Doomsday Totem

Chapter 21 Gerbils
Gerbils are the most common creatures in the semi-desert wilderness.In this harsh living environment, mice once again proved their super adaptability.

In the semi-desert land, food is extremely scarce.Only weeds and shrubs can grow in most places.Fortunately, a tuber plant named "Sand Pear" appeared in the wasteland.The rhizome of the sand pear is full of nutrients, but humans and most living things cannot eat it, but gerbils can use it as a staple food.

On the wilderness far away from the Rock Bridge, a locomotive is moving slowly.The headlights on the front of the car shot out an incandescent beam of light, illuminating the vast land ahead.

While watching the prey that might appear in front of him, Iron Slag explained to You Ge how to hunt gerbils.

When he was very young, his adoptive father often took him to hunt gerbils late at night.Gerbils sleep in burrows during the day and come out to feed at night.They are timid and cautious, but also exceptionally agile.As a result, most people in Iron Mountain were unable to catch gerbils.

Tie Zha's adoptive father taught him that if he wanted to catch a gerbil, he had to be calm first.Quietly lying near the mouse hole, waiting for the gerbils to come out for food.Secondly, when you find a gerbil, you must be quick, accurate and ruthless!

"Still like a virgin, move like a rabbit, is that so?" You Ge asked.

Tie Slag frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "What is a virgin? A rabbit is a rabbit that has lost its hair, right?"

You Ge didn't answer his question, but sighed instead: "Little Scumbag's adoptive father must be a very great person."

"Maybe, I don't know, anyway, people in the town say that Old Man Tie is very powerful." Tie Slag grinned.Because You Ge praised his adoptive father, he automatically filtered the previous sentence unconsciously.

"If I can see him, I will definitely shake his hand."

Tie Slag raised his head involuntarily and looked up at the sky. The stars were twinkling in the night sky at this moment, like pairs of bright eyes, looking down at all living beings in the wasteland.After a while, Tie Slag took a deep breath and said, "He...he has passed away."

You Ge hugged him tightly from behind, and whispered in his ear, "I'm sorry, I brought up your sadness."

"Old Man Tie said that he would watch me from the sky." Tie Slag pointed to the sky.

When the girl heard his words, she hugged her hands even tighter.

"There's nothing to be sad about. People die every day in Tieshan Town, maybe I killed them." Tie Slag said.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, flashing past in sight.Iron Slag quickly adjusted the front of the car, and the beams of the headlights immediately caught up with the black shadow.I saw a fat gerbil in front of me fleeing in a hurry under the light.Iron Slag tightened the accelerator and accelerated to catch up.

Although the speed of the gerbil is not as fast as that of the locomotive, it relies on its flexible body to sprint from left to right, leading the locomotive around in the wilderness.For a while, iron slag was hard to get close to.So he adjusted the speed of the car and chased after him calmly.

After a while, the gerbil began to feel a little tired, after all, the locomotive never gets tired.Its body began to shake, and its running speed slowed down significantly.At this time, Iron Slag fully opened the accelerator and rushed over at full speed!
The front wheel of the locomotive was getting closer and closer to the gerbil, and it was about to overtake it. The gerbil suddenly sank downward and disappeared on the ground.

Iron Slag slammed the brakes on the car and jumped off where the gerbil disappeared.He took out a bright flashlight and held it high above his head to look around.A few seconds later, he found a hole the size of a bowl, and squatted beside it to observe for a while.After confirming that this is the gerbil's cave, he motioned for You Ge to come over and ordered: "Give me the pistol, and a box of 9mm bullets."

After finishing speaking, Iron Slag took out two red shotguns from his body, skillfully disassembled the bullets, and poured the steel balls and gunpowder inside at the exit of the cave.Then, he took the 9mm bullet from You Ge, disassembled the bullet, and poured all the gunpowder and fuse into it.

