The Flower Of The High Mountain Turns Into A Cat And Is Picked Up By A Human Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Liu Yanhuan was desperate to prove himself, trying to pull up the files stored on his phone, sweating profusely in his frantic rush.

Just then, a clear voice, like the collision of jade beads, rang out.

“I advise you to hurry up and find your companion, then leave this place.”

Bai Chendeng, holding the cat, offered a quiet reminder.

Liu Yanhuan was so startled he nearly threw his phone, but thankfully it was hanging around his neck, so it couldn’t be lost.

“Huh? Oh… Friend, what did you say?”

Bai Chendeng sighed softly: “Go find your companion quickly.”

Liu Yanhuan finally regained some composure, realizing that his assistant, Little Wang (Wang Dehui), was also in the village and in danger.

“Good, good, I’ll go look now. Where is Little Wang…”

The screen began to change as Liu Yanhuan raised his flashlight and started searching.

However, the connection time was only ten minutes, and he had already wasted two minutes. How long would it take to find him this way?

Bai Chendeng advised: “Just shout.”

Liu Yanhuan snapped out of his daze. He no longer cared if shouting loudly would attract something bad. Little Wang had followed him for so many years; they had struggled together until now, closer than family.

“Wang Dehui!”

“Wang Dehui, where are you!”

“Run, and shout while running.”

“Hoo… Wang Dehui!”

“Wang Dehui… Hoo… Wang Dehui!”

Fearing that Little Wang might have met with misfortune, Liu Yanhuan started sprinting desperately.

[This…]

[It feels like the streamer on the other side knows something…]

[Is this scripted?]

[Our Little Liu never uses scripts! Moderator, kick them out!]

[I just checked, the streamer on the other side is quite something!]

[What’s going on?]

[Brothers, he’s a Noble Person!]

[Huh?]

[The streamer on the other side connected with Master Fang, and Master Fang said he was a Noble Person, the kind that evil spirits run far away from when they see him!]

[??? So?]

[No wonder. Little Liu was about to be eaten in that situation, but then the live stream connected, and that thing retreated…]

[What are you all talking about?]

[Noble Person!]

[Little Liu, hurry up!]

Heaven was merciful. Just as Liu Yanhuan’s throat was burning from running and shouting, a faint cry for help finally drifted from a distance.

Liu Yanhuan was ecstatic. He continued shouting, following the direction of the sound, and finally spotted Wang Dehui by a broken haystack.

When the flashlight swept over, dry grass mixed with dirt was scattered everywhere, as if someone had struggled violently, knocking the haystack apart and covering it in mud.

Wang Dehui’s face was covered in tears and snot. Seeing Liu Yanhuan running toward him, the joy of survival surged up. He ignored his bleeding, bitten hands and neck, and stood up, limping.

“Brother Liu… *hic*… Brother Liu…”

The young man was weeping profusely, hobbling to meet Liu Yanhuan.

“Little Wang, how are you? Why are you in such a terrible state?”

“Brother Liu, I, I almost didn’t make it…”

Seeing the blood all over his collar and the mud and grass clippings covering his body, Liu Yanhuan shivered belatedly.

If those things hadn’t suddenly retreated, would he have ended up like this too?

“It’s alright, Little Wang, we’re leaving right now.”

Bai Chendeng’s voice sounded again.

“You have two minutes left to leave. Carry him and run.”

“!”

Wang Dehui was so scared his voice cracked with a sob.

“Who is that!”

Liu Yanhuan comforted him: “It’s the friend we connected with. Thanks to his reminder. Come, I’ll carry you. Let’s get out of here quickly.”

[…]

[Little Liu is truly slow on the uptake.]

[Little Wang is too miserable. His hands and neck look like they’ve been gnawed down to the flesh, right?]

[Blood is everywhere. You call this a script?]

[Seeing this bloody scene late at night, I’m going to have nightmares.]

[If they hadn’t met the Noble Person, would Little Liu and Little Wang have…]

[Ah, I’m so anxious watching this! Run! The connection time is almost up, and then they won’t be able to escape!]

[Thank you to the streamer on the other side! Our streamer almost lost his life (crying.jpg)]

[Is this still in the country?]

[No, my worldview is collapsing!]

Liu Yanhuan was panting like a broken bellows, wheezing and struggling like a dying man, sending chills down everyone’s spines.

He didn’t know where the exit was, relying only on sheer determination. He carried Wang Dehui and had him shine the flashlight.

Wang Dehui sobbed: “Brother Liu, those rats ran away as soon as you arrived. You saved my life. I’ll be your ox and horse from now on.”

Only then did Liu Yanhuan realize those creatures were rats.

It made sense. Besides rats, what other creatures could gather in such numbers and run rampant in an abandoned village?

“Don’t be afraid. I, your Brother Liu, am blessed by fortune, protected by gods and buddhas, and assisted by a Noble Person. I will definitely get you out.”

[We don’t know about the rest, but this time it really was a Noble Person helping.]

[Does Little Liu realize that he’s safe because he connected with the Noble Person?]

[I don’t know! He doesn’t have time to look at the live chat. I’m so worried!]

[Run faster, Little Liu!]

Bai Chendeng saw the person on the other side running increasingly off course, with the demonic energy ahead growing thicker. He was utterly helpless.

“Wrong way. Run behind you.”

Hearing this, Liu Yanhuan didn’t hesitate. He turned around, changed direction, and kept sprinting.

However, time was running out.

Ten minutes. Finding Wang Dehui was already a miracle, let alone leaving the village.

[The connection is about to end!!!]

Time waited for no one. Amidst the screen full of exclamation points from the fans, the connection dropped.

The fans in the live stream, having watched their streamer’s noble aura ward off evil and save someone remotely, felt like they hadn’t woken up and were still living in a dream.

