Ita Era

Chapter 75 The Primitive Era (10)

At this point, a rather tedious poll began on the high platform, where players had to choose between supporting the Empress or supporting Yu Yuan. Many players disliked this spectacle, but there were also many who enjoyed these kinds of group activities.

Wang Meng was very knowledgeable about this kind of thing: "Two tigers cannot share one mountain."

Ding Shi reached for the roasted meat he had forked on a tree branch, squeezed it, and found it to be alright. He started eating and said to Su Su beside him, "Help me throw myself into Yu Yuan."

Wang Meng said, "Su Su, help me vote for the Empress."

Ding Shi said, "I've changed my mind. I'll pledge allegiance to the Empress."

Wang Meng said, "I will join Yu Yuan."

Su Su rolled her eyes at the two of them: "Are you two sick?" She walked to the voting area, picked up three leaves, and placed them in front of the two candidates.

The wind suddenly picked up, scattering sparks everywhere. Many people got up and moved away from the campfire to avoid the sparks. There seemed to be other sounds mixed in with the wind.

"What is that?" someone shouted.

Ding Shi felt the ground trembling slightly, and it grew increasingly violent. He grabbed Su Su by the back of her collar, who had just returned, and ran towards the cave. Both Wang Meng and Ding Shi possessed a strong sense of danger; in other words, if something was wrong, they would run.

While most players were still looking around and talking, dozens of rhinos emerged from the darkness and charged towards the firelight. They rampaged, knocking the campfire away and scattering firewood everywhere. Seeing the sparks, the rhinos reacted like they were seeing their first love, charging and trampling recklessly. In their eyes, there was no human existence; only fire mattered to them.

The scene around the campfire was filled with screams of agony; countless people had been killed by being hit or trampled. The darkness intensified the panic; unable to find the cave entrance, some even fled into the woods.

Before entering the cave, Ding Shi glanced back at the horrific scene and said, "So the rhinoceros extinguishing the fire really was real?"

A fire stick spun and flew towards Ding Shi from twenty meters away. Su Su thrust out her musket, breaking the fire stick in two, which fell to the ground, sparks flying everywhere. The four rhinoceroses immediately turned red-eyed and charged at the fire stick. The three of them took off running into the cave. In the darkness, Su Su fell to the ground, and Ding Shi, relying on his memory, grabbed Su Su by the back of her collar and ran forward.

The sound of a rhinoceros crashing against the rock wall came from behind, and the cave trembled twice.

Ding Shi lifted Su Su up and threw her onto the platform, then flipped himself onto the platform.

Su Su: "Tired!"

Ding Shi complained, "You're not tired at all, I'm the one who's dragging you around."

Su Su reached out and patted Ding Shi's head: "You're strangling me."

A voice came from the opposite platform: Wang Meng's voice: "Shh."

Outside, chaos reigned, with dozens of rhinoceroses charging and crashing about, none of them able to withstand the attack. Screams and cries for help echoed through the darkness.

After an unknown amount of time, the camp quieted down, and the moon appeared high in the sky, illuminating the hellish camp.

Stepping out of the cave, a strong smell of blood hit you. The scene was a mess, with player corpses scattered everywhere, and groans could be heard from time to time.

Ding Shi understood why the main quest was to keep the camp burning for 5 days. With these rhinos as neighbors, it would be hard to endure even one day, let alone 5.

Yu Yuan's voice came: "All living people, assemble and aid the wounded."

The scattered people began to gather. Ding Shi saw Yu Yuan; although he was covered in dust and looked very disheveled, all his body parts were still intact. It's important to know that in Nightmare difficulty, if you lose a part, you can't recover it even after completing the game.

Yu Yuan looked at the thirty-odd wounded soldiers in front of him and said, "We need to move the wounded into the cave and then find a way to start a fire deep inside. We won't survive tonight without a fire." The temperature was too low, and there were no warm supplies.

Yu Yuan instructed the fire team leader to continue working on the fire, while Wang Meng took out Xiao Pu's liver, which everyone had been disliking. The three members of the reconnaissance team cleaned up the still-edible wild boar meat.