After a while, the exit of the burrow was filled with bullet casings.Iron Slag dug up the sand beside it and filled it into the hole, completely sealing the hole.Afterwards, he took You Ge and walked ten meters away.Immediately afterwards, he raised Yu Ge's pistol and aimed it at the hole, reminding him, "Cover your ears."

You Ge immediately covered his ears with his hands, and hid behind Tie Slag to look around.

The next second, Iron Slag pulled the trigger. With a bang, the bullet shot into the mound, instantly detonating the gunpowder buried in the hole.There was only a loud "boom", and a semicircular depression exploded on the ground.The explosion was about as powerful as a frag grenade.

Suddenly, there was a smell of gunpowder smoke in the air.When the smoke cleared, two fat gerbils crawled out of the hole one after another, weighing about one kilogram.They crawled staggeringly, as if they were drunk.Iron Slag rushed over quickly, picked up the slower running gerbil, and flicked its head with his thumb and middle finger. With a crisp sound of "pop", the gerbil was knocked out alive.

Immediately afterwards, Tie Slag pulled Yuge on his motorcycle and tracked down another gerbil.Not long after, the gerbil recovered from the dizziness of the explosion, and quickly fled to the next gerbil's burrow...

Next, Iron Slag used the same method to catch five gerbils of different sizes.

"Can mice be eaten?" You Ge frowned and asked.She looked at the clusters of gerbils and felt her scalp tingle.

"Eating gerbils in autumn is the happiest thing." Tie Slag said with a smile.Then, he took out a package from the canvas bag of the motorcycle and put it on the ground.

Opening the package, there was a sharp knife, some seasonings, and a dozen pieces of shiny silver tinfoil.

Iron Slag picked up a knife and cut open the throats of the gerbils, then hung them upside down by their tails to let the blood out.After the blood dries up, he removes the head and tail of the gerbil, peels it, disembowels it and takes out the internal organs, then washes it with a small amount of drinking water, sprinkles it with various seasonings, wraps it in tin foil and puts it on the ground.

Next, Iron Slag collected some withered yellow weeds and dry shrubs around, and piled them together with tinfoil bags.After finishing all this, Iron Slag flipped on the lighter with a "chuckle" and lit the firewood pile.

In this silent, dark wilderness, a bright flame slowly kindled.

You Ge looked at the crackling fire, and leaned lazily on Tie Slag's body.Although the place is desolate, cold, and full of dangers, as long as she leans against him, she will feel warm and safe at home.Maybe he is not strong, but he will definitely protect her sincerely and with all his strength.

The tinfoil wrapped under the scorching flame made a sound of "嗞嗞嗞...".Accompanied by the sound, a smell of meat emanated from the fire.

"Ye~" You Ge couldn't help calling out, smelling the aroma of barbecue.I saw her picking up a small shrub branch, trying to get rid of the tinfoil package in the fire.

Iron Slag quickly stopped her and said, "Don't worry, roast all the oil in the fat, so that the meat tastes the best."

"I'm so hungry." The smell of meat filled the air, and You Ge felt more and more hungry.

"There is a saying..." Tie Slag scratched his head and thought for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh hard, raised his head and said, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!"

When You Ge heard this sentence, he was stunned as if struck by lightning.It took her a while to recover, and she touched her forehead and asked, "Is this a description of eating?"

"Yeah, that's how you describe eating."

You Ge first turned her face away and rolled her eyes, took a deep breath, then she turned around and asked Tie Slag, "Who taught you?"

"Lina said, is there any problem?" Tie Slag asked with a puzzled expression.

You Ge turned her face away again, rolled her eyes fiercely, and cursed three times in her heart, "Great goblin!" Then she turned around, put on another expression, and asked Tie Slag with a smile, "I look good Sister Lena is still pretty."

"It's not pretty." Tie Slag answered flatly.

Hearing this answer, You Ge was very happy.The phrase 'all of them are not good-looking' means that in Tie Slag's aesthetics, their looks are on the same level.

"Then who is more unattractive?" You Ge asked.

"Is there a difference?" "How old is sister Lena?" "It seems to be twenty this year."

