Survive in the beast world

Seeing them slowly climbing up the ridge, many old people greeted them happily, and Li Shizhen followed suit.

Only then did Li Shizhen notice that among the people who came back, Baihu seemed to drag the most things. However, his eyes swept over, and he was even more surprised. Except for Baihu, the remaining seven or eight people were all in the shape of beasts. There are tigers and snow wolves. However, looking at their appearance, some of their fur is stained with dull vicissitudes of life. It is obvious that they are not young. They are panting when they climb up, or they are limping on one foot, unable to walk, or blind. With one glance, he could only tilt his head sideways to judge the situation ahead.

However, looking at the prey they brought back, there are not only baby elephants, but also many antelopes. The people left behind in the valley understand the hard work of going out and step forward to take the food. The baby elephants are also placed in a sled by them. Something dragged into the valley.Looking at the smiling faces of the elderly and children around him, Li Shizhen couldn't help but feel sore.

He has long noticed that although this valley is beautiful and peaceful, the environment is too closed, covered with heavy snow, and there are few creatures. Although the plants are lush, there are no large animals in it, and the barbecue he eats every day only comes from the valley. small animals such as rabbits.

The staple food of the orcs should still be meat. You can tell by looking at the white tiger, but because they are stuck in the valley, the staple food is only plant fruits and the like. Probably only children and wounded people like Li Shizhen will have some meat in every meal.So they desperately brought back some meat, which made everyone happy.

This old and frail team had to go through many twists and turns and travel long distances to bring back such a small amount of food safely.

Thinking of the hardships when I came here, compared with them, I'm afraid it's nothing. Li Shizhen patted the big cat that ran towards him, and the white tiger stretched out his head and rubbed Li Shizhen's forehead affectionately. I didn't care about his excitement, it's been a long time since I saw him, and he also misses Baihu a lot.

He stretched out his hand and scratched the white tiger's chin, tidied up the somewhat messy fur that the white tiger climbed up, and then looked carefully at the big cat. The big cat obediently stretched its paws, tail, and belly to let Li During the inspection, the two of them were too involved in the interaction for a while. After all, Li Shizhen used to show the big cat the wounds like this in the past, and he was used to it for a long time.

They didn't see the little tigers and wolves squatting on the side with their mouths wide open, revealing their sharp canine teeth, which couldn't be closed together [嘤嘤, Eminem/Apa is a lie, the promised heroic and mighty number one warrior in the clan] What], more Amu Apa smiled ambiguously and said nothing, who was not young [ambiguous eyes flying around].

Li Shizhen found that the white tiger only had a little bruise on the front leg, but it seemed to be a little fatter?He stretched out his hand and touched the white tiger's belly. It was really fat. Li Shizhen's sadness and pity were washed away in an instant. This guy will definitely not treat him badly. I guess he didn't eat less while hunting. .

Li Shizhen tugged at the big cat's ear, indicating that the inspection was completed, and he happened to have just asked for some medicine from Yang Apa, and he will treat the big cat's wound later.

The white tiger turned over neatly, flicked its tail, and gently put it on Li Shizhen's waist.

Li Shizhen: →＿→

He squinted at the white tiger, and the white tiger looked over innocently with his clear blue eyes blinking, as if he didn't know what happened and what he was doing.

Damn, your tail is so thick, even a dead person can feel heavy on his waist, okay? !

But he looked around at the young and old who were blinking and watching, silently swallowed this breath, and will settle the score with you when he goes back!I was silently puzzled again, what happened to this big cat?

There seemed to be a sigh of regret coming from around, ah!The new female is so gentle, I thought he was beating up the kid, but there was no good show ╮(╯-╰)╭Am Ying shook her head while laughing, how can this work, I have to talk to Ah Tuo Let's talk about it, you can't let the males let their tempers go too much, you should still be beaten【==|||】.

Baihu looked at the people around triumphantly, and continued to turn his head to rub against Li Shizhen. He actually wanted to leave later. After all, Li Shizhen was still asleep, so he was really worried, and Li Shizhen had never Been to the family.But Yang Apa was very insistent, saying that he hadn't come back for so long, shouldn't he bring some food back and so on.In desperation, he had to lead the team to set off ahead of schedule.

He was worried about whether Li Shizhen would be able to adapt, and whether his body would recover. Now that Li Shizhen is standing here, Yang Apa's guarantee still counts, but one, two... six !In addition to the smell of medicine, this female smelled of all six cubs. It seemed that everyone in the clan liked her very much, and all the cubs were allowed to be touched by him every day.

