Chapter 41: Giants
After Wang Lung finished speaking, he no longer dwelled on this issue, for him, Gleth Star was an unknown territory, full of mystery and danger, if he wanted to complete Zhong Hui's mission, he had to go there, there was no other way to think about it.
What is the Voltaic sprout, it is just a very ordinary spirit grass, it has not many uses, the grade is very low, to put it mildly, it is not as good as the Chinese cabbage on the earth, but even if it is rubbish, Wang Lung has to go to Gless Star hard.
Two days later, the craft arrived in outer space on the planet Gres, and when the craft came to a standstill, Wang Lung asked the system to display the planet Gress on a virtual screen.
Through the virtual screen, an inky blue planet comes into view, which appears to be lifeless, shrouded in an unknown layer of mist, making it impossible to see the surface of the planet.
"What's going on? There's a layer of mist on the periphery of the planet Gles, so isn't there no sunlight on this planet? ”
Seeing Wang Lung pointing to the virtual screen and asking himself, he shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm just as confused as you." ”
And the empty interface on the side said: "Judging from the coordinates, this planet is indeed Gles, and there should be no mistake." ”
One said: "This planet is full of weirdness, Xiaolong, I advise you to be careful." ”
Wang Lung nodded and said, "Well, since you don't know, let's go down and take a look." ”
He nodded and said: "Okay, but we can only put you in one place, my brothers and I can't stay on the planet Gles, we are waiting for you in outer space, if you have any questions, please contact us at any time." ”
"Okay, let's go down then, but be careful, Gles's gravity is ten times greater than that of Earth. Wang Lung reminded.
Ten minutes later, Wang Lung's flying machine entered the interior of the planet Gles. Stopping at the edge of an uninhabited forest, with a tribe of giants in the distance, Wang Lung waved goodbye to the two brothers, turned around and jumped off the aircraft.
After falling, Wang Lung looked around and saw that there was nothing unusual. Without raising his head, he waved his hand above his head.
According to the direction noted in the aircraft just now, Wang Lung was about to walk towards the Giant Tribe in his memory, and the place where he landed was only two or three thousand meters away from the Giant Tribe, but as soon as Wang Lung stepped on the land of the planet Gleth, a huge force seemed to be pressed on his shoulders, at first he was afraid that he was in danger, but he didn't care, but now he wanted to step forward, only to find out. His body weighs as much as a thousand pounds.
Clenching his fists vigorously, Wang Lung shook his body, feeling a little better, although it was not like walking like flying on the earth, but there was no problem with walking normally.
Wang Lung raised his legs and walked two steps, and when he saw an ordinary weed in front of him, he suddenly remembered something and walked over quickly. Reach out and grab the weeds and lift them up with normal force. I wanted to pull out the weeds, but unfortunately, the weeds still grew on the ground.
Seeing this, Wang Lung nodded, and the strength in his hand slowly increased, waiting for the soil to loosen and the weeds to come out. Wang Lung stopped his movements and said to himself: "Ten times the gravity, the strength is more than ten times, here, I am no different from an ordinary person." ”
Ignore the weed. Wang Lung got up and clapped his hands, staring into the distance, there seemed to be a few shaking shadows, it should be a giant, the silhouette can be seen from such a distance, and its height can be imagined.
Wang Lung shook his head and didn't think about anything else, and walked into the distance, when there were still about five hundred meters away from the giant tribe, the giants walking around could already see the outline clearly, because the distance was relatively far, what was the height of the giant clan, it was really impossible to tell, but Wang Lung found that three zhang high was short for giants, and the telemetry height was at least more than ten zhang.
Wang Lung walked very slowly, for fear that the giant would be unfavorable to him, and the closer he got to the giant tribe, the more nervous Wang Lung became.
Looking at the gate in front of him, which was forty or fifty meters high and ten zhang wide, Wang Lung couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, this is still the tribal gate, and you can see from the gate how tall the giant is.
"Hey, little one, who are you, what are you doing here?" a muffled thunderous sound sounded from behind Wang Lung.
Wang Lung was stunned, looked back, it didn't matter, he was so frightened that he fell directly to the ground, only to see a huge head close to him, although there was still a distance of one meter, but the huge face was really scary, Wang Lung was somewhat prepared in his heart, but he was still taken aback.
