Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 285 Too Many Marks

Hu Bayi and Fatty were full of wine and food, and while smoking a cigarette while listening to Xu Er's story, Xiao Ran was full of surprise. He did not expect that these strange apes, or fungus mandrills, he met this time would be the same as Xu Er's family. Some origins.After Xu Er's story was finished, the fire in the temporary stove was also extinguished.

The fat man got up, buried the stove, tin cans, and food residues with loess, and asked Hu Bayao, "Old Hu, are those mushroom mandrills just like what Xu Er said, the kind that people ate? Do you know where you got the mushrooms to become like that?"

Hu Bayi stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand, patted the ashes on his hand and said: "Let's take this story, half of it is fun to listen to. Whether it's an ape or a mandrill, it's natural to look at the bones and test the fur these days." Proof. I don’t believe that people turn into monkeys after eating mushrooms. I can only say that mushrooms can indeed parasitize other animals. The old man of the Xu family has indeed seen this kind of mushroom mandrill with mushrooms in the mountains, and he has indeed brought I bought some mushrooms and went back. As for the following things, good and evil are all rewarded in the end, and the truth that if you don’t listen to the old man’s words, you will suffer in front of you. It is estimated that many of them were fabricated by Mr. Xu. Take my family as an example, my grandfather The stories you told me are different when you are 50 and 60 years old, and the later you have to take the opportunity to teach me to be honest and responsible. But there is one thing, I think we, Comrade Wang Fatty, really have to take it to heart.”

The fat man stopped the engineer shovel he was swinging in his hand, and asked, "Why do I have to take it to heart? Why am I the only one who has to take it to heart?"

Hu Bayi said: "Don't eat things of unknown origin, don't care if it's a mushroom or an open weapon, just stuff it in your mouth if you get it, be careful that you will suffer in the future."

The fat man gave a disdainful "tss", and continued to work, Xiao Ran went over and patted the fat man's shoulder meaningfully, and also went to pack his things.

The four packed their backpacks and walked deep into the pine forest under the leadership of Xu Er.The marks on the pine tree are not easy to distinguish. Only Xu Er, who has seen it with his own eyes, can distinguish the plausible knife marks between the thick bark of the pine tree and the natural scars.

The mark only appeared about every ten trees, which was why Xu Er had been away for so long just now.He had already gone through the previous section just now, and the few of them walked to the center of the woodland smoothly.

Xu Er was looking for something carefully in an open space where the pine trees were relatively less dense. The three of them couldn't rush, so they could only follow behind silently.

"I found it!"

Xu Er suddenly called out in surprise, the fat man pushed aside Xiao Ran and Hu Bayi in front of him, and excitedly ran to Xu Er's side and asked, "What did you find? Is it worth money?"

Xu Er scratched the ground with his toes, and a white bone was exposed from under the loose debris and pine needles.

"That's it, the black bear that almost killed me earlier. Money...can bear bones be sold for money?"

Xu Er asked the fat man seriously, which made the fat man have nowhere to vent his anger.He thought that Xu Er had found something good hidden by the black blind man, but he didn't expect it to be the dry bones of the real black blind man.

Hu Bayi came over to look at the bear bones on the ground, and said: "Don't tell me, these bear bones are also good medicinal materials. If we don't have to go forward, we can really pack up these bones and take them back to sell." There are so many of them, you can sell them for three to five hundred if you pick one.”

"Three...five hundred!"

Xu Er's eyes widened. To him, working in the field for several years may not necessarily earn three to five hundred.Looking at the pile of bear bones, he was really moved.

Xiao Ran came over and took a closer look at the gnawed bear bones, there were still many traces like scraping by a fine-toothed iron comb.It seems that the predators that Xu Er heard about for the breast meat last time were also those mushroom mandrills whose mouths were full of spikes.

Xiao Ran pulled out his knife, carved marks on several pine trees around, and said to Xu Er: "When we come back, I'll bring you back this pair of bear bones, don't look at it now, your eyes are almost popping out. "

Hearing what Xiao Ran said, Xu Er laughed and buried the bear bones with pine needles, as if someone else would come to steal his treasures.

After burying the bear bone, several people continued to move forward.But after more than a dozen trees, Xu Er suddenly walked around among the surrounding pine trees like a headless fly.

The more Xu Er touched, the more anxious he became, and he kept scratching his head.Xiao Ran walked up to him and comforted him: "It's okay, don't worry, after so long, it's normal that the marks are gone, didn't you find so many just now? If it doesn't work, we still have a compass, don't be afraid..."

Xu Er turned his head, with a trace of panic on his face, and said: "Xiao Gang...it's not that he can't find it, it's that the marks...have increased, and some of them are just engraved..."

Hearing what Xu Er said, Xiao Ran couldn't help clenching the handle of the knife.His first reaction was that there were other people in this forest.

He carefully checked the marks that Xu Er said. The marks carved by the black blind man before were all very random fork shapes. At this time, there were indeed many new scratches on the pine tree. In addition to the same random fork shapes, there were also There are less obvious "two" and "person" shapes, just like the homework of a primary school student who is just learning to write, the more bizarre the writing goes.

Hu Bayi and Fatty also came closer, looking at the new confusing scratches on the pine tree, they also frowned.Hu Bayi thought for a while and said: "Although I dare not say that it is completely impossible, it is really unlikely that there are other people in the forest besides the four of us. These new nicks look like Things that don’t understand human symbols are imitating cats and tigers. Even foreigners should know this fork, and they won’t be carved into these ridiculous things if they want to disturb the audience.”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden "rusting" sound from a tree not far away.The fat man's reaction was like lightning, he held up the gun and pulled the trigger towards the place where the sound came out.

With a scream, something dusty fell from the tree.Several people took a closer look, what else could it be if it wasn't a mushroom?
"I didn't expect that these beasts actually have some brains. They saw that we were following the marks on the tree, so they just scribbled on the tree..."

Fatty took the lead and walked not far from the mushroom mandrill. The mushroom mandrill had one leg and one arm broken by the shotgun, and was crying and struggling on the ground. Seeing the fat man approaching, the mushroom mandrill kept making threatening roars.

But when the people behind, especially Xu Er, came over, the eyes of the mandrill were no longer threats, but naked fear, and the voice in his mouth was also a desperate howl.

A stench came from the mushroom mandrill, and the fat man pointed at the mushroom mandrill happily and said, "Look! This tiger Xu is so frightened that he loses control of his bladder and bowels!"

Hu Bayi frowned and said, "Let's be more humane, this is too cruel..."

After all, he shot over and hit the mushroom mandrill's head, even the mushroom on the head was smashed to pieces, and the mushroom mandrill was completely silent.

He looked at the surrounding environment, took out the compass and said, "Since Brother Xu can't find the mark, we can only rely on this thing and go all the way west."

(End of this chapter)