Where there is hope, there is strength.

But Zhang Xiaopaw did not rush towards the light of hope, but forcibly suppressed the impulse in his heart, and moved forward a short distance from one distance to another. The brighter and brighter light pierced his eyes, and he couldn't stop crying. He had to advance a short distance and then stop and rest for a while to allow his eyes to adjust to the increasing light, or else he would rush into the bright light, and both eyes would have to be blinded.

This is the knowledge of survival in the wild taught by Niu Yao after entering the mountain, and he remembers it word for word.

A distance of several hundred steps, it took Zhang Xiaoshu a full day to complete. By the time he walked out of the cave, it was already the middle of the night.

Be unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation.

Zhang Xiaopaw cried with joy.

Lying on the soft and dry sand and gravel ground, looking at the starry sky, he felt like a world away.

The crooked crescent moon hanging in the night sky made him sigh that it was fifteen full moons when he entered the bottom of the cold pool, and the time from the full moon to the crescent moon was ten days at most, but he felt that it was ten years long.

However, although it was only ten days, these ten days of suffering were by no means bearable by ordinary people. has no food or drink, and has to consume physical strength to keep hurrying, but this is nothing, because the mental torture is the most terrible, so that Zhang Xiaopaw broke down several times, and even made crazy acts of self-harm.

Fortunately, he persevered in the end, although the whole person had been tortured to the point of being imhuman, and his strong and full body was as thin as dry wood in ten days, but he finally survived.

Zhang Xiaopao glanced around with the help of the faint moonlight, and found that he was lying on the bed of a dry river, which originated from the cave he had just walked out of, and he did not know where it flowed. The flowers and trees around were all withered and yellow, and even the big trees six or seven feet tall were dry.

The surrounding devastated scenery made Zhang Xiaoshu stunned for a moment, and then he was happy, the vegetation in the Black Forest was crisp and lush, so this place was definitely not in the Black Forest at the moment, and he suddenly said in his heart: "No wonder I walked for so long, it turned out that I walked out of the Black Forest along the underground river." ”

But he soon became worried, since he entered the Black Forest, it had only been a month, and although the grass and trees had withered at that time, the tall trees in the mountains could still see a little green, and now even the trees that grew six or seven feet high by the river had withered, so it was evident that the drought had become more severe this month.

I don't know what happened to Liujia Village?

The water in the well must have dried up a long time ago, right?

Zhang Xiaopaw frowned, very worried in his heart.

Fortunately, the heavens favored him, and although he suffered for ten days, it was equivalent to telling him that there was a water source in the depths of the cave next to him.

"You have to hurry back to the village, if the water in the village is already cut off, let the big guy come here with the guys to get water. ”

Zhang Xiaopaw made a decision in his heart, and was just about to get up and hurry, when he suddenly heard a 'hiss' sound behind him, which he was familiar with, it was the sound of a snake spitting letters. He hurriedly turned his head to look behind him, and sure enough, he saw a large snake, hunched over and spitting out letters to him.

Sou!

When the big snake saw Zhang Xiaopaw turn around, he suddenly attacked, and his head shot at Zhang Xiaopaw like an arrow, and his mouth was wide open, revealing his long fangs.

"Good brute, good come!"

Zhang Xiaopaw was not surprised, his left hand reached out and directly grabbed the snake's head, and the bone knife in his right hand was cut horizontally, and the big snake's body was immediately separated.

Blood rushed out of the snake's body, and Zhang Xiaopaw hurriedly opened his mouth to catch it, and at the same time put down the bone knife in his right hand, grabbed the snake's tail and erected its body, so that the snake's blood could flow out as much as possible.

Zhang Xiaopaw was really thirsty, and the fishy snake blood flowed into his mouth, not only did he feel bad and disgusting, but he felt as sweet as nectar. It wasn't until the last drop of snake blood was trapped that Zhang Xiaopaw smacked his lips unsatisfied, although he couldn't drink enough, but he also relieved his urgent need.

