5 thirst
"31.2 billion Wu Xiaoqing is indeed a civilization." The simultaneous interpretation from the higher civilization was vivid, and Changxing's tone was also full of emotion.
"And now," it took a while for Changxing to come back to his senses, "the dispute between the Federation and the Mind is over?" ”
"Yes." Wu Qing nodded in confirmation.
"The search and rescue team and your mission are complete?"
"Yes." Wu Qing continued to confirm.
"What's next? Wu Xiaoqing and your new mission is to save your own civilization? ”
"So to speak," Wu Qing continued to nod, but quickly shook his head again, "but it doesn't include Wu Xiaoqing." ”
"Why?" Changxing didn't quite understand: "What happened?" ”
"Nothing happened." Wu Qing shook his head, "As a blueprint for cannon fodder, in essence, Wu Xiaoqing's connection with our 31.2 billion replica pairs is actually just providing an initial data template,"
Completely different from the hesitation and confusion when being hunted down in the virtual world of the Federation, at this time, Wu Qing's expression was very calm, and Changxing could even feel a deep insight from it: "But from the first moment we were born, Wu Xiaoqing was extremely concerned about our experience and safety...... Hunted down by the Federation, sent to the battlefield, and finally entering the negotiation stage, Wu Xiaoqing is trying his best to fight for our interests. ”
"Because of this," the records just now all proved Wu Qing's opinion, Changxing quite agreed, and he didn't understand it even more: "So Wu Xiaoqing will definitely go all out to help you migrate and establish civilization, right?" ”
"Of course Wu Xiaoqing is willing, however," Wu Qing shook his head, "As a copy of Wu Xiaoqing, each of us knows in our hearts that Wu Xiaoqing is a person who attaches great importance to 'righteousness' and 'responsibility' from the bottom of his bones, and he will be deeply grateful to the search and rescue team that pulled him out of the quagmire, and he will also deeply care about every civilization he has saved from the bones." ”
"Isn't that bad?" Changxing was even more puzzled.
"In a small group, or within a civilization, 'righteousness' and 'responsibility' are of course good, but ......" Wu Qing sighed: "In the universe, for the members of the search and rescue team who have saved civilization and have been saving civilization, it is too heavy to bear too much 'responsibility'." ”
"Now that he has only saved four civilizations, Wu Xiaoqing already has signs of being overwhelmed, adding another 31.2 billion of us to the heavy pressure of the same root and origin...... For Wu Xiaoqing, it was too cruel. ”
"Is it the limit that one more civilization will collapse?" Changxing recalled: "Wu Xiaoqing's state doesn't seem to be so bad......"
"It's not enough to add one or two more civilizations," Wu Qing shook his head, "However, saving our civilization is also not simply saving 'one' civilization. ”
"Huh?" Changxing heard Wu Qing's accent: "The migration and resettlement of 31.2 billion Wu Xiaoqing involves other civilizations?" ”
"There are so many 'other' civilizations, more than you think...... Come on. Wu Qing stretched out his hand: "Just follow me and you'll understand." ”
"Okay." Changxing picked up the helmet again.
"No, not this time." Wu Qing waved his hand, stretched out his hand again, pulled Changxing up from the ground, and pointed to the lush forest in front of him, Wu Qing breathed a deep breath of fresh air: "This time, we can see it with our own eyes...... Come on. ”
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Thirsty!
So thirsty!
It was as if a mountain fire had ignited in his throat, his dry lips had cracked countless fine wounds, and his abdomen was cramped with tendons.
So thirsty!
The river is just a few dozen steps away, and the cool, sweet taste seems to be on the lips.
The big stone fox didn't dare to move.
The consequences of the recklessness are imminent.
Through the long-term lack of water back and forth, blurred, and even covered with a layer of bloodshot eyes, the big stone fox can see that dozens of steps by the river, an elk fell in a pool of blood, its head towards the river, its slender and beautiful neck finally put into the water, but no longer has the strength to drink a sip of clear and sweet river water.
Next to the elk, a mother leopard and her two sons who were about to become adults stood, the two young leopards ate delicious food from the elk's bitten neck and belly, the mother leopard occasionally tore off a few pieces of meat with a big mouth, and the rest of the time she watched vigilantly.
No way! Can't pass!
The dead elk, the dangerous eyes and dangerous size of the three big cats give a powerful alarm to the subconscious engraved deep in the primate genes.
No way! It must pass!
With only two fingers missing, the big stone fox can be like those real men in the tribe, through the cold and heat of the two palms and fingers combined, such a long life, experience and insight are enough to let the big stone fox know that those elegant and dangerous cats, after eating, will soon enter the safest stage, and as long as they do not take the initiative to provoke them, these full-bellied predators are unlikely to take the initiative to attack other creatures again at the risk of injury.
And the most urgent reason is that the big stone fox has not drunk water in the real sense for almost two days, and his sister is the same, if he doesn't drink water quickly this time, he and his sister, the last two members of the big stone tribe, are very likely to last until the next opportunity appears.
The big stone fox struggled to open his tired, bloodshot eyes.