However, if you smell something else about Li Shizhen, don't mention how disgusting it is!It's not that he wants to show off, how can we not pay close attention to this situation!

Ah, my female is too popular or something, it’s really a sweet trouble, forget it, he is so capable and gentle, he should be popular ╮(￣▽￣")╭. Go tell Yang Apa tomorrow, these little The males have also reached the age of learning to hunt, it's time to practice hard, Bai Hu thought calmly.

Yang Apa seemed to communicate with a few people who just came back, and waved to Baihu. Baihu turned his head and looked at Li Shizhen, and then he let go of his tail and walked over.

In the evening, on the grass by the lake, there seemed to be a bonfire party in the valley. The people who came back during the day and the people who stayed in the valley gathered together to gather prey, barbecue and so on. Several small animals were crazy about it. Yes, jumping here and there, very excited.

The old people are also very happy. It is estimated that there are few opportunities for everyone to gather together like this, and there are very few opportunities to eat and drink freely.

Li Shizhen and Bai Hu were sitting in the corner, Bai Hu shouldn't be hungry at all, where would the guy who just gained a layer of fat be hungry?But Li Shizhen saw the poor eyes of this guy looking at him eagerly eating, so he had no choice but to turn around and feed him a little.Really, sometimes when you sit with such a completely shameless guy, you can only compromise, otherwise, you have to be prepared to be even more shameless than him.

I don't know what Yang Apa said to him just now. Looking at that expression, it seems that he is asking for something, asking for the big cat's opinion. It seems that this guy is doing well in the valley. Why did he leave at that time?It's because they don't eat too much, Li Shizhen thought strangely.

Forget it, this guy can't speak now, let's ask next time when he is in human form.

The little tiger not far away didn't play around with his friends, but looked at Li Shizhen and them silently, scratching the ground with his paws, looking very entangled.

Li Shizhen beckoned him to come over, Baihu also looked up, but the little guy ran away in a flash.If Li Shizhen couldn't catch up, he could only let him go.

After dinner, Li Shizhen voluntarily stayed to help Amu and Apa pack their things. After all, there were no young people in the valley, and he should consciously do more of those strenuous tasks.Baihu was called away by Yang Apa again, and he probably has something to tell him.

This time, Li Shizhen heard clearly that Yang Apa's name seemed to be pronounced very similar to the word "Bai". No wonder this guy didn't protest much at the beginning.He looked at the big cat that left calmly, smiled and shook his head and went back to help. Sometimes things like fate are predestined, like the name he gave Bai, like when he came here piece of valley.

After cleaning everything up and putting everything back into the warehouse, Li Shizhen finally recognized the faces of the people in the valley, including those who had just returned from going out. However, he was still very puzzled, as if there was really no What young adults?He didn't seem to have seen the parents of the little tiger and wolf?He didn't even see the white tiger.And the age distribution of the population in the valley... is really unreasonable.

Thoughtful, Li Shizhen returned to the room, Bai seemed to have just finished taking a shower and was getting dressed, when he heard Li Shizhen's footsteps, he turned around and smiled.

Either his expression at the moment is too soft, or the light of the torch is too soft, the facial features that were originally deep and cold are shrouded in this layer of softness, and they seem to be shining with warm soft light.

Li Shizhen couldn't help but return a gentle smile.

After the greeting, those who should be tortured will still be tortured.

After applying medicine to Baihu's arm wound, the two sat side by side on the bed. Some of the words were too complicated. Li Shizhen had never taught Baihu in Chinese, so he automatically replaced them with Baihu's language, and Baihu's answer was the same. Being bilingual, the two of them exchanged the whole information fairly smoothly, and Bai Hu also said a lot more than usual.Otherwise, relying on only one language, these two people will definitely have to fight until they don't know the year of the monkey.

"Isn't there any fresh meat in the valley?" Having lived and died together like this many times, Li Shizhen didn't think he and the white tiger needed to go around in circles.Moreover, this issue of food sources is really a matter of life and death.Li Shizhen has already come here, and this is Baihu's hometown. The people here saved his life, healed his injuries, and treated him warmly and kindly. Naturally, he couldn't just sit idly by.

Baihu always knew Li Shizhen's intelligence and keenness in dealing with things, so he simply nodded and began to explain: "There is snow all around, and there are few animals in the first place."

