Ye An

It snowed heavily for three days and three nights, the cold wind swept across, the snow curtain was endless, and the sky and the earth were all white.

The snowstorm blocked the road, and the strong wind could almost blow people away. Ye An had to stay at the bottom of the rock temporarily until the snowstorm calmed down before setting off.He didn't expect the blizzard to stop suddenly. Having experienced the harshness of the snow season, he only hoped that the blizzard would be smaller and not hinder him from moving on.

Trapped in the tent, naturally he couldn't go out to hunt, but fortunately, he had enough dried meat in reserve. In addition to supplying him and the birds, the antelopes outside the tent could not find hay to satisfy their hunger.

Bees do not eat jerky, and the tree core they carry is gradually exhausted. Ye An dug out the last coconut from the wooden basket, smashed it open with a stone and a dagger, and dug out the coconut meat to serve as rations for the bees.Coconut shells have been frozen and covered with cracks when smashed open. They cannot be used to boil water, so they can only be piled up in the corner of the tent.

The grandparents and grandchildren taken in by Ye An are very quiet. Apart from eating and sleeping, the old man has been polishing buffalo bones. There are already two bone knives beside him. One is as long as Ye An's arm, and the other is only the size of a palm. The same is , the two knives were polished very sharp, no less than the short knives Ye An used before.

Leaning against her grandfather, the little girl has learned to silence and suppress her curiosity after a long life on the run.Unless Ye An spoke, she would never make a sound, for fear of angering him, she and her grandfather would be kicked out of the tent.

During the three days, Ye An carefully observed the grandparents and grandchildren, and occasionally asked about some things. The old man never concealed anything and told the truth.

From the old man's narration, Ye An learned that his name was Wang Shu, and his son and daughter-in-law died in the mouth of the mutant beast, leaving behind his grandson Wang Zhu.He was not a wanderer at the beginning, 30 years ago, he was a resident of Haicheng, and he also went to sea with a fleet.His ability to polish bone tools was honed at sea.

Ye An deliberately guided, the old man's chatterbox opened, and a hoarse but nostalgic voice sounded in the tent. Not only Ye An was curious, but even the little girl was fascinated by it.

"When I was 20 years old, I boarded a ship and sailed with the fleet. The fleet is very large. There are more than [-] large ships capable of catching giant beasts. The sails are raised to cover the sky and block out the sun. Looking from the harbor, the sea is full of sail shadows. As long as you have seen that scene once, you will never forget it in your life.”

When the old man was talking, he didn't stop working. He found that Ye An didn't have cooking utensils, so he planned to use stones to make a pot for boiling water.The time was in a hurry, and the finished product was naturally a bit rough, but the advantage was that it was durable. It could allow three people in the tent to drink hot water and cook a pot of broth with jerky.

"The first time I went out to sea, I encountered a giant beast. It was a mutated octopus with tentacles protruding from the sea, more than ten meters long, tightly wrapped around the boat. There were seven or eight fewer people on the deck at that time."

"I was so frightened that I couldn't move, my hands and feet were cold." The old man laughed at himself, "I hunted mutant bears before boarding the boat, and I thought I was strong enough. I never thought that there were such giant beasts in the sea. At that time, I was completely dumbfounded. Knowing that I should run, but the soles of my feet are weak, no matter what, I can’t move my legs. It was City Lord Xiao on the boat who saved my life, and I survived by luck.”

"Master Xiao?" Ye An caught the message in the old man's words, looked at the old man with his dark eyes, and asked.

"The owner of Haicheng has always been the Xiao family, and it hasn't changed since the city was built." The old man replied.

Ye An nodded, motioning for the old man to continue.

For the next hour or so, the old man described in detail how the Haicheng fleet hunted monsters, and then he talked about the fleet's cooperation with whales, casting nets to catch squid groups, the crew diving into the seabed to find treasures, and sailing at sea for several months.

"There is no fresh water in the sea. City Lord Xiao is a mutant, who can freeze it and distribute it to everyone." The old man remembered, "Catch shrimp and crabs from the sea, and they taste good after boiling them. There are also several kinds of big fish that don't need to be cooked at all. , drain the blood, slice it and eat it raw, the taste is better than any mutant beast."

Having said that, the old man's voice suddenly dropped.

"It's a pity that Haicheng is gone, and neither is the fleet."

The old man has experienced the splendor of Haicheng, and also witnessed the destruction of Haicheng, and Ye An can understand his mood at the moment when he thinks about the ruins found by the sea.

"Haicheng was really destroyed by the tsunami?" Ye An asked.

"Tsunami?" The old man clenched his fists suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "How could it be possible just by the tsunami! There are a large number of sea beasts, and there are also man-made disasters! Those treacherous people coveted Haicheng's fleet and wealth, and took advantage of the fire to rob them, so they didn't even think about it." Think, do they have the ability of the city lords, and in the end they really came to nothing, they deserve it!"

Mentioning the story of Haicheng's destruction, the old man was filled with righteous indignation, his face flushed with anger.

He has always buried this secret in his heart, and he didn't want to tell anyone, including his dead son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter who was with him, and he never revealed a word.Because he knew that the people who betrayed Haicheng back then did not die, and some were still alive and well, such as those old guys in Qiancheng.

These old guys carefully hid themselves, they knew very well that once any clues were revealed, sharks smelling blood would immediately pounce on them and tear them apart alive.They joined forces and hid behind the city lord of Qiancheng, successfully concealing their identities, and at the same time possessing rights no less than that of the city lord.

