Chapter 4: The Beast Comes
The sky was still bright when he woke up, but he couldn't tell the specific time, and it was difficult to make such a judgment on a snowy day.
Pushing aside the snow piled on his body, the first thing he did was to pray to the Sun Totem, and through prayer he gained the power of the fire totem to warm his body covered in cold.
It wasn't until he was so hot that there was no trace of cold that he stood up.
After a simple bite of cold yellow millet and a few mouthfuls of snow, he got up and began to move forward against the wind.
The northbound journey was more difficult than he could have imagined, and if the wind was too strong when he passed through the mountain pass, it would blow him down and he would have to climb again.
The power of the totem would also seem unsustainable under such a continuous gale, and he could only stop and pray from time to time, one to the ox totem, and the other to the sun totem.
Relatively speaking, the power of the ox totem recovered faster, because this was his main totem power, that is, the power contained in his body, and the power of the day totem was in the invisible fog behind him.
If it is judged by the power of the totem, he should belong to the Niu tribe at this time, but the Fire Tribal Alliance has already broken up such a way of belief.
Since the slogan "Faith is attributed to the god of fire" eight years ago, people have become less and less concerned about the attribution of totemic power, and do not look at a person's faith in terms of power.
All the Fire Tribe Alliance clansmen must first believe in the god of fire, and then the totems of their respective tribes.
And power has nothing to do with faith, as long as you talk about faith, get the approval of the preacher witch, and then go to the witch to get power.
There are even some extremist tribesmen who reject this belief, such as the cattle tribesmen who have risen to the top of the ranks, most of whom will not admit that they are from the cattle tribe, preferring to attribute everything they have to the god of fire.
There are always some people who are not ashamed of such people, but many more people will only say: who cares.
Most people don't care about all this, including the temple, which is said to contain all the truths in the temple of the tapir totem, which many conspiracy theorists are trying to explore, but many more just want to make ends meet.
"Times are different", this is also the famous saying of the eight generations of witches, people have rarely chased the truth buried in the depths of history, even some old people are silent.
It has been twenty-four years since Huodu Grass was created, and it has undergone too many changes over the years, and everything is different from before.
It is said that in the earliest days, the tribe existed in an independent way, but it was too inconvenient to think about it.
If he hadn't had the power bestowed by the Vulcan God and couldn't use two totemic powers at the same time, he would have felt like he would have died in this damn snowstorm.
The power of the ox totem makes his body strong enough to withstand the wind and snow, and the power of the day totem allows him to get warm before his body bears the limit, both of which are indispensable, which is a necessary match for people who often go out.
He can still remember the embarrassment when he came out of Donghai City, using the power of the ox totem to resist the ice and snow, and then using the power of the buck totem to keep sprinting and accelerating, the sourness of galloping against the wind and snow, he never wants to appreciate it again.
Later, he changed his main totem power to the cow totem power, just to give birth to a double stomach, which made him more resistant to hunger, and also made him more resistant to beatings and frost.
Ox totem power is almost the easiest power to obtain, after all, too many people need to rely on farming for a living, and such people are usually poor, and it is unrealistic for them to pay enough copper coins to gain power.
The power of the day totem is a little more expensive, he didn't save enough money, but his friend Xin is the great witch of the day tribe, who can preach and give spirits, so he didn't spend money to get the day totem ability, which is already considered lucky.
All kinds of chaotic thoughts drifted in my heart, and the sky gradually became dark, the sun had set, and the night was coming again.
Stopped and ate a mouthful of food, warmed a glass of water for himself with the power of the day totem, and comfortably hid in the snow pit to rest for a while, and then went on the road again.
"What do you do, boy?"
There was a roar behind him, and he turned around to see a team of sleds pulled by big dogs running in this direction, and the route happened to pass him.
"I heard that Beishan can make money by quarrying, so I came to see it. ”
He yelled in response, a rhetoric he had already thought of.
"The quarryman came with the quarrying team, why did he run out by himself?"
The big man in the team slowly stopped, told his companions to let them go first, and came to Kai's side alone, looking at him with scrutinizing eyes, until he walked in and found that he was still a teenager, and the vigilance in his eyes disappeared.
"The wind and snow are so big, it's too dangerous, what about your parents?"
"I died, I got sick and had no money to treat, and the dojo fired me because I didn't have money, and I heard that quarrying made money, so I came to take a look. ”
He continued his lies, he was good at it, and the day he walked out of Donghai City, he hadn't told the truth much.
"What tribe are you from?
The big man had already come to him, stopped completely, took out a small piece of barbecue from his pocket, carefully broke a piece, and handed it to him.
