The Human Cub's Guide to Wasteland SurvivalCh18 - It was Him!

Feng Chen decisively pulled Yan Bubu forward and ran into the elevator. The bugs began to vibrate their wings, buzzing like small planes as they rapidly flew towards the two.

“Q-quickly close the door!” Yan Bubu shouted in panic. UMZKy

The elevator doors closed, only for a series of hard impacts to follow. The sturdy metal doors were actually being peppered with small dents.

Feng Chen pressed the button for the fifth floor, and the elevator began to go down. Yet not a second later, it suddenly stopped.

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“What happened?” Yan Bubu asked.

Feng Chen continued to press the fifth floor button. “I don’t know, maybe it’s stuck.” iH3Bvu

The bugs were still frantically banging on the elevator doors. The metal doors kept making dull sounds as more dents appeared. The car started to shake and creak.

Yan Bubu looked around to see if there was another exit, but his eyes suddenly stopped when they slid down to the left wall.

The smooth metal wall clearly reflected the inside of the car. Thin snakes were coming in through the air holes on the roof. They dangled in the air, raising their heds slightly to take aim at the two.

Yan Bubu whirled around. “Snakes– Ah!”

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Just as the words came out, a thin snake darted over and wrapped itself around his waist, pulling him into the air. The other snakes raised their head and struck.

Feng Chen slashed his dagger at this time, severing the thin snake that attacked Yan Bubu in two. A few drops of black liquid splashed down.

The segment of snake that fell to the floor surprisingly morphed into dark gray vines that still had green leaves attached.

“Young Master…” Yan Bubu struggled in the air. cZzd3S

Feng Chen continued to swing his dagger and stabbed at the vine wrapped around Yan Bubu. It abruptly retracted, Yan Bubu falling to the floor with a snap.

He was dizzy, but quickly climbed to his feet anyway.

More cut vines fell to the floor. Feng Chen didn’t notice there was a vine behind him too, silently wrapping around his waist.

Yan Bubu suddenly jumped up and grabbed the vine. He used the force of him falling to pulled it down hard. The vine was tensed pencil straight, writhing in midair and slamming him into the walls of the car. Ir8DZ

Yan Bubu was so dizzy after being whacked a few times, but he never let go.

Feng Chen was finally able to extricate himself and cut that vine. He caught Yan Bubu who fell down.

The ground was littered with several sections of black vines that resembled charcoal. The vines that had their heads severed didn’t dare to attack again. They clung to the top of the elevator like vipers waiting to strike.

Ding-dong. cbVJQ5

Because of the delay in going down, the elevator made a sound to signal the doors were about to open.

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“Stay behind me.” aVr3Zq

Feng Chen bellowed. He charged out with the fire extinguisher instead of waiting for the vines overhead to strike. Yan Bubu hurried after him.

The only way out of the hall other than the elevator was a window. Feng Chen used the fire extinguisher to spray those beetles as he headed over to the window.

This fire extinguisher was not for civilian use, so it was really powerful. The foam pushed the beetles all the way to the opposite wall, forming a writhing pile more than half a meter high that made people’s hair stand on end.

The big tree in the center of the hall was also being blasted incessantly. Many leaves fell off as tiny branches snapped. Those big white fruits the size of winter melons also shook. Finally, one dropped and split in half on the floor. otqHI4

Feng Chen’s body tensed. If an even larger bug flew out of that big fruit, things would get even worse.

Who could have known that the big white fruit didn’t contain more bugs, but a curled up human corpse?

–The corpse was still clothed, but dried out as if all its flesh and blood had been sucked out, leaving only saggy skin wrapped around dry bone.

Yan Bubu saw it too. He shrank behind Feng Chen with a pale face. “Young, Young Master, there are people growing out of that tree.” o67X20

“They’re not growing from the tree, the tree ate them.”

“Huh? A, a man-eating tree?”

The red light on the bottom of the fire extinguisher flashed, indicating the foam inside was about to run out. The vines from the elevator spread wildly, already out of the elevator and snaking towards them.

Feng Chen retreated to the window, his left hand pressing the switch on the wall. The automatic window slowly opened, the hot and dry air outside instantly pouring in. vMpJso

He glanced outside. They were on the tenth floor. Unless he and Yan Bubu managed to grow wings, they couldn’t leave this room.

The fire extinguisher spit out one last bit of foam before falling silent. The bugs that were blasted to the wall crawled out from under the leaves and fruit shells and started to take to the air.

The elevator has been completely sealed off by the vines. They were halfway across the room and rapidly creeping towards the window.

Yan Bubu had picked up an iron bar from somewhere. He waved it at those climbing vines and barked, “Stay back, stay back I said! If you don’t stop, I’m going to hit you.” Hjy2Cx

Feng Chen glanced at the corpse that fell out of the big fruit. Gritting his teeth, he took off his backpack and threw it to Yan Bubu, then got down on one knee and ordered, “Put it on and get on my back.”

Yan Bubu would never disobey his orders. He quickly put the backpack on and then pounced on his back.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

“Are we going to rush into the elevator? I’ll watch your back while you run, Young Master.”

“Hold on tight and don’t let go.” SV0cIt

Yan Bubu tightened his grip on Feng Chen’s neck. His legs clamped down on the teen’s slender waist.

