Chương 182: The Bald Gull Hero

Mo Ling'er's soft moans and pleas for mercy traveled through the two large trees and clearly reached Zhao Rui's ears.

"..."

Zhao Rui was stunned for a moment, then awkwardly tugged at the corner of his mouth.

It's a misunderstanding, nothing more than a misunderstanding.

He just wanted to practice the new martial arts he had learned; he didn't really have any other intentions.

"Ahem!"

Zhao Rui quickly stopped practicing his witchcraft, pretended not to know anything, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to doze off.

In the tree hollow on the other side, Mo Ling'er felt the pressure from the superior being pressing down on her soul and consciousness suddenly disappear, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He collapsed to the ground, completely limp.

"You wretched little thief, if you dare to force yourself on me later, I'll bite you off!"

Mo Ling'er's heart pounded like a drum as she spoke, filled with shock, fear, anger, and anxiety.

My mind raced, trying to figure out how to handle the situation that was about to unfold.

"No, I can't just sit here and wait to die!"

Mo Ling'er manipulated her magic incantations, rehearsing in advance all the techniques she could think of to defeat her enemies and turn the tables.

"If I had even a sliver of sense left, I would kill you!"

Mo Ling'er gritted her teeth, hating Zhao Rui and herself intensely.

Amidst this mix of hatred, anxiety, shame, and trepidation, half an hour passed quietly.

Outside the tree hollow, apart from the occasional roars of beasts and cries of birds, there was no other unusual activity.

The hardest part is the waiting.

With these mixed feelings, Mo Ling'er waited for another half an hour.

There was still no movement.

This time, she really couldn't take it anymore.

He kicked the tree hole door a hundred meters away, stormed up to Zhao Rui's tree hole door, ripped it off, and snapped, "Kill me or leave me, it's all up to you! What's the point of toying with me like this?!"

"Come on! What are you waiting for!"

Mo Ling'er placed her delicate hand on her collar and, with a ripping sound, tore a large hole in her clothes.

It revealed her snow-white, smooth skin and delicate, beautiful collarbones.

And that hint of fullness.

...

Zhao Rui stared dumbfounded at this woman's audacious "self-offering of a bedmate," and without thinking, he kicked open the other side of the cave door, and with a whoosh, he transformed into a sword light and ran far away.

This time, it was Mo Ling'er's turn to be stunned.

Ran?

She mentally prepared herself for the worst, but the one thing she never expected was that he would run away.

You dislike me?

"I fucking—" Mo Ling'er was going crazy. No longer caring whether there were strange beasts roaming around, she directly manifested a pitch-black phoenix image and chased after Zhao Rui.

Along the way, wherever Feng Ying passed, it was as if a cold wave was raging, and all the surrounding plants were covered with a layer of solid ice.

Even the strange beasts and insects that couldn't dodge in time were turned into ice sculptures in a daze.

Mo Ling'er's commotion was so great that it instantly alerted the island's top predators. One after another, enormous beasts emerged from the dense forest and lunged at the two of them.

Zhao Rui never expected that this woman would go crazy again.

Forced to slow down, he transmitted his voice, "What are you doing now? You're taking off your clothes, so I can't run away? I'm not that kind of person!"

"you-" Mo Ling'er was both ashamed and annoyed.

"You've said all the nice things I could think of."

"You wait, I'll definitely capture you and take you back to my tribe to be a breeding slave!"

Mo Ling'er grew angrier the more she thought about it, and beams of black light, radiating extreme cold, shot towards Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui dodged left and right, weaving through the dense forest.

As the two chased and dodged the predator's attacks, several enormous birds flew toward them from a distance.

"stop!"

Zhao Rui suddenly stopped and then dispersed Mo Ling'er's extremely cold black light.

Mo Ling'er couldn't avoid it and charged straight at Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui conjured a giant Sumeru Buddha hand and grabbed her directly into his palm.

It's soft and pliable, just like a silkworm pupa.

Mo Ling'er was originally prepared to dodge, but her skill was no less than Zhao Rui's. However, after a moment's delay, she also felt the pressure coming from afar.

A sudden chill ran through him, and he quickly stopped resisting.

Zhao Rui swept Mo Ling'er up and carried her directly into the dense forest. Just like before, he quickly cut a hole in a tree and crawled inside.

Due to time constraints, the tree hollow was only big enough for two people.

Unsure whether the visitor was friend or foe, Zhao Rui quickly held his breath, his eyes peering intently through the tree hole.

Mo Ling'er leaned close to him, feeling the warmth emanating from his body, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"hiss!"

Zhao Rui felt a pain in his groin and immediately turned to glare at Mo Ling'er.

