She couldn't help but gasp for air.
Yin Xiao carried her to a large tree, where Da Sen was already waiting with roasted meat in his hand.
Miao Xiaocui's stomach rumbled. Unlike other hungry females, she still managed to eat two meals of roasted meat a day, always filling herself up. This was the benefit of having a powerful mate.
"Brother Yin Xiao, Brother Da Sen, I missed you so much!" Miao Xiaocui's eyes reddened, and her voice was filled with grievance.
Yin Xiao kissed her tenderly. "Be good, Cui. The rainy season will end soon, and then we'll return to our own cave."
Da Sen also comforted her. "Cui, just hold on a little longer."
There was no choice but to endure. Everyone was crammed into the caves, both the females and the males, and everyone felt stifled.
Miao Xiaocui had been terrified by the rainy season. She had never seen such heavy rain and feared they would be flooded one day, with no way to stop it.
Little did she know, greater danger lay ahead.
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Two days later, Yi Yi had completely recovered. The rain had lessened for two days before starting again, and the sky was so overcast it felt as if it were pressing down.
A tense and solemn atmosphere spread through the Warrior Tribe. The males ate meat without restraint, consuming as much as they could to maintain their peak condition at all times.
On the twenty-second day of the rainy season, the witch doctor fell ill. Caring for Yi Yi these past few days had caused her to catch a cold without realizing it. Her constitution was not as strong as that of younger females, and once she fell ill, she was bedridden.
Yi Yi discovered something was wrong in the middle of the night. Knowing no one would take her to Shuxin in the dead of night, she patiently waited for dawn.
However, the night took a turn in the latter half. Thunder rumbled terrifyingly, and thick lightning occasionally illuminated the entire night sky. The ground seemed to tremble slightly.
The beastmen of the Warrior Tribe gathered around the tribe's perimeter, standing ready.
Beast roars could be heard in the distance, not very clear, seeming to come from far away.
The beastmen stared into the distance, their nerves taut!
After standing for what felt like half an hour or an hour, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly struck a large tree. The tree was instantly charred black and, after holding on for three seconds, finally crashed to the ground!
As the tree fell, it was immediately washed by the rain towards the tribe's exit. It was stopped by the beastmen, who then saw walls of water, one person high, surging towards the tribe from all directions.
Balen roared, "They're here! Everyone, prepare yourselves!"
The tribesmen responded with a great roar that woke everyone in the tribe!
The females and cubs, hiding in the caves, listened to the commotion outside with fear.
Shuxin and Shuyue sat facing each other, both a little nervous.
Images from the original host's memories surged uncontrollably. During a beast tide, the females and cubs of the Wuda Tribe would hide in a large cave. The beast tide would break through the beastmen's defenses, enter the tribe, and slaughter. If they didn't gather together, the females and cubs would be annihilated.
The Warrior Tribe had only gathered the females and cubs living on the outskirts. Their cave and the witch doctor's cave were in the center of the tribe, so there was no immediate danger.
The beast roars outside grew clearer. Shuyue walked to the cave entrance and looked out, suddenly spotting a familiar behemoth! httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
She gasped, "Sister, hurry and look! That's a Tyrannosaurus Rex!"
"Heavens, this beast tide actually has a Tyrannosaurus Rex!" In the original host's memories, beast tides were a time of collective estrus for wild beasts. The rainy season was their revelry. All wild beasts lost their minds, only knowing to kill and destroy. If a Tyrannosaurus Rex was among them, one could imagine the destruction it would bring to the great forest!
Her excellent eyesight allowed her to see the Tyrannosaurus Rex like a moving small volcano. As it ran, its large head swung back and forth, acting indiscriminately.
Its mouth, full of sharp teeth, opened and closed, and a mouthful of mangled corpses was flung into the sky, either devoured by the beasts below or trampled into mud.
It was running towards them, and the ground trembled with increasing intensity. The females who witnessed this had fear in their eyes, and the timid ones fainted on the spot!
Balen's gaze was fixed on the approaching behemoth. He roared anxiously, "Hu Mao, quickly! Take a few beastmen and gather all the females. Get them all into the winter cave, quickly!"
"I'm going right away!" Hu Mao knew the gravity of the situation and hurried away with some beastmen.
Yi Yi watched the distant sky, her heart filled with anxiety. She muttered to herself, "What to do! What to do! Mother has a high fever right now. Why did the beast tide come at this time!"
She was completely panicked and at a loss!
The females who hadn't been gathered were rushing towards the center, heading for the chief's cave to huddle with Hu Sha and the others, instinctively feeling that it would be safer there.
Hu Mao and other beastmen went from house to house, escorting the female cubs to the winter cave. The stampeding beasts were getting closer and closer to the tribe. At this moment, two dragon-beasts emerged to block the path of the stampeding beasts.
The stampeding beasts had immense momentum. Leite was contemplating how to stop him when Wente, who was much larger than him, directly rammed into it with his body!
"Wente!" Leite only had time to shout, watching as the bodies of the two giant beasts of unequal size collided!
The adult stampeding beast was knocked to the ground, crushing a group of small beasts. Wente, on the other hand, was sent flying dozens of meters, knocking over a row of beasts and trampling many to death.
Wente felt his internal organs churn!
Suppressing the nausea, he shouted, "Brother, attack quickly!"
Leite lunged towards the stampeding beast's eyes.
Balen watched with bated breath. Seeing the two brothers cooperating well, he felt slightly relieved and joined his tribesmen in fending off the beasts, ensuring not a single one could rush into the tribe.
The traps around the tribe were filled with beasts, and more countless beasts pounced from behind. They had long lost their minds; unless they were dead, no one could stop them!
One of the stampeding beast's eyes was scratched open. It roared and stood up, its tail, as hard as rock, lashing out at Leite!
Leite dodged swiftly. Unwittingly, he collided with a winged beast. The winged beast lost its balance from the impact and fell into the herd of beasts, being trampled into a pulp.
Just as he adjusted his body in mid-air, a large mouth lunged at him. Wente, flying over, shouted a warning, "Be careful!"
Leite narrowly avoided it. Wente's sharp claws raked towards the stampeding beast's other eye. The beast's head jerked violently, and its claws slipped to the back of its head, scraping off a handful of bloody pulp.
While the males were fighting the beasts, the females in the tribe were all running towards the underground caves.
Half an hour later, all of them had entered the winter cave, including Yi Yi and the feverish witch doctor.
Hu Mao and some beastmen stood guard outside the cave, preventing any beasts from entering the tribe.
The winter cave was long and wide, capable of holding all the beastmen of the Warrior Tribe. Now, with only the females and cubs inside, it felt very spacious.
The feverish witch doctor lay on the ground. Yi Yi, worried, crouched beside her, searching the surroundings for Shuxin.