Chapter 3: The Wild World
On the way home, Chen Mo was immersed in the joy of being unable to extricate himself, the first time he killed a chicken in his life, the first time he hunted, and the first time he fought a duel between life and death, this feeling of being on the edge of life and death was really evocative.
"How invincible is, how lonely......" Chen Mo sang loudly.
"Sing, if you attract the beast, you will be truly invincible." Shen Xiaoyue sneered.
"......." Chen Mo closed his mouth, feeling that he was not cowardly, but had no strength, and he woke up and fought with high intensity for a day without eating, and God couldn't bear it.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the two hurried back to the village, there were oil lamps in several shacks at the door, and the people in the refugee camp saw Chen Mo swaggering and shaking the fat, everyone was envious, and a few people swallowed their saliva greedily, but they were frightened by the warning eyes of Shen Xiaoyue behind and hurriedly dispersed, and each went back to his own home.
When he got home, Chen Mo threw the chicken, sat on the bed, and wailed: "I'm so tired, this hunting is really not a human job, sister, I'm hungry." ”
Shen Xiaoyue ignored him, closed the door with her backhand, moved a few more stones to block behind the door, turned around and picked up the chicken, cut off two large chicken legs and chicken wings with a wooden knife, removed the feathers, and cleaned them.
Because Chen Mo's hand was injured, he didn't ask him to do the matter of lighting a fire and cooking.
Slowly roasting the chicken legs and chicken wings on the fire, after doing all this, Shen Xiaoyue took out a large bag from under the bed, and there was a large handful of unknown grass in it.
She grabbed a handful, carefully picked out the hard grass thorns inside, cut them into sections, and grinded them into fine pieces with stones.
"Here, stick your head out."
Chen Mo knew that she was making herbs for her own injuries, and she was a little moved, and her head hurriedly stretched out: "Sister...."
"Don't say anything if you're moved, just hunt with me next time." Shen Xiaoyue carefully smeared the herbs.
"No, I want to say, you tap, I'm afraid I'll have a scar? Yes... Hurt. As soon as he finished asking, Chen Mo's forehead was pressed hard, and he grinned in pain.
"Hmph, my mother has never served others, and she hasn't served herself so hard." Shen Xiaoyue couldn't bear it, so she lightly smeared the wound on Chen Mo's forehead with a small punishment: "This grass can only speed up the healing of the wound, as for removing the scar.... Look at your luck, you're a big man, you already look like a girl, and your multiple scars look masculine. ”
"Who is like a girl, you are like a girl, I have also killed chickens, a man with bloody hands, how can I say that a girl." To be honest, Chen Mo's appearance is quite tough, not a mother at all, but his skin is white, delicate and not rough, and there is no malnourished sallow, in this village where refugees gather, he is outstanding, not like a child who has suffered.
Thanks to Shen Xiaoyue's care, Chen Mo never went out hunting, and experienced the wind and sun.
The chicken thighs are browned and have an enticing aroma.
"No, I can't." The corners of Chen Mo's mouth shed tears, and he rushed to the fire with an arrow step, skillfully turned over the chicken legs, sprinkled simple seasonings, and stuffed them in his mouth in one bite.
"Whew, it's hot." Chen Mo stuck out his tongue, gasped a few breaths, and took another big bite, looking hungry, the taste of chicken thighs was average, but he had been hungry for a long time, and he might feel fragrant when he ate.
"It's a starving ghost reincarnated." Shen Xiaoyue glanced at Chen Mo with disgust, stepped forward to pick up the roasted chicken wings, and ate them in a big gulp.
"You still talk about me, don't you be the same as me."
"Fart, my mother, this is called Haoshuang, and you are called a starving ghost."
"Fifty steps to laugh and a hundred steps to ....."
"Get out!"
After eating a few large bites to pad the bottom, Chen Mo ate slowly and methodically, and asked, "Sister, can you tell me about this world?" "Chen Mo's inherited memory is not comprehensive, and he knows only half of this world, he only knows that this is a parallel world opposite to the earth, but it is not a star and a half that is lagging behind in terms of civilization.
"There's something to say, it's not that you don't know." Shen Xiaoyue puffed out her cheeks, chewed the chicken in her mouth, and was silent for a long time before she said indifferently: "This is a wild world where people eat people. ”
"Man eats man?"
"Historically, after a long period of development, we human beings have established their own countries, with developed scientific and technological civilizations, and our ancestors lived in an era of peace, friendship and prosperity, but a change hundreds of years ago destroyed the entire world and civilization."
After the mutation, the world became stranger, animals and plants became more and more powerful, and the once tame animals such as rabbits and birds also had great destructive power.
