Chapter 156 Isn't This a Little Too Exciting?

"Are they alright? Have two minutes passed?" Mingmei and the others didn't go into the water. Even though they hadn't silently counted to a hundred yet, they still felt like the time was dragging on far too long.

Everyone couldn't help but look towards Zhen Hu. They saw that Zhen Hu's hand was already touching the dinosaur cub, and he seemed to be planning to have it signal the long-necked dinosaurs to swing their tails.

"Plop!"

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the water. Before anyone could see who it was, they heard the person shout, "Quick! Pull us up!"

As the person spoke, they recognized it was Lu Gui.

Zhen Hu hurriedly had the cub tell the adult dinosaurs to wag their tails. Just then, the surface of the water behind Lu Gui suddenly surged!

"Careful!"

The player standing on the dinosaur's head was so frightened that he shouted at the top of his lungs. He watched as Lu Gui was instantly swept away by the rising water. At the same time, the other players in the water were also thrown out by the sudden wave!

"No way? Is that thing going to eat even our measly flesh?"

Some players remembered the scene of the monsters swallowing the wild beasts earlier. Could it be that they were about to be swallowed instead?

The next second, a strange-looking monster with sharp teeth and a huge body emerged from the water, and Mingmei and the others' hearts turned cold.

Lu Xiaoyao's eyes rolled back in her head, and she fainted into Mingmei's arms, who held her tightly.

Mingmei also turned her head away, not wanting to see them being swallowed by the behemoth. But then, a burst of excited cheers erupted around them!

"Ah! It's the long-necks! It's them!"

Following the excited shouts of the players, Mingmei quickly turned back and saw four heads emerging from beneath the giant-mouthed monster!

Mingmei: 0.0!!

If the giant-mouthed monster bursting out of the water had cast a dark shadow over everyone, the sight of it being held aloft by four long-necked dinosaurs was rather comical.

Under the moonlight, Mingmei and the others could clearly see the armor-like scales on the giant-mouthed sea beast. Many had fallen off, and some were even deformed.

It was clear how intense the battle had been underwater.

"Aang!"

Several long-necked roars echoed through the sky. The giant sea beast was lifted out of the water and then slammed back down, creating a massive wave that drenched Mingmei and the other spectators in the front row.

Everyone: "..."

Whatever, as long as the long-necks fought well!

Mingmei wiped the seawater from her face and noticed that the long-necked dinosaurs beneath them were also moving forward.

Then, they felt the sea beast beneath them tremble, and the tilting angle forced them all to squat down and brace themselves to avoid falling.

At that moment, they realized that the long-necked dinosaurs carrying them were using their front limbs to kick at the seemingly unconscious sea beast!

And the ones in the water were cleverly holding up the monster's falling body from the other side, allowing the other long-necked dinosaurs to vent their anger to their heart's content!

It was pure venting of anger!

After all, the one that had been ambushed in the beginning had ultimately died at the bottom of the sea. Even though they had reacted immediately and rushed down to rescue it, how long could their companion with its entire hind leg torn off have survived?

In the end, they fought with fury. Although their claws weren't sharp enough and their teeth weren't very effective, they were still able to deliver a powerful "punch" with their heads.

Mingmei and the others didn't know what had happened underwater. After being tossed around on the dinosaurs' heads for a long time, some players noticed Lu Gui and the others who had been washed into the air and knocked unconscious.

So, they carefully fished them out of the water and waited for them to wake up so they could ask them if they had seen what had happened in the sea.

The group beating they were giving the monster right now was already savage, so how fierce must it have been at the bottom of the sea?!

"They were fighting in the depths, it was too dark, I couldn't see anything."

Lu Gui woke up amidst the jolting as the dinosaur beneath him continued to stomp on the enemy. Meeting everyone's expectant gazes, he described the situation in the sea with very dry words.

Everyone: "..."

That's it?

Zhen Hu and Hu Ge'er were the opposite. They used a great deal of flowery, useless words to start, and in the end, after listening for a long time, everyone gradually realized one thing—what you're saying is no different from what Lu Gui said!

"If you didn't see it, you didn't see it. What's with you raising your bone knife and lowering it, then raising it again? After all that talking, aren't you just saying you didn't get involved?"

Some players bluntly exposed Hu Ge'er's boasting, making him feel thoroughly ashamed.

