Chapter 471 - 469: Ao City
Lu Chen stepped down two steps and made eye contact with the injured man. "Migration? Where did you discover they were migrating?"
"Now is not the time to discuss this. I advise you to leave as soon as possible because they are right behind us."
Su Mo followed by jumping down a few steps. "We’ve already known that they were behind us. Tell me how they are migrating, and then you can leave."
The man hesitated for a moment, his eyes reflecting recollection and some sorrow. He suddenly let go of the woman’s hand and sat down directly on the steps, slowly saying, "To the east are the Mola Mountains, continuous and overlapping peaks.
Our survival camp has always been near them. All our food comes from hunting the peripheral mutant beasts. Life wasn’t so bad until one and a half months ago when we noticed an increase in the mutant beasts,"
he lowered his head, his hands supporting his forehead. "Lower-ranked mutant beasts don’t usually come down the mountain to hunt humans frequently. During that time, our survival camp suddenly started to be attacked by them frequently. At first, we didn’t care, thinking they were seeking their own death, but soon we realized something was wrong. Within a week, hoards of mutant species like wild boars and chickens ran down the mountain, and then, from deep in the forest, a level 5 python emerged, and we lost 20 people before we killed it."
"What does this have to do with migrating?" Su Mo asked.
"There was nothing left to eat in the mountains, so they came out," the man replied cryptically. "After the python, there was calm for a few days, then the horde of mutant beasts arrived, and what followed was just as you have seen."
"You mean, they followed you all the way here for these few chunks of meat?" Jianxiong folded his arms, sneering at the thought.
The man shook his head and looked up, exasperated. "Of course not. I was observing them, trying to understand where they were actually headed to plan our escape route. Who knew that midway we would encounter a mutant bird and an accident would happen."
Above their heads, a distinct cracking sound rang out. Lu Chen looked up to see a crack suddenly appear at the top corner of the wall, which then split into several fractures spreading outward.