Neighbors in forbidden land

"Little black..."

"Is there any water... I'm so thirsty..."

I glanced at Yimi who was walking unsteadily ahead, and guessed something.

The sun is now high above our heads, and it seems to be the brightest noon of the day.

If it is bright, it seems that the temperature will be higher. Although I don't feel anything, but for Yimi... I have always ensured that my paws can help her block the scorching sun.

Human beings need water, but as for water... I don't drink water either... so I never considered such a problem.

"Wait...don't go..." Yimi whispered suddenly.

"No, it's nothing... If you want to go, go and come back quickly." Yimi lowered her head slightly, and her voice was a little louder.

After all, for me, the distance to the beach is only two steps.

Just how to get the water here... This has to be thought about carefully.

"Also, if, if I call you, you must come back as quickly as possible!"

In fact, you will never leave my sight, so let's not say this sentence.

"Okay, don't treat me like a child, you are not as old as me."

Then slowly raise the leg.

One step, two steps.

Back to the beach again.

The sandy beaches lined up along the sea have returned to the same silence as before, if there is any difference.

It was Yimi and I who left on the beach, a big footprint and a series of small footprints.

If it's just water, how can I get it back?

Try using claws.

I crossed my two paws, and then stretched into the calm sea, letting the blue water flow into my palm.

But, why did the blue water become transparent when it reached my hand?

Don't think about it, it's more important to send the seawater back first.

I ensured that I returned to Yimi with as light a movement as possible. Although some sea water had flowed out from my palms and claws, fortunately there was still a lot left.

"Xiao Hei! Are you there?"

"……so fast……"

Without disturbing Yimi, I used the bone spur on my tail to dig a hole on the ground in front of Yimi, and poured all the seawater in my palm into the hole.

"What are you doing...?" Yimi asked me with a confused face, it should be because of my movement or too much.

Yimi carefully walked forward a few steps slowly, then squatted down lightly, probed the ground in front of her with her hand, and finally put her hand into the pit I dug, and touched the sea water inside.

"Is this... a river?"

"When did you dig it? Didn't you say you were not allowed to walk in front of me?"

Eh?Is this not okay?

But...it doesn't seem to be anything.

"Xiao Hei... I'll tell you again, you don't go in front of me until you tell me, do you know? This time... what if something happens to you!" But Yimi seemed angry Yes, the voice has also improved a lot.

"Understood!"

So this is... what's going on...

walk in front of her.

What exactly will happen?But my tail has already passed in front of her, so nothing happened?

"Also, you... are you telling me to lie down and drink?" Yimi seemed to be still angry, and pointed to the pit in front of her.

"Xiao Hei, you... it's very impolite, do you know that? How did you get the water here? Can't you just pass it to me?"

Look at Yimi like this... I seem to have messed up again...

I have no way to hand it to you, use these claws.

Another brief silence.

"...Next time, find something to pretend to come over, do you hear me?"

Yimi put her hands into the pit, put her hands together, picked up the sea water inside, sniffed it with her nose, and then slowly put it into her mouth.

Well, she should not be angry now——

"Pfft! Cough, cough, cough..." As a result, Yimi spit out all the water she drank, and then covered her mouth with her hands.

Eh?

"Cough! Xiao Hei! What is this?"

"How could the water be so astringent and bitter! Don't tell me it's sea water!"

Then it goes without saying.

but--

"Why did you bring sea water to Xiao Hei? What are you thinking!"

I do not know……

It turns out...can humans not drink sea water?

What is the sea water...

"Don't tell me that you usually drink seawater? Don't be joking, okay? Even if I haven't really seen the sea, I know that seawater is not drinkable, okay?" Yimi seemed agitated, she stood up , turned his back to me, and pointed to the sea water I brought over, "Or are you just teasing me, Xiao Hei?"

"Just what?"

I just... haven't had human contact in a long time.

Whether it is human beings in the past or human beings now, I have never really understood what human beings think and what they want.

Want the glowing stones buried in the mountains?

Want those flowers in all shapes and colors?

Want something called "candy"?

Or do you want to--

I have no chance to find out.

No more.

"Is there any reason why you can't say it?"

"...Xiao Hei? Xiao Hei, are you there?" As a result, I chose to remain silent because I didn't know how to answer her question, but she suddenly panicked and started calling my name.

"..." I answered her, but she didn't continue to say anything.

Humans can't drink seawater...

So what to do?