Mo Ling'er still wouldn't let go, twisting it hard before turning her head away triumphantly.

"Don't do anything rash. The people outside are from the Twelve Wilderness Clan. They're ruthless killers—" Looking into his angry eyes, Mo Ling'er said somewhat guiltily via telepathy, "If you touch me again, don't blame me for being impolite."

Zhao Rui glared at her coldly, then turned his head and continued looking outside.

Seeing his anger, Mo Ling'er pouted, her voice a mixture of grievance and annoyance as she thought to herself, "I didn't use any force. If I really wanted to hurt you, I would have pinched you—Hmph, you stinky man!"

Zhao Rui ignored her, his eyes fixed on the outside.

A moment later, a vast and oppressive aura emanated from the sky, and five or six enormous, mythical birds soared through the air, slowly circling above the dense forest.

The powerful wind generated by the flapping of the enormous wings sent leaves flying everywhere, and all the strange beasts in the dense forest lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to make a fuss in the slightest.

"Gibberish, gibberish!"

A sound suddenly came from the bird's back, and then an unnamed man dressed in strange animal skin and holding a bone weapon jumped off the bird's back.

They were all enormous, over three meters tall, and although they looked similar to humans, they always seemed to lack something.

More like a close relative of humans.

It is still easily distinguishable from a human.

Upon arriving in this world, Zhao Rui encountered numerous strange beasts, and even the enormous Nine-Aperture Soul Devourer from the East Sea that had previously swallowed them did not surprise him.

Only these few giants.

"Is this considered an alien?"

Zhao Rui couldn't help but think to himself.

It has the shape and facial features of a human, but there are obvious differences in the details. It is tall and has special abilities.

Well, I guess so, since the engineers in Prometheus were roughly in this shape and pattern.

How can they not be considered aliens?

This world has not yet explored the Blue Star, and its technological level is roughly the same as in the previous life, or even somewhat inferior.

The mainstream scientific community has yet to reach a definitive conclusion regarding the existence of the Ruins of Guixu.

After all, no one has ever truly seen the entirety of Guixu, nor have any scientists entered Guixu to carefully survey its hydrological conditions and geological features. Thinking of this, Zhao Rui turned to look at Mo Ling'er, who was fair-skinned, beautiful, tall, and well-proportioned.

Logically speaking, she should be counted too.

But since they live in the same world, they don't feel like they belong to the same species.

This confirms what I had heard before: in the Ruins of Return, people are of mixed races, and the Twelve Wilderness Tribes may be the true natives, while the Ruins People who currently occupy most of the Ruins of Return are probably also foreign races.

where are they from?

Were they visitors from the ancient Xia and Shang dynasties, or from other places, or even from another planet or space?

Zhao Rui's mind raced.

Meanwhile, the wild tribesmen outside began wielding large clubs, easily killing the strange beasts below that dared not move in fear of the giant bird.

After killing them, they were thrown onto the birds' backs one by one.

"They rarely appear near the borders of our former territory! So I don't know much about them."

Mo Ling'er also saw this scene and couldn't help but transmit her voice.

"roar!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from afar. The airflow generated by the roar was like a hurricane, causing the trees to tremble.

Several members of the wild tribe exchanged glances and then leaped onto the bird's back. The giant bird flapped its wings, quickly ascended into the air, and fled into the distance.

Just after they left, a huge monster with a human face and a fish body, and with arms and legs, charged over.

That roar was made by it.

Seeing the wild tribesmen run far away, the strange fish roared twice in anger, then turned and returned to the sea.

Once the strange fish left, the entire island regained its vitality, and the previously arrogant and domineering beasts began to roar and fight again.

"Could this entire island be this strange fish's backyard and food storage?"

Zhao Rui's face twitched.

In an environment like this, even dogs wouldn't come. Well, if a dog did come, it probably wouldn't even be good enough to fill a tooth gap.

No, we have to leave right now!

"I know this guy, it's called a Lingyu, hmm—it's edible!"

After a long pause, Mo Ling'er finally managed to utter, "It's edible."

When Zhao Rui heard her speak, he remembered that there was a woman lying behind him, and he quickly jumped out of the tree hole.

Then I touched my thigh and felt that it was probably bruised.

Zhao Rui ignored her and flew straight towards the outside of the island, in the same direction that the wild tribes had taken.

Mo Ling'er thought he would be angry, or even punish her, but he didn't.

It ignored me completely and flew away.

Just as Mo Ling'er was about to give chase, a sudden surge of pressure from her soul caused her to pause.

When she looked up again, Zhao Rui had vanished without a trace.

"Who cares about following you!"

