Chapter 12: The Aborigines of the Forest
The cluster of arrows sank deep into the plank, and the feathers like cicada's wings gently entangled, all showing the power of the previous arrow.
The arrow was followed by a low, steady voice that drifted far from the depths of the lush forest.
"Who allowed you to enter this forest, human. Isn't the lesson of a hundred years ago enough for your poor brains to learn a little bit of poor humility? ”
The sound sounded from all directions, making it impossible to perceive the specific direction from which the sound came.
"Roar!"
Feeling the threat in the forest, Xiaobai roared angrily, pulled out the long sword at his waist, bared his fangs, and glared around. The long arm standing on Jiang Feng's other side silently set up his longbow and aimed at the shadows in the jungle, his ears trembling slightly, carefully searching for the source of the sound.
Glancing at the arrow nailed to the armrest, a hint of surprise appeared in Jiang Feng's eyes.
I saw that the arrow, which was thinner than chopsticks, was engraved with a streamlined pattern.
Although it is not clear what the significance of carving on the arrow is, as far as the carving is concerned, the arrow has reached the level of a work of art.
"Didn't you hear what I said? Mankind. Or do you think that these two demons alone are enough to make enemies of the daughter of the forest? ”
Recovering from his surprise and realizing that now is not the time to appreciate the art of indigenous civilization, Jiang Feng raised his hand and motioned for Xiao Bai and Long Arm to take back the weapon, but he opened the insurance of the Galaxy K1, and then said in a calm tone.
"I don't mean to offend anyone, I think there may have been some misunderstanding between us."
"Misunderstanding? Hahaha......"
There was a burst of laughter in the forest.
Jiang Feng felt ridicule, hostility, and a hint of unprovoked jealousy from that laughter. Obviously claiming to be the daughter of the forest, she is in the shadow of the forest, but she is afraid of the prey trapped in the forest?
Jiang Feng was sure that he would not hear it wrong if he had 4 points of perception.
In addition, there is one more thing that makes him a little concerned.
What is a demon?
Is it a trick of idealistic civilization?
Seeing that Jiang Feng didn't speak, the voice hidden under the shadow of the forest also disappeared into the rustle of the breeze blowing through the forest.
About a quarter of an hour passed.
As if not intending to let the dumb riddle continue, the voice finally spoke again.
"Get out of here, that's a final warning."
Where is this being referred to? If you're referring to this island, then unless you prepare me a big ship to take me and my lab away from here, I might as well consider your suggestion. But if I can't, I can only regret it. Jiang Feng replied in a wording that would not anger these people as much as possible.
If he came here with a whole colony ship, there would be no need to talk nonsense with these idealistic natives, but now that even the energy of the escape pod is about to bottom out, it would be better for him to try not to conflict with the natives.
The voice in the forest was silent for a long time, and the other party seemed to be thinking about his strength in his heart.
Jiang Feng was sure that the other side had no intention of clashing with him head-on, otherwise, there was no need to talk so much nonsense with him, just shoot him directly in the back.
About a quarter of an hour later, another arrow swished and nailed it to the big tree ten meters away from Jiang Feng.
The voice sounded again.
"Take this arrow as a boundary, and if you go beyond this arrow, you will be our enemy."
"Okay...... If you insist," Jiang Feng shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Actually, I don't mean anything, as long as you make a little contact, you can find out about this." We could have been nice neighbors. ”
"Huh."
A sneer came from the forest.
"We don't believe in humans."
"I especially don't believe in wizards."
These two intriguing words were thrown down, and the voice disappeared into a rustle.
Unsure if the mysterious voice had gone away, Jiang Feng cleared his throat and shouted tentatively.
"Can I take these monkeys with me?"
There was no response.
Shaking his head, Jiang Feng beckoned Xiao Bai and Long Arm and pulled the trailer back in the direction he came.
Unfortunately, it seems that his neighbors are not friendly at all.
Not only did they not plan to share the forest with him, but they were also a group of paranoid "environmentalists".
Fortunately, most of these aborigines think that these monkeys are dead.
I don't know what happened to the colonists at the northern tip of the island.
In addition, Jiang Feng was very concerned about what the lessons of a hundred years ago in the mouths of those aborigines were referring to.
……
Genetic tailoring is a delicate technique that needs to be done in a quiet environment.
Returning to the shelter halfway up the mountain, Jiang Feng let Xiaobai and Long Arm go down the mountain, and then locked himself and these comatose monkeys in the experimental area of the shelter.
Covering an area of more than 50 square meters, the experimental area is filled with all kinds of bottles and cans and sophisticated instruments, which is not only twice as large as the pocket version of the laboratory on the Shuttle, but also much more fully equipped. The most valuable part of the entire Explorer 1 freestanding colony unit is concentrated in this area.
Stuffing the monkeys into the culture tank one by one, Jiang Feng inserted specific gene fragments according to the previously set gene map, and eliminated those redundant and redundant gene fragments from the DNA vector.
When the monkeys wake up from their coma, they are reborn as Samon.
Busy from the afternoon until late at night, cleaning the culture tank, looking at the Samon who was sleeping in the cage, Jiang Feng made himself a cup of hot cocoa, sat on the chair and rested for a while. It is said that milk and cocoa can produce a lethargic smell when heated, but smelling the pure fragrance, his heart is not sleepy.
Just now, it suddenly occurred to him that Captain Agris, it seems, died exactly a hundred years ago.
"Could it be that Captain Agris's death has something to do with the natives of Crocodile Island?"
Thinking in his heart, Jiang Feng took out the slender silver sword embroidered with patterns from the drawer of the sample cabinet.
According to the scan results of Zhi Brain, this sword contains a faint magic power, and there is no information other than that. Jiang Feng tried to analyze and detect this mysterious energy through scientific means, but in the end he found nothing.
This energy seems to be based entirely on a body of knowledge unknown to the Earth Federation, to which most of the principles of physics do not apply. It's not clever enough to be easy to use, but it's mysterious enough that Explorer-1 labs can't analyze its mechanism of action.
"Can we only seek answers from the colonists at the northern end of the island?"
Looking at the silver sword in his hand, Jiang Feng fell into deep thought.
Now he faces a total of two troubles.
One is whether the colonizers will be more unfriendly than these aborigines.
The other is how to travel from the South Island to the North Island without crossing Aboriginal territory......