The Behemoth of Xavier Chapter 3 A Strange Land
Call...... Call......
The cold wind blew like a knife on this sparse coniferous forest. The branches and leaves like steel needles rattled like two armies fighting each other.
The trunk of the big tree was motionless, as if it had long been accustomed to the confrontation with the cold wind all year round.
A boulder surrounded by several trees, one end buried in the earth, and the other end flat and exposed, like a huge stone platform.
Suddenly, the blue light on the stone platform flickered, and when the blue light dimmed, there was an extra young man wearing animal skin and braided hair on the stage.
"Fire ...... I'm alive...... What ...... is this" The young man's dark eyes were a little sloppy, and he spoke a little incoherently.
I saw that his black braids were scattered, and an arm-long scimitar was pinned to his waist, and although his face was young, his figure was very strong.
This boy is none other than the tribal boy Ah Gu who disappeared on the whirlpool stone platform.
The bitter cold wind never seemed to know tiredness, and a few straight coniferous trees grew against the bottom of the mountain.
The mountain was not too high, full of boulders, with a few weeds growing here and there, and the hole under the mountain where two people went in and out side by side was whining in the wind.
"I didn't expect that I was still alive, I don't know where this is?How did I get here?Priest Abel, how are they?Did the tribal migration succeed?" A series of questions and worries filled Ah Gu's heart.
"I hope Ah Bo and they are all well, fortunately I found this cave, it's really cold outside!" Ah Gu was ready to let go of his worries and doubts, it was time to think about the current situation.
Whether he was in the tribe or not, he couldn't help much now, so he could only pray that the priest Abel would save the day. Maybe one day he'll be able to go back and see them.
"Only live, survive and think about anything else. Once again, Ah Gu comforted himself.
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"Most of the trees here are coniferous, so it's supposed to be a place with four distinct seasons and very cold winters.
There is no snow outside, the ground is not frozen, and it is likely that it is still autumn. Winter will come, but fortunately there is still time. Ah Gu thought to himself.
The environment here should be similar to that of the lower middle tribe, and it may be colder, after all, the tribe is not like the area here is full of conifers.
"You have to be well prepared before the first snowfall, and you have to survive. "Ah Gu is a man of strong mind, he lived in the era of cruel tribes.
To be a tribal hunter means strength, intelligence, perseverance, and perhaps cruelty, which are necessary to survive.
Tribal hunters have never been alone, they have partners, and it is difficult for a hunter to survive. But now Ah Gu can only learn to survive alone in this strange world.
The cave is very clean, I don't know if any animals will come back here, so I have to be on guard. Looking at the size of the cave, if there is an animal living here, it must be a very large animal.
In his hometown, with such a climate, only brown bears and tigers would live in such a big hole. Maybe the beast is still out hunting, and it will come back to hibernate in winter, maybe it will come back tonight.
The chances of coming back tonight are slim, and Ah Gu hasn't seen any large herbivores along the way. Large beasts should hunt far away, and there is not enough for them to eat.
But as a hunter, you can't have this kind of luck mentality. Thinking about it, Ah Gu stood up and walked out of the cave.
Went outside the cave and found a few conifers and cut them down. Horizontal and vertical erections are erected at the entrance of the cave, and the entrance of the cave is covered.
This was not to prevent other animals from finding the cave, but to wait for him to come back and see from a distance whether the tree at the entrance of the cave had been pushed open or destroyed.
As long as a large animal enters the cave, it will definitely destroy the sheltered trees, and if it is a small animal, Ah Gu will not worry.
I turned over the needles on the fallen branches, found some blue-gray nuts, and took them into my arms.
Ah Gu has never seen this kind of nut, and he doesn't know if he can eat it, whether it is poisonous or not, Ah Gu doesn't dare to eat it. It stands to reason that there should be very few poisonous things in such a cold place.
Put them away and maybe you'll be able to use them later.
Keep walking, crouching down from time to time to look at the marks on the ground. There were traces of small animals moving leaves and hay as they ran, and there were no footprints of ungulates.
I don't know how long I went, but there were already two hares on my back, three black snakes with two finger thicknesses, and the snake's head was cut off, which was a small gain.
Ah Gu looked around to see that it was safe, and looked for some dry branches under the trees to put together, and kneaded the hay he picked up along the way into fluffy hay balls and stuffed them under the dry branches.
Two slightly thicker dry branches were deskinned by the bones, one on the ground and one perpendicular to the ground.
Ah Gu put down the scimitar and rubbed it with his two hands, the conditions were simple, and he could only use his hands to drill wood to make fire.
There was smoke, and some hay was drawn, and the fire burned.
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"Hmm~ It's so fragrant!" Ah Gu smelled the smell of fire, and suddenly felt hungry. The rabbit is huge, and one is enough to eat.
"Go further and hope to find a source of water. You'll have to go back to the cave before dark. "Just because you don't see any ferocious beasts during the day doesn't mean you don't see them at night.
