Chapter 4 Bear Daddy?
I stood outside the west city gate and looked around, as far as the eye could see, I didn't find a road within the scope of my eyes, the ground outside the city gate was paved with large stone slabs, the stone crevices were overgrown with weeds, out of the stone ground of the hundred meters, outside was an endless mixed jungle, there were many kinds of trees, trees and shrubs were mixed and scattered, there was a feeling of tropical rainforest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoOccasionally, the trees are cut, broken, and trampled to form a "path" that looks like a forest animal path, leaving traces that prove that people have passed by. I looked at the small snow flame in front of me, and then looked back at the tall city walls, making sure I hadn't crossed into the Amazon rainforest.
Seeing that I was stunned in place, Xiaoxue turned around and shouted at me to leave. I ran to them and asked where the directions were. Blaze looked at me with an expression that bordered on an idiot, and Snow tapped me on the shoulder in understanding and explained why. According to her, the plants in this world are so tenacious that they grow at a terrible rate, and they grow almost as crazy as they can cut a road, and there is no manpower in any city to maintain a road, so they will not build roads. As for why the city was not swallowed by plants, it was thanks to an ore called Juemu Stone, and plants would avoid it wherever there was a Juemu Stone, and the walls of Yong'an City were inlaid with Juemu Stone to avoid being invaded by plants. Because the wood stone is very rare, it is used to expand its territory and pave roads. However, there were still many cities where goods came and went, mainly by waterways and caravans of animal referents, and there was a wharf south of Yong'an that led to other towns near the river. In cities and towns that do not have docks in the hinterland, a stone monument inlaid with wood and stone will be erected ten miles between the main connected cities as a signpost, which is used to guide the caravans of pedestrians and animal repellents. And there are no road signs on the Ferris Ridge we are going to, and Xiaoxue pointed to a solitary peak in the distance to the south-west, because it is too high and conspicuous to be seen at a glance. After explaining that the flames were the first to start, we rushed in the direction of Sky Ridge and plunged into the dense jungle......
I started with a wild mindset, but after a short walk, I started to get upset and had enough! This was not the place for people to come at all, the road that had just entered the forest was full of low trees and shrubs, branches and leaves in front of them, and it was very difficult to walk, and Blaze was holding a machete to clear the way in front of him, and his advance was very slow. Moreover, the weather was hot, and the bushes were even more suffocating, and their clothes were wet and sticky to their bodies. This kind of road condition lasted for most of the day. Almost in the afternoon, the road is gradually getting better, the arbor plants are getting taller and bigger, the canopy of the branches covers the sky and the sun blocks the sun, so that the shrubs and plants can not receive sunlight, and lose the space for survival, the deeper the way this situation is, the more serious the situation, except for the mosses under the towering ancient trees, it is difficult to see other plants. Because there is no sunlight, the temperature in the forest is much lower than outside, although it is broad daylight, there is a cold and gloomy feeling, especially when the wind blows, the turbulent "waves" of the sea of trees in my ears, which makes people feel as if they are about to be swallowed by the forest, I hate this feeling very much, because it drowns out the sound of flames and snow, and makes me instantly recall the taste of loneliness and loneliness. I have long been accustomed to loneliness, but I am still afraid of loneliness, whenever Blaze, Xiaoxue and me get a little distance from me, I will feel uneasy, like a child holding the hand of a parent in a strange environment, for fear of being abandoned, so I speed up the pace to catch up and stick to them. But cold is not a bad thing for us, it is enough to walk on a good road! There was only one inconvenience, and that was that the forest also blocked our view, which made it inconvenient to determine the location of the Sky Ridge, so we had to climb to the top of the tree to determine if we were in the right direction every time we walked a distance.
We take turns to do the work of climbing the tree. When the flame went up the tree, he used his hands and feet together, like a monkey, and swished to the top of the tree; When it was Xiaoxue's turn, she borrowed strength back and forth between the two trees and jumped all the way to the top of the tree; As for me...... Hehe, I picked up the cheap one with internal strength, and used the light power to borrow two strokes of force on a tree and flew to the top of the tree, Xiaoxue and Blaze were full of praise for my skills, and I heard that my heart was beautiful, and I immediately had a great sense of superiority.
Towards dusk, we found a hollow formed by the uplift of the roots of a large tree as a temporary shelter for the evening. Xiaoxue and Blaze set up several improvised traps around the tree hole, as well as trigger-type alarms, and after they were done, they went out to collect dry firewood. I left the hollow in the tree and cleaned up briefly, dug a shallow pit in the middle to make a fire, put dry branches on each of them a little further from the pit, and spread the animal skin blanket I had brought with me, and sorted out some of the food, and my work was done, and the next thing to do was to wait for the light snow and flame to come back from collecting firewood.
Soon after, they returned with a pile of firewood, and Blaze caught a small yellow and white snake and said that it was going to be roasted for dinner. The fire was soon lit, and the whole hollow was warm, and although it was summer, the forest at night was as cold as water, so the warmth was particularly attractive, and listening to the crackling sound of dry wood being burned made for some reason made people feel very reassuring. Xiaoxue went out again to get some fresh branches to block the entrance to the cave, not wanting the light to shine through, for fear of attracting unnecessary danger to large animals.
