Chapter 260: Jungle Stone City
As the little prince was passing through the stockade and walking deeper into the forest, the escort was replaced by a different group of people. The new guards wore crowns and masks made of feathers and bark.
The upper body is shirtless, and the lower body is wearing animal skin skirts, if the crew members on the ship use the large intestine as a necklace, then these people in primitive costumes wear the large intestine as jewelry.
Wrapped around his neck, wrapped around his arms, crossed on his chest, and wrapped around his waist.
They dress up like this, probably not for the sake of beauty.
The crew scared away ordinary animals with one large intestine, and these people used several large intestines, what did they scare?
I didn't remove the air shield, I kept it on.
After walking for a few miles, the surrounding trees and plants became strange.
These plants grow crooked melons and cracked dates, all of which are deformed, and they don't know what symmetry and beauty mean.
The petals of a flower, half long and half short, half round and half long.
And the trees, twisted and crooked, none of them stood straight.
Many of the trees looked like they had tumors, and some of the bark looked like they had skin diseases.
No matter what kind of plant it is, it seems that the purpose of growth is to make it spicy to the eye.
Many of the nodules of the trees were still dripping yellow-green mucus, like pustules bursting.
All the creatures that crawl on the ground and fly in the air are all deformed.
A strange bird with two heads, an eight-legged gecko, a mouse with three tails, and a big-eyed snake coiled over a tree.
Each of those snakes has comic eyes, and the eyes are even higher than their heads, like two light bulbs tied to a hemp rope, which looks particularly abrupt.
Fortunately, the little prince's eyes were blindfolded, and he couldn't see that these strange creatures could be better.
The wind rose in the forest, and they ran out to see the lively animals, as if sensing something, and hurriedly hid in the grass.
The 'wild man' protected the little prince in the middle and moved forward steadily, unaffected.
A white shadow swept past them with lightning speed.
Fortunately, the little prince was fine, but he felt something flying over his head, and instinctively wanted to take off the blindfolded strip of cloth.
The wildling beside him pressed his shoulders to stop him from continuing.
I squatted on the tree next to me, because there were many animals here, and their curiosity was strong, and when they walked this way, there was always movement in the surrounding forest and grass.
I had no scruples, and I manipulated the gas wire to travel on my behalf, and I didn't get too far away from them.
The way I move now is very much like a spider, using air wires instead of legs and feet, and it walks on the ground, the principle is similar to that of walking on stilts.
It's just that I walk freely and have an easy time dodging plants in my way.
The faint sound it made was the same as that of other critters.
With them to cover me, I can follow generously.
The extremely fast white shadow flew around them, but it didn't hurt anyone a few times.
I could feel its eagerness, hunger tormenting it, it wanted to eat so much.
However, it was afraid of something, and did not dare to really move its claws.
When the savages were gone, the white shadow fell next to me.
I usually walk from a tree and stop at a branch.
It also happened to settle on the branch of the tree I chose.
We were crouching side by side, and it turned its head, its dark eyes staring at me.
It was a very strange white bird, and it had no feathers on its body, but fluff.
The wings are more like the wings of a bat, but the head is a bird's head.
It has four eyes, one on the front and one on the side.
The claws are like hooks, and it is difficult to get out of it.
I didn't move, and so did it, staring at each other for twenty seconds.
Perhaps bored, it flew away without making an attack.
I used the air shield to protect my whole body, it probably didn't smell me, and just by sight it noticed something on the tree, it didn't look like a living thing, and after observing it for a while, it was boring to look at it and left.
It was gone, and I continued to follow the little prince, and stone statues began to appear in the dense forest, all of which were monsters.
After walking about a dozen kilometers, a city appeared in front of me.
It is made of stone, with stone gates and no walls. A few rows of trees were planted on the periphery of the city as a city wall.
There are stone paths, stone houses, stone towers, stone pillars, and a palace made of stone.
Everyone in the city wears large intestine decorations, including babies in swaddling clothes, ordinary babies are wrapped in small quilts, and babies here are large intestines/wrapped.
It can be seen that they are also afraid of monsters, and if there is no protection from the large intestine, monsters will attack them as well.
