Chapter 3: The First Test
The big boy with a scarred face like a wolf cub strode out of the village. Then he turned his head and stood in front www.biquge.info of the fifteen children with his hands on his hips. He spoke in an almost ostentatious tone: "My name is Xuanba. ”
While saying this, Xuanba was facing away from the sun.
There he stood, his face hidden in a cloud of shadows, and behind him was a rolling mountain. The surrounding scene perfectly matched the momentum of his speech. All this makes this young child have some more invisible domineering.
When Xuanba said this, a boy about seven years old interjected excitedly: "Hello Brother Xuanba, my name is Wu Qi......"
Xuan Ba frowned, and he unceremoniously raised his hand vigorously, interrupting Wu Qi's ongoing self-introduction.
After glaring at Wu Qi angrily, Xuan Ba continued: "You are not qualified to call me Brother Xuan Ba, and there is no need to come and do anything with me." And I'm not interested in knowing the names of any of you. ”
Xuanba crossed his waist like this, and walked back and forth a few times under the shocked eyes of this group of children: "You fifteen little guys don't know anything, so now you only have a code name of your own." So let's keep it simple. ”
Xuan Ba raised his hand and stroked his chin, and seemed to think about it solemnly before making a decision: "Let's arrange them in order from left to right." Your code names are from one to fifteen. Whoever doesn't know how to count should quickly ask each other. ”
After Xuanba finished speaking, the fifteen children began to talk in a whisper, but at this time, Mingya still lowered his head.
Minya's brain hurts all the time these days, and it's the after-effects of two hypoxic shocks.
Both times of extreme oxygen deprivation had caused him to almost die, and even if he was rescued in time, his femur had already suffered great damage.
The people around Minya didn't see that many of the cells in his body were still slowly dying due to the previous extreme lack of oxygen. The rapid death of a large number of body cells made Minya weak. Of all the femurs, brain cells suffer the most damage. That's why he always seems sick and never seems to be able to keep up his spirits.
Like Mingya, there were fifteen children who walked out of the village behind Xuanba, five of whom were girls. To Minya's left stood a little girl who was even thinner than him.
The little girl looked thin and haggard, she was already short, and she had a high raised forehead, which also made the little girl look more ordinary, and even a little ugly. However, the little girl's eyes are not only very large, but also extremely smart, which also makes her look a lot more pleasing to the eye.
This little girl is about the same age as Mingya, and of course she can't count like Mingya.
The little girl first glanced at Minya, who was standing on her right, in fear. When her gaze made contact with Minya. Minya's cold face and pale ghostly face made her choose to retreat.
The little girl turned her gaze to her left hand, a sunny-looking boy who was slightly older than her. The little girl's eyes widened as she struggled, and asked him softly, "Brother, what are your ranks?" ”
The little boy muttered boringly: "No. 10, why is my Zhilang so miserable, No. 10, no matter how you pronounce this word, it feels like, it's really ugly." ”
The little girl blinked her eyes quickly, and asked more carefully, "You are number ten, so what number am I?"
The little boy's eyes were still looking left and right, and when he noticed Xuan Ba's fierce gaze, he gave up wanting to change his position, and he replied weakly: "You are the eleventh." ”
Soon everyone knew and accepted their new name. Xuanba also clapped his hands. When everyone was quiet, he turned around and said, "Okay, No. 1 will go the last and the others will follow me." ”
However, after only a few steps, Xuanba spun around and jumped.
This group of children was horrified to see that Wu Qi, the only one who had introduced his name, was kicked back by Xuanba for more than a dozen steps, and he retreated to the back before sitting on the ground.
Xuan Ba didn't look back: "I said that the first one will go to the last." ”
Xuanba didn't walk fast, but he walked very resolutely without a little hesitation. Fifteen children followed him closely.
The sun is setting in the west, and the day is passing soon.
Minya, who had been in a daze, only remembered that she had only drunk a little hot stuff at noon and then rested for a while. And those hot things were just weird mush cooked by Xuanba, so by this time he was already hungry and fainted.
It was almost dark, and there was no shadow of the next meal.
And when the sky was completely sunk into the night, the darkness in front of her made Minya a little nervous. That night made him lose everything he had ever had. This is a terrifying memory that is deeply seared into the bone marrow, and once again standing in the valley shrouded in night, Minya is a little more sober.
The pain in my heart did not alleviate the burning pain from my lungs. Minya felt like a stove was lit in her chest. Every time he took a breath, it was like twitching under the furnace with a bellows, and the hot and boiling bubbles poured into his nostrils with a fishy smell, which made him miserable.
Minya took a large breath of air, then held her breath. He noticed that he and a group of children had been gathered together in the huge forest like poor little lambs. Around me, there are towering trees everywhere.
From time to time there was a faint glow in the forest that lit up around them, and then mysteriously extinguished. In the darkness, there seemed to be countless pairs of huge pupils, staring with great interest at themselves and a group of young children who were powerless to resist.
It was an extremely strange place, and when some deep, dark red glow lit up and slowly drifted in the air, the sense of vigilance in Minya's heart rose suddenly.
But the constant ringing of his head, which seemed to be filled with countless bells, had greatly suppressed his instinct for fear.
The gloomy environment made the other children quietly gather around Xuanba, and only Mingya stood alone.
Xuanba glanced at Ming Ya deeply, then looked away and said in a deep voice: "Don't be stunned, go pick up some dry firewood and come back." ”
After the order was given, Xuanba didn't know where he had found a long knife. A bright flash of sword light flashed, and the giant tree beside him was cut a hole by the long knife. Xuanba leaned over and took out a large iron pot from the hole in the tree, and then he prepared to support the big iron pot.
At this time, all the children were still around Xuanba and did not leave a step.
The prestige that Xuanba has built up along the way is not enough to overwhelm the children's fear of darkness and the unknown. He had to stand up again, pointed to Wu Qi, who was standing closest and shouted, "Go and collect dry firewood." ”
Wu Qi stiffly smiled and began to slowly retreat outward.
Xuanba snorted coldly: "If you can't find dry firewood, you won't have anything to eat tonight." ”
After finishing speaking, the children around him still refused to leave, and Xuan Ba had to threaten loudly again: "I will give you a quarter of an hour, and if you don't find firewood, you will try to go back to the village by yourself." This is the first test, if you can't pass this level, what use can you have?"
Mingya could barely understand the mystery revealed in Xuanba's words, but he still turned around and walked towards the depths of the forest very sensibly.
The forest at night is a scary place for children.
The place chosen by Xuan Ba is even more strange, it is a netherworld-like realm, and a little bit of fire can be seen floating around from time to time in the distance.
Minya walked very slowly, and his body was already extremely weak. After gritting his teeth and persevering for a day, it is even worse to come to such a place at this time. He was preoccupied with the terrible things around him, and the high tension of his mind made him feel like his head was sinking like a stone.
Minya took a careful breath and held his breath as hard as he could, only by doing so could he concentrate his attention.
However, after only a few steps, Minya noticed the anomaly in front of her. It was a place shrouded in a faint light. There were thick, rancid puddles of water. Even when the light was dimmed, Minya could see that the puddles scattered around were emitting a faint green glow.
Minya looked around him, and as far as his eye could see, there was not a single dry wood on the ground except for the rubble like a canine's tooth. There weren't even any plants growing nearby.
A look of confusion rose from his pale, immature face.
Just as Minya wanted to look back, a faint light lit up in front of his eyes, and then a series of crazy and hysterical screams came together, hitting his eardrums as if they were about to shatter.