Survive in the beast world

After a few days, even the old people in the valley could feel an obvious restlessness. The males received the "gift" from the females one after another - a javelin with their names engraved on it.From time to time in the valley, you can see figures moving in pairs, and there are scenes of males booing and comparing each other.

Li Shizhen found that there is really no male who rejects females, so he really thinks too much. Perhaps for simple males, a female who is willing to choose and affirm herself before she is officially an adult is certainly worth cherishing for a lifetime , so it is not a hasty decision to set the object of the ceremony.

Bai was very happy to watch at first, but gradually, he was slightly disappointed. He waited for a long time, but he still didn't receive a weapon with Ah Chao's engraving on it.However, no matter how proud these guys are, have they ever eaten food made by their own females, or worn clothes sewn by their own females?Besides, Ah Chao also made a lot of other weapons for herself, even a backpack in animal form, hehe.

But it's really an eyesore to see these silly smiling faces during training!These guys actually even received that shy female's thing from Li Mu, hum, that silly laughing face, no, it's still not fun, give me extra practice tomorrow!Anyway, didn't I receive all the javelins, so I practice throwing, and if I can't finish, I will transform into a beast and go on patrol!

The warm atmosphere in the valley reached its peak when Yangapa announced that the holy fir was about to ripen.

The holy fir tree matures much later than other fir trees probably because it grows in the very cold south and the trees are too tall.The day of maturity of the holy fir is the time for the ceremony.

Li Shizhen had observed the fruit on the holy fir tree, and it was already half green and half brown. The strange thing is that the holy fir he received under the tree has also turned half green and half brown, changing from the previous green and half brown fruit. appearance.

According to the calculation of the ripening date of this fruit, it is estimated that this year's ceremony will be almost at the time of the corn harvest. Now the corn in the north is already jointing and earing. The continuous heavy snow has not brought any hindrance to its growth. I believe that the corn harvest will be bumper Shouldn't be a problem.The harvest of corn came with the ripening of the holy fir, which was a good omen in any case.

Li Shizhen calculated carefully, and when the corn was harvested, the injuries of the Apas in the valley should have almost healed, and they should all be able to participate in the ceremony.He asked Yangappa, the annual ceremony is actually a general term, it consists of several ceremonies, and is usually held during the coldest time of the snow season, when the holy fir is ripe.The couple ceremony is only part of it, and the combination of the coming-of-age ceremony and the couple ceremony is also a tradition in the valley.

Even if Bai's extra training made the males exhausted enough, it could not stop the young people's fiery feelings. In the "classroom" at night, Li Shizhen found that some females even received "return gifts". The dagger with his own name on it, and the sheath made of wood on the outside, although simple, it can be seen that a lot of thought has been put into it.

At the beginning, this weapon should be a personal weapon tailor-made for him by Yong. When Li Shizhen saw it, sure enough, the blade made of obsidian was thinly inlaid on the wooden dagger, which was light and sharp. One of several close-fitting weapons discussed by Shizuo and Bai.

But it is still very rare in the valley to be so delicate.The obsidian blade is inlaid so that the size and length of the blade fit perfectly. At first glance, the snow-white wooden dagger looks like a black blade, and there is no trace of inlay at all. The handle of the dagger is probably modified to take into account the female palm. , just holding it, Ah Che's name symbol is engraved on the handle, like some kind of mysterious pattern.What's more amazing is that Yong somehow got such a bright obsidian and set it in the same position on the other side. When the dagger was swung, there was a gorgeous and bright black light, which made many females envious.

This is not like a weapon, but more like a handicraft.I didn't expect that Yong, an honest and silent person, would make such delicate things to please females.

Bai watched it from the sidelines and praised it a little. He actually made this thing under the conditions of extra training, and he really lived up to his skill training. He was relieved, but he felt that his It seems that more practice is not enough.The ceremony is already approaching, and I have to hurry up with my plan, and these guys have to speed up their practice even more.

The Apaams in the valley generally just smiled and said nothing when they saw the young people fighting, and maybe made a few jokes, after all, who has never been young.It seems that even if their own children were going to hold a ceremony, the Apa Amu only gave a blessing to show that they knew it, and there was no objection or interference. Li Shizhen was so enlightened that he was amazed.

