Chapter 3 The Great War Is Approaching
When the first rays of sunlight shone into Huaguo Mountain in the morning, the stone monkey suddenly jumped up, and the confused brain woke up in an instant. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This night, as if it was reality, as if in a dream, was full of eerie ghostly sounds, and the sound of other animals chewing bones was so real, so the stone monkeys were in a state of confusion and semi-sleep all night.
The stone monkey stood up, and then began to carefully look at the old tree in front of him, this is a banyan tree, the trunk is thick enough for three people to hug, the huge crown of the tree is like a mushroom cloud covering the sky and the sun, the yellow leaves are falling, last night's conversation is like a dream, the stone monkey still can't tell whether it really happened.
"Bang!"
The stone monkey was hit by something on the head, the stone monkey touched his head, looked around, did not find the attacker, looked on the ground, only to find that it was a pine cone that attacked him.
"Bang!"
The stone monkey was attacked by the pine cone again, he looked up and found a small brown-haired squirrel standing on the banyan tree, holding a pine cone in both hands, staring at himself nervously, and the stone monkey was not afraid, and said, "Who are you?" β
The squirrel jumped a few steps in a row, and was a little further away from the stone monkey.
The stone monkey took a step forward and said, "Why did you hit me?" β
The squirrel didn't respond, still looking at him nervously. The stone monkey shook his head stupidly, thinking that it was a mute...... Or maybe he hasn't learned to speak at all.
As the stone monkey was turning to leave, a voice suddenly came from overhead:
"I'll take you to them."
The voice was like that of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and the stone monkey was shocked, thinking that this squirrel could talk, could she also be a monster? It stands to reason that the stone monkey should be scared, but with the experience of not knowing whether it was real or a dream last night, the stone monkey was extremely calm.
He turned to the squirrel and said, "Who are you going to?" β
"Find them, you come with me." The little squirrel jumped a few steps further away, for fear that the stone monkey would hurt himself.
"I'm going with you? Looking for them? The stone monkey was puzzled.
"Yes. You come with me. After saying that, the little squirrel jumped off the banyan tree and jumped up the branches, and the stone monkey was under the tree, following her figure until he walked deep into the jungle.
"You walk very slowly under the tree, do as I do, and climb up the tree......" said the little squirrel to a sudden stop, turning to the monkey under the tree.
The stone monkey was looked at by the other party naked, and his heart was not a taste, but he said, "I can't climb a tree." β
"You can try." The voice was the same as a human voice, and it was so sweet.
Try? The stone monkey looked up at the branches above his head, which was more than two meters high above his head, and in normal times, he couldn't catch it no matter what, and the stone monkey thought, yes, I'm a monkey now, why don't I try it?
He squatted down, jumped up at the branch, and easily grabbed the branch that lay above his head, and the stone monkey turned over and came to the tree, although he was extremely hungry now, this action was not effortless at all, and the ability to climb the branch seemed to have come to him overnight, and the stone monkey did not know whether he was happy or sad in his heart...... Maybe the joy is that with this ability, you will be able to survive better in Huaguo Mountain, but the sad thing is that you have really become a monkey now, and monkey nature is gradually replacing human nature......
"I said you could...... Follow me. β
In this way, the stone monkey followed the little squirrel, speeding over the trees layer by layer, like a fish swimming in water, and the skill of climbing the branches of the trees seemed to be born with one of his own abilities.
The little squirrel would never let him come near him, and the stone monkey followed her closely, and although he did not know where she was going to take him, he was still afraid of following him......
But at one point, the stone monkey finally lost her.
He jumped off the branch and looked around, but there was no sign of the little squirrel.
But at this moment, the sound of chirping and chatting sounded around him one after another, and it was very noisy. The stone monkey didn't have time to look for the little squirrel, he didn't know where he had come...... I felt a hint of fear, and thought to myself that I shouldn't trust anyone easily.
The stone monkey didn't have time to think about it, at this moment, a banana flew overhead, the stone monkey grabbed it, and when he looked at it, more than a dozen monkeys suddenly sprang out of the branches around him, scratching their ears and cheeks, all staring at the stone monkey intently......
One of the monkeys made a gesture to tell the stone monkey to peel the banana and eat it.
The stone monkey understood, and because he was already hungry, he peeled the banana and stuffed it into his mouth. Gobble it up.
After the stone monkey finished eating, another banana flew into his hand......
"Slow down, slow down......" a monkey voice came from the tree.
"More miles!" The other monkey said.
"You are ......" A little monkey in the tree pointed to the mountain peak in the distance, and his hands exploded, and the stone monkey knew what he meant, and he wanted to ask himself if he had come out of the stone on the top of the mountain......
The stone monkey chewed a banana and nodded.
Of course, the stone monkey could not have imagined that he would scatter the monkeys in fright, and they were all standing on the branches of the trees in the distance, or what they thought was safe, looking at him.
The stone monkey couldn't imagine why these people, these monkeys, were so afraid of themselves.
