Chapter 50

“If she is in danger, on the brink of life and death, and we happen to rush over to save her, then recognize each other joyfully, it would be a classic plot.” Song Xu pondered secretly, following Wu Mu into the forest.

The forest looked close, but running over took quite a while. The commotion inside the forest didn’t get smaller but became even louder. This time, Song Xu clearly heard the roar of beasts, which made Wu Mu swim faster ahead. He even picked up Song Xu, speeding up.

Held by two iron claws across her chest, Song Xu’s feet didn’t touch the ground, watching the tall trees and jungle approach infinitely.

Various small dinosaurs also ran out of the bushes one after another. The “small” here is relative to those twenty- or thirty-meter-long enormous dinosaurs, as the smallest dinosaur was still bigger than Song Xu. The most numerous were green-skinned, over one-meter-long small dinosaurs. They were slender, with their length mainly made up by their long tails. Their two hind legs were agile, running somewhat like ostriches.
Their yellow-green eyes turned to look at the suddenly appearing big snake in front, and then they all diverted to the sides, avoiding him.

There were also two to three-meter-long dinosaurs with brown skin and armored heads. They were slightly sturdier and didn’t avoid Wu Mu, charging straight ahead. Perhaps they were too dumb to avoid, as they kept tripping and flying after being knocked down by their companions in front, yet the ones behind still charged forward.

Wu Mu was obviously irritated by the chaotic formation of these primitive beasts, ruthlessly throwing them aside, then directly went around the trees, walking from above. These trees were mainly over ten meters tall, bearing their weight without pressure. Song Xu stayed quietly, curious and nervous, not knowing what kind of scene she would see next. Wu Mu suddenly stopped, and Song Xu peeked out, gasping at the bloody scene.
The trees ahead were randomly toppled, with thick, broken trunks indicating they were knocked down. The lower trees on the ground were trampled into firewood sticks. In the chaotic center, the fighting primitive beast was over three meters tall and nearly ten meters long. Even without looking at its patterns, just seeing those two short forelimbs and a mouthful of teeth, any passerby without dinosaur knowledge could shout out three words: “Tyrannosaurus Rex!”

Song Xu didn’t know whether it was really a T-Rex, but seeing the bloody, fierce battle, she knew this dinosaur was definitely not a herbivore. And the opponent fighting fiercely with this ferocious primitive beast…

Song Xu grabbed her ears, turning to Wu Mu in shock, “I only knew Hei Sen was a tiger beastman, but no one told me she was a saber-toothed tiger!”

Unbeknownst to her, Wu Mu was equally shocked, though it didn’t show on his face. He tried hard to recall if his mother, Hei Sen, looked like this. He couldn’t remember her having such long teeth, and her size was much larger than he remembered. Except for the two long fangs, the giant tiger in front looked very similar to the one in Song Xu’s memory, with yellow fur and black stripes.

What shocked Song Xu the most was the exaggerated size of the giant tiger. How could there be a three- or four-meter-tall tiger? It’s like a giant truck!

Looking at the bulging muscles on its forearm, one punch could crush a snake as big as Wu Mu.

While the two were stunned on the tree, the battle below reached a conclusion. The fierce primitive beast fell with a thud, its hind legs, back, and neck bitten into holes, blood gushing out. They seemed to have been fighting for a long time, the primitive beast struggling unwillingly on the ground, raising its head and roaring at the sky, but couldn’t get up. The big tiger panted heavily, white steam coming out of its bloody mouth, blood wetting its cheeks and teeth, dripping down with its snarling. The sound of its breathing was like a car engine.

Having finished the battle, the giant tiger sensed the nearby prying eyes and suddenly turned its head. Its amber-golden eyes gleamed fiercely, the aura of a top predator making one’s mind go blank, leaving only instinctive fear. There was no touching scene in which the mother and child recognized each other at a glance and hugged with tears. The atmosphere was tense and unfamiliar, the tiger ready to eat people at any moment.

Song Xu felt herself stiffen from a squirrel into a pine tree, and the snake holding her was the same, his stress response triggered by the threat, ready to strike at any moment.

Song Xu clutched his hand hard, reminding him to stay calm. “Don’t fight, dear; if you go up and get killed by Mom, it would be a tragedy!”

The giant tiger glanced at them, suddenly pouncing on the struggling dinosaur, stepping on its body, and biting its head off with a flick. After discarding the dead primitive beast, she roared loudly, turning to charge at the tree Wu Mu was coiled around.

