Chapter 222: Eat and drink without worry
This nameless island slumbers in the endless turquoise waters of the ocean, winding like a serpent. From the head of the snake, there is a volcano that rises to a height of several thousand meters.
The rainy season is coming, and the calm sea is brewing with huge waves, and even the gentle sea breeze may turn its face mercilessly in the next moment, and the hot air can almost squeeze out the water.
The island is covered by a tall tropical jungle with a thick shade that barely hits the ground with only a few spots of light, and the thick foliage on the ground smells musty in the hot and dark environment.
On days when there is no wind and no rain, the miasma accumulated in the forest becomes a demonic fog that devours life, making people lose their vitality unconsciously, rotting with the grass and trees, and eventually turning into soil.
A stream flows through the rainforest, with a slight coolness, flowing slowly, and the dry season will not end, and the rainy season will come to an end, and the dry riverbed will breathe under the scorching sun, and the shallow water will not hide the traces of swimming fish.
In the hot moment, the birds disappear, the beasts hide, and in the silent mountains and forests, there is only a black shadow, along the gurgling water, coming from a high place.
It was Yongchang who had just left the desperate situation in the deep valley for a few days.
Dressed in a black robe, his whole body was tightly wrapped, and Yongchang didn't feel the heat under the scorching sun.
After bidding farewell to the golden embroidery out of the valley, he looked far away, and easily found the way down the mountain.
The top of the mountain is a bare volcanic rock, the sky is high and windy, the vegetation is not growing, the cold wind is blowing, and it is obviously much colder than the valley bottom, which is probably the reason why the valley is isolated from the inside and outside, and the ecology is very different.
From top to bottom, the grass and trees are gradually abundant, halfway up the mountainside, is a thin waterfall, ups and downs of rock formations, flying beads splash jade, splash fresh water mist on the mountain wall, fall into the waterhole at the foot of the mountain.
A drop of hundreds of meters and tens of millions of years of water erosion have formed a natural lake in the surrounding area. At the exit of the lake, a stream flows deep into the dense forest, and after an unknown distance, it flows into the sea.
To get rid of freedom, Yongchang rushed down from the top of the mountain of two or three thousand meters, like a swimming dragon, shaped like a flying swallow, light and vigorous, turning and undulating.
The branches and rocks on the hillside could not stop his figure, and the hanging wall of ten meters was just a step down, but in a quarter of an hour, like a bird landing at the foot of the mountain.
After months of hard training in the valley, I finally achieved something, possessed great strength, and honed my tenacious will.
Perhaps it was because he had experienced life and death, and absorbed the violent energy of the spatial turbulence in the collision of time and space.
Now he is light and healthy, lifting weights like light, as if he has been enlightened by a saint, empowered by great power, and has opened up the second pulse of Ren Du, as powerful as a dragon elephant, agile as an ape, and even more deaf and clear, and the road in front of him is suddenly clear.
If you have an adventure, your fate will change forever. Just wait to find a way out and return to the old life, and create a new future.
Yongchang has infinite longing for a new life, starry eyes, and full of confidence. The flying stream went straight down 3,000 feet, and it turned out to be a pillar of optimism.
Wash away the smoke and loneliness, Yongchang soaked in the lake water, looked around the green mountains, green water, and enjoyed the waterfall and hookah.
The years in the barren valley are extraordinarily long, only the silent valley, the narrow sky, the calm volcanic lake, like a still life painting, and I am the person in the painting; Even the food is monotonous except for grilled fish or fish soup, and there are no fresh tricks.
Watching the shadows of the surrounding mountains reflect the water, the white clouds drift across the sky, the swimming fish jump out of the water, and the seabirds fly into the distance, it is really pleasing to the eye and comfortable to the mind.
He couldn't help but stretch and swim in the warm waters of the lake, as if lying in the arms of a warm woman.
A fish leaps, pops out of the water, takes a deep breath, and plunges into the water again.
