In the middle of the night, in the mountains and dense forests, the sudden strange sound made the two of them startled, and they hurriedly turned around to look around, but they didn't see anyone nearby.

Just as the two of them looked at each other, the strange voice sounded again, "Don't look for it, keep walking, I'm still there." ”

After speaking, there was no movement, and after waiting for a while, there was still no movement, Wu Zhongyuan asked Wu Dalie in a low voice, "Who is it?"

Wu Dalie shook his head and made a gesture to continue walking.

Wu Zhongyuan walked forward with confusion, Wu Dalie shook his head just now with a wrong expression, shaking his head means that he doesn't know, but he doesn't let him ask.

After walking for more than ten miles, he still didn't see the person who spoke before, Wu Zhongyuan asked again in a low voice, "Where is it?"

"I saw it when I climbed over the hill in front of me. Wu Dalie replied in a low voice.

Hearing Wu Dalie's words, Wu Zhongyuan became more and more puzzled, he had already walked more than ten miles before, if he crossed the mountain peak in front of him, it would be more than thirty miles away from the place where he first heard the sound, this person was thirty miles away, and there was a high mountain in the middle, if he could find the two and talk to the two?

"Who the hell is it?" Wu Zhongyuan lowered his voice.

Wu Dalie shook his head and waved his hand secretly, implying that it was not a person who spoke just now.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't ask again, Wu Dalie's actions showed that every move of the two at this time was under the observation and control of the other party.

Although the peak in front of him was very high, it was not steep, and when he reached the top of the mountain, he looked down from a high position, and Wu Zhongyuan finally saw the ...... that he had spoken out before People who are not should be birds.

There is an intersection at the foot of the mountain in the south, four paths converge from here, in the middle of the intersection there is a towering ancient tree that has died, on the ancient tree, there is a huge shadow crouching, look at the body should be a strange bird, its body is enough to have the size of the bull warrior transformation giant eagle three times, because it is crouching on the ancient tree, from a distance can not see the real, can only vaguely see a big guy Hongtongtong.

After a short look, the two of them went down the road, and when they got closer, Wu Zhongyuan finally saw the true face of this thing, this thing is indeed a big bird, look at the huge hooked beak, it should belong to a bird of prey such as an eagle falcon, this giant bird should have been alive for a long time, the red feathers on its body are neither bright nor smooth, it is very messy, and some parts are a little bald.

At this time, the eyes of this big bird are open, but the eyes are white, just like a patient with cataracts, who cannot see the pupils at all, how can he see without the pupils, if nothing else, it should be blind.

Under the ancient tree, there are several wooden stakes, two of which are tied to two oxen, the animals have the instinct to seek good fortune and avoid evil, it stands to reason that the birds of prey are beside them, these two cattle should be alarmed, but they do not seem to perceive the existence of danger, lying leisurely, ruminating slowly.

Wu Dalie glanced at Wu Zhongyuan and motioned for him to bolt the ox he brought to the stake.

There was also a chicken coop on the back of the ox, and seeing Wu Dalie's eyes, Wu Zhongyuan took the chicken coop off the cow's back, and then led the ox under the tree and tied it to the stake.

At this moment, the voice came again, "I haven't seen you for years, where have you gone?"

Hearing this, Wu Dalie hurriedly answered, "I am entangled in trivial matters, and I rarely go out, how is it that you have been recently?"

Although the giant bird has been crouching and not moving, even if he speaks, he can't see the bird's beak open and close, but Wu Zhongyuan knows that the giant bird is talking to him.

However, Wu Dalie answered on the side, and the giant bird did not point it out, but said to himself, "Hehe, it's started, it's finally going to start." ”

These words were obviously talking to himself, Wu Dalie didn't know why, and he was puzzled.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't know what the other party was referring to, but he could hear the emotions contained in the other party's words, which was a kind of relieved relief, as if there was still a little schadenfreude.

"It's over, it's finally over. The giant bird said again.

The two of them were already confused, and when they heard the inconsistencies in its words, they became more and more puzzled.

"What do you mean by this?" Wu Dalie asked cautiously.

"Three years at most, we'll all be free, hehe, there's not much time left for you. Giant Bird said.

Wu Dalie didn't understand, Wu Zhongyuan didn't understand, the two looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.

After the giant bird finished speaking, there was no further explanation, and Wu Dalie was inconvenient to ask again, and after hesitating, he raised his hand at the giant bird, "Thank you." With that, he made a gesture to Wu Zhongyuan and motioned for him to set off on the road.

Wu Zhongyuan turned back, led the pigs and sheep, picked up the chicken cage, and nodded goodbye to the giant bird.

"Let's go, you're too late, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up. Giant Bird said.

Hearing it say this, Wu Zhongyuan became more and more puzzled, but he didn't ask for a solution, because this big bird could obviously perceive something, and Wu Dalie was beside him, and it was inconvenient for him to ask some questions, the most important thing was that even if he asked, people would not necessarily answer.

