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Chapter 204 [I Won't Live to Grow Up] (6200)

Chapter 198 [I Won't Live to Grow Up] (6200)

The broth is gone.

But Chen Yan still took out a piece of cooked game meat from his bag.

This is the dry food he prepared for himself, which he smoked and roasted in the snow a couple of days ago.

This piece of meat, weighing two or three pounds, had no bones. After Chen Yan threw it to Mu Wan, Mu Wan gave Chen Yan a deep look, hugged it with both hands, and began to tear it apart fiercely.

She ate very messily, as if she hadn't eaten her fill in a long time.

Chen Yan glanced at her and then looked away. He picked it up, scooped up some snow from the ground outside, and put it on the alcohol stove to burn.

She quickly finished the two-pound or so meat in the wooden bowl, but then seemed to choke, stretching her neck out forcefully.

Fortunately, Chen Yan handed over the melted snow water.

He held the pot in the wooden bowl, finished the drink in a few gulps, and exhaled forcefully.

"Are you full?" Chen Yan asked in a very calm tone.

The wooden bowl nodded: "Mm."

"I believe you now—you haven't had a proper meal in a long time." Chen Yan looked at the wooden bowl: "How long exactly?"

“Ever since you killed the chief and the village was thrown into chaos, I haven’t had a proper meal,” Mu Wan said, shaking his head.

Chen Yan paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "I remember, I told you to go back to the village. The village... well, the chief died then, and quite a few people died too. It must have been a time of shortage of people and labor. If you went back, they should have taken you in."

“They took me in, but I left.” The wooden bowl shook its head.

"why?"

Wooden Bowl stared intently at Chen Yan: "You killed the village chief. You killed several warriors, and many died in the fire. Even many slaves ran away—we lost too much of our labor force, and the village collapsed."

The upper class came to buy firewood, but we didn't cut enough and were punished.

Let us send more men to the battlefield.

So, I came here.

Chen Yan frowned: "Aren't you sending the strongest men to the battlefield?"

“The strong stay to cut down trees and sell the timber so that the villagers will have food and be able to survive.”

I'm weak, keeping me would be a waste, so let me fight on the battlefield to save my life.

The wooden bowl's reply was dry and monotonous.

Ok.

Chen Yan sighed inwardly.

From this perspective, there are indeed reasons why wooden bowls have fallen to this state.

However, Chen Yan did not feel guilty.

In the realm, humans and beastmen are inherently a dead end, and it is only natural for one to kill the other.

However, he still owed Mu Wan a favor.

When he first escaped from the village, if it weren't for Mu Wan letting him go, he probably would have been caught and taken back—and if he had been caught, he would definitely have died.

Although I had already let her off the hook last time, so I figured I had repaid that favor...

However, it's also difficult to explain clearly.

Human relationships are a very complicated thing. For example, the sap from the sacred tree was given to me by that silly, fierce little girl from the beast tribe.

Chen Yan sighed.

“Your team won’t survive, they won’t be able to go back.” Chen Yan pondered for a moment, then slowly said, “The Thunder Beasts’ team will catch up with them.”

On the snowy plains, anything with two legs is a sitting duck; they'll all be killed.

Mu Wan's eyes flickered, and he nodded: "I know."

"Then...can you still go back?"

The wooden bowl said softly, "I have no choice but to go back."

Chen Yan fell silent after hearing this.

The girl in front of me, who looks like a monster by human standards, is actually... just a ten-year-old girl.

"Will I survive if I go back?" Chen Yan frowned.

“Just say that those who got separated and ran back can survive.” Mu Wan thought for a moment, “But they will be sent up again next time.”

As he spoke, a hint of emotion finally flickered in Mu Wan's otherwise wooden voice: "My Mu Da, Enbo, both died on this snowy plain."

Chen Yan was speechless.

He genuinely wanted to give Mu Wan a chance to survive, to help her; it was a kind of psychological obligation stemming from his own feelings.

But... it seems there's no way to solve it.

This is no ordinary battlefield.

This is an endless war between two races!