The old people didn't want to tell these secrets, and they couldn't tell them, but looking at Ye An's eyes, his thoughts were drawn by invisible threads, and the secrets that had been buried for many years were revealed. He couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. , as if the weight on my heart suddenly lightened.

After listening to the old man's narration, Ye An pondered for a long time.

He is [-]% to [-]% sure that the treasure in the old man's words is the spar.Why did the huge fleet disappear, was it swept away by waves and monsters?

For this question, the old man could not give a precise answer.He only knew that the situation was chaotic at that time, the sea beast rushed ashore, the whole city was flooded, and a fire broke out after the water receded.

"The city lord led the fleet to resist the giant beast, and never came back after leaving the city."

The old man's words reveal a lot of information, but there are also a lot of mysteries. Several guesses came into Ye An's mind, which were overturned one by one by himself. On the contrary, there are more and more mysteries, like a tangled ball of thread, which cannot be unraveled. .

When Ye An was deep in thought, the old man had already made a stone pot, the diameter of which was more than two palms. It was relatively shallow and could not boil too much water, but it was strong enough, unlike coconut shells, which were not resistant to fire.

There is no water in the tent, and there is snow outside the tent. Scoop it up and put it on the fire. The snow will melt quickly and bubbles will appear.

"I'll go, I can work."

The little girl is not tall, but she is not small in strength. She is about to walk out of the tent by picking up the stone pot made by the old man.

The curtain was lifted, and immediately a cold wind poured in, and snowflakes the size of goose feathers floated in, leaving large wet marks on the ground.The little girl shivered, but still walked into the snow. She couldn't rely entirely on her grandpa, she had to prove that she was useful.

Ye An watched the little girl walk out of the tent, stood up as well, left the bee in the blanket, took a dagger and a bone knife made by the old man, and lifted the curtain.

"grown ups?"

"Someone is coming." Through the contact with the antelope, Ye An can clearly grasp the situation outside the tent.

The wind and snow are still heavy, but not as violent as before. Some mutant beasts and wanderers will choose to appear at this time. If you are lucky, you don't need to expend too much energy to pick up the frozen prey.

In order to protect the cubs, the antelope group has been guarding under the rocky mountain. During this period, they encountered several waves of mutant beasts, but they did not get too close.Those who dared to go forward were also flying by the horns of the male antelope, and were disembowelled in the snowstorm.

This time there were three wanderers, tall and tall, wrapped in animal skins, with bone knives and clubs in their hands.The two carried wooden bows and the other carried a short spear, walking against the wind in the snow, exuding a fierce aura from afar.

When the little girl saw these three people, her face turned pale, she couldn't hold the stone pot firmly, her hands were trembling, the stone pot fell to the ground and sank deep into the snow.

When Ye An walked out of the tent, he happened to see this scene. Looking back, he saw the old man also coming out, holding a wooden stick and a bone knife in his hand, looking at the three people with angry eyes.

"You know each other?" Ye An asked.

"I know." The old man gritted his teeth. "They are the mountain bear brothers. They deceive other homeless people and lock them up. The men are killed and the women are reduced to slaves. Children who are obedient are sold to caravans, and those who are disobedient are killed. eat it!"

The old man can forge weapons, which is of certain value to Brother Mountain Bear, and he was not killed immediately, which gave him the opportunity to escape with his granddaughter.

"My lord, they are not easy to mess with. My granddaughter and I will cause you trouble. I..."

Before the old man could finish speaking, Ye An raised his hand to stop him, looking through the wind and snow, and locked on the three men who were walking towards the rocky mountain.

Even if the distance is still far away, he can still perceive the other party's greed and malice, not only for the old man and the little girl, but also for himself.

"Take her back to the tent, and don't come out no matter what noise you hear."

Ye An could feel the guilt of the old man and the courage to fight to the death.However, these three people came more towards the antelope herd and themselves. Even without this pair of grandparents, they would rush over, and the battle was inevitable.

The old man sent the girl into the tent and told her not to come out, but instead of hiding inside, he held the bone knife tightly, stood firmly beside Ye An, and said, "My lord, there are three of them, and there are bows and arrows. I don't want to hide." It will drag you down, I can help!"

"Okay." Knowing that the old man would not go back, Ye An simply asked him to stay in front of the tent.

The three men stared closely at Ye An, their greed and malice were undisguised, and excited, they gasped like a mutant bear.The two men took down the wooden bow and pulled the bowstring. The sharp bone arrow was still from the hand of the old man.

"What kind of luck is this!" A man grinned, rubbing his chin with a tangled beard with his big hand.

The other two men held bows and arrows, and they also had grim faces.

They knew that Ye An was not weak, he could survive the wind and snow, and even took in a pair of grandparents and grandchildren, how could he be weak.But if you meet them, you can only become a dead soul under the knife, and you are destined not to survive today.

"Kill him, grab the tent, maybe there are good things inside. And the herd of antelopes, kill them all and take them back!"

The three brothers had a very good abacus, and they were even thinking about how to divide the spoils.Unexpectedly, the bowstring was fully drawn, and the arrow had not yet flown out. A gust of cold wind blew open the curtain, and suddenly there was a dense fluttering of wings, and a large group of fiery red birds flew out of the tent.

"Mutated birds, why are there so many mutated birds?!"

The expressions of the three of them changed from greedy to terrified, their hands trembling uncontrollably, and the bone arrows flew out one after another, without causing any harm to the birds, but piercing through the flock of birds, completely enraged them.

The bird uttered a sharp chirp, vibrating its wings to tear through the strong wind, and under the terrified eyes of the three people, it overwhelmingly pressed towards them.