ge and the others awake. They cautiously crawled to the mouth of the cave.

They saw a giant running about the grassland outside, his movements full of panic.

Looking up, Chu Ge noticed the man’s clothing bore a striking resemblance to that of the explorers they had encountered previously who had been attacked.

Judging by his features, he seemed to be of Eastern descent.

“Don’t eat me… Don’t eat me…”

He murmured in terror, his voice clearly reaching the ears of Chu Ge and the others.

Eat?

Was something chasing him?

Chu Ge looked around and soon spotted a creature resembling a tiger squeezing out from the bushes, sporting two fangs as long as daggers.

The fur’s color was very much like a tiger’s, but it had a mane like a lion’s, looking incredibly domineering.

Upon seeing it, the explorer’s legs went soft, and he collapsed to the ground in fear.

A foul odor spread throughout, causing Chu Ge and the others to instinctively back away.

The guy had pissed himself…

But that was normal. Ordinary people encountering such fierce beasts in the wild could easily wet themselves out of fear.

On the other side, another giant beast appeared, very similar to the Lion and Tiger Saber-Toothed Beast they had already seen.

Caught between the two creatures, the explorer was as good as dead.

Chu Ge and the others were powerless, left only to watch.

They had witnessed tragedies before, so they did not avert their gaze, all staring at the Lion and Tiger Saber-Toothed Beast.

“What is that creature?” Xiao Ming curiously asked.

No one answered him; it was everybody’s first time seeing it.

To call it a Saber-toothed Tiger seemed inaccurate—it lacked the long mane.

The two beasts suddenly pounced on the explorer.

What followed need not be described; it was naturally a human tragedy.

Chu Ge retreated and said, “Let’s continue resting.”

It was impossible for a few insects to rescue a person.

An hour later, the two giant creatures left the scene.

The group continued to rest in the cave.

“I have a feeling that the two giant beasts we just saw might be our opponents,” Gu Tianjiao hypothesized.

Chi Lian and Xiao Poor Thing nodded in agreement.

Looking at Chu Ge, Local Snake asked, “When the time comes, should we hide or fight for it?”

Chu Ge’s eyes shimmered as he said, “It depends on the situation. We must fight if we need to, but even if we fail, we won’t turn into animals. We can’t miss the annual score-settling battle. However, we can ensure one person is a guarantee for our team’s survival rate.”

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