Chapter 16 [Distress]
Struggling to survive in this savage land is no easy task. Lin Yu, who was new to Narachi, only stopped at the game, after all, in the game, it didn't take long to walk from Nalaqi's camp to Bloodhoof Village, but soon, Lin Yu knew how ridiculous his idea was. Mo Gao Lei was much more expansive than he imagined, after walking for nearly half a month, Lin Yu and Abu were still in the edge area of Mo Gao Lei, and he didn't even see the shadow of the Minotaur, even the Minotaur of the Horror Totem.
After half a month of crawling and rolling in the edge area of Mogaolei, Lin Yu has undergone earth-shaking changes, from being unable to pick up his hands on his shoulders before, and even the plains chocobos cannot defeat him, to becoming a mature jungle hunter. Lin Yu can be said to have endured all the hardships in this process, he thought he was ready to survive with Abu wandering in the wilderness, but the cruel reality told him that his preparation was far from enough.
The environment here is too harsh, although there is no trace of the Minotaur, but there are many wild beasts around, such as the huge and strong wild Kodomon, the swift plains lion, the land chocobo with sharp beaks, and the poisonous and fierce pattern python killing here all the time. It may only take a blink of an eye for a beast that kills on its front feet to become food for the mouths of other beasts. To survive here, you need not only great strength, but also extraordinary luck.
Lin Yu's luck has always been very good, he is also very grateful that Lady Luck has always stood by his side and never left for a moment, on the second day after leaving the Nalaqi camp, Lin Yu was hit by a near-death batter, his abdomen was seriously injured but still agile Plains Lion cut a huge wound, when the severe pain was transmitted to Lin Yu's central nervous system, blood flowed out of the abdomen like no money, Lin Yu finally knew what kind of environment he was facing. It's not a game, it's a real fight, and if you don't do your best, death will never show mercy because you're a traverser. He was glad that Lohaku had given him a bronze dagger made by Mashak before leaving the camp, and with the weapon in his hand, Lin Yu gritted his teeth and worked with Abu to kill the seriously injured Plains Lion with all his might. Of course, he and Abu also paid a big price, and the plain lion's claw was embedded in Abu's ankle before he died, seriously injuring Abu.
Lin Yu pressed the lion skin he carried with him against his wounds, and struggled to find a safe place to rest with Abu's support. His eyes were dilated, his spirit was extremely sluggish, he had begun to hallucinate, and a very demagogic voice kept saying in his ear, "Close your eyes, as long as you close your eyes, you will not be in pain." Lin Yu knew that this was an illusion, and he also knew that if he closed his eyes, he would really die, and with his last bit of strength, Lin Yu slapped the wound on his abdomen, and the intense pain penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and he needed to use the pain to wake himself up. Howling in pain, Lin Yu knelt on the ground and his head kept breaking out in a cold sweat, and at this time, the mercy of the goddess of luck fell on Lin Yu's body for the first time, just a few steps in front of where he was kneeling, three silver-leaved grasses that were almost indistinguishable from weeds were dancing in the wind.
Abu uprooted the three silver-leaved grasses, put them in his mouth and chewed them, the taste of the silver-leaved grasses was very bitter, but Abu seemed to have no sense of taste. Spit the chewed silver leaf grass on his hand, and Abu smeared Lin Yu's wound with tears in his eyes. Lin Yu didn't say a word from beginning to end, if it wasn't for the fact that it hurt so much on the wound, Lin Yu wouldn't even shout. Silently watching Abu clumsily medicate himself, Azeroth's herbs were amazingly effective, and the wound after applying the silver leaf grass was a little cold, and the pain was relieved a lot. Sitting on the ground and resting for a long time, Lin Yu continued to walk forward in the jungle on the edge with Abu.