Maybe their attitude is like what the female said, choose a ritual object and live well, there is nothing to worry about.Children are about to grow up, and who they will live with for the rest of their lives is the first major decision they make independently. This is also one of the signs of becoming adults and no longer relying on their parents.

The javelin making of the females is about to come to an end, and now even the young males who have no partners have a few javelins in their hands, although they are not engraved.Li Shizhen planned to accumulate some inventory, so he stopped.

In addition, he thinks that single-bow manufacturing can also be put on the agenda. Given that this work is slightly complicated, Li Shizhen plans to hand over part of the research and development work to females.He couldn't decide for a while which improvement would be more beneficial to increase the range of bows and arrows. It's better to brainstorm and let all females participate. Firstly, it will speed up the research and development progress, and secondly, it will also exercise their abilities.

Li Shizhen never felt that he had introduced any technology. The people in the valley learned it and it was theirs. Many of these things were discovered in ignorance after the development of human civilization on the earth for thousands of years. Giving it to the orcs is the biggest irresponsibility. A better way is to let them digest and absorb these technologies, make these things their own, develop their own things, and no longer rely on Li Shizhen's technological output.

If we apply the analogy of historical torrents, Li Shizhen himself is probably a fish that was accidentally thrown from the lower reaches of one big river to the upper reaches of another river. Of course, the upstream can set off a bigger splash.

But relying on the strength of this fish alone is only temporary and will not last long. The life of this fish also has an end, and there are times when it cannot resist the inertia of the water flow. Only in this way can they set off their own torrents, have stronger water power, provide an environment for fish schools to grow, and form a virtuous circle.

Planting and breeding is based on such considerations. Li Shizhen let Ahu and Asi take care of it, and Li Shizhen hoped the same for weapon development.

In order to prepare some materials for Shan Gong, Li Shizhen would visit that unpleasant Muapa from time to time. Since he realized the essence of this old man's technical geek, his vicious appearance completely lost interest in Li Shizhen. deterrent.

Li Shizhen really likes to attack the old man's recent work progress. To be honest, he felt that when he faced this old man, it was the worst time in his life to bring up all kinds of merciless criticisms. The old man's hopping was such a pleasure that he couldn't help laughing just thinking about it.

Generally, this kind of accusation and jumping will eventually develop into a general quarrel while discussing the feasibility of the next step. The scene where the old and the young quarrel harmoniously should not be too funny.

The most commendable thing about Muapa's work is that he has a complete range of materials, such as all kinds of bones, stones, and wood, and they are sorted and put away one by one.Probably for the compound bow in his dream, the old man has been trying to find the closest combination of materials. On this point, Li Shizhen never attacked the starting point of the old man's work, and devoted his whole life to his dream. This sentence says It's easy to come by, but how much painstaking effort and time has been put into it, just look at the materials filled with several big houses.

It's not that the person concerned will never know the real hardships involved, and will never be qualified to judge whether it is worth it or not.

Li Shizhen came here this time mainly to see if the old man has suitable materials, such as single bows, the main thing is to choose the right wood.

Because of Li Shizhen's suggestion last time, it was the time when he had a major breakthrough in his work. He was devoting himself to technological innovation without sleep and food. After he has finished flipping through, he will organize it again, so that things will not be messed up or wasted.

But the old man was quickly interrupted by Li Shizhen, who grabbed his clothes and forced him to stop. He was a little irritable: "What are you doing?!"

If it wasn't for the fact that this little female had really come up with a lot of ideas, he would have thrown him out immediately!This little female had better have a good reason, otherwise he must let him know what regret is!

Li Shizhen was not frightened by Muapa's ferocious expression at all, his cheeks flushed with excitement, his eyes sparkled, he grabbed Muapa's clothes and held up a stone and asked, "Where did you find this?" ?!"

Muapa looked at the gray-black mixed with dark red stone, and didn't think there was anything special about it. He took it back for a try because of this color, but found that it was not as easy to process as obsidian, so he threw it in the side.

The old man curled his lips, and his facial features seemed to twitch ferociously, "Yang used it on the wall, and he has a lot of it."