Li Shizhen was keenly aware of a question: "So all the grown-up clansmen have gone hunting?"

Baihu nodded and shook his head again: "When the weather is not cold, we are outside." Baihu added, "It's far away, beyond the snow field here, where there is plenty of food."

Li Shizhen was slightly surprised, it was so far away!When the weather is not cold, that is to say, in the four seasons of normal times, in the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, the adult clansmen live outside?No wonder there are only old people and children in the valley.The elderly seem to be able to rely on plant fruits as their staple food. Children have small meals and do not need much meat, which can barely be provided in the valley.But does that require all adults to go out?

Li Shizhen also asked.

The white tiger murmured: "The animal form must be meat-eating, and the appetite is larger. The human form...can't last too long."

That is to say, in the warm season, the orcs can hunt outside in animal form for a living, and in the cold winter, they can maintain their human form and rely on these fruits to live?If it's cold winter outside, it may be difficult to hunt enough food to fill his stomach even in animal form, but human form can't stay in the valley for too long, after all, human form can't last too long.

"And, generally speaking, the number of changes should not be too many." Bai Hu added.

Yes, it is generally more useful to go out hunting in animal form, but if you stay in the valley and rely on fir berries for food, you must maintain a human form. Thinking of the burden on the white tiger every time it changes its body, if it only changes twice a year, The body should be able to bear it.Li Shizhen finally understood why they lived such a semi-settled life, and it was no wonder that the old people in the valley were all in human form.

"What about male... females? Aren't females always in human form?"

The white tiger looked at Li Shizhen with slightly strange eyes. Could it be that the male is outside and the female should stay in the valley alone?and--

"No matter how sharp the claws are, they will always become blunt without grinding them." The white tiger rarely said something meaningful: "Whether male or female, they must go out when they are old enough to hunt and gather."

Li Shizhen frowned slightly, that is to say, all those who are not much older than the little tiger have to go out of the valley?And only those who can't hunt or gather anymore can return to the valley when they reach the age of the uncle and the others?But, it's so dangerous outside...

Baihu seemed to see the entanglement in Li Shizhen's heart, and he said lightly: "Do you still remember to cross the river? The river is always ahead. If you are always afraid to cross it, you will never cross it again."

Li Shizhen thought of the old wildebeest, and sighed slightly, yes, it is very dangerous outside, but it is enough to hide in the valley all the time and never go out?Who knows when the danger will come?There is no real paradise, as long as you live in this world, you will never be able to avoid the dangers and challenges of survival.

Regardless of male or female, born on this continent, survival is the biggest problem you will never be able to avoid.How could the white tiger group survive on this continent if they just kept fearing and avoiding it, and even developed into the good shape they are now.

"Besides, there are not so many fir fruits." Baihu added.

"Cong fruit?" Li Shizhen hadn't learned this word yet.

"You should have eaten it, it's the staple food in the valley."

That chestnut-sized thing that he always thought was grain?

"I remember you got a piece that fell from the holy fir tree, why? Could it be lost?" Baihu frowned slightly.

Li Shizhen thought about it, this could not be the fruit the size of a tennis ball, he flipped through his schoolbag, and it was still in the bag.

"Here." He held out his hand to Bai.Could it be that the chestnut-like food is peeled from this fruit?

Bai looked at the fruit carefully, and seemed to see that Li Shizhen wanted to open it, so he smiled helplessly: "Put it away, don't open it."

Li Shizhen curled his lips, well, don’t move if you don’t move, he thought of the first time they met, Yang Apa seemed to attach great importance to this fruit: "What's the use of this?"

Bai looked at Li Shizhen meaningfully and said, "It will bring you good luck." [←_←] After finishing speaking, he smiled slyly.

Li Shixuan: ...

Damn it, isn't this guy even willing to think of a better reason for deceiving people now, and he doesn't even want to pretend to be stupid? !Look like I'm lying!Flip the table, bad review!

Every time this guy made up his mind not to say anything, Li Shizhen had nothing to do. Grind him. Li Shizhen is not as thick-skinned as him, so he can't be tortured; hit him, the value of force is not in the same order at all, even the hands I don't have any desires, I just think of it with tears.Li Shizhen gritted his teeth, decided not to embarrass himself, and quickly turned to the next question.

"You, why weren't you with your clansmen at that time?"

Bai Hu was startled when he heard this question, as if thinking of something, he turned his head away in embarrassment.

Huh?It seems that there is a dark history, this must be tortured out!