This experience was the closest Lin Yu came to death, and with this cruel lesson, Lin Yu didn't dare to relax for a moment in the jungle. Survival is the best mentor, in order to be able to take Abu in the jungle without losing his life, Lin Yu conducts rigorous training every day and fights different beasts. Lin Yu only allowed himself to win in training, because defeat meant death. While being strict with himself, Lin Yu's requirements for Abu are also harsh and outrageous. Abu was injured, Lin Yu didn't allow him to cry out in pain, didn't allow him to let down his vigilance, didn't allow him to show a confused and regretful look, he asked Abu to only have one emotion, that is, longing, the desire to survive. If you want to teach others, you must first do it yourself, Lin Yu gave Abu a very good example, he perfectly explained to Abu what it is to survive and can do whatever it takes. Under such rigorous training, under such harsh conditions, Lin Yu finally grew into an excellent jungle hunter, perhaps compared to a hunter master like Offer, Lin Yu was a little inadequate, but he and Abu could barely survive on this land.
"Uncle, which direction are we going tomorrow?" At night, beside a big tree in the jungle on the edge of Mogaolei, Abu sat on the ground, holding a firewood stick in his hand and fiddling with the bonfire in front of him, while Lin Yu rested with his back against a stout tree, his eyes closed. The beast robe Tana had sewn for him was in tatters, and his entire upper body was almost exposed, covered with horrific wounds. To his left, neatly stacked plain lion skins, these are the harvest of his and Abu's hunting during this time. Although there were many lion skins, Lin Yu, who had no needle and thread, could not re-sew a new beast robe for himself.
"I don't know." Lin Yu replied with his eyes closed, touched the ground with his right hand a few times, grabbed a cyan fruit, and threw it to Abu. Abu reached out and took the fruit, holding it in front of his eyes, as if hesitating to eat it. Lin Yu seemed to guess Abu's movements, and still said with his eyes closed.
"There is no prey today, only this can be eaten."
Lin Yu's words were explaining the reason for eating this fruit, but the tone was very stiff, as if it was an order. Abu was accustomed to Lin Yu's tone, opened his mouth and bit on the fruit fiercely, ate it all in a few bites, threw away the kernel, Abu took a few sticks of firewood from his side and put them on the bonfire, and used a wooden stick to pluck the firewood in the bonfire a few times, seeing that the flames that were about to be extinguished rose again, Abu asked Lin Yu.
"Uncle, what are we going to do tomorrow."
"Alive." Lin Yu replied calmly.
Abu let out an "oh" and stopped asking. Throwing away the wooden stick in his hand, Abu walked to Lin Yu's side, learned that he was leaning against the tree, closing his eyes and resting. Lin Yu opened his eyes, glanced at Abu distressedly, and said softly.
"If you're tired, rest, I'll keep vigil."
Abu bowed slightly, he was indeed very tired, every day was spent on the run and pursuit, both physically and psychologically, it was a great burden, he was just an underage child, a young minotaur, this kind of pressure he couldn't accept for a while.
Hearing Abu's snoring ringing in his ears, Lin Yu saw that Abu's childish calf's face was full of mud and dust, and his heart was very uncomfortable.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Yu looked at the situation around him vigilantly with his eyes open, he now regretted very much why he didn't learn the Eagle Eye Technique from Aofu when he was in the camp. It was getting dark, and the flames in the bonfire were extinguished because no firewood had been added, and the surroundings were like ink, and it was pitch black. Lin Yu was used to this kind of life, he no longer looked around, because his eyes could no longer see things, leaning quietly on the big tree, Lin Yu's body was tense, ready to react to the danger that was about to appear.
Suddenly, Lin Yu's ears moved, he quickly grasped the dagger on his right hand, straightened up slightly, his hand grasped the dagger tightly, his face was calm, at this time he was like a hunter who had been hunting for many years. Hearing an imperceptible wriggling sound on the trunk getting closer and closer to him, Lin Yu quickly thrust the dagger above his head, and Abu, who was sitting next to Lin Yu and was in a semi-dormant state, suddenly opened his eyes and asked in a low voice.
"What's wrong, uncle?"
