C22 The Attack of the Snake Crab
The dinner was very rich. There was roasted tiger fish, three huge crabs, and one of them was golden in color. Even the meat and crab's yellow were shining with a golden light, and the sweet honey water was mixed well.
According to Chang'e, three crabs had appeared during the fishing today. Two of them were ordinary, but they were larger than the ones they had caught before. The other one was shining with a golden light as if it was made of gold. Everyone worked together to catch it.
Wu Xiaoming tasted the golden crab. It was indeed a hundred times better than the other crabs. Most importantly, after eating it, his entire body felt warm, as if he was eating a human-shaped ginseng.
The night passed without a word. The next morning, Wu Xiaoming woke up early. As usual, the Xiaobai was lying in his arms. It drooled and licked the corner of its mouth from time to time. "Little guy, it seems like you really think of yourself as its bed cushion." Wu Xiaoming woke up the dazed Xiaobai speechlessly, but he suddenly heard a sharp warning.
"There's a herd of beasts!" The warrior in charge of guarding entered the cave in a panic. When he saw that his patriarch had woken up, he immediately ran to his side. "Human Emperor, a large group of crabs are crawling out of the river in front of us!" The warrior opened his eyes wide as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.
"Crabs?" Wu Xiaoming looked at the warrior in puzzlement. What was there to be afraid of? They were just their food. Last night, they had eaten three of them, especially the golden crab. It was too delicious.
"Hurry up! Human Emperor, there are so many of them! There are probably more than a hundred thousand of them!" The warrior said anxiously when he saw Wu Xiaoming's indifferent expression.
"What?! More than a hundred thousand?!" Wu Xiaoming was completely shocked. "How could there be so many crabs? Why did they come here?" There was a hint of doubt in his voice.
"Yes, Human Emperor, there is a huge golden crab behind us. It's exactly the same as the one we ate yesterday, but it's a lot bigger. Go and take a look!" The warrior anxiously looked at Wu Xiaoming.
"You wake up the clansmen first! Ask Uncle Di and the warriors to prepare and be ready to fight at any time." Wu Xiaoming instructed him as he anxiously walked out of the cave.
"Damn! Last time, we poked a hornet's nest, but this time, we actually poked a crab's nest!" Wu Xiaoming saw a large black mass of crabs gathered by the river. Among them, there was a golden crab that was especially eye-catching.
It was more than thirty meters tall and stood out among the crabs like a crane among chickens. Its huge pincers were like two golden scissors that were occasionally waved, and the sound of air being sliced through could be heard in Wu Xiaoming's ears. Wu Xiaoming knew that he could do it, but he needed to use all of his strength.
More than ten meters of thick snake heads would occasionally let out a shocking hiss. The crab swarm raised their pincers high and waved them as if they were responding. Wu Xiaoming looked at the huge crab swarm in shock.
This was not what an animal should be. No matter how he looked at it, it looked like an army. Furthermore, an army that was well-trained was definitely not something that a mob could display. Yes, it was an aura! Although they were very far away, Wu Xiaoming could feel an indestructible aura that could kill gods and buddhas.
The golden crab let out a roar and all the crabs instantly quieted down. The earth-shaking roar suddenly stopped. The strong contrast made Wu Xiaoming feel as if he had fallen into a dead silence. Everything around him was quiet. Wu Xiaoming did not even notice Uncle Di and the others.
"Human Emperor, what's going on? Why are there so many crabs?" Uncle Di felt his scalp tingle when he saw the black swarm of crabs gathered by the river.
"I don't know what's going on either. Uncle Di, tell the women to retreat at any time!" Wu Xiaoming stared at the golden crab that was stroking its head with its huge pincer. He felt that this guy's IQ was definitely not low.
"What a big golden crab. It must be very delicious!" From the sound, he could tell that it was Chang'e who made the sound. He really did not know how big her imagination was to be able to make such a sigh. Now, the entire clan was in a very dangerous situation. She actually thought of eating.
"Golden crab! Yes, the golden crab. They just ate a golden crab yesterday, and today, there will be a crab horde attacking us." Wu Xiaoming felt his eyes light up. It must be because of the golden crab yesterday. Maybe it was their leader's successor. Otherwise, they wouldn't have mobilized so many people.
"Human Emperor, the crab horde has started to move. What should we do?" Uncle Di tightened the javelin in his hand as if he was about to shoot it out.
"If only I had the Golden-Hooped Bars. Although it's a little light, it would be enough to break the legs of these arrogant crabs. Without the legs, how can they run rampant?" Wu Xiaoming looked at the dozens of crabs scattered in all directions, as if they were looking for something.
"Quick! All the women retreat to the edge of the forest. Four warriors escort them." Wu Xiaoming felt dizzy. There were many towering trees in the forest. Wasn't that the natural Golden-Hooped Bars? "Let's go together. Uncle Di will organize the people to cut down the trees!"
