Jaime and Ruby sat in their tents, each melancholy. Ruby wondered why Jiang Ke hadn't come back yet, if something had happened, while thinking about everything that had happened since he met Jiang Ke and Jaime. She knew that if it weren't for these two people, she wouldn't have lived so long, and maybe she would have become a delicacy in the belly of the Yukon wolf. At that time, he was hopelessly waiting for his father, and all thoughts were lost, and he felt that death was only a matter of time. But yesterday, when she lay trembling in the river mud, feeling the footsteps of death running over her, she realized that her desire to live was so strong, and she realized that all her previous thoughts were negative without a source.

Ruby clenched her fists, she used to feel that she had grown up and was an adult, but now it seems that her mind is so naïve and ridiculous. When will I be like Jiang Ke, even if it is only half of him, ah no, one-tenth of the strength and bravery? When can I not be the tail of the crane, not be burdensome, and share part of the danger for Jiang Ke?

Jaime next to him was also a rare silence, he thought about Andrew's size and Jiang Ke's several evolutionary abilities, he wanted to figure out what was going on. Jiang Ke's situation is too special, and the people he has seen will not be restored like Jiang Ke. "James, we are pilgrims of evolution, do not think of brute force or shortcuts to enter its temple, its doors are at the end of your pilgrimage.". Thinking that his sister often liked to say this, Jaime calmed down again, just a little, there must be something in it that he didn't consider, or he didn't study, Jaime thought silently.

When Jiang Ke came back from holding the trunk of a skewer of salmon in his hand, he saw these two people holding their gills and looking ahead in a motionless posture.

Andrew heard Jiang Ke's voice, raised his head from Ruby's knees, jumped up, and ran towards Jiang Ke quickly. Ruby and Jaime hurriedly came back to their senses and looked in Andrew's direction, and when they saw that it was Jiang Ke, a heartfelt smile appeared on their faces.

"Welcome back", Ruby stood up and tried to walk up to help him with something, but his body shook uncontrollably twice, and Jaime hurriedly hugged her to the side.

"Are you okay? You really don't look good. Jaime asked.

Ruby waved his hand, "I was probably scared yesterday, I'm fine, you go help Ke." With that, she stomped her foot lightly and steadied herself.

Jaime looked at her a little uneasily, and seeing that Ruby had already stood firm on his own, he hurriedly ran to Jiang Ke's side, "Wow, such a big salmon?" Can you give me an anatomy? He couldn't help but marvel at the fact that the salmon that swam back were originally full of fat and energy, but now they are larger because of evolution.

Jiang Ke nodded, "There are a lot of them in the river, probably because of the climate." Travel, you know. With that, he handed Jaime a special lighter, "Go pick up some new branches, light the fire, and I'll take care of the fish." ”

He brought back a total of five fish, and it was not a problem to fork a few more salmon in the river, but considering that the size of these salmon had become larger, and the forest was not convenient for storing freshness, he gave up.

Jiang Ke took out the saber and quickly processed the salmon. Remove the gills, hang the scales, dig out the internal organs, and carefully and methodically. After a while, several clean fish bodies appeared next to him, which had been completely processed. Then, Jiang Ke found a few delicate but sturdy branches from the vicinity, removed the forks and pine needles on them, cut them into the shape of long sticks, inserted them from the tail of the fish, inserted them from the lips of the fish, and stood on the ground.

Jaime had already lit the fire at this moment, and he sat on Jiang Ke's side, watching him dance with his hands. Although the saber is not commensurate with the handling of fish, Jaime has to admit that Jiang Ke's craftsmanship is very good, he is not only a person with a strong personality and strong combat ability, but also a very careful and patient person. Jiang Ke handed Jaime a long stick with a fish inserted in it, and motioned for him to put it on the fire and roast it.

"Are your knives sterilized?" Jaime took the fish and looked it up and down a few times, then suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Jiang Ke was obviously confused by his sudden question, and Ruby, like him, stared at James in confusion.

Jaime coughed lightly, "I just thought that you were a bear, a stabber, and a mosquito cutter before......"

"The river has been washed," Jiang explained.

"No, no, no! I've got a bottle of medical alcohol here! Jaime hurriedly ran to his tent, found a small brown bottle from the contents of his backpack, and handed it to Jiang Ke, "I don't want to eat human brains." ”

Jiang Ke waved his saber in front of Jaime, "Nanomaterials, let alone blood, microorganisms can't attach to them." He picked up a long stick and handed it to Ruby, "You don't feel dirty in the branches, and you don't feel dirty in the river." ”

At the mention of yesterday's experience in the river, Jaime instantly rushed to the river and retched. It's disgusting, especially when I see the scared feces and urine of an elk on the side, and the originally clear river water is a fishy smell when it comes out.