Lin Yu shook his head slightly and asked Abu to light a bonfire. The bonfire was lit, and with the light Lin Yu took the dagger off his head, a small green snake was hanging motionless on the dagger, skillfully peeling off the snake's skin and cutting the snake body into small pieces, Lin Yu finally smiled and said to Abu.
"Luckily, a snake ate it today."
Pick up a piece of wood from the ground, sharpen it with a dagger, put on snake meat, and bake it over a campfire. After roasting for a while, seeing that the snake meat was almost cooked, he handed all the snake meat to Abu, and said to Abu with his head resting on the trunk of the tree.
"Eat them all."
Abu was hungry, he only ate a sour green fruit today, took the roasted snake meat and chewed it in his mouth, and quickly ate it all, and only after eating did Abu react, Lin Yu didn't eat anything today. I was embarrassed to say to Lin Yu.
"I'm sorry uncle, I couldn't hold back for a while"
Lin Yu waved his hand lightly and said tiredly.
"I'm not hungry, I'm done with the campfire."
Abu nodded, picked up a few rocks to extinguish the bonfire, and fell asleep after leaning against the trunk of the tree.
Is Lin Yu really not hungry? No, he took Abu around in the jungle all day, how could he not be hungry. It's just that he's used to giving all the good things to Abu. Feeling the darkness, he took out the huge lion skin that the Eaglewind Chief had given him in the package and put it on Abu's body. Fortunately, there were no other beasts this night except for the green snake that had become food, and Lin Yu and Abu spent a comfortable night that they had not seen for a long time.
Early the next morning.
Lin Yu opened his eyes early in the morning and saw that Abu beside him was still asleep. Looking around, there was no trace of any beast, although it was a little abnormal, but it was always a good thing that there was no threat, for the first time in so many days, Lin Yu relaxed his vigilance, moved his arm a few times, Lin Yu was about to look for some food, as soon as he stood up, Abu, who was lying next to him, opened his eyes, Lin Yu glanced at him and asked with a smile.
"Not sleeping?"
Abu nodded slightly, put the lion skin covering his body into the package, and followed Lin Yu to find food. The two of them walked through the jungle for nearly an hour, but they didn't even find any trace of a beast, Lin Yu frowned slightly, this situation is very abnormal, although the resting place he and Abu chose is remote and safe, but it has been away from the resting point for an hour, it is impossible not to even see the paw prints of the beast, it is very strange.
Abu also sensed that something was wrong, and asked Lin Yu in a low voice.
"Uncle, something is not right."
Lin Yu's brows became tighter and tighter, his expression was solemn, and his eyes kept looking around and on the ground, which was too abnormal. These ferocious beasts that roamed the jungle seemed to have disappeared out of thin air overnight, and their brains were racing, Lin Yu stopped and said to Abu.
"There should be someone hunting those beasts around here, be careful."
Abu looked at Lin Yu suspiciously and asked.
"Isn't it good to have someone?"
Abu had always hoped to meet others in the jungle, which was the base camp of the Minotaur after all. If he could meet other minotaurs here, Abu thought that he and Lin Yu would be able to get out of this situation of struggling to survive in the wilderness, he was too tired.
Lin Yu smiled astringently, shook his head slightly, did not answer Abu's question, but continued to move forward with Abu. He didn't tell Abu about the Terror Totem, if he met the Minotaur of the Terror Totem in this kind of place, Lin Yu thought that it would be difficult for him and Abu to escape.
Seeing that Lin Yu's face was very bad, Abu didn't dare to ask more, and honestly followed Lin Yu's side, he found that Lin Yu's expression became more and more solemn, and any wind and grass would attract his great attention, and he was much more vigilant than before.
After walking more than a hundred meters, Lin Yu vaguely found that there were two vague minotaur figures dozens of meters in front of them, and dragged Abu to hide in the lush grass closest to them, and whispered to Abu.
"Don't talk, be quiet."
Abu didn't know why Lin Yu suddenly had such a big reaction. His rough hands grasped his arm, trembling slightly, and looked out of the grass as if he were facing a great enemy. Out of faith in Lin Yu, Abu nodded slightly.
