Survival In the World of Beasts

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

Li Zhizhu only noticed that among the people who came back, Bai Hu seemed to be dragging the most things. However, his gaze swept over, and he was even more surprised. Except for Bai Hu, the remaining seven or eight people were animal-shaped. Tigers have snow wolves. However, looking at their appearance, some of their fur is dyed with bleak vicissitudes. It is obvious that they are not young anymore. When they climb up, they are wheezing and panting, or they are lame on one foot, are not good at walking, or sting At a glance, you can only judge the situation ahead by turning your head sideways.

However, looking at the prey they brought back, there were not only baby elephants, but also a lot of antelopes. The people who stayed behind in the valley were sympathetic to the hardship of going out, and they came forward to take the food. The baby elephants were also placed in a sled-like Things dragged into the valley. Seeing the smiling faces of the elderly and children around him, Li Shizhen couldn't help feeling sour.

He had already noticed that although this valley was beautiful and peaceful, it was also because the environment was too closed, surrounded by heavy snow, and living creatures were rare. Although the plants were luxuriant, there were no large animals in it. The barbecue he ate every day was only from the valley. Small animals like little rabbits.

The staple food of the orcs should still be meat. You can see from the white tiger, but because they are stuck in the valley, the staple food is only plant fruits and the like. Probably only the children and the wounded like Li Shizhao will have a bit of meat every meal. So they desperately brought back a bit of meat in this way, making all the old and the young so happy.

This old and frail team had to bring back such a bit of food safely. I don't know how many twists and turns it took to return.

Thinking of the hardships when I came here, I was afraid that it was nothing compared to them. Li Shizhao patted the big cat that ran to his eyes, and the white tiger touched Li Shizhao’s forehead affectionately. I didn't care about his excitement. I haven't seen him for a long time, and he missed Baihu a lot.

He stretched out his hand and scratched the white tiger’s chin, sorted out the messy fur that the white tiger had climbed up on, and looked at the big cat's body carefully. The big cat obediently stretched out his paws, stretched his tail, and exposed his belly to cooperate with Li. During the inspection, the two of them were too involved in the interaction for a while. After all, in the past, Li Shizhao used to show the big cat the wounds and other things like this, and he was used to it for a long time.

They didn’t see the little tigers and wolves crouching open their mouths, showing their pointed canine teeth, and they couldn’t close together. Well], more Amappa laughed ambiguously without saying a word, no one was younger [Ambiguous eyes flying around].

Li Shizhao discovered that this white tiger had only a few scratches on his front legs, but it seemed, actually he was a bit fatter? He reached out and touched Baihu’s belly. There was a layer of fat. He was really fat. Li Shizhen’s sadness and pity were instantly washed away. This guy will definitely not treat himself badly. It is estimated that he did not eat less while hunting. .

Li Shizhao tugged at Big Cat’s ears, indicating that the examination was completed. He happened to have just asked for some medicine from Yang Apa, and he would treat the wounds to Big Cat later.

Bai Hu stood up neatly, and with a flick of his tail, he gently draped Li Shizheng's waist.

Li Zhixiao:→＿→

He glanced at Baihu sideways, and Baihu blinked and looked innocently with his clear blue eyes, as if he didn't know what was going on.

Damn, your tail is so thick, even if you are a dead person, you can feel that your waist is heavy, okay? !

But he looked at the old and young people around with blinking eyes and swallowed this breath silently, and then went back to settle accounts with you! There was some doubt in my heart, what happened to this big cat?

A regretful sigh seemed to be heard around, ah! The new female is so gentle, I thought he was beating the kid, but there was no good show to watch it ╮ (╯-╰) ╭ Ying Em smiled and shook his head. How can this work? To talk about it, you can't let the males be too tempted, they should be beaten or they have to be beaten [==|||].

Bai Hu looked at the people around triumphantly, and continued to turn his head and nudge Li Zhizheng. He actually wanted to leave later. After all, that Li Zhizheng was still asleep, and he was really uneasy, and Li Zhizhen never did. Been to the clan. But Yang Apa insisted, saying that he hadn't come back for so long, shouldn't he bring some food back? In desperation, he had to lead the team to set off in advance.

