"What to do? What to do? What to do? Ji Ran was in a hurry, there was no food in the forest at all, even wild beasts were rarely encountered, and the edible fruits in the forest were also taken away by some of the surrounding manor owners, and the food on their bodies had already been eaten, if it continued to drag on, I am afraid that everyone would starve to death.

And now that the only way out of Hare Township has also been blocked, it can be said that Ji Ran has reached a dilemma.

"Aiyi, don't say it again, even if you are in a hurry, there is really no way to do it now." Sen Feng said with some despair.

Hardeman and Pace @ Phil's men are manhunting for the territory, and I'm afraid it won't be long before they find it.

The dwarf leaned against a large tree and was silent, as he had been a few days before.

It seems that he also has a premonition of danger, which is why he is so negative and depressed, right?

"Brother dwarf, thank you, although we still can't escape the fate of being captured, we are still very grateful for your saving grace, but we don't know what is the reason why you saved us?

We didn't know each other before, so why did you save us? After expressing his gratitude to the dwarf, Mori Feng raised his own questions.

"yes, why did you save us? Also, what's the matter with the handkerchief you gave me? Why did Hardeman's maid listen to you so much? Ji Ran also asked his own questions.

Faced with Ji Ran and Sen Feng's question, the dwarf man pondered for a moment and shook his head, "You don't have to know. ”

"Huh?"

"Why?"

Ji Ran and Sen Feng both wondered, why couldn't this question be answered?

The dwarf didn't say anything more, kept his head down, and said nothing.

Time passed little by little, and no one saw hope.

In the evening, a few people lazily leaned against the back of the tree, silent as if they were dead.

For the first time, Ji Ran felt that there was such a boring time in his life, and he hated it every second.

Rocky lowered his head, clutching a lock of green silk tightly in his hand, which was left to him by his sister Lotis, he is now beginning to miss his sister, I wonder if she is okay now?

Where to stay?

Have you ever been bullied?

Although he himself is in danger now, when people are most lonely and helpless, they often think of their relatives, and the closer people are, the first thing they think of when they are in trouble.

Ji Ran gently took Rocky's meaty hand, "Your sister is a good girl, she will definitely be safe, and so will you." ”

Ji Ran gently comforted Rocky, Rocky slowly raised his head, looked at Ji Ran's beautiful face, warm smile, and felt a burst of warmth in his heart, as if in an instant, he felt that Ji Ran was his own sister, which made people want to rely on.

"If you want to rely on me, just lean over and treat me as your sister." Ji Ran said with a smile, without the slightest dislike for Rocky.

Rocky hesitated, but leaned over, he snuggled in Ji Ran's arms, quiet like a child.

Ji Ran hugged him and let his head rest quietly on his chest, like a baby leaning on his mother, happy and sweet.

Evening came, the wind was a little cold, and everyone hadn't eaten yet, strictly speaking, they hadn't eaten for more than a day.

Rocky was growling with hunger, and Mr. Gnome was no better, and he was hungrier than everyone else.

Pygmy people are actually strictly speaking, not humans, they are actually two completely different races from humans, human beings can be said to have evolved from ancient apes, and some anthropologists also believe that humans and elves and gnomes are homologous species, all of which originated from primates in ancient times, but in the later evolution, some evolved into humans, and one left in the forest evolved into elves, and the other part went to the mountains and evolved into dwarves.

In fact, this is completely incorrect, elves and gnomes do not belong to the category of human beings, elves in the history of tens of thousands of years, in fact, not much has changed, elves have a long lifespan, if you do not encounter natural disasters and wars, an elf can easily live for hundreds of years, which is beyond the reach of humans and dwarves.

The most fundamental reason for the longevity of the elves is that the genes of their race are quite stable, that is, the mutation rate is very low, so the stability of the species is maintained.

However, it is also the stability of genes that gives the elves a long life, but it also inhibits the creativity and adaptability of the elves, who have lived in the forest for thousands of years.

Although they can survive in the human world, in that case, their lifespan may be greatly reduced.

Therefore, many elves still prefer to live in the forest rather than integrate into the colorful human world.

Although the gnomes are not as stable as the genes of the elves, their evolutionary journey is completely different from that of humans, the lifespan of gnomes is about eighty to one hundred and twenty-five years old, however, there are special individuals who can live to be more than two hundred years old, such as the famous mountain king Wharton in the history of the dwarf race, it is said that he lived to be two hundred and eighty years old, which is the longest life expectancy among the dwarf race.

The gnomes evolved from the ancient gnomes who lived in the mountains, and when did the ancient gnomes come into being? Where did it come from?

This is no longer verifiable.

However, based on the ancient pygmy fossils found in the mines, the conclusion is quite surprising, because the ancestors of the ancient pygmy people actually lived in the same time period as the prehistoric giants millions of years ago.

That is, before the birth of humans, the dwarf race was born.

It's just that the glorious history of the dwarf tribe has not lasted as long as their birth, but has experienced several major ups and downs.

According to the ancient records of the dwarf race, when the dwarf race was most prosperous, it used to spread all over the continent, whether it was the plains, tropical rainforests or northern forests, and the mountains in the west, there were dwarf tribes, but later, with the decline of the giant race, the dwarf tribe seemed to have suffered a catastrophe, so that the entire dwarf civilization was almost extinct.

Subsequently, the last remaining dwarfs began to migrate to the high mountain area, and slowly evolved into the ancient mountain tribes.

Due to the extremely cold climate in the high mountains, the dwarf people need to consume a lot of energy to survive, so they need to eat a lot every day, eat a lot, but the consumption is also very large, because they need to constantly convert the food in their stomachs into calories to maintain their body temperature.

Therefore, over time, the dwarfs have evolved into big stomachs, not only eating more, but also hungry faster.

This is the case with the gnomes in front of them, who suffer far more than humans and elves under the same conditions of hunger.

(End of chapter)