Chapter Twenty-Four: A Salute to Death
None of these belong to human beings, because every pair of eyes carries a wild nature that is born of nature. It was creepy to be stared at by countless pairs of such eyes in the dark, and slowly the owner of the eyes poked his head out of the darkness, and then revealed a different form of body.
The animals came out of the darkness and gathered around Helian Xiaojiang, standing in a circle around the swamp.
There are slender and elegant deer, strong black bears, mighty lions, red-eyed and red-nosed rabbits, and even amphibians such as black toads. In addition to the animals on land, a large number of birds fly down from the sky, and there are many species, but the most common is a bird with large black feathers covering its whole body, a bit like a crow.
If you take advantage of the light of Shaoyue to take a closer look, you will find that there are cold-blooded reptiles among them, such as lizards, and even inconspicuous ant colonies. These animals are objects in each other's food chains, predators, predators and food relationships. But now they can live in peace.
They don't pay attention to each other and don't invade each other, maybe the attention of all the animals present is on Helian Xiaojiang, and she feels a lot of pressure.
The squirrel finally stopped its hoarse cry, and the sky was silent. It's a rare sight to see animals quietly forming around the edge of the swamp as if they were silently called.
Maybe...... Helian Xiaojiang had a whim: So these animals are here to rescue her? Helian Xiaojiang suddenly came to his senses.
Reality is always cruel, and it turns out that she thinks too much.
The animals stand or sit in place. Looking at her motionless through the swamp pool, with an almost solemn expression. This is even more indignant than being stared at by dark flickering eyes when he was in the dark, and Helian Xiaojiang was flustered. It didn't take long for Helian Xiaojiang to panic, all the animals suddenly chirped in unison, and each one, regardless of size, regardless of the carnivorous herb system, used all the strength of his body to get carried away and chirp as much as possible like the squirrel just now.
The various chirpings of so many animals overlapped, loud or sharp, low or trembling, and the common denominator was that they were all mixed with plaintiveness. Helian Xiaojiang had to cover his ears tightly in an attempt to block out the noise.
What is the meaning behind this eccentric group behavior?
Like jumping off a high-rise building, arguing on the street, or having a traffic accident? The curiosity of the crowd was instantly activated, and everyone put down what they were doing and gathered around. So they're the same?
Curiosity, temptation, sympathy, or schadenfreude?
Helian Xiaojiang's guess was wrong. In fact, the minds and actions of animals are far more simple than those of humans. The swamps of the forest are their home, the graves by default. And death is the end point that every living creature cannot escape, whether you are strong or weak. At this time, there is no such thing as natural selection, and all beings are equal in the face of death, which is also a hopeless end.
Animals are in awe of death.
Whenever a creature falls into a swamp, it is a sign of death. It was a funeral ceremony in which the animals of the forest were moved at the same time, even breaking the barriers of hostility between species to mourn death together. Silent mourning for Helian Xiaojiang.
The mournful cry represents grief and is also a ritual of send-off. That is, to pay tribute to Helian Xiaojiang, but also to express respect for death.
The animals are still chirping, doing their best.
"Well, I'm still alive. Don't scream, don't scream, can someone come to save me......" Helian Xiaojiang continued to cover his ears and struggled helplessly in the roar of a hundred beasts.
It wasn't until the roar was hoarse that there was no longer a sound, and the mourning ceremony of the animals was completed, and then in the blink of an eye, all the beasts "hula" all dispersed. The movements were as fast as if a natural predator was chasing them behind, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the dense forest.
The last one to walk was the squirrel with a big fluffy tail, which strung up a nearby big tree, turned around halfway and took a deep look at Helian Xiaojiang with small eyes like mung beans, and then its furry body burrowed into the dense leaves, and then the big tail disappeared.
Once again, Helian Xiaojiang was left alone in the swamp as quiet as stagnant water.
They were scattered too simply, and the scene that had just been surrounded by beasts was like an illusion. "Help......" Helian Xiaojiang shouted.
The forest responded to her with a "rustling" sound.
When the blue wolf arrived in a hurry on Qijihuo, Helian Xiaojiang only had his head and neck exposed. One hand was raised above his head, and the rest of his body was submerged in the black swamp. And Helian Xiaojiang silently shed wide tears.
It's a pitiful and funny pose.
"Don't laugh. Helian Xiaojiang stopped crying and said comically to the blue wolf with a hand. She wasn't at all surprised by the wolf's timely senses, as if he could always show up at the right time and rescue her.
"Didn't laugh. Hold on. The blue wolf quickly leaned in. The light of the moon filled the uncovered swamp, and the little bit of the wolf's mouth was curled and there was no way to hide it.
Helian Xiaojiang grinded his teeth.
The blue wolf lowered his head and reached out to scoop up the mud in the swamp and glued it to his index finger and thumb, and then looked up left and right to observe the shape. Then he got up and walked over to a smaller tree, and cut a section from the many vines hanging from it. One end of the vine is rolled in several circles, and the other end is grabbed and the bundle of vines is thrown out.
The head was excellent, and the vine didn't fall far away, and the vine just landed next to Helian Xiaojiang, and she tried to reach out and grab it. Then the blue wolf began to reel in the line, because it was parallel to the force, and the whole body was not pulled up but slowly dragged diagonally to the shore. Helian Xiaojiang could clearly hear the sound of mud surging under him. She craned her neck as much as she could to avoid the mud splashing into her mouth.
All in all is very wolf bèi.
This knowledge has been dragged to the shore in a painful way. It was not easy to take it off, the grip of the swamp was very strong, and even Xiaojiang's wrists were pinched red. When the upper body was exposed, the blue wolf grabbed Helian Xiaojiang's armpits and lifted the person up.
Finally out of the black, smelly and dangerous swamp. From the soles of the feet to the neck, they were covered in a layer of soft mud, and the wet stickiness was very uncomfortable. But now there is obviously no extra clothes to change again. Helian Xiaojiang jumped up and down twice on the spot, shaking off the excess mud on his body, using the principle of a dehydrator. Then I plucked a few broad-leaved leaves and wiped them indiscriminately.
Although the process was wolf bèi the result was good, smooth lì escaped.
The blue wolf silently handed over a small blue gourd-shaped bottle.
"Huh?"
"Trauma medicine. He raised his hand.