He was still worried about whether Li Shizhen could adapt, and he was worried about whether his body could recover. Now, seeing Li Shizhen standing here properly, Yang Apa's guarantee is still counted, but one, two... six! In addition to the smell of medicine, this female has all the smells of the six little cubs. It seems that everyone in the clan likes him, and all the cubs let him touch every day.

However, there is something else on Li Shizhao's body, not to mention too much annoying! It's really not that he wants to show off. This situation doesn't depend on how tight the situation is!

Ah, my own females are too popular. It's a sweet trouble. Forget it, he is so capable and gentle, and popular should be ╮(￣▽￣")╭. Tomorrow, I’ll talk to Yangappa, these little ones The males have also reached the age to learn hunting, so they should practice well. Bai Hu thought calmly.

Yang Apa seemed to communicate with a few people who had just returned, and beckoned to Bai Hu. Bai Hu looked back at Li Zhizheng, then 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 pick up their prey, barbecue and so on. A few small animals were all crazy. Now, I jumped back and forth, very excited.

The old people are also very happy. It is estimated that there is usually such a way that everyone gathers together, and there are few opportunities to let go of the belly to eat and drink.

Li Shizhen and Bai Hu were sitting in the corner. Bai Hu shouldn't be hungry at all. The guy who has just grown a layer of fat will go hungry. But Li Shizhao saw the poor eyes of this guy looking at him eagerly when he was eating, and he could not help holding his forehead, so he could only turn around and feed a little. Really, sometimes sitting with this kind of completely shameless guy, you can only compromise, otherwise, you have to be more shameless than him.

I didn't know what Yang Apa said to him just now. Looking at that expression, he seemed to be asking for something and asking for advice from the big cat. It seems that this guy is also doing well in the valley. Why did he leave at that time? It is because there is too little to eat, Li Shizhao thought weirdly.

Forget it, this guy can't talk in this way, so ask next time when he is in shape.

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

Li Shizhao beckoned him to come over, Bai Hu also looked up, but the little guy ran away in a hurry. Li Shizhen can only let him go if he can't catch up.

After dinner, Li Shizhen consciously stayed to help the Amappas pack their things. After all, there are no young people in the valley, and he should consciously do more of those strenuous tasks. Bai Hu was called away by Yang Apa again. It is estimated that there is something to confess to him.

This time, Li Shizhen clearly heard that the name of Yang Apa's name seemed to be pronounced very similar to the character "Bai", no wonder this guy didn't protest much at the beginning. He looked at the big cat who left calmly, smiled and shook his head and went back to help. Sometimes fate is already doomed, like the name he gave to Bai, like he came here. Slice of valley.

After all the things were cleaned up and the things were returned to the warehouse, Li Shizhen finally recognized the people in the valley, including those who had just returned from a trip. However, he was still very puzzled, and it seemed that there was really no What young adults? He seems to have never seen the parents of the little tigers and little wolves? He didn't even see Baihu's. And the age distribution of the population in the valley... is really unreasonable.

Thoughtfully, Li Shizhao returned to the room. Bai seemed to have just finished taking a shower and was getting dressed. Hearing Li Shizhao's footsteps, he turned around and smiled slightly.

Either his expression at the moment is too soft, or the light of the torch is too soft, the original deep and biting facial features are in this softness, and it seems that they are also shining with warm soft light.

Li Shizhen couldn't help but smile back with a gentle smile.

After the greeting, those who should be tortured still have to be tortured.

After applying medicine to the wound on Baihu's arm, the two sat on the bed side by side. Some words and sentences were too complicated. Li Shizhao had not taught Baihu in Chinese. He automatically replaced Baihu's language with Baihu's language, and Baihu's answer was the same. The bilingual mixture was mixed, and the two exchanged the entire information smoothly, and Bai Hu said a lot more rarely. Otherwise, relying on one language alone, these two people will definitely have to die until they don't know the year of the monkey.

"In the valley...Is there no fresh meat?" Having lived and died together like this many times, Li Shizhao didn't feel that he and Baihu still needed to go in a circle. Moreover, this issue of food sources is really a big issue of life and death. Li Shizhao has already arrived 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 ignore him.