Seeing that Wang Lung was so timid, the giant laughed, and in a moment, a huge palm stretched out from the side of the huge head, and grabbed Wang Lung as soon as he could, Wang Lung did not dare to resist, his right hand was attached to the storage spirit weapon, if the giant was not good for him, he didn't mind taking out the war knife and fighting hard.
Reaching the giant's face again, the giant let go of his palm and said, "Don't be afraid, little one, tell me, what are you doing here?"
Wang Lung swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "I'm from another planet, and I want to exchange some Voltamine buds. ”
"Voldeseed?" the giant shook his head and said, "I seem to have heard of it, but I can't remember clearly, I see that you are not even a cultivator, you dare to run around, and you are not afraid of losing your life." ”
Wang Lung smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want to, I have to come here as a last resort to find the bud of Volde." ”
The giant nodded and said, "In that case, then you can come with me." ”
After the giant finished speaking, he stood up directly, ignoring Wang Lung, and walked towards the tribe with one step, Wang Lung was slightly stunned when he saw this, and ran two steps quickly and asked, "Where are we going?"
The giant stopped, looked back at Wang Lung at his feet, and said with a split in the corners of his mouth: "You are an outsider, you must go to the elder to register, otherwise, you will encounter a lot of trouble." ”
Wang Lung nodded stunnedly, didn't ask any more questions, and followed the giant towards the depths of the tribe.
At this time, Wang Lung found that among the tribes, there are many giants, just entered the tribe, Wang Lung saw no less than 100 people, the giants are of different heights, the one in front of him, the height is more than 20 meters, Wang Lung stands in front of the other party, his height is just over the ankle of the other party, and there are also giants of ten meters in the distance, but looking at the age, it seems that it is not big, and it should belong to the children of giants.
If the appearance of the giant is reduced, it is not much different from ordinary humans, but the skin looks very rough, as if there are traces of cracks, Wang Lung looked at his palm, if it is magnified by one or twenty times. I'm afraid it's like this.
The giant's nose is pointed, its ears are outstretched, there are two deep vertical lines on either side of its eyebrows, its hair is sparse and mostly pale yellow, and it is dressed in the fur of a giant beast. There is a lot of dust and mud, and when I walk around, my arms naturally droop but do not swing, and my back is slightly hunched, so I can't tell if I don't look closely.
There were men and women, adults and children, and as he went deeper, Wang Lung finally saw how exaggerated the so-called giants were. The baby, who was still in swaddling clothes, was a little twice as tall as Wang Lung, and cried out, and the voice was terrifying.
The female giants were wrapped in fur on their lower bodies, but their upper bodies were made of leaves, and their hair was relatively thin, some with grass rings, and some with grass rings around their necks. As for what it means, Wang Lung can't tell; Wang Lung really can't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, but it is somewhat similar to the Eskimos on the earth, but it is an enlarged version.
Among the giant tribes, there are no so-called houses, only some grass huts made of tree branches, and there are messy things in the open space. There are the skeletons of giant beasts, and there are piles of dead branches and leaves.
Among the tribes, Wang Lung did not find a single decent tool, and he did not know how the giants hunted and killed the giant beasts, but there was only one thing that made Wang Lung look sideways. It was a huge tree frame, and under the shelf there was a cauldron made of unknown materials, it was not suitable to say that it was a pot, Wang Lung couldn't find a suitable adjective, the pot was too big, the height was as high as a five-story building, and the width was even more terrifying, more than 20 zhang by sight, if it was placed on the earth, at least it would occupy most of the area of a football field.
What the use of that pot was, Wang Lung didn't know, he followed behind the giant, and could only watch from afar.
The giant stride is very large, if Wang Lung wants to keep up, he must trot, otherwise the other party has already passed a hundred meters after seven or eight steps, if Wang Lung walks slowly and quietly, he can throw off the distance in the blink of an eye.
After running for about ten minutes, after turning a corner, a huge building appeared in front of Wang Lung's eyes, the building was no less than a skyscraper, and the area was even more staggering, because it was far away, Wang Lung couldn't see what the building was built of, but the shape was very familiar, a bit similar to the pyramid of the earth.
