Chapter 123, Something to eat
The female ghost said, excited, her voice was high-pitched, and her eyes radiated the light of longing and hope, as if she had seen that day: "On that day, on this dark barren mountain, countless survivors will come out of their hiding place. They hold hands and show their dignity as ghosts in their final fight against demons. That day was the end of the darkness and the beginning of the dawn. That damned demon will be trampled under the feet of the survivors to make a dying confession for his stupid, greedy, ignorant life. But we will not be relentless, and we will show our inviolable dignity by hanging his head on that high banner of victory. ”
Tianxing listened to the female ghost's words, as if he had returned to the day of the psychotic uprising. On that day, the second uncle stood on the hospital bed and used his life to call for the fire of the prairie fire. And today, the female ghost uses his story to make Tianxing understand: he will join the team of survivors, because the survivors need him, and he needs survivors. It seems that the female ghost has been testing him, from calling the demon the leader at the beginning, to asking Tianxing to leave a last word at the end. Now the female ghost finally trusts him and confides in him.
"Let me join you! ”
The female ghost was very happy: "Okay! From now on, we will be comrades-in-arms, and you will come to me." ”
Hearing this, Tianxing took a big stride and came to the side of the female ghost. The female ghost patted him on the shoulder and said to the ghosts under him: "Everyone, from today onwards, this is our second leader." ”
At this time, the female ghost remembered that she didn't know Tianxing's name, so she asked Tianxing slightly apologetically: "I don't know what you call it?"
Tianxingdao: "My name is Tianxing, the heaven of heaven and earth, and the walking line." Are you?"
"My original name was Zhou Cuilan, but everyone here calls me Leng Huo, because I have a fiery heart, but I do cold things. There's one thing I really like in this dark world, you know that?"
Tianxing thought about it and felt that he couldn't figure out the slightest clue, so he asked modestly, "Which point?"
Leng Huo said quite proudly: "It's the survival of the fittest." Here, every ghost is absolutely equal, no one will sympathize with you because you are weak, and no one will do that kind of stupid thing of sacrificing oneself for others. Everyone must take care of himself, otherwise only death awaits him. I just like that there is no sympathy and pity in this world, and this so-called good feelings can waste time and even life. ”
Tianxingdao: "I appreciate your thoughts. Although I will still feel sympathy for some people, I will die for some people. ”
The female ghost listened to Tianxing's evaluation of his thoughts, and seemed to feel that there was nothing wrong with it. She nodded and patted Tianxing's shoulder again: "I admire you too!"
Tianxing pressed his chest and asked a question he had always wanted to ask: "Is there anything anyone around here that can eat?"
After thinking about it, the female ghost looked at the people under her hand and asked, "Is there anything to eat around here?"
The ghosts spoke freely and expressed their opinions. After a half-hour discussion, they finally came to a unified conclusion: because after they became ghosts, they didn't feel hungry and didn't eat, so they weren't very sensitive to what they ate. But according to their observations, there should be nothing suitable for humans to eat in the vicinity. The above conclusions are for reference only, and if there is any discrepancy with reality, the ghosts are not responsible.
Listening to the meaningless conclusion that this group of ghosts came to after tossing for a while, Tianxing couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart. He decided to try it himself. Because this group of ghosts may have a different understanding of things than him. He thinks that as long as you can still see it and can eat it in your stomach, what you can digest is considered food.
Tianxing walked a few steps to a dead tree, stretched out his hand to break off a branch, put it in his mouth and ate it. After chewing a few bites, he felt that the branch was not chewy, and it smelled of rotten wood, and it was estimated that he couldn't digest it, and maybe he would have to make a stomach. Spit and vomit, Tianxing spit out rotten branches while complaining that he was too excited.
At this time, the cold fire on the side asked in an extremely caring tone: "Tianxing, it seems that there is really nothing you can eat here, I'm afraid you will have to be hungry for a long time." It's a pity that you're not a ghost, and if you're a ghost, you don't have to think about eating. You see, we ghosts, we never have to worry about stomach problems. After a pause, the cold fire seemed to burst out of inspiration, she looked at Tianxing, and said with a little excitement: "I thought of a good way." Rather than you being starved to death in this place, why don't I kill you now, and when you become a ghost, let's cultivate together." ”
Tianxing resolutely rejected Leng Huo's proposal: "Don't worry about it, the way I am now, I have one more life and one more chance than you." Because I can die twice, once as a ghost, and once as a complete play. And I've already thought of something to eat. There are a lot of them here, which should be enough for me to eat. ”
"Oh!" asked the female ghost, a little surprised, "what is it? Why can't I remember anything to eat here?"