Bai Hu has always known Li Shizhen's cleverness and keenness in handling matters, so he nodded directly and began to explain: "There is snow all around, and there are already few animals."

Li Shizhao is keenly aware of a question: "So all the grown-up people go out hunting?"

Bai Hu nodded and shook his head: "When the weather is not cold, they are all outside." Bai Hu added, "A far away place, outside the snowy field, where there is plenty of food."

Li Shizhao was slightly surprised, so far! When the weather is not cold, that is to say, in the usual four seasons, in the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, do the adult people live outside? No wonder there are only elderly people and children in the valley. The elderly seem to be able to rely on plant fruits as their staple food. Children's appetite is small and they don't need much meat, which can barely be provided in the valley. But does this require all adults to go out?

Li Shizhao also asked.

The white tiger groaned: "It must be meat when it is in the form of a beast, and its appetite is larger. The form of a human...cannot last too long."

In other words, in the warm season orcs can hunt outside in animal form for a living, but in the cold winter, they can maintain their human form and live on these fruits? If it is outside in the cold winter, it may be difficult to hunt enough food to fill the stomach even in the form of a beast, but the human form cannot stay in the valley for too long. After all, the human form cannot last too long.

"Moreover, generally speaking, the number of changes cannot be too many." Bai Hu added.

Yes, hunting out is generally more useful in animal form, but if you stay in the valley and rely on fir fruit for food, you must maintain a human form. Thinking of the burden of 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 Shizhao finally understood slightly why they lived such a semi-settled life. It is no wonder that the old people in the valley are in human form.

"What about male...female? Isn't the female always in human form?"

Bai Hu looked at Li Zhizheng with a slightly strange look. Could it be that the male is outside and the female has to stay alone in the valley? and-

"No matter how sharp the claws are, they don't need to be sharpened, and they will become dull." The white tiger said in a rare and profound way: "Whether males or females are old enough to hunt or gather, they must go out."

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

Bai Hu seemed to see the entanglement in Li Shizun's heart. He said lightly: "Do you remember crossing the river? The river is always in front. If you are always afraid and dare not pass, you will never get there anymore."

Li Shizheng thought of the old wildebeest, and sighed slightly. Yes, it's dangerous outside, but is it enough to stay in the valley forever 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 survival challenges.

Whether males or females are born on this continent, survival is the biggest problem you will never be able to avoid. If you are blindly afraid of avoiding, how can the white tiger's race survive on this continent, and even develop into what it is now.

"Moreover, there are not so many Congguo." Baihu added.

"Congguo?" Li Shizhao hadn't learned the word yet.

"You should have eaten it. This is the staple food in the valley."

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

"I remember you still got a holy fir tree that fell off, why? Could it be lost?" Bai Hu frowned slightly.

Li Shizhao thought once, this isn't a fruit the size of a tennis ball, he flipped through his schoolbag, and it was still in the bag.

"Here." He reached out and handed it to Bai. Is that chestnut-like food peeled from this fruit?

Bai looked at the fruit carefully, and seemed to see Li Shizhao's idea of ​​opening it for a look, and smiled helplessly: "Take it away, don't open it."

Li Shizhen curled his lips, okay, stay still, he thought of meeting for the first time, Yang Apa seemed to attach importance to this fruit: "What's the use of this?"

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

Li Zhizhu:...

Damn it, this guy is now deceiving people not wanting to think of a better reason, not even pretending to be stupid? ! I'm just lying! Lift 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's skin is not thicker than him, but he can't be sharpened; hit him, the force value is not in the same order of magnitude at all, even hands-on There is no desire, but when I think of it, there are tears. Li Shizhao grinned his teeth, decided not to embarrass himself, and quickly turned to the next question.

"You, why didn't you stay with the people at that time?"

Bai Hu was startled when he heard this question, as if thinking of something, he turned his head a little embarrassingly.

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

Li Shizhao grabbed Baihu's sleeves, his eyes gleaming, and a gossip expression about telling Wo.

It is rare to see such a childish Li Zhizhen, Bai Hu is a little bit amused, but no one has experienced so much together when he is young and immature, it seems that he doesn't need to hide this female.

