【043】God

The warm flame became the only bright source of light in the area for a while, and when the sun had completely set, the world began to enter the night, and the sky was overcast, and there was not a single star. The ground was pitch black, and the bushes that grew in the darkness of the forest were like big cannibal mouths, and no one knew if there were any wild beasts hiding in them and peeping around.

The flames shook slightly because of the wind drifting through the forest, distorting the faces of Shen Nong and the others.

Because they often have to hunt in the forest, the members of the hunting team will inevitably be bruised, sometimes the skin is cut by the sharp thorn vine roots, sometimes because of the struggle of the prey and the other party scratches and bites the wound, these wounds naturally cannot always wait for it to heal itself, so the tribesmen of the Huangqiu tribe came up with a way to help the wound heal quickly, that is, to cut the liver of the beast into slices, and then apply it to the wound, which can not only prevent the wound from continuing to bleed, but also help the wound heal.

To be honest, Shen Nong didn't know what the principle was and what scientific basis it was, but he had personally seen the injured clansmen in the tribe use it like this, and after a wound about seven or eight centimeters long was applied to the liver, it didn't take a few days to heal and only a faint pink scar remained, which looked very magical.

Although Luo Man had already stopped Shi Li's bleeding, because his injuries were too serious, not to mention the scars on his legs that were bitten by the white wolf, his broken arm alone was enough to make Shi Li weak for a while.

Shao Hao carefully used a bone knife to cut off many liver pieces from the body of a dead prey, and then applied them to Shi Li's wound one by one, the shocking broken arm gap in his left arm made him look very remorseful, and Shi Li's injury was estimated to be no longer able to go out hunting with the hunting team in the future.

"Uncle Shi, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have let everyone hunt separately, if we were all together at the time, you wouldn't be like this. Shao Hao said with great regret.

"Don't think about it so much, who can say for sure that hunting is such a thing, today we can kill wild beasts for food, and tomorrow wild beasts can kill us for food, and injuries are normal for us people. Shi Li patted Shao Hao's shoulder comfortingly.

Seeing this scene of conversation between the two, Shen Nong couldn't help but ask Luo Man, "Is there any way you can restore this arm to its previous appearance?"

"You are also a witch, do you think you can do this kind of thing?" Luo Man shook his head: "I'm just a witch, not a god." ”

"Do you know God?" Shen Nong suddenly became interested, God is just a belief for many people, and according to ancient records, very ancient tribes will believe in something, and then beautify that thing as a god who can do everything and protect their tribe in secret.

But when Shen Nong came to the Huangqiu tribe, he found that this tribe did not have this habit, they did not believe in gods, and they did not know what gods were, and the people of the Huangqiu tribe only believed in ancestral fire and tribal totems.

So now that he suddenly heard Luo Man mention the word god, Shen Nong showed such interest, it seems that the cultural civilization between each tribe has developed very differently.

"You know, my tribe was destroyed by God. Luo Man said in a low voice.

Chi, who was lying on the ground because of his lack of strength, looked at Luo Man with a surprised expression, this god was able to destroy a powerful tribe that could easily hunt pure-blooded beasts, so how strong his strength must be!

Shen Nong glanced at the white beef in the iron pot that had begun to 'sizzle' because of the flames burning under the pot, and then asked, "What does that god look like? Did you see it at that time?"

Luo Man suddenly stretched out his hand and turned off the white wolf skin covering his head, and Shen Nong and the others knew what he looked like at this time. Luo Man looked very mature, estimated to be forty or fifty years old, probably because of the destruction of the tribe, and lived alone in the forest for a long time, his face was full of wrinkles, among which the forehead lines were the most obvious, and his eyes were full of depression, which Shen Nong had never seen in any primitive person before.

At this time, Luo Man's face was sad, and his thoughts seemed to return to the moment when his tribe was destroyed, only to see him say heavily: " Everything happened too fast, and suddenly a terrifying voice sounded in the depths of the mountain where my tribe lived, and all the tribesmen ran out of the cave, and no one knew what was happening, and they saw that the top of the mountain suddenly erupted gray smoke, which was even bigger than the mountain peak, and soon covered the whole sky, and I used to be angry with God, so I took all the tribesmen to kneel on the ground and beg for his forgiveness, but the disaster still came. ”

"Red divine punishment erupted from the top of the mountain, and the boulder rolled down from the top of the mountain frantically, and red rain fell in the sky, and the rain fell on the bodies of the people and immediately burned their bodies, and I watched my people roll in pain on the ground, and watched their bodies slowly stiffen and finally turn into something like charcoal. Luo Man's hands that were as crumpled as dead tree bark couldn't help but cover his face and said, "But even so, the gods have no intention of forgiving us, and those red divine punishments flowed down the hillside and soon devoured everything in our tribe. ”

Chi, Shaohao, and Shi Li listened to Luo Man's description, their faces were full of fear and panic, if they hadn't heard Luo Man talk about it, they would never have known that there was such a powerful creature in this world, if the Huangqiu tribe also encountered this god, I'm afraid the end would be similar to Luo Man's tribe.

