An Zhe said, “Oh.” He wanted to tell Lu Feng that in fact, many monsters had no interest in mushrooms. Then he realized that Lu Feng was protecting him. After thinking about this, he subtly felt a bit happy.

The sandy ground of the desert was very soft and there was only a slight friction when stepping on it. It was still a bit inconvenient for An Zhe to walk so Lu Feng didn’t let him follow closely. Instead, Lu Feng ensured that he stayed in sight while collecting branches around them and placing them in An Zhe’s arms.

Once the branches in An Zhe’s arms increased and he couldn’t hold anymore, Lu Feng stated, “This is enough.”

They walked back side by side. In the moonlight, the dunes undulated like snow piles and the wreckage of the plane in the distance was like an ugly tumour. Suddenly, Lu Feng’s footsteps paused. An Zhe immediately stopped. His intuition caused his back to become cold and then he heard a sound. In the silent wilderness, a sound that couldn’t be accurately described was heard. He knew that Lu Feng had heard it was well.

“Rustle.”

“Rustle.”

“Rustle.”

The creepy sound echoed irregularly in the wilderness, very low but very clear. It was like it was ringing in their ears. The first two intervals were very long while the last interval was extremely short.

“Rustle.”

Once the sound was heard again, Lu Feng pressed An Zhe’s shoulder down and the two people lay in the sand, hiding behind a layer of bushes.

“Rustle.”

Under the aurora, a huge dark shadow appeared at the border of the rolling sand dunes. It had a rough oval shape and the structure of the body was ambiguous. The epidermis was rugged like a mass of decaying rotten flesh joined together roughly. A smooth sarcoma swelled in the middle of the body and the surface was covered with large and small eyeballs. This was the head. Countless legs grew under this black body, thick and thin. Some were like the hind legs of reptiles, some were the limbs of insects and some were like human arms.

These feet surged and supported the creature moving heavily on the rugged ground, leaving wavy traces more than five metres wide on the sandy ground. It came parallel to the writing of the plane crash. Every time it moved, a rustling sound was emitted from its body and spread out evenly. This might be the vocal organ.

An Zhe held his breath and watched the indescribable monster’s middle crack open a gap, exposing the dense thorns and fans inside.

“Snap.”

There was a harsh metal friction sound, followed by chaotic metal collisions as the metal was broken, chewed and swallowed.