"At that time, I was able to participate in hunting, but I have not been able to change my human shape. Eminem from Tingguli said that the older you are, the more difficult it is to change. There are few people who have not changed since I am as old as I am. "Baihu seems to recall the events of the year," I remember that because I am already very old, I can't eat sacred pine fruit in the snow season. Apa and the others often go out hunting in the snow season. Hunting in the snow season is always dangerous. of."

Li Shizhao listened quietly. The Apa here refers to Bai's father. They are all raised by the clan, so the elders are called Apaam, only their parents do not need to add names in front of them. Right. His father probably hasn't come back yet, he hasn't seen a white man who has grown into a man.

As if thinking of the scene back then, Bai's expression was a little low, with long silver eyelashes drooping, he sighed in a low voice: "Later, after Ah Shi was born, the weather was colder and there were fewer prey. Once, Ah Pa went out to hunt and came back, shed a lot of blood... I left. I can't be that old and still be like Ashi, let Apa and the others risk that kind of risk to feed."

So, this guy just came out by himself?

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

Thinking of a little white tiger who left alone in order not to drag the family down, Li Shizhen felt so angry and funny, and felt a little bit sorrowful in his heart, and finally only said two words: "You... "

Is it in those snow seasons that this little guy often needs to be hungry? The companions can change and they can eat to their fullness. He is the only one who needs to wait for the adults to go hunting before eating. full.

How old was this guy when Ah Shi was born. He left this warm place alone and wandered in places like cold snowy fields and dangerous jungles. He survived like this, and he turned out to be like now. Brave and powerful king of the jungle.

Think about Ah Shi is so old. This guy has left home for so many years. If he hasn't changed into a human form, he will always be so wandering by himself and never come back?

For so many years, how strong this guy must be to survive those lonely years alone, lick the wounds that his relatives would never know, and face the fact that his own people are completely different. During those long years of loneliness, did he have many times, like in a jungle bamboo house, silently missing this place in front of him that he couldn't go back to, and his relatives he had never seen before, and then he was alone?

I'm afraid this guy didn't even know that Ash was the little tiger that ran away. After leaving for so long and leaving so hastily last time, how can there be any time to recognize each other? If you don't know each other, it happens to your loved ones, which makes people feel sad for no reason.

As if seeing Li Shizhen’s sadness, he touched Li Shizhen’s head in vain, “It’s all over, I’ve grown up. Besides, I’ve seen a lot of things that other orcs haven’t seen before, such as snowy fields and high mountains. , The sea, the jungle, so many strange animals, ferocious, you call the tyrannosaurus, do you remember?"

Li Shizhao slapped his hand away and gave him a rare glance. This guy, who has an inch, deserves no sympathy at all.

The big cat took the opportunity to grab Li Shizhao’s wrist, Li Shizhao couldn’t fight him, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, you go on."

The big cat didn't let go of Li Zhizhen: "I haven't seen Tyrannosaurus in the snowy field, but there are horror beasts on the snowy field."

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

Bai Hu glanced at Li Zhizhen: "You have seen it, when we were at the foot of the mountain. It was bigger than Tyrannosaurus and had feathers on its body."

Li Zhizhu was surprised: "That is the fear beast you are talking about? It's also a kind of dinosaur, okay, okay, anyway, there is a word for fear that sounds the same."

Baihu rubbed the wrist in his hand, feeling the pulse of light jumping under his bare skin. Like Li Shizhao himself, he was soft, light and warm and active, and then said: "The terrifying beast is the most powerful thing on the snowy field. The people look from a distance. When they arrive, they will avoid it. According to legend, the earliest Zuappa in the clan can find this place because of the fear beast."

Li Zhizheng opened his eyes wide: "How did you find it?"

Bai Hu gazed gently at the black mysterious eyes in front of him, and his magnetic voice slowly said: "Legend, Zuappa’s tribe originally lived in the jungle, but they encountered a terrible natural disaster. The sky and the ground were blazing fires, and the forests were It burned to black, Zuapa and the others had no choice but to go hunting in the snow. Although the snowfield was also affected, at least there was not such a big fire. However, there were few prey in the snow season. Zuapa and the others were still hungry. When I met the Horror Beast, I had no choice but to run to the depths of the colder snowfield."