Can't drink the water in the river?

What kind of water do humans drink?Just when I was thinking about what to do——

"Xiao Hei, you...are you not angry?"

It's just that you seem to be angry, Yimi.

After all, I'm still too stupid

"Really not angry?"

I'm just wondering where to get water, the only sea around here.

If you go north...there may be rivers...but can humans drink the water in the river?

You can't ask Yimi directly, otherwise you will be exposed all at once.

"That's good……"

suddenly.

I am reminded of an event that happened a long time ago.

In terms of water, there is another place.

No need to leave here to go elsewhere.

This is it!This kind of water is estimated to be drinkable by humans!

"Eh? Blackie, what are you doing?"

"Eh?"

Earthquake or something, sorry that's all I can say.

Seeing the surprise on Yimi's face, I swung my claws vigorously at the ground behind me.

Since the sea water is not good, then dig one out by yourself!

I waved my claws vigorously against the ground in turn, and started digging down.

This is it.

I have dug it myself.

Because there is water under the ground.

Every time I go down with my claws, piles of dirt will be thrown up, and I just threw the dirt to a place hundreds of meters away from Yimi in the opposite direction.

"Xiao Hei, are you okay! What's going on here?"

But in fact, my behavior of digging a hole was indeed quite loud, no wonder Yimi was so surprised.

That day, I dug a very deep, very large hole.

Before the digging was completed, water spewed out from the ground.

Therefore, if you just want to get water, you don't need to dig much at all.

The first thing I dug out was dry soil wrapped in vines. What I didn't know was that these seemingly fragile vines buried their roots so deep.

By the way, just like humans, plants need water to survive.

Since there are plants under here, it means that there is water.

In order to survive on this land, every plant has put in their best efforts.

When I continued down, the bottom was no longer dirt.

but rocks.

But ah.

This kind of thing is no different from dirt to me!

The claws that swung vigorously cut the rocks below easily, and I also threw the chopped rocks out of the pit.

There must be water below.

Just when the pit has been dug deeper than mine.

I cut through the gray-black rock below.

Then water came out of the opening, through the rock, and up my feet.

I swung my claws a few more times, and after widening the gap below, the water in the cracks in the rocks almost gushed out.After confirming that I had dug into the water, I grabbed the edge of the tunnel with my claws in a light jump and rolled back to the ground.

As a result, the ground shook again as a matter of course, and I even saw Yimi who was not far away was directly knocked to the ground.

"It's okay... but where are you, Xiao Hei? The earthquake just now felt so violent, and I'm also very worried—" Yimi, who fell to the ground, propped up her upper body vigorously, but her voice suddenly became quieter at the end of the sentence. "—what could go wrong?"

"what?"

I looked towards the hole I climbed out of, and the water was slowly coming up, and it would soon reach the ground.

"Where did you find this water?" Yimi propped herself up vigorously while expressing doubts about my words.

"Yeah...then you—"

"...You just need to understand."

Afterwards, under my guidance, Yimi walked slowly towards the pit that had already begun to gushes out of water, and I used my paws to shield her from the sun as usual.

"Hiss—it's so cold! Why is the water flowing to my feet?"

Yimi's shoes didn't seem to completely cover her feet, only a few straps went around the instep, so the water directly overflowed the skin of her feet.

After her feet touched the water, she first jumped back to the place where there was no water, then clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, as if she was enduring something, she stepped into the flowing water again, and every hour of her life after that Every step will drive her long hair that reaches the ground to create tiny splashes and ripples in the flowing water, and then it will be quickly washed away and flow towards a lower ground.

It really came out during the vibration just now... Although the source of the vibration is me...

"Is it... such a coincidence..."

After I reminded in time, Yimi squatted down slowly, allowing her long hair to be immersed in the water.

Then she stretched out her hands and picked up the flowing water.

"Sure enough, it's still cold!"

After she licked the water in her hand with her tongue, she immediately began to sip the water that came out of the pit one after another.

"Although it smells a bit strange..." Yimi put her fingers into the flowing water, with a slight smile on her face, "At least you can drink it."

Finally, finally!

"Xiao Hei, can you drink a little too?"

In fact, I don't need to drink at all, and if I really want to drink, I don't feel or have any effect.

"Is that so..." Yimi drew circles in the water with her fingers, lowered her head and whispered:

"That... Xiao Hei..."

"Thank you, thank you...thank you."

Yimi.