The world had suddenly become fantastical.

[It’s over, the connection is broken. Little Liu won’t be in trouble, will he?]

[Update: I’m watching both streams. Little Liu is being chased by rats (crying.jpg)]

[That fast? Oh my god!]

[Can they connect again?]

[They didn’t add each other as friends. Now they’re screwed. Little Liu is done for…]

Bai Chendeng offered a word of reassurance.

“They can connect.”

On the other side, sweat streamed down Liu Yanhuan’s forehead, droplets hanging on his eyelashes. But he had no free hands to wipe the sweat, so he had Wang Dehui do it for him.

Wang Dehui’s hands were covered in wounds, smearing blood onto Liu Yanhuan’s forehead.

They hadn’t run long before their speed slowed down.

And the rustling sound, hidden within their gasps and footsteps, like thousands of tiny feet scurrying across the ground, followed them like maggots crawling on bone.

“Brother Liu…”

Wang Dehui cried miserably: “They seem to be catching up.”

Liu Yanhuan choked out an “Ah,” stumbling slightly. Fortunately, he stabilized himself, or they would have both fallen to the ground.

“Friend? Friend? Are you there, friend?”

He called out twice but received no response.

Liu Yanhuan panicked: “It’s over, the connection time is up!”

Wang Dehui slid off his back, bewildered, but the flashlight swept over a dense mass of tiny feet, like long, moldy hair. His scalp crawled: “Brother Liu, they’re here! The rats have caught up!”

“Squeak squeak squeak—Squeak—Squeak!”

As soon as he finished speaking, countless small black shadows with red eyes surged forward like a flood.

Liu Yanhuan and Wang Dehui screamed simultaneously, their voices shrill, already anticipating their demise.

“Brother Liu! Brother Liu! I was wrong! I shouldn’t have chosen this place! Don’t come closer, don’t come closer!!!”

“Help… Help!!!”

Rats were already climbing up their bodies via their trouser legs. Though they were living creatures, they were chillingly cold. Excruciating pain shot through their ankles as chunks of flesh were gnawed off.

“Ah! They’re crawling inside! They’re crawling inside! Help!!!”

[Ahhhhhhh!]

[Can this be streamed? Can this be streamed?!]

[I’m going crazy, ahhhhhhh!]

[People are going to die!! Can someone do something!]

[Where is the Noble Person? Can they connect!]

[Damn it, Little Liu didn’t add him as a friend, how can they connect?!]

Bai Chendeng reassured the fans in his live stream: “They can connect.”

Then, he immediately initiated the connection.

With the massive popularity of the live stream, it could be guaranteed not to drop. The person on the other side probably couldn’t send calls or messages outside of the live stream. In this situation, he had a high probability of connecting to their live stream.

He hoped the human on the other side was lucky enough, or at least not completely unlucky.

After a brief wait—

Liu Yanhuan endured the pain, grabbing the few rats that had climbed onto his face. They weren’t large, and they were soft, yet they lacked the usual warmth of living creatures.

Bulges formed under his pants as the rodents gnawed at his flesh and skin. The pain turned into numbness, leaving only endless terror.

On that human face, there were gray-black rats, constantly struggling hands, and a pair of eyes.

Eyes filled with despair.

The pupils reflected a faint, cold light from an unknown source. The cold light, accompanied by a mysterious power, gradually grew, transforming from an almost imperceptible point of chill into a luminous circle, like a silvery disc.

“Look, they connected.”

A voice, tinged with a bit of delight, suddenly sounded amidst the chaotic “squeaking.”

Bai Chendeng quickly glanced at the live chat and asked: “Are you alright?”

Someone was asking him—”Are you alright?”

Liu Yanhuan let out a gasping sound from his throat.

In an instant, the things that were sucking the life out of him and swallowing his flesh seemed to encounter a fatal nemesis. They abandoned the food at their mouths without hesitation and fled rapidly.

They surged in like the tide and receded like the ebb.

Liu Yanhuan found it hard to describe the feeling of that moment.

He lost all strength and collapsed onto the ground.

He swallowed hard, clinging tightly to his last straw of hope.

“I… I’m alright…”

Just seconds before, he had been screaming hysterically.

[I’m crying]

[Teary-eyed]

[I was so scared, I really thought Little Liu was going to die (crying.jpg)]

[I was terrified, terrified!]

[Little Liu, how can you say you’re alright!]

[My mom thought I was watching a horror movie, she said the sounds were too creepy…]

Due to the perspective, everyone could only hear the streamer’s voice. Amidst the violent shaking, the picture was unclear, but the rapidly passing black shadows and the red eyes filled with demonic energy, coupled with the screams, were enough to fuel the imagination.

Liu Yanhuan, like a dying old man on his last legs, struggled to stand up, picked up the flashlight, and pointed the camera at himself.

The image showed his blood-stained, torn shirt. Like Wang Dehui, he had many wounds on his neck, which continued to seep blood with every breath.

Liu Yanhuan did not show his face, fearing he would scare people.

“Friend, you saved me.”

His voice was hoarse.

It was heartbreaking to hear.

Bai Chendeng hummed in acknowledgment.

“Can you two still move?”

On the ground, Wang Dehui let out a faint groan. The will to survive gradually allowed him to regain control of his body, waking up from endless terror.

“Yes…”

Bai Chendeng: “Go. I will watch over you until you leave.”

Hearing this, both men’s noses stung almost simultaneously, and tears nearly streamed out.

This time it wasn’t just fear, but a mix of the will to survive, lingering dread, the luck of being alive, and a sense of security, causing them to weep uncontrollably.

“Okay…”

Liu Yanhuan choked out his reply again: “Okay.”