There are bounty orders in the Sendai of the Realm; the head of a ferocious beast can be exchanged for two hundred coins.

The garrison commander of Xueya Pass even issued a bounty: an extra fifty coins for each head taken.

There is no ferocious beast race in the territory of the human race.

Captured or enslaved is out of the question!
No living members of the Ferocious Beast Clan can enter Snow Cliff Pass—Chen Yan could not possibly take her there.

Bringing it back to one's real world is even more impossible!
She is not human!
Her appearance and physique are those of a monster.

If we take it back to the real world, where should we hide it?
Putting it in your own villa's yard? If someone sees it, you'll be trending on social media!

Moreover, an old man from another realm lives next door!
If Lin Qingquan next door saw this, he'd be scared to death!

A ferocious beast race from another realm, alive!

They actually took it to that world!

At that time, I'm afraid I'll end up on the Patrol Division's hunting list!
Seeing Chen Yan remain silent, Mu Wan also kept quiet.

After a while, the wooden bowl slowly raised its head and whispered, "You... cut off my head and exchange it for money."

"Huh?" Chen Yan was taken aback and frowned as he looked at the wooden bowl.

"I am your slave." The wooden bowl said in a wooden voice, "I know you take our heads back and exchange them for money."

Clearly, she already knew about the bounty after arriving at the front lines.

As she spoke, Mu Wan actually grinned; perhaps she was smiling?
"Thank you for finally letting me eat my fill." The wooden bowl's tone was very earnest: "It feels so good, so comfortable to be full."

A certain emotion within Chen Yan was stirred once again.

He suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, and without a word, he crawled out of the snowdrift and stood in the snow.

She... is only ten years old!

A life-or-death war between two races, a war with no room for compromise!

She, a ten-year-old girl, seemed to have no space to survive in this painting.

She cannot go to the human world; she is merely a bounty worth two hundred and fifty coins.

She returned to the world of the ferocious beast race, only to be cannon fodder driven onto the battlefield once again!

Ten years old, a ten-year-old with no way out.

She may never grow up.

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Chen Yan heard this and the wooden bowl behind him emerged and squatted down beside him.

"Go back now," Chen Yan suddenly said.

The wooden bowl raised its head and looked at Chen Yan: "My head is valuable. You don't want it?"

Chen Yan's expression was cold: "Go back to Badlands Mountain. Go to that forest, and don't go back to the village. If you go back, you'll just be sent back here anyway."

You stay in the woods. Do you remember the cave where I hid? Live in that place!
It's dawn season in Badlands now, and this will continue for several more months. Temperatures are rising, and the snow and ice will melt. Wild animals will appear.

Go hunt in the woods, capture an animal, tame it, and you can become a hunter of the forest.

"You know I won't live to grow up."

Unexpectedly, the wooden bowl's tone carried a hint of sarcasm.

Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, but quickly said coldly, "Then try to live as long as you can! Live in the forest and don't get caught and sent to the battlefield again."

After saying that, he looked coldly at the wooden bowl: "If I see you again next time, I won't let you off the hook!"

Mu Wan looked at Chen Yan with a complicated expression.

Chen Yan let out a long sigh of relief.

He walked to the side and, under the watchful eye of the wooden bowl, kicked a huge snowdrift.

The snow collapsed and fell away, revealing a grass-green metallic monster.

The wooden bowl was startled.

Chen Yan opened the door of the armored vehicle and pulled out a canvas bag—it contained dozens of kilograms of dried game meat.

Chen Yan tossed the canvas bag to the wooden bowl.

"Now, you can leave."

Mu Wan quickly pulled open the cloth bag, glanced at the dried meat inside, and a strange look flashed in his eyes. He stared at Chen Yan quietly for a long time.

"If I become powerful in the future and capture you, you will save your life!"

The wooden bowl spoke loudly.

Chen Yan chuckled softly upon hearing this, then waved his hand, "Alright, you can go now. Be careful on your way, don't let anyone see you."

If you encounter human cavalry, you're doomed.

If you encounter someone of your own kind, you won't be able to save your own flesh either.