This is a difficult task, the double limit of physiology and psychology, so that the big stone fox's eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, but fortunately, with the help of the experience and experience of reaching the number of all fingers of the two palms, the big stone fox has already grabbed a small ball of thorns in his hand, and pierced these small and sharp thorns into the thigh, which can not only keep people awake due to pain, but also not produce too much blood smell to attract dangerous predatory creatures.
At the same time, the other hand of the big stone fox also stuffed a few water-filled leaves into his mouth to chew, which was a very dangerous attempt, although the tribe had lived more than the fingers and toes combined, the old man who had alternated between hot and cold, and the big stone fox himself had many experiences of identification, but every time he chewed these familiar and plausible leaves, it was a huge adventure.
The Oshishi tribe, with only two members left, is on the verge of extinction, and there is no longer any need to risk it.
While rehydrating a little with the original herbal essence and stimulating the nerves with the original herbal essence formula, the big stone fox struggled to look at the movement by the river, and when his vision became more and more blurred, the mother leopard and her two sons finally finished eating.
The mother leopard once again pierced the elk's sharp tiger teeth into the elk's neck and struggled to drag the remaining part of the elk out of the water, while the two leopard cubs followed her, frolicking and playing back into the forest.
The leopards disappeared from the shrub belt of the forest to the water's edge, and finally disappeared, and the big stone fox took a deep breath, and when he was sure that the leopard had indeed left, he immediately jumped down from the tree where it had been climbing.
When he was hiding in the tree, the big stone fox didn't move, but as soon as he jumped off the tree, the big stone fox didn't hesitate at all, he shook his legs desperately and rushed to the surface of the water as fast as he could.
- The fastest means that except for the roots and rattans that grow on the waist of the trees and will inevitably cause people to fall if they don't jump over, or the rocks on the Gobi that are so sharp that they may pierce the soles of their feet, the other thorns that emerge from the bushes and the rough sand on the beach are all crossed by the big stone fox without hesitation.
There is no room for hesitation in the wild world.
In this cruel world, even the leopard that has almost stood at the top of the food chain only has a few chances of failing to hunt its prey, and the body size that has evolved to maximize its running speed sacrifices the space for physical reserves.
Even the leopard's tolerance rate is so stretched to the limit, as a social omnivore that has lost its population, the big stone fox is naturally not qualified to take any action lightly.
Rushing to the water's edge at its maximum speed, the big stone fox rolled and crawled, taking advantage of the fine grains of sand near the surface to slow down slightly, while seizing the short time to take a deep breath.
When his feet finally stepped into the water, with the last impulse, the big stone fox planted downward, almost drying up his mouth to the limit, and finally touched the water source that he had been longing for for a long time.
The big stone fox's mouth opened and closed desperately, and he poured water into his stomach in a big gulp.
While trying his best to increase his water reserves, the big stone fox's hands were not idle, his left hand grasped half of the severed one, the shape was a little strange, but he could vaguely distinguish that it was about the outer shell of a plant fruit similar to the original cucurbitaceae of the earth, and his right hand was grasping a skin bag that he desperately grabbed out of the big stone tribe that was about to be destroyed. - This is a precious trophy that the Oshishi tribe took from other surrounding tribes when it was still strong.
While drinking water for himself and filling water for his sister, the rest of the big stone fox's body was not idle, and his head adjusted the direction of drinking water from time to time, so that his eyes could always keep an eye on the situation on the river; His ears were highly vigilant, always watching the ringing in all directions; His body and legs had already been in a position that was most suitable for turning around and fleeing immediately; Even the cilia on his arm, which was constantly filling with water, stood up almost one by one, struggling to collect the information that came from the air.
With real full effort, the belly of the water bladder and the big stone fox both bulged visibly with the naked eye. - In just a few deep breaths, the two almost filled the same volume of river water.
After completing all this, the big stone fox immediately realized the reserve kinetic energy in the posture that his body and legs had already prepared, and completed the adjustment of his form from squatting down to drinking water to turning around and running.
If nothing happens, with a few more deep breaths, the big stone fox can stay away from the "water source", an area that is far more dangerous than any desert, Gobi, permafrost and other places in the wild world.
However, what makes "water" so dangerous is that it can always be unexpected.
At the moment when the big stone fox finished turning around and ran out of the first step, the big stone fox's ears heard that behind him, which had always been calm and peaceful just now, there was only a small wave of the river, and there was a sudden loud noise; The cilia of the big stone fox also felt that behind him, in the air that seemed to have stopped even the breeze just now, a violent air flow suddenly hit,
What made the big stone fox extremely sure was that at this time, the big stone fox's eyes could already see a huge black shadow that was rushing towards him from behind him from the ground.
The brain instantly sends the most urgent signals and commands to all parts of the body, but all parts of the body respond with the most terrible results:
It's impossible to escape!
Deep despair gripped every inch of the big stone fox's nerves.
No! No! No!
Suppressing the physiological instinct to turn back, the stiff response to excessive adrenaline, and the psychological response to a huge stimulus, the big stone fox desperately rushes forward, running, turning, rolling, and then ...... Fall!
No!
Unable to hold it back any longer, the big stone fox finally let out a desperate howl, and he turned his head in despair and looked behind him.
The big stone fox must take a look at the last moment, what took his life!
So, the big stone fox saw the most peculiar scene in his life.