Volume 2 Playing with the Tribes Chapter 63 In the Name of Survival
In a clearing in the forest, two groups of primitive tribe humans stood on both sides, watching the group of people who were scuffling together in the middle shouting and cheering. Both of their tribes found three fruit trees next to the clearing at the same time, and they all wanted to take possession of them. When the dispute between the two sides could not be decided, the two primitives as the leader negotiated a solution, ten men from each side, and the one who was finally defeated was to withdraw from the battle for the fruit tree and give way to the victorious side.
After a while, the person with three white oil paints on his face was clearly at a disadvantage, and was defeated by the other person with three red oil paints on his face, and finally fled back to his own people.
The primitives cheered as they selected the ten strongest men to win the victory, and also won the ownership of the three fruit trees, all enough for the people to eat for half a month without worrying about hunger.
On the other side, the people with white oil paint all fell into a depressed atmosphere, but their eyes when they looked at the group of red oil paints showed obvious unwillingness. Especially their leader, watching the other party happily go to pick the fruit, the anger in his eyes with five white oil paints on his face was even more intense.
He looked at the equally angry people who outnumbered each other, and a bold idea arose to kill them and reclaim the fruit trees that belonged to him.
A melee about survival has begun, and this kind of melee is also staged all over this world, cruel and real, in the name of survival. Either you die or I live, telling about the ruthlessness and numbness of primitive humans.
In the afternoon, Ding Qi, who had taken a nap, sat on the big rock at the door, looking at the jungle in the distance, next to Xiaocute and Xiaohei, while Xiaojin and Xiaobai were playing by the stream. The weather had cooled down, and Tinch had to put on a camouflage uniform.
The air quality in the primitive world is good, although the sky is still covered with thick smoke and dust, and the sun or moon only shows once in a while, but the world under the sky is extremely clear, as if a person on the top of a mountain in the distance can see clearly. But compared to the telescopes made by humans, the clarity of these distances is only a relative word.
Ding Qi would glance a few times every day in the direction Ben left, he knew that Ben would not come back so soon, but he still couldn't help it, even if it was just a glance. This can reflect that human beings are social animals, inseparable from the mutual support and understanding of their peers, lonely forever, and always want to return to live in the group. But man is a complex and ferocious animal, and he can wield a butcher's knife against his own kind without hesitation.
Just like Ding Qi, a person's life is lonely and helpless after all, so the appearance of the Four King Kongs can also be said to be his accidental and intentional choice.
In the extreme distance, a small black dot appeared in the line of sight, which felt smaller than a human hair, and then a second, and then a third. Ding Qi looked at the black spots that suddenly appeared, and rubbed his eyes unconsciously, worried about whether it would be because he had been staring for a long time, causing visual fatigue, or whether he was hallucinating, just like before, it could also be small gray particles stained on the retina or eyelashes.
When the number of black dots increases to six, it does not increase, and begins to move left and right on the distant horizon, sometimes obscured by some trees, and sometimes stops in place for a while.
Sure it wasn't dazzling or something else, Ding Qi hurried back to the house to get the telescope that hadn't been used in a while.
In the shot, the six black dots gradually became clear and complete as Ding Qi adjusted the focal length, and living primitive humans appeared in front of him. Especially the one at the front who walks and mentions the animal skin skirt from time to time, which makes him haunted by his dreams, phew! Morning thoughts, bah! Do you still have good words in the author's mouth?
Mmmm, let Ding Qi run to the front in anticipation. It's just that the action of digging the root of his thigh with his hand from time to time makes Ding Qi feel a chill, when did he develop such a disgusting habit?
I didn't think about these things anymore, and I looked at the others again. A boy of about ten years old, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, two women who looked to be about forty years old, and a primitive person who could be called a grandmother. Looking further back, there was no one else, scanning around with a telescope, and there were still no other hominids.
And among these people, only the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl looks a little different from the others, well, it can be regarded as temperament, and the others, including Ben, are all looking like they are trekking through mountains and rivers, and they are more beggars than beggars. I don't know how many difficulties they have gone through to get here.
This made Ding Qi very puzzled, and he didn't understand what Ben was like. Could it be that I was alone, so I sent me a little girl who warmed the bed? Others were considered dowries or exchange for tools? Ben Ke said that tribes sometimes exchanged their own people for food or tools.
And none of these people except Ben looked at the normal strong laborers, they could only be marginal people in the tribe, doing some gathering activities or something, maybe they could be exchanged for the tribe's needs at the critical moment.
Tinch adjusted his focus again, zooming out a little farther away, but still didn't see any other humans. Just as he was about to put down his binoculars and get up to cook to welcome Ben and them, more than a dozen small black dots appeared in the three directions behind Ben and them, still a little far away. But from the angle of Tinki's vision, it was clear that they had already targeted Ben them, and the scattered black dots were like a net, and when they were to close their mouths, they would start killing. And in the evening, it is often the beginning of their killing feast!
Looking closer, those little black dots are coyote-like jackals, greedy and ferocious.
Seeing this, Ding Qi hurriedly ran towards the courtyard, curling a finger in his mouth as he ran, and let out a loud whistle. After being summoned, Jin and Bai quickly rushed back to the courtyard, waiting for Ding Qi to appear with Cuie and Hei, who were standing side by side at the door.
