Chapter 129 – The Mutation (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

It was a peaceful night. A few ferocious beasts quietly walked past the tree. They probably smelled Caesar’s blood so they looked up the tree. Then they swaggered away without doing anything threatening.

In the hole of the trunk, the insect no longer came out. Even when a flying insect flew to the tree hole, it no longer stretched out to open its mouth.

Shao Xuan guessed it was the profound craft that kept the other animals away, just like what happened with the tribal ceremony. Now, even though there was no flame, no ferocious beasts or other beasts attacked them, which might not be a coincidence.

In spite of knowing this, Shao Xuan still kept vigilant for the whole night.

In the early morning, the two moons gradually disappeared in the sky.

The birds in the tree had been twittering actively.

When the sunlight shone through the leaves, the birds that had stayed in the nests above Shao Xuan had already left.

Caesar’s wounds had stopped bleeding, the scabs there looked a bit horrible, but in fact, the wounds were healing up.

Lying on the bough, Caesar breathed steadily and did not wake up. Hearing his breath gradually become louder, Shao Xuan felt reassured temporarily. He also examined the broken bones in Caesar’s body, and found they now had recovered without even any traces of fracture.

Were these good changes brought by the profound craft?

Shao Xuan stood still for a moment in the tree, and listened carefully. He heard the sound of a wood whistle, so he guessed the hunting group was looking for them. He quickly took out his wood whistle and blew it according to their rhythm, which sounded like birdsong in the woods.

After a while, Mai came over with the others, looking for them.

“Ah-Xuan!”

When Mai saw Shao Xuan standing in the tree, he finally felt relieved.

The sight of Caesar shocked Mai.

“How did he get injured so seriously…” Mai didn’t continue because he became distracted.

No!

“He… he is…”

Pointing at Caesar lying there, Mai stuttered with doubts in his eyes.

“Is he…Caesar?” Lang Ga went forward to look at him carefully. “He was not so large yesterday. Why do I feel he grew up overnight?”

The others who came with Mai also nodded, glancing at Caesar constantly.

“He was injured yesterday, and experienced some changes.” Said Shao Xuan.

“But he has changed a lot.” Lang Ga muttered.

However, they shouldn’t talk about this at this moment. Their priority was leaving here and going back to the cave.

Mai and the others hadn’t gone back and kept vigilant for the whole night. At dawn, they continued looking for Shao Xuan, so they didn’t sleep.

Looking at their faces wrought with obvious fatigue, Shao Xuan felt very sorry.

“Sorry.” Said Shao Xuan.

Although he would like to beat Shao Xuan here, he knew the priority was going back to the cave, for those waiting for them in the cave hadn’t slept either.

Shao Xuan put Caesar down slowly from the tree with the stretcher, for

Caesar hadn’t woken up.

Yesterday, the stretcher fitted him well, but today, when Caesar was put on it again, the stretcher was so small that half of his head and tail exceeded the edge of the stretcher.

Mai and the others picked him up under the tree. After they put down the stretcher, they said, “He became much heavier.”

“He became bigger and thinner.” A middle-aged man next to Mai whispered.

Caesar was raised very well, and he never got thin, even when he went hunting with the hunting group, different from those starving beasts in the woods. But now, Caesar looked skinny and even appalling.

With the help of Mai and the others, Shao Xuan found it much easier to

carry the stretcher to bring Caesar back to the cave.

People staying in the cave of the first holdout did not sleep well. Qiao and the others had waited for them at the entrance for the whole night. All of them were very anxious. The return of Mai and Shao Xuan with all the other members reassured them.

“It is good that all of you came back safely.” Qiao looked at those who had just returned. After carefully looking at Shao Xuan, she found he wasn’t hurt, and then she smiled.

“I’m sorry to worry everyone.” Said Shao Xuan, admitting that his leaving without saying a word was a mistake.

“That’s all right.” Qiao intended to ask them about what happened yesterday, with her eyes fixed on the stretcher. She first guessed Caesar got injured, and then she found something unusual.

“Go inside first.” Mai carried the stretcher to the cave.

Shao Xuan settled Caesar down and asked for some drugs to treat Caesar’s wounds.

When applying the drugs to Caesar, Shao Xuan briefly told everyone what happened to him after he left them.

The surrounding people were shocked by Shao Xuan’s words, especially Lang Ga.

Swallowing his saliva, Lang Ga thought it was unbelievable, and questioned, “The trap zone? Caesar led the wolves to the trap zone!”

He didn’t feel it was a pity that his traps were destroyed, but felt shocked that Caesar could trick his opponents with the traps.

“In addition, he also led them to the tar pit.” Said Shao Xuan. Standing next to him, Lang Ga could not help scratching his arm, and felt very horrified.

Since they went hunting, they always thought that only human beings could use the trap to defeat the beasts and ferocious beasts. It was unexpected that the animals could also do this. In the past, this was absolutely unimaginable.

“Why does Caesar look…”

“He mutated.” Said Shao Xuan.

To a certain extent, Caesar’s change was a mutation.

“Mutation?” Lang Ga didn’t understand this word.

“That is to say, Caesar may have become close to a ferocious beast, or even completely a ferocious beast.” Shao Xuan explained it briefly and directly.