Eddie was already furious at this time, he pointed at Xiao Hehuan and scolded: "You stinky girl, it's not your turn to teach me a lesson, and you liar," as he spoke, his finger pointed at me, so I, the old fairy who was high above, was immediately characterized as a liar, "I want you to know the price of lying to me." ”

I know Add is going to summon the birds, and if the whistle blows and the birds gather to form the climate, it will be too late.

I saw Eddie's right hand grasping the whistle, his left hand pointing at me, suddenly bursting, his right hand grabbed Eddie's left little finger and ring finger, a little force, his fingers moved forward and down at the same time, at the same time, I took a step forward with my right foot, leaned forward with my upper body, my legs naturally formed a lunge, but my left hand held Eddie's left elbow and pushed it up, the bones were bent excessively Eddie screamed in pain, he could only lean back as much as possible, and his legs also knelt on the ground.

This is a set of grappling techniques taught to me by my father, in Chinese martial arts, there is a technique of dividing the muscles and wrong bones, and in many novels, it is also described as a bit magical, in fact, it is just another way of saying grappling. Even if the opponent is strong and several times stronger than himself, he can also subdue the opponent through the grappler. When I first entered the city, I used this grappling technique when I forced Xiaobu to kneel with one hand.

My father once said that the grappling hand does not hurt people's bodies, and only aims to grab and subdue people, which is very much the "benevolence" Tao respected by the ancient Chinese. Although I didn't know what "benevolence" was, after learning how to grapple while studying, I was no longer bullied by those tall and powerful white teenagers.

The grappling hand is mainly to use the weakness of the joints, acupuncture points and vital parts of the human body, use the principle of levers and the theory of meridians, use anti-joint actions and concentrate forces to attack the weak points of the opponent, so that it can produce a physiological irresistible pain reaction, so as to achieve the effect of taking it in one place and catching it. Specifically, it can be divided into three techniques: taking bones, taking tendons, and taking acupoints, among which taking bones is the most common, and taking bones can also be called anti-joints. For example, I just grabbed Eddie's little finger and ring finger and twisted it in reverse, Eddie naturally couldn't stand it, so it became a subconscious action to reduce the force of my reversal of my elbow, but at this time, I grabbed his elbow and continued to twist in the opposite direction, and at the same time, I also held the tendons of his elbow, commonly known as numbing tendons, and the severe pain made Eddie have to let his body cooperate with my strength as much as possible to reduce my reversal force, so he naturally knelt in front of me.

I grabbed the whistle in Eddie's chest and kicked him aside. Eddie couldn't believe that he knelt down in front of me in just one move, and lost his heart and soul.

In an instant, Eddie seemed to forget the pain, and collapsed on the ground like dead ashes, the wilderness life during the ten years of exile had been carved into his face with vicissitudes, coupled with the despair of being robbed of the holy relics in one move, it seemed that Eddie accelerated his aging, and his eyes, which were still somewhat bright, were also cloudy and dead.

I couldn't bear it, but I didn't dare to return the whistle to Eddie, so I turned around and handed the whistle to Xiao Hehuan and said, "Xiao Hehuan, you can take this whistle back to Old Bama!" This is a sacred relic of your Bama tribe, and it should be kept by you. ”

The little acacia nodded, not taking the whistle, and I knew that nodding in the Bama meant rejection.

"Worm, I'm ......" Xiao Hehuan was a little embarrassed, "I ran out of the clan, I came to find him." As he spoke, he looked at Wood with tenderness and looked at Wood with great embarrassment.

Looking at the little acacia that escaped from the group for love, I was full of emotion, what happened to the girls in this world, they all chose to run away. Piyu's escape from the Ottomans, Acacia's escape from the Bama tribe, Mushroom's escape from home, and even Luna's angry invasion into the wasteland can also be seen as an escape.

"If you bring the whistle back, the old Bama and the people will not only forgive you for escaping, but also thank you for bringing back the sacred relics of the Bama tribe." I persuaded.

Xiao Hehuan was in a dilemma, and she was so anxious that she shed tears: "Worm, as a member of the Bama tribe, the sacred relics of the tribe naturally have to sacrifice their lives to protect them, but I ran out to find ...... Look for him. She looked at Wood, not knowing what to do.

I feel like a wicked person, making Eddie desperate and embarrassing Xiaohehuan, these things are actually internal to the Bama clan, and I don't have to intervene as an outsider.

Woodra pulled me along, "Billy, we can't afford to delay any longer, it's too dangerous for Luna's side." ”

I didn't know that the matter was urgent, but how could I do nothing about the affairs of the Bama tribe!

