Chapter 001: The Original Man of Tragedy
The early morning sun shines through the dense canopy of trees, sprinkling bits of gold on the glades in the woods, and illuminates the freshly watered avenue as picturesquely as the stars in the night sky. Colorful birds hop on the branches, chirp and beckon to celebrate the start of another day.
Wuji picked up the towel in his hand, wiped the spotless wooden table again, then took a step back, looked at it with satisfaction, and then took out a few large pottery bowls from the basket behind him, placed them neatly on the table, and turned around to move the big wooden barrel on the trolley. The barrel was filled with half a barrel of amber tea, which looked heavy, and Wuji squatted down, holding the barrel with both hands, and took a deep breath before reluctantly carrying the barrel away from the cart, and then staggered towards the table.
Just a few steps away, Wuji was already holding back his face red and panting. Looking at the table close at hand, he couldn't put the barrel up, and he couldn't help but regret it, so he gritted his teeth and prepared to put the barrel back on the cart.
"Mowgli, don't move. A loud voice came, and before the words fell, a sturdy young man rushed away, took the crumbling wooden barrel in Wuji's hand with one hand, and easily placed it on the table. With a "bang", the table shook, and the pottery bowl trembled twice and almost fell to the ground.
Wuji hurriedly caught it, put it back in place, picked up a towel and wiped the table, and complained: "Stinky fish, you light, I can put it in order so easily." ”
The boy's name is Du Yu, one year older than Wuji, he is a good friend of Wuji, and he has always regarded himself as an older brother. Listening to Mowgli's complaint, he laughed. "Wuji, you are really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, and you don't know the hearts of good people. I help you, but instead of thanking me, you blame me. ”
"Nonsense, you're the dog. Wuji rolled his eyes: "I'm just an original person, but I don't have the blessing to bite you, Lu Dongbin." ”
Du Yu knew that he was speechless, hugged Wuji's shoulder, and shook it vigorously. "Okay, I didn't mean to provoke you, don't be angry. ”
Wuji pushed Du Yu's hand away and laughed: "I'm not angry." What's so bad about being a primitive, you don't have to go to the battlefield to work hard, you can live a long life, and you can live a long life......"
Du Yu didn't say a word, smiled innocently, picked up the water scoop, scooped up the tea, and carefully poured it into the pottery bowl.
Wuji said two more words, and when he saw that Du Yu was just laughing, he also felt bored and closed his mouth. He snatched the scoop from Du Yu's hand and added the tea in each pottery bowl to the same position, and then nodded with satisfaction.
"Wuji, you are the most serious in your work, no wonder my father wants me to learn more from you. You are the one who sells tea, and you can be the best tea doctor in the future. ”
Mowgli didn't say anything, but his expression was a little lonely.
I didn't expect that my dignified Ph.D. in genetic engineering can only be a Ph.D. in tea now. It's only to blame that self-righteous little girl, for a plausible concept of environmental protection, she actually took a risk and gave me a shot. A wisp of unwilling soul came to this Great Qin Empire, and his eyes were full of mutants with genetic mutations, which was the paradise where Lao Tzu could show his strength, but he didn't expect it to be a rare unlucky egg with zero transformation ability.
The Great Qin Empire is still martial arts, and there is a saying that is well known to women and children that is the most illustrative of the problem: the major affairs of the country are only worship and Rong. Except for sacrifices and wars, everything else is trivial. The Great Qin Empire attaches great importance to military merit, and military conquest is the only way out for ordinary people, and it is the dream of every young person to become a real warrior. But if you want to become a warrior, you have one of the most basic requirements: strong transformation ability.
His good friend, the honest young Du Yu in front of him is a dog with the ability to transform the canine line, with a keen sense of smell and tracking ability unique to canine animals, although his combat effectiveness is not very strong, but he can join the army and be a scout. And Mowgli has profound genetic knowledge, but he can only spend this life as an ordinary person.
Because his ability to transform is zero.
In the Great Qin Empire, people like Mowgli have a special name: Yuanren. Although they are not apes, they mean the same thing, they are all inferior creatures with incomplete evolution.
According to the habits of the Great Qin Empire, the original people were not real people, almost equivalent to animals that could not speak, and could only live at the bottom of society, swallowing their anger and seeking grievances. It's just that Wuji is not a person who is willing to be wronged, and he likes to play pranks, and has played tricks on Zhao Hu, the son of the village chief Zhao Dahai, many times. At that time, he didn't know that he would be an original person, but now that he knows, it is too late to regret it.
Zhao Hu is the life of the tiger, the absolute beast system, the last time the tiger transformation ability appeared in the village was more than a hundred years ago, that person finally became the captain, is the pride of the village, the hero in the eyes of the teenagers. This remote town was renamed Crouching Tiger. Zhao Hu's future is bright, of course, he has to take revenge. He has already released rumors that once he passes the final test and joins the army, he will bring Wuji as an attendant.
The attendant is a slave, life and death are up to people, it is conceivable that Wuji really wants to be Zhao Hu's attendant, which is tantamount to a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, with death and no life.
Mowgli's future is dark, and the remaining days can be counted backwards.
Du Yu is very aware of this, and in order to protect Wuji, the relationship between him and Zhao Hu is not very harmonious. However, after the test, when he joined the army, he was more than capable of strength. The army has a strict hierarchy, and Zhao Hu, who has the ability to transform into a tiger, wants his life easily.
Today is the day when he and Zhao Hu will participate in the final test.
"Wuji, what are you going to do?" Du Yu looked at the gradually clear figure at the end of the road, and said worriedly: "Zhao Hutong guò test, he will definitely come to you for trouble." ”
"Then we'll have to wait until he passes the guò test. Wuji suddenly laughed, squeezed his eyes, looked at Zhao Hu, who was dangling his arms in the distance, walking around a group of younger brothers, and pushed Du Yu. "Alright, you can go quickly, you can't help here anyway. ”
"I'm not leaving. Du Yu said firmly: "If I run away because I am afraid of Zhao Hu, how will I be a real warrior in the future." ”
Wuji knew that Du Yu wanted to protect himself, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, but he crooked his mouth and smiled sinisterly. "Don't worry, with that little leper cat, I won't be killed. Hey, hey, I'll let him test to death. Go away, and don't get in my way. ”
Du Yu was helpless, glanced at Wuji sympathetically, and left quickly. He didn't break Wuji's words, in his opinion, it was just Mowgli's vanity. He couldn't think of any way for Wuji to deal with Zhao Hu.
Fate had been largely decided when they were twelve years old.