When the silver moon is in the sky, countless tiny stars accompany it, and they are connected with other distant stars, forming a beautiful galaxy map in this clear night sky.

This situation brought a sense of peace and harmony to the witnesses standing on the surface, and if there were people who were lucky, they might be able to watch the stars at night, have an epiphany, and take their cultivation to a higher level.

However, the phenomenon that is contrary to the supposed quiet night has occurred in the rarely visited Xuancai Mountains-

"Whoop, whoop......"

Two humans dressed as hunters walk through a sea of turquoise trees at night.

They are all residents of the mountain village, and every winter, they will go into the mountains according to the custom, and set traps in the forest near the village to catch wild beasts.

Then, after building a shelter at a certain distance from the trap and making sure that you do not leave enough traces and smells to warn your prey, you can live there for the whole winter.

In the following spring, they return to the village with the harvest of the entire hunting season, rent a few fields, and take time to train the younger ones in their families so that they can become more proficient in hunting...... Teaching and farming are both correct.

This year, however, everything seems to be different from usual.

First, a masked woman who did not want to reveal her identity came to their village in a horse-drawn carriage on the first red star day of spring and peddled unknown potions to the people of the village.

At first, she referred to herself as a "traveler", and every time she visited the village, she only stayed for one night in the stables that the head of the mountain village hastily cleaned up and renovated and barely used as a guest room.

In order to repay this "kindness", she also used the healing medicine at hand to cure the sick horse of the village chief's family.

In addition, he also recommended it to the coachman who came to pick her up, and asked the other party to buy the restored horse from the village chief at a "high price" that the villagers of the mountain village might not earn for a quarter.

The mountain village did not need horses, nor did it require too much money to circulate, and their village chief took this opportunity to make a deal with the coachman, and since then, every Red Star Day, resources from the outside world have been sent into the mountain, and the villagers' knowledge has become more and more extensive.

The village has new facilities that have never been touched before, some young villagers have also received new pets that they have not kept before, and books and news from the outside world have been sent to the village chief's home - I forgot that the original one-bedroom hut with the guest rooms having to sacrifice stables can now be called "mansions", which is the envy of the neighbors.

The village chief was grateful for the contribution of the mysterious female traveler to the construction of the village, and when she visited the mountain village again, he asked her about her background and origin, and asked her if she would like to have an official place to live in the village.

To the surprise of the villagers, the traveler agreed to the village chief's invitation without hesitation.

So, instead of following the next wagon to deliver supplies, she simply stripped off the title of "traveler" and began to plan a plan to put down roots in the village.

She continued to sell her own potions to the villagers, and she did not skimp on prescriptions that should be kept secret; She led the children in the village to search for life-saving herbs near the village, teaching them how to distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous weeds.

She consulted the hunters in the village, who were not yet ready to start, for advice on how to deal with all kinds of wild beasts, and how to make a sharp weapon that she could use.

She also negotiated with the coachman who delivered the supplies, and successfully obtained the first firearm for the mountain village, and then through disassembly, reassembly, and research, she helped experienced adults explore the mystery behind the firearm, so that the mountain village could be removed from the "primitive".

The humans who are becoming more and more powerful have gradually gained a deterrent power in the Xuancai Mountains, and they no longer need to worship the beasts of the calamity as sacred objects, but have the courage to take the initiative to hunt each other under the leadership of the newcomers in the village.

It was also at that time that the woman, who had been recognized and respected by countless people in the village, showed her inhuman strength.

"Ah, she hopes that we can step out of the comfort zone of 'Mountain Village', get in touch with the outside world, and get to know ...... Even wild beasts are divided into 'unintelligent creatures' and 'enlightened demon beasts'. ”

"This is overturning and destroying the ideas that the villagers have long formed."

In the territorial struggle between humans and nature, and against the "demon beasts" with supernatural powers, their original village chief unfortunately passed away, and the village chief's younger brother inherited everything that his brother had.

In addition to the village chief, there are also several elderly people in the village who are most supportive of travelers settling down on weekdays, who also died of their injuries.

Someone wanted to take their bodies to beg for peace with the monsters who had been offended by the humans - and the traveler himself intervened to stop them, and buried all those who lost their lives in the chaos with their own hands.

She took the initiative to change the location of the village residence, proposing to settle on a boulder platform under the cliff outside the village, and preparing to move the tomb of the village chief and the village chief's old man there.

In this regard, the prestige of the surviving mountain village was opposed, and the hunters, women, and children of the village gradually alienated the travelers.

