Chapter 396: The Legend of the Savages

Compared with the harsher living environment of later generations, this era is relatively much better for savages. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoIf the wild man really exists, in this era, the probability of being able to find it should be relatively large.

But in fact, in this era, the human beings who live in the deep mountains, Ru Mao drinks blood, and the legendary wild men are not very different. So much so that when Li You asked if his savages existed, the first answer Marlin answered was these primitive mountain people who were still slashing and burning in the forest.

It wasn't until Li You denied this answer that Marin realized that Li You was not asking about humans, but about another humanoid creature. He patted his head and said: "There is such a thing, but it is not called a wild man, we people in the mountains call it a hairy man, the hairy people are difficult to meet, and only the people of Nigu Village can track them, their fur is very warm, some old men outside are very fond of it, every year will send people into the mountains to buy, but Nigu Village can not hunt one or two a year, if there is a fur to take out, the village will have a year's food"

Hearing this, Li You's brows tightened. The first news he could not have heard about the savages, other than the confirmation of their existence, was that they had been targeted by humans at this time, and hunted for their furs. For Li You, this is difficult to accept.

In Li You's view, people who make fur clothes from savage skins must have psychological problems, just like those who ate gorillas in later generations. Regardless of the wisdom of savages, they are also primates, and the genetic difference between them and humans is not too big, Li You believes that although eating them may not be the same as eating humans themselves, people who eat creatures that are infinitely close to humans will inevitably eat people under certain conditions.

Seeing that Li You was interested in the Maoren, he nagged about the news about the Maoren. Hairy people are generally taller than humans, and males have well-developed body hair and a certain body odor. But females and human females are about the same, they can't speak, but they can make singing syllables, and there are often rumors in the mountains that hairy people have taken mountain people away to mate.

The Mao people walk very fast in the mountains and forests, under normal circumstances, the average hunter is unable to catch up with their footsteps, there are a few super-first-class hunters in the Nigu Village, who can march in the mountains without sleep for several days and nights, but to deal with a Mao man, whether male or female, it takes at least three of the most heroic hunters to work together to be able to capture. However, this can only be done for lonely hairy people, and if they encounter a large number of hairy people, hunters will often flee in the wilderness.

Marin said happily for a long time, and Li You also listened attentively. From Marin's narration, Li You can basically be sure that the other party is not lying, which means the authenticity of the savage legend. This made Li You very excited. Although he had seen too many strange creatures, they were supernatural beings, and the wild man was a close relative of humans in the scientific sense, and the meaning between the two was completely different. Nature can't be compared.

To be honest, tracing the river up is not a brilliant idea. It happened to be the rainy season, the water level was rising, and there were not many locations on the riverbank, and most of the riverbank were steep mountain walls, which were not much different from the geography of Li You's previous Minjiang River. That's not all, if a flash flood erupts, it will be a dead end for most of the people in the team.

Li You thought about Marin's motives. But in the face of Li You's doubts, Marin swore to heaven that he would never have the intention of framing Li You and Mo. And assured that although it was the rainy season, the water level of this river would not rise too many times, and he had only seen it once in more than 30 years. That was more than 20 years ago, and it was July and August, when the torrential rains were at their most rampant. Although it is the rainy season at this time, there is still a gap compared to the torrential rain in July and August.

Li You listened to it, but secretly paid attention. Ink hunters were sent to explore the front, looking for high ground, and if they found signs of a flash flood, they could find a place to evacuate in the fastest time.

After the team pulled away, the length was more than two hundred meters. In order to be able to take care of both the beginning and the end, the ink masters were scattered, and Tian Chun personally sat at the end to prevent accidents.

After the rain, the water level of the river has risen significantly. However, the overall water level is still in a relatively safe area. Fortunately, the weather was slightly clearer in the past two days, and the water level did not continue to rise.

The team calmly and slowly advanced on the river beach. Li You lay on the sliding pole, squinting at the world around him. On the mountain wall on the other side of the river, there are many monkeys running and jumping on the vines, seeing the crowd, many monkeys also tear off the vines or pick up stones and throw them down, fortunately, the distance is a little far, and the stones often disappear into the water before they fly through the middle of the river.

Seeing this scene, Marin explained very embarrassedly, the hunters of Qingliao Village usually set traps to hunt these monkeys, and they have some grudges against each other, so when the monkeys see humans, they will throw some stones or something.

Li You just nodded. Although he had never heard of this kind of thing, he had read in the newspapers that there were many news reports of tourists being robbed of backpack food by monkeys in the mountains in tourist areas, so it was not surprising.

From the morning to the next hour, the team only walked more than 10 kilometers. This speed made Li You feel dissatisfied. But the road conditions are just too bad. The river beach is full of stones, uneven, it is not easy for people and horses to advance, and it is in the rainy season, in this fertile land, the plants grow more crazily, and the mountain road that the Qingliao Zhai villagers originally stepped out of is also covered tightly, there are occasional shortcuts, but the mud is unbearable, and it can not meet the needs of the march of the team at all. In the end, Li You could only be patient and let it grind slowly. It's just that with his physique, he slowly bumped on the sliding rod for a few hours, and he even felt a little motion sickness, which made him feel ridiculous, as if when he was in school, he felt after squeezing the green car down.

When they arrived at a relatively high ground, Li You decided to let the team camp. Because whether it is Marin's account or the results of the Mo's exploration, after this high ground, there is only another place with the same terrain after walking more than ten kilometers, but if you reach it at this speed, it is already close to midnight. For the sake of safety, Li You finally decided to stay here for the night.

Everyone was busy setting up camp, and Marin looked strange, and he didn't know where he got a piece of bark, and said to Li You: "Master Li, the people of Nigu Village are the hairy hunters nearby, I think you should be interested in knowing this."

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