Chapter 2: Dances with Wolves
I don't know how long it took, Liu Ze gradually regained consciousness, but the muscles and bones of his whole body were as painful as tearing, and the pain meant that he still felt and was not dead. Liu Ze is still happy in his heart, although he still doesn't understand how he escaped death, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that he is alive, and he can see his relatives again if he is alive.
He forced himself to open his eyes, even though it was not easy. But the qiē in front of him stunned him. It stands to reason that he should have fallen at the bottom of a deep pit, but at this moment he was completely in a strange environment, the half-human-tall artemisia grass was full of green, the fragrance of wild chrysanthemums came to his nose, the sky was blue, and the clouds were white. It's been a long time since I've seen such a blue sky, so deep, so pure, in Liu Ze's impression, the sky is always gray, either a haze day or a sand and dust day, when have you ever seen such a beautiful day and a blue sky?
What is this place? How did I get here?
Liu Ze moved his hands and feet, although it hurt his heart and lungs, he obviously felt that there was no fracture, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and struggled to get up. It was a wasteland, with weeds running wild, not many tall trees, low shrubs everywhere, no roads, only the paw prints of wild beasts. Liu Ze shielded the blazing sunlight with his hand and judged the direction, but when he stared at the mountain peak to the west again, he froze.
Although the environment is unfamiliar, but those peaks are familiar, the middle of the tiger head shaped like a tiger's head has been climbed countless times since he was a child, he knows every ditch beam of the tiger head peak well, not to mention the left and right sides of the double-headed peak and the broken stone mountain has not changed at all. That is, he is still standing in place, and he is still standing in the position where he fell off the cliff! But what about the cliffs after the collapse? What about the bumpy side dirt road? Liu Ze looked around blankly, there was nothing here except an uninhabited wasteland, roads, villages, towns, and the tall chimneys that Liu Ze hated most of the day, all of which were gone.
What's going on here?
Through? The word popped into his mind, and the only thing that could explain it was this possibility. Although Liu Ze has no higher education, it does not prevent him from liking to read books on astronomy, geography and history, but he is not interested in the time-traveling novels that are now flooding various websites, although he occasionally reads a few, but he disdains them in his heart. Isn't this?
But at this moment, he had to accept this fact, he really had to cross! What era is this? Such desolation must have been at least thousands of years ago, right? He shuddered at the thought of this, or it was unknown if he had traveled to prehistory. A few small birds flew out of the grass next to him, Liu Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was not worn to the Jurassic, otherwise ten of himself would not be enough for a breakfast of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Although he is glad that he has not fallen into the era of dinosaurs, but thousands of years away from the afterlife, how can he return to his own home, to his beloved wife and children?
A helpless sadness came to his heart, and in a blink of an eye, it was already a vicissitudes of life. Liu Ze fell to his knees on the grass in a daze, tears came out of his eyes, and when he closed his eyes, Niuniu pounced on him, shouting sweetly: "Daddy-I love you so much-" But when he opened his eyes again, the illusion disappeared. He couldn't imagine what his wife and children in the other world would be like if they knew about his disappearance—heartbroken and tearful? What will happen to the son—weeping and whimpering? Maybe only the daughter who doesn't understand will ask - where has Daddy gone?
Without him, where would this family go? Liu Ze looked up to the sky and roared, God, why did you do this to me?! We're already at the bottom, but why won't you let us go? You have deprived me of a qiē and left me alone on the wasteland, since you will not let me die, what is the point of giving me this life?
A sharp pain came from his left leg, Liu Ze couldn't help but turn around and take a look, a huge animal that looked like a wolf dog came over out of nowhere and bit on his left leg. Liu Ze had already been snatched away by grief, and without half a bit of fear, he grabbed a stone beside him, smashed it at the dog's head, and scolded angrily: "Beast! Even you dare to bully me! ”
The wolfdog was hit by a stone, screamed miserably, and escaped more than ten meters away with its tail between its legs.
At this time, Liu Ze looked at the hand holding the stone and was stunned, not that the stone was stained with wolf blood, but that his palm had become smaller, the calluses in the palm were gone, and the palm was white and the same as his son's hand. He had already faintly felt this change, but he had not had time to think and judge in the midst of pain. Not only the hands, but also the height and waist have shrunk a lot, and the clothes that used to fit have become fat, even though these clothes are rotten.
But Liu Ze was in no mood to pay attention to this, seeing that his left leg was still bleeding, and the animal that looked like a wolf dog was squatting not far away, staring at him with dead eyes. Liu Ze shivered at this time, wolf! This is not a wolfdog at all, but a real wolf! At the same time, he also realized that in this barbaric era, there are countless wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, and he was reborn here just to serve as a snack for these beasts!
However, Liu Ze at this time was already lifeless, and he really didn't care about being a snack after death or alive. He staggered a few steps closer to the wolf, laughing self-deprecatingly.
"Come on! Eat! Fresh and delicious human meat! First come, first served! ”
But something strange happened, and the wolf stepped back in fear, and one of its hind legs was lame, and it looked funny. Liu Ze noticed that this was an old wolf, with drooping ears, dim eyes, skinny, and long and messy hair on his body. is such an old wolf who has lost his teeth, otherwise the bite on his leg just now would not be as simple as biting out a tooth mark.
