CH.4 Isle of Tribulation (5)
There were some terrible thoughts that came to mind in the depths of my mind, but I was there and I didn't want to think about them. I tried to find the paw prints on the trunk of the tree that had been slapped by the beast, but I found no clues. It is true that large carnivores may also be able to overwhelm trees by using their whole body weight as a weapon, but so many trees ...... I circled back and forth a few times, and the sweat in my palms grew: these trees all had one obvious feature in common: they were broken in half at a height close to a person. It seems that the power is coming from here, and I don't think an elephant can make it unless it is a large jeep that deliberately hits it back and forth at high speed. And the trees here are dense, and it is difficult for vehicles to have room to play, not to mention that we are in this helpless strange nature, any sound from human civilization will make us cry, and we don't hear the sound of cars at all.
I suddenly remembered Hong Qigong's Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descent and Ouyang Feng's Toad Gong, these martial arts novels have a powerful force that can easily break the thick trees at the mouth of the bowl, isn't this the author's fiction out of thin air?
I've never been so scared, and even the shadow of a plane crash is hard to resist the psychological torture of facing such an unknown, destructive monster. I'm not going to tell those female colleagues what happened, and even if they did, it would be nothing more than a burden to add to it. Anyway, that unknown thing is probably just cutting wood to vent our frustration, and it doesn't intend to hurt us, otherwise I wouldn't be able to continue breathing. I turned back and begged everyone to come and carry it.
When I returned to the original place, I found that they were all glazed over, basically not moving, and the corners of their eyes were a little red. It's also possible.
Seeing that I came back so soon, Leek asked suspiciously and accusatorily, "What?" Felled so quickly? β
I whispered, "Actually...... I didn't cut it down, there were some broken trees in the forest......"
Leek frowned, and emphasized again: "Don't fool me, a man must be responsible!" "She still assigns tasks to her unit, but she is right, I am their only hope, which makes them expect too much from me.
As we cautiously returned to the woods, I suddenly regretted it: could it be that the monster wanted to make a nest, and after the felling, it found prey and went to hunt it down for dinner? What if we go back and meet it? One man and four women, two wooden bayonet guns that were inferior to primitive weapons, were useless. At this point, I can only pray that I am wrong, or that the monster is full and does not want to move for the time being. In the long run, we will certainly have a fateful encounter with itβin this projectile land surrounded on all sides by weak water.
The thing never reappeared, but the sound it made wasn't auditory hallucinations, because we saw the real thing: the corpses of the trees in that place were still there. Everyone was not confused, they probably thought it was normal for a strong wind to blow down trees? None of these theorists noticed that the felled trees were all growing in one place, and the wind was not so eccentric.
Leek is a pungent leader, although he doesn't work much, but he leads by example and makes a lot of efforts. The chili pepper is outstanding, and she thinks very highly of herself, and she is injured, so she is helping out on these few trips. Although Tofu is also pampered, he is kind-hearted and willing to help, but he is so disgusted that he doesn't dare to approach when he sees the dense insects on the trees. In other words, it's basically me, noodles and dried leeks. It's nothing more than leeks and noodles carrying one, and my strength is not much greater than theirs, but I have no one to help, so I can only drag it away.
By the time it was done, the sun was almost setting. On the way back, we heard the sound of the spring, and we were all very excited, biting our parched lips and thinking about it. It turned out to be a small lake of about seventy or eighty square meters, not far from where we had set up camp. Although the ancients lived by water, it was also full of dangers, and we could not resist the presence of wild beasts to quench our thirst. So we marked it here and filled some of the containers with as much water as we could from the wreckage. For girls, as long as there is more fresh water than they need to survive, they want to bathe, without thinking about how they will pollute the water source, and God knows if there are other freshwater lakes. It's just that after hesitating for a while, Leek told me to get out of the way with a serious face, don't probe your brain, and have time to clean up their accommodation. I indifferently followed her instructions and left, and heard sneers like "he didn't have the guts to peek" in the distance.
Even Lu Ban, before it gets completely dark, it is impossible to build a house without the tools at hand. I had to first fix three thick trees with thick ropes made of weeds, and hold them against the wreckage of the plane we had found, and make a suggested ironwood tent, as long as it didn't snow, or heavy rain, such a house would be enough to shelter from ordinary wind and rain.
When they first came back, I couldn't help but look at them a few more times, and they seemed quite proud, and they didn't scold me for being. Indeed, how beautiful they are! At least on the outside, after bathing, their delicate faces, flowing hair, and white skin once again showed a wonderful glow of youth, and I felt my heart beat so hard that I even took a few steps back...... When will I have a girlfriend? She doesn't need to be beautiful, as long as she can appreciate me, it's enough. Chili smiled at me: "Let's go, we're going to sleep!" β
I was immersed in distractions, and only after a while was stunned did I ask, "What......'s that?" So where do I sleep? β
Chili reverted to a grim attitude: "What do you mean? Can men and women sleep together? β
"Don't talk about him, he's very ......honest," Tofu said timidly, "Brother Xiang, I think you should find another place, anyway, it's not raining or windy now." We'll help you build a simple house tomorrow morning......"
Noodles said lazily: "If you want to make it, you can help him make it yourself, and no one will care if you help him make a child, I won't go anyway." "Her private life is more dissolute, so she often speaks at will, in fact, there is a little contradiction between them, after all, no one is easy to mess with, but their attitude towards me is surprisingly consistent, maybe I am really so annoying?
Seeing that the time was ripe, Leek said, "Don't shout!" Xiao Xiang, you helped us build a house, and we are all very grateful to you. But you have to know the basics of being a human being! I'm sure you don't have the guts...... There's no bad intentions towards us, but even so, you can't sleep with us as a big man. Find another place to stay, and if we don't call you at night and you come, don't blame us for not being merciful! β
I walked three or four hundred meters into the distance, tied the rest of the hay thickly, spread it on the ground, and lay down to sleep. Maybe it was because I was too active during the day and I slept deeply. Until a cold wind brought the urge to urinate at night, so I simply got up to pee. Who knew that when I first got up, I felt that my shoulders, waist and legs hurt badly, and I stumbled several steps to stand firmly, and walked forward step by step with my eyes half-closed, but I didn't find the toilet after walking for a long time, and then I remembered that this is not at home, it is on a desert island! This cruel reality hit me all the time by forcibly reversing my habits, and I immediately felt quite depressed, even more than the eerie horror of the night itself.