Li Shizhao was completely attracted by this story of escape adventure, and the fire and natural disasters were so reminiscent of him: "What happened later?" He urged Baihu to shake Baihu's hand.

Bai Hu took advantage of the situation and shook Li Shizhen’s hand, and said slowly: "Later, Zuapa and the others trekked in the snow for a long time, and they also froze to death many tribesmen. Just like what we saw that day, we saw this sacred tree. Fir tree."

Li Shizhao could imagine the scene at that time. He was cold and hungry after trekking for so long, just like him and the white tiger. When he was so desperate, he suddenly saw the big tree on the snowy peak in front of him. It was in the darkness of despair. A glimmer of hope. I can think of it, where there are plants, there must be herbivores, which means there is food.

This time, without waiting for Li Shizhen’s urging, Bai Hu continued: “Zu’apa and the others came to the snow peak and found the valley where the holy fir was located. It’s much warmer than outside, but there are no big animals, but snow. On Ji’s snowfield, it was too cold, and the cold and hungry Zuappa and the others couldn’t move on. They all thought they were going to starve to death in this warm place."

Yes, I finally thought that I found a warm refuge with food, almost like a place like heaven, but found that there was not much food in it, and I gave hope to face despair again. This kind of frustration and pressure will drive people crazy, right? .

"At this time, a sacred fir fruit fell in front of Zuappa. Zuappa found that there was fruit in the cracked fruit. He was so hungry that he ate many of these fruits. But beast-shaped. After eating it, his stomach hurts for many days. At first he thought the fruit was poisonous."

Li Shizhen listened attentively. He couldn't help but substituting himself into that situation, surrounded by white snow. Only here is the warmth to escape the cold, but there is no food. At this time, even if he knows it is poisonous, he will go there even if he knows it is poisonous and eats poison to quench his thirst. Eat it.

"Later, he was a Zuam and he was too hungry. He secretly ate a lot of fir fruits. He thought he would die, but found out that he actually survived. The people of the tribe gradually discovered that the female was changed. Adult-shaped cubs can actually eat fir fruit. All the males of Zuapa and them turned into human form. They all lived through the coldest snow season in the valley with fir fruit."

"Before leaving the valley, Zuappa swore to the sacred fir. He said that he had survived by eating the fruits of the sacred fir. "My descendants and I will definitely come back here again, with our bodies and souls. Repay this kindness.' Therefore, the tribe’s ancestors will come back here after they are old for generations, and they will live next to the holy fir in their later years, and finally be buried under the holy fir. The holy fir is the last place for the tribe, and the tribe is willing to use their own body. Finally, nourish and repay the kindness of the holy fir, willing to let my soul accompany the holy fir forever and return to the soul of the ancestors."

Some were shocked by this story of difficult survival, and moved by the simple but great minds of the ancestors of the white tiger. How much human beings on the modern earth have claimed from the earth, and how many people have thought about repaying it, Li Shizun was unable to speak for a long time. Even Baihu's bilingual narration could not alleviate these shocks and emotions.

Survival on this continent is so difficult, even the orcs have to struggle so hard. Although Bai is just a few words, how can Li Shizhen, who has personally experienced it, forget that kind of despair, confusion, struggle and pain, but the same is true. There is such a great and simple race on this continent.

They have gone through such hardships but have not really given up, no real despair, let alone escaped from the hardship without finding this refuge, and even in this deserted snowy field, they have established their own simple spiritual beliefs and spiritual belonging.

After a long time, he sighed: "So, misfortune and blessing depend on it. Well, it means that after bad things, maybe good things will follow." Li Shizhao felt that this is also God blessing and blessing people, such a mind, so There is such a blessing. At the same time, Li Shizhao did not want to comfort Bai Hu. The hard times of wandering and survival when he was young, could it not be that he has fulfilled his current perseverance and strength.

"Yes, so sometimes, bad things are not entirely bad, just like the ancestors can find the holy fir and find the valley when they meet the terrifying beast." He smiled slightly, as if I didn't change my human form so early, but I met in the wandering Here you are.

Under the reflection of the torch, the handsome young man in front of him stared at him with a smile, inexplicably, causing Li Shizhao's heartbeat to speed up a bit, as if something was gradually growing, and he was about to come out unconsciously.