The three of them were silent for a while, all digesting the fear in their hearts.

However, Shen Nong sat next to him expressionlessly, with an indifferent face. Well, before Luo Man explained it, he was still looking forward to whether there would really be some kind of special beings in this world, who could use some abilities that made ignorant humans regard them as gods, and then use this to sit on the title of 'god' in the hearts of primitives.

But who knows that the god that Luo Man experienced is not the same thing as the god he thinks in his heart, and the tribe that feels the other party is because he lives at the foot of the volcano, and then one day it was destroyed by a volcano that just erupted, and no one has this luck.

Shen Nong, who didn't know how to explain to Luo Man, had no choice but to reach out and pat the other party's shoulder as a sign of comfort. At the same time, Shen Nong couldn't help but ask curiously, "Hasn't anyone in your tribe climbed to the top of the mountain before?"

"Witches throughout the ages said that there was a god living on the top of the mountain, and it was a forbidden place, and if anyone climbed up it would anger the god and bring disaster to the tribe, so no one dared to go up. Luo Man hugged his face and said.

"It's really feudal superstition that kills people, if someone could climb to the top of the mountain to find out the situation, and find that there is actually no god on it, only a volcanic lava crater to erupt, then their tribe may choose to migrate the whole clan for safety. Shen Nong said secretly.

Shen Nong didn't choose to tell the people about the volcano, firstly, his ability to explain is very poor, and he may not be able to explain to these people that it is actually not a god, but just a normal natural phenomenon, and secondly, it is also a good thing to maintain a sense of mystery sometimes, so that these people can continue to be in awe of the world, and if they come up with something to break their cognition, they can also worship themselves more in their hearts.

It's like blowing bubbles in front of an adult, playing with a lighter, turning on a faucet, driving a car. Babies feel the magic and think that adults are very powerful, and those bubbles, fire, water, and high-speed movement are all his abilities, and he conjures them.

But if this adult behaves like this in front of another adult, it will seem very ordinary, because you will do something to the other person, and it is not something difficult to do, you want to show off in front of the other person, and the other person will not only not worship you, but will also think that you are very mentally retarded.

In Shen Nong's eyes, these people are just babies who don't know anything, and they have a lot of skills to show off in front of them, and let them worship themselves deeply for this. This can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of being a witch but not knowing witchcraft.

The fat in the iron pan has already overflowed due to the high temperature of the pan, and the oil is mixed with the white beef, and the aroma of the beef is quickly released under the high temperature.

Shen Nong and the others had been hunting for a whole afternoon, and they were already too hungry to do so, so they took out the bone knife and stone knife they were wearing to cut the white beef in the pot, and then stabbed it with the tip of the knife and sent it to their mouths.

The meat just taken out of the iron pot is naturally extremely hot, you must know that iron is a material with strong thermal conductivity, and the temperature after being burned by the flame is far above the bone pot used by the Huangqiu tribe, Shen Nong just put a piece of white beef in his mouth, he was hot, and immediately held the air and waited for the meat to cool down, but he didn't dare to eat it again.

Mainly because he secretly sneaked out with Xiong Yao and the others to participate in the hunting team in the morning, Shen Nong was too anxious and didn't bring the bone fork and bone knife that the warehouse made for him, otherwise it would be much more convenient to eat meat.

A group of people were eating meat silently, even Luo Man, who had a sad face, also joined the team to grab meat, and a large piece of white beef was eaten by Shen Nong and the five people not long after, Shen Nong, Luo Man, and Shi Li were full, but Shao Hao, a quasi-warrior, and Chi, a first-level soldier, ate much more than ordinary people, and they didn't eat enough, so Shao Hao ran to cut a large piece of white beef and came back, and fried it again.

The white fat paste in the iron pan resounded with the sound of frying, which was very eye-catching.

Shen Nong felt tired after eating because of a day's travel, so he lay down on the ground to sleep, and the long night quietly passed in this smell of meat.

There was silence all around the ancient wood, and there was no word all night.