Add struggled to his feet, he staggered to leave, but I stopped him, "Add, wait a minute! ”

Eddie looked back at me, dazed.

I thought for a moment and said to him, "Add, do you want this whistle back?" ”

Eddie shook his head without hesitation, agreeing that in his heart, that whistle was not only a Bama relic, but also his life.

I smiled and said, "I robbed your whistle, are you convinced?" Let's be honest. ”

Eddie opened his mouth and said, "Of course not." It's just that I can't beat you. ”

"Add, you're too superstitious about the power of this whistle, I've seen you summon flocks of birds several times, and I've already figured out how to defeat you, even if you use bird control techniques. Yes, you have bird control, but I have this," I said, taking the rifle from Wood's hand, "This is a British Lee-Enfield rifle, it is an upgraded version of the Lee rifle, because it is fed by a double-row magazine, so the ammunition capacity is up to 10 rounds, which is more than twice that of most firearms, and it is known for its fast rate of fire and fierce firepower. Most of the hunters in the wasteland use shotguns, but those shotguns are just a piece of cake in front of this rifle. I can easily crush your head with this rifle at a distance of 300 meters. ”

I opened the safety of the gun and continued to say to Add, "You can choose something three hundred meters away, and I'll show you how powerful this gun is." ”

Eddie was skeptical, and he pointed to his hand, "There is a hare in front of us, three hundred meters away. ”

I've already spotted this species, which has only settled in Australia in recent decades, and the rabbit is leisurely nibbling on the turf. I raised my gun, took a rough estimate of the sun and the speed of the wind, locked onto the rabbit with my crosshairs, pulled the trigger with my finger, and a bullet shot out with a blazing heat.

At the notched crosshair of the rifle, I saw a flash of red light. I know that the rabbit has been crushed by me. I said to Add, "Add, go pick it up!"

Add ran over suspiciously, and soon returned with a dead rabbit. The rabbit's head had shattered, as if a bomb had been planted in its skull, leaving only the back of its neck.

Add frowned and didn't speak. I said to Add, "Add, I'm confident in my marksmanship, I don't believe you can react faster than this rabbit, and I don't believe you can summon a flock of birds in less than half a minute, you should be able to see it, I can smash your head the moment you blow the whistle." If you don't have a small life, even if you are given a hundred more whistles, you can't summon a bird, do you believe it this time? Even without this gun, the bow and arrow behind my back could hunt you down, just closer. ”

Eddie's face turned pale, and he said in despair: "It turns out that our Bama tribe's bird control technique is ...... It's not worth mentioning at all. ”

"That's not it, bird control or bird control, you just don't realize how to use it, just like this gun, to someone who can't use a gun, it's no different from a burning stick."

"Are you saying that my bird-control technique is not right, I can summon a flock of birds."

"It's not that there's a problem with bird control, it's that you have a problem!"

Eddie stared at me, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"You're out of the race! Just now you summoned a flock of birds to easily destroy a group of kangaroos, and although I have a talent for shooting, I can only shoot a shot in front of the kangaroo group, because as soon as the gun sounds, the kangaroo swarm will scatter and flee, this is the power of the group, sacrifice one, save the group. This is the law of the wasteland. No matter how long the anteater's tongue is, it can only eat some of the ants, and many more will survive; No matter how powerful the falcon is, it can only catch one macaw, and thousands of parrots will survive; And because you are separated from the Bama community, you can no longer enjoy the benefits that the tribe brings you, you always feel that the tribe is sorry for you, but you never realize that the tribe can let you survive. The Chosen Ones of your Bama tribe for generations, they are not so great at showing off their bird-controlling skills everywhere, but hiding themselves in the herd, and they understand that a drop of water will not dry up until it melts into the sea. ”

I looked at Add, and Eddie's eyes finally twitched, and I knew that he was getting a little understood. So he took advantage of the situation and said: "Eddie, you are a Bama person, whether you admit it or not, you still have the blood of the Bama tribe flowing in your body after all, and like every Bama people, you believe in the sacred bird totem, respect the legendary old immortals, and you become the chosen son of the Bama people through your own efforts, whether they approve of it or not, you are also the only inheritor of the Bama secret art among all the Bama people, so you should return to your own tribe and integrate into your own group, and you use bird control to protect the Bama people, And the Bama people will also protect you with the power of the race! ”

I picked up the whistle and put it in Eddie's hand, "Add, this is a sacred relic of the Bama tribe, I am only a friend of the Bama tribe, and I am not qualified to keep it, and you are the Bama tribe who is the most qualified to keep this holy relic." "I particularly emphasize the words 'Bama'.

