Chapter 40: The History of the Two Tribes
Back at the base, Dokik and Wenhe go to the lab to find Ivan, and 1510 reflects what they see.
"Hmmm! Call Huoman and tell him to have a look."
Huo Man, Cha De Zhaoli and Bai Min are all there.
"You're there too." Wen Hyuk nodded to Zhao Li and Bai Min.
Zhao Li: "I don't know what the anti-inflammatory drugs I took in the infirmary, so I came and asked Huoman to take a look." ”
Wen He: "The medicine I just used didn't get better so quickly!" ”
Chad: "In my opinion, our medicine doesn't necessarily work. They didn't cure my last bite. ”
Huo Man looked at Bai Min's arm for a while, then turned to Zhao Li and said, "I still don't know the kind of animal you described, so I'm not sure, it's best to look at the appearance of that animal, so I can determine what herbs to use." ”
Zhaoli spread his hands: "I crushed it to death and didn't bring it back." Again, he emphasized: "It's almost crushed into meatloaf." ”
Huo Man: "That's fine, just take a look." ”
Zhao Li suddenly thought of a way: "Take a picture with the detector and come back soon." ”
Wen He: "You can use the probe's small robotic arm. ”
Zhao Li nodded: "Hmm! Looking at Wen He: "You go and arrange it, that's what you can control, we can't just make that thing." ”
Wen He wanted to leave and returned: "Stay for a while, I still have something to ask Huo Man." ”
Wenhe spoke about what Dorkik saw.
Huo Man thought, "I don't know if there will be any of our people there. ”
"I'm going to call Dorkik anyway, he'll be clearer."
After a while, Dorkik came.
Wenhe: "Tell Huoman about the characteristics of that animal. ”
Dorkik pointed at Fireman: "Didn't I say that, he looks the same as him, and his appearance and skin color are the same." ”
Zhao Li lowered his head and made a contemplative appearance: "In action, is it in action?" ”
Dork: "They didn't move, they just kept staring at us, and we shot them in the air, and they were so scared that they slipped into the woods and disappeared." ”
Huoman: "You're saying they ran away?" ”
Dorkik blinked and recalled, "It's true that I said I couldn't run." ”
Huo Man: "Running away and running gone"
Chad interjected, "Hey! One meaning. ”
Huo Man: "Whew! Then I got it. ”
Several people opened their eyes and stared at Huo Man, all of them inquiring. Bai Min: "What is it?" ”
Huoman: "If I'm guess I'm right, it's the people of the tribes of the Plains. ”
Several people still looked at each other suspiciously.
Huoman: "Look! Our people, people like me, generally fly away when they are frightened, and the animals you are talking about run away. So I concluded that they were from the tribes of the Plains. ”
Wenhe and Dokik asked almost at the same time: "Why?" Dorkik continued: "They look the same, what's the difference between running and flying?" ”
Huo Man grinned at his gray mouth covered with fine lines, as if smiling: "Our wings are bigger than theirs, here's the difference, you know!"
Huo Man gets along with the earth humans day and night, coupled with his intelligence and studiousness, he has learned more and more earth human vocabulary, if it is not for the difference in appearance, it is really difficult to distinguish from the earth people by the vocabulary and pronunciation of his speech. As for the gap in the size of the wings between the plains tribe and theirs that Fireman said, Dokik, as a geneticist, is even more interested.
Dorkik asked Fireman, "You said they were smaller than your wings, how much smaller?" ”
Huo Man thought for a moment: "Hmm! It's less than half our size. ”
"Then they have wings and can't fly?"
"Well, they're basically on the ground."
"Did they have such small wings before?"
"I don't know."
Dorgik thought: This may be the result of some functional evolution or functional degradation of some organisms under the influence of the environment, and this process of advancement and degradation is still very long.
Doukik turned to the others: "I think it's well worth studying. It depends on whether they evolved from small wings to large ones, or whether large wings degenerated into small ones due to environmental factors, or whether they were both originally on the same starting line - that is, they did not have wings, and over time branched out, one growing into a species with large wings and the other with small wings. ”
Chad: "Sounds complicated, is it useful?" ”
Wen He: "Of course it works. By understanding the evolutionary history of 'lucky' species, we will be able to breed species that are adapted to our needs for survival. This is of great significance.
