Chapter 4: Reality

Xu Zhengze came across the water, the muddy mud reached his ankles, staying here at night, he could freeze to death, of course, he had to escape from the girl not far away first, so Xu Zhengze thought of a crazy idea, he took out a lighter. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The wind was not strong, but the flames were still blowing and slowly expanding, Xu Zhengze completed the task of setting the fire, he turned around and ran deep and shallow to the depths of the reeds, where there was more water, and it was still upwind, and now, he was safe.

It was very late, Xu Zhengze was walking in the reeds, there was muddy water below his knees, and the water was snorting and thinking non-stop when he walked, and his shoes and trouser legs were all wet now, and he was cold.

But the cold of the body is far less than the cold in the heart, I have experienced so many things today, first I thought I was lost, I wanted to call for help and there was no signal on my mobile phone, I found a small village, and I wanted to ask for help, but those people were all long and skinny, and then I met a group of soldiers, and it was more obvious that they were not the people's army, but more likely the ancient army.

He was supposed to meet an ancient person, and he wanted to try to deny it, telling himself that it was nonsense, but he couldn't find a more reasonable explanation. Now this is the problem he has to face, in a strange place, which does not seem to be very peaceful, and there are death threats from time to time, it is not so easy to survive.

The people I met today had already left, it was getting late, and Xu Zhengze had burned the reeds again, so they naturally wouldn't waste too much time for an inconsequential person.

A large area of the lighted reeds had been burned, and the dead grass on the path had been burned, and there were still large embers of fire, because the wind direction had not changed for the time being, and because the lake had blocked it, it would not catch fire for the time being.

It's just that the water and fire are ruthless, and I don't know when the wind will turn in direction, and those unquenched sparks will fly around and burn again. So, if you don't want to be roasted, you have to get out of this place quickly.

At noon, standing on the hill, he noticed that there were also villages by the small lake. It's just that he was farther away at the time, and he didn't come this way. Nowadays, if you want to find a safe place to stay, in fact, the village by the lake is the best, and the mountains are already very unsafe. Since he felt that he was more likely to have crossed time than space, there would have been more wildlife in ancient times.

Walking out of the reeds, Xu Zhengze groped his way towards the other side of the lake, if he thought the direction was correct, the village was on the southwest corner of the lake, and he should have passed through that village while riding. And he was now on the southeast corner of the lake, four or five miles away. It was much nearer than he had gone into the mountains.

At noon, he found the long wooden stick and lost it, Xu Zhengze walked on the road and was frightened, when he was a child, his grandfather told him that there were many wolves in the local area before liberation, and he was in the wilderness, and he saw it when the old man went out to run errands at night, and he was scared half to death. At this time, Xu Zhengze remembered the stories he heard when he was a child, lest he put a claw on his shoulders at a certain moment, and then when he looked back, he found that it was a hairy head that wanted to eat people, to be honest, it was terrifying to think about.

At night, even if the distance of four or five miles is in a straight line, it is relatively far, not to mention that Xu Zhengze has to take a detour, and there is no light here, and the ground is full of stumbling, and it is very hard to walk all the way.

With vague memories, Xu Zhengze finally found the small village, and there seemed to be no one in the village. He found a random house and went in, and there was nothing to do all the way, it was an empty house. Xu Zhengze lit a fire, moved a stone by the faint light, used it to block the door at night, and found a stick to take with him, so he hid back in the house to roast and eat.

This night, he finally didn't sleep in the wild, but Xu Zhengze couldn't sleep soundly. He suspected that he had crossed the barrier of time and space and had arrived somewhere, which was not something to be happy about, as he was clearly aware of the dangerous situation here, which was sparsely populated, with scrawny inhabitants and some presumably bandit-like weapons. Obviously, this is not a peaceful paradise, but a **** place.

Today, there were twists and turns in the middle of the day, and he walked between life and death, Xu Zhengze was very glad that he could still sleep peacefully.

When I got up in the morning, I was a little confused, and I subconsciously touched my mobile phone, but unfortunately I touched the mobile phone that was out of battery, and now it is a brick.

The firewood in the brazier has been burned, only a little residual temperature remains, and last night the pants were all wet, so I had to take them off and roast them, so I woke up several times when I went to sleep, so I had to keep adding firewood.

The pants were baked overnight, and they were almost dry, but the shoes were still wet. However, the woolen pants and autumn pants inside are dry, and there is nothing wrong with them, but the shoes and jacket pants are all mud, and Xu Zheng can not wear the jacket pants, but he can't wear shoes.

And the clothes are washed, how to change them, there is no place to change them here.