Eddie held the whistle, but he didn't show any joy, his face was solemn, and it was obvious that he was fighting in the depths of his heart.

I didn't have time to enlighten Eddie anymore, I took out some of the jerky from my body and stuffed it into Eddie's hand, "Add, Wood and I can't delay any longer, my friends are dangerous, so I'm going to find them as soon as possible." Regarding the grievances between you and the Bama people, I hope you will seriously consider it and never be impulsive, otherwise you may regret it for the rest of your life. If you still can't think about it, you can go to Wenzhe Town to find me. And if you keep saying that the jerky I grill is delicious, I'll leave you some more. ”

After saying that, I said to Little Acacia, "Little Acacia, I know that you like Mr. Wood, but now you can't go with us, because Mr. Wood and I are going to a very dangerous place, and if you insist on going, I would rather tie you to a tree than take you away." ”

Xiao Hehuan shed tears aggrievedly, what a persistent and cute girl!

I couldn't bear it, and my sympathy flooded again, and I touched her head and said, "You don't have to worry about not finding Mr. Wood, he is my friend, and I can take you to him at any time." Now I have something more important to ask you about. When I left the town of Wenzhe, I had agreed with my friends that I would be able to go back in seven days, but now it seems that it will be too late. I would like to ask you to take one of my letters to the Kyushu vegetable garden in the small town of Wenzhe, and tell a girl named Piyu that I will not be able to go back until a few days later. If they insist on coming to us, you can at most take them to the banks of the Maran and wait for me. We'll go back and meet there. Remember not to cross the banks of the Malan River, for they are far less capable of surviving than you Bama people in the wasteland, and if you take them across the Malan River, you will be harming them. ”

Xiao Hehuan finally nodded, giving up the idea of continuing to follow me.

So I made arrangements and hit the road with Wood. I'm not sure if Add will be able to figure out what I'm telling him, but I'll be impressed that at least he won't be in a hurry to trouble the Bama now. That whistle was originally his.

Little Mushroom once told me that after the death of the inheritor of each tribe, another inheritor will appear, for example, when her mother was alive, Little Mushroom used to blow that whistle, but once she did not summon the snake, but when her mother died, Little Mushroom found that when she blew that whistle again, the snake would gather around her.

I also asked the old Bama about this truth, and he also said that it is true, there must be only one living son of Bama, and there is never a possibility that two Bama people can control birds at the same time. I don't understand this, but I know the result.

There are some things that cannot be explained clearly with the level of human science and technology, and scholars such as Luna and Dean Goode who insist on experimental verification are also biased.

One night in the vegetable garden, when there was thunder and lightning, Piyu came into my house and hugged me and told me that she was afraid of thunder. I joked that there was no thunder in the sky, only thunder and lightning, and this was the result of Franklin's verification by flying a kite.

Piyu didn't think so, she thought that the American named Franklin might be lying, because it was difficult to say whether he could fly a kite because of the thunder and lightning, and it was difficult to say if he could fly a kite, and it was difficult to say if he could happen to touch lightning in the clouds, and when he touched lightning, it was transmitted to people, and it was even more difficult to say that person happened not to be electrocuted.

She also told me that in 1753, the famous Russian electrologist Lichmann was killed by lightning in order to verify Franklin's experiment, and became the first victim of the lightning experiment.

That was another time I was impressed with Piyou, and I admired Piyou's questioning spirit. It was this kind of questioning that made me start to think about it for myself. I don't think taking Eddie's whistle is definitely not the only option, nor the most appropriate one.

On the contrary, I think that Eddie is not a great traitor, he stole the whistle but was purer than the thieves.

Beyond the Darling River, we saw Mount Baril in the distance.

The Darling River, the largest tributary of the Murray, is seasonally flooded during the rainy season and scarcely during the dry season.

It was summer, there had been no rain for many days, the river was not very deep, we had waded across the river, and the deepest part had not yet reached our knees.

While crossing the river, Wood and I finally crossed the river while washing away the dirt of the past few days, and finally came to our senses.

Wood and I replenished some jerky by the river and continued our march towards Barrier.

On the way, I saw a lot of coyote droppings, all fresh, proving that we were getting closer and closer to the wolves.

Just as he was running, there was a wolf howl in front of him! Wood and I immediately slowed down.

Immediately afterward, thousands of wolves howled at the same time, and the roar was like a tidal wave, one after another, and it was chilling to hear.