Let's be realistic, all kinds of nutrients that our human body needs, whether they are obtained from plants or animals, must be produced here in the future, right? And these animals and plants are produced here, can this production process adapt to the environment here? And only by adapting can we make production continue, right? How to know whether this production is adapted, it is necessary to understand the internal growth mechanism of animals and plants here, and then use the knowledge of the growth mechanism of animals and plants here to adjust the growth mechanism of our animals and plants, so that they can grow and reproduce in the environment here.
For example, the production of wheat, which is our main source of carbohydrates, whether its growth can adapt to the water, soil, air, climate and other environmental factors here, we must find a breakthrough from the plant genes here, so that our wheat can also adapt to the water, soil and other environments here, and only in this way can we stably produce animal and plant food suitable for here, and can also be absorbed and utilized by our body.
Pretty troublesome, right? I'm thirsty. ”
Chad: "It's troublesome enough for you to talk about it, but wouldn't it be even more troublesome to apply it!" ”
Wen He: "You can't take shortcuts, you can only take one step at a time." Although there are troubles and many difficulties, we can overcome these troubles and difficulties in the end, right? We have so many excellent scientists, and there are many difficulties, but as you sing in your song, we have traveled hundreds of millions of journeys, are you still afraid of these small problems? It's a little interesting! ”
Chade stretched out his arm and said with a smile: "I'm sure we'll be able to survive here, hey!" Hey! ”
Wen He turned to Huoman: "Hey! Huoman, how much do you know about these people of the Plains tribe? ”
Huoman: "What do you know?" ”
Wen He: "The surname is Ge! Xi's surname! Something like that. ”
Huoman: "Hmm! I don't know much about it, but I fell to death all the things I caught before. ”
Wen He looked at Chade, Zhaoli and Duo Ke and Bai Min were also in good spirits, Wen He: "Fell to death?" ”
"We fought each other for food, and we often fought and killed, and the captives on both sides would not be left to keep him alive. Isn't there not enough food to eat? ”
Wen He: "Tell me what's going on, be more detailed." ”
Bai Min interjected timidly: "I, what should I do about this," after speaking, he pointed to his arm.
Wen He was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembered, and said with a smile: "Oh! Sorry, I'm a little forgetful. I'll arrange it, and Huo Man will tell me later. ”
Wen He came back in a few minutes and pointed at Zhaoli: "Old Zhao, please go and command to determine the place." It's getting dark, hurry up. Remote control room! ”
Zhao Li said as he walked, "Oh! Good. The terrain is not complicated, so it should be quite easy to find. ”
Wen He: "Huoman, you start." ”
So, Huoman began to talk about the past of their tribe and the tribe of the plains:
"We call them Dugang, which means tall, and they are generally about a head taller than us, so that's how we call them. Later, it was found that it was okay to call it the Plains Tribe.
For as long as I can remember, we've been fighting over food, sometimes we win, sometimes they win. But the captives are sure to be put to death, and we all think that this will weaken the other side and weaken their power against us.
When we fight, I'll do what you call it on TV -- when we don't have their Gundam power, we fly over their heads, and then we throw rocks, sticks, and things like that from above, and they fight back with stones, sticks, and so on.
Actually, we and they don't fight each other when there is plenty of food. We gather in the trees, and they are under the trees. However, every few years, there is a year of disaster weather, that is, the weather is particularly dry and cold, all the plants do not grow well, so there is less food, so at this time, there will be a war between us for the limited food.
I remember one time, I was collecting food, of course, there was a disaster that year, and there was very little food. I found that the fruit of a tree that we liked had changed color, that is, it was ripe. Let me explain to you that the fruit of this tree cannot be eaten, but if you pluck the fruit of the tree, it will come out where the fruit was plucked, oh! Right! Just like Lao Zhao said, it should be secreted, secreting a sweet and fragrant liquid, and we will use the leaves, so that if we pick more, we will bring it back to the hole and distribute it to everyone.