Heavy footsteps were getting closer and closer to Lin Yu and Abu. Lin Yu was too familiar with the sound of footsteps, it was the sound made by the minotaur when he walked. Meeting the Minotaur here was definitely not a good thing for Lin Yu, and he suddenly had an extremely dangerous feeling in his heart, and the hairs on his body stood up. Holding his throat, Lin Yu anxiously asked Aser.
"Remember, Abu, don't say anything you see or hear for a while, you know?"
Abu could hear that the footsteps were made by the Minotaur, and Abu knew this footstep more clearly than Lin Yu. As if he hadn't heard Lin Yu's words, the tense muscles on Abu's body slowly relaxed, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.
As soon as he saw Abu relax his vigilance, Lin Yu was so anxious that he was about to scold his mother, and slapped Abu in the face hard, and scolded in a louder voice than before.
"Did you hear me?"
Abu was blinded by Lin Yu's slap, covered his face and looked at Lin Yu blankly, and nodded subconsciously.
Lin Yu's face softened at this time, and at this time, the footsteps were already close to Lin Yu Abu, through the gap in the grass, Lin Yu found that two minotaurs were walking in front of him, one of them was stronger than Lohaku, and he was dragging a wooden cart behind the other Minotaur, and a large number of beast corpses were piled up on the car. The minotaur at the front spoke to the minotaur dragging the wooden cart in a tone of reprimand for the slaves.
"Hurry up, Wally, you brainless piece of shit. I really don't understand why Margartha would agree to such a waste of you as a terror totem. ”
Hearing Magartha and the Terror Totem, Lin Yu's heart seemed to skip a beat. Sure enough, as he imagined, these two minotaurs came from the terror totem, no wonder after walking for so long, Lin Yu didn't find a single beast, they hunted all the beasts around them.
Meeting the terror totem here is definitely the most terrifying thing that Lin Yu has encountered during this period of time. Lin Yu held his breath, for fear of making a slight noise to attract the attention of the two minotaurs. And Abu, who was hiding beside him, didn't seem to feel the danger approaching, and said to Lin Yu with some joy in his voice.
"Behold, uncle, it is a minotaur."
As he spoke, Abu wanted to stand up, but Lin Yu was shocked and dragged Abu down. Lin Yu and Abu's movements were a little loud, and the grass where they were hiding made a distinct noise.
"Who's there?" The minotaur dragging the wooden cart had very sensitive ears, and turned his head to look at Lin Yu. Lin Yu covered the mouth of Abu, who wanted to answer, his face was like earth, and his eyes were staring at the minotaur, when he found that the minotaur put down the trailer in his hand and walked towards him, Lin Yu's heart was cold.
Seeing that the strong minotaur was getting closer and closer to him, Lin Yu hurriedly whispered to Abu.
"Abu, that's the enemy, whatever happens for a while, you just hide here, don't make a sound, don't come out. Do you hear that? ”
As soon as Abu heard the word enemy, he looked at Lin Yu with wide eyes. Lin Yu gently touched Abu's head and said.
"Remember, don't come out."
After saying that, his eyes became firm, and he let go of the hand covering Abu's mouth, and suddenly stood up and jumped out of the grass. As soon as the minotaur saw Lin Yu, he grinned and pointed at him and said to the other minotaur who was still in front of the wooden cart.
"Behold, Carslon, a weak human."
"Deal with that human, Wally." The minotaur named Carsron spoke impatiently to Wally, glanced at the cart, and added.
"I'll go back first, finish dealing with that human, and hurry back with food. Do you hear that? ”
Wally said with an excited look on his face as he shook his huge bull's head.
"Can I play with him for a while, Carslon."
Carsron replied helplessly.
"Whatever you want, don't delay too long."
After speaking, he walked straight forward, and Lin Yu saw the minotaur named Wally walking towards him, turned around and ran quickly. Wally shouted when he saw that Lin Yu was about to escape.
"Don't go, my toys!"