Chapter 18: Survival on a Desert Island (12)
Zhang Heng wasn't too surprised, mainly because he knew that it was just a game, so theoretically, he wouldn't be too surprised even if he found Winnie the Pooh in the depths of the forest.
But for now, Zhang Heng also has to admit that everything around him is extremely real, if it weren't for the extra 24 hours on his body that caused a major problem with the game time, he probably wouldn't be able to find any bugs.
In addition to the houses and stone tools, the two also found a small lake next to it, about a hectare or so, from which Bell picked up the water and tasted it, and then said, "It's drinkable, it's a freshwater lake, no wonder they built the village nearby." ”
Zhang Heng was attracted by the half-cut thing that poked out of the mud by the lake.
"This tribe...... Do they already have the skills to smelt metal? ”
Zhang Heng pulled out the piece of stuff and found that it was a very rusty piece of iron, which seemed to be originally installed on a piece of wood, but the piece of wood was already bad.
Zhang Heng studied it and found that he couldn't see what this thing was used for.
Bell is not omnipotent, and he also doesn't know what this thing is used for, but analyzes, "Judging from the level of skill, they should still be in the Stone Age, so this iron tool is probably not theirs." ”
It was already late, and the two did not move forward, so they simply found a place nearby to make a fire and cook.
The end of the journey is getting closer and closer, but Zhang Heng's mood is a little complicated.
For more than a year, he has relied on the idea of going to the center of the island to support himself to practice arrows hard every day and keep exercising, which has almost become an instinct of the body, but it is not really a matter of how much he cares about what is there.
From this point of view, sometimes Zhang Heng is very envious of Ed, Bell and others, they can comfort themselves and say that maybe there will be a boat docked tomorrow or something in the center of the island to help me go home, but Zhang Heng, as a player, knows very well that he can't go anywhere if time doesn't run out.
When he thought that the mystery would be revealed tomorrow, his heart was excited, excited, after all, he had been thinking about it for a year, but he was more at a loss.
What will he rely on to survive after this is over?
But fortunately, four-fifths of the time has passed, and there are more than 100 days left, even if you can't find a new target, you should be able to survive by gritting your teeth.
On the morning of the third day, Zhang Heng woke up early, but when he opened his eyes, he found that Bell had gotten up earlier.
"Morning, Zhang." The explorer greeted him with great interest, "I just walked along the lake again, and guess what I found?" ”
"Uh...... A new breakfast? ”
"It's true, I did catch a catfish and try to change the taste, but I found something else besides that." Bell put two small rusty balls into Zhang Heng's palm.
"What is this? Marbles? ”
"It's a bullet." Bell Daw.
"Solid bullets, how do you fire them?" Zhang Heng was stunned, he was not a fan of weapons, but he still knew the basic knowledge, modern weapons rely on the ignition of gunpowder in the bullet to propel and launch, and nothing can be fired without gunpowder.
"Remember what you found from the lake, I know what it is." "Arquebus," the explorer excitedly said, "The arquebus, which was widely used in Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, was loaded separately from the bullets and ignited with the arquebus...... At that time, the slave trade was thriving, and the natives who lived here were probably attacked by slave hunters, and all of them were taken and sold to the farmers. ”
This speculation is reasonable, in line with what they see now, Zhang Heng has planned to accept this statement, but half a day later, when the two came to the center of the island and saw the building that appeared to be an altar and the mountain of white bones on it, Zhang Heng asked the explorer on the side, "Were your European slave hunters so ferocious in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?" ”
“…… It wasn't the work of the slave catchers, it was a bloody and dark age, and as far as I know, slave traders did kill those who dared to resist when they captured black slaves, to deter others, and some would kill those who were too old and too young to transport. ”
Bell walked over to the altar and picked up a skull, "But this ...... It's not like their style. ”
"If it wasn't the slave catchers who killed the natives of the island, then who killed them, could it be themselves?" Zhang Heng's casual words made both of them stunned.
The architectural style of the altar is similar to the ruins they had encountered earlier by the lake.
"Well, the slave catchers have reached the island, and the natives are invincible, and then they run to this altar and end their lives...... It's a bit of a stretch. ”
Bell walked over to the pile of bones in the center of the altar, squatted down and wiped the dust from the slate with his hands, "There is something else here, it's a totem, a painting of a creature with a human upper body and a snake on the lower body, which seems to be the gods worshiped by the natives." ”
Zhang Heng was a little disappointed, although he didn't care too much about what was in the middle of the island, but he would still be frustrated when he found that the indigenous ruins were of no use to him.
After all, this is something he has been preparing for a whole year, and it was also thrilling when he came all the way, and he was almost swallowed by the python, only to find a pile of bones and an altar.
However, he saw that Bell seemed to be very interested in the pile of things, and he didn't rush the other party.
The two of them had plenty of food and water, and they had eaten less than half of what they had brought before, and Bell had hunted a lot of "game" along the way, although most of them seemed a little unbelievable, but the taste was unexpectedly good.
Zhang Heng was thinking about whether to walk directly through this forest to the other side of the island and then walk back to his place along the coastline.
But at this moment, a black shadow suddenly burst out from behind the altar and pounced on the explorer above.
Zhang Heng was taken aback, this time he already recognized what that thing was without Bell recovering science.
- Jaguar, the king of the rainforest, resembles a tiger in size and appearance, with sharp teeth and sharp claws, can easily hunt caimans, and is a large predator at the top of the food chain.
However, Bell's reaction was swift, and the explorer rolled on the spot, dodging the beast's thunderous blow, and then drew the knife at his waist.
Zhang Heng also quickly took off the bow and arrow behind him, but then another jaguar rushed out.
This time Bell's face changed.
No way?! Zhang Heng was shocked, it stands to reason that there are still four days left before the plot of the explorer, these jaguars appeared so early, could they get the wrong script?
But now there is no time to think about it for him, Bell's current situation is very dangerous, no matter how powerful he is, he can't deal with two jaguars by himself, Zhang Heng bent his bow and arrows, and rushed at the second jaguar is an arrow.
The latter was very agile and dodged with a vertical jump, Zhang Heng was not too surprised, the distance between the two sides is now about twenty-seven or eight meters, usually this distance between him and Mickey Mouse is fifty or sixty percent of the hit rate, the jaguar's skill is higher than the dodo, I don't know where to go.