She hugged the cloth bag tightly, seemingly about to leave, but suddenly turned back.

"You...be careful lately! War is about to begin, and it will be a huge war!"

Chen Yan paused for a moment, then turned to look at the wooden bowl.

The wooden bowl slowly said, "I heard that someone stole the clan chief's treasure in the mine. The clan chief is furious and has gathered warriors from many villages and tribes deep in the forest to attack you. This war will be long and very big, and many, many people will die."

Chen Yan's expression tightened.

The mine... stole the treasure.

Could it be referring to himself and the golden armor?
"The warriors of the Upper Clan are very powerful. They can fight while glowing red and are impervious to swords and spears." Mu Wan said in a low voice, "I have never seen them, but I have heard that the village chiefs, seven or eight of them, could not withstand a single red warrior. Each of those Upper Clan warriors can wipe out a village like ours."

Chen Yan immediately recalled the iron hook monster that he and Jin Jia had killed together.

"How many of these 'Upper Clan Warriors' are there?" Chen Yan asked.

Mu Wan was silent for a while, then shook her head: "I... can't count, but I heard that a lot of them have been mobilized."

She paused for a moment and then told Chen Yan, "The last time there was a war of this scale was when my Muda and Enbo died in battle."

Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, thank you for reminding me, I understand."

Mu Wan nodded vigorously, slung the canvas bag over her shoulder, and turned to stride toward the depths of the snowfield—in the direction of Badlands Mountain.

Chen Yan returned to the armored vehicle. He sat in the driver's seat, closed the door, and placed his hands on the control panel, slowly clenching and unclenching his fists.

"Well, there's no need to be so saintly... It's a war between races, and an individual's fate is something that can't be changed." Chen Yan sighed.

But deep down he knew that the wooden bowl's words, "I won't live to grow up," had truly pierced his heart.

This slightly silly ten-year-old girl.

What a fool who puts the slaves first to eat!

He started the armored vehicle, the diesel engine roaring.

Amidst the deafening roar, the armored vehicle slowly drove out of the snowdrift, shook off the snow, and then turned around.

Just then, Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat!
He saw outside the car, on the snow-covered plain, a small figure running frantically towards him!

On Mu Wan's gray-skinned face, his already ugly features were twisted into a mess!
She had already thrown off her canvas bag and was running wildly towards herself, waving her arms frantically.

She seemed to be shouting something.

Chen Yan, you heard me clearly!

The wooden bowl was calling out...

"Run!!!"

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hum! !

The wind howled, whipping up countless snowflakes!
On the snow-covered plain, the noise of sleds scraping against the ground was incessant!

Right behind the wooden bowl, the speeding sled team kicked up a flurry of snowflakes!

Chen Yan's heart sank!
At least twenty or more sleds!!

Without hesitation, he immediately slammed on the gas pedal!

After a roar, the armored vehicle finally accelerated!
Behind him, Mu Wan had already knelt on the snow, then rolled quickly to the side, shouting wildly as he did so.

Chen Yan knew that she was still shouting those two words to him—run!

Chen Yan couldn't afford to turn back; the current situation didn't allow him the opportunity to do so!
A force of twenty sleds is far beyond what Chen Yan, currently lacking ammunition, could handle!
Even if he had plenty of ammunition, he couldn't eat it!

After these days of fighting, Chen Yan roughly estimated his limit—in areas where there was no energy and he could not cast spells, he could only take on a team of five or six sleds at most at a time, relying on his abundant ammunition!

Too much of it will put you in danger.

More than twenty aircraft? That's suicide!

When the armored vehicle had driven a hundred meters, the sled team behind them had already passed the location of the wooden bowl. The wooden bowl had rolled away to who knows where, and Chen Yan couldn't see it or care to look.

He floored the accelerator!

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The armored vehicle sped across the snowfield, with the sled team chasing closely behind.

Even at their limit, they still couldn't create distance between themselves and those behind them, and... the roar of the engines also provided the sled team with the greatest guidance.