Feng Chen’s lips were tightly pursed, but didn’t rush for the elevator. The moment the beetles took off, he abruptly grabbed the windowsill and swiftly flipped out.

There was a plastic pipe as thick as a bowl outside the window. Feng Chen stepped on it once he was outside. The moment before those beetles would come chasing out, he reached over and shut the window.

The military grade metal window closed airtight. It rattled under the beetles’ assault. One beetle was cut in half, the front part falling straight down. rBNo4T

The outer wall was very smooth. There was nothing here except for this water pipe. Feng Chen could only cling to the wall like a gecko, bringing his body as close to the wall as close as possible. His fingers gripped the seams between the bricks.

Yan Bubu was behind him, dangling ten floors off the ground. He looked down and became dizzy with fear. He couldn’t bear to look again.

“You mustn’t move no matter what. If you do, both of us might fall.” Feng Chen hoarsely instructed.

“Okay, okay. I-I-I won’t move.” nersIc

This wall was too smooth. Feng Chen began to shift to one side, hoping to go around to the other side of the building to see if there was another pipe he could use. Climbing up to the roof or sliding downstairs were both good.

Yan Bubu rested his head on Feng Chen’s shoulder, even calming his breathing for fear that his chest would rise and fall too much.

He just wished his heart wasn’t beating so violently. If only it didn’t beat at all.

Luckily, the brick seams were quite deep. Feng Chen’s fingers tightly grasped them as he slowly shifted to the left. Sweat fell into his eyes, but he didn’t even dare to blink. He let the mixture of tears and drip down his face. gUzlxf

Yan Bubu didn’t dare to make a sound, afraid of distracting Feng Chen. In his mind, though, he frantically chanted the magic spell: “Awubengga Adawuxiya, Awubengga Adawuxiya…”

Crack.

The plastic pipe beneath his feet suddenly ruptured.

It wasn’t too loud, but for Feng Chen and Yan Bubu it was deafening. 5QzYlr

Their combined weight was over a hundred pounds. The pipe was strong, but it was ultimately made of plastic and couldn’t handle that much.

If they continued to the left, the pipe would definitely break. However, the beetles were still launching themselves against the window on the right. There was no turning back.

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–They would end up like the corpses in those big fruits if they do.

Feng Chen took a deep breath and stepped to the left again, bringing his foot down gently and slowly. n6lFKa

Both held their breath as their weight shifted to the foot in front.

One second, two seconds…The pipe didn’t make any strange noises.

Whew…

The two exhaled deeply at the same time. nrZAOT

But at that very moment, the pipe snapped without the slightest warning. Feng Chen plunged straight down with Yan Bubu on his back.

His mind went blank then. The smooth walls flew by before his eyes, his ears buffeted by the sound of the wind. His blood rushed like a surging tide as he subconsciously reached for the wall, trying to grab something, anything, to no avail.

Yan Bubu closed his eyes and, as his stomach flew up into his chest, shouted out, “Awubengyi–

Looking at the ground that was rushing closer and closer, Feng Chen drowned in despair and fear. Many things flashed by his eyes in the span of a second. The faces of his parents. Yet he seemed to think nothing at all at the same time, only hearing Yan Bubu’s off-tune whimpers in his ears. u6fiqm

Every muscle in his body tensed at this moment as adrenaline secretion peaked. Something sudden exploded within him. With a deafening sound, a dazzling white light erupted before his eyes.

Feng Chen has only only thought running through his mind right now.

–He was about to hit the ground.

However, he merely grazed the ground before being swept away, neither feeling the pain of impact nor losing consciousness. 4zeUJV

Something seemed to have caught him the instant before impact.

Feng Chen stiffly turned his eyes to watch as the ruins beneath rapidly faded from sight. His eyes then slowly shifted down to the large black head in front of him.

Smooth fur on the body, long mane on the head, erect ears…

Feng Chen realized that he was being carried by some kind of large beast right now. It was also this fierce beast that caught him before he crashed to the ground. jNdApW

A sense of unreality rose up in him. He struggled to tell if this was real or not until he heard Yan Bubu’s scream from behind him, “–Adawuxiya!”

Feng Chen reached out and gently touched the neck of the fierce beast beneath him.

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He couldn’t see it clearly right now, but based on the shape of its head, fur and ears, he guessed that it was a black lion.

When the palm of his hand touched silky smooth fur, a sense of familiarity instantly filled his body. A thought appeared in Feng Chen’s mind: Stop. Don’t go any further. wdVdfD

Who knew that as soon as this thought appeared, the black lion was running beneath him would really stop in its tracks.

Feng Chen could sense that it heard his mental command. He could also feel its response.

— It was like they were of one mind. There was not a speck of resistance, like he was a dear, long lost friend or relative.

No, no. Not a friend or a relative. It was like the black lion was a part of his body indistinguishable from himself. La6fr7

It was him.

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  1. Whew .. that was a close call !!! Kid awakened superpower.. Black mane reminds me of Scar’s manes..

  2. Wow.. what an emotional roller coaster..

    His lion and that feeling he had that it was a part of him reminded me of A-Dai and her snake.