"They're two...ten... years old~ so old~ they're all aunts." You Ge sighed exaggeratedly.

"Really?" "Old women are not good-looking." "But you are only two years apart, okay?" "A two-year difference between women is equivalent to a 20-year difference between men."

"As for?" Tie Slag touched his forehead.

"When a woman gets old, her skin will get worse, from white to wheatish, and her breasts will also get bigger with age..." You Ge began to analyze Lina's problem from multiple aspects.At this time, she could no longer feel hungry, and while Lina was not by Tie Slag's side, she tried her best to blackmail her.

Listening to You Ge's words, Tie Slag felt a little puzzled.He remembered that Lena was only 17 years old when she first arrived in Iron Mountain Town, and her skin was already wheat-colored at that time.However, the boobs did get bigger.

Next, You Ge discussed this topic for half an hour...

Although Iron Slag had some doubts, he did not raise any objections.After all, he doesn't know much about women as creatures.

"You... have you had... that kind of thing happen?" You Ge asked suddenly.

"what's up?"

"It's...it's...it's that kind of thing." You Ge blushed and said coyly.

"I didn't understand."

Tie Slag actually understood, but in front of You Ge, he didn't want to answer this topic.After all, there is no girl who doesn't mind this kind of thing.Just at this time, the gerbil meat is almost cooked.He quickly changed the topic and said, "It's ready to eat!" After speaking, he picked up a bush branch and pulled the tinfoil package out of the fire.

Then, Iron Slag took out a dark green canvas mat from the canvas bag of the motorcycle and spread it on the ground.Then take out a rectangular aluminum lunch box.There are small lunch boxes in this lunch box, and there are smaller lunch boxes in the small lunch box. There are four stacked ones in total. The innermost lunch box is placed in two sets of exquisite knives and forks.This set of tableware is the relic left by Tie Slag's adoptive father, the only relic.

These lunch boxes are some years old, the surface of the aluminum foil is pitted, and the four corners are somewhat worn and yellowed.A wolf head is engraved on the lid of each lunch box.This wolf head is painted in a simple and vicissitudes, like an old wolf king, howling at the moon with solemnity and glory.

"Holy Wolf Badge!"

You Ge stared at the lid of the lunch box intently, covering his mouth and screaming.

"What?" Seeing You Ge's reaction, Tie Slag asked in bewilderment.

You Ge didn't answer, she picked up one of the table knives and observed carefully by the firelight.On the handle of the table knife, the same wolf head as the lid of the lunch box is also depicted.Although the wolf's head is carved very small on the small handle, the precise knife work makes the small wolf's head vivid.The lines that make up the wolf's head are extremely complicated, yet extremely clear.This is definitely not an ordinary factory product, but a high-end custom product.

After reading it carefully, You Ge took a deep breath and said, "This is the symbol of the guardian of the temple, the badge of the holy wolf, and the people inside the temple call it the holy wolf totem."

Although Tie Slag couldn't understand it, he could tell from You Ge's tone and attitude that it was something 'very powerful'.He told You Ge that when the old man Tie gave him the lunch box, he said it was the most valuable thing he found in the garbage dump and asked him to keep it safe.

You Ge thought for a while, and proposed to eat something first.She said she was hungry and would tell him a story about the story behind the lunch box before going to bed.

Afterwards, Iron Slag tore open the tin foil, took out the steaming gerbil inside, cut off thin slices of gerbil meat with a sharp knife and put it in the lunch box.

You Ge took a small fork to pierce a piece of pale golden gerbil meat.In the light of the fire, crystal clear oil flowed on the meat slices, which whetted the appetite.You Ge opened his small mouth, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth.She slowly stuffed the meat slices into her mouth, maintaining a rather elegant eating posture.

Then, she took a bite lightly, and her mouth was filled with gravy, which tasted extremely sweet.It was pretty much one of the best things she had ever eaten.

"Yeah~" You Ge couldn't help calling out.

The cheerful voice echoed in the wilderness and spread far away...

(End of this chapter)