There are many kinds of fish in this lake, in addition to the common four big fish, there are also whitebait that have been eaten for several months, panicked under the chase of Yongchang, hugged the head of the rat, and ran for their lives. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals at the bottom of the water also dodged in a hurry, so as not to suffer unwarranted disasters.
After a long day of swimming in the water, I was also a little tired, and it was close to noon, and it was time for dinner. Yongchang swam to the shore, first go to eat some dried fish to pad his stomach, and then wait for some game in the afternoon.
To be honest, the fish has long been tired of eating, and when you go outside, it's time to improve your life and update your recipes.
"Puff puff puff", splashes of water fluttered on the shore, just like the sound of a fish jumping into the water just now.
Looking at the place where the sound came from, I was surprised to see two or three hideous crocodiles on the shore, blocking the way to the shore. There are probably several beasts in the water now, coming towards them.
Yongchang's movement in the lake had already alarmed the overlord of this water, and he slowly gathered around, waiting for the time to hunt, and the prey approached at the moment of launching a deadly kill.
The crocodile is a fierce beast in the water, but also an expert in hunting, super patient, insidious, silently approaching, in the moment you don't react, you have opened a huge mouth, tons of bite force can not struggle, the rapid rotation is suffocating, and finally can only be strangled into a stump and broken arm, plasma and flesh, there is no warmth, only bloody, killing.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too few prey, too many hunters, and the fear of not having enough food to divide up, the instinct to eat had overcome patience, and even the splash on the shore would not have been. By the time the danger was approaching, the Grim Reaper had already surrounded its prey, and there was no way to escape.
Yongchang didn't want to improve other people's lives, and he didn't want to be on crocodile recipes.
Escape, of course, he can escape, but he doesn't want to blindly escape, if he faces a group of unintelligent things with scales and horns and flees, then it is better to retreat into the valley and live a quiet life.
In front of Yongchang, I clearly saw a path of killing, and this group of hunters will become my snack before dinner.
Five or six fierce beasts came through the waves, and two or three on the shore couldn't help but join the dining procession.
In the face of the fierce giant crocodile, Yongchang did not retreat but advanced, facing the first one, not waiting for it to open its bloody mouth, a punch quickly smashed between its nostrils and eyes, this guy who wanted to grab the fresh lost the consciousness of attack, and kept rolling and struggling.
Then hold the crocodile neck with one hand, flip the belly, clamp it with all your might, and hammer it on the soft belly with your free right hand.
"Flutter", the belly was broken, the internal organs were squeezed out, and the blood immediately stained a lake red, and the opponent in his hand no longer struggled, and threw a handful of internal organs at the rushing beasts, and the blood suddenly aroused the bloodthirsty ferocity, and they rushed over.
Yongchang continued to tear at the crocodile, constantly throwing the flesh and blood of the internal organs at the herd, and when he landed, the front of him was scarlet, bloody, and the beasts fell into a daze in the temptation of blood food, and the instincts of the animals confused the original intention of their attack, and they couldn't help but stop and eat frantically.
Ignorant creatures do not fear to feed on the flesh and blood of their kind, perhaps cannibalism is their nature, and the flesh and blood of the same kind is the most familiar delicacy.
On the surface of the lake, the beasts competed for food, rolling up turbulent waves, and under the blood, Yongchang hid his tracks, bypassing the beasts and diving to the shore.
Yongchang's muscles were tensed all over his body, and his eyes were full of boundless blood and endless killing, with a knife in his hand, like a bloodthirsty god and demon.
Now, offense and defense, let's continue the game of hunting, when the prey becomes the hunter, the hunter becomes the prey, I wonder if they know how to escape.
With a long roar, Yongchang jumped into the water and swam towards the table where the crocodiles were tumbling. I can't finish three or four hundred pounds of food for a while.
The crocodile completely ignored the intruders who swam by, and only roared angrily as they approached, warning the approaching aliens not to try to come and share their blood food.