Not long after, a handsome man wearing a camouflage uniform, a Penny hat, a 3D attack bag on his shoulder, a flying stone rope around his waist, a half-shoulder mountain knife, a straight knife tied to his legs, training shoes on his feet, a bow in his left hand, a steel spear in his right hand, and a shawl with long hair appeared in front of the four King Kongs. The attack bag contained two dozen twenty-four arrows, and the carpentry axe hung diagonally outside, which could be described as fully armed.
Whew!
The excited little white opened his mouth and howled, but before he could howl halfway, he was slapped on the ground by the cutie. And Xiao Hei looked at it with contempt, shook his head and tail at Ding Qi, and let out a snort, which seemed to say:
"Have you forgotten what your master said? Don't howl, like me, Wang! ”
Pointing outward, the four King Kongs quickly rushed out of the courtyard, and Ding Qi did not forget to close the courtyard door. The bamboo whistle sounded, and Xiao Jin flew to the place where they were. Little Black and White ran quickly left and right in front of him, and Little Cutie followed Ding Qi closely to protect the rear.
Ben had been walking for six days, and if it weren't for the fact that three of the six were infirm, Ben believed they would have reached Ding's dwelling. Stopping and stopping along the way, finding food and avoiding predators, they had an extra day than the last time he came.
Now they are tired and hungry, and the food they can find in the jungle is getting less and less, and they are all eaten up by herbivores who are desperate to store fat. Cunning predators set their sights on the fast herds of antelope and deer, and the tall herds of bison and elephants. They have already escaped five or six waves of attacks by different carnivores, but fortunately, with everyone's joint defense, the carnivores have been driven away.
I can already see the hillside where Ding is located from a distance, and I can vaguely see the white wall and red tiles that Ding said, and everything there will make me yearn for it, thinking about it day and night.
Turn around and tell the witch and the others that their destination is almost there, and at the same time cheer everyone up. Just as he turned to continue walking, two black dots flashed as far as his eye could see, hidden in a bush. This made Ben's heart tighten suddenly, pretending to be indifferent, looking around, seeing a big stone in front of him, he didn't care about anything else, and quickly took the hand of the doctor witch and ran forward, which made the doctor witch who was aimless and thinking about his heart suddenly.
"Ben, what are you doing, you almost dragged me down."
I didn't have time to explain in detail, and I said:
"Run with me, everyone, there are jackals around, let's run to the big rock and take shelter. It's not far from Ding's house, maybe he'll come to our rescue when he sees us under siege! ”
They ran suddenly, and they also alarmed the jackals who were slowly closing in.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
The leader of the jackals let out a cry, and the pack of jackals moved quickly, speeding up and closing the encirclement, not allowing the delicious food to escape.
More jackals moved, running towards them became more flustered, and they stumbled a little as they ran. The youngest stone fell to the ground, and was pulled up by the older flower next to him to continue running. The eldest peach tripped over the weeds and staggered forward by the grass.
Instinctively, each of them has a desire to survive, but when their companions are in danger, they also lend a helping hand to deal with difficulties together. That's probably what makes this tribe special.
There was still some distance from the stone, but the sound of jackals' violent breathing could already be heard around, and the chaotic howls of jackals rang out from time to time, forcing them to keep running, hoping to find a breakthrough in the panic and eliminate their prey one by one.
Ben was still trying to run forward, but he felt the pull in his hands getting heavier and heavier, and the Witch could no longer keep up with his speed, as did the others. Considering the current situation, take the initiative to let go.
"Go, you run towards the rock, I'll stop them from behind. They are jackals, and they don't have to be afraid of sticks in hand. Remember to make a fire! ”
The jackal had shrunk into the net bag, less than three meters away, and the jackal forward was also rapidly approaching the witch, about to tighten the mouth of the bag and block them in the grass. Ben didn't dare to relax, ran back to the front from the back of the team, and chased away the jackals that were in front of him, but he was shortened by the jackals behind. Ben drove back in front of the team, and the tired appearance made everyone feel very distressed. But everyone didn't dare to stop, and if they stopped, they would be torn to pieces, and all Ben's efforts were in vain.
Ben felt like he was running in a swamp, and with each step he took, he felt deeper and harder. His chest and throat were like a burning stick of fire stuffed into it, scorching and breathless, and countless Venus stars were shining in front of him, accompanied by suffocating darkness. He swung the wooden spear in his hand to force the jackals back one by one, and then ran to the end of the team with heavy steps, smashing a jackal that pounced on the stone and flower in the air to the ground.
He had long forgotten his habitual movements and went to lift the animal skin skirt, but the leather skirt did not fall off, allowing Ben to jump up and down and sway left and right, always following Ben.
Ben couldn't run anymore, and before he was once again shrouded in darkness before his eyes, he shouted:
"Run!"
Ben fainted again, and a jackal behind him jumped twice in a row to Ben who fell to the ground. None of the people in front of him noticed the situation here, until a crisp eagle chirp sounded, accompanied by a terrible howl of the jackal, and the doctor who ran in front saw Ben who fell to the ground and the jackal who writhed back and forth beside him.
A golden eagle with a divine steed was fluttering its wings at the back of the group to catch the greedy beasts, intercepting three or four jackals behind.
But there were still jackals on both sides of the team, and several people in the team were close to stopping, using the wooden spears in their hands to drive away the jackals. But the wooden spear in his hand gradually became heavy until he could no longer lift it, and his chaotic steps were entangled in weeds, and he fell to the ground, and looking at the open mouth of blood, the doctor witch let out a desperate cry:
"No!"