When Blaze was done, he began to pick up the little snake. Skillfully remove the head and peel the skin, dig out the internal organs, and eat the snake heart and snake gall directly raw, and then use a knife to cut a stick, and skewer the snake meat one by one and roast it on the fire. Xiaoxue is very unhappy with his behavior of throwing the snake's head and internal organs in the hole, and orders him to throw them all out of the hole. Although Blaze thought that Xiaoxue was troublesome, he still threw them out according to Xiaoxue's intentions. After baking, Blaze wanted to share it with the two of us, but Xiaoxue and I refused. I'm not a picky eater, it's just that snake meat is not the first choice when food is available; And Xiaoxue is taboo that this snake is poisonous, although she knows that the poisonous is only the head, but she can't get over the hurdle in her heart. Xiaoxue said that this snake is called Little Yellow Flower, and it is very common in this area, especially on the Sky Ridge. Snake venom is not poisonous, but it can make people lose their spirits within two or three days, which is fatal to people who use magic power, the use of magic is all by mental power, once poisoned, you can no longer use magic normally, if you encounter danger, it will be miserable. After saying that, Xiaoxue remembered something, and after rummaging through her bag, she took out a few purses and hung them around the tree hole. This is Sister Liu's purse that repelled poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, and when we left, Sister Liu gave us one each, but I didn't expect Xiaoxue to hide so much, which shows that she is not a general dislike for snakes and insects.
After the meal, we assigned the order of the vigil and began to rest. The first class is Xiaoxue, the flame of this kid has no taboo to fall asleep, I don't have his state of mind, in such an environment can say nothing can not sleep, simply sit up cross-legged, which can play a role in rest and practice internal skills by the way, once there is a situation, you can immediately find out and react. When it was Blaze's turn, he even imitated me to kill his boredom, but it didn't work out of his way, and he fell asleep quickly. It's no wonder that most of the day is spent walking in the bushes, and he said that the work of exerting his strength should be done by men, insisting that he was wielding a machete in front to open the way, and he must be tired. Anyway, I couldn't sleep, so I didn't wake him up, and I finished the second shift for him and then went on to guard my third round, but fortunately, the night was safe.
In the early hours of the morning, when the sky was hazy and white, I suddenly felt something approaching, and my eyes suddenly opened. Xiaoxue and Blaze were still asleep, and I looked at the bell used to call the police, and there was no shaking, but for the sake of safety, I still carefully pulled out a branch blocking the entrance of the cave and looked out, and swept around and found no danger. Is it difficult to sleep all night and have a delusion? As I was about to go back to continue meditating, a huge black shadow slowly swayed from behind a large tree in the distance, and even though it was only a shadow, I recognized it as a bear at a glance! Cut! Why is it a bear again, has the old lady been involved with a bear in her life? It came towards us, with a clear goal and no looking. Stumped it knows that someone is in a tree hollow? We checked this tree hole yesterday and there is no trace of animal habitation, it is by no means its home, we have done a good job of covering, the light and smell can't get out, why is it so determined to come here? When I looked around, my eyes swept to the snake's guts ...... not far from the edge of the cave, didn't it? I didn't expect something to happen here! The bear is running for the guts, and if it does, there is no guarantee that the hole will be safe. I hurriedly woke up Snow Blaze and told them to cover their mouths for fear that they would make a noise, and then shook them up separately and whispered to them about the current situation.
We quickly packed our bags and extinguished the campfire. But the bear also swayed to the edge of the tree and touched the alarm line that had been set. We wanted to sneak out while it went to eat its entrails, but the damned bell in the hollow rang now, not loud enough to attract the bear's attention, and the bear hesitated for a moment, then gave up his entrails and walked straight to us. If we let it trap us inside, we will get hurt even if we destroy it. In a hurry, I rushed out without much thought, flew to the side and distanced myself from the tree hollow, and then began to shout and clap to attract the attention of the giant bear. The giant bear was stunned when he saw the figure running in front of him, but he was relieved by my call, and after looking at me for a while, he spread his limbs and ran towards me. Seeing that it was approaching, I flew up the tree with my feet little by little, but it didn't go too high, for fear that it would give up and I ran back, I hugged the tree and continued to attract it, and the giant bear really hooked it and began to climb the tree to chase me. I took advantage of this to shout at Snow and Blaze to run, and they immediately rushed out of the hollow in the tree, ran away in different directions, and climbed up the tree and shouted to attract the bear, but the bear somehow turned a deaf ear to the cry of Snow Blaze and came to me alone, which made me cry bitterly. I wonder if it has a grudge against me, right? Could it be that I killed its bear child last time? This bear Lao Tzu knew that he came to me for revenge later?
The tree was soon over, and seeing that the bear was about to catch up with me, I flew towards the next tree with the help of my branches, and as soon as I landed on my feet, the flames shouted at me, "Rong'er! Be careful! ”
His shout made me stunned, I didn't know where the danger came from, could this bear still have the monkey-like skills to jump over and hurt people? I instinctively turned around to see that a big ball of fire was close in front of me, and it was too late to dodge it......