Yongchang panicked for a minute, feeling the whole jungle pressing down on him. All the distant sounds were amplified by fear, knocking on Yongchang's sanity.

Yongchang imagined himself being stalked by monsters, stared at by them with their evil eyes, waiting for an opportunity to pounce.

Yongchang looked up and saw that the clouds surging in the monsoon had engulfed the new night sky in an instant. A gust of gloomy wind blew from the forest, circling Yongchang's stiff body.

After a while, Xiong Da stood up and walked forward, gently pulling Yongchang, who was tense all over, to follow it. Yongchang reluctantly followed, and laughed nervously and angrily.

I didn't expect Yongchang to be reduced to letting Xiong Da lead the way in the jungle, but it didn't seem reasonable to let Yongchang lead the way, and Yongchang didn't know where he was.

Xiong Da continued to walk on the invisible path, pulling Yongchang after him. Yongchang had lost the concept of time, but Yongchang guessed that he should have walked in the forest for an hour, maybe two hours.

The dense jungle is demonic in the dark, not that it is not scary during the day, but the faint light of the flashlight does not shine far at all, and it looks even worse.

The thin moon rises into the sky, and the dense forest above sifts in the moonlight from time to time, and the bear's large fur shines in the silver moonlight.

Yongchang looked ahead and caught a glimpse of Xiong Da's glowing body as he moved in the light and shadow. When Yue'er hid in the clouds, the bear poop on the path ahead disappeared entirely.

Xiong Da violently pushed the thorns aside with his body, as if he was helping Yongchang open the way.

After walking for a long time, Xiong Da finally took Yongchang to the bamboo forest next to a large teak tree. It pricked its nose in the air and didn't know what to smell, then walked to the grass and lay down.

"Does that mean we're going to sleep here tonight?" Yongchang grumbled.

Yongchang untied the rope on the bear's large collar first.

Yongchang lit a small fire. The first two times it was blown out by the wind, but the third time it burned and crackled pleasantly.

When the fire was big enough, Yongchang put some larger firewood next to it for later additions.

Yongchang peeled off a large piece of bent bark, cleaned up the sawdust, lined the plastic bag on the bark, poured a bottle of water into it, and then took the makeshift bowl of water to Xiong to drink.

It had licked all the water dry, and it kept licking the bag. Yongchang poured another bottle of water for it, and it quickly ran out.

Yongchang walked back to the fire, startled by a terrifying howl. Xiong Da immediately stood up, rushed out like a whirlwind, and disappeared into the darkness.

Yongchang heard a low roar, followed by a fierce roar. Yongchang stared in horror at the dark forest where Xiong Da had disappeared, but it quickly returned unscathed and began to rub its body against the pomelo tree.

When you have had enough, move on to the next tree, then another, and don't stop until you've rubbed on every tree around you.

"Oh my God, Xiongda, are you so itchy." Yongchang let it rub it off, loosened the soft bag containing the clothes, used it as a pillow, and then pulled the long-sleeved shirt to his head, and took out a patchwork quilt to cover his legs.

Although Yongchang doesn't want to get the quilt dirty, he has to keep warm.

Yongchang turned sideways and leaned his face on his hand, looking at the fire, and the big tears couldn't help but flow down his cheeks.

Yongchang began to listen to all kinds of strange noises around him, hearing clicks, whistles, crackles, and crackles, and imagined the terrible reptile burrowing into his hair and slipping into Yongchang's socks.

Yongchang sat up tremblingly, tucked the patchwork quilt tightly to cover his body, covered his body, and then wrapped himself up like a mummy, and lay back on the ground.

It felt better, but Yongchang began to imagine animals sneaking behind him again. Just when Yongchang was about to turn over and lie on his back, Xiong Da lay down beside Yongchang, pressed his back against Yongchang's back, and then began to purr.

Yongchang gratefully wiped away the tears from his face, and listened to the voice of the big bear cat gradually turn into a steady low breath, and no longer heard the strange dark night sound.

Yongchang stuck to the bear's back, but he didn't expect that he could fall asleep in the jungle.

