RITAAB 71.2

Qin Jiulin didn’t feel anything, he just felt that Liu Zhongyuan must be really hungry tonight, always leaning on him to eat, making him a little busy, every time Liu Zhongyuan finished eating, he had to refill him.

The two of them were completely out of sync, but they still matched up. It was really difficult for the two of them.

After a full meal, the five of them simply cleaned up the cave, throwing all the dirty things out and burying them, then made a simple cover for the cave entrance and went to sleep.

Qi Yu was now sleeping next to the furry Mo Xinghui in his snow leopard form, who was just too comfortable to cuddle. Zhang Yuankai was on the other side, and the rest were all in human form.

Qin Jiulin couldn’t transform into a beast form yet for Liu Zhongyuan to cuddle, but… if Liu Zhongyuan was furry, Qin Jiulin could hug him to sleep, but unfortunately he wasn’t.

Liu Zhongyuan looked enviously at Qi Yu’s side, Mo Xinghui was just taking care of the junior, there was no other meaning, but Liu Zhongyuan was still envious.

But he didn’t dare say anything now, because although Qin Jiulin didn’t transform into a big cat for him to hug, he was still sleeping next to him, if he dared to ask for a big cat, maybe he would just have to sleep alone.

Before long, Qin Jiulin yawned, “Let’s sleep, I’m sleepy…”

Liu Zhongyuan also felt tired for the first time in a long while, “Okay, sleep…”

A quiet night, everyone slept very comfortably, after all, they had been too tired the past few days, as the strength of the half beastmen continued to increase, it became more and more difficult for them to deal with.

Today they came to the outside of the military base again, Qi Yu went to scout the situation as usual, but found that there were no traces of half beastmen in the military base today.

He felt very strange, but didn’t dare to lower his flight altitude, circling several times before confirming that he didn’t see any half beastmen.

Then he went back to tell them this strange thing.

Qin Jiulin, “Are you saying there are no half beastmen in the military base today?”

Qi Yu, “Yes, I didn’t see a single one, the whole military base is especially quiet, not to mention the half beastmen, I didn’t even see any other living things, not a single one.”

Qin Jiulin, “If that’s the case, then we have to go in and investigate the situation, I’ll go with Mo Xinghui, Zhongyuan, you and Zhang Yuankai stay outside, Qi Yu, you keep an eye on the sky, if you find anything unusual around the military base, remember to remind us to retreat!”

Liu Zhongyuan was a bit worried, but he also knew that his transformed size was too large to be suitable for reconnaissance, although the size of the giant tiger was also quite large, but… compared to the giant snake, it wasn’t so obvious.

Mo Xinghui and Qin Jiulin quietly approached the military base in beast form, Mo Xinghui was originally a soldier in this military base, so now approaching this place again was like coming back to his own home, familiar with the layout inside, Qin Jiulin just needed to follow him.

Mo Xinghui swayed his fluffy long tail, and Qin Jiulin’s gaze couldn’t help but sneak a glance, but he didn’t forget his current mission, he only stared at it for a while.

They had to make sure the military base was completely safe, it took some time, they went around the inside several times, checking all the buildings, but they didn’t find anything.

Yesterday Qi Yu clearly saw more than 30 half beastmen, but today not a single one was left? Could something unexpected have happened?

Later they saw a small section of the wall that was destroyed in a very inconspicuous corner, from the traces around here, a battle had taken place, most likely the traces left behind last night.

After careful observation, they found many claw marks, some of the stones were even bitten through, but there was a bit less blood, the footprints outside the broken wall showed that they fought their way out, no wonder…

Isn’t this a rare opportunity now? If they miss this, when the departing half beastmen come back, they don’t know how long it will take to clean them up!

The two hurried out to tell Zhang Yuankai and Liu Zhongyuan the situation, and in the end, everyone decided to first take a batch of military supplies to relieve the urgent needs of their troops at the base before anything else.

Liu Zhongyuan transformed into a giant snake in a relatively open area of the military base, and the boxes of military supplies were piled on his back, wedged between some of his scales, ensuring the boxes wouldn’t fall off.

Very good, by the time Zhang Yuankai and the others had finished moving most of it, Liu Zhongyuan felt his load might be a bit overweight, but it didn’t matter, this weight was still acceptable, it could be considered as training himself.

Qin Jiulin calculated the time, “We’ve been out for seven or eight days, right?”

Zhang Yuankai, “Yeah, it’s time to go back.”

Qin Jiulin, “It should take two days to get back, after all, with Zhongyuan carrying so much now, the speed won’t be too fast.”

There might be many animal attacks along the way, and there might also be some difficult roads, all of which will delay their travel time.