Mo Ling'er was both ashamed and angry, and flew off in the opposite direction.

After flying for half an hour, he still felt unwilling to give up, so he turned around and chased after Zhao Rui in the direction he had left.

On the vast ocean, a large bird resembling a bald seagull spreads its wings and soars over the sea.

The bird has a wingspan of over twenty meters, just like a small airplane.

Zhao Rui sat cross-legged on its back, flicking out a vortex of energy with his sword fingers to direct its direction.

This bird wasn't very intelligent, and Zhao Rui caught it by chance and used it as his mount.

"Whenever I can go back, I will definitely bring this bird back with me. It would be even better if it were a crane."

"The Crane Needle!"

Zhao Rui couldn't help but recall the image of Bai Yunfei riding on the back of a crane, slowly descending in the movie and TV series "The Legend of the Crane".

Since acquiring this large bird, Zhao Rui's life traveling at sea has become much easier.

It's also much safer.

Most birds wouldn't dare attack it, but if there's danger, the bird will call out early.

Zhao Rui was able to prepare in advance.

With the bird's help, the man and the bird feasted on a lot of precious exotic birds and fish.

"Coo, coo!"

The bald gull let out a loud cry.

Zhao Rui looked up and was immediately overjoyed, for he saw the continent, the real continent, a landmass that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Whether it's dangerous or not, at least the land is better than the island.

Zhao Rui directed the bald gull to stop at a relatively secluded canyon.

The area is densely vegetated with crisscrossing valleys, making it ideal for concealing one's movements. Zhao Rui jumped off the bald gull, patted its head, and signaled that it was free to go back.

The bald gull flapped its wings, looked carefully at Zhao Rui, then at the blue sky, raised its head, and took flight.

It circled in the air several times before flapping its wings and flying far away.

After the bald gulls left, Zhao Rui followed the canyon eastward, into the depths of the inland.

Having seen the example of the Bald Gull, Zhao Rui also wanted to catch a strange beast as a mount, but unfortunately, he didn't see any strange beasts along the way, except for a few small wild animals.

Could it be that these strange beasts only exist in the sea?

Zhao Rui was a little confused.

Fortunately, he was highly skilled and could traverse mountains and valleys as if walking on flat ground, so he didn't get tired.

They sped through the canyons, drinking mountain spring water when thirsty, catching small wild animals to roast and eat when hungry, or picking fruits that other wild animals had eaten.

This journey lasted ten days and ten nights.

Until Zhao Rui saw the artificial steps that appeared at the end of the valley.

someone!

Zhao Rui was overjoyed, but at the same time, his vigilance was raised to the highest level.

Wild beasts may be terrifying, but the human heart is even more terrifying.

Zhao Rui was unsure what kind of people he would encounter—the Guixu people, the Manghuang people, or the martial arts sects of Guixu, or perhaps even beings from other races.

He cautiously approached the steps, then leaped up, climbing straight up the cliff beside the steps.

In no time, they reached the top of the cliff.

The cliff top is covered with lush trees, and birdsong rises and falls.

Zhao Rui continued his investigation along the steps and man-made stone slabs, walking for about ten minutes.

The scenery in the distance suddenly opened up, the trees disappeared, and a wide, flat plain appeared.

There were more than a dozen tents set up inside.

There were at least thirty people gathered around the bonfire outside.

They were speaking in a language Zhao Rui couldn't understand.

Its appearance was quite similar to that of the wild man who had arrived before, but it was noticeably smaller, with the tallest estimated to be only about two meters tall.

They are still the Wilderness Clan.

Zhao Rui was somewhat disappointed.

Some of these people don't speak the language, and there may be racial differences, making them difficult to communicate with.

The lives of Zhao Ruifan and his guild members were not much different from those of the primitive tribes he had visited in his previous life.

Although the Baphomets were primitive and uncivilized, their every move still carried the characteristics of barbarians.

Just as Zhao Rui was about to leave, he suddenly felt a powerful pressure.

Is it that strange bird?

Zhao Rui quickly hid in the canopy of the trees.

A short while later, a strange bird carrying a man from the Wilderness Clan, over three meters tall, landed on the open ground.

The enormous wings blew the empty tents down.

The entire tribe fled in all directions, leaving only a dozen or so strong men, armed with bone weapons, roaring at the large bird and the newcomers.

But these people were no match for the big bird.

With a few flaps of its wings, it sent the strong men around it flying.

The chaos was short-lived. The three-meter-tall Wild Warrior grew impatient and took out a conch shell musical instrument made by Bone Chou from its back.

"Waaaaah!"

Before long, a deep, resonant musical instrument hum slowly drifted over.

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