Wu Mu reacted quickly, about to run instantly. Song Xu only felt a tremor beneath her, the giant tiger’s impact breaking the tree Wu Mu was coiled around.

A big snake, carrying a squirrel, was chased through the forest by a giant tiger. After a frantic escape, the big tiger finally stopped chasing and roared behind them. Even though Song Xu didn’t understand tiger language, she could translate the roar’s meaning: “Get lost, brat. If you dare to peek around and disturb my hunting and eating again, I’ll tear your head off!”

The tiger’s roar faded. Hanging from Wu Mu’s elbow, Song Xu swung her legs, breaking the silence: “Do Hei Se not remember you?”

To be precise, she suspected that Hei Sen had eaten too many primitive beasts, causing her mind to become unclear, just as Huhu said, turning into a beast that recognizes no kin.

Wu Mu probably sensed the current situation from the giant tiger’s attitude, feeling a bit down as he patted Song Xu’s head. Then he carried Song Xu and walked back again. They passed the trees knocked down by the giant tiger and returned to the battlefield.

Song Xu: “Exciting.”

She believed they would soon be chased by the big tiger again. Unexpectedly, they only saw the corpse of the primitive beast in the messy field, with some small primitive beasts gnawing on it, but the big tiger was nowhere to be seen. She fought the primitive beast for half a day, but she didn’t eat it or take it away; she just left it there. Was she fighting the primitive beast not to eat but for fun?

“What now? Should we go find her?” Song Xu asked.

“Find her,” Wu Mu repeated the last two words.

But this time, even though they wanted to find her, they couldn’t find her for several days.

“It’s like playing a gacha game. At first, you get a powerful character to show you, then they take it back and point to the pool, saying, ‘See, she’s in there; draw her if you can,’ and from then on, the hopeful player keeps drawing but never gets her.” Song Xu chewed on leaves tastelessly, wondering if her luck of drawing three golds in ten pulls had run out.

What worried Song Xu the most was that Wu Mu hadn’t had a full meal for a long time. He relied on the occasional mouse she fed him, along with some fruits and roots, which were just a drop in the bucket.

In the days they searched for Hei Sen, they walked through the forest but saw no animals other than the primitive beasts living there. Perhaps this was why Hei Sen ate primitive beasts to the point of losing her mind. If trapped here without eating primitive beasts, she would starve to death, making the current situation inevitable. Now, Wu Mu faced the same crisis, while Song Xu could find plenty to eat here.

“Should we search this way today?” Most of the time, Song Xu walked beside Wu Mu, holding his hand. She couldn’t smell Hei Sen’s scent at all, relying on Wu Mu to lead the way, as he could still catch a bit of the tiger’s scent.

The trouble was that the giant tiger seemed energetic, liking to run around, so many places had her scent, and they occasionally saw fresh primitive beasts she might have eaten but never saw her. They passed a giant primitive beast over fifty meters long, a herbivorous dinosaur eating leaves. Like elephants and giraffes, few predators would hunt them, as they had too much meat to finish and thick skin hard to bite, making them not the first choice for food. With no natural enemies, they always stayed in one place, slowly munching on leaves.

Song Xu and Wu Mu passed under its feet, the big guy not even lowering its head. It was almost always eating to sustain its massive body, having no time to bother with small animals underfoot. Song Xu had gotten used to seeing them these days, no longer so surprised, even touching the primitive beast’s foot like a tree trunk as they passed.

“There.” Wu Mu once again tracked the giant tiger’s scent.

This time, it wasn’t in vain. As they approached, they heard the sounds of fighting. Peeking through the leaves, they saw the giant tiger and a primitive beast tearing at each other like two trucks colliding.

They were farther away this time, Song Xu peeking through the leaves, marveling, “Wu Mu, I’ll never say you like fighting again. Hei Sen really loves fighting.”

After finishing the fight, the tiger slapped the dead enemy and turned fiercely towards Wu Mu and Song Xu.

“She spotted us from this far!” During their escape, Song Xu summarized their failure, “Next time, we need to hide farther away.”

The tiger stopped chasing, and Wu Mu, carrying the squirrel, descended from the tree and followed again. They watched her finish eating half a primitive beast, clean her fur, and then walk away in a cat-like manner.

“Is she going back to her den after eating? Quick, follow her. Once we find her home, it’ll be easier!” Song Xu urged excitedly.

They followed all the way, crossing dense forests, arriving at… a seaside?
The giant tiger jumped onto a seaside rock, looking at a vaguely outlined island in the distance.