Li Shizhen was almost unbelievable: "Where is Yang Apa? Are you sure it's all like this?"

"It's just red stones. There are plenty of them there. What's so rare?"

Li Shizhen grabbed his hair: "Ahh! You stupid old man! This is a better material!" For a while, he couldn't explain the meaning of this ore to the old man in more detail.

Li Shizhen couldn't believe it for a while, this kind of ore had been under his nose for so long, and he hadn't found it. If it wasn't for today's whim to find the material for the single bow, he might have to spend a longer time Missed it!This kind of remorse, fear and ecstasy intertwined intensely, making it difficult for Li Shizhen to control his words and deeds for a while.

"Better material?" The old man's one-eyed stared at Li Shizhen, and then looked at the stone in doubt. He tried it, and it was really difficult to smash it into the desired shape. It was much worse than the black stone. Why would it be a better material?

"Let me ask you, where was this found, and are there more of this kind of stone?" Li Shizhen looked solemn.

"I do not know."

Li Shizhen almost went crazy, what do you mean you don't know, then where did this stone come from? !If you don't find it, forget it, but if you find such a piece and don't know where it came from, he will definitely be stunned to death, he swears!

"I got it from Yang."

Li Shizhen grabbed the stone, turned around, rushed out of the stone house, and went straight to Yang Apa, but Yang Apa was not there!After being splashed with cold water twice in a row, Li Shizhen finally calmed down a little. If he could find more ore, Li Shizhen would feel his blood boil when he thought of it, but at least now he can calm down and think about this kind of thing. The plan after the ore appeared.

Speaking of which, if he hadn't seen a specimen in a museum, he would never have recognized this stone. Among the thousands of minerals, the dark red mixed with it was so characteristic that he couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.Although he didn't do the follow-up processing, he could write out the chemical formulas in the textbook with his eyes closed, and he would never make a mistake.Although it will be difficult, he feels that compared with the current stone and wood, the appearance of this kind of ore is really timely for making weapons, and he will insist on doing it no matter how difficult it is.

Even if it is mixed with impurities, things processed from this kind of ore will be much stronger than stone and wood.

Li Shizhen first found Bai: "Do you know where Yang Apa is now? I found a new material, here, this is this stone. It is very useful. It was brought back by Yang Apa. I want to ask him , where did you find it, is there any more?"

What is circling in Bai's mind is also his recent new plan. When he heard that Li Shizhen mentioned the new material, his heart also moved: "Very useful? Where is it used? What's the use?"

Li Shizhen thought for a while, and signaled Bai to go back to the stone house with him.

Bai nodded in agreement, confessed something to Yong who was in charge of training, and went back to the stone house with Li Shizhen amidst the laughter of all the males.

Li Shizhen rummaged through his backpack and took out the Swiss Army Knife: "Look, this silver blade is made of this stone."

Bai was simply astonished. He had seen the sharpness and smoothness of Li Shizhen's knife many times, but it was a pity that it was too small and its lethality was very limited.Moreover, he has seen that Li Shizhen has been using bamboo, stones and the like to make weapons all the time, and thought that Li Shizhen could not make such knives himself, so he didn't ask.Such a sharp and shining weapon is actually made of this humble stone?

Bai pondered for a while: "Let's go, let's find Yang Apa, he should be in the snow cave now."

"Snow cave?!" Li Shizhen was taken aback.To be honest, Li Shizhen really had a bad impression of that place. In his mind, that place was equivalent to a tomb. What was Yang Apa doing there?

Bai Bian walked and explained to Li Shizhen: "The ceremony is coming soon, and Yang Apa needs to make some preparations. The snow cave is a very important and sacred place."

Li Shizhen guessed that it was related to Shengcong, so he nodded to show that he knew, and went all the way to the snow cave with Bai.

This is the first time for Li Shizhen to observe this snow cave so closely. The entire cave is hidden in the mountain behind the tall Shengcong. The entrance is very high and wide, at least ten meters high, and the deeper cave extends down to the ground. In the depths, it always makes people feel that there is something hovering in the invisible darkness, which makes people shudder.

