Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 450 - 441: Reunion

Cheng Xiaoxiao climbed up the cliff in no time.

On the steep cliff, there was something resembling an eagle’s nest, woven with tender branches of pine and spruce, about two meters wide.

Inside the nest and along the cliff edge were many broken white bones, bloody feathers, animal skins, rabbit heads, and unidentified animal fur, a heap of ghastly things lying there naked to the eye; living here was truly disgusting!

Looking at the few intact eggs inside, it’s hard to tell what kind of bird they belong to.

In the face of such good things, Cheng Xiaoxiao wasn’t moved, even feeling a bit of aversion and disgust.

The fierce beasts here were not to be trifled with, and just because of the eggs, they’d suffered multiple attacks, which was quite pathetic to think about.

She continued to climb without lingering much, just in case the bird mother returned and mistook her for a thief. That would be a great injustice!

On this sheer cliff, there’s not much room to maneuver; facing formidable fierce beasts would be tough, better to leave first.

Now, she only wanted to return quickly to obtain enough energy points to awaken the system and go home early.

She’s been out too long and has no idea how things are in the Underground City, whether her family is alright.

Thinking of this, a vague uneasiness came over her, appearing out of nowhere.

Suppressing the inexplicable anxiety in her heart, she forced herself to calm down and continued climbing. Overthinking wouldn’t solve anything, she’d only know upon returning.

Reaching the cliff top, she took a deep breath of fresh air laced with the fragrance of grass and trees, feeling revitalized.

Finally out.

She walked down a path along the cliff wall, sitting on a large rock to rest and hydrate when tired.

Suddenly, a great commotion arose from the distant dense forest, branches swayed, and the ground trembled.

A gigantic creature appeared abruptly before her.

Damn! What’s next? Surely it hasn’t been waiting just for her?

Being stared at by the cold, piercing gaze of the giant crocodile made her tremble involuntarily.

She really didn’t want to face this big croc again.

For a long time, neither moved, just guarding against each other watchfully.

However, any thought of escape or change of position made the crocodile move in tandem.

The angry crocodile roared and growled lowly.

It seemed to be warning her of something, yet it didn’t directly attack.

What’s this about?

It’s not attacking, but it won’t let her leave; what does she owe it?

Wait a minute...!

She really seemed to owe it something; there was still a living crocodile egg in her space.

"Don’t get excited, I know what you want."

As long as the other didn’t go crazy, she could sit down and talk peacefully.

Not taking it out before was due to the intense battle; she feared accidentally breaking the egg during the fight, which might drive them all crazy. She dared not risk it, thus never considered touching the crocodile egg.

Cheng Xiaoxiao carefully took out the crocodile egg, holding it in the palm of her hand.

"Look, the egg is back to you. Don’t trouble me anymore."

Regarding what’s been eaten, Cheng Xiaoxiao kept silent.

They had been digested, and she was powerless about it.

Seeing the crocodile egg for a moment, the giant crocodile’s vertical pupils intensely focused, its aura rising sharply, it hissed lowly as a warning.

"Don’t worry, it’s perfectly fine."

Gently placing the egg back on the grass, she slowly retreated.

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, at the fifth step, she quickened her pace.

The giant crocodile lunged towards the crocodile egg, nudged it, sniffed it, with a solemn expression, seeming to check something.

This was quite a human-like move; this crocodile had the intelligence of several years old, Cheng Xiaoxiao estimated silently.

Seeing the crocodile wasn’t about to go wild, Cheng Xiaoxiao relaxed, turned to leave briskly.

As she turned, the crocodile emitted an odd hissing sound.

She remembered that sound.

It was a call for companions.

Oh, no, this big crocodile was too cunning, pulling a trick on her.

Upon hearing the sound, the crocodile herd emerged around.

One by one, they opened their large mouths, revealing sharp teeth, staring fiercely at her.

Damn, it was an ambush.

The crafty crocodiles, she underestimated them; this wasn’t just the intellect of a few, human infants wouldn’t play like this.

Cheng Xiaoxiao swiftly touched ground with her toe and leaped up, landing on treetops.

Using rock protrusions along the mountainside for leaps, she vanished from sight in a few moves.

The crocodiles were huge, taking large steps, seemingly clumsy yet surprisingly fast.

They pursued her steps, dozens of crocodiles moved in unison, raising billowing dust, quite spectacular, as if a thousand troops accompanied.

Beyond this wooded area lay uneven heights of hills, jagged rocks, varied shapes, plenty of greenery, but tall trees were sparse.

Seeing a rugged path in the distance, her eyes lit up; worn out from running, she could change her escape method.

Jumping down a low slope, she took out a mountain bike and rode off.

It’s been long since she felt such carefree cycling joy.

Although a herd of giant crocodiles pursued relentlessly behind, at least she didn’t exhaust her Inner Strength now, just burning some calories is enough.

Her chosen path was mainly downhill, soon the large herd behind was unseen.

"Huh, what’s that?"

Suddenly a head popped out of the low bushes, with big round eyes wide open.

He tugged on his companion’s sleeve beside him.

The companion, equally puzzled, squinted and craned his neck to look.

"That guy looks familiar!"

"I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t said so; saying that, I really feel I’ve seen him somewhere?"

Their conversation awakened the big guy snoring nearby.

"Where, where, let me see."

The rhino got up with a start.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he squinted at the fast riding figure.

"Isn’t that Little Brother Xiao? Why is he here?"

Rhino, quite familiar with Cheng Xiaoxiao, recognized her at a glance.

He scrambled out from the hiding slope, sprang to the ground, and ran swiftly towards her.

"Junior Brother Xiao, Junior Brother Xiao, come back, you can’t go there!"

The voice was just right for Cheng Xiaoxiao to hear, but sounded quite loud to her since her hearing was ten times more sensitive than others.

But at this moment... she wasn’t bothered by that; it was about how to explain the bike under her feet. She’s already catching Rhino’s voice.

Forget it, they weren’t very close anyway; she pretended not to hear, kicked forward and secured a spot, turned a corner down the hill.

Rhino, blocked by a large rock on the hillside, anxiously shouted: "Junior Brother Xiao, Junior Brother Xiao, you really can’t go there, hey... wait for me."

Of course, Cheng Xiaoxiao wasn’t really going to run away; she heard him, unfamiliar with the area, thinking there might be danger?

She pretended to have fallen, waited for Rhino’s approach and then presented a four-way fallen Cheng Xiaoxiao.