This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 1354 - 594: Barbarian? Ancestor?

Chapter 1354: Chapter 594: Barbarian? Ancestor?

"Could it be because of this Demon Scorpion?" Mu You pondered.

If it’s said that this nest of Demon Scorpions was deliberately raised by the giant bird as food, and he disrupted it, prompting the bird to launch a surprise attack on him, it could be a plausible explanation. However, Mu You had already dealt with several nests of bloodsucking Demon Scorpions nearby. Why had there been no activity before, and now suddenly there’s a problem with this one?

Mu You was unable to understand at the moment and had no time to think it over. In the midst of his thoughts, the giant bird in the sky had already descended.

[A huge bird’s claw emerges from the clouds above, stomping down toward your location...]

"Rewind!"

Mu You hurriedly pressed his watch and beckoned the Bone Dragon to escape; this creature was clearly not something they could contend with at the moment.

[Time flows backward, and you return to ten seconds ago.]

[The cry of the giant bird from high above has just started, casting a shadow over the hill beneath your feet.]

[Not far from you, the Bone Dragon has already sensed the threat, looking up at the sky and letting out low growls, though it could not hide the unease behind its roars.]

[You gesture to the Bone Dragon to retreat and then take the initiative to run toward the rocks behind you; the Bone Dragon immediately follows.]

[Just as you’ve left your original spot, two huge claws descend from the sky, landing on the peak, causing the whole hill to tremble a few times. Eight sharp claw tips sink deep into the mountainside, and above them are two yellowish-brown, scaly, and slender bird legs running up into the fog above.]

[A few seconds after the bird claws landed, a bird head emerges from the clouds, its slender beak peering at where you and the Bone Dragon were just standing.]

[Fortunately, you had already run far, and the giant bird’s eyes quickly confirmed your and the Bone Dragon’s current hiding spot.]

[The giant bird lets out a sorrowful cry, takes off again, circles in the air for a round, then hovers directly above you, and descends once more...]

"Rewind..."

Mu You felt helpless and had no choice but to press the watch to escape again.

[...The giant bird descends once more, but fortunately, you and the Bone Dragon have escaped in another direction as if you had foreseen it.]

[Another miss for the giant bird incites a somewhat impatient low growl. It flaps its wings and takes off once more, circling in the air before coming to a halt above you, descending vertically down toward you...]

Mu You frowns at the sight; the field of vision of such a giant creature was simply too vast. With their speed, there was no escaping the bird’s field of observation.

But at the moment, he had no other option but to keep moving locations.

Fortunately, this giant bird seemed so heavy and cumbersome that it lacked the ability to walk and had to take off before landing elsewhere, which gave them a chance to escape.

Next, Mu You engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with the giant bird. Unfortunately, after dodging the creature five or six times, they were still unable to escape its sight.

During the process, Mu You even tried splitting up with the Bone Dragon to escape, but the giant bird flew straight for him, ignoring the Bone Dragon completely, clearly targeting him specifically.

[A "woo..." another empty swoop causes the giant bird to let out a somewhat angry screech, leaping up to fly into the high skies...]

"Here we go again..."

Mu You sighs; continuously running away was not a solution. Better to just die once and get rid of the creature, since revival was possible.

Thinking so, Mu You simply commands his character to stop in place.

But at that moment...

[The giant bird flies high into the sky, after circling several times, instead of descending again, it heads straight into the distance, its sound getting fainter...]

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Mu You is stunned.

What’s happening? He was ready to face death, yet the giant bird gave up first?

Mu You found it strange considering how relentless the giant bird had just been in its pursuit of him, to give up so quickly.

Of course, escape was still a good thing.

[You take out the Fog-breaking Mirror and look in the direction where the giant bird’s sound is retreating to.]

[Through the view of the Fog-breaking Mirror, you see the giant bird settling at the top of a solitary peak in the distance, disappearing from sight.]

[You move the Fog-breaking Mirror around to survey your surroundings; you find that the solitary peak is in the midst of a range of perilous peaks, every one of them steep, like swords piercing the skies.]

[And beyond those peaks lies a dark abyss that seems bottomless, completely impassable. From afar, those perilous peaks appear as if they have been exiled by the world, trapped in a treacherously inaccessible area...]

"An insurmountably perilous area..."

Seeing this description, something strikes Mu You.

Lamp God once said that the limbs and torso of the Blood God were suppressed separately in insurmountably perilous places throughout the Real World. Could this be one of them?

Of course, the Real World is vast, and there are many places like this. It’s not necessarily here, but since he encountered it, he definitely had to check it out.

Thinking this, Mu You uses his watch to rewind time and enters some commands in the game.

[After the commotion of the giant bird had subsided, you call the Bone Dragon, describe the spot where the giant bird descended in the mist, and have the Bone Dragon fly in that direction to investigate.]

[You instruct the Bone Dragon to approach quietly just to observe the terrain and try not to provoke the giant bird.]

[The Bone Dragon gladly complies, leaps up, hovers in mid-air, then flies toward the distant fog.]

[You use the Fog-breaking Mirror to track the Bone Dragon’s movements...]

[However, you quickly realize that the Bone Dragon hasn’t flown far before it seems to get hit hard, utters a cry of pain, and falls straight down from the sky, crashing into the forest far away...]