Xu Zhengze had eaten and decided to go to the lake to wash up. He wasn't used to walking barefoot, so he had to put on his wet shoes first with a frown, and he didn't care if it was cold or not.

There was a small stream on the southwest side of the lake, which seemed to flow down from the valley where he had lost his way, and Xu Zhengze found it when he came out of the house, and it seemed that there was no cement dam to stop it, and the water in the mountains finally flowed into the Wu Lake.

Reaching out and puffing a handful of water, it was cold and biting, and he felt that it was the snow on the mountain that melted and flowed down. At this time, he couldn't figure out what the solar term was, but he estimated that it might be spring, because some weeds on the ground had sprouted, which was good news, which meant that the next days would be warmer and warmer.

Day after day, the water washed down the stones on the mountain, spread them out, and polished them round. The cobblestone riverbed gradually extends into the depths of the reeds, and the water is crystal clear, so you are not afraid of running out of water here.

Xu Zhengze walked along the riverbed to the lake with clean shoes in both hands. The river rushed out of the winding paths in the reeds, and slowly merged into the lake, walking barefoot after all, so he walked very slowly, sometimes had to wade into the water, and his feet were frozen and unconscious, but he still wanted to see, if there was a shelter from the wind and rain, it was actually a good place to hide, the reeds were several miles deep, and the bandits were not willing to get in and catch people.

Of course, it would be better to have another boat in it.

After all, the lake surnamed Wu is a small lake, and the amount of water does not seem to be abundant at this time, Xu Zhengze saw traces of artificial buildings in the shape of a dam on the road, which seemed to have been built by the local people to waterproof, and there are still large areas of mud and water plants in the embankment. Walking along the river to the lake, looking around, the lake was empty and lifeless, although he felt that this place was very suitable for hiding, but he did not have the corresponding survival skills, and he couldn't help but be very frustrated.

There are a lot of fish in this water, standing on the edge of the lake Xu Zhengze can see a finger-long fish swimming, but unfortunately he has no fishing rod, no fishing net, swimming can barely order a dog to crawl, guarding the treasure house but can't mouth, it's really annoying.

Fortunately, there is still some food to eat, and he is really not in a hurry for a while, Xu Zhengze thinks that he may be able to go back first, find out if there is anyone in the village, one person is short, three people are long, and he finds that the world here is more chaotic, he has been nervous and thinking about the future life problem, several people cooperate, even if it is only fishing, it is a lot easier.

After coming out for a long time, Xu Zhengze felt that his feet were almost frozen, and after getting familiar with the environment, he wanted to go back to the house to roast the fire.

When you're thinking about something, maybe luck will come soon, and your wish will come true. Xu Zhengze was thinking just now that he could find a few people, and everyone would help them get by. When he returned to the village, he met several people.

The small village by the lake surnamed Wu was slightly larger than the one he had stayed in yesterday, after all, it was close to the lake and stream, and the soil was relatively more productive.

It's just that now it should be because of some kind of change that he doesn't know about, most of the people here have disappeared and become a barren land. Perhaps, it is natural disasters, droughts, locust plagues, floods, it should be easy to displace people in this primitive social state, and maybe there are military disasters or banditry. There is no reason to talk about the murder of soldiers and bandits, and people naturally want to flee and hide.

And when he walked out of the reeds and entered the village, he heard whining cries and fights, and in curiosity, Xu Zhengze walked over and saw a scene of robbery.

There were still people in the village, a little unexpected, of course, the two people in this room were not in a good situation, the skinny, two and a half children, the older one sat on the ground with his legs crossed, his face buried in his knees and could not be seen, and the younger one was crying miserably beside him. And just now, there was another person who ran away with something, but Xu Zhengze didn't stop him.

Someone, Xu Zhengze walked and thought about it, while entering, looking at the two people in the room curiously, and they had no reaction to Xu Zhengze's entry, the big one still maintained his original posture and remained motionless, even the child who was crying on the ground gradually lost his breath, and felt that he didn't even have the strength to cry.

When there is chaos, in the chaotic world, life is always extremely difficult, and life is also extremely fragile, Xu Zhengze can't help but feel sorry for him.

"Hey, I'm asking you a question." Xu Zhengze squatted down and asked softly, "Okay, that's what I'll give you to eat, this is ......."

He took out a loaf of bread from the backpack on his back, tore open the plastic package, and the tempting aroma of cream spread, and then he saw two pairs of crying red eyes, grievance, anger, helplessness and confusion, these are two children.

He asked softly, "Do you have fishing nets?" Fishing rods or other tools, in short, something that can catch fish, if so, this bread will be given to you to eat. ”