Chapter 150: First Sight of the Kappa
"Don't worry, as long as you don't hurt us, I won't kill you. "Wang Xika is not a person who likes to kill people at will. What's more, this nine-tailed fox didn't do anything to be sorry for himself.
"That's good. I don't think Big Brother is a bad person. The fox looked at Wang Xika with his eyes, smiled coquettishly, and suddenly transformed into a beauty.
Wang Xika hadn't seen a woman for a long time after sailing, and suddenly saw such a beautiful woman, and couldn't help but feel trembling. In a trance, the woman raised her hand, and suddenly a fishy breath came to her face! Wang Xika secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly held her breath. However, it was too late, and I felt dizzy, and dimly saw that the woman had turned into a nine-tailed fox and ran quickly towards the jungle.
"Poof!" Lang Naduo squirted a mouthful of water into Wang Xijia's face, and he was awake in an instant.
"This is a fox, and the fox will do this. Lang Nado explained. As a werewolf, there were many fox people on the grassland, but they were defeated and fled from the grassland in the later battle with the werewolves, so Lang Naduo was very clear about the fox man's tricks.
"Damn, why did you catch a fox for no reason, I was sprayed in the face. Wang Xika said with annoyance. He didn't want to provoke this fox in the first place, but Lang Naduo caught it inexplicably and caused himself to suffer such a loss.
"Haha, I'm sorry, I thought the fox man was quite interesting, and I caught it with itchy hands. Lang Nado scratched his head. As a werewolf, it is his instinct to catch foxes.
The name Fox Wang Xijia sounds a little awkward, and it sounds very similar to the Lakers in the NBA. In the pre-time era, this creature that could turn into a fox was generally referred to as a vixen. Speaking of which, a werewolf like Lang Naduo should be called a wolf demon according to custom.
It's just that monsters in the traditional sense are all turned into animals after a long period of cultivation, and werewolves and foxes should be born to transform.
"Brother, don't think about it, let's go get some fresh water. Lang Naduo saw Wang Xika standing there stunned, looking distracted, so he pulled him forward.
The search for fresh water is relatively simple – within a few steps you can see many footprints left by the animal door when they drank water. A few steps further can see a large river, it should be an inland river from the port into the sea, Wang Xika thought to himself that this river flows into the Pacific Ocean, it should be the Tone River in later generations, but the islanders in this era do not know whether they have their own independent language, probably not have time to name the river.
Zach brought dozens of vats from the boat to fill them with water, which were all containers used to store fresh water on the ship. Wang Xijia originally wanted to design a running water system on the ship, but it was too troublesome to do, and everyone still scooped water from the bucket to drink, just like in the Age of Discovery.
It was filled with water, and suddenly the buckets in the river ran up the river at a fast speed like a fish/torodo. Wang Xika was stunned by this miraculous phenomenon: he had never heard of water flowing to the sea, where had he ever heard of the sea flowing into the river?
There are many earthquakes in the area around Fuso Island, and it may be that the water level drops due to an earthquake somewhere, so the sea water backs up according to the principle of gravity.
In modern times, Wang Xijia is still very afraid of earthquakes. Ground tremors of magnitude 8 and 9 will kill tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, without moving. But in this primitive era, there was nothing terrible about earthquakes, because no cement house would collapse because of an earthquake, and naturally no one would be crushed to death by a building because of an earthquake. The most harmful thing about earthquakes is that they can cause buildings to collapse and crush people to death.
On Fuso Island, where there are no large buildings, the only thing to watch out for in the event of an earthquake is to avoid the rocks rolling down from the mountains. However, there are no high mountains at the mouth of the river where Wang Xijia is located, so he is not afraid of any big earthquake. Wang Xijia felt a little relieved, and suddenly felt that something was wrong: he didn't feel any earthquake!
It is said that sailors who have been sailing at sea for a long time will not be able to stand on their feet when they first get on land due to the wind and waves. However, at that time, it was the era of wooden sailing ships, and Wang Xijia's slogan on the river was a stable steamship, as long as it did not encounter huge wind and waves like a dragon absorbing water, it would be as stable as flat land.
So what's the deal with this bucket running up? This bucket was brought out of the house, and it's a hassle if you lose it. Just thinking about it, I saw a snake "snap" and jumped into the water to chase those buckets.
The snake swims very fast and disappears in a blink of an eye.
Wang Xijia and the others could only run wild on the shore. After chasing for several minutes, I saw a snake carrying a bucket in his right hand and a strange-looking monkey standing wet on the shore in his left hand - worthy of the cheek king A snake, the speed is fast.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the monkey that the snake was carrying. I saw that the monkey was about 60 centimeters tall, and his body was very strange: his mouth was pointed like a bird, his face was also gill, his limbs were webbed, and he was carrying a turtle shell on his back. The strangest thing is that its head, which looks bald at a young age, has a Mediterranean hairstyle, and it looks like a middle depression, like a saucer, and it is filled with water.
