Chapter 58: Never Left, Intruder!

[Ding! You have hunted a Triceratops, Evolution Points +120.]

The ringing of the system prompt also marked the end of this male Triceratops' life.

Indeed, compared to ordinary Triceratops, its value in evolution points was naturally higher.

"Moo~~!!"

The remaining Triceratops nearby could not help but feel terrified and panicked upon witnessing the brutal death of the male Triceratops.

While the male Triceratops was still alive, they might have dared to organize a resistance, but once the former died, the terror of their apex predator reclaimed their hearts, and they hurriedly shielded the baby Triceratops as they retreated.

Chu Xu merely glanced at the direction in which the Triceratops herd was fleeing, then buried his head to eviscerate the male Triceratops and began feeding on the spot.

Having evolved into a Tyrannosaurus, his appetite had naturally increased significantly, requiring him to consume at least five hundred catties of meat a day just to fill his stomach, comparable to an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex.

If he engaged in prolonged activity and frequently used skills, resulting in excessive energy consumption, he might even need to eat over a thousand catties of meat to replenish his energy.

After eating his fill, Chu Xu did not go home to sleep, but instead continued to secretly pursue the retreating Triceratops herd.

Not long after, catching up with the herd, he repeated his methods and hunted another adult Triceratops, earning 100 evolution points.

The Triceratops herd fled again.

Chu Xu pursued again, launching another hunt.

It was not until the terrified Triceratops herd fled completely out of Chu Xu's territory that he finally stopped.

By this round of relentless harvesting, he had hunted a total of four adult ceratopsians. Aside from the Triceratops, there were also Torosaurus and Bravoceratops. His achievements were remarkable, with a single day's harvest of evolution points exceeding 400!

Anyway, these ceratopsians were everywhere—they were the most numerous dinosaurs in North America during the Late Cretaceous, without exception, numbering at least double the Tyrannosaurus Rex population of the same period. Chu Xu did not need to worry about exhausting the resource.

Even if this herd of Triceratops left his territory, another herd would eventually take their place; Chu Xu only needed to keep harvesting.

However, with so many ceratopsians, Chu Xu himself might not be able to finish eating them even in half a month.

Therefore, he dragged a Triceratops carcass all the way to the edge of Dragon Mother's territory, turning back to leave before any of them could appear.

The bloody scent emitted by the Triceratops carcass traveled miles, reaching the nose of Dragon Mother, who happened to be out hunting.

She hurriedly led Longyue and Liuxing to investigate.

Upon arriving at the scene, Dragon Mother discovered the Triceratops carcass. The bloody smell had also attracted several other predators, but upon catching sight of Dragon Mother as the ruler of the territory, they scattered like birds and beasts.

"Roar~~"

Dragon Mother felt somewhat puzzled; why had a Triceratops carcass inexplicably appeared here?

Looking at the wounds, it had clearly been killed by having its cervical vertebrae bitten through. The only terrestrial predator capable of such a feat was a Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Yet if this Triceratops had been killed by another Tyrannosaurus Rex, why was there no trace of it having been fed upon, leaving the carcass so remarkably intact?

Dragon Mother was baffled, while Longyue and Liuxing were delightfully drooling around this windfall from the heavens, each picking their favorite cuts and gorging themselves.

Dragon Mother could only shake her head, thinking no more of it, and lowered her head to join Longyue and Liuxing in enjoying this unearned feast.

Having eaten their fill, Dragon Mother dragged the leftover Triceratops carcass and headed home with Longyue and Liuxing.

Looking closely, the internal organs within the Triceratops's abdomen had been hollowed out, and the tenderloin, rump meat, and other cuts had been mostly consumed, leaving only the intact shank meat on all four thighs.

Dragon Mother remembered that was her eldest son's favorite meat, and Longyue and Liuxing remembered it too.

If he came home today, he would certainly be happy.

Upon returning home, Dragon Mother lay down as usual beneath the spreading Norfolk pine, gazing in the direction where Chu Xu had left. The setting sun slowly sank into the horizon, twilight enveloping the world, leaving a scene of desolation and solitude.