He took it gratefully, pretending to be hungry and swallowed it.
In fact, he didn't have to pretend at all, because from the moment he saw the meat, his eyes lit up.
"I'm from the Genzhen Niu tribe, and I said that if I go, I can't go to the Huodu Dojo, I want to go to the Huodu Dojo to study, so I have to earn a little more money. ”
After listening to Kai's words, the big man scolded his mother, and said that it was not so troublesome to enter the dojo back then, but he just listened and didn't answer.
A person like Dahan who is in the prime of life always complains, and he is used to it.
I heard the teacher say that this is because there have been too many changes in the past 20 years, and many people can't adapt to this rhythm, or can't keep up with the times, or feel that they have been abandoned by the times, and they are always resentful.
Although this uncle is also resentful, he is still kind.
"My child is also going to the Huodu Dojo, otherwise whoever comes out to get rocks in the winter, let's go, I'll take you for a ride." ”
With a wave of his hand, the uncle let him get on his sleigh and led him north into the wind.
Along the way, the uncle told him from time to time that it was best to have a sleigh to do this work, otherwise he would not earn any money, and his strength was too small, and he needed to hire laborers in Beishan, so he would earn even less, and suggested that he find a team to go back.
Naturally, he had to be perfunctory all the way, and finally arrived at Beishan before dawn in a sled.
When he arrived at his destination, the first thing he did was to sleep and rest, and the uncle was no exception, even if he wanted to transport the stones back immediately, the big dog he pulled couldn't.
He made an excuse to see if he could find a job, so he left his enthusiastic uncle, found a quiet place to sleep, and did not wake up until dawn.
After eating, he walked around the quarry towards the abandoned quarry in the depths.
The abandoned quarry path had long since been deserted, and he had to climb up cautiously as he walked along the way and occasionally fell into snow-covered pits.
It's his luck, if he goes into some deep and slippery holes, he might freeze to death inside.
I stumbled around for a day, and I saw two abandoned Blackwater factories on the way, but I still couldn't find one to start a job, and I didn't meet any living people.
The night was not suitable for sleeping, but there were potholes, and the situation was better, so he found a deep enough pothole, hid in it for the night, and then got back on the road at dawn the next day.
In the afternoon, he came to a valley, and there was a faint sound from the distant mountains, which made him excited, and he hurriedly mustered up all his strength to climb up.
This valley was supposed to be a large abandoned quarry, full of potholes, and he did not fall from one hole to another at all as he went, but climbed from one hole to another, and the holes were connected to each other.
He really couldn't understand how the quarry was like this back then, and now the quarry is much more neat.
The climb was so physically demanding that he had to stop and rest in a few moments.
Looking at the mountain peaks in the distance, he estimated that it would take him a long time to climb up, but he finally had hope, and he was still a little satisfied.
Just as he was riding between the two potholes to look at the top of the mountain, the wind and snow behind him suddenly stirred, as if something was about to rush out of the wind and snow behind him.
He was shocked in his heart, and remembered what the dojo teacher told him about the best way to deal with encountering fierce beasts in the wild.
The whole person bounced up as if frightened, and didn't care about the dry food and wooden box thrown around him, and plunged into the deep snow, his body writhed downward like a snake, and in a few strokes he reached the depths of the snow.
When he reached the depths, he immediately stopped moving, including his breathing and the totemic power on his body, all hidden.
"Boom ......"
The sound from outside came clearly, and judging from the sound, it was definitely not a sleigh or a human sound, nor the giant wolf, war horse, or four-horned cow and sheep he had seen in the fire.
This sound is too loud, which proves that the size of this beast is larger than the former, and such a reckless sound is at least at the level of a fierce beast.
It could even be a lieutenant-level beast.
This idea came out of his life, and he himself was so frightened that he hurriedly held back and did not dare to move again.
"Boom ......"
The sound outside suddenly stopped, as if something had stopped on top of the snow.
He heard his heart beating wildly, like a war drum.
"Moving...... Or still?"
He felt his scalp tingle, his brain seemed to freeze and he couldn't think at all, he imagined how brave and fearless he would be when he faced a fierce beast, and now he just wanted to be a turtle with a shrunken head.
It can't be like this, let me think about what I would do if I was found by a fierce beast?
Thinking like this, a figure suddenly flashed in his mind, and the blonde guy had jokingly said it.
If they were to be spotted by a beast in the wild, the best thing to do would be to end their lives early, because then they wouldn't have to face too bloody images.
The sudden memory relieved his nervousness and allowed his brain to finally think. 8)