Zhang Yuankai, “It’s fine, at this point, the most dangerous and difficult part is over, we just need to get back to the base safely.”

Mo Xinghui, “Let’s go, don’t waste time.”

Liu Zhongyuan led the way back, leaving the military base behind slowly. This batch of military supplies may look like a lot, but it’s actually less than one-tenth of the total stock in the military base.

It means they will come back again in the future, until they have taken away everything worth taking, and only then will they completely abandon it.

Zhang Yuankai, “Speaking of which, leaving some half beastmen to guard this place doesn’t seem to be an unacceptable thing either?”

Mo Xinghui, “That way, at least animals won’t make this their den, right?”

Zhang Yuankai, “Hehe, I was just joking.”

Even if animals occupy it, they must be reverted animals, and these guys are not easier to deal with than the half beastmen, and they are even more cunning, after all, animals have intelligence.

So the difference is not particularly great for them, so either side is fine.

The return journey didn’t have too many dangers, after all, with Liu Zhongyuan’s size, the only downside was that he couldn’t transform back to human form before reaching the base, otherwise the task of loading and unloading the boxes would be too time-consuming, so he could only suffer.

Although Qin Jiulin couldn’t see his exact expression, he could feel his distressed inner state, so he could only stroke his snake scales when resting, to express sympathy and comfort.

Meanwhile, Xia Liansheng’s team finally saw the attacking monkey clan, the monkey clan was on the other side of the river, but they didn’t attack directly, those two large reverted monkeys were in the trees on the other side of the river.

The lush foliage obscured their forms, but Xia Liansheng could still clearly see those two eerie eyes, but he wouldn’t be scared.

Xie Sihan, “Why aren’t they attacking directly? Are they wary of something? Or are they waiting for the right moment?”

Xia Liansheng shook his head, “I don’t know their purpose for now, but being cautious is definitely not a problem. Oh right, have you counted the number of monkeys over there? How many are there?”

Lin Yuze, “They’re blocked by the trees, I can’t see clearly from the sky, but there are still around seventy or eighty.”

Xia Liansheng, “This number is not right.”

Xie Sihan, “The monkey clan can only attack from this side, the other three directions of the base have half beastmen wandering, and the two reverted monkeys are still there without leaving, even if there are monkeys coming from other directions, they would first have to kill the half beastmen they encounter, this commotion won’t be small, if something happens, the military’s people will immediately notice.”

Xia Liansheng, “Mm… Be careful, we’ve come this far, they may attack at any time.”

Xie Sihan, “They’ve been staying on this side for two days, and resting on the other side for two days, it seems they have some kind of purpose, I don’t know what these monkeys are thinking…”

Xia Liansheng suddenly had a bad premonition, could this group of monkeys be waiting for reinforcements?

After all, a monkey clan with two highly reverted monkeys, how could they only have about a hundred monkeys? Maybe there will be more, they may not be confident enough in their ability to successfully attack them, so…

Xia Liansheng only now realized that they really didn’t know the exact number of monkeys in this clan, so at the beginning, if there was one, two, or even ten less, they wouldn’t have noticed.

Perhaps these two reverted monkeys had sent a small number of monkeys to call for reinforcements from the beginning? That’s why they’ve been delaying until now?!

Xia Liansheng hurriedly found Wu Feiyang, who was on the road below, “Captain Wu, I have something to tell you!”

Wu Feiyang saw his serious expression and his face changed, “What’s wrong? Have those monkeys attacked?”

Xia Liansheng shook his head, “Not yet, but I feel the situation may not be as simple as we previously thought. I think…”

He told Wu Feiyang his speculations in detail, and Wu Feiyang, who hadn’t thought of this angle before, was immediately on high alert.

“That’s right… This group of monkeys, especially those two reverted monkeys, every time I see their eyes, I feel my scalp tingling, as if they’re about to attack the next moment.”

“But… it’s really strange, they’ve been restraining themselves, as if they’re wary of the combat power here, but they didn’t think they might have sent some smaller monkeys out to call for reinforcements!”

“Not good! We must take the initiative to attack!”

Xia Liansheng, “It’s not that simple.”

Wu Feiyang was well aware that this was not a simple matter. The dense forest on the other side of the river was a natural defensive barrier for the monkeys, but not very friendly to them.

If they attacked, as long as the monkeys didn’t want to confront them directly, they could retreat at any time, even if their beastmen were in the sky confirming their position.

But if the pursuers couldn’t catch up, then it would all be in vain.

Wu Feiyang, “But we can’t just sit and wait to be killed either. Wait, let me contact Captain Gao.”

Xia Liansheng, with a worried expression on his face, walked to the side with Xie Sihan, while Wu Feiyang immediately contacted Gao Siyang and informed him of the situation.