Chapter 1 Eyeball

In the dark depths of a crevice in the mountain wall, an eyeball filled with blood vessels glowed faintly, meeting Li Tianran's gaze.

It was a terrifying scene.

Li Tianran felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, subconsciously took two steps back, and then decisively thrust his knife into the crevice.

But then, two withered arms reached out from the mountain crevice, one grabbing the blade of the knife, and the other directly grabbing Li Tianran's wrist.

A hoarse, almost broken bellows-like voice came from the darkness:

"Save me..."

It was a person!

Li Tianran was stunned.

He found it hard to believe that a person could be hidden in a mountain crevice that was at most thirty centimeters wide and narrowed further inward!

Li Tianran looked at the two arms stretching out of the mountain crevice, withered like chicken claws.

Five fingers, like dry twigs, gripped the sharp blade of the Tang sword, the skin in the palm was cut, but no blood spurted out.

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes and looked into the crevice.

The "creature" inside could hardly be called a "person" anymore; he now looked more like a starving ghost who had died of hunger!

Li Tianran had seen some reports and photos about impoverished areas in Africa, where people who had not eaten for a long time had thin limbs, protruding ribs, sunken eye sockets, and hunched bodies!

The person hiding in the mountain crevice in front of him seemed even more miserable than those in the photos.

His skin was loose, his hair sparse, his whole body was shriveled, and his eyeballs almost protruded from their sockets!

Li Tianran felt that he was more like a skin-and-bones corpse; if you tore open the human skin covering the bones, you probably wouldn't see any fat at all.

"Damn it..." Li Tianran easily broke free from the other's hand, looking at the person with extreme shock.

It was a male.

Twenty-five years old.

Judging from various signs, Li Tianran could easily infer that he was the "thing" the Yanhuang military police were searching for!

Because in his data bar, Li Tianran clearly saw the words "Intelligent Brain-Type Evolutionist."

"This guy's life force is too weak, his physical strength is almost exhausted, he's almost been starved to death... he's not much different from a corpse, no wonder I didn't notice him when I passed by here just now." Li Tianran looked up and down at the man, many doubts arising in his mind.

Most importantly, why was he being hunted down?

And why did the military police call him a "thing"?

"Save me..." The man's voice was very weak as he tried to move his body out of the crevice.

Only then did Li Tianran realize that several of his ribs were broken, and both of his shoulders were sunken, which was why he could squeeze into such a narrow space.

Watching him wriggle outwards, Li Tianran suddenly raised his eyebrows.

No matter what secrets this person had, he didn't want to get involved.

For Li Tianran at this time, getting away as soon as possible was the best choice.

"Get back in!" Tang Su took a step back, clearly disgusted by the ghoul-like man, and said with a frown, "If you dare take another step forward, I'll kill you!"

The man froze for a moment, then looked at Li Tianran with a longing and helpless gaze.

Li Tianran put away his Tang sword, didn't give him another glance, and turned to leave without stopping.

Despair appeared in the man's eyes. Suddenly, he opened his mouth, his chest heaving like an old bellows, a stream of air rushing into his lungs. Then, this stream of air turned into a sharp cry as it passed through his throat!

"I'm Song Zhibin! I'm here! I have two companions! They're here too!"

It was hard to imagine that a dying person could make such a sharp, long, and loud cry. The bright sound, like an air raid siren, echoed over the mountains. In an instant, hundreds of military police all turned their eyes in this direction, and more than a dozen tanks rumbled, their huge tires sweeping up clouds of dust as they sped over!

"Fuck!" Li Tianran was stunned. In a tenth of a second, he realized that he had made a mistake. He should have just stabbed Song Zhibin to death!

Song Zhibin was now like a drowning man, and Li Tianran was the last straw in his eyes. How could he let it go?

For a drowning person, either he and the person saving him come ashore together, or he will grab the person saving him and sink to the bottom together! This was instinct; there was no third option!

Li Tianran had just checked Song Zhibin's data and saw that his physical strength had dropped to the lowest point, so Li Tianran assumed that he shouldn't have any strength to cause trouble!

But a person's desire to survive could not be ignored. This last cry, using all his strength, completely ruined all of Li Tianran's previous hiding. The military police in the entire area swarmed over like sharks smelling blood.

Swish!

Li Tianran suddenly turned his head, the murderous aura in his eyes almost materializing.

Song Zhibin met his eyes, trembling all over, but then quickly said, "Brother... I have no choice! You can't kill me, I have what they want... something very important. If you kill me, they will hunt you down even more frantically."

"You suddenly appeared here, even if you explain to them, they won't believe you... If you abandon me, they still won't let you go!"

"Instead of being implicated for nothing, you might as well take me and escape together! If we're lucky enough to escape, you can also get that very important thing..."

Song Zhibin knew that these few words were crucial to deciding Li Tianran's attitude towards him, so he held his breath and blurted them all out.

Honestly, Li Tianran really wanted to chop Song Zhibin up right now.

But as Song Zhibin said, Li Tianran could no longer clear himself with the military police!

"Okay, I'll fucking take you with me! After we reach a safe place, I'll personally chop you up!" Li Tianran felt like he was being led by the nose for the first time, a feeling that made him very angry. He reached out his big hand and brutally hauled Song Zhibin out of the mountain crevice. The broken bones and flesh scraped against the mountain rocks, and the intense pain contorted Song Zhibin's face, but he didn't dare to say a word of complaint.

Buzz!

More than a dozen tanks had already sped over, the closest one less than eight hundred meters away from Li Tianran's position!

Li Tianran clearly saw the gun mount behind the tank slowly rising. A burst of smoke accompanied a muffled firing sound, and more than a dozen howitzer shells slammed down in this direction!

More than a dozen shells flew over with long tails of fire. Li Tianran's scalp tingled. He carried Song Zhibin in one hand and his long legs moved like the wind, fleeing into the distance at a speed more than twenty times faster than that of ordinary people!

At this time, the Cruiser-class surveillance guards were also constantly reporting the positions of more tanks.

Boom!

Boom boom!

The sound of explosions rang out one after another. Li Tianran only felt the mountain under his feet shaking violently, and boulders the size of water tanks rolled down from the top of the mountain. Dust filled the air, instantly engulfing the figures of Li Tianran and Tang Su.