Chapter 344: Mark
"Wang ...... Wang Defa?"
The next morning, after the rain had passed, Ron saw the Pegasus that Jiang Zenji pulled out of the tent, and he was immediately stupid, and the classic English version of the groove popped out of his mouth.
He thought what he had seen and heard in the Romanian forest was surreal enough, but he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Frigga slowly spread her wings and emit moisture between her wings against the sun.
"What's wrong? Is it a horse?" Arabella heard Frigga's snort and hooves stomping on the ground, and knew there was a horse not far ahead, but she couldn't understand why a horse made Ron react so much.
"Yes...... It's a horse, but ...... My God, this horse...... It has a pair of giant swan wings!" Ron stammered.
"What?"
Arabella was also stunned.
Born blind, she certainly could not have "seen" a horse or a swan, but she understood that there are two kinds of shapes, outlining the general shape of objects through echoes and filling in the details of objects in her mind by touching.
She had been in close contact with horses and knew what they looked like, and although she had never been in contact with swans, birds were basically the same, and as long as she knew what one bird looked like, most of the other birds could be described in words.
Echo has its limitations, even bats that specialize in echo occasionally bump into obstacles in flight, and when Frigga folds her wings and clings to its body, Echo is powerless.
"I'm dreaming right now?"
Ron pinched his thigh, he had seen a few animals in the forest that seemed to be otherworldly, but those animals didn't look too drastic, and they would never produce obvious cross-species mutations.
He swallowed his spit, glad that he had come to the East, just seeing this pegasus was enough to brag in the bar for a few years, and maybe he could make someone else pay for him.
Last night, everyone rested in their respective tents, and before going to bed, everyone discussed whether to take turns to be on duty for the night, Jiang Chanji advocated that there was no need, even if there were dangerous people in the forest, the probability of her leaving the forest from this direction was very low, there was no need to waste physical strength and energy for such a slim chance, just assign the task of night duty to the security guards.
The security guards were equipped with thermal imaging cameras that would immediately see any animals or humans approaching the village out of the woods, but thermal imaging cameras could not penetrate trees, so they were not useful in finding survivors.
Anyway, if an enemy approaches quietly, Squid Whisker will definitely warn you, and it's not too late to wake everyone up when the time comes.
Everyone felt that it made sense, so they rested with peace of mind, and slept until morning, safe and sound.
"Chanji, can you let me touch this pegasus?" asked Arabella.
Jiang Chanji was combing Frigga as she poked her head into the bucket to eat feed.
He paused for a moment, looked at Arabella's gray eyes, and said worriedly: "Friggia's temper is not very good, it's okay to touch it, but it's better to be careful." β
"It's okay, most of the animals are very friendly to me. She smiled and walked over, reached out and touched Friga's back, and said, "Hello, your name is Friggia, right? β
Frigga basically doesn't pretend to anyone other than Jiang Chanji, and she doesn't like strangers touching her, and often snorts as a threat, but something strange happened, it has obviously sensed Arabella's approach, and saw her hand getting closer and closer to her, but she didn't mean to resist or dodge at all, and stood meekly in place.
"What a wide winged ......"
Her hands touched its back first, her fingers sinking into the soft, curly hair, then its wings, from the base of the wings along the contours of the feathers to where she couldn't reach them, feeling the feathers that were very different from horse hair.
Frigga eats quietly and occasionally rubs her hand against her neck when she looks up.
"What's going on?Is Frigga bought?" Chio yawned and came out of the tent, stunned, "Or is Frigga converted to Christ?"
Ron was the only one in the room, his dog Gavin was soothed by a word from Arabella, the pegasus was a strange but still emotionally controlled animal, and her voice sent a message of reassurance to it, dispelling its wariness of her.
Unfortunately, Arabella couldn't see, otherwise she would have been able to ride Frigga through the skies alone.
"Was this Pegasus born like this?" she asked.
"Not really. Jiang Chanji handed her the comb, "Do you want to try combing it?"
