The Return of Cambrian Period Volume 1 Chapter 9 9 Dec 30, 2019

A Rottweiler slowly walked here, the thick paw helped it walk soundlessly, but its heavy breath in the dark, which reeked of blood, made people absolutely horrified.

The two men did not dare to make a single move, they tried to pull back towards the back of the car, but they knew that this action was pointless.

The Rottweiler had already spotted them. Its huge head entered the inside of car and its green eyes stared at them greedily. It showed its teeth slightly. Its canine teeth, which were as long as human's fingers, looked so fierce and scary. From the corner of its mouth, a mixture of saliva and blood was streaming down.

Cong Xia did not dare to look at it, he shut his eyes tightly. Cheng Tianbi was fiercely glaring back at it. He was not backing off at all. He held his military knife tightly in his hand, his eyes were watching the monster's every move without even blinking. The two parties were watching out for one another, none of them took the lead to make a move first.

Cheng Tianbi was the sniper in the special force. His character was indeed suitable to be a sniper. The deeper he was in a crisis, the more he could remain calm. A sniper's technique relied on the bullets, but his willpower was forged by strong endurance.

At this hanging-by-the-thread moment, Cheng Tianbi suddenly heard a sound that should not be here... The crying sound of a baby.

It was extremely clear, no more than 5 meters away from them.

At the moment when the crying sounded, the Rottweiler, which had always been in a ready position, suddenly rushed towards and tried to bite Cheng Tianbi's shoulder in order to drag them out of the car.

Cheng Tianbi was prepared in advance, the jungle king knife in his hand ruthlessly stabbed towards the Rottweiler's eye. A resonating, painful howl came out. The Rottweiler miserably fell down inside the car, frantically twisting and rolling in the narrow space.

In the blink of an eye, the other three Rottweilers on the outside also rushed at the car. They were pushing the body of the car in order to turn the car over. However, because the load inside the car was too heavy, they could not push it at all. Therefore, they took a detour to the rear door and bit the iron body shell of the car with their sharp teeth.

The two of them watched as the finger-long teeth sunk into the car body shell. The fractured car body shell damaged and made their mouths covered in blood. They didn't stop, on the contrary, they became even wilder.

When a Rottweiler tried to stick its face into the car through the hole on the car, Cheng Tianbi threw a punch at its nose. When the fierce fist hit the nose, which was the most vulnerable part of dogs, the Rottweiler howled and fell to the ground. It looked like it was in great pain.

The car body was shaking violently and the biting and tearing of the canines made the two men unable to hide in the car any longer. They could only struggle to get out of the car. Cheng Tianbi took out his handgun and shot at the other two dogs.

However, these two Rottweilers were extremely quick. None of them was hit, however, the gunshots did prevent the two dogs from attacking them.

Cheng Tianbi was pointing his gun at them while pulling Cong Xia and retreating towards the opposite direction on the highway. After walking for four or five meters, they found another dog on the side of the road. Its size still remained the ordinary size of a Rottweiler when it hadn't evolved yet, seemed like it was a female dog.

Because there was no light on the road, the visibility was extremely low. If they hadn't approached the side of the road, they wouldn't have found that there was another dog here.

However, the female dog did not attack them. Instead, it anxiously whined and stepped back one step at a time. Just behind the female dog, there was something wrapped in white linen.

As Cheng Tianbi approached the female dog, the male dogs barked wildly. All of them were recklessly rushing towards them. Cheng Tianbi pointed the gun at the female dog, the female dog cowered. Even though it looked like it was really scared, it did not back off. On the contrary, it had still been protecting the thing behind it.

The Rottweiler, whose nose was punched by Cheng Tianbi, also stood up. The three male dogs kept howling at them from a place that was three meters away, but they did not dare to approach. Cong Xia said with a trembling voice.

"The thing behind this female dog must be its cub, this dog has just given birth."

Cheng Tiabin said with a deep voice.

"You go to the car now, take my backpack out and give them your backpack."

Cong Xia shivered, he did not say no, but he also did not dare to move.

"Go."

Cheng Tianbi pushed him. Cong Xia clenched his fists and tried to endure the tremendous fear. Step by step, he headed towards the car that was shattered to pieces. The three dogs looked at him distantly. Cong Xia's legs could not stop shaking under the gazes of those eyes.

Eventually, he safely walked to the side of the car, turned over the body of the Rottweiler which had stopped breathing, took the two backpacks out of the back seat, threw his backpack, which was full of food far away. He held Cheng Tianbi's backpack in his arms and quickly ran back to him.

The two men stepped back one step at a time. As they passed by the female dog, they were surprised to find that the thing wrapped in white linen was not the female dog's cub but a human baby!

The baby's wrap was dirty and the baby's little face was also blackened. It looked like the baby was only a month old or two and was waiting to be fed.

The female dog's whole body was trembling. Its hair all puffed up, but it still guarded the baby while ferociously stared at them. Cong Xia took a deep breath.

