"No way! Is that a... dinosaur?"
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei were stunned. There were actually dinosaurs here.
They saw a colossal creature lying before them, its large, glowing green eyes fixed on them with ill intent.
It seemed to have been sleeping, as the ground around it was damp from its drool.
Now awakened by Jiang Fan and the others, it was furious.
Zhou Niannian rubbed her eyes, certain she wasn't hallucinating. This creature was indeed a dinosaur.
And not just any dinosaur, but one of the largest and most ferocious carnivorous dinosaurs: a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
In the live stream, netizens erupted in shouts.
"Holy crap, isn't that something extinct for tens of thousands of years, only seen in movies?"
"What kind of place is this, with living dinosaurs?"
"Could aliens have replicated it with genetic technology?"
"This is a rare creature, we must capture it alive!"
"Are you dreaming? You're about to become dinosaur lunch, and you're thinking of capturing it?"
The Tyrannosaurus Rex was fully awake. It shook its massive head, stood upright, and glared menacingly at Jiang Fan and the others.
Its powerful hind legs were thicker than an elephant's, each foot equipped with three toes tipped with sharp, gleaming claws.
Its tail was thick and hard, tapering to an incredibly sharp point; a single strike would surely pierce through them.
In reality, the true Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't as enormous as depicted in movies and animated shows, where they towered over buildings at tens of meters tall.
Actual Tyrannosaurus Rex, when standing upright, reached about six meters in height.
However, to Jiang Fan and his companions, this creature was undoubtedly a colossal behemoth.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex's eyes glowed green, its mouth dripped with saliva, and it stared intently at Jiang Fan and the others.
Scattered around were piles and piles of animal skeletons, their species indistinguishable.
The bones were covered in tooth marks, with no flesh remaining.
It appeared the Tyrannosaurus Rex hadn't eaten meat in a while, having gnawed on bones for a long time, and was ravenously hungry.
Zhou Niannian, trembling with fear, made a heart shape with her hands towards the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"Please... please don't eat me. I was born in the Year of the Dragon, I'm your friend."
"Roar!"
The Tyrannosaurus Rex roared at Zhou Niannian, its foul-smelling saliva spraying onto her face.
"Friend, my foot! Run!"
Jiang Fan yelled. The group instantly split into two, circling around the Tyrannosaurus Rex and heading towards the other end of the cave.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex angrily stomped its claws at them, but Jiang Fan and the others moved with agility, evading its attack.
It then swept its long tail, catching Zhou Niannian off guard and sending her tumbling to the ground.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex lunged viciously at Zhou Niannian, who screamed loudly.
"Look over here!"
Jiang Fan pulled out a bamboo tube filled with honey and hurled it fiercely at the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The "Perfect Aim" skill activated, striking the Tyrannosaurus Rex directly in the eye.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex cried out in pain, pawing at its eye. However, it then discovered the wet, sticky honey on its paw.
It licked its paw with its tongue. It tasted delicious.
Seizing the rare opportunity while the Tyrannosaurus Rex was distracted, Jiang Fan yanked Zhou Niannian up and they sprinted away into the distance.
Still shaken, Zhou Niannian said, "Thank you! Do you want me to repay you with a lifetime of servitude, or offer myself to you now?"
"I want you to be my workhorse right now! Hurry up and run, you're less useful than a horse right now!"
Jiang Fan roared, simultaneously flinging more bamboo tubes of honey at the Tyrannosaurus Rex to slow its pursuit.
The panda watched with anguish, "My honey..."
The cave where the Tyrannosaurus Rex resided was vast. Jiang Fan and his group ran for what felt like a long time, at least a kilometer, and there was still no sign of an end.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex finished the honey and pursued them at a speed of twenty kilometers per hour.
Humans running at full sprint could match that speed, similar to a bicycle. Thus, Jiang Fan and the others fled desperately, the Tyrannosaurus Rex chased relentlessly, and the distance between them remained constant.
The Death Flies also emerged from the tunnel, coalescing into a black cloud that relentlessly pursued the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
In the cavernous, empty space, the sounds of human panting, dinosaur roars, and the buzzing of the Death Flies' wings echoed.
It was truly a battle of life and death at breakneck speed.
After running for a while longer, the cave's landscape began to change. The smooth stone walls on either side gave way to steep rocky cliffs.
With Jiang Fan's agility, he could quickly climb the cliffs to evade the Tyrannosaurus Rex's attacks.
However, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei couldn't climb.
Besides, it seemed the Tyrannosaurus Rex could also climb.
Atop the steep cliffs, numerous treacherous, bizarre rock formations loomed like grimacing faces, seemingly looking down upon the humans and mocking them.
This cave was at least several hundred meters wide. Under the awe-inspiring work of nature, the fleeing humans appeared as tiny as ants.
Viewers in the live stream were gripping their palms, their hands slick with sweat.
"Run faster, run faster, the dinosaur is catching up."
"This is so nerve-wracking, is there any solution?"
"Sob, all we can hope for is something like in Jurassic Park, where a bigger dinosaur eats it."
"But then we'd be eaten by an even bigger dinosaur, what's the difference?"
"Run quickly! Maybe there's a black hole up ahead that can teleport us."
Meanwhile, Dai Xiaomei's pace slowed considerably; she could barely run anymore.
"I can't run anymore!"
Dai Xiaomei cried out.
Zhou Niannian tried to pull Dai Xiaomei along, but she too was running out of energy, gasping for breath.
"I can't go on. How about we throw the panda out as bait?"
The panda's ears perked up. "Are you human?"
"I may not be a real human, but you're a real dog!"
Jiang Fan sighed.
"Let's just run. I read that Tyrannosaurus Rex have poor stamina, so if we run out quickly, we might survive."
Normally, they would joke about using the panda as emergency rations, but at a critical moment like this, they wouldn't do it.
Zhou Niannian's face was a picture of misery. She said that, but after running for so long, she hadn't seen any sign of the Tyrannosaurus Rex's speed diminishing.
Instead, she herself was running out of stamina. Fairy tales were all lies.
At this moment, the panda suddenly stopped and turned to face the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Everyone, not knowing what the panda intended to do, involuntarily stopped with it.
The panda suddenly stood upright and began to pound its chest furiously with its hands.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
The panda let out fierce, repeated roars, the sounds echoing across the wilderness.
"Guangguang, we were just joking, don't be angry, run now."
"We won't abandon you!"
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei, thinking the panda had given up, rushed to pull it.
The panda thrust its arms out, sending Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei flying.
Then, from somewhere on its body, it produced a tattered, worn-out banner and tied it to its head.
On the banner was an ancient script character: "Chi".
"Roar roar!"
The panda's eyes shone with a fierce light!
The next second, the panda charged directly at the Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei cried out in unison.
"Guangguang!"