Arabella happily took the comb and combed her hair while listening to Jiang Chanji's account of Friga's birth in Mei Yibai's hands.
"In the Gospel of John, when Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, Pharaoh did not believe that the ten plagues would happen, and Moses raised his rod according to God's command, and the plague came, but Pharaoh's sorcerers were also very powerful, and they could also perform the first few plagues, but when it came to the plague of lice, the sorcerers could not do anything, saying, 'This is God's means'. Arabella said, "Mei Yibai is only equivalent to a wizard, although he is very powerful, but he will eventually be poor in manpower, and if he tries to replace God, he will definitely end up in complete failure." β
She quoted scriptures and talked eloquently, no matter what everyone thought in their hearts, listening to her was a pleasure in itself.
After breakfast, everyone gathered together to plan today's search and rescue route.
......
When they woke up in the morning, Catherine and 33 were still hungry, and they didn't end up roasting the black goat's meat because they saw it eating human bones, and it was impossible to eat its flesh anyway, otherwise it felt like they were eating people indirectly.
"Yesterday the goats didn't know where they had gone, otherwise they would have slaughtered one to eat. No. 33 rubbed his stomach regretfully, and each with Catherine carried a wooden bucket of rainwater that they had made and plugged the mouth of the barrel with wood to prevent the precious rain from spilling out.
When they woke up early in the morning, they climbed the ridge as planned, and looked out from a high point of view, and their hearts were suddenly cold, because all around them were an endless sea of trees, almost the same in all directions, and they could not see which side could get out of the forest.
Pick a random direction and walk away?
If they could see the river, they could follow it, they would definitely be able to get out, and they would not be afraid of running out of water, but there was not even a puddle as far as the eye could see.
It took a lot of energy to climb the ridge, and the only useful information was that it was not close to the edge of the forest.
They had experienced thirst from lack of water, and could not expect the rain to come again in time, and if they could not find another source of water before the rain on their backs was drunk, the situation would be very dangerous, Catherine refused to drink raw blood, and No. 33 did not want to drink blood.
They knew in their hearts that the helicopter's search range did not include them, so it was unlikely that they could expect the rescue team to come to their rescue, and the only way to get out of the trap now was to go to the location where the helicopter was hovering and take the initiative to find the rescue team.
They observed yesterday that the helicopter was coming from the southeast and heading northwest, and the opposite was true on the way back.
To the northwest is the direction in which the flight continued to glide after their parachute jump, and most of the wreckage should have landed there.
Catherine doesn't want to just give up chasing Kali and Lilith, let the tiger go back to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles, but the forest is vast, where does she find them?
Yesterday she was a little upset by thirst and the inability to come out of the grief of her sisters' deaths, and she slept and calmed down, and she realized that impulsiveness was useless, that her sisters had gone to heaven, and that the burden of revenge fell on her shoulders, and that a new hatred had been added to the old hatred of her parents, and that it would have been enough if she had not been able to overcome the defeat and die, but what was the matter of dying of thirst in the forest?
And Arabella, now that my sister has grown up, she doesn't need her care much, but if she dies like this, her sister will definitely be very sad.
When she sneaked out of the house and went to Mount Aare alone, Arabella thought that she had abandoned herself, and cried so much that she had promised and swore to her sister that she would never abandon her, and that she would break her sacred vow now?
Therefore, when No. 33 proposed to go northwest, Catherine did not object, and nodded silently.
Whether it's revenge or mission, you have to survive first.
"What are you doing?" Catherine asked, noticing that 33 was scratching the stone with his horn during the break.
"Make a mark. β
No. 33 carved the shape of an arrow on the surface of a relatively flat stone with a sheep's horn, "Now that we have decided on the direction, it is time to set off, and if anyone finds here, they will know which way we are going when they see the arrow." β
The horns were so sharp that they carved effortlessly on the stone, and with a sneering puff of stone chips and dust fell, a large arrow was carved with a "33" written next to the arrow indicating her identity.