The dazzling sunlight shone on Yongchang's eyelids, and Yongchang slowly opened his eyes, unable to remember where he was for a while. Yongchang raised his hands high and wanted to stretch his waist, but his back was painful to death because he was sleeping on the hard ground, and his legs were pressed hard.

Yongchang lowered his eyes and saw that Xiong Da was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed, his head and the soles of his feet pressed against Yongchang's legs.

Yongchang shouted: "Xiong Da, get up, Yongchang's leg is numb." ”

It doesn't move.

Yongchang sat up and gently nudged his body. "Get up, Xiong Da, move it!"

It roared, but still didn't move.

"Big bear! Obedient! Move it around! Yongchang shook his leg and pushed it hard.

It finally opened its eyes, yawned wide, and bared its teeth, then rolled to the side, letting go of Yongchang's legs.

Yongchang stood up and shook the quilt, folded it and stuffed it into the bag, and then trampled the embers out to make sure nothing was burning.

"By the way, Yongchang hates camping the most." Yongchang complained loudly: "Yongchang doesn't like that there are no toilets here, and the 'call of nature' that he hears when walking in the jungle is what Yongchang hates the most." ”

Yongchang finally picked up the yellow rope.

Xiong Da just sat there and looked at Yongchang. Yongchang himself couldn't lead the way, so he had to put the rope in his bag.

"Okay, Big Bear. Yongchang is ready, where are we going today? ”

The bear turned and burrowed into the jungle again, weaving its way through the woods and the trees, over the rocks and the stream. It didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and even stopped to rest every once in a while, as if it knew that Yongchang needed to catch its breath. The sun came out, and the jungle became very hot and humid, and Yongchang took off his long-sleeved shirt and tied it around his waist.

The jungle is full of greenery with a pungent aroma, and the large deciduous trees are sparse and slender, and the olive-green leaves are different from the evergreen and dark green leaves that Yongchang is used to seeing.

The dark gray bark is extremely rough to the touch, and the bark at the cracks is lifted and peeled off thinly.

Flying squirrels were jumping in the woods, and the Yongchang often disturbed the herd of deer grazing, and as soon as they smelled the smell of bears, they quickly jumped away.

Yongchang observed Xiong Da's reaction, and he didn't pay attention to it at all. Yongchang noticed another tree that was smaller and had branches that looked like pieces of paper, but the cracks in the trunk were dripping with sticky resin.

Yongchang once held on to the trunk of a tree to pull out the pebbles on the soles of his shoes, and for the next hour, he worked hard to clean the sticky paste on his fingers.

After finally cleaning up the resin, a flock of brightly colored birds flew around in fright, and Yongchang retreated in surprise and hit another tree with resin, and his entire upper arm was sticky again.

Xiong Da stopped by a small stream, and Yongchang took out a water bottle and drank it in one go. It's nice that the backpack is lighter, but Yongchang is worried that he will have nowhere to get water after drinking it.

Yongchang thought that he should drink the stream water like Xiongda, but it was better not to, because Yongchang's body was not as strong as it.

Xiong Dahuang went to Yongchang and sat down.

"That's not right." Yongchang looked at Xiong Da's blue eyes and said, "It doesn't make sense, what reason does he have to bring Yongchang all the way here, just to let Yongchang get lost in the jungle?" There's no way he knows you're going to bring Yongchang here, or if Yongchang is going to follow you, and he doesn't look like the kind of person who can deceive people. ”

Xiong Da turned his gaze to the ground, looking quite guilty.

After a short rest, Xiong Da stood up and walked a few steps, then turned around and waited for Yongchang. Yongchang barely got away from the rock, muttering and grumbling after it.

"Xiong Da, where are we going next? Look at how confident you look.

It continued to take Yongchang on a path that only it could see, walking all morning and into the afternoon.

Xiong Da burrowed into the low jungle, and Yongchang followed, and found a small clearing on the other side of the low bush.

Seeing a small room in the middle of the clearing, Yongchang breathed a sigh of relief. The curved roof of the house was tied together with rattan and draped over the roof like a blanket. The walls of the house are made of coarse bundles of bamboo, and the gaps are filled with hay and earth.

