Falling into the Cretaceous

Almost everyone forgot to react.

Perhaps they've been living in a concrete jungle for too long and have forgotten to respect nature. They're as ignorant as spectators in a zoo, tense yet expectant, their eyes fixed on the wild beasts that are about to emerge from the depths of the forest.

The low trees and bushes in the dense forest were constantly being trampled down, and a huge gray head peeked out from above the bush canopy!

Two amber-yellow round eyes, with black, round pupils like venomous snakes staring at the bloody disaster scene.

Shen Ye felt as if a bolt of lightning had pierced his spine, and goosebumps rose all over his body. The fear of being watched by a giant object turned into a cold current that surged from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Immediately afterwards, the "owner" of that skull rushed out of the forest, and Shen Ye was able to see its full appearance. This giant beast was as tall as a building, and its entire body was covered with thick, gray, keratinous scales, resembling crocodile skin.

The forelimbs are thick and sturdy, with three fingers on each side. The first finger is sickle-shaped, with a sharp and thick tip, and is about the same length as an adult's forearm!

It ran over, its forelimbs gripping two sickles, swaying up and down. Shen Ye felt that the thing was about to pierce his skull.

"Dinosaurs!"

"Run, everyone! It's a real dinosaur!"

Everyone then realized what was happening, screaming and scrambling to get into the cabin.

Shen Ye was far from the cabin, so running over there was obviously not a good idea. He squatted down on a rock about a meter high next to him, where there was a campfire.

The behemoth rushed into the crash site; its massive body and heavy breathing shattered everyone's hopes.

This is the environment of the Cretaceous period!

The world 100 million years ago!

Just as Shen Ye was engrossed in watching, something poked him in the back, startling him so much that he froze and slowly turned around.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he realized it was just a tree branch.

Before he could finish exhaling, a head popped out from the side of the stone, startling Shen Ye again. The head belonged to none other than Ningbo.

"You little foreigner... Ning Yan, what are you doing here?"

"Behind Ningbo is Ning Yan's beautiful face," Shen Ye asked, swallowing hard.

"Brother Ye, my mom said it's safer with you, so she came over a bit earlier. Didn't you notice... what kind of dinosaur was that?"

Ningbo stared at the giant beast and asked Shen Ye in a low voice.

The little foreigner was just nervous, but didn't seem too scared. Ignorance is bliss, as his mother was trembling with fear.

"This is Baryonyx, a theropod dinosaur belonging to the Spinosauridae family. It lives near lakes or large rivers and eats fish," Shen Ye explained simply.

"Don't you eat people?" Ningbo asked.

"Look, its teeth are conical and have no cutting edge, so it would be difficult for it to kill a healthy medium to large dinosaur alive. It mainly eats fish, but it will scavenge carcasses and eat them. It must have smelled the blood, which is why it came here. It is now circling around those carcasses, probably trying to determine if it can eat them, since it has never seen a human before."

Shen Ye said softly.

Ningbo looked at Shen Ye with admiration.

"Brother Ye, you're amazing!"

Shen Ye was in no mood to accept the fans' praise. He had just realized a serious problem: these corpses and blood would attract even more predators!

This place is not safe.

But if we leave here, will other places be safe?

Moreover, he cannot currently determine whether it is the Early Cretaceous or the Late Cretaceous. According to archaeological data, Baryonyx only existed in the Early Cretaceous.

However, small creatures like West Claw Dragon only appeared in the Late Cretaceous.

The two should not meet.

But now we've met!

Either the archaeological data is wrong, or I've traveled to a world that isn't Earth's Cretaceous period at all, but rather a primitive world on another planet.

But the oxygen content in the air is different, right?

Why can I breathe normally?

However, these things don't seem to matter much anymore!

Survival is the most important thing now.

The survivors all hid inside the cabin. The aircraft broke into three sections; the middle section was destroyed, leaving only the tail and nose sections.

There wasn't time to carry the wounded back; those who could move crawled into the cabins, like the model with the broken leg. Those who couldn't move stayed where they were, crying in fear and cursing at those hiding inside.

Some of the wounded even threw stones into the hull, trying to lure the Baryonyx to run over.

However, the Baryonyx was not interested in those huge lumps of iron, but instead became interested in several wounded soldiers who were on the verge of death.

After all, it won't easily scavenge corpses to eat if there are other living creatures to eat, unless it's really starving.

Its enormous head lowered, and its muzzle pressed against one of the wounded soldiers. The wounded soldier was so frightened that he closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, but his body couldn't help trembling. He thought that the other party was like a bear, and had no interest in things that did not resist, or that he thought it was a dream and that he would not be afraid if he closed his eyes.

As a result, the Baryonyx's forelimbs, with their sickle-like claws, merely grazed his belly, as if a scalpel had been used to slice through it, instantly tearing the flesh apart. Human skin was practically as thin as paper in front of its claws.

The Baryonyx lowered its head, plunged its snout into the carcass's opening, and began to gnaw wildly...

Everyone who saw this was terrified. Some people even lost control of their bladders. But no one felt embarrassed or disgusted. They trembled as if they had seen a ghost and stared out the broken window.

Having tasted its prey, the Baryonyx immediately moved closer to the other wounded. The other wounded, having witnessed what had just happened, were so terrified that they lost control of their bladder and bowels.

"Get away from me! You demon! Help! Waaah! Help! You heartless beasts who would watch someone die... You'll go to hell!"

Before the wounded man could finish cursing, the Baryonyx did the same thing, tearing open his chest with its claws. To it, these strange creatures were just delicious food that made weird noises, nothing to be afraid of.

Its rough throat muscles are useless; it slides into its stomach like tofu.

Many people vomited again.

Shen Ye forced himself to suppress the churning in his stomach.

Ning Yan covered Ningbo's eyes to prevent him from looking, while she herself lowered her head, not daring to look anymore.

Shen Ye knew that he had to face this bloody cruelty head-on, otherwise he would never become a true warrior.

There's no team this time.

If he doesn't rely on himself, he has no one else to rely on.

Besides, many people believe that I am a real expert. Whether I let them down or not is secondary. If they really find out, I may be excluded.

Human nature cannot be trusted.

They might feel cheated and have lost hope, and just to vent their frustrations, they might even set themselves on fire.

Ah K's body was not spared either.

After the Baryonyx had eaten, the West Clawed Dragons swarmed up again to clean up the mess.

This is just one step in nature's process of digesting carcasses. After the large beasts and opportunists leave, it will be the turn of lower-level creatures on the dinner table.

Twenty minutes later, the Baryonyx had almost finished eating and then dug around at two iron lumps, terrifying the people inside who held their breath. However, it did not attack them and left after circling around once.

Only after the Baryonyx left did people dare to come out again. They were all pale-faced and in tears, and some even vomited as soon as they came out.

At this moment, the young man who was working out walked over with Zhang Qiming. Their faces were deathly pale, and their eyes were filled with a blank stare as if shrouded in death.

"Brother Ye! There really is a dinosaur! What should we do? It looks like it'll be dark in five hours at most, and who knows if that dinosaur will even come back after dark!"

The young man said nervously.

"It won't come back because Baryonyx was diurnal, but other dinosaurs will definitely be attracted by the smell of blood here, especially the nocturnal ones!"

As Shen Ye spoke, he tried to think of some safety strategies for wilderness survival.

Otherwise, none of them would survive tonight!