Back to the Wilderness

"Brother Zhang, what happened?" Ji Fuyun shouted.

No one responded to him, and after a while, Zhang Shijie ran over from the hillside, covered in blood.Ji Fuyun's heart sank.

"Everyone hide first! We are being attacked by wild animals!" Zhang Shijie shouted.

Ji Fuyun hurried forward to meet Zhang Shijie, he was relieved when he saw that he was not injured, and asked, "What beast?"

"I don't know." Zhang Shijie shook his head, "There are two, about the size of a dog, but much more ferocious!"

It must be unusual for Zhang Shijie to say that he is cruel.

"It's terrible!" Panic voices sounded one after another.

The eight people who were originally in charge of collecting firewood ran over, their faces full of fear.

Zhang Shijie didn't see the change in Zhou Qiming's face, and asked anxiously, "Where's Zhou Qiming?"

A person pointed at the back and trembled, "That person was disposing of the dead beasts, but one of them ran away! He said it was a cub, and a group of adult beasts would come soon! He told us to run!"

Zhang Shijie's face quickly turned ugly, realizing that they might be in big trouble, but he quickly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and took immediate action, "Brother Ji, take the people in the cave and leave first, I'll go and have a look Condition!"

Ji Fuyun responded, but then remembered something, and said with some difficulty: "If it's a wild dog, the sense of smell may be more sensitive than we imagined. A large group of us have too big a goal, and it's impossible not to avoid them."

Zhang Shijie froze and frowned, what Ji Fuyun said was not without reason.If they are overtaken by wild animals on the way to escape, very few people can survive.What's more, there are too many women in their group, and the speed of escape cannot be fast.But hiding in a narrow cave is tantamount to courting death.

"Let's stick to it." Zhang Shijie weighed and made a decision, "If we persist until the young master comes back, we might be saved. I don't believe it, so many of us can't handle a few beasts!"

It is also Ji Fuyun's idea to stick to it.

But some people don't think it's a good idea to stick to it.

"I don't want to stick to it! I will die here!" roared a embarrassed man, who might have been injured in the wild beast attack just now, and his mood was very unstable at this time, "I want to guard you! I want to leave!"

He looked at several other people, trying to encourage others to go with him, "You have also seen how terrifying that beast is, staying here is just death!"

This sentence really worked. After hearing this, the two people who were at a loss hardened their faces and walked to the man, "We don't want to stay here either. We know that wild beasts will attack us, so we are not stupid to wait here." What?"

Zhang Shijie looked at the rest angrily, "What about you?"

The rest of the faces were cloudy and uncertain.It's not that they don't want to leave, but they don't have confidence in themselves. Who knows if they will encounter more dangerous beasts after leaving.

Seeing that no one continued to echo, the person who spoke first became impatient. Now that time is running out, it is safer to escape first.

"Forget it, let's go first!" The man spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and quickly found a direction with dense jungle and fled.

"I...I..." Seeing this, a hesitant person finally gritted his teeth and followed.

Zhang Shijie's face was gloomy, and the wooden spear in his hand slammed into the ground, "Whoever wants to go, go quickly, don't wait to hide behind and drag your legs, or I will be the first to throw you into the wild beasts!"

Everyone shook involuntarily, and another person couldn't stand it and ran away with the previous person.

In Ji Fuyun's impression, Lao Wang, who was rather timid, didn't say anything, and stood silently beside Zhang Shijie, expressing his choice with his actions.

"Okay." Seeing that no one had any plans to leave, Zhang Shijie calmed down, "Let's discuss what to do next. It is still unknown whether the wild beasts will come."

Ji Fuyun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "I'll go and see the dead beast first, maybe I know it." Although he studied botany, he is familiar with typical prehistoric creatures.

Zhang Shijie's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "Okay, Brother Ji, you go first. I'll go back to the cave and make arrangements for them to get ready."

Ji Fuyun nodded, and hurriedly ran towards the direction Zhang Shijie pointed out.

Zhou Qiming had already cleaned up the blood that had flowed everywhere from the beast during the fight.Without the guidance of the smell of blood, adult beasts might not be able to find it here for a while.

"Wait!" Seeing that Zhou Qiming was about to throw the corpse of the beast into a puddle far away, Ji Fuyun stopped him.

He ran to Zhou Qiming and looked at the corpse of the beast. It was less than one meter long, and it really looked like an immature dog.

"It should be half a dog." Ji Fuyun said.

Zhou Qiming looked up at him, "You know him?"

Ji Fuyun nodded, "I have done some research on prehistoric creatures, of course, only limited to the more famous ones. Although this half-dog is much smaller than the average prehistoric beast, its ferocity cannot be ignored. It is called a 'little terrorist' , but the half dog should live on the grassland..."

Speaking of this, Ji Fuyun laughed at himself and said: "We are not far from the grassland here, maybe the cubs came here because of their playfulness."

"Next?" Zhou Qiming asked.

Ji Fuyun had no choice but to smile bitterly, "Half dogs have an extremely keen sense of smell."

There is no need for Ji Fuyun to say more about the rest, Zhou Qiming immediately understood, "Then guard the cave."

Ji Fuyun agreed, saying, "Brother Zhang and I also think the same way."

"Actually, with your ability, you can leave here alone. It is not your duty to protect those people in the cave." Ji Fuyun suddenly said to Zhou Qiming.