The stone monkey finished eating the second banana and stood there at a loss, and the group of monkeys who were hiding far away were approaching him little by little, and one of the bold little monkeys broke off a tree, jumped off the tree quickly, ran to the stone monkey and poked it, and then jumped up the treetops at a faster speed...... After doing all this, he watched the movements of the stone monkey under the tree with wide eyes......
All the monkeys nervously observed the stone monkey's movements, for fear that the stone monkey would destroy itself, and they were ready to flee quickly if it was not suitable.
The stone monkey suddenly felt sad, and he couldn't imagine that it was not only himself guarding against others, but also guarding himself, at this moment, his own kind regarded himself as a foreign object and did not dare to accept himself......
The stone monkey was sour, not because he was not accepted by the monkeys, but because he felt that he had failed the little squirrels who had brought him here, after all, they had no idea what life was.
The stone monkey is ready to leave, in his own human world, he is the same, when he encounters this situation of being misunderstood by the collective, he generally will not explain, he believes that justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, and all misunderstandings will be resolved, it is only a matter of time. But at the moment he didn't want to explain it to them. This kind of thing can't be explained.
Just when the stone monkey was about to leave, the little monkey who had poked the stone monkey just now, jumped off the tree, hugged the stone monkey, and the rest of the monkeys hiding in the tree all rushed up and pressed the monkey to the ground, and they rolled on the ground and cheered: He is not a monster, not a monster, just like us.
After a commotion, this contrasting move made the stone monkey at a loss. He could only laugh awkwardly. A burly monkey approached from a distanceβhe wore a golden leather belt around his waist, a piece of rag that hung down to cover key parts of his body to show that he was different from other monkeys, and he carried a bow and arrow on his back, and the whole image looked magnificent. And he was followed by dozens of monkeys, all in the same outfit, all carrying bows and arrows.
The stone monkey concluded that this monkey should be the boss of the entire monkey pack.
He was not mistaken, and the monkey stepped forward and said, "I am their boss." He is also the king of monkeys. You can call me Monkey Boss - that's what they call me. β
The stone monkey nodded, thinking that if he really wanted to become the Monkey King, he would have to overthrow this guy, didn't Wu Chengen say that it was okay to just jump the waterfall? It seems that the old man's words are completely untrustworthy.
"Welcome to Huaguoshan and become one of us. From now on, I will protect you. The monkey boss stretched out his hand, meaning to shake hands with the stone monkey.
The stone monkey thought to himself, who needs your protection, your position will be mine in a few days, although he thought so in his heart, he could only stretch out his hand and shake him in a friendly manner.
The monkey continued, "Huaguo Mountain has been very dangerous lately...... For some reason, humans now know about our existence, they will come to the mountains to hunt monkeys regularly, the first few monkey hunting operations have been crushed by us, according to the previous rules, this time they will be on a larger scale, you must follow us, you can't get lost. β
The stone monkey nodded. All he could do now was nod.
"By the way, what's your name?" Monkey Old Avenue.
"My name is Yan ......" The stone monkey almost blurted out, realizing his mistake, he took back the words that came to his lips and changed his words, "I don't have a name." You all have names? β
"No name? Well. Since you were born and grew from stones, then you will be called stones from now on. β
"My name will be Stone in the future?" The stone monkey was stunned, he almost exclaimed, he had never been used to being controlled by others, he didn't expect that when he came into this world, he needed someone else to arrange his name for himself--what about me? Why do I need to be under your control?
"Yes, you will be called a stone from now on." The monkey boss said almost in a commanding tone: "In the past few days, you have followed the large army, in order to prevent hunters, Huaguo Mountain is now full of traps and hidden weapons, you first familiarize yourself with the environment, and after a while, depending on your ability, you will be assigned a position." β
"Assign me a position according to my ability, do you tell me to wash your feet and do it too?" Because the stone monkey is a human in his bones, he is naturally proud, and he is really forced to be with the monkey now, so he is extremely angry in his heart, but he still knows the times and says: "Okay." β
He suddenly remembered that in "Journey to the West", before the stone monkey became the monkey king, there was such a sentence that described "There is no nail in the mountain, and the cold does not know the year." In other words, becoming the Monkey King is not an overnight thing, and of course, it will not be just a waterfall jump as described in the book. Besides, I heard the old tree say last night that there are more than 300 waterfalls in Huaguo Mountain, which one will have a water curtain hole? No one knows. And for now, it is not an overnight thing to bring down the mountain in front of you, and I don't know what will happen later?
Did fate arrange for me to come here, just to be a little monkey who resigned myself to fate?
The stone monkey began to be confused, but his character since he was a child was that he would never admit defeat, even if he was now in this strange world.
Just when the stone monkey was confused about the future, there was a rustling sound from the woods behind him, as if it was a hurried footstep, the sound became louder and louder, the stone monkey was keenly aware that the danger was approaching, and then for no reason a gust of wind blew, the monkey boss stood in the fallen leaves rolled up by the wind, pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind him, and ordered: "The hunter is here, everyone is ready to run." β
(To be continued)
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