"Don't tell me that they consider this child as their own cub?"

Cheng Tianbi did not speak. All of his attention was spent on the male dogs. He did not let his guard down even once. Only until they crossed the guardrail of the highway and half of their bodies were in the grass that he grabbed Cong Xia and ran like crazy.

Cong Xia never felt like he escaped that fast before. He felt his body very light. There seemed to be no friction at the front. Instead, there was a swirl of wind hovering under the soles of their feet, helping them run effortlessly even with such a heavy package.

Just as expected, the three dogs chased after them. The two men were running like crazy. Eventually, their whole bodies were submerged in the grass that was as tall as a human.

Although the three dogs knew their location, due to the complex terrain and their sights were blocked, the hunt was severely hindered. Two men and three dogs were playing cat and mouse right within the grass of which end point couldn't be seen.

The two men did not know how far they had run. They couldn't see the ground beneath their feet and the road ahead was not clearly visible either. The grass completely obstructed their eyesight. If it was not for Cheng Tianbi's ability to be able to determine the direction even when his eyesight was hindered, they were very likely to go in a circle and return to the original place.

Gradually, Cong Xia's physical strength began to fail to keep up. The barking of the dogs behind him was getting closer and closer. Suddenly, the two men's next steps were on the air. In a blink of an eye, their bodies were in the state of weighlessness and they rolled down uncontrollably.

"Aaaaaaaaaa!"

Cong Xia shouted in horror. In the next second, the two of them fell on the ground. Although there was thick grass beneath them, their fall still caused them to see stars. Cong Xia had just experienced a car accident, once again, he had to experience a free fall. He felt like his bones almost fell apart. He lied on the ground, could not make a single move.

Cheng Tianbi jumped up from the ground and held up the gun with great alert. He whispered.

"Where's my backpack? There is a flashlight inside."

"Backpack..."

Cong Xia was touching around the place surrounding his body. He didn't know where the backpack had fallen. He quickly took out his phone. The phone's power was still sufficient, he turned on the phone's flashlight and saw that the backpack fell not far from them.

Cheng Tianbi quickly approached the backpack and took out the flashlight. When the bright light beamed from the flashlight, the surrounding space instantly became clearer.

They were in a place that indeed looked like a cave. Everywhere was covered with grass. They rolled down along the pile of grass. They were at least three storeys beneath the ground. If the vegetation underneath them was not thick, the fall would have caused them to lose conscious already. The distance was nearly ten meters, there was no way that they could climb up.

The point was... How could there be a cave under the highway?

The barking of the dogs insisted for a while and then faded away. It seemed that those Rottweilers finally gave up. Cheng Tianbi walked around and asserted.

"It is an abandoned sewage pipe."

The inner wall of the pipe had already been covered by the vegetation, its original appearance couldn't be made out at all. Cong Xia used the light to carefully observe the surrounding and analyzed its shape and location. It was indeed reasonable to assume that the pipe was used for sewage purpose. Fortunately, it was abandoned. He really did not want to fall into a smelly gutter.

"How do we get out?"

"We can't climb up, can only go inside."

Cong Xia glanced at the pipe that was pitch black like an abyss and gulped down his saliva nervously. Who knew what else was waiting for them in there? He really didn't want to go inside even just one step. Cheng Tianbi started to arm himself.

He kept two military knives and two handguns on his body and hung the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle around the front of his chest. In Cong Xia's eyes, it was like he was going to the battlefield. However, the situation that they faced was no better than the battlefield. Cong Xia said.

"We should wait at least until dawn, the underground sewage pipeline can be several kilometers long. The ground has been covered by the vegetation. It is very likely that when we go in, we can't get out again, it's better to wait until the light is bright, then we can think of a way."

"Even after dawn, the visibility in here will not exceed a hundred meters ahead, if we go further inside, it will be completely dark, so what's difference here?"

Cong Xia lost for words for a short time. He was just afraid and did not want to go in there. Cheng Tianbi saw right through him, he pulled his backpack's strap and handed it to Cong Xia.

"Hold onto it. And pay attention to your feet."

Cong Xia looked at his cold face in the dim light. The warmth filled his heart. Although they had known each other for not even a day, they had already experienced life and death situations twice. This person might appear to be inhospitable, but he did not give up on him even once. Perhaps in Cheng Tianbi's heart, he was only regarded as the target of his mission, however, he had already considered Cheng Tianbi as a friend whom he would stick with through thick and thin.

Cong Xia couldn't help but rush towards and give him a firm hug. There was a trace of surprise in Cheng Tianbi's eyes. After hugging him for a while, Cong Xia loosened his grasp. He patted on Cheng Tianbi's shoulders and let out a deep breath.

"Even if we die, we can still be companions on our way to hell. I'll follow you, let's go."

After he finished his sentence, he grabbed the strap of Cheng Tianbi's backpack. The two men headed towards the inside of the pitch black, covered-in-vegetation pipe.