Catherine didn't say anything, but her expression was clear: Will anyone really find this place?
There are no platforms on the ridge for helicopters to land, so could someone be expected to hike through the forest and get there just right?
Number 33 also knows that the odds are slim, but if you don't give yourself some hope, how can you persevere?
"Yes, someone will find it. β
She meant her colleagues, but the first thing that came to mind was Jiang Chanji, Chen Yiyi, Zixuan, Xiao Sui, Qianyang and Aurora.
When they hear about the crash, will they come to her?
She has always avoided thinking about this problem, consciously or unconsciously, and doesn't want to assume this possibility, because to put it bluntly, Jiang Chanji and they have nothing to do with her, they don't owe her, she is a nasty monitor, they can get rid of her, it's too late to be happy, why bother to come to her?
If you don't put your hopes in hope, you can avoid disappointment.
A meaningful smile suddenly appeared on her lipsβthey must have been happy to get rid of her now, but why should she make them happy? When she came out of the forest and reappeared before them, she had to appreciate their disappointment!
Thinking that Jiang Chanji might elongate her bitter gourd face, she was secretly proud, if she couldn't go back, the bean paste buns would definitely be eaten up by him alone.
But the problem is that the ninja colleagues don't know that she boarded the flight under a pseudonym, and there are only two people who know, one is Catherine next to him, and the other is Jiang Chanji, and he doesn't know the secret contact information of the ninjas.
So will anyone really find this place?
Catherine was comforted by her answer, but her own mood grew depressed.
If...... It would be nice to be able to come to her.
The two of them climbed over the ridge and re-entered the forest, heading northwest.
As he walked, Number 33 carved a mark on the trunk of a passing tree.
......
In the outpost camp, two helicopters took off one after another, and Ron said that he was willing to do his part, he knew the forest better, maybe he could help somehow, and of course everyone would not refuse his kindness, so he and Gavin boarded one of them.
The runway was vacated, and Jiang Chanji turned over and rode on Friggia, also planning to set off.
"Chanji, can you let me come with you?" Arabella stroked Friggia's mane and raised her gray-white eyes to look at him.
Arabella is slender and slender, and Frigga doesn't resist her, so it's hard to reject her with objective reasons, Jiang Chanji can understand her eagerness to find her sister and sisters, and if it were him, he wouldn't be able to sit still.
Since he was looking at him, since her eyes couldn't see, it was reasonable to say that it was not difficult to find a reason to lie to her, but how to say it, her expression and voice made him feel that lying to her was a heinous act for no reason, and even if it was a lie, he felt guilty.
The same request to ride Pegasus, Layla's tone was annoying before, and Arabella was unbearable to refuse, in addition to the legitimacy and necessity of the request itself, the temperament and character of the two of them were also very different.
"Frigga hasn't carried two people, so I can't guarantee that I can sit comfortably. He reminded that it was equivalent to agreeing to her request.
"Ah, it's okay, I can bear it no matter how uncomfortable it is. Arabella smiled happily, and it was only then that she revealed her little girlish side, not just a sacred nun.
Unlike her heroic sister Catherine, Arabella is pitiful and blind, and even though Frigga is a shorter Icelandic horse, she struggles to ride on horseback on her own.
Jiang Chanji asked the security guard to bring a stool, and then asked Arabella to stand on the stool, and then straddled the horse's back and sat behind him.
She wrapped her arms around his waist from behind and said excitedly, "I'm ready." β
"Well, you must not let go of your hand after takeoff, otherwise it is easy to get into danger. Jiang Chanji moved forward, leaving her a slightly larger space.
"Well, I remember. She nodded, her forehead resting against his back.
"Frigga, let's go! β
He patted Frigga on the neck, and with a long hiss, it took off with a little longer than usual run-up distance, and flew off with the wind on its memory, heading for the spot where the search had been interrupted yesterday.
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