But today's feeling is not as cold and terrifying as the last time I saw it. The snow cave last time almost made Li Shizhen feel that it was Zhang Youyou's dark mouth devouring endless life. The outer edge of the cave covered with ice and snow made the blackness even deeper and terrifying.

Today is probably the reason why there are many torches inserted at the entrance of the cave. The orange color adds a touch of warmth to this black and white scary place. Many people are busy at the entrance of the cave. The warm popularity also makes the snow cave feel less cold.

Li Shizhen was surprised to see that many old people in the valley were busy in this snow cave, not only Yang Apa and others, but also Qing Apa who had just recovered from his injuries, and Chiapa who was not easy to walk around. .

Li Shizhen stopped in his tracks. The occasion looked a bit solemn. He could postpone the matter of asking about the ore, but when the elders were busy with a serious matter, it seemed inappropriate for him and Bai to rush over and interrupt like this. great.

Bai didn't go forward immediately, but Jing Jing and Li Shizhen waited at the entrance of the cave, watching the busy figures of the elders inside.

They built a very high shelf with logs on one side of the stone wall. Yang Apa and Qing Apa were smearing on the cave wall on the shelf, and several other Apas were also preparing something underneath.

Li Shizhen finally got used to the dim light in the cave. He looked at the cave wall, and the thing Yang Apa was drawing had four limbs and horns on its head. Is that a sheep?Hey, it's not one, but many, big and small, it's a flock of sheep, and a circle of "well" shaped fence is drawn around the flock.The one next to it with head, tail and scales is a fish?The number of fish is also very large.Even farther away, Li Shizhen saw a cornfield!The largest tree in the center of the picture is a big tree full of fruits.

Next to each thing, their names were marked with symbols. Li Shizhen looked up at the huge mural more than ten meters high, and forgot his words for a while.Even if you don’t use any symbolic words, just look at the vivid graphics, even if thousands of years have passed and the vicissitudes of life have changed, as long as you see this mural, people in the future can easily recognize it. This is a snow season where food is abundant and people spend it in peace.

Li Shizhen looked at other places on the cave wall by the brightness of the torch and the light refracted by the white snow at the entrance of the cave.If the knots record the life and death events of the orcs in the valley, then the murals in this snow cave record their daily life.

The mural painted by Yang Apa obviously describes the food situation of everyone during the snow season.In this heavy snow season, they had plenty of food, including fir fruits, fish, sheep, and corn, all of which were reflected in this mural.

None of the figures appear in all the murals. The most common image is a big tree full of fruits, which is always in the center of each painting, eye-catching but calm.Shengcong, who gave life to the orc family in the snow season, really deserves such praise and worship. Somehow, such a tree painted with red paint fits perfectly with the image of Shengcong in Li Shizhen's mind. It is dignified and solemn, shining with an unknowing The holy light of the name.

On a mural not far away, the fish was painted with black paint. Although Shengcong was still painted solemnly, the fruits on the tree were sparse. Moreover, Li Shizhen keenly discovered that the tree The painter of the holy fir is not the same person as the painter of the fish. The latecomers obviously do not have such fluent strokes, the lines are not so stable, and the images are not so full.The previous drawer...Li Shizhen thought of the information revealed in Yang Apa's few words, looked into the dark depths of the cave and sighed silently.

Perhaps, this is the sacred place of this activity.In such a primitive and dangerous place, the joys and sorrows of the orcs throughout the snow season and even the joys and sorrows are only related to the amount of food. In the resting place of the ancestors and the Holy Spirit, drawing such a graph is to record their own life. It is also communicating to the ancestors and the Holy Spirit.

One after another, the plump red figures in Yang Apa's hand, like symbols of joy one after another, flow happily, turning into warm currents, passing to the depths of the cave.

The paint that Chiapa and the others were grinding under the shelf was exactly the same as the scarlet stone in Li Shizhen's hand.

Li Shizhen looked at the red wall, and felt a little hesitant for a moment. I am afraid that these orcs never thought that the pigments they used for painting are actually such a huge wealth, which is enough to change the status quo of the entire ethnic group.

It can be used for painting. Obviously, this kind of material should have a stable and not far away source. Li Shizhen finally let go of the biggest worry in his heart, and appreciate this ancient art wholeheartedly.