Li Shizhen grabbed Baihu's sleeve, his eyes sparkled, and he had a gossip expression about telling Wo.

It's rare to see such a childish Li Shizhen, and Bai Hu laughed a little, but who has experienced so much together when he was young and ignorant, it seems that he doesn't need to hide this from this female.

"At that time, I was already able to participate in hunting, but I have never been able to change the human form. I heard from Amu in the valley that the older I am, the harder it is to change, and there are very few people in the valley who have not changed at my age. "Baihu seems to recall the past, "I remember that because I am very old, I can't eat the holy fir fruit in the snow season. Apa and the others often go hunting in the snow season. Hunting in the snow season is always very dangerous. of."

Li Shizhen listened quietly. The Apa here should refer to Bai's father. They are all raised by the clan, so the elders call them Apa Amu, only their parents don't need to add their names. Bar.His father probably hasn't come back yet, and he hasn't seen Bai who has grown into a man.

As if thinking of the scene back then, Bai's expression was a little depressed, his long silver eyelashes drooped down, and he sighed in a low voice: "Later, after Ah Shi was born, the weather was colder and the prey was less. Once, Ah Shi Pa went out to hunt and came back, shed a lot of blood... I left. I can't grow up like Ah Shi, let Pa and the others take such risks to support me."

So, this guy just came out by himself?

Ah Shi is the name of that little tiger, no wonder he wants to get close to Bai, but is also a bit afraid to get close to him.The big white tiger in front of him is his own brother, and he has been away from home for many years, and he hasn't gotten along with him much, maybe he left home because of his own birth.

Thinking of a little white tiger who left alone silently in order not to burden the family, Li Shizhen felt angry and funny, and felt a little bitterness in his heart that he didn't know where to start. In the end, he just said two words: "You... ..."

Could it be that in those snow seasons, this little guy often needs to be hungry? All his companions can change and be full. He is the only one who needs to wait for the adults to go hunting before eating. full.

When Ah Shi was just born, how old was this guy? He actually left this warm place alone and wandered in places like cold snowfields and dangerous jungles. He survived like this and grew up like this Brave and mighty king of the jungle.

Thinking about Ah Shidu being so old, this guy has been away for so many years after leaving home. If he has not transformed into a human form, he will always be wandering alone forever, and will never come back?

For so many years, how strong this guy must be, to be able to endure those lonely years alone, lick those wounds that his relatives will never know, and face the fact that his fellow tribe is completely different by himself.During those long and lonely years, did he silently miss the place he couldn’t return to, the relatives he had never seen again, as in the bamboo hut in the jungle, and then feel sad alone?

I'm afraid this guy doesn't even know that Ah Shi is the little tiger that ran away.We've been away for so long, and the last time we set off was so hasty, how can there be any time to recognize each other?Meeting each other and not knowing each other happens to relatives, which makes people feel sad for no reason.

Seemingly seeing Li Shizhen's sadness, he patted Li Shizhen's head in vain: "It's all over, I've grown up. Moreover, I have seen many things that other orcs have never seen, such as snowfields, high mountains, etc. , the sea, the jungle, a lot of strange animals, ferocious ones, the one you call Tyrannosaurus, remember?"

Li Shizhen patted his hand away, and gave him a rare look. This guy is so aggressive that he is totally unworthy of sympathy.

The big cat took the opportunity to grab Li Shizhen's wrist. Li Shizhen couldn't fight him, so he said helplessly: "Okay, okay, you continue."

The big cat didn't let go of Li Shizhen either: "I haven't seen a tyrannosaurus in the snowy field, but there are scary beasts in the snowy field."

Li Shizhen is indeed a curious guy: "Dread beast, what is that?"

Baihu glanced at Li Shiyu: "You saw it, when we were at the foot of the mountain. It was bigger than a Tyrannosaurus rex and had feathers on its body."

Li Shizhen was surprised and said: "That is the fear beast you mentioned? It is also a kind of dinosaur, okay, okay, anyway, there is a word fear that has the same pronunciation."

The white tiger rubbed the wrist in his hand, feeling the light and jumping pulsation under the bare skin, just like Li Shizhen himself, soft, light, warm and active, and then said: "The fear beast is the most powerful thing on the snow field, and the people of the clan look at it from a distance It is said that the earliest Zuapa in the clan was able to find this place because of the fear beast."

Li Shizhen opened his eyes wide: "How did you find out?"

