Chapter 20: The Race Against the Night
A few days ago, Li Qi was thinking about his backpack and didn't have time to take care of it too much, and now that the backpack is in hand, he has to seriously think about what he should do next, so first of all, he must figure out everything here, because there are too many things in this era that he can't figure out.
For example, this answer from Taba.
"Because we're too weak, you say?" Richie couldn't believe it.
In his opinion, the people here are all martial arts masters, so how can we talk about weakness!
Taba nodded.
Li Qi frowned and asked uncertainly, "You mean, there are more powerful tribes out there than us." ”
Taba said with fear in his eyes, "It's scary out there. ”
If that's the case, then if someone wants to kill you, will you still run away? Richie was a little confused by Taba's logic, but he soon realized that he had overlooked a very important matter, and said, "In other words, as long as we stay here honestly, God will bless us from being harmed?" ”
Taba nodded busily and said, "Yes, yes." ”
Li Qi was even more curious: "Then why didn't God protect us when we left here?" ”
Taba said: "That's because God sees that we are too weak and takes pity on us, so he is willing to protect us, if we still go to other people's territory to hunt, God will naturally not protect us anymore." ”
Is this superstition? How do I listen to stories that look like the eldest brother and the younger brother, and they are also worldly! Li Qi rubbed his forehead, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Then what if we become very powerful?" ”
Taba was stunned for a moment and said, "If we become strong, then why does the heavens protect us." ”
Li Qi was immediately dumbfounded, he had been to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty also worshiped the heavens and prayed, but it was to pray for God's protection, and to live was to seek peace, whether rich or poor, weak or strong.
And the God in Taba's mouth is more like a compassionate and good person, which is completely different from Richie's consistent understanding of God.
"Let me sort it out, I'm a little messy right now."
Li Qi thought for a while, and said: "What do you mean, at first, God saw that we were very weak and pitiful, so he set aside a territory for us, as long as we are in good order, if we don't go out of this territory, God will bless us, but if we are disobedient and leave the territory without permission, then God will no longer protect us." Also, the reason why we have to stay in here in a proper way is because we are too weak, as long as we are very strong, we can go out of our own territory, and God will not punish us for this. ”
Taba nodded, then shook his head and said, "Why did the heavens punish us?" ”
What kind of providence is this, this is clearly human nature! Could it really be that someone is behind it? Li Qi understood when he heard this, but he was even more confused in his heart, and suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Since you have never gone out, then why do you know that it is very dangerous outside, have you seen other tribes?" ”
"It was Mu who told me." Taba said, "Oh, we've been in contact with the Wild Lake tribe on the side. ”
"Wild ...... Wild Lake Tribe, there is a tribe around us? ”
"Hmm."
Li Qi was curious: "That... Then you don't go out, how can this come and go. ”
Taba said, "They are all here for us." ”
"What are you doing?"
"Mating."
"Deliver... Copulation. ”
Li Qi was stunned for a while, and then he reacted, he hadn't heard this word to describe a certain movement of human beings for a long time, and said in his heart, what kind of group marriage system seems to be in this primitive era, one tribe marries another tribe, is this a group marriage system? But he was not interested in this for the time being, and he couldn't arouse any interest in him, and asked, "This Wild Lake tribe is stronger than us?" ”
"They are much stronger than us. ”
Li Qi said: "That means that God doesn't bless them? ”
Taba shook his head.
Li Qi frowned and thought, impossible, isn't faith valid for everyone? If there really is a Heaven, then why does the Heavens only protect the weak and not the strong, this is really outrageous! Could it be that their ancestors deliberately said this to scare them? But the problem is that Taba's prayer is very effective!
After a moment, Li Qi suddenly asked, "Taba, do you know what the gods mean?" He felt that it was much better to explain it by the gods than to go to heaven, where the gods blessed the people and the heavens, and everyone lived under the heavens.
"Gods?"
Taba kept his eyes open, and then he didn't move, as if he were in a state of flux.
Li Qi said: "Taba, are you okay?" ”
But Taba ignored him and tapped his head with a staff of dead wood, "Gods, gods, gods, I seem to have heard of them somewhere, where have I heard them, why can't I remember them?" ”
Where do you seem to have heard it? Are we talking about the same thing? Li Qi frowned, thinking to himself, it seems that they don't have a concept of gods, at least not according to what I said. When he looked up again, he saw that Taba was already sitting on the steps, cross-legged and muttering.