Herbalist was promoted to medical team leader, responsible for leading people to take the wounded to Cave B for treatment. The other ten or so people dug pits near the camp to bury the bodies.

No one spoke; everyone silently began working, and the atmosphere in the camp became very oppressive.

Yu Yuan then tallied the number of tools and weapons and took stock of the personnel.

Of the 33 healthy personnel in the camp, 39 died. Of the remaining 28, 11 were seriously injured and beyond medical help, awaiting death. Seven had minor injuries, and 10 were missing. Xiao Liang from the reconnaissance team also died in the attack.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the bright moon rose high, tinged with an eerie red hue.

Ding Shi looked up at the bright moon and saw a silver wolf standing motionless on the top of the hundred-meter-high mountain wall, as if it were part of the moon itself.

Silver Wolf howled, and Ding Shi shouted, "Wolf Pack!" I know you're up to no good, but is this some kind of game? Are you trying to kill us all?

Chaos erupted at the scene, but Yu Yuan's voice rang out: "Everyone, gather as much firewood as possible and retreat to the depths of Cave B." Currently, the only fire was located deep within Cave B, originally set up to care for the wounded, but now it had become everyone's lifeline.

Under the moonlight, countless dire wolves raced out of the forest, the stench of blood stimulating their bloodthirsty genes. This was the primitive era, where humans were not the masters. On the contrary, to many wild beasts, humans were merely their prey.

Yu Yuan: "Everyone from Cave A, evacuate to Cave B." Without fire, it's impossible for more than thirty people to withstand the Hundred Wolves' Night March.

Yu Yuan shouted into Cave A, "Come out, everyone!"

Ding Shi passed by Yu Yuan and reminded him, "Chief, go your own way, it's too late."

Everyone ran towards the cave with fire, but a wolf horde came from all directions, and the lagging players were constantly being pounced on by the dire wolves. Just as the cave entrance was in front of them, a silver wolf leaped down from above, blocking more than a dozen people. Its eyes gleamed with ferocity as it pounced on Ding Shi, who was running ahead.

"Damn, we're one short for mahjong!"

Spatial isolation occurred, freezing the three players closest to Ding Shi in place. A mahjong table appeared, and Ding Shi and the other three players were crammed into seats.

Good news! Although the Wan and Zi tiles have all been replaced with question marks due to illiteracy, Ding Shi can still recognize the Tiao and Bing tiles. Of course, even if he doesn't recognize them, Ding Shi can ask.

Aside from Ding Shi, the other three players remained in shock. They were Herbalist Girl, Yu Yuan, and the Logistics Captain. The Logistics Captain was a chemistry teacher named Chemist. He became the captain because he was a magic class and had obtained a crucible for brewing herbs in a magic dungeon; only he could use the crucible. Of course, this crucible had now been transformed into a clay pot.

Ding Shi didn't explain. After calming down and understanding the rules of the game (three players short one), the three thanked Ding Shi. Ding Shi replied, "Just don't cheat me, please go easy on me." The three were about the same strength as Ding Shi, and even if they could beat him, they could only take a few blows from him.

Ding Shi wasn't afraid of them tricking him; he was afraid they were brainless. The best course of action now was to keep winning, maintain his winning streak, buy time, and let the wolf horde leave the camp.

So, the first question came up: the alchemist played a two-of-a-kind and asked, "Do you think the wolf pack will leave?" After all, there was plenty of food in the camp.

No one answered, so the healer asked again, "How long will this fight last?"

Still no answer.

His good mood was first trampled by the rhinoceros, then trampled by the dire wolf. Even Ding Shi, who is as fearless as a dead pig and has a somewhat destructive personality, couldn't muster any enthusiasm.

After half an hour of silent mahjong, Yu Yuan was the first to speak: "It was my oversight that I didn't fully consider the position of humans in primitive times." In primitive times, humans were not at the top of the food chain, especially when they lacked weapons and tools.

(End of this chapter)