Zhou Qiming's face didn't change, and he said lightly: "Although you are close, self-protection is not a problem."

Ji Fuyun showed a smile.Sure enough, Zhou Qiming also understood what the number one criterion for surviving in the wild world was the team.No matter how powerful a person is, he can kill a saber-toothed tiger, but can he also kill a Tyrannosaurus rex?

Dinosaurs are a hurdle they cannot escape.

The few people who escaped before could live for a while, but not for a lifetime.

As for why he had to protect those people in the cave, it might be difficult for Zhou Qiming to understand.Just like Ji Fuyun didn't understand, the few of them can completely leave those people and leave without encumbrance, and they will have more chances to live in this world.No morality can require them to protect some strangers in the face of death threats.

But they all chose to stay.Because of Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng took the trouble to take in those people, and even provided food for free.Neither Zhou Qiming nor Ji Fuyun understood Xie Cheng's intentions, but they knew that Xie Cheng was not a kind person, and they also knew that Xie Cheng knew much more than them.

Therefore, they follow Xie Cheng, and if Xie Cheng wants to do, then they will do it too, there will be no mistakes.

The two returned to the cave tacitly.

Seeing them coming back, Zhang Shijie had a look of expression on his face, not obvious but still caught by Ji Fuyun, he was also afraid that Ji Fuyun and Zhou Qiming would escape.

"I thought of a way!" Zhang Shijie said, pointing to the rock group only a few meters away from the entrance of the cave, "I want to move these rocks to the entrance of the cave, block the entrance of the cave, and leave only a small passage to form a barrier. In the cave, guarding the passageway, you only need to face one wild beast instead of a group."

"It's feasible." Zhou Qiming immediately affirmed.

Old Wang clicked his tongue a few times.

Ji Fuyun looked at the rock, the big one was as tall as an adult man, and the small one was only the size of a head.If you want to block the entrance of the cave, you must choose a rock that is heavy enough, stable enough and big enough to ensure that it will not be broken by wild animals.

Moving those rocks was not easy, and it could even be said, extremely difficult.

"Okay. Then act quickly." Zhang Shijie clapped his hands and called out all the men in the cave.Ji Fuyun glanced over and found that there were a lot of people missing, "Stop talking nonsense, if you want to survive, go move the rocks!" Zhang Shijie told these people to shut up obediently, and resigned to their fate to move those seemingly heavy rocks in twos and threes .When they didn't choose to run away after listening to Zhang Shijie's words, they knew they would face this.

The woman hid in the cave in panic, crying and cursing continuously.

"We won't die here, right? I don't want to die!"

"I'm so scared... woo woo woo"

"Can you shut up! The noise is annoying!"

Ji Fuyun saw He Zhongqing shivering in the corner while Zhao Lan was beside her.Ji Fuyun gave them a reassuring look.

Zhou Qiming walked to a rock that was more than one person tall and one meter wide, and patted it, "Let's move this one."

Ji Fuyun was shocked. This rock looked quite thin, but it weighed at least a ton, and it was almost impossible to move it by manpower alone.

Zhang Shijie also showed a shocked expression, but he quickly restrained himself, walked to Zhou Qiming's side, and beckoned, "A few more people."

Several strong people looked at each other in blank dismay, but still obeyed Zhang Shijie's words, including Ji Fuyun.

"It doesn't have to be lifted, we can push it to the entrance of the cave." Zhou Qiming said, and arranged for people to stand on the side of the rock one by one, "Listen to my password."

"Ha!" Zhang Shijie yelled loudly, concentrating all his strength on his arm muscles ready to go.

Ji Fuyun also took a few deep breaths silently, pressing his hands against the rock.

"One, two, three, push hard!" Zhou Qiming shouted, and he took the lead in exerting force, and his arm muscles bulged.

"Ah—" Unanimously, everyone roared.

Squeak—the huge rock was really pushed by them.

"Keep up!" Zhou Qiming's voice broke.

The person who was moving the small rock involuntarily widened his eyes when he saw this scene, and two more people stepped forward to assist him.

The rock was moving forward with difficulty in small increments, albeit so slowly that it was almost invisible.

Ji Fuyun felt that the muscles in his arm were so sore, and the sweat on his forehead was like rain.The faces of the others were also flushed, their heads were lowered, their feet were pushed into the soil, and they moved forward with all their strength.

"One, two, three!" Another command, another round of unison.

The muscles of Zhou Qiming's arms moved in a regular rhythm, and every violent rise brought out huge strength.

"To live!" Zhang Shijie suddenly closed his eyes and shouted, leaning forward desperately.

Perhaps the awareness of survival can really make people burst out their potential, and this time the rock was pushed a lot forward by them.

Hope is at hand.

"Ah—" a sharp cry sounded in the cave, and the woman who made the sound widened her eyes, looking out of the cave in despair.

After the momentary silence, more terrified cries erupted, one after another, like the horror of thunder blasting an ancient tree on a summer night.

Ji Fuyun looked back quickly, his heart sank instantly.

The author has something to say: the body size of the animals appearing in the novel comes from "Walking with Dinosaurs" and "Walking with Beasts" by Tim Haynes, and some information comes from Baidu.Of course, there are some things that I can't find... I just made it up, like the half-dog sense of smell, I don't know how sensitive it is, but I set it to be extremely sensitive.