Dragged the knife into the water, Yongchang swam to the bottom of the crocodiles, aimed at the white abdomen and slashed lightly, the water made a muffled sound, blood line fish intestines, bile feces, colorful, rushed out in the pale red lake water, shot into a cloud of colorful mist, between the raised hands, it turned out to be a fierce beast.
It's just like picking up a cup of tea, lighting a cigarette, and relaxing.
The black shadow wandered, avoiding the sight of the crocodile, how could the stupid murderous creatures understand the cunning and cruelty of humans, and the many predators who were addicted to the taste of flesh and blood lost their vigilance, and became prey to be killed, disemboweled, and all of them were turned into dead souls under the knife.
Yongchang floats in the water, waiting for more crocodiles or possible beasts in the lake.
Perhaps the frenzied killing and heavy killing had already frightened off the predators who were waiting for the opportunity, and they stayed for a while, except for a group of swimming fish that came to fight for the mincs of flesh and blood, and the large fish beasts did not appear again.
Perhaps these giant crocodiles are already at the top of the food chain in these waters, and when more ferocious beasts appear, the weaker animals can only avoid their edges and hide their tracks.
Go back and forth to the shore, drag the crocodile's body away, pile up a mountain of meat, eight giant crocodiles, although the internal organs have been emptied, the remaining one can also weigh two or three hundred catties, remove the skeleton head and tail, the net meat can have two thousand catties, all dried fish is light, and there can also be thousands of catties.
The huge gain made him a little overwhelmed. Even if you eat meat all at once, it will take a year to eat it in the future, so you won't eat until you vomit?
It is said that the dragon meat in the sky and the donkey meat on the ground are considered to be supreme delicious, and the crocodile is also a dragon in the water.
In the end, Yongchang still decided to dry the dried meat, and before the rainy season arrived, it could be dried in half a day under the scorching sun. Find a stone platform near the waterfall at the foot of the lake by the lake, the stone slab surface is flat and smooth, slightly inclined to the lake surface, but it is a natural good drying ground.
Cut the crocodile meat into thick slices with a short knife and spread it out on a hot stone slab. The bright red tender flesh can be seen to turn dark red in the scorching sun, and after an hour or two, it will be turned over and over again, and so on repeatedly, the meat slices have become jerky, and the bite is really delicious and strong, and then the sun will not be broken, and the teeth will not be broken.
"Chirp-"
A familiar call came from overhead, and when I looked up, I saw a large bird hovering high in the sky.
Yongchang whistled, and a little golden light had shot down from the clouds, and it had stopped on the stone platform in a short time.
A fierce beast like a giant crocodile, with a huge body of hundreds of catties, coupled with cunning and insidious, and a huge mouth and sharp teeth, even a big bird will not be provoked.
The big bird saw Yongchang's majesty from a high place, and he was also very excited, standing beside him, his god was very excited. When he saw the jerky on the slate, he was not polite, and he specifically looked for a small piece of jerky and swallowed it again and again. This kind of deliciousness is different from barbecue.
The big bird ate it violently, and it couldn't eat it anymore, Yongchang picked up two large pieces of dried meat, pointed to the top of the mountain, and it grabbed the meat pieces and soared into the air, flying towards the valley, and turned into a little golden light in an instant, and disappeared.
"What a bird!" He sighed from the bottom of his heart. The big bird is arrogant, and he has his own spirit when he interacts with people. Even if you feed it, it will never be as noisy as a chicken or duck, and when it is satisfied, it will nod slightly. is like a noble gentleman, worthy of being the king of the air and the overlord of one party.
Yongchang brought three spare body bags, packed the jerky in one go, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Eating and drinking without worry is the greatest happiness.
The sky is nearly late, the sun has fallen, Yongchang pillows the backpack, lying on the meat bun, one hand grilled fish, one hand jerky, watching the sunset, the bright moon rises into the sky, the clouds are bright and extinguished, the stars are twinkling, the breeze is coming, the sound of the waves is over the ears, life is like this, what more can the husband ask for.
It's a pity that there is no wine, and it is useless.