Li Qi shouted twice, and seeing that he ignored him completely, he sighed helplessly, heaven? What the hell is this heavenly thing? But if this heaven really exists, then find out what God represents, maybe I can go back to the Great Song Dynasty, yes, this is a clue, I can't give up.
While thinking, he came out of the cave, and just saw Rong walking by, so he shouted, "Rong! ”
As soon as the words came out, Li Qi suddenly found that Rong was wandering around the entrance of the cave with a large stone artifact on his back, and said in surprise: "Wow! What's your look? Kill Matt? ”
Rong looked at Li Qi with a blank face.
Li Qi pointed to the stone on Rong's back.
Rong said: "This is a pot." ”
Li Qi sighed: "Is that the stone pot you chiseled in front of you?" ”
"Hmm."
"Wow! It was chiseled so quickly. Can.. But why are you carrying it on your back? ”
"I learned it from you."
"When will I ——!" Halfway through the words, Li Qi suddenly touched his hat, the corners of his mouth twitched vigorously, thinking, don't you be like this, it's not good to carry something, carry the pot, if this becomes a symbol of the chef, then who will dare to be a chef in the future. Suddenly, he glanced at his backpack and said secretly, Guan Erye also has Zhou Cang carrying a knife, I can't always carry this bag! Dizzy! I was thinking about something, how could I easily give something so important to someone else. He asked, "Rong, how long do you say they have to go?" Can you come back before dark? ”
Rong said: "I think it should be possible, it will be dark for a while." ”
Li Qi suddenly asked, "That's right! How do you know it's going to be dark? ”
A few days ago, he had been thinking about his backpack in his heart, and he didn't pay much attention to many things, but today he suddenly thought of this problem, because the sky here is always so bright, there is no sunrise and sunset, it means that it is dark, but they seem to be able to judge that it is dark, and they can always light the fire pit before it gets dark, which makes Li Qi very curious.
Rong pointed to the big tree in front of the cave and said, "Just look at it." ”
Li Qi looked up and saw that it was dense leaves, shook his head and said, "I don't understand." ”
Rong said: "When the leaves fall, it means that it is almost dark. ”
"What...... What the? This...... So amazing? ”
Li Qi walked over in surprise, raised his head, and stared, and sure enough, as Rong said, all the leaves were drooping, not only falling, but also shrinking, as if the leaves turned into dead leaves.
"Wow! It's amazing, much more reliable than my watch. ”
Li Qi shook his head in amazement, and only in this way could they budget for that kind of dark way.
As the leaves drooped, the people of the entire Blackstone Valley began to feel anxious, because none of the warriors of the Blackstone Valley had returned.
In addition to being busy making a fire inside, Po Yi and many others came to the big stone in front of the valley mouth, looking anxiously into the distance.
Li Qi was also among them, and there was worry between his eyebrows, but he was worried that they would encounter wild beasts, and in Po Yi they were because they had a natural fear of the night.
At this time, it seemed that the other side of the sky suddenly darkened, and it was moving in this direction.
It was the first time that Li Qi watched the movement of the night from such a distance, and he felt that it was extremely spectacular.
"The night is coming, the night is coming."
The little children were already hiding in their mother's arms, trembling.
"Look, it's the farmers, they're back."
Qiaoma suddenly pointed to the distance.
Li Qi looked over and saw a human dragon running quickly towards this direction from a distance.
"Run, farmer, the night is behind you."
Suddenly, he bravely stuck out his head and shouted.
It's okay for him to shout like a child, but Qiaoma and they all shouted.
"Run! Come on! ”
"Run! Don't let the night catch up. ”
Li Qi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, but he suddenly found that it seemed that the peasants were really racing against the night, and the speed was getting faster and faster, and the night was always following them closely.
It made Li Qi a little nervous.
Seeing that the night was about to enter the Black Stone Valley, Po Yi hurriedly beckoned everyone back to the entrance of the cave, which showed that they were not willing to stay in the night for a while, they had to stay in a place where there was fire.
And by this time, Rong had already lit the fire.
After a while, the peasants entered the valley and ran towards this side, only to see them carrying the corpse of a huge python running, knowing that this giant python weighed at least two tons, but they were still able to run at such a strange speed.
Richie was numb to this, and he still couldn't understand why Taba said they were too weak.
And they shrank at the mouth of the cave, still continuing to cheer for the farmers.
When they entered the realm of fire before the night came, the entire Blackstone Valley was filled with cheers.
Because they outran the night.
PS: Ask for a small ticket on Monday.