On their frantic escape route, meteors of all sizes kept falling from the sky, wrapped in a layer of fire, crashing into the forests, puddles, and vegetation...

Not only did they kick up plumes of dust, but they also turned the place into a sea of fire. The originally balanced ecological zone was left riddled with holes and littered with corpses.

Small and agile animals had a great advantage in this situation. Those that went into the water or burrowed into holes showcased their various skills. Although it couldn't guarantee 100% safety, with a small number of unlucky ones getting hit by meteors even after burrowing underground, most still managed to escape with their lives and find relatively safe hiding places.

On the contrary, the dinosaurs that usually roamed the continent seemed a bit helpless at this time. Apart from constantly running to avoid those falling fireballs, they couldn't find any other way out.

And the ones in the most difficult situation had to be Xia Chuan and the others--

Not only did they have to avoid the spreading wildfires and the meteors "whooshing" down from above their heads, they also had to be careful to avoid the dinosaur herds that were scattering and fleeing without any planned routes, lest they accidentally get stepped on and turned into pancakes by those big guys.

At the same time, they also needed to watch their steps to avoid falling into the holes dug by small animals. Tripping was a small matter, but if they sprained their ankles and hindered their escape, it would be troublesome.

"This is simply playing minesweeper!" Dennis howled all the way, following closely behind Xia Chuan with uneven steps.

After they ran along a winding path towards the northwest for a long time, a group of dinosaurs suddenly set their sights on them. At this time, they were not far behind Dennis, like a tail that couldn't be shaken off no matter what.

This group of dinosaurs was not large in number. Xia Chuan turned his head and swept a glance, there were about eleven or twelve of them. The composition of the team was chaotic and complex, with small bird-like dinosaurs and giant ones comparable to several stories high.

Judging from their running positions, there was an obvious leader. That leader looked fierce, appearing murderous under the surrounding firelight, clearly a typical land predator, and--

"Looks a bit familiar." Xia Chuan said in a low voice.

Shen Lan glanced back at them and said, "Follow or not, it's up to them."

He was utterly fed up with this hot, dry, and smoky environment. His words were full of impatience, just wanting to get far away from this patchy sea of fire as soon as possible. He couldn't be bothered with anything else. As for the string following behind, to him, they seemed like just cats and dogs that could be dismissed at any time and were not at all formidable.

On the other hand, Professor Linton, who was being carried by him with his feet off the ground, couldn't help but look back. With just one glance, he recognized the leading dinosaur: "Yaya!"

The few people who were only focused on escaping didn't react to who "Yaya" was for a moment. A little later, Xia Chuan was the first to remember. It was the Tyrannosaurus they encountered in the forest before, the one that had a momentary lapse in judgment and stuffed Professor Linton into a small dirt hole and kept him there for a day.

"You can even recognize that?!" Dennis exclaimed. Although compared to Xia Chuan, Dennis's ability to identify dinosaur species was much stronger, he also had to see clearly the dinosaur's size and overall appearance in broad daylight to make a judgment, and it wasn't entirely accurate.

Professor Linton had only taken a glance just now and didn't look carefully at all.

"Of course I can recognize it. There's a very deep scar on the left side of its eye. It's not easy to see from the front, but you can see the obviously uneven indentation of the scar under the firelight." Professor Linton quickly explained.

He had been carried the whole way without having to use his legs and exert effort. Now that there was a topic, especially one related to his beloved dinosaurs, he naturally wouldn't easily shut his mouth.

"I carefully observed that scar. It must have been a nasty wound initially, probably even cutting to the bone, so it's still so obvious even after healing. And also, it..."

Perhaps because he was spared, Professor Linton had a very special affection for that Tyrannosaurus. Once he started talking, it was like an opened floodgate, going on and on.

If this were normal times, Shen Lan would definitely be the first to be annoyed by him. After all, normal voices would be amplified about thirty times when they reached Shen Lan's ears. Except for Xia Chuan's volume, as he was unwilling to exert more effort no matter what, Shen Lan felt that the other two were annoyingly loud whenever they spoke.

But at this moment, during such a tense escape, Shen Lan endured Professor Linton's voice and didn't tell him to shut up and stop talking nonsense. This was because Shen Lan felt that after the old man chattered on and on, the thoughts of Xia Chuan and Dennis following behind would be more or less influenced, following Professor Linton to think about things related to the Tyrannosaurus, and naturally wouldn't let their minds wander to "extinction" and "end" anymore.

After all, when facing terrifying things, people's minds often unconsciously associate them with even more terrifying and frightening scenarios, which are extremely difficult to control rationally. The only way to break it is to shift attention.

It seemed that this method was indeed quite effective. After Professor Linton chattered on for a long time, Dennis asked a few questions while panting, obviously his attention had basically shifted to the Tyrannosaurus following behind him.

Even what Xia Chuan was puzzled about at this time was why that group of dinosaurs would choose to follow behind the four of them. Could it be that these big guys were smart to this extent and could see through their intentions?

Shen Lan turned his head and glanced at them again, feeling that this method should work. As long as everyone's minds no longer wandered to the scenario of a great extinction, the meteors shouldn't fall like they were free, and might even completely stop.

The heavens seemed to want to fulfill his wish. For a while, there really were no more meteors falling.

However, this good situation only lasted for about ten or twenty minutes before there was another change. This time, the change was even more frightening than the meteors--

"Holy shit! You guys look up at the sky!" Professor Linton only took a glance at the sky and cried out in alarm, as if he had seen something extremely bizarre.

In fact, Professor Linton's reaction was not the least bit exaggerated. The scene in the sky was indeed extremely bizarre - the entire sky was covered with dense, irregular patterns at some unknown point, as if it were a huge piece of blue-black glass that had suddenly cracked for some reason.

Fine, dense cracks filled the entire sky, and the light emanating from the cracks was tinged with orange-red, as if behind that blue-black glass was a vast expanse of lava.

The orange-red light was restless, as if the night sky could shatter at any moment, and then an entire sea of fire would pour down from the sky. What could one escape from then? It would be faster to just strike a pose and wait for death on the spot...

"Who the hell came up with this, do they have too much free time on their hands?!" Shen Lan was truly a little angry this time.

Such a bizarre scene, like a nightmare, could not possibly have occurred naturally. It could only be that someone had accidentally let their imagination run wild, resulting in it becoming real once again. Although Xia Chuan didn't say anything, his thoughts were exactly the same as Shen Lan's.

He tilted his head slightly and glanced at Dennis.

In the previous few experiences, Dennis' attribute of being a crow's mouth was too severe. To the point that whenever such a situation of wild imagination becoming reality was mentioned, Xia Chuan's first reaction was to think of Dennis. But when he saw Dennis' expression clearly, he couldn't help but frown--

Because Dennis was just as surprised and bewildered as they were, with a look of "what the hell is this" on his face, obviously the state the night sky was exhibiting had also exceeded his understanding. This was definitely not the reaction of someone whose "wild thoughts had become reality".

The moment Xia Chuan turned his head, his gaze met Professor Linton's confused and frightened eyes...

Obviously, this was another innocent party.

He didn't overthink it, Shen Lan didn't overthink it, and Dennis and Professor Linton were also innocent... then who the hell could explain how this deadly scene appeared?!