Chapter 301: Hamster Adventure
Chapter 301: Hamster Adventure
Driven onward by Li Daoxuan’s giant hand, the eight of them ran for their lives. As they ran, a huge “wooden castle” appeared before them.
The wooden crate of “Hamster Adventure” was undoubtedly a massive wooden fortress in their eyes.
The sight of the enormous wooden castle startled them, but the colossal palm behind them offered no time for thought. It pressed relentlessly forward, forcing them to keep running. Ahead stood a huge gate.
A small door meant for a hamster was, to them, a “giant gate,” as imposing as a city entrance.
Such a bizarre wooden castle stood before them, its equally bizarre large “city gate” wide open. What ordinary person would dare enter carelessly?
But a glance back at the approaching giant hand erased any hesitation—delaying even a second was disrespectful to their own lives. They charged straight for the massive gate…
Boom!
The giant hand slammed against the gate right behind them…
Looking back, they rejoiced: “Thank goodness! This gate is giant to us, but too small for the Dao Xuan Deity. His huge hand can’t get through!”
Their relief lasted less than two seconds before realisation struck: “There’s no ceiling above us!”
“Ah! Doesn’t that mean… the Dao Xuan deity’s giant hand could attack from the sky?!”
“Oh no! Quick, run forward!”
Old Nan Feng took the lead, sprinting ahead…
As he raced into a narrow passage, a terrifying sight greeted him: a colossal axe hung suspended in the air ahead. The enormous axe swung rhythmically back and forth.
“My god! Careful, watch for traps!” Old Nan Feng yelled, “Careful everyone! Trap!”
The other seven immediately stopped behind him. Their path forward was blocked by the massive swaying axe.
“What do we do?”
“Do we stay here?”
“No… we can’t stop… The dreadful Dao Xuan Deity could catch up any moment…”
“Then we have to dash through.”
“Watch the timing… Look at the axe’s gap.”
“There’s a two-breath interval. We can make it.”
Old Nan Feng took a deep breath. The axe whooshed from left to right. He leaped forward—shuu!—jumping just as it swung back from right to left, barely missing him as it passed behind.
He’d made it!
The other seven spirits soared: “Brother Nan Feng, wait for us!”
Timing their leaps to the gap, they slipped past the axe one by one.
Phew!
All eight passed unharmed. Running wildly again, they turned a corner to find a long, angled downward slope.
“What kind of trap is this?”
Before the words fully left their mouths, a thunderous noise erupted behind them. They whipped around: a massive black iron sphere was rolling straight towards them.
“Aaaaaaaaa!”
“Run!”
The eight men charged down the slope in utter disarray, a massive black iron ball rolling menacingly at their heels. Summoning every last ounce of their strength, they somehow made it down the incline and swerved through a small door to the side…
With a resounding boom, the iron ball slammed into the wall directly behind them.
Having narrowly escaped death, they gasped for breath.
One subordinate cried out frantically, “Brother Nan Feng, what kind of bizarre place did we wander into?”
Old Nan Feng: “I don’t know. It’s terrifying, whatever it is. Everyone must tread carefully at every step to avoid triggering any more strange mechanisms…”
His words were barely out when one man stepped onto a loose tile. The panel flipped instantly, sending him tumbling downward. Below, a giant plastic cockroach, electric and buzzing, its eyes glowing red, advanced toward him.
The remaining seven men peered over the edge of the hole, their faces turning pale.
“What’s that?”
“A cockroach that big?”
“It must be a cockroach monster!”
“It’s over. Old Seven is going to get eaten.”
“Can we save him?”
“No way! It’s too high. We don’t even have a rope…”
Old Seven, who had fallen below, roared, “Don’t worry about me! Run! I’m done for! Just run! If you make it out… take care of my son for me…”
Before he could finish, the giant plastic cockroach reached him. Old Seven screamed “Ahhh!” and fainted on the spot.
Old Nan Feng gritted his teeth. “Old Seven’s done for. Let’s move!”
The seven men ran onward, tears in their eyes. They reached a fork in the path, unsure which way was safe. Forced to split up to test the routes, one man stepped onto the leftmost path only for it to flip downwards instantly. He fell into a huge net below where a giant plastic spider crawled relentlessly toward him.
He shrieked, “Ahhh! A spider monster… Run! Just get away!… Take care of my child…!”
The faces of the remaining six men paled further. They quickly tried the right path and finally found the correct route. But then, the ground gave way beneath one man, plunging him into a large pool. He was just congratulating himself on knowing how to swim when a super-sized plastic shark surfaced nearby…
“Ahhhhhh!”
Old Nan Feng wailed, “Heavens! What kind of godforsaken place is this? Such a hideous place! It took three of my good brothers in the blink of an eye!”
The other four men hauled Old Nan Feng up, urging him onward. “Brother Nan Feng, we can’t stop. We have to run. Keep running! If we don’t, the Dao Xuan Deity will just release more monsters to eat us.”
As soon as the words were spoken, the path suddenly split open. The two men in front plummeted into a pitch-black, bottomless void. Their “Ahhhh!” screams echoed as they fell.
A sense of rush with pride surged through Old Nan Feng. Now was no time for despair. He grabbed his remaining two comrades, leaped across the gaping chasm in the path, and kept running.
Only three were left!
But finally, they reached the exit of the maze.
Seeing the landscape, mountains, and trees outside, the three men instantly heaved a sigh of relief. They had escaped the dreadful castle. Whew…
Old Nan Feng fell to his knees with a thud. “If I’d known I’d lose five brothers, I would never have run. Digging mud back at the labor camp would have been better than causing everyone to die!”
No sooner had he spoken than the golden hand reappeared. This time, it didn’t strike or shoo them away. Instead, it opened its palm before them, revealing his five brothers lying there – alive, but unconscious.
Li Daoxuan had retrieved the five little men who had “failed the challenge.”
Heh heh heh. The perilous Hamster Adventure wasn’t meant for every little hamster to complete successfully. To see one victorious hamster reach the end, mountains of ‘fallen comrades’ were required.
It was truly tragic!
Seeing the golden hand, they knew they hadn’t escaped at all.
Seeing his five brothers alive in the hand, Old Nan Feng understood. He kowtowed fervently. “Thank you for sparing us, great Deity! I will lead all my brothers back obediently for labor reform. We won’t dare to run away ever again.”