After getting closer, Wang Lung found that this huge building was actually made of stones, each stone was five meters square, purple-brown, Wang Lung searched all over the memory, and did not remember the name of this stone, the two adjacent stones were also tightly fitted, each layer had a meter of dislocation, from low to high, I don't know how many stones were used, Wang Lung looked up at the top, the visual height was at least 100 zhang, such a building on the earth, it is estimated to be a miracle.
Standing at the entrance of the huge building, Wang Lung stopped, and the giant who brought him here had already chatted with the guards at the door, and although the giant spoke much quieter, it could still clearly fall into Wang Lung's ears.
"Gula, why did you kid come here, not guarding the door, what are you running around?"
The guard's voice was very indifferent, and Gula didn't care, he smiled and said, "There's an outsider, didn't I bring him over to see the elder, please ask Brother Tu to help spread the word." ”
"Outsider, where is it?" the guard surnamed Tu glanced at Gula twice, but did not find Wang Lung.
Gula chuckled, turned sideways, stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Lung at his feet and said, "Here, little one." ”
Following Gula's fingers, Wang Lung's figure entered the guard's eyes, and the guard glanced at Wang Lung, with an expression of disbelief, and quickly squatted down and looked at Wang Lung.
Wang Lung stood up straight, his expression was not sad or happy, and let the other party look carefully, but Wang Lung was cursing in his heart, the giant didn't seem to have the habit of brushing his teeth, when Gula was close to him just now, the bad breath almost smoked him, and the taste in the guard's mouth was not much better, it was worse than the smell of the thatched house.
After a moment, the guard sighed softly and asked, "Little guy, I don't think you're a cultivator, how did you come here?"
The guard didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, the smell in his mouth became even more unpleasant, Wang Lung wanted to be unconscious, but he endured it, but he didn't vomit, Wang Lung coughed lightly and said, "I was driven by my master to collect some voltaic buds from you." ”
"Oh, your master is relieved to let you come over as an ordinary civilian, and you are not afraid of accidents. ”
Wang Lung couldn't answer, so he could only hide his embarrassment by laughing, but fortunately, the guard didn't continue to ask, got up and said to Gula: "You guys are waiting here, I'll go find the elder." ”
Gula smiled and said, "Then thank you, Brother Tu." ”
The guard surnamed Tu nodded, didn't say anything more, turned around and went inside, and seeing the other party's figure disappear, Gula squatted down and said to Wang Lung: "Little guy, when you see the elder later, you have to be respectful, the elder is the wisest elder in my clan, understand?"
Wang Lung nodded, he really didn't dare to talk more, he was afraid that if he opened his mouth, the contents of his stomach would be spit out unconsciously.
It didn't take long for the guard surnamed Tu to come back, and said lazily to Gula, "The elder let you in." ”
After thanking the other party, Gula waved his hand at Wang Lung, didn't speak, and walked in directly.
Wang Lung followed behind Gula and when he passed by the guard, Wang Lung bowed slightly, which was regarded as a thank you gift, but he never thought that the other party didn't see this action, Wang Lung shook his head helplessly, and secretly scolded himself for being too stupid, he was too short in front of the other party, and if he didn't bow deeply, the other party couldn't see it at all.
What is the name of the huge building, Wang Lung didn't know, he was not in the mood to ask Gula that since there were elders living here, Wang Lung himself gave it a name, the Hall of Elders.
After entering the Hall of Elders, the ground is a flat stone surface, the same as the stone on the outer wall, a boulder five meters square, paved very neatly, from the outside, the Hall of Elders is very magnificent, but the interior is much smaller, the space is not as large as one-tenth of the entire Hall of Elders, there is no decoration in it, occasionally you can see some carvings, because the distance is still far away, Wang Lung sees very vaguely, I don't know what the carving represents.
When he walked to the center of the main hall, a thin old man slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were deep, and he only glanced at Wang Long, and the corners of his mouth showed an intriguing smile.
Wang Lung stared at the other party, not knowing what the smile represented, and just wanted to salute, but the other party's question came from his ears: "You are here." (To be continued......)