Chapter 40: Flight Eating Creatures
The creature stepped into the moonlight, leaving a brown clawprint in its wake. It walked like a gorilla, its two upper limbs long, with sharp claws that clicked against the stone. Its hind limbs were stumpy and clawed, and with each step, there was a squelching sound.
Its skin was crusted, like dried earth, with patches of sickly fur here and there. The head was small, mostly taken up by its gaping mouth. It had two fan-like ears and holes for a nose.
The most uncanny part was the position of its beady, rock-like eyes. They were not at the same level—the left eye was closer to its scalp, and the right one near its mouth.
The creature roared, flexing its spikes, the red shine of its eyes homing in on Yu Han. The thing was no taller than a toddler.
“It’s small?” Huang Niuniu said. A semblance of confidence tinged her voice.
The creature crouched low, kicking the stone floor. More exited the dark hole. Two, seven, fifteen.
There was a small herd of them. Their stony claws didn’t reflect light, and their needle-like teeth looked rusted. One scratch or a bite, and it would probably give him eight different infections.
A thump sounded from behind him. Yu Han instinctively looked back.
Huang Niuniu had fallen to her knees. He couldn’t see much of her face through the helmet, but her eyes were red, glossy with tears.