The tall and sturdy people were holding the trees. In his previous life, it would probably take more than ten people to use machinery. However, for Wu Xiaoming and the other dinosaurs who could not be judged by common sense, it was only a matter of a few punches and kicks. Wu Xiaoming was the most exaggerated. A tree that was held by four or five people was knocked down with a single punch. He quickly cleaned up the branches and waved them around. It was still okay.
The warriors followed his example and each held a tree that was nearly a hundred meters tall. They quietly waited for their leader's order.
"Let's go and meet those little crabs! Remember to look at how I beat them up, okay? Everyone will beat them up, okay?" Wu Xiaoming dragged the giant tree and took the lead to rush back.
Seeing the dozen crabs in the first group destroying their bamboo house, Wu Xiaoming swept across the crabs with the giant tree in his arms. All of the crabs had their legs broken, and their bodies flew into the sky along with the crabs that were dancing in the air.
"It's effective!" Wu Xiaoming finally understood why Monkey Sunn liked to use the Golden Ringu Bang so much. It was simply too satisfying. With a sweep of his arm, he wiped out all of the crabs that were as big as rhinoceroses. He finally understood why Wu Chengn's novel, the Great Sage Sun, used a staff. With the power of the Golden Ringu Bang, it would only take him a short while to kill thousands of soldiers.
The screams of the crabs that were about to die also alerted the crab swarm. They all gathered around, and the warriors who were more than a hundred meters away waved their huge trees and kept sending them flying. However, the more the crab swarm gathered, the more crabs there were. Wu Xiaoming and the others were surrounded by countless crabs.
The crabs kept clamping onto the trees that were flying over with their huge pincers. Although they were still sent flying, the trees were getting shorter and shorter. In a short while, there were only a dozen meters left. "Human Emperor! What should we do?" Uncle Di waved the shortened trees and looked at the warriors anxiously, afraid that they would be in danger.
"Everyone gather here. Let's retreat!" Wu Xiaoming was just about to retreat with Uncle Di and the others when waves of hissing came from the place where the eggs were buried. One by one, turtles the size of bulls crawled out. Wu Xiaoming remembered that he had buried more than two thousand eggs. Looking from afar, it was also a huge swarm of turtles.
The newborn turtles bared their teeth and pounced towards the crab swarm that was attacking Wu Xiaoming and the others. The crab swarm stood still as if they had met their nemesis. The little turtles' sharp teeth bit through the armor-like crab shell with every bite, and the crabs were broken into pieces.
Wu Xiaoming and Uncle Di stared with their eyes wide open at an unbelievable scene. The turtles were much smaller than the crabs, but they were not a threat to them at all. They just stood there motionlessly.
Wu Xiaoming could not understand what was going on. The crabs could easily defeat these little turtles, even if the turtle's parents were very powerful. However, they were still too young. Standing beside the crabs, they were only half the height of the crabs. The crabs' giant pincers and sharp teeth could completely eat them. How could they just stand there and let the turtles eat them?
In the distance, the golden crab that looked like a giant mountain let out a cry of dissatisfaction. The crab swarm started to retreat one after another. The turtles did not seem to see it, and they were all eating the crabs they had caught.
What was even more unbelievable was that the tortoises were growing bigger and bigger as they ate. In just a short while, they had grown to be more than three meters tall like elephants. They stopped growing and the crabs they caught were only shells.
Wu Xiaoming, Uncle Di, and the others tightly held onto the trees that were three to four meters long in their hands as they stared at the tortoises in front of them, afraid that these newborns would treat them as food.
The tortoises lowered their heads and put away their ferocious teeth. They let out a series of coquettish cries. The tortoises lowered their heads and carefully approached them, causing Uncle Di and the others to be so nervous that they almost sent them flying with a rod.
"Don't move!" Just as Wu Xiaoming finished speaking, a small golden tortoise rubbed its head against his body and rubbed around him like a spoiled child.
Seeing Uncle Di and the others being rubbed around by the tortoises, and each of them holding onto the trees tightly with nervous and embarrassed expressions, Wu Xiaoming couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha!" It seemed that these little fellows had treated them as their parents. Wu Xiaoming didn't know why, but perhaps it was because they had eaten the giant tortoise before, or perhaps it was because they had touched the tortoise eggs before, and the little tortoises naturally treated them as their parents. No matter what the reason was, Wu Xiaoming felt that he had struck it rich.
It was great that the tortoise was so powerful just after it was born. Moreover, there were more than two thousand of them. In the future, they would see if that reckless beast dared to invade.
"Human Emperor, what should we do now?" Uncle Di wanted to stabilize his body, but he realized that it was impossible. The little guys didn't know why they had such great strength.
"Eh?" Wu Xiaoming didn't know what to do either. After all, he had never encountered such a situation before.