Chapter Twenty-Six: The Bones in the Tree of Human Faces
For the sake of safety, there are still four people on duty in shifts, and one person is two hours before dawn, and this insistence is acceptable and necessary.
The weather was sunny, like mid-spring weather, and it wasn't very cool at night, and there was enough campfire to keep four people warm. Spread another layer of soft hay under them, listen to the song of the cricket frog and fall asleep, looking at them sleeping, Yun Yanuan was very happy, and also shocked that they could adapt to the new life here so quickly.
There was no anxiety, no pessimism, although there was always inevitable fear, but it was already good, beyond his expectations.
The reason why they are so determined today is that they must kill the human-faced tree, firstly, because Yun Yanuan is extremely disgusted with this creature, and secondly, because he uses this opportunity to make them better adapt here, put themselves in the position of predators, and put themselves at the top of the food chain at the beginning, in this way, their fear will be reduced, their self-confidence will be stronger, and good morale will always bring good luck.
It's no small feat to get to the center of the island, which is so big that it doesn't know how long it will take to get there, but Yun Yanuan believes that the same problem plagues other ship explorers who don't know where.
If, as Kexin said, the rotation of this island brings the magnetic field of its own small environment, then the communication equipment carried by the other explorers will be useless and unable to communicate with the outside world, then they will not be able to use satellites to measure the size of the island, except for better clothes, shoes and weapons, they are no different from the four of them.
In the past few days, Yun Yanuan has gradually begun to understand the personalities of these three girls, Diana is mature and sexy, brave and optimistic, she has the potential to become a hunter, it is estimated that it will not be long before she can take charge of herself and become her most powerful assistant.
Maya is very quiet, she talks very little, unless you ask her, she is always like that, she walks as fast as you go, she rests when you rest, she also rests, does not shout tired or hungry, is very young, but has an ancient and unwavering expression, indifferent and calm. Calm in the wilderness survival is the rarest essence, if Diana will one day become her best assistant, then Maya will surpass herself and become the tip of the knife in the team.
As for Kexin, her change is the greatest, environmentalist, wildlife protection advocate, Christian believer, highly educated and highly intelligent, but in just a few days, the environment is not protected, wild animals have also eaten, whether faith has been thrown out of the clouds is still unknown, but I haven't seen her praying for a few days.
She is a person who is not suitable for survival in the wild, because she lacks wildness, which is related to the living environment of her youth, she follows the rules, she can become the elite of the social group, radiant, but in the jungle, these are useless, but this is not absolute, she is now changing rapidly, I believe that her progress must be the fastest among all. Benefits of a low start.
The wolf skin that has been exposed to the sun for a day has not hardened, which means that the leather has been ripe, Yun Yanuan thought about what to do with this wolf skin, a few people need clothes, if this wolf skin is used as a vest, four people are enough, and it is very simple to do, cut a piece down with the width of his shoulder, cut a round hole with a knife that is enough for the head to drill through, put it on, and tie it around the waist with a straw rope.
Wearing this vest, four people can avoid being scratched by thorny branches on the mountain, and when sleeping at night, they can better avoid getting cold and wet, and the remaining skin can be extended to the straw sandals, the soft leather will make the feet more comfortable, the unique ventilation of the leather, and can keep the air circulation in the body and feet, which will not cause athlete's foot.
Don't make these coarse simple clothes too fast, seeing that there is still a while at dawn, they will be wasted, and a few pairs of wrist guards are made with the remaining leather pieces, don't underestimate the thin layer of leather wrist guards, which is this bit of protection and restraint, which can avoid 60% of the wrist joints and ankle contusions, Yunya Nuan has high-top hiking boots, naturally there is no need for such ankle wrist guards, only a pair of wrists are brought to the wrists, and the rest are worn by a few girls to protect the body as much as possible.
It's a pity that they didn't appreciate it after they woke up, the wolf skin vest was thrown into the basket by them, and they only put on the bracers, the reason is very simple, the weather is dry and hot, and it is uncomfortable to wear a wolf skin vest, but Yun Ya Nuan does not have this feeling, wearing a wolf skin vest is better than being bare-chested, but it is a pity that the wolf skin is not enough, otherwise you must get yourself a wolf skin pants.
There was no hurry to eat breakfast, and a few people came to the side of the human face tree that was burned yesterday. The leaves had withered and softened into locks, and the top was black, tentacles that had been burned by the fire. Yun Yanuan cautiously tried to approach a few times, but the human-faced tree did not react, so he walked boldly to the area where the fire was burning, the fire had been extinguished, but there was still black smoke from the charcoal fire that had not been burned.
Half of the roots of the tree had been destroyed by the fire, but the rest of the tree still kept the tree standing. But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you're standing and lying down, it's good to be dead.
Cleaned up some ashes, as close as possible to the burned part of the tree, in order to see whether this thing is meat or wood, in fact, deep down in Yun Yanuan's heart, he already knew that this thing must be wooden, but he was still curious about its internal structure, what makes it able to forage like an animal.
The burned place was so black that I couldn't see the fundamental material clearly, so I scraped the black surface a few times with a wooden pole tied to the saber, revealing the color inside, which was very white, with a very clear texture, and the texture was very soft, like roasted meat...... Bone.
"Damn!" Yun Yanuan scolded in surprise.
"Don't come here yet, there's a situation!" He stopped the three Diana who were about to approach behind him, and refocused on the big tree, after the flesh-like thing fell off, the bones were exposed, could it be that this big tree was actually an animal? But it has leaves and rhizomes, so it can't move at all!
Yun Yanuan carefully peeled off the things that seemed to be white flesh with his saber, revealing the bones inside, all the way down, all the way to the root of the big tree, this bone is very thick, looking at its outline, if it is a creature, this guy has at least a torso with a diameter of one meter.
Continuing to clean up to the sides, a new discovery was made soon, the location of the roots of the big tree, close to the ground was hollow, and there was a large tree hole, and it was pitch black inside, and the situation was not clear. He didn't dare to risk getting too close, for fear that it would be miserable if the hole in the tree was the mouth of a man-eating tree, and he couldn't help but laugh at the thought.
I picked up a stone on the ground and threw it towards the hole, and I didn't hear the sound of the stone falling immediately, but there was a small interval before I heard a muffled sound, which showed that the inside of the tree hole was far from what it was now, and the hole stretched all the way below the ground, and it was quite deep.
After the stone made a muffled sound of landing, nothing happened, there was no animal commotion, and there was no animal chirping, this is very normal, the 10,000-year-old tree, the inside is hollow, the outer skin is intact, there is nothing inside is the most normal, there is something is strange, but what is the situation if there are bones in the tree.
The skeleton extends along the tree hole all the way to the ground, but no matter what it is, it should be dead, there is nothing to be afraid of, Yun Ya Nuan approached the edge of the tree hole, and cut the blackened edge of the tree hole with a saber, revealing the material underneath, which is wood, he is very sure, the edge of the tree hole is wood, it is a plant, it is definitely not an animal, but why is there a bone and white meat in the middle position?