We are no longer the overlord of this world, because of the collapse of order, morality and etiquette have been thrown aside, the desire in the heart has been infinitely amplified, coupled with the bad ecological environment, the sharp reduction of living resources, in addition to grabbing food with wild beasts, we must beware of the same kind, for us the most terrible is not only the beasts, but also the human heart. ”
Chen Mo's heart trembled, and he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly put down the chicken leg and got up to move the plank bed.
"What do you do?" Shen Xiaoyue was stunned.
"Block the door tighter, didn't we shoot a chicken, everyone saw it, I'm afraid they will come and snatch my chicken in the middle of the night." The speed of Chen Mo's ideological transformation was simply surprising, and he suddenly adapted to the rules of survival in this era.
"Don't worry, they won't dare to come." Shen Xiaoyue waved the dagger hidden in her sleeve, which was self-evident.
Chen Mo had never seen Shen Xiaoyue do it, but after so many years of hunting, her skills were definitely not ordinary.
Chen Mo thought for a while, turned around and sat down: "Sister, in the past hundred years, human beings have not established their own defense system and have no normal management order?" ”
"Yes, but only for a small number of people, there are many refugee camps like ours in the wilderness, most of them are powerless and powerless people, gathered together to prevent wild beasts from attacking, after all, three or five people want to survive in the wilderness, it is too dangerous and too difficult."
"Beware of others, but also rely on others." Chen Mo sighed and shook his head: "The sadness of the times." He couldn't help but think of the powerful homeland of China, which was prosperous, peaceful, peaceful and friendly......
"Sister, do you know what happened to the mutation a hundred years ago? What causes it? ”
Who said clearly what happened hundreds of years ago, Shen Xiaoyue shook her head: "But you can look outside now." ”
Chen Mo came to the corner of the room, and through the palm-sized window, he could see that it was very dark outside, and the silence was a little scary.
"Look at the heavens." Shen Xiaoyue said.
His gaze moved up to the sky, the moon in this world was a little dim, and there were not many stars: "Huh? What the hell is that? Chen Mo seemed to be dazzled, he saw that the sky had been slashed, and a long and narrow gap appeared in the sky, I don't know how long, and there was no end in sight.
"I also hearsay about what happened before the mutation, but this crack in the sky has existed for a hundred years, and it should be said to be ironclad evidence of the world's mutation, this crack can only be seen at night, and many people speculate that this crack is the source of the mutation."
"It's too mysterious." Chen Mo unconsciously bit the chicken leg and secretly guessed, what would be on the other side of the gap? Is it because of this gap? Or am I the chosen one? Ordered to save the world? Is it all connected?
"Ah, it hurts." The teeth were snapped, and it turned out that the chicken leg had been eaten up, and he was still gnawing on the bones.
Shen Xiaoyue was amused and laughed: "Stupid." ”
"Sister, don't you eat chicken legs?" Chen Mo was not too full, and couldn't help but stare at the other chicken leg.
"Don't even think about it, this chicken leg is the old lady's." Shen Xiaoyue ate the chicken wings, glanced at him, held the other chicken leg in her hand, and didn't eat it, just took it.
"Separation~~" After eating the chicken wings, Shen Xiaoyue burped, looked down at the chicken leg in her hand and didn't know what to do.
"You women, the amount of food is really small." Chen Mo suddenly came to his senses: "Sister, the chicken legs can't be left overnight, they will stink." ”
"Really?"
"Yes, yes." Chen Mo nodded again and again.
"Oh, got it, I'm not going to let it stay overnight." Shen Xiaoyue raised the chicken leg expressionlessly and ate it in small bites.
"Sister, no, I didn't mean that." Chen Mo didn't expect her to be so ruthless, and would rather eat it to him than leave it to him, so he grabbed Shen Xiaoyue's arm and said righteously: "Sister, it's not right to overeat, the capacity of the stomach is one to three liters, the length is more than twenty centimeters, the upper part is connected to the esophagus, and the lower part is connected to the intestines...... Eating too much food and drinking causes stomach pain and pain. ”
"After all, you still want to rob the old lady's chicken legs." Shen Xiaoyue pulled the chicken leg to her side with force.
"You don't deserve this, let me take care of it for you." Chen Mo poked his head over and quickly took a bite of chicken.
"You bastard, dare to grab meat from the old lady to eat." The two of them are holding chicken legs at the same time, you come and go, and they don't let each other go.
"Sister, you're full, let's eat this chicken leg tomorrow, I promise not to steal it."
"Fart, I'm going to see the chicken leg tomorrow morning, I'll cut off my head and kick it as a ball."
The two of them quarreled and grabbed at the same time, you and I took a bite, bringing rare vitality to this cold camp.