The wolf is a social animal, and the old wolf stands alone here clearly abandoned by the wolves, perhaps it was once a wolf king, and the old and decrepit body was replaced by the new wolf king, and the lame leg was probably bitten off in the battle for the throne. It seemed to be frightened by Liu Ze, who was like a madman, and retreated a few meters, but it was unwilling to give up the prey to its mouth, and still squatted there, staring at Liu Ze deadly.
Liu Ze slowly calmed down, and he thought of Jack London's "Love of Life". This situation is strikingly similar to the situation encountered by the protagonist in the text. On the desolate ice field, two dying creatures, a man and a wolf, dragged their dying shells to hunt each other on the wasteland. In order to return alive, in order to defeat the sick wolf that made him sick, he gritted his teeth and persevered to the end, biting the wolf to death, drinking the wolf's blood, and winning the battle between man and wolf. Eventually, he was rescued, making life shine brightly.
Life is about never giving up! Liu Ze looked at the sick wolf that was dying, maybe it had also led a pack of wolves to dominate the wasteland, but at this time it lost its position and was expelled from the wolf pack, hunger and illness will take its life at all times, with its ability, it is impossible to hunt live prey at all, and it may only be death waiting for it, but Liu Ze saw the wolf's greed and survival from his cloudy eyes.
Ants are still stealing life, let alone wolves, let alone people!
In an instant, Liu Ze's mind was much firmer, without him, his wife and children might have a more difficult life, but they would never give up! If his wife really knew his current situation, she would definitely want him to live!
Right! In order not to disappoint his wife and children, he must live! Definitely! Every time life is given is not to give up, since he has been reborn in this barbaric era, then he must live firmly, and never give up lightly no matter what.
Liu Ze felt that the blood in his body was boiling, the flame of confidence was burning, he was just a sick wolf, what was he afraid of! He fumbled in his pocket, and in addition to the dozens of yuan in change, there was also a multi-functional combination tool knife and a family photo.
Looking at the smile of his wife and children in the photo, his eyes couldn't help but blur again. He gritted his teeth and wiped away his tears firmly, silently telling himself in his heart that this was the last tear he left for his wife and children, and he would never cry again! If you can cross here, why can't you find a way home? Whether this road is thousands of miles or thousands of years, as long as you have a dream in your heart, there may be hope! Don't give up! Never give up!
Liu Ze put away the photo and held a three-inch-long tool knife, it seemed a little unrealistic to use this thing to deal with a wolf. But he soon had an idea, and found a dead stick the thickness of a duck's egg in the grass, sharpened it with a tool knife, and made a wooden thorn with a sharp tip enough to pierce the throat of the sick wolf. With weapons, Liu Ze's mood is settled, and self-protection is not a big problem. At this time, he remembered to put a backpack on his back, and after this toss, he didn't know if the notebook could still be used.
He tried to turn on the laptop, power it on, and soon the LCD screen lit up, and the icons on the desktop were displayed - it was actually intact! In addition to the fact that this notebook cannot be connected to the Internet, other functions are normal - networking? It's ridiculous, it was at least a few thousand years ago. Liu Ze curiously opened the disk of the notebook, remembering that the middle-aged man said that there are important things in the disk, don't delete them. What's important? I don't know if I don't see it, I was shocked when I saw it, the hard disk space of a whole thousand gigabytes was almost full, and a complete set of encyclopedias was all-encompassing, including all modern knowledge, and even Mr. Cang's teaching films were also full of them.
Liu Ze was a little puzzled, what is the use of this local tyrant putting a complete set of encyclopedias in his notebook? Teacher Cang's film can also be understood, and sleeping with Xiao San requires some reference materials, but other things such as astronomy, geography, biochemistry are useful, is it possible that he is still a scientist? Liu Ze thought about it, the man's appearance was completely the image of a nouveau riche tyrant, and he couldn't fight with a polite scientist. But people can't look good, and the ghost knows what the use of him is to install this set of encyclopedias - but that's not the point, the point is that Liu Ze has this book, which is equivalent to opening a golden finger, God knows what it will bring to this ignorant era. Although that solar battery can only last three or four hours on a single charge, it is enough.
But now is not the time to study this thing, Liu Ze is eager to know if he is in that era, Qin Han? Tang and Song? Or is it the era of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors? There is only one way to find the answer - find someone!
Liu Ze tore off a strip of cloth and wrapped the wound that was still bleeding, damn it! I don't know that this wolf doesn't have rabies, there is no rabies vaccine at this time, if it is really infected with rabies, it is definitely a dead end! Liu Ze had no choice but to pray secretly in his heart, old wolf, don't be afraid of any disease, don't have rabies.
On a dry riverbed, a wonderful scene appeared: a ragged boy with a wooden stick, lame, limping, staggering ahead, ten meters behind him was also lame, limping and limping a weakened old wolf closely followed, people walked wolf walking, people stopped wolf stopping, just like the same dance point, leaving countless footprints on the shallow sand.