Zhang Xiaopaw looked at the body of the snake and found that the snake was far bigger than he felt, and it was a foot long. It's just that it's too thin, and the thickest part is only the thickness of the baby's arm. Cutting open its skin with a bone knife revealed that its stomach was empty, apparently devastated by drought and starvation.

"Big snake, big snake, if you are hungry and I am hungry, if you eat me, you will not be captured by me, you can only deserve to be eaten by me. Reincarnate as a person in the next life, the law of the jungle eats the strong, people always want to-"

Zhang Xiaopaw wanted to say, 'People are always better than animals', but the figure of the black giant ape suddenly appeared in his mind, and the words that came to his mouth suddenly stopped, and he said stupidly: "Or reincarnated as a beast like a black ape, it is strong and unmatched, and there is nothing to fear." ”

There was no shortage of dry firewood on dry days, so Zhang Xiaopaw resisted the urge to eat raw snake meat, built a small fire on the riverbed, wrapped the skinned snake around a stick, and put it on the fire to barbecue. After a while, the smell of meat wafted up.

After only roasting until it was five years old, Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't hold back anymore, and took a big bite of it when he brought it to his mouth, and he was reluctant to spit out the bones, so he chewed them and ate them directly.

The snake meat is delicate and delicious.

However, he only ate a third of it before he stopped, wanting to bring the remaining two-thirds back to the village and share it with everyone.

Zhang Xiaopaw found a rattan with the thickness of his fingers, tightened his belly so that his hungry stomach felt better, tied up the remaining snake meat and carried it in his hand, and then ran wildly in the direction of Liujia Village.

His speed and strength were far from comparable to those of the time he had entered the mountain, and a large mountain could be climbed in less than a quarter of an hour. But after turning over a mountain and turning over a mountain, and so on, I don't know how many mountains he climbed, until the sky was exposed to the white of the fish's belly, and he didn't see the big mountain he was familiar with, let alone Liujia Village.

"Help—help—"

"Ahh

Zhang Xiaopu was standing on a mountain peak and looking around, hoping to find the direction of Liujia Village, when he suddenly faintly heard a cry for help and screams coming from the right front. I went to the voice, but I didn't see anyone calling for help.

Confirming that he heard correctly, it was indeed a cry for help, Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't help but guess if someone was in distress in the mountains, and immediately did not dare to delay, and hurriedly ran in the direction where the sound came, hoping to help the people in distress.

"Ahh

The screams were terrible and miserable, and Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't help but feel creepy when he heard it, feeling that the victims must be suffering inhumanely, otherwise how could they let out such a ghostly cry and howl.

Running all the way to the bottom of the mountain, the screams were much closer, Zhang Xiaopaw quickly confirmed the next direction, and ran towards the valley ahead.

Turning a mountain bay, a valley with a wide field of vision jumped into Zhang Xiaopaw's field of vision, and at the same time, a strong smell of blood came to his face.

As soon as Zhang Xiaopaw's gaze fell on the valley, his pupils suddenly shrank, his scalp was numb, goosebumps appeared, the hairs on his body stood upside down, and his backbone went straight up. For a moment, he even wondered if he had accidentally broken into the Infernal Hell.

I saw that there were eight wooden shelves more than one person high in the valley, and more than a dozen naked people were bound hand and foot, hanging from the wooden shelves with their heads and feet on the ground, and there were wooden basins or barrels under each person, and blood was gurgling out of the heads of these people, and fell into the wooden basins and barrels below.

Around the wooden shelves, there were more than a dozen shirtless men, all with hideous faces and fierce eyes.

What made Zhang Xiaopaw extremely frightened was that the more than a dozen shirtless men were actually scooping the hot blood in the wooden basin and barrel with a wooden scoop to drink.

Not far away, there were several burnt fires, and the bones beside the fire were full of human bones.

"Help—help!"

"Hero, help!"

Not far behind the shirtless man, there were four people who were tied up by five flowers, and one of them saw Zhang Xiaopaw who appeared at the mouth of the valley and immediately shouted at him for help.