"Bro, what about your toad?" Out of the blue, Zhen Hu quietly interrupted Zhen Po's rambling.

"Ah 0.0?"

"What about the toad we agreed on? Don't play dumb with me!"

Zhen Po: "..."

Looking at his empty hand, Zhen Po couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, revealing an awkward smile: "I think there's a lot of seawater, diluting it should... be okay, right?"

After saying that, Zhen Po suddenly remembered that he had just swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, and he suddenly felt like vomiting.

"Bro, don't talk, let me throw up first..."

...

The thrills and excitement of the night lasted until the first rays of dawn rose over the sea. The long-necked dinosaurs finally threw the trampled-to-death behemoth into the water and set off again.

It was also at this time that Mingmei and the others noticed that there was one less behemoth in the team. Besides the relief of escaping death, there was also a hint of sadness at the loss of a companion.

Even Lin Yu, who had just joined, sighed softly at the now calm sea when he discovered this fact.

"When we get ashore... how about, we take these behemoths to live with us?"

After a long silence, Lu Xiaoyao expressed her feelings for these behemoths in her unique way.

"We'll see."

Mingmei didn't respond to Lu Xiaoyao's suggestion but instead turned to look at the cub who had chosen to swim alone in the sea after losing its adult long-neck.

Although the surrounding behemoths had acquiesced to its behavior, the way those giant heads closely guarded the cub showed how much they loved it.

"They have their own ideas, and they have their own places they want to go. If it doesn't conflict, we can also choose to settle near their habitat, right?

But if environmental conditions don't allow it, I think... we can't force it. Even if there are emotional bonds between us, that's not a reason to restrict each other."

Mingmei was surprised to hear these words from Merui Ta, which made her take a second look at her.

Even though she knew that the other party's originally arrogant and domineering personality had changed a lot, what she said still didn't sound like something she would say.

Merui Ta also noticed the surprise and curiosity in the eyes of the people around her, but she still looked nonchalant.

"Merui Ta is right." Wang Wenfei was the first to stand up for her, "Just like she said, even if there are feelings between us, not everyone is willing to be bound by emotions, and besides, this is a matter of survival, we still have to consider the big picture for ourselves."

The others present nodded in agreement. Yes, they came here to earn points.

"I see..."

Lu Xiaoyao was a little dejected. Zhen Hu sat on the head of the long-necked dinosaur, looking at the cub stubbornly swimming in the sea, with Lu Xiaoyao's words still ringing in his ears.

He tied a wild fruit to one end of his bone spear with a rope and played with the little guy in the sea, his tone somewhat melancholy: "Little guy, are we really going to be separated after we get ashore?"

"Aang wu."

The cub, which seized the opportunity to bite the wild fruit, didn't feel the sadness of parting that had already risen in the heart of the two-legged beast feeding it.

In the end, they all landed safely and without any danger, away from the darkness and disaster. Parting also came so quickly.

The cub would eventually leave with its own people, heading towards the depths of the dense forest that the others didn't plan to set foot in just yet.

It turned its head back as if understanding, looking at them standing in place without following, and finally let out a low moan, expressing its confusion and reluctance.

Why aren't you following us?

"Bro."

"Aang—"

Zhen Po grabbed Zhen Hu's arm, and the cub's attention was also called back by its adult kin.

"After we settle down and become stronger, we'll go find them again." Mu Chen put his arm around Mingmei, whose eyes had already turned red, "Everything will develop in the best direction. Next time, maybe we'll be the ones saving them, you never know~"

The duration of this game was neither long nor short. It was actually longer than the doomsday副本 (fùběn - instance/scenario).

The teachers in the virtual space were somewhat moved by everything that had happened to their students in the game.

As Merui Ta's homeroom teacher, he was touched by her visible transformation. Before leaving the virtual space, he specifically found several teachers from the Imperial Central Military Academy, shook their hands, and thanked them.

"Thank you for your student's patience with Merui Ta."

When Xu Wensong heard the other party's thanks, he smiled understandingly and said, "I also thank your student for not abandoning my student... hahaha, that word doesn't seem quite appropriate~ But, in the end, everyone doesn't have any deep-seated hatred, there's no need to be so unpleasant, is there?"

"Yes, indeed."

He was stunned at first, then laughed along.

What the teacher said was like the Federation and the Empire. When it came down to it, there was no need for everyone to make things so ugly.