Chapter 15: The Spirit of the Beast
"Yo ho ho ho...... Yo ho ...... I sweat all over the shovel, and I am full of strength when I scream. ”
In the lowlands below the hillside, hundreds of young and old, with shovels and shovels, dug out the soil in the tunnels, and then transported them to the high places with flat poles and ground trucks.
The weather was bitterly cold, and they were only dressed in single clothes, and some were even bare-chested, sweat dripping down their necks and backs on the ground.
"He Shan, don't be lazy, and then pretend to be dead and beat you to death!" The overseer brandished his whip and yelled at a prisoner with a chain on his feet.
On the hillside, dozens of armored soldiers stood with swords, staring blankly at the hard labor and prisoners at work.
Zhao Shan and the three laborers formed a row, pulling a row of carts full of earth and rocks, and trying to climb a ridge.
He clutched the rope in his hand tightly, and if he did not exert force, the rope was loosened, and the overseer saw that the whip would fall on him immediately.
"Mother, Lao Tzu's shoulders are almost bald!" The bald man beside Zhao Shan said bitterly.
"Don't howl, bring in the overseer and give you a meal of fried meat with bamboo shoots."
Zhao Shan glanced at the side of the hill and said in a low voice: "It's time to start eating, let's pull this car slowly, pull the rope, grit our teeth and hold our breath, and pretend to be a little bit." ”
"Listen to Brother Zhao." The other two men said.
The bald man also closed his mouth in amusement......
"It's time to eat!"
The four men had arrived at the place, and as soon as they had unloaded the soil, they heard someone shouting loudly from the other side of the shed.
The people working at the bottom of the slope immediately put down what they were holding and rushed over.
Zhao Shan and the others were the closest, each grabbed three flatbreads and a bowl of vegetable soup, and hid in a sheltered corner, watching those people push and fight in order to line up first.
"I don't know what happened to my father and my brother."
Zhao Shan took a bite of the thick and hard multigrain cake, felt that his teeth were painful, and chewed for a long time before swallowing it with difficulty.
My father is not in good health, my mother is blind, and my younger brother has just turned sixteen.
Yesterday there was a slave who was stoned to death by a stone falling from the mountain, and he saw Hades without a snort, and a prisoner tried to escape, but was killed by an arrow from a soldier.
Zhao Shan sighed, he was not afraid of hardship, but he was worried that he would never see his family again.
……
"It's okay!"
Zhou Paotou was relieved to see that Zhao Lin's face had recovered its blood, and turned his head to look at the two strange beasts lying on the ground.
Xiong Zhen and Yu Hao hugged each other, face to face, mouth to mouth, and the posture was very strange.
"What a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate!"
Zhou Paotou sneered and pulled out his hunting knife, suddenly slashed at Xiong Zhen like crazy, and howled loudly: "I killed you beast, twenty years, I endured it for twenty years, and finally waited for this day......"
Liang Song's cheeks twitched, and he said in his heart that if you cut the skin like this, it is worthless, but looking at his painful and sad appearance, he endured it and didn't speak.
Zhou Paotou was tired of chopping, threw away the hunting knife, faced the direction of Baiqiao Village, knelt down on his knees, and tears rained down, "Dad, I have avenged you!" The child is not filial, so you have waited for 20 years. ”
Zhao Lin came to his senses and immediately checked the spirit beast map.
I saw that the avatar in the first grid had changed from a cute old scalper to a fierce-looking bear.
Gradually, the strength was restored, and it felt like the body was on its own, but the familiar hunger pang came as promised.
Zhao Lin knew that he had just absorbed the essence soul, and it was the time when the body was changing the most drastic, and he urgently needed to replenish nutrition.
"I'll go see Brother Zhu."
Zhao Lin patted Zhou Paotou's shoulder for comfort, and then whispered to Liang Song.
"Okay, something to call me." Liang Song replied.
Zhao Lin walked back to the ground quickly, saw that Zhu Dachun was sleeping, reached out to probe his snort, and made sure that the person was still alive, so he opened the bag containing the food and ate it in a big gulp.
At this time, his stomach and intestines are very fast, and the food is digested in his stomach.
A large amount of white mist was born in the spirit beast diagram.
Zhao Lin ate all the food he brought, touched his stomach, and felt that he still owed something.
"Eat mine." I don't know when I woke up.
Zhao Lin was also not polite, took out two meatloaf from his package, and ate it three times and five divided by two, and then felt satisfied.
The corners of Zhu Dachun's mouth rose, "Brother, you have such a good appetite, no wonder you are so strong." By the way, I haven't thanked you for saving my life. "Struggling to get up.
Zhao Lin hurriedly held him down, "Don't move!" I don't need to thank you, but you still taught me how to throw axes. ”
Zhu Dachun was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was really the case, and couldn't help but shout luck.
While the two were talking, Zhou Paotou and Liang Song also returned.
"How about we go back? The old banker should be almost there. Zhou Paotou asked everyone's opinions.
Zhao Lin didn't answer, and looked directly at Zhu Dachun.
Liang Song said: "Cousin, can you stand the toss?" ”
Zhu Dachun said: "It's okay, it's better to go back to recuperate than in this wilderness." ”
After some discussion, several people decided to make a simple raft and put the prey on it, otherwise thousands of catties of alien beasts would not be able to take it away at all.
Liang Song was responsible for guarding Zhu Dachun in Diwozi, and Zhao Lin and Zhou Paotou went out to pick up branches and make rafts.
The giant tree was shattered to pieces by the bears, and its bark and branches were scattered everywhere.
The two gathered the materials and tied the branches with the original tripwires.
"The iron spear was thrown away by Xiong Zhen, I'll pick it up, it's your family heirloom."
Zhao Lin said to Zhou Paotou.
"Okay, don't go far." Zhou Paotou admonished.
According to his memory, Zhao Lin found the iron spear not far away, and also picked up two axes that were thrown out.
But instead of turning around right away, he picked up the iron gun and danced.
After absorbing Xiong Zhen's spirit, Zhao Lin desperately wanted to know how much strength he had.
"At least up 30%!"
The increase in strength is quite obvious, and the iron spear of more than 100 catties used to have to be driven with all its strength to run as expected, but now it is much easier and easier, and it can even be played with one hand.
Quantitatively speaking, he was able to lift a weight of about 400 catties before, but now he should be able to reach more than 500 catties!
"My current strength has gradually departed from the category of ordinary people. If this development continues, maybe it can really be a thousand catties! ”
Zhao Lin was happy in his heart, silently realizing the benefits brought by the spirit of the beast to his body.
But now was not the time to be busy and happy, he walked back to the giant tree where Xiong Zheng hibernated, and Zhou Paotou's raft was ready.
"Brother Pao's craftsmanship is really good." Zhao Lin praised.
The raft was quite strong, the branches were neatly arranged, a few thick logs were bones, and a layer of bark was padded on it, and three cowhide ropes were pulled out in front of it as handles.
The two went back to the nest and called Liang Song and Zhu Dachun, packed up their things and set off.
Strange beasts and debris were piled up to thousands of catties, and the three people dragged the raft to walk on the snow, which was not very laborious.
This trip was thrilling and rewarding, and everyone had a smile on their faces.