The hut is surrounded by a low wall of stone piles about half a meter high, and the stones are covered with thick moss. The wall in front of the hut was covered with thin stone slabs painted with various symbols and patterns of unknown meaning. The entrance to the room was so small that people of average stature had to bend over to get in. A bunch of clothes fluttered in the wind, and a small lush garden was set up on the side of the house.

Yongchang approached the stone wall, and when Yongchang was about to step over, Xiong Da jumped past Yongchang. "Big bear! Do you want to scare people to death? Is it okay to make a noise or something first? ”

Yongchang approached the hut, Yongchang wanted to knock on the small door, but looked at Xiong Da hesitantly. "Yongchang people have to deal with your business first." Yongchang took out the yellow rope from his backpack and walked to the tree next to the yard. The bear dragged behind, and Yongchang asked it to get closer, and when it finally got close enough, Yongchang put the rope through the collar and tied the other end to the tree. Xiong Da looked unhappy.

"I'm sorry, Xiong Da, but if you don't tie it, you can't do it, it will scare others. Yongchang promised you that you would come back as soon as possible. ”

Yongchang was about to walk towards the hut, but was stopped by a calm male voice behind him, who said, "Is this really necessary?" ”

Yongchang slowly turned around and saw a strong young man standing behind Yongchang. He looked to be in his early twenties, a head taller than Yongchang, and he had a lean build, revealing a smooth, sturdy copper-colored chest. Fluffy trousers rolled up to the ankles, underneath are a pair of bare feet.

His shiny black hair was swept away from his face and curled slightly over the nape of his neck.

The man stretched out his hand and said, "I'm Xiongda." ”

The man stretched out his hand, cautiously approached Yongchang, and repeated: "Xiong Da." ”

He didn't look intimidating, but Yongchang was still stiff. Yongchang stretched out his hand with a question mark in his head, trying in vain to stop him from coming. "What? What did you just say? ”

He was too close. The man put his hands on his strong chest and said slowly, "I am Xiong Da Xiong." ”

He flipped open his palm, revealing a bear-sized collar and a yellow rope wrapped around his fingers. Yongchang looked behind him, and Xiong Da was really gone.

Yongchang took a few steps back, widening the distance between the two. When the man saw Yongchang's movements, he immediately stopped in place.

Yongchang's knee socket hit the stone wall, so he had to stop and blink desperately, but Yongchang still didn't understand his words.

"Where's the bear? Yongchang doesn't understand, did you do something wrong with it? ”

"Nope. Yongchang is it. ”

He started walking towards Yongchang again, and Yongchang shook his head.

"It can't be, you can't be it."

Yongchang wanted to take another step back, but almost fell over the stone wall. The man rushed up and grabbed Yongchang's wrist with an arrow step and held Yongchang steady: "Are you okay?" He asked politely.

"Not good!" He was still holding Yongchang, who looked at his hand and imagined it was a bear claw.

Yongchang whispered, "No, it won't!" How is that possible, how is that possible? ”

His calm voice was calm: "Please enter the house, the owner is not here at the moment, you can sit down and relax, Yongchang will try to explain all this to you." ”

Yongchang was so shocked that he had no more time to argue, so he had to follow him to the hut. Yongchang believes that he will not hurt Yongchang, just like Yongchang feels about Xiong Da. The man lowered his head and entered through the door, entered the hut, and pulled Yongchang behind him in.

It was a one-room cottage with a small bed in the corner, a small window in the side wall, and a table and two chairs in the other corner. Behind the curtain is a small bathtub. The kitchen has only a sink, a pumping machine and a low cabinet, as well as several shelves for cans and spices. Bunches of dried herbs and plants hung from the ceiling above, and the room was filled with the sweet scent.

The man asked Yongchang to sit on the bed, and then leaned against the wall by himself, quietly waiting for Yongchang to settle down.

Yongchang was no longer as shocked as he was at the beginning, and Yongchang cheered up and began to assess the current situation. He's the big bear! After Yongchang looked at each other for a while, Yongchang knew that what he said was the truth, because their eyes were exactly the same.