The cry for help attracted the attention of the shirtless men, who looked at Zhang Xiaopaw one after another, and several of them threw away the wooden scoops in their hands, grabbed the steel knife resting beside them, and walked towards Zhang Xiaopaw with a cruel smile.

"Boy, give you two paths, either join us or become them. A shirtless man pointed a knife at Zhang Xiaopaw and said.

"Brute, brute, brute!" The fear in Zhang Xiaopu's heart suddenly turned into boundless anger, and he roared at the shirtless man: "You-how-how can you-"

He wanted to question, but those terrifying words could not be spoken.

The shirtless man knew what Zhang Xiaopaw wanted to say, so he didn't care much and said: "Isn't it just drinking human blood and eating human flesh, don't be afraid, young man, you just need to eat it once, and you won't be afraid." Haha, you haven't eaten human flesh, Lao Tzu told you, it's very fragrant and special-"

"Shut up! Shut up Lao Tzu!" Zhang Xiaopu interrupted the man's words with a roar, and said coldly: "If your conscience is extinguished, it is not a pity to die!"

"Young man, don't toast or eat!" said the shirtless man hideously.

"Die!" Zhang Xiaopaw spat out a word from between his teeth.

The sound fell, and the shirtless man who walked in front bore the brunt, only to feel a figure swaying in front of him, his throat as if he had been bitten by a mosquito, and then he saw bright red blood spurting out of his neck, and he was busy covering it with both hands, and how could he cover it.

He fell to the ground, gurgling in his throat, seemingly in pain, but with an eerie smile on his face.

One knife and one by one, no one is the enemy of Zhang Xiaopu's move.

Everyone had a smile on their faces after they died, and Zhang Xiaopaw felt that it should be a smile of relief.

Zhang Xiaopai probed one by one, and found that all the people hanging upside down on the shelf were dead, and he couldn't help but hate himself for being one step late, otherwise he might be able to save their lives.

He confessed his guilt, and took two pieces of clothing from the corpse, a short-sleeved open-breasted gown, a loose linen trousers, and a pair of well-fitting shoes, and put them on himself one by one. Then he walked up to the four bound men and untied them one by one.

The four of them burst into tears and knelt down to thank Zhang Xiaopaw.

After that, the five of them dug two large pits, threw the corpses and bones into the pits, and buried the earth to fill them up, without raising graves, let alone erecting tombstones.

After doing this, the five of them didn't want to stay in this valley comparable to hell on earth for a moment, and hurriedly left the valley.

I was speechless all the way, walked for more than an hour, climbed two mountains, and was so tired that I couldn't walk anymore, so a few people stopped to rest.

"Dare to ask the benefactor to respect the name, and remember it in the future, and remember it every day. As soon as he stopped, the eldest of the four immediately asked Zhang Xiaopai with a salute.

"Uncle doesn't need to be polite. Zhang Xiaopaw politely replied, "My name is Zhang Xiaopaw, you can call me Xiaopaw." The kid just had a few questions to ask. ”

"Engong just asks, and the old man must know that there is no end to what he says. The old man said busily.

"What time is it today? Where is this? In which direction is Liujia Village?" Zhang Xiaopao asked three questions in succession.

The old man couldn't help frowning when he heard Zhang Xiaopaw's question, and replied, "Today is April 25th. This is Baihuang Mountain, which belongs to the boundary of Londo County. As for Liujia Village, I have never heard of this village. Do you three know?"

"I don't know. The three of them shook their heads in unison.

"Baihuang Mountain?Longduo County?" Zhang Xiaopaw had a question mark in his head, he had never heard of these two place names, and a bad premonition arose in his heart, and he hurriedly asked: "Does the old man know about Fengshui County?"

The old man frowned and pondered, and finally shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"What about Baiyun City?" Zhang Xiaopaw asked again.

"I don't know. The old man shook his head again.

"So—then which city is this?" asked Zhang Xiaopu.

"Yancheng. The old man replied.

"Yancheng?" Zhang Xiaopaw became more and more dazed.