When I was picking, I didn't notice a tall man under the tree, and he hit me with a stone. He didn't know what to say, but he probably wanted me to give him what I had picked. I knew that they couldn't climb trees, but if they did, I would have flown away a long time ago, so I ignored him and continued to pick. Who knows, that guy actually hit me - right in the leg - it hurt so much that I almost fell off the tree, and in a fit of rage, I climbed on his head and. That guy may still be happy that he hit me just now, or maybe he was hungry and stupid and didn't dodge, haha! The was falling on his head, and he was so angry that he made a slight noise while checking and smashing the stone at me, and in a few moments, they gathered several of them. I felt that something was wrong - danger, and when I looked around, it turned out that I had separated from everyone because of the joy of picking food. These guys hit me right under the tree with rocks and sticks. I was wounded, endured the pain, and finally flew back to our cave.
Ay! I used to pity them for not having enough to eat, and since then, I've started to hate them. ”
Chad said coolly: "I thought there was some earth-shattering feat, but it turned out to be like this-petty fighting." ”
Huo Man heard that he could find out that he was looking down on himself: "Hmph! Do you know how we treat our captives? All of us went up together, beat them to death with stones and sticks, or tied them up with bark, and some of our brothers flew up together, and lifted him higher than a few trees, and then fell down and killed them. ”
Dokik frowned, "It's a bit cruel, but it's understandable. ”
Chad: "It's all bragging, no wonder your brothers don't like you." ”
Huoman argued: "It's not that they don't like me, they don't understand me, they always say that I am different from them, and they say that I am strange." What's the solution, who called me so smart! ”
Hearing Huoman's angry self-evaluation, Wen He and Dokik laughed back and forth, and they all arched their backs when they laughed: "Hahahaha!" Oh my god! I can't take it anymore. This is the first time I've heard you say that, Huoman. Bai Min still stroked his arm with a painful look just now, and now he sat on the chair with a smile.
Wen He also smiled: "So you are very different from you." However, I like friends like you, what to say, straight to the point, not so many Kiri crooked flowery intestines, how cute!"
Huoman: "What do you call Kiri's crooked flower intestines?" ”
Dorkik: "It's the idea of thinking about everything in a complicated way. You're not complicated, that's cute. ”
Huoman: "Thank you! ”
Chad: "Looks like you don't want your brothers anymore?" ”
Huo Man sighed with a mournful face: "Hey! How don't you want to! But go back and starve. ”
Wen He remembered what Ta Mingguo had said: I hope Huo Man can bring another companion so that he can compare them: "Do you have any friends with you?" ”
Huoman nodded: "Yes." ”
"Next time you go back, can you take him with you? I'll make sure he's well fed here. ”
Huo Manxi said: "That's great, it will definitely be done." However, is he here to work the same as me? ”
Wen He nodded: "Hmm! It's the same. ”
"I thank you on their behalf!"
"You're welcome, we have too few people here, it's easy for him to help us."
Dokik remembered something: "Hey! Huoman, what do you think they are doing today when we found the two tall men you said? ”
"They're probably patrolling and spying on us. I didn't know it before, but it was said by the beautiful doctor. ”
Dork: "Are they going to attack us?" ”
Huoman shook his head: "I don't know!" Hard. ”
Dorkik looked at Wenhe: "Tomorrow is there going to be a stronger vigilance, and, I think, the ladies will stop cutting down trees." ”
Wen He nodded: "That's it, the ladies won't go." ”
Chad exclaimed, "His injuries seem to be getting worse." He pointed to Bai Min's injured arm. I saw that the wound on Bai Min's arm began to be red and swollen, the protruding part of the wound began to turn white, and some skin had broken through and flowed out red with black liquid.
Dork: "Hmm! It's heavier than when I first came back, and it seems that anti-inflammatory drugs don't work very well. ”
Wen He: "Wait a little longer, and the specimen will be retrieved immediately." ”
Dorkik said to Huoman: "Huoman, it's okay at this moment, can you tell us about your tribe and let us hear about it, we all want to know." ”
"Didn't I tell you about it?"
"We just want to hear from you."
"Okay!" He touched his chin as he did, and both Wen He and Chade smiled.