Longyue and Liuxing were still chasing and playing with each other, having a wonderful time.

They did not find it strange that their eldest brother was absent; after all, he used to roam around on his own frequently, sometimes staying away from home for days on end.

However, they all knew that their eldest brother would eventually return.

Every time he returned, he would bring back an extraordinarily lavish feast, enough to feed their family for many days.

Until a week later, a month later, three months later...

When the dry season had passed, the resources of the delta plain were exhausted, and Dragon Mother planned to head north with the migrating herds of herbivores, Chu Xu still had not returned.

Only the ownerless prey that inexplicably appeared at the edge of the territory every once in a while gave Dragon Mother a lingering sense that this was not a windfall from the heavens, but the work of her eldest son.

It seemed as though he had never truly left them, quietly keeping them company from an unseen distance.

Another sunset painted the evening glow, and Dragon Mother kept watch for a long time beneath the bare, defoliated Norfolk pine.

As the very last leaf fell, Dragon Mother led Longyue and Liuxing from the direction Chu Xu had departed, leaving this new territory and embarking on the long journey of northern migration.

...

Several days after hunting the Triceratops herd, another herd of ankylosaurs appeared within Chu Xu's territory.

There were old acquaintances like Ankylosaurus, as well as different species of ankylosaurids such as Denversaurus and Glyptodontopelta.

Although ankylosaur meat was somewhat scarce, Chu Xu turned none of them away, seizing the ankylosaur herd for continuous harvesting.

First was the Ankylosaurus that had once hunted alongside Dragon Mother. Its body length was 5 to 6 meters, and its weight could reach 4 tons, comparable to Chu Xu.

However, the Ankylosaurus, hailed as an "armored tank," was no different from a toy car in the hands of the current Chu Xu.

"Rumble~~~"

With a sudden, unexpected slam from Chu Xu, the bulky body of the Ankylosaurus was flipped completely upside down, exposing its soft belly, which lacked the protection of bony plates.

With a squelch, Chu Xu unmercifully eviscerated the Ankylosaurus and devoured its internal organs raw.

[Ding! You have hunted an Ankylosaurus, Evolution Points +80.]

By the time Chu Xu had eaten his fill, the Ankylosaurus had long since breathed its last, and the ankylosaur herd had vanished in terror.

Before long, however, the shaken ankylosaur herd crossed paths with that elusive Tyrannosaurus Rex once more, and an unlucky Denversaurus was targeted by the latter.

Denversaurus, also known as Edmontonia, belonged to the Nodosauridae family of ankylosaurs. Its appearance and body size were similar to the Ankylosaurus, with the main difference being the lack of a specialized tail club.

Chu Xu targeted the Denversaurus's narrow skull and, without a second thought, opened his jaws to bite down fiercely.

"Crunch!!"

By now, Chu Xu's bite force had reached the standard 90,000 newtons of an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, almost equivalent to a 9-ton weight crushing down upon the Denversaurus's head.

It caused its hard bony facial armor and skull alike to fracture and snap under the unbearable pressure, until the entire skull finally burst and exploded within Chu Xu's bloody maw!

After a long while, the headless carcass of the Denversaurus crashed heavily to the ground, blood staining the earth.

Seeing this sight, the remaining ankylosaurs wished their parents had given them an extra pair of legs; daring not linger in this region for another moment, they ran for their lives with all their might.

The ankylosaurs fled, and Chu Xu pursued. The pathetic ankylosaur herd had no wings to fly away, and within half a day, several more ankylosaurs perished in Chu Xu's jaws. It was only when the ankylosaur herd fled beyond the boundaries of his territory that Chu Xu temporarily called it a halt.

"I've gathered another 1000 evolution points; I can try exchanging for the Tyrannosaurus subspecies template first."

Chu Xu was eager to try. He had already personally experienced the immense strength of having evolved into a Tyrannosaurus.

Then just how powerful would an even stronger Tyrannosaurus subspecies be?

Just as Chu Xu was preparing to exchange for the Tyrannosaurus subspecies template on his end,

On the other side, a male adult Tyrannosaurus Rex—with a pale left eye and only its right eye remaining—was slowly approaching his territory.