The rumor began to circulate in the village that "the woman must have bad intentions when she chose the site there", and some people believed that she settled under the cliff, at an altitude higher than the entire mountain village, and there was a fruit forest around it that could act as a natural "barrier"; When the monsters come to attack, you can also use the village below as a barrier, which has a natural geographical advantage.

At one point, people refused to buy potions made by women, and they organized fires to destroy the woodland where women used to walk, so that many herbs that had been planted for many years and could be older than the village itself were extinct in the area.

The insulting term "witch" was also put on her head during that period.

And despite the fact that the inhabitants of the mountain village ostracized her, believing that she had brought the "demon beast" with her—to be precise, it was the anger that made them realize the difference between the "demon beast" and ordinary beasts, the insignificance of the "mountain village" to the natural world, and the fact that the "mountain village" was like a drop in the ocean in the whole world—the younger brother of the former village chief and the current village chief chose to accept her and agreed to her proposal.

While people went to the village chief's house to protest, new rumors about the woman came from outside the village—

It turned out that she went to the mountains alone and found the "beast" that had always threatened the village and was feared by the villagers—now he had been "upgraded" to a "demon beast", and it was he who killed the village chief and collaborated with other demon beasts to take the lives of other villagers.

The witch in the mouth of the villagers single-handedly solved this troublesome demon beast that often invaded the village, and so, in one day, the title of "witch" was promoted from the notoriety of thousands of people to the honorific title of the guardian of the village.

Of course, the protests of the villagers did not succeed, and the new village chief presented a gift of thanks to the witch on behalf of all the people of the mountain village, expressing gratitude and respect; The hunters in the village spontaneously organized themselves to build a new home for the witch and help the old village chief move the grave.

Since then, the witch has dealt with several monsters that are endangering the daily lives of the villagers, and she has always been very fast, even if she lives in the high ground, if someone in the village cries out for help or does something unusual, she will arrive there in an instant to provide the people with the help they need.

"Whoop, whoop......"

"Wait for me......"

"Shhhhh Don't make too much noise! ”

The two hunters, who live in the mountains in winter, ran and shuttled through the forest as hard as they could, and they knew that if they escaped from the dense coniferous forest that covered the heart of the forest and entered the area where the periphery was not evergreen, they would be almost safe.

There, the thick snow will affect their speed of escape, but the relentless white will also discourage the enemies behind them.

As human beings, they always have an inexplicable confidence that they can fight the beasts that live in the deep mountains and old forests all year round in the snow.

They believe in their ability to adapt, in their perseverance and endurance.

So, keep sprinting in the direction you want, and perhaps, when you reach the edge of the forest, you'll get rid of those trackers?

Rumble!

A huge tree fell beside him without warning, and immediately crushed on one of the hunters, the liquid that symbolized the favor of death slowly trickled out from under the dark brown trunk and stained the ground beneath him covered in a thin layer of snow.

"Ahh - "The man who survived was speechless for a moment due to panic.

"So, I came here." A large, dark, silhouette slowly appeared in his eyes.

It was a giant bear—or a giant bear with a human face!

Legend has it that on a misty and foggy day, a poor man set foot on a mountain road frequented by bears, hoping to return home as soon as possible.

However, he lost his way in the fog, and finally caught a glimpse of a figure standing on the road in front of him, large and burly, but still standing on the side of the road, not like a wild beast.

So, from a long distance, he greeted the figure and tried to ask him for the way back to the village.

However, when he approached the other party in the foggy weather, he realized that it was not his own kind, but a giant bear!

With a single slap in the face, the bear slapped the poor prey to the ground, and then, on its stomach, fell on top of the poor unconscious, and stuck its tongue out on that face—

As soon as he licked it, the passerby's face lost a layer of skin and flesh.

If you lick it again, you will only see white bones on that face.

Two eyeballs fell out of their sockets and rolled on the ground, one was picked up and chewed by the bear, and the other, as soon as it turned around, was crushed to pieces.

When the fog cleared, the villagers who were waiting for passers-by to return home hurried into the mountains to search, and finally found only a body that was missing many body parts, and a long black-red-black-red terrifying trail that stretched deep into the forest.

The legends he had heard in the past were fleeting in Orion's mind, and soon he couldn't think of anything.

The moment before he lost consciousness and his vision returned to darkness, the question that Orion had been holding in his mind since his escape could not be answered and naturally dissipated:

Why, this giant bear, can speak people's mouths?