This kind of painting process is obviously not as simple as just applying paint, but also needs to apply some other things. Li Shizhen guessed that it should be something that makes the whole painting last longer.

When Yang Apa and the others finished today's work, Li Shizhen found that several Apas were so tired that their foreheads were sweating, and they couldn't hide their exhaustion.

When Yang Apa saw Li Shizhen and Bai, he nodded slightly: "Why are you here? We old guys are still able to do this job. I'm afraid it will take a long time for you to do it, haha."

Bai smiled slightly: "I hope you can continue to do it, and there will be a day when we don't take over."

Yang Apa laughed, waved his hands and sighed: "Old man, the day of returning to the Holy Spirit is coming soon, I can hear the call of the Holy Spirit."

Chiapa frowned and said, "Why did you bring Ah Chao here?"

It was only then that Li Shizhen realized embarrassingly that it seemed that there were all Apas here, and he was the only "female".

Yang Apa shook his head: "Qi, you just stick to those rules too much, it's okay for Ah Chao to come."

Qing Apa rubbed his chin and smiled: "Bai, you don't torment those cubs, what's the matter here? You can't just bring Amao to have a look." In Qing Apa's view, those who have not gone through the ceremony The young males are presumably just "pups".

Bai pointed to the paint on the ground and said, "Ah Chao discovered that Chishi seems to be able to be used as a weapon, which is stronger and sharper than animal bones and teeth."

Chiapa and Qingapa looked at each other, and said at the same time: "How is it possible?!"

Bai just smiled, without any intention of apologizing, nor did he intend to show Li Shizhen's Swiss Army knife.

The author has something to say: Seeing yesterday's negative comments, I'd better explain it once and for all.At the very beginning, I said that Li Shizhen is not a tough guy, even if he survived the difficult and harsh conditions in the first volume, it does not mean that he is a rough person.

This character has a prototype in real life, cough, Olympiad gold medal, strong hands-on ability, kind and considerate, etc., did not appear out of thin air, he is such a person, looking up to the sky.A boy who remembers to bring cool oil when he climbs a mountain, it is too unrealistic for you to expect him to be rough. From the beginning to the end, Li Shizhen is such a person.

In addition, when it comes to the issue of females, some people complained that females are similar to women, which is of course.Which author in the gender society dares to stand up and say that he is not affected by the reality of the gender society model.The reason is too simple, even if you are writing danmei, BG will still have projections, because BG is the only social model that really exists and can be used for reference, and it is also the most reasonable and real gender society, and the setting of gender society in BL is definitely It is difficult to get rid of the projection of this real society, but any reasonable setting cannot be unaffected, unless you are not a gender setting.

Simply imagine that in this dangerous society, the average female only has the appearance of a human being, and she cannot beat wild beasts, so of course she needs to rely on males to survive.It is normal for social status to be dependent, otherwise it is unreasonable.In this book, I have done an idealized treatment. The one-to-one marriage model in the valley is definitely a special case under special conditions.In fact, under this kind of productivity conditions, the social status of females is lower than that of males, and the situation of leopards or polygamy is reasonable (strong males should have multiple females).

Females are not women after all, they should be more independent than females inherently.The appearance of Li Shizhen brought about the idea of ​​planting breeding tools and weapons, which will completely bring about changes in the social status of females. Only when they can support themselves and have weapons to overcome dangers can they talk about independence in social status, otherwise It's all bullshit.This process is very slow. Although I tried to write in the article, I may not be able to finish it. I just want to say that a reasonable social model should be like this.Some people accuse Beastman that it is difficult to get rid of the BG mode. In fact, it is very difficult for me to imagine how a group of people who need to rely on others to survive can look like old men?Economic independence is the only way to have independent personality, which is similar in the orc society.

If it is just a relationship between two individuals, of course there is no problem with how to set it up, but in a society, the stage and rationality of social development must be considered.The development of productive forces determines the social structure. In my opinion, the rationality is higher than my own, or even the preferences of readers. Forgive the paranoia of engineering students.

It doesn’t matter if you really don’t like this setting, I still say the same thing, the rivers and lakes are so big, there is always a Guliang you like, and we will see you again.