Chapter 1632: Bullying the Ox

Chapter 1632: Chapter 1632: Bullying the Ox

"I’ve got a bold idea too." Chu Jiaojiao raised her hand and looked around at everyone.

"I’ve got a pretty good idea—" Yue Qiyuan was half a step slower, but also raised his hand, looking all ready to start a grand speech.

"Can you two stop chirping about ideas already?" Even the usually lazy, lie-down-never-sit-up Sheng Qingyan couldn’t listen any longer and rushed them, "Hurry up and say how we’re gonna do it?"

Do it?

Do what...

Still need to ask? Obviously we’re trying to get a piece of the tunnel wall. This bold idea, none of them said out loud, because everyone knew it in their hearts.

Since they wanted to take a piece of the tunnel wall with them, the problem was—

How?

The tunnel wall was extremely flexible yet also extremely hard. Even if Space Rift overlaps crushed it and split it a tiny bit, it could restore itself completely in an instant.

This thing was obviously a very good thing.

From ancient times till now, there had never been a record of anyone managing to cut off a piece of tunnel wall, because although the tunnel wall was very flexible and hard, at the same time it was also extremely fragile.

Attack it from the outside, and that frog-egg-like Monster lurking out there could only sit outside the wall, staring at Ji You and the others drooling, with no way to bite in. Even the terrifying natural Strength of several layers of overlapping space couldn’t do anything to it either.

But—

If you attacked it from the inside, it was ridiculously easy. You didn’t need much Strength, didn’t need much effort; as long as you had a weapon and could reach its edge, you could poke right through it. Because of these characteristics, when everyone ran into the Two-headed Bull inside the Space Rift, both sides understood the situation and didn’t dare fight too hard, afraid that one careless move would poke a hole right through the tunnel wall.

After Sheng Qingyan said this, everyone fell silent for a moment. A few seconds later, Ji You said softly, "I’ve already been thinking back and forth about this question for a long time, and after thinking forever I feel that since we want a piece of tunnel wall, then we have to act in that exact instant when we rush out of the tunnel!"

"The problem now is—" Chu Jiaojiao frowned and said, "How do we determine the precise timing of that instant when we burst out of the tunnel."

That really was a problem.

Take right now for example: everyone originally thought they’d already reached the final stretch of the tunnel, and it would only take a few seconds to dash out. But unexpectedly, they’d been dragging on for several more minutes and still hadn’t gotten through.

And Old Yellow Bull was still charging like mad, completely ignoring the few human little bugs riding near it. The little bugs couldn’t kill it for now, but that devouring Monster outside could kill it in a heartbeat.

Old Niu absolutely did not want to die in a beast’s belly and become a Monster’s breeding tank.

Thinking that, Old Yellow Bull ran even faster! But its body was far too massive, almost the size of five X-N3848-class spaceships. And as the tunnel got narrower and narrower, that greatly reduced its speed, so even if it wanted to go faster, it had to move carefully, not daring to scrape the tunnel wall.

Old Yellow Bull was putting its all into dragging Ji You and the others along, too busy to think about anything else, just focused on fleeing for its life. In its 200-year bull life, it had figured out one truth—run fast and you live, run slow and you become food.

Just then, Ji You suddenly raised her hand and lightly tapped its back, saying, "I’ve thought about this problem. We really have no way and no ability to accurately judge the timing in the tunnel—but don’t forget we’ve got our old buddy—Old Niu!"

With that, Ji You patted its back and said, "Old Niu, gonna trouble you with something—"

Old Yellow Bull: "..."

Old Yellow Bull: "Moo——"

[Who’s your old buddy? Shameless.]

Ji You let out a heh-heh laugh and said, "Old Niu, we’ve known each other so long now, we’re basically comrades who’ve gone through life and death together. You’re definitely willing to help with something this small, right?"

As she spoke, Ji You jumped over to the second head of Old Yellow Bull. She plopped down on it, grabbed the stinky bomb, and aimed it at Old Yellow Bull’s big nostril, saying, "Old Niu? Old Niu? Old Niu, don’t fall asleep, hurry up and open your mouth and take a breath—"

Old Yellow Bull: "..."

Old Yellow Bull was about to suffocate.

While Ji You was doing this, He Bi followed over as well. After all, they were about to exit the tunnel, and once out, they’d no longer share the tunnel wall as a common danger. At that point, Old Yellow Bull might very well turn on them.

Anyway, He Bi felt that being more cautious was absolutely necessary.

Ji You had picked the left head. The left head was half the size of the right one, carefully hidden by Old Yellow Bull beside the right head and the big ear. If you didn’t look closely, you basically couldn’t notice it at all.

It looked like this head was useless, but based on their prior investigation, Ji You and He Bi knew that this was actually the command center for the Two-headed Bull’s enormous body. The big head on the right was just for show, not much real use.

Rumor had it that if the big head of a Two-headed Bull got chopped off, it could grow a new one, but if the small head got chopped off, the Two-headed Bull would die—

This bull was a bit unlucky. It had originally hidden this head very thoroughly, but then these human little bugs jumped onto its back, sat down, and discovered it just like that.

What a rotten fate.

The reason the stinky bomb could threaten the Two-headed Bull was precisely because this head was crucially important. The overly intense stink would make it feel woozy, unable to stay clear-headed...

Ji You smiled with squinty eyes and said, "Old Niu, if you don’t open your eyes soon, this stinky bomb won’t listen to me anymore."

The Two-headed Bull really wanted to ignore these annoying little bugs, but the most annoying one, that short little bug, was holding the stink bomb right at its nostril. It couldn’t breathe at all, and the short bug was even threatening it...

Helpless, Old Yellow Bull opened its eyes and blinked at Ji You. Those round black eyes stared blankly at her, hoping to muddle through.

[Huh? Don’t get it.]

Ji You wasn’t that easy to fool. Staring at the ’innocent, pure’ face of Old Yellow Bull, she showed a kindly smile and said, "If you don’t get it, that’s fine. I’ll teach you. First, open your mouth, then take a deep breath, and you’ll understand everything."

Old Yellow Bull: "..."

He Bi gripped his knife and said, "If it really doesn’t get it, that’s fine too. Maybe the head’s busted. We’ll just swap it for a new one."

Old Yellow Bull: "..."

Good grief!

These human little bugs were terrifying.

Old Yellow Bull’s whole body trembled, and it obediently opened its mouth: "Moo moo mou——"

He Bi loosened his grip on the knife and asked, "What did it say?"

Ji You pressed her lips together in a smile and said, "It says it knows when we can get out of the tunnel—roughly in 30 seconds."

The timing was way too tight. Hearing that, He Bi frowned. "Can we trust it?"

Ji You said, "Can’t trust it. So I’ve decided we’ll act in 15 seconds."

Old Yellow Bull: "!!!"

Good grief!

How did she know Old Niu was lying? And even know the exact timing?!!!