The End of the Paleozoic Era Chapter 2012: The Hideout

"Are they...feeding them?"

This place... is indeed quite interesting.

Driving the all-terrain vehicle slowly forward, Lin and Bilu arrived at a...deep valley.

This place also seems like a very large cave, with lantern-like lighting everywhere on both sides, and the temperature here is very close to Ersh's normal temperature.

It can be said that this is a very warm place, but the most peculiar scene here is... there are many Ershi people.

Many Ershi people were not wearing any protective clothing, but only ordinary clothes. They were under the rock walls on both sides, looking at this side with dull eyes.

Lin noticed that these Ershi people were all in a large... bubble, some were alone, and some were two in one.

Lin felt that they should be captured by the shriveled creatures from a nearby research station or something like that, and they were all in a very bad mental state.

But Lin could still see a few of them...After seeing Lin and Bilu, they immediately started shouting towards this place.

Although I couldn't hear their voices, I could tell from their mouth shapes that they were shouting for help or something.

"Veronica-san...this place doesn't feel right." Bilu said in a low voice.

"Did you capture these people?" Lin asked using sign language to the...shriveled creature that had been leading the way.

Because this creature's head is... rotatable, and when it was leading the way, it kept turning its head to look in the direction of Lin and Bilu, so it can now immediately see Lin's movements.

"Yes." It responded simply in sign language and continued to move forward.

"Where are we going?" Lin then asked it some more questions.

"Go to the extraction place." After it finished the sign language, it walked faster, and more and more creatures gathered around it.

There were many Ershi people around who were also shouting non-stop. Looking at their mouth shapes, Lin discovered that they were saying almost the same thing...

"Help! Call for help! They will kill you! Don't go in with them!"

In that case, it’s better not to continue following this group of shriveled creatures.

"Let's get rid of them." Lin said to Bilu.

"I've been waiting for this moment!" Bilu shouted, took out the blade at his waist, jumped out of the car, and slashed at the group of creatures next to him.

A few short, shriveled creatures didn't react to Bilu's sudden attack, and as they were trying to flee in panic, Bilu chopped off their heads.

The other shriveled creatures reacted and immediately surrounded Bilu, and a few of them pounced towards Lin.

Lin also jumped out of the car, but ignored the other shriveled creatures and rushed directly towards the one who could sign language.

This one seemed to be a leader of some kind. When it saw Lin coming, it immediately fled away. At the same time, a large group of shriveled creatures blocked its way.

It seems that it is not so easy to catch it.

Lin kicked away the two creatures that pounced on her and then took out a weapon.

This one was also bought by Lin in college. It’s just a small pistol.

This pistol is a brand new type and can be used in various...harsh environments, although the conditions here are not that harsh.

'Bang, bang, bang, bang!'

Lin fired many shots in succession, and the bullet of each shot penetrated the head of a shriveled creature nearby.

Although they don't have a brain, their thinking part seems to be in their head.

After they fell, Lin also looked at Bilu, and saw that Bilu had chopped down many shriveled creatures.

The remaining creatures...had begun to feel frightened and began to flee again.

Their way of fighting is to pounce, scratch and bite, and their body structure is fragile, so they are easily taken down.

Plus, they are easily frightened and run away... they seem to be a group of easy to deal with creatures.

After the group of shriveled creatures ran away, the first thing Lin and Bilu did was to go to an Ershimin who was trapped in a bubble and kept shouting for help.

"Hurry, take me away before they come back!"

Lin discovered that this Ershimin was carrying a communicator and she could hear it speaking through his protective suit.

But I don’t know why there was no sound just now. Could it be caused by the shriveled creatures?

"But there are so many of them here." Bilu said, "We can't take you all away at once, so you should wait here. Veronica and I will turn their entire nest upside down and contact the rescue team to take you all away at once."

"What are you talking about!" The Ershimin said in a panic, "Don't worry about it. Take as much as you can... Those monsters will be back soon, and there will be no escape!"

"What kind of creatures are they?" Lin asked.

"...I don't know. Our research station was suddenly attacked by them." Ershimin said, "There are a lot of them, and what you just saw are just the most... common ones. Some of them have strange abilities... Anyway, let's go now!"

"It seems like it's too late."

Bilu took out the sword again, because in the valley ahead appeared again...that group of shriveled creatures.

They looked the same as before, just a lot of small ones with a few large ones, and the one that could sign language was among them.

"You are the guests." The one doing the sign language said to Lin, "We will not kill you. Stop the attack."

"It must be giving the order to attack!" Bilu said, and quickly took out a pistol and said, "Student Veronica, we have to take the initiative here!"

'Bang, bang, bang, bang!'

After saying that, Bilu fired several shots at the group of shriveled creatures, but only hit two of them.

After these two fell, the other shriveled creatures rushed up immediately after seeing the situation.

Looks like I have to fight again.

The fighting method they use seems to be the same as before...no change.

After Bilu finished shooting the bullets, he swung the blade again and slashed at the group of creatures. In the rapid light and shadow, the group of creatures were cut into two one by one, but this time... they didn't seem to be afraid.

As soon as one fell, another would pounce on Bilu. They wanted to fully utilize their advantage in numbers, but Bilu knew what they were thinking, so Bilu fought and retreated at the same time, never allowing itself to be surrounded.

Seeing this, Lin also rushed forward and together with Bilu... dealt with this group of shriveled creatures.

Even the large ones are much weaker than the ordinary Ershi people. Lin feels that she can deal with hundreds of them before her physical strength is exhausted, but they do not have that many.

The shriveled creatures decreased one by one, and Lin noticed that the one signing in the back seemed to have... some new ideas.