Chen Yan's face was ashen. He slammed on the gas pedal and drove for a while before taking out a mounting bracket to fix the accelerator and steering wheel in place.

Chen Yan rolled over and climbed back from the driver's seat, then lifted the top cover of the armored vehicle!
The vehicle beneath me was shaking and swaying incessantly—the snowfield was not a flat surface; there was snow accumulation and snow slopes, making the vehicle bounce violently.

Chen Yan, carrying an automatic rifle, crawled out of the car roof and leaned half his body out. The raging wind made him catch his breath.

But soon, Chen Yan gritted his teeth and climbed up.

Guns held with both hands...

boom! !

The bullets from the automatic rifle were fired from the barrel!
From the pursuing sled convoy, a wild animal tumbled out, causing one sled to veer off course and collide with the next sled, the two vehicles rolling into a heap.

Chen Yan gritted his teeth, held his breath, and fired a second shot, then a third...

As he fired his fourth shot, he heard a change in the wind and immediately ducked his head. With a whoosh, a sharp arrow grazed past his scalp!

He saw a tall, fierce beastman standing on a sled among the pursuers, with long arms, pulling a large bow!
"Grass!"

Chen Yan gritted his teeth, picked up his rifle again, and aimed at the guy.

After being shot twice, the man was hit and fell off the sled.

But the distance has shrunk again!

More and more archers stood up on the sleds.

There were also warriors from the Beast Clan who swung something like a lasso in one hand and threw stones toward the armored vehicle.

The armored vehicle was smashed and made a loud banging noise!

As the sleds drew ever closer, Chen Yan disregarded efficiency and switched his rifle to automatic fire, unleashing a barrage of shots at the rear!
After one magazine was emptied, the two sleds tumbled away.

But what made Chen Yan feel even more gloomy was that the other party had already caught up with him!

Moreover, the sled team has split up to the left and right! Sleds are already closing in from both sides!
Chen Yan cursed loudly, then simply flipped over and jumped onto the roof of the vehicle, forcefully rotating his arms to turn the 30mm caliber machine gun mount around!

After the bullet chain is attached...

Da da da da da…

On the left, a sled was completely torn to pieces along with its rider by the 30mm metal storm!

Then came the second one!

But when Chen Yan tried to adjust the firing line, the machine gun stopped firing!
The remaining hundred or so machine gun bullets were completely used up!

The sled on the right had already pulled up, and the fierce beastman warrior standing on it was extremely fierce. Suddenly, he raised his axe high, used his legs to push off, and leaped into the air, lunging towards the roof of the armored vehicle.

"Grass!"

Chen Yan cursed loudly and thrust the rifle in his hand out like a weapon!
The beastman warrior who had lunged into the air was struck directly in the body, fell onto the snowfield, rolled around in a ball, and quickly disappeared from sight.

But at that moment, Chen Yan suddenly felt a chill in his heart! He heard the whistling wind in his ears and instinctively turned his head to the side.

clang! !

With a crisp sound, the axe blade grazed his ear and struck the car body.

Chen Yan turned his head and saw a warrior from the Beast Clan had already climbed onto the roof of the vehicle and was pouncing on him—he had come up from the rear of the vehicle! At the rear of the armored vehicle, a sled had caught up, and a warrior from the Beast Clan jumped off the sled, using the backs of hunting beasts for leverage, and then jumped onto the roof of the armored vehicle!
Damn, these ferocious beasts have insane physical abilities!

Chen Yan grabbed the guy who had just chopped him with an axe, his fingers gripping the guy's neck, and flung him aside. The guy tumbled off the vehicle and landed on the ground. And, to his bad luck, his body was run over by a sled that had caught up with him after landing...

Chen Yan drew his pistol and fired several shots into the chest of a man climbing up from the back of the vehicle. After watching the man stagger backward, Chen Yan saw out of the corner of his eye that more sleds were closing in from both sides...

He immediately ducked down, hid under the roof of the vehicle, and quickly pulled an automatic rifle out of the compartment.

The magazines are all top quality!
Chen Yan held his rifle and fired continuously. After emptying the magazine after two bursts of bullets, he successfully dealt with the sleds on both sides.

