Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1298 - 664: Giant Bat Cave - Descent (Part 2)

"Speaking of her current way of talking, doesn’t it sound terribly old-fashioned to people nowadays?"

During this time, she picked up quite a few new popular phrases of human society from those who came up from the underground world while inside the World Tree.

However, Old Yang in front of her probably doesn’t understand them either; after all, he’s not from the underground world.

Thinking about the underground world, Li Wenxi suddenly felt a bit heavyhearted.

Who knows how the underground world is doing now.

The extraterrestrial invaders should be focusing most of their energy on attacking the World Tree now.

As for the underground world, they likely don’t have the energy or methods for it temporarily.

Hopefully, nothing goes wrong.

"So," Li Wenxi perked up and asked, "what’s the point of you being a pilot then?"

"We can’t always use autopilot, right?"

Old Yang laughed.

"Autopilot has only one function: to set a destination, and then this flying shuttle will move towards the destination at the fastest speed. But if any sudden situation arises, I still need to pilot it.

Besides, autopilot isn’t some artificial intelligence; it’s just a program that requires human control."

"I see..."

"Hmm?"

Just as Old Yang finished his sentence, Keke suddenly jerked her little head up.

"Hmm? Hmm-hmm-hmm!"

She suddenly started shouting urgently.

Xu Xin, who had been watching the thrilling scenery outside the window, heard Keke’s anxious cries and reflexively narrowed his pupils, immediately saying, "Stop quickly! Stop!"

Though he didn’t know why Keke was shouting, she had never been wrong!

Just stop now and figure it out later!

Old Yang was startled by Xu Xin’s sudden shout and abruptly made an emergency stop.

"Ah!" Li Wenxi shrieked.

The flying shuttle, originally traveling at a speed of four hundred kilometers per hour, came to an abrupt stop. The three people inside instantly felt a powerful force throwing them forward.

If they weren’t all wearing seatbelts, they would’ve been flung out through the front glass.

"Hmm!!!"

Keke, the only one without a seatbelt, clung tightly to Xu Xin’s clothes with her four paws. Xu Xin instinctively held onto her, preventing her from being thrown out.

"Hmm..." Keke’s furry little body became limp.

The three of them were too stunned to speak for a moment.

Li Wenxi grabbed Xu Xin’s arm in terror: "Wow... I... I... thank goodness I was wearing a seatbelt! Otherwise, I’d be dead for sure this time..."

Xu Xin squeezed her hand, his heart racing.

Still, the flying shuttle hovered steadily in the air without a hint of wobbling, making one marvel.

This technology is truly from alien invaders.

"What... what’s going on?!" Old Yang, still somewhat shaken, said, "Why did you suddenly shout and make me stop?"

Xu Xin exhaled and looked at the limp little creature in his arms.

Her big tail was already drooping without strength.

"Keke, why did you tell us to stop?" Xu Xin raised Keke with both hands, looking at her.

"Yeah, Keke, why did you suddenly..." Li Wenxi put a hand on her chest.

That was truly thrilling!

Looking around, they were in a much more spacious area than the tunnel they had just traversed, which was more like an underground cave.

The shuttle moved more freely in this region.

"You didn’t... do this just because of that little panda, did you?" Old Yang felt his eyebrows twitching wildly, "You..."

"Beep—beep—beep—"

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded from various parts within the flying shuttle!

The dashboard in front of the cockpit instantly turned red, illuminating the entire interior!

Old Yang’s expression immediately turned serious; he whipped around, eyes filled with shock: "Is there real danger?"

On the dashboard, just five hundred meters ahead, a dense cluster of lights suddenly emerged from the caves!

"Beep—beep—beep! Beep! Beep!"

After lighting up, these lights collectively charged toward Xu Xin and the others’ direction!

"Wha...!"

Old Yang immediately grabbed the control stick, then the shuttle spun on the spot, flying back the way they came!

During the turn, Xu Xin and Li Wenxi saw what the lights labeled on the dashboard represented.

"Hiss—"

"Such... such big bats!"

Xu Xin had never imagined that bats could be this large!

In just a fleeting glance, Xu Xin already estimated the size of those bats.

They were so massive that they stood out clearly even across hundreds of meters.

Each one of those bats was nearly as large as the shuttle they were in!

Giant beast bats!

They were actually giant beast bats!

"Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep—"

The alarm sounded continuously!

On the dashboard, the lights representing the bats were already right in front of them!

During the moment it took for the shuttle to turn around, those giant bats had already closed in!

"Accelerate quickly! They’re catching up!" Li Wenxi looked at the spots on the dashboard that were nearly touching the shuttle, and cried out.

"Going at the fastest speed... uh!"

"Crunch! Bang!"

With the deafening sound from behind, the shuttle suddenly shook violently, followed by a spinning fall!

"Ah!!"

In the end, the shuttle couldn’t escape, grabbed by a bat, smashing into the rear propeller.

After a jarring noise that made one’s teeth ache, the shuttle tumbled and plummeted from the sky!