After walking a few miles, Wu Zhongyuan turned his head to look back, only to see that the giant bird was still crouching motionless on the tree, and did not come down to devour the three cows tied to the stake under the tree.

Because they didn't know how far the giant bird could perceive, the two didn't talk when they moved forward, and they walked for an hour before they began to exchange and discuss.

"What is the origin of this big bird?" Wu Zhongyuan opened his mouth first.

Wu Dalie shook his head, "I don't know. ”

"It seems to be very old. Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wu Dalie nodded, "No one knows how big it is, but it's been here for at least a thousand years." ”

"It hasn't spoken before?" Wu Zhongyuan asked, Wu Dalie seemed very surprised when he heard it speak before.

"No, I thought it wouldn't speak. Wu Dalie said, and then asked, "Do you understand what it said just now?"

Wu Zhongyuan recalled for a moment, and then said, "It seems to mean that something big is going to happen." ”

Wu Dalie nodded slowly, and he also heard this.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "Listening to its implication, it seems that it still has companions, I remember very clearly, what it said was 'We are all going to be free, and there is not much time left for you,' it seems to mean that they have been protecting us, and once they die, something very unfavorable will happen to us." ”

Wu Dalie frowned and didn't answer immediately, and after a while, he spoke, "Its location is the only way for the three clans to go south, we always thought that it was just holding here to ask us for food, but now it doesn't seem to be the case." ”

Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head to look at Wu Dalie, waiting for him to continue.

Wu Dalie said, "The area where the three clans are located is located in the central hinterland, and we have rarely been attacked and harassed by fierce beasts and birds of prey for so many years. ”

"Listening to its implication, it seems to have companions. Wu Zhongyuan said.

"It's possible that they're stationed in all directions, or they might be in all directions, that's not sure. Wu Dalie said.

"Has it attacked people over the years?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Wu Dalie shook his head, "I don't have the impression of it." ”

"Has it ever intercepted the fierce birds and beasts going north?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wu Dalie shook his head, "I don't know, we don't come to this place often." ”

"Are there more fierce birds and beasts outside the area where the three clans live?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"I haven't been to other places, I've only been to the south, which is indeed much more dangerous than the Central Plains," Wu Dalie pointed to the pigs and sheep dragged by Wu Zhongyuan, "Actually, what you said is purely a superfluous question, if you can really fight, who will pay tribute to buy roads?"

Wu Zhongyuan nodded, and did not ask again, if he and Wu Dalie were correct, there should be more than one existence like a giant bird, and it was likely that there were all directions, and it was precisely because of their existence that the fierce birds and beasts living outside the Central Plains region failed to invade the Central Plains and cause serious harm to the three clans. The nature of the giant bird and its companions is somewhat like the sentinels of the gatekeepers, and if the sentinels die, the city will be unprotected, and the direct consequence of this will be the invasion of foreign enemies.

Thinking about it carefully, this possibility is extremely high, and recently not only Daqiu has been attacked by snow monsters, but some cities of the Ox Clan and the Bear Clan have also been attacked by different varieties of ancient beasts, which should be the precursor to the coming disaster, because the sentinels are old and frail, they have the opportunity to take advantage of the weakness.

The current state of the three clans is hostile to each other and fighting each other. If you can't change the current situation within three years, once the sentinel dies and the foreign enemy invades, you will not be able to resist at all.

When Wu Zhongyuan frowned and thought about it, Wu Dalie was also doing the same thing, and he was also thinking about what the giant bird said before meant by those words.

It was Wu Zhongyuan who spoke first, "Something is not quite right." ”

"What?" Wu Dalie asked.

"Its tone seems to be a little gloating," Wu Zhongyuan said, "and when it says that our time is running out, it is still gloating and laughing, as if it wishes we were unlucky." ”

"It seems to be. Wu Dalie nodded in agreement.

Wu Zhongyuan added, "If they are really protecting us, they shouldn't gloat because we are going to be unlucky." ”

Wu Dalie waved his hand and said, "You forgot the most important point, they are not people, even if they are really helping us, it is not that they themselves want to do that, it is likely that someone ordered them to do so." ”

Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly, "This possibility is also possible." ”

The giant bird only said five words in total, but these five sentences bothered the two of them for a long time, and the two of them had been scrutinizing those few words when they walked, Wu Dalie wondered how the giant bird could remember him and greet him after many years.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't discuss this question with him, because the giant bird was not an ordinary beast, and it was likely that he could see his origin, and this sentence should have been said to him.

However, he didn't quite understand the last sentence of the giant bird, what did the giant bird mean when he said that he left too late, and he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up? Does it mean that he came back too late, or did he mean that he set off too late for the south?

There are two oxen tethered under the tree, indicating that there have been two groups of people going south through there before they arrived, and the location of the giant bird is the place where the three clans must pass through the south, and those two groups of people should be from the ox clan and the bird clan respectively, although I don't know the purpose of these two groups of people going south, and I am not sure that the last sentence of the giant bird refers to this southward journey, but I still try to go as fast as possible......