But the problem is... he found himself almost completely surrounded!
Besides the armored vehicle speeding ahead, the beastmen's sleds had already pressed up to the left, right, and rear sides!
Arrows flew densely across the roof of his car. Chen Yan could only grit his teeth and exchange fire with the enemy, holding his gun high.

Soon, he was struck in the chest by an arrow, but the stab-proof vest protected him from what should have been a fatal blow. However, Chen Yan knew that he was still injured, and the pain in his chest felt like it was being torn apart.

After emptying the last magazine in his waistband, Chen Yan looked at his spoils—two ferocious beastmen who had tumbled off the sled. He took a deep breath, quickly shrank into the roof, retreated into the carriage, and then locked himself in place!
There were still magazines left, but they were in his backpack in the carriage, and Chen Yan didn't care about that at the moment.

He stepped back into the driver's seat, removed the mounting bracket, took a deep breath, and suddenly turned the steering wheel!
The speeding armored vehicle suddenly turned and veered sideways across the snowfield!
The car body suddenly veered sideways, knocking over the sled on one side, and then the car body slid almost out of control across the snowfield!
Chen Yan could only grip the steering wheel tightly, grit his teeth, and stare wide-eyed!
After the car body glided a long distance, the speeding sled team, which didn't have such a fast turning speed, roared forward.

Chen Yan could only wait until the car finally stabilized before the sled team ahead turned around and headed towards him again.

Chen Yan stepped on the accelerator again, and the armored vehicle shook violently a few times before crashing head-on into the sled convoy!

Chen Yan's face was contorted with rage. He heard gunfire coming from the other side, but he couldn't tell if it was arrows, stones, or a thrown axe.

In short, the car body was hit and made a lot of noise.

However, when faced with the oncoming metal monster, the speeding sled team still made a dodge, with the armored vehicle plunging into the sled team and going head-to-head with it!
He heard the car making a creaking sound, clearly indicating that it had hit something and run over it.

However, Chen Yan's face was contorted with rage as he floored the accelerator!

This maneuver bought him even more time—the bobsleigh team would need to make a wide turn to catch up with him.

He quickly calculated the distance in his mind.

It's not the distance of the pursuers, but...

Safe Zone!
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Throughout Chen Yan's hunting operations over the past few days, he kept the profound meaning of the word "survival" firmly in mind.

Even when he entered the red zone to hunt the ferocious beastmen, he never strayed too far from the safe zone.

Last night, after rescuing Mu Wan, he took the unconscious Mu Wan and drove the armored vehicle back to a place only a few kilometers away from the safe zone.

After the chase, he was certain that he was getting closer and closer to the safe zone!
The safe zone contains vital energy!
Once we reach a place where vital energy exists... I'll slaughter you ferocious beasts!

The engine finally emitted a coughing, wheezing sound!

The sound sent a shiver down Chen Yan's spine!
He knew his luck was almost gone; after so many days, the fact that this old armored vehicle hadn't broken down was already a blessing from heaven.

At this moment, the guy finally couldn't take it anymore.

However, he still floored the accelerator!
close!

It should be getting closer!
Finally, with the vehicle shaking continuously and thumping sounds coming from above, Chen Yan knew that another sled had approached and that members of the Beast Clan had jumped onto the roof of his vehicle!
They're smashing the car roof with axes!

Wow!

In the front-view mirror, a black frame was seen being thrown off the roof of the vehicle—Chen Yan recognized it as the vehicle-mounted machine gun.

That 30mm.

After reaping the heads of many ferocious beastmen these past few days, it has finally met its end.

boom!
With a loud bang, Chen Yan almost thought the metal roof of the car was about to be smashed open!
But finally, his expression suddenly brightened!
vitality!

A faint trace of vital energy has finally been sensed!
He has entered the safe zone!
A safe zone where vital energy exists!
Although it was faint, it was still alive!
"Hahaha! Hahahahahaha!!" Chen Yan burst into wild laughter.

(End of this chapter)