Ruby watched Jaime's performance, but took the salmon from Jiang Ke's hand very indifferently, put it on the fire and carefully rotated and smoked, she said half-jokingly, "I haven't eaten salmon for a long time, I don't usually think that this salmon is more luxurious than the high-end sushi in Japanese restaurants." ”

Jiang Ke smiled, salmon can only be regarded as an ordinary ingredient for people living in Alaska, but in the current living situation, this common food on weekdays has become a savior. "Roast a little before eating." Animals as far as the eye can see have changed, but are the parasites in the fish's body also changing? Jiang Ke didn't dare to make up his mind, but just told Ruby to bake it for a while.

"Delicious!" Ruby tore off the salmon meat that had been grilled around the edges, blew it and put it in his mouth, admiring. And Andrew, who was on the side, had been "whining" and rubbing around Jiang Ke and Ruby. "Can I give Andrew a piece?" Ruby asked. Andrew heard its name mentioned, and immediately sat down and pricked up his ears.

"Absolutely." Jiang Ke said, he pulled a piece of salmon meat and handed it to Andrew's mouth, and Andrew swallowed it without smelling it. Obviously, it's starving these days.

Ruby hurriedly threw a piece over, Andrew swallowed it quickly, licked the corner of his mouth after eating, and made a comfortable sound.

"You don't seem to have a good face." Jiang Ke suddenly said to Ruby, he found that Ruby's face was very pale, although he was still teasing James, but his voice was obviously lacking in breath.

Ruby shook his head, "It seems to be a little cold, it's not a big problem." ”

Jiang Ke thought of the cold river mud yesterday, and the three of them didn't have any change of clothes after that, so they could only dry by the campfire, the little girl had never experienced such a thing, and it was not surprising that she caught a cold.

James staggered back from the river, muttering, "I can endure animals and mosquitoes!" But I can't stand it alone! ”

"You can't stand the ...... of animals," Ruby quipped at him, mouthing the word "poop and pee".

Jiang Ke beckoned to Jaime and handed the fish that had been grilled in his hand to James, "It tastes good, you try it." ”

Jaime took the grilled fish, looked at Ruby who was eating on the side, and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, "Okay, okay, it's so hard to live, for the sake of the future of scientific research, I decided to eat this evolved salmon mixed with brains, and take the first step out of the unknown." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm almost done, you can only count as the second step," Ruby teased.

It wasn't long before Jaime touched his stomach and yelled that he couldn't eat, spitting fish bones all over the place. Jiang Ke confirmed that even Andrew couldn't eat, so he shook the saber in his hand and handed it to James, and made a "please" gesture. Jaime took the saber and thought to himself as he dissected the evolved salmon, "Actually, I don't think the evolution of fish is as direct as that of terrestrial creatures, you can see that although they are slightly larger, they are not as exaggerated as the Yukon wolf." And their evolution is more targeted, first the gills, there are several more layers, probably to better filter pollutants from the outside world? And the scales are much harder than before, and the body fat content is ......," he said, as the salmon's body was so slippery that it slipped out of Jaime's hand, "You see, it still doesn't affect how comfortable they are in the water." In addition, the fins are harder and more powerful, tsk, look at this dorsal fin, it can tear the internal organs of the big fish. So...... The evolution of animals is indeed related to the environment in which they live, and evolution has made them more adaptable to the environment, and the survival rate has also improved. That's right, it's like the Teddies I saw at the beginning, and they're facing the situation positively. ”

Jiang Ke listened quietly on the side, until here, he interjected, "They are working hard to live." ”

Ruby nodded, "Work hard to stay alive." ”

As the sun continued to rise in the sky, the shadows of the trees quietly adjusted their angles, and the fog in the forest had been completely evaporated by the sunlight. After tidying up this short resting place, the three of them set off again along the river.

"There's really no sense of war here, and I thought I was here to climb the mountain." Jaime looked at the glaciers and tundra in the distance, and took a deep breath, the air was no longer smelly of the fishy smell it used to be, and the fragrance of pine trees was once again filled.

But Jiang Ke waved his hand and motioned for everyone to stop. He listened carefully for a while, and then observed Andrew beside Ruby, seeing that it was still in the state of "little" Andrew, Jiang Ke couldn't help but be a little shaken, could it be his own delusion?

But in the next second, Jiang Ke still chose to believe in himself. "Run!" He shouted, and ran quickly down the river with Ruby and Jaime.

After a while, Andrew let out a low roar and began to grow in size.

Jaime couldn't help but be surprised, he followed Jiang Ke out of breath and asked, "How do you know?" Why did you know earlier than Andrew? ”

"Intuition!" Jiang Ke replied.