"Now the time has not come, you will know when the time comes. Tianxing said, beating his stomach and telling it to be honest.
There's really something to eat. This edible thing was told to him by Ying'e, and he had never tried it, but it was estimated that it should be able to be eaten.
Tianxing walked back to the female ghost's side quickly, he looked at the female ghost, then at the group of ghosts below, and proposed, "I think we should fight back in this situation where we are hunted down all day. We need to strike at them on a regular basis, anytime, anywhere. Instead of hiding, being discovered, counterattacking, running away, and hiding again as it is now. In this mountain, I don't think there's really a safe place. Instead of hiding in fear, it is better to fight back bravely and senselessly. ”
Leng Huo nodded: "Very good, there are ideas." But the problem is that they are outnumbered. Of the four guards who are at the level of the Triple Realm of Celibacy, we only have one here, and we can't find him when we usually want to find him. And there are about twenty or thirty people of your strength with this strength, and there are less than ten of us. It is dangerous to take the risk of an active attack. ”
Tianxing couldn't help but sigh helplessly: It seems that I need to wait! But I don't have much time. If that demon gets out, he'll easily find out the alien from the mountains and kill me. I'm going to have to get stronger faster!
Leng Huo noticed Tianxing's depressed expression, and asked puzzledly, "What are you worried about? You know, victory will belong to us one day." ”
Tianxing corrected: "It must belong to you, not to me." When the old monster is out of the level, I should probably burp. My chances are running out. ”
The female ghost listened to Tianxing's vision of the future and was speechless for a while. In this world, waiting is necessary, and one's own strength requires the accumulation of time, and it is impossible to rush it. Thinking of this, there was a hint of sympathy and pity in her cold eyes, which rarely appeared in her emotions, as if Tianxing was already destined to burp.
Tianxing looked at the female ghost's expression, and suddenly felt a little funny. I obviously have a month to spare, why do I want to commemorate here without dying: "I'm not dead yet, you don't need sympathy, time is still there, and everything can still change." ”
Since ghosts basically don't have to sleep, and Tianxing as a person needs to rest, especially if he is hungry for another day. In the case that the food source is not replenished for the time being, it is better to sleep well.
Tianxing found a small ravine, lay down in it and slept with clothes. And this group of ghosts each found a place to sit and practice their magic skills.
The next day, just after dawn, the marching army was woken up by the cold fire. A group of human ghosts, led by Leng Huo, returned to the cave where Tianxing was arrested yesterday.
By the morning light, Tianxing found that the cave was still quite large, three meters wide and five meters long, with some dry black branches hanging between the black rock walls. The ground is cleaned and quiet. Tianxingzi carefully observed, and did not find anything unusual, and felt a little boring.
The cold fire next to him saw that Tianxing had seen enough, and with a wave of his hand, the stones gathered in one place and blocked the entrance of the cave. The cave was plunged into darkness.
Tianxing pressed his rumbling stomach, reluctantly lay on the spot, and then slept on his big head. Woke up, woke up and tossed for a long time, Tianxing finally saw in a daze that the rocks in front of the cave were separated again, and the female ghost walked out: "It's time to go out!"
Tianxing shook his head and sobered up a little. He got up and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
Before he left the cave, he suddenly remembered something important. He reached out and grabbed a handful of dead roots, put them in his mouth, and chewed them. "Spit on, it smells like a damn twig. It seems that there is really no other way. ”
The female ghost led Tianxing and the group of ghosts back to the grove last night.
"Why don't you stay in the cave all the time?" asked Tianxing, puzzled.
"That cave will stop the flow of ghost qi and slow down the speed of cultivation. We were forced to go to the cave. During the day, the view is wide, and if we are outside, it is easy to be caught by the patrol. It's not a big mountain, and if they find us, it's a missed target. Well, that's what it looks like, you know?"
Tianxing nodded, it wasn't a complicated matter, of course he understood, "Then don't they patrol at night?"
"They also have to cultivate, and the best effect is to cultivate at night. So they don't patrol at night. ”
All the ghosts gathered together, feeling that there seemed to be no important content to hold today, and after standing in two rows symbolically for a while, they each found a place to cultivate.
Tianxing saw that the female ghost was also going to cultivate, so he hurriedly stopped her and said, "I'm going to go around the mountains tonight, but you don't have to look for me." ”
"Okay, but you have to be careful, and you must come back before dawn. The female ghost instructed.
Tianxing nodded in acknowledgement, turned and left the grove, looking for the only thing to eat in the mountain.