The white tiger stared gently at the black and mysterious eyes in front of him, and said slowly in a magnetic voice: "It is said that the people of Zuapa originally lived in the jungle, but they encountered a terrible natural disaster, and the sky and the earth were ignited. They had no choice but to go to the snowfield to hunt. Although the snowfield was also affected, at least there was not such a big fire, but there were few prey in the snow season, and Zuapa and the others were hungry. Encountering a terrifying beast, we have no choice but to run deeper into the colder snow field."

Li Shizhen was completely attracted by the story of this escape adventure, and such a fire and natural disaster were too reminiscent of him: "What happened next?" He urged and shook Baihu's hand.

Taking advantage of the situation, Baihu held Li Shizhen's hand, and said slowly: "Later, Zu Apa and the others trekked in the snow for a long time, and many of them froze to death, just like what we saw that day, when we saw this sacred tree fir tree."

Li Shizhen can even imagine the scene at that time. After trekking for so long, he was cold and hungry, just like him and Baihu. When he was so desperate, he suddenly saw the big tree on the snow peak in front of him. A glimmer of hope.As you can imagine, where there are plants, there must be herbivores, which means there is food.

This time, without waiting for Li Shizhen to urge any more, Baihu continued: "Zu Apa and the others came to the top of the snow peak and found the valley where Shengcong is. It is much warmer than outside, but there are no big animals, but Xue It was too cold on the snowy field in Ji, and Zuapa and the others couldn't move forward because they were cold and hungry, they all thought they were going to starve to death in this warm place."

Yes, I finally thought I found a shelter with warmth and food, a place like heaven, but I found out that there is not much food in it. After giving hope and then facing despair, this kind of frustration and pressure will drive people crazy. .

"At this time, a holy fir fruit fell in front of Zuapa. Zuapa found that there were fruits in the cracked fruit. He was so hungry at that time that he ate a lot of such fruits. But the animal-shaped After he ate it, his stomach hurt for several days, and at first he thought the fruit was poisonous."

Li Shizhen listened attentively, he couldn't help but put himself into that situation, surrounded by snow, only here is warm to avoid the cold, but there is no food, even if he knows it is poisonous, eating it is drinking poison to quench his thirst, he will go Let's eat.

"Later, he was a Zu'am. He was so hungry that he couldn't bear it. He secretly ate a lot of fir fruit. He thought he would die, but found that he survived. The people of the clan gradually discovered that females and mutants The cubs in adult form can eat pine nuts, and all the males of Zuapa have turned into human forms, and all of them survived the coldest snow season in the valley by relying on pine nuts."

"Before leaving the valley, Zuapa made an oath to the holy fir. He said that he survived by eating the fruit of the holy fir, 'I and my descendants will return here again, and will come here with my body and soul. Repay this kindness.” Therefore, the ancestors of the tribe will come back here when they get old, live next to the holy fir in their later years, and finally be buried under the holy fir. The holy fir is the last home of the tribe. In the end, nourish and repay Shengcong's kindness, willing to let his soul accompany Shengcong forever, and return to the souls of his ancestors."

Some were shocked by this story of difficult survival, and also moved by the simple but great mind of the ancestors of the white tiger. How much human beings on the modern earth have taken from the earth, and how many people have thought about repaying it, Li Shizhen was speechless for a long time.Even Baihu's bilingual narration can't make these shocks and emotions any less.

On this continent, survival is so difficult, and even the orcs have to struggle so hard. Although Bai is only a few words, how can Li Shizhen, who has experienced it himself, forget all kinds of despair, confusion, struggle and pain, but the same is true. On this continent, there is such a great and simple race that knows how to reciprocate.

They have gone through such ordeals but never really gave up, never really despaired, let alone escaped from the ordeal after finding this refuge, and even established their own simple spiritual belief and spiritual belonging in this barren snowfield.

After a long time, he sighed: "So, misfortunes depend on blessings, well, good things may follow after bad things." Li Shizhen expressed his feeling, maybe this is also the kind of mind that God blesses people, so There is such a blessing.At the same time, Li Shizhen also wanted to comfort Baihu. The difficult time of wandering and living in his youth made him strong and strong now.

"Yeah, so sometimes, bad things are not completely bad things, just like the ancestors can find the holy fir and discover the valley when they meet the beasts." here you go.

Under the reflection of the torch, the handsome young man in front of him stared at him with a smile. Inexplicably, Li Shixuan's heart beat a little faster, as if something was growing gradually, and it was about to come out unconsciously.