Is there a last resort reason for living in such a frightened state and continuing to worship their evil gods?
The little prince was escorted into the courtyard by the savages, through the streets, through the stone pillar square, and came to the palace with the stone pillar at the door.
The stone pillar is about six meters high, carved with various monsters, and at the top there is a stone sculpture of a bird, which is the image of the four-eyed white bird in the forest.
The strip of cloth on the little prince's eyes was removed, and he adjusted to the light, and saw where he was, and his fear skyrocketed.
He couldn't help but look around, looking like he was observing the environment, but he was actually looking for me.
I hid in a place where he couldn't see, everyone in the city was primitively dressed, and if I came in blatantly, I would immediately be the standard of dozens of bows and arrows.
There were no outsiders in the city, except for me and the little prince, who were dressed in 'fancy clothes'.
A team of people came out of the palace to take over the work of the savages and lead the little prince into the palace.
Perhaps there are no outsiders here all year round, and the palace is not strictly defended.
I climbed over the wall and went in, and when the little prince was brought into the main hall, I went around to the back of the hall and leaned under the window to eavesdrop.
There are windows on the left, right, and back of the main hall, and there are only doors on the front.
This palace cannot be compared with the imperial palace of Shikoku, and it exudes a primitive sense of heaviness and simplicity.
The window has no sash, it is just a window hole, and the mat made of plants is used as a curtain to cover it.
I crouched under the windowsill and eavesdropped, without any pressure.
On the 'throne' in the palace, there is a queen wearing a strange bird mask.
There are four eyes on the mask, the mask is painted white, and the eyes are pitch black and have no whites.
They seem to 'worship' the white bird in particular.
The little prince did not know their language, and after listening to the chatter between the guards and the queen, the queen nodded and said in the Sheng Yu dialect:
"You are the child of robbery, and your mother did not complete the task given to her by her ancestors, and she deserves to be punished, but she is dead, so it is up to you to take her place and be punished."
"I am the prince of Sheng Yu, not your clan, you can't do this!" The little prince shouted.
Fear makes him subconsciously use anger to hide his true emotions.
"Whether you say it or not, the ancestors will judge by themselves, they recognize their bloodline, and they will never go wrong."
"What ancestors? You want to fool me, no way! ”
"Noble ancestors, their will cannot be disobeyed, if they accept you, you must accept your fate, if they reject you, then I will apologize to you and give you sufficient compensation, you really do not belong here."
"Where are the ancestors?" Looking at the appearance of the little prince, he seems to want to reason with his ancestors.
"Don't worry, you prepare first, and someone will take you to meet them later."
As soon as the queen finished speaking, the guards on the left and right stepped forward and set the little prince out of the palace.
The preparation that the queen said was to bathe the little prince, change clothes, and provide food.
I don't think it's a problem to give him food, but how about bathing......
Isn't there a bit of spice in the stone bath?
And the smell smells, how does it look like peppercorn?
The pool water should be quite hot, and when he washed it, the smell of spices on his body was particularly strong.
He probably had a bad premonition as well, because the plates of food that were brought to him afterwards were all spice leaves and medicinal herbs.
How dare he eat it, but someone next to him watched it, and said that this was the queen's special hospitality, and if he didn't eat it, he wouldn't give the queen face, and those who were disrespectful to the queen, no matter who they were, would be punished, tied to the stone pillar in front of the palace, and dozens of shallow openings were drawn on his body, attracting poisonous insects to smell blood and come and eat it.
When the little prince heard this, he hurriedly devoured the food in front of him.
They arranged a place for him to rest, the bed was a stone ondol, but in my opinion, it was a stone pot barbecue pot.
There is a small fire under the bed, the bed is warm, and people sleep on it and fry slowly over low heat.
This place has a tropical climate, and in such weather sleeping on the fire kang, normal people who can stand it!
I did the little prince a favor and let him know that I was still there.
I used an air cushion to separate him from the kang some distance.
Don't let his meat really stick to the stone pot.
He was both happy and worried, and in this environment, he couldn't sleep at all.