Be cautious before you get to know this forest.
After walking another distance, Ah Gu faintly heard the sound of water. After running two steps, a small river appeared in front of Ah Gu, and some animals were drinking water around the river.
Ah Gu is very excited, which means that the winter will not be difficult. As long as you survive this winter and follow the river upstream, you are likely to find other tribes.
Ah Gu walked to the river, filled the water bag with the animal skin he had with him, and then washed his face well.
The arrival of Ah Gu did not scare the animals by the river away, and a group of deer looked at this side curiously, lowered their heads and continued to drink water.
"As long as the river is not frozen, there is no need to worry about eating. Ah Gu smiled happily.
Slowly retreating from the animals' sight. There is still something to do, and it is not yet time to hunt. Ah Gu searched around, and when he saw a lot of stones, he went to look at it.
"Hey, I still haven't found it. The sun was already tilting a little to the west, and Ah Gu shook his head with some regret.
Throw away the gravel in your hands. Ah Gu is looking for salt ore around, both people and animals eat salt, and the tribal salt mines of Ah Gu can be found everywhere, and they can generally be found in places where there are many animals.
"Forget it, I'm not looking for it today. As he spoke, he picked up a fist-sized stone in one hand and walked towards the deer by the river.
Ah Gu slowly leaned against the cover of the big tree and got closer, and the fawn raised his head vigilantly from time to time to look around, moving his ears. Ah Gu immediately stopped moving, motionless.
The fawn lowered its head again. The deer's eyesight is not very good, but its hearing is outstanding, as long as it stops when it raises its head, it will not be easily spotted.
Approaching, Ah Gu narrowed his eyes, aimed at a tall deer, and threw the stone out fiercely.
The distance of more than fifty paces is not too close for the hunters of the tribe, and it is common to shoot their prey at this distance with bows and arrows.
Ah Gu believes in his own strength very much, and since the day he threw the big tree out of the whirlpool, he has found that his strength is far beyond that of normal people for some unknown reason.
In the past, it was only powerful, but now it can be said that it is huge.
And he also found that his resilience was also very strong, and in less than a day, his broken leg was already much better.
"Whoosh...... Smack......"
The tremendous force made the stone make a piercing sound of air rubbing. Ah Gu's luck was good, this time the hit was very accurate, and it hit the deer between the front leg and the ribs at once.
Blood splattered, and the deer fell with it, and the second stone was useless.
The surrounding animals were so frightened that they all ran away at once, leaving only the injured deer struggling to get up, falling again, and struggling again......
Ah Gu ran over quickly, and with a knife in his hand, he slit the throat of the deer and put an end to the pain for it. This is how the tribesmen live, eating or being eaten, or starving to death.
Bloodlet by the river, then clean the internal organs, leave the deer's stomach to be cleaned, and then roast it to make a water bladder when it returns. Carrying the deer, he strode towards the cave.
The tree in the cave was not touched, so he moved the tree away, and pulled out a scimitar to cut a thin point of the tree into a fork, and the tip of the fork was sharpened with a knife.
"While the soil is not frozen yet, this work has to be done quickly. Ah Gu walked to the entrance of the cave with a wooden fork and began to loosen the soil at the entrance of the cave.
A large hole was dug for two people at the entrance of the cave, leaving only a half-pace-wide road at the edge of the hole as a passage, and the bottom of the hole was filled with sharpened wooden sticks.
I cleaned up the dirt, clapped my hands, and could sleep peacefully tonight.
"The entrance to the cave is high, so I am not afraid of rain. But when it rains, it's hard to find dry firewood, so you have to prepare firewood for a few days. He went out again and picked up firewood in the woods.
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In the blink of an eye, more than 30 days and nights have passed.
He carved another knife into the wall, then inserted the knife back into its scabbard. Stretching his waist, he hung up his water bag and walked out of the hole.
Ah Gu has had a good time this time, and because his strength is much beyond ordinary people, there is no shortage of prey at all. I also found some coarse salt stones, ground them and smeared them on the meat to make a lot of jerky.
Winter is not worried......
Ah Gu stood outside the cave, watching the snowflakes slowly falling from the sky.
"Winter is finally here, so I'll go out and pick up some dry firewood before the snow falls. ”
This time, Ah Gu decided to keep walking along the mountain wall to see what he could find. Pick it up when you come back.
From morning to noon, Ah Gu noticed that some of the surrounding trees had burn marks. How could there be traces of burning the woods on such a cold day?
Ah Gu touched the scorch marks on the tree, it was new, and it was only for a few days, but there was no thunder in the past few days?
Ah Gu continued to walk along the mountain wall with doubts.
Walking and walking......
"Huh...... There is a cave in this. "The few weeds that were sparse on either side of the cave seemed to be overpowered.
"It's supposed to be an animal's burrow, looking at the flattened grass marks on the ground, it should be a large animal. "Ah Gu is confident in his strength, and there is no animal in his hometown that can make him fear.