Chapter 13: The Tempest
Qiao Hua did not eat, but concentrated on gnawing the extra branches of the fir with his mouth, and after a while, the whole fir was bitten bare by him.
Because the forelimbs of the dwarf tyrannosaurus were too short, Qiao Hua had to lie down on his stomach, and finally barely grabbed the end of the cedar. He then ran to one of the large rocks and rubbed the other end carefully against the stone.
To make a spear, you had to make the other one pointed, which was extremely laborious for a dwarf tyrannosaurus that could not use other tools, and had to be sharpened over and over again. In the next two or three days, I'm afraid this is the only thing Qiao Hua has to do besides eating and sleeping and inspecting the territory.
The sky was getting a little darker before I knew it.
The fruit pit didn't know when he jumped down from the tree, holding the fruit and watching Qiao Hua work there intently.
"Boom!"
A bolt of lightning swept through the sky like a dragon, accompanied by a dull thunderclap. The kernel suddenly threw down the contents of its claws, and ran towards the cave at once.
"Coward!"
Qiao Hua thought to himself as he looked at the little furry body with disdain.
He raised his head, and now there was a black rain cloud stretching out in the eastern sky, and I don't know when it had covered the small half of the sky, and it was heading towards the sun that had reached the end of the road.
Lightning raged in the black clouds, intertwined like vines.
Because this forest is on the windward slope and the water vapor is very abundant, Qiao Hua has long been surprised by thunderstorms. However, the kernel has always been extremely afraid of lightning and thunder, and sometimes even has to burrow his entire body under Qiao Hua's body.
Animals that grow in monsoon forests are as afraid of thunderstorms as soldiers are of gunshots. I really don't know how this squirrel grew so big.
The wind rose and swept through the trees with a devastating momentum, and the tall trees became a natural barrier to the low shrubs and small animals below.
A thunderous storm is coming!
Qiao Hua wanted to be busy for a while, but not long after, a torrential downpour suddenly fell from the sky, pouring on Qiao Hua's head.
"Click!"
A thunderbolt exploded overhead. Qiao Hua felt a sudden "buzz" in his head, and his eardrum was almost shattered.
At the same time, the top of a tall tree was struck by lightning, and the crown of the tree was chopped off from a height of more than twenty meters, and it fell less than ten meters away from Qiao Hua's side with a raging flame.
The grease in the trunks and leaves of the trees mixes with the rainwater and makes a "crackling" popping sound.
Qiao Hua couldn't help but feel scared for a while. If this lightning strikes on his head, or if the canopy of a tree smashes on his body, I am afraid that his great ambition to be the overlord of the 6 lands will never be realized.
But at this time, he suddenly thought of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Fire, this burning thing is a precious fire!
Although Qiao Hua is now accustomed to eating raw meat and drinking unprocessed river water, if the fire is preserved, it will be used in many places in the future.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly ran over and dragged the end of the canopy that had not yet burned into his hole with his mouth.
The inside of the cave, which had been pitch black, immediately became bright, and some small insects that liked to hide in the shadows quickly crawled into the crevices of the rocks.
The pits hid in the depths of the cave, huddled in a ball between a pile of leaves. Seeing Qiao Hua dragging a fiery canopy in, he was so frightened that he "squeaked" and swayed back and forth.
Fortunately, the entire cave is large enough that putting a burning canopy in it won't cause a fire. Qiao Hua put it in a dry and debris-free place, and dragged some dry wood from the side that he had picked up from the outside on a regular basis, so that the fire burned stronger.
"Squeak-"
In the process of Qiao Hua doing these things, the kernel kept making noise back and forth next to him, as if he was extremely afraid of the flames, and Qiao Hua guessed whether it had been burned by the fire, so it fell into a psychological shadow.
However, after a while, the entire cave became smoky, which was a bit like a fairy cave.
"Boom!"
Outside, there was a thunderous sound, and huge raindrops were constantly hitting the leaves of the tall trees, making a "crackling" sound.
The inside of the cave was very different from the outside. Compared to the storms outside the cave, this place is more like a harbor, sheltered from the wind and rain. It's just that the uproar of the kernel has damaged this peaceful atmosphere somewhat.
Qiao Hua stepped aside, picked up the kernel with his mouth and stored a few chestnuts in the cave, and threw them directly into the ash pile that had just been burned, and after two minutes, he pulled it out with his hind paws, and struggled to get to the kernel.
The little squirrel's two eyes looked at the chestnut whose skin had turned black, and he touched it twice with his paw with a little hesitation, and then looked at Qiao Hua, and after confirming that there was no danger, he finally tried to bite one open.
The hot chestnuts emitted a rich aroma, and even Qiao Hua could smell it a few meters away.
"Squeak!"
After taking the first bite, the kernel almost gobbled up the other few into his mouth, and then looked at Qiao Hua pitifully.
The meaning is very simple, not full.
Qiao Hua had no choice but to cover it up again, how to burn chestnuts and eat them. When the kernel looked at Qiao Hua for the second time, the latter just lazily lay on his stomach next to the fire and baked his ** body, ignoring its deliberately cute little eyes.
The timid squirrel hesitated for a moment, and then tried to throw the chestnut into the ash heap with the coals with his paws, and then carefully pulled it out of it, and now the skin of the chestnut was charred.
Although this was an unsuccessful attempt, Qiao Hua also had to admire the little squirrel's comprehension ability. In Qiao Hua's impression, it seems that only monkeys have such a high IQ.
The night was getting deeper.
The sound of thunderstorms outside the cave did not diminish with time, but rather resembled sex. Capable women in general, there have been waves of high. Tide; The howling wind came through holes and sounded like a ghost crying wolf.
The kernel habitually curled up his body in a ball and went under Qiao Hua's body to sleep; The dwarf tyrannosaurus was helpless about this, so he had to pretend that nothing had happened, closed his eyes, and gradually fell asleep to the strange and terrifying sounds of nature.
It was not until the next morning that the thunder finally dissipated. The torrential rain did not stop, but did not begin to decrease until the early morning of the third day.
It was the longest rainstorm Qiao Hua can remember. By the time he walked out of the cave, it was already noon on the third day, and as far as he could see, there had been earth-shaking changes outside.
Many of the tall trees were blown off by the wind, and some of them could still be seen scorched, apparently struck by lightning. If it weren't for the heavy rain in the past two days, a forest fire would have been inevitable.
From the middle of the woods, Qiao Hua vaguely saw the small river at the foot of the mountain, and the water in it had already overflowed, turning the river bank into a shallow. A few large flightless birds were standing tremblingly on the edge of the river, chirping a little desolately: their nests had also been submerged in this small flood.
Qiao Hua felt a little weak all over his body. You must know that in the past two days, he has basically not eaten much except for a few chestnuts that have stolen the kernels, and now his stomach has become very empty.
"Roarโ"
Simply hanging his throat, Qiao Hua shook his body and moved towards the river. Now that I don't have the body to hunt anymore, the easiest way to get food is to go to the river and eat fish.
Just as he imagined, the rise and fall of the water level caused many large and small fish to run aground on the shore, and they could be swallowed in their stomachs with their mouths open. Some of the carnivores who had come over early saw Qiao Hua and ran away with a whimper, and even a giant bird fell directly into the river in a panic and struggled for a while before crawling out of it.
Qiao Hua was pleased with their reaction. For this dwarf tyrannosaurus, intimidating other animals is what he is most proud of.
But just as he was showing off his heroic posture, a sinuous figure suddenly rushed into the river from the shore not far away, and the whole process was silent, almost fooling Qiao Hua's enhanced sight and hearing.
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