What is it? Water monkeys? In different civilizations, there are legends about water monkeys. This creature is said to pull swimmers into the water and drown, with great strength.
In later generations, there were many videos of "water monkeys" found somewhere, but most of them were other animals. For example, otters, or Malayan bears that suffer from hair shedding. No one has ever seen an animal like the one that a snake is carrying, and this thing should be a water monkey.
"This is a freshwater cheekman, just a little smaller, trying to steal our bucket. Snake explained. This lifted the monkey upside down and poured out all the water on his head. The monkey instantly became limp and lost his strength.
Wang Xika's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered a creature, the kappa in the legend of Fuso! The most important feature of the kappa is that there is a dish on his head, which is filled with water. If the water is released, the kappa will lose its power.
"No, this is the Tamsui cheek man, there used to be a lot of Zecheng, and then he was driven away by grabbing land with us. I didn't expect to run into it here, and I dared to steal the bucket!" "Ah Snake has never heard of any legends such as water monkeys and kappa. However, he is quite familiar with the amphibious man, one is the freshwater gills like the kappa, and the other is the saltwater gills like the snake. It is said that it is a freshwater gills or a saltwater gills, but in fact, freshwater gills can also live in the sea, and saltwater gills can also be active in freshwater.
In the beginning, the well water of the freshwater gills and the seawater gills did not interfere with the river water, but later the two sides fought over the territory. This is the case with many inter-ethnic strife, fighting for food, for water. One of the most common reasons is the competition for territory.
After centuries of war, the Freshwater Gills were completely expelled from their homes and left far away. Perhaps the one that Wang Xika captured on Fusang Island was a descendant of the Tamsui Cheeks who had been displaced far away after that battle. It's just that this freshwater cheek man, like other creatures on Fuso Island, became smaller and smaller in order to adapt to the environment, and was named kappa in later generations.
"Take this cheek back to the ship. Wang Xika commanded. He didn't want to kill the kappa or anything, but he wanted to take it back and make a vlog about the strange creature.
This time, the main thing was to replenish fresh water and coal, and I didn't bring a camera with me, so the nine-tailed fox didn't take a picture either, which has to be said to be a pity.
If only he had a smartphone that could take pictures – Wang Xika has always wanted to replicate the Internet, computers and smartphones. Although I am a modern person, it is still very difficult to reproduce these things - how many people can make computer chips with their bare hands?
A snake carried the stalk on the back of the neck of the freshwater gills like a chick, and raised the slogan of the river all the way. From the comparison of the strength of the two cheeks, it can be seen why the freshwater cheeks were defeated by the seawater cheeks in the first place. Of course, the seawater gills are not invincible, and it can be seen that the snake and their clan are very afraid of the half-human and half-fish fishmen on the bottom of the sea, and it is not clear that the two clans will have a battle in the future.
As soon as the Freshwater Cheeks got on board, it caused a sensation, and thousands of people came together to watch the strange-looking creature.
"Is this a tortoise?"
"Probably not, the turtle has such a long hand?"
"yes, I still have webs on my hands"
"It doesn't look big, why is it bald?
"Is this something edible?"
"If it's stewed, it should be good, it's like stewed Wang Ba. ”
"No, I think it's better to braised it......"
The content of everyone's chat quickly changed to "can you eat", "is it delicious", "how can you eat?" Hearing this, everyone swallowed their saliva, and Chef Peng Lianhu's eyes were even straighter.
Wang Xika didn't think about eating this kappa - after all, they are all primates, and after eating them, they always feel that their hearts are in their hearts, and Wang Xika will never eat primates until they are hungry and thirsty as a last resort. In addition, there are many freshwater organisms and parasites, so it is not good if you eat any diseases.
Find the camera and camera, first snap a shot of the kappa, and then say a few simple words: "Today we went to Fuso Island to look for fresh water, and found this kind of freshwater cheek man, which has a strange appearance. I think this is the legendary Fuso Kappa ......"
Such a simple Vlog was filmed, and the fly in the ointment was that this kappa looked dying and couldn't survive.
A snake tied the hands and feet of the freshwater cheek man with a rope, scooped a scoop of fresh water from the bucket and poured it on the "saucer" above the head of the freshwater cheek man, and the monster instantly recovered its vitality and jumped up and down - it turned out that there must be water in this saucer, otherwise it would lose its ability. The snake understands this characteristic of the gills.
The freshwater cheek man regained his vitality, and the first thing he did was to point at everyone and scold: "You guys are fucking tired of life, right? You even dare to tie up Lao Tzu, do you know who Lao Tzu is?"
"Smack!"
A snake went up and slapped the face, swelling the face of this freshwater cheek: "Pay attention to what you say, don't fuck one bite at a time, one bite at a time." Do you know who we are? I think you're tired of grabbing our buckets, aren't you? Believe it or not, I'm going to smash your tortoise shell and burn you?"