Huo Man thought for a moment: "Hmm! I'll just say it casually. I'll start with our leader! He is the strongest and most capable of all of us, and only then can he become our leader. We need the strongest one because when we are fighting the enemy, he will be at the front and kill the most enemies. ”
Wen He: "He's too old to move?" ”
"Then we will elect a new leader. Whoever is the most capable of all the tribes and can lead us to the most and best food will be elected.
In fact, it is not easy to be a leader. He had to remember in his mind that the plants in that place were ready to be harvested, and the animals there were ready to be hunted and fed. The food that was picked up had to be distributed by him, of course, or he had to be physically present to do it. When we are sick, he will be healed, and when we die, he will be buried in a ceremony. Even if we have quarrels and fights, he will also administer justice for us. ”
Wen He: "It seems that it is not easy to be your leader. Then, every time he distributed food, he left himself the most and the best. ”
"Of course, he's our leader!"
"I've heard that you also cook your food before eating. So where did you get the fire? Well! And what are the pots and bowls you use to cook food? ”
"Acquisition?"
"It's how to tell the fire."
"Our fire was brought back from a volcano far, far away, so we had to make sure that it couldn't be extinguished, so we had special people to take care of it. As for the pot you mentioned, it was made of stone, bowl! It is made from the fruit of plants, and some are made from wood. ”
Dorkik: "Aren't you monogamous like we practice in succession?" ”
Huo Man looked at Chad: "Hmm! Except for a few women whom the leader likes, no one else can move, and no other women and men use your monogamy. He smiled: "As long as men and women like each other, they can be combined with each other at any time." ”
Wen He: "If one side is unwilling, the other side can't force it, right?" ”
Dorkik: "That's complicated. It's the meaning between two different people. ”
Huo Man glared: "I don't understand. ”
Wen He: "For example, between you and me, you count one side, and I count the other side. ”
Huoman: "Oh! Of course not, if the chief knows, he will be punished. ”
Both Dorkik and Wenhe nodded in understanding.
Wen He: "You're so smart" He was about to say why don't you be the leader, thinking that this question might embarrass Huo Man, so he changed the subject: "Why didn't the leader use you as his subordinate?" ”
"No, then it seems that he is inferior to me, will he do it? Can you do it here? ”
Wen He said proudly: "Of course, I am our leader's subordinate. After speaking, he felt really proud, and corrected: "Of course, we are different from you, and our situation is much more complicated than yours. You've seen that too, haven't you? ”
Dorkik said to Wenhe: "I thought about it for a while, from tomorrow, Chad and Huoman can also go to the logging place to help, what do you think?" You see, there are so many things going on today, if they are there, and Huo Man is more familiar with the environment, if something really happens, he may be able to avoid it. Especially if he is there when something dangerous is going to happen, it is even better, because he should know the environment better than we do. Today, the appearance of those tall men may be just scouting, and no one can predict what they will do in the future, right? ”
Wen He: "Just in case, let them go!" It may be better in another day, the chain saw is already being installed and tested, and the test will come in handy. After tomorrow, I think I will only be able to form two groups of logging teams. He said to Chad, "How about you and Homan go to the woods tomorrow?" ”
Chade smiled: "I've wanted to go for a long time, it's too boring to stay in the laboratory, and Huoman must be willing to go, right, Huoman?" ”
"Go! It's fun to be with everyone. I want to ask, is Abeka going? ”
Dorkik smiled: "Didn't I say it just now, after tomorrow, the ladies will not go." ”
Cha De made a heavy face: "What is she going to do?" ”
Huoman: "It's boring if she doesn't go." ”
Chade said solemnly: "When we don't encounter danger, we will generally protect the lady from putting them in danger. You don't have that realm, do you? ”
"Who said that? We'll protect the ladies too! If she doesn't go, she won't go! ”
Wen He: "I miss her after not seeing her for a few days?" Dorkik and Bai Min both smiled.
Chad: "Humph! They! It's not warm enough to meet every day. Winhedokik and Bai Min burst out laughing.
Huoman said proudly: "We are good friends, can't we?" (To be continued.) )