Farming Animals

49

"Where is this place?" Rong Xiao raised his head and looked around, the surrounding was deserted, and all he could see were unfamiliar scenery, he murmured, not expecting to get Wu Jiu's answer.

"Where should I normally go after the trial?" Wu Jiu looked at him without answering.

"All tribal members who have finished the trial will return to the place where they first entered the trial barrier. When the trial is over, the runes there will send everyone back to the sacred tree." Rong Xiao replied while looking around warily. The unfamiliar environment made him vigilant, and the many days of trials made the words "always on guard" almost engraved into his daily behavior.

"The trial of the tribe is only seven days, and we stayed in the enchantment for a full 49 days. Presumably, the teleportation enchantment of the tribe has already been closed, so the teleportation position is wrong. The soil here is hard and brittle, and the water is scarce. The composition of the soil is almost the same, and looking at the surrounding environment and vegetation types, we should still be in the territory of Muyun," Wu Jiu knelt down, and while checking the surrounding environment, he calmly analyzed and patted the broken soil in the palm of his hand. After falling, he looked up at the sun above his head and calculated silently. After a while, he said, "I'll go to the sky to see the surrounding environment."

After saying that, he turned into a bird and flew into the sky.Looking down from a high altitude, Wu Jiu quickly had a panoramic view of all the landforms at the end of his sight, and saw clearly the environment of the entire surrounding area, and Wu Jiu had some calculations in his heart.

When it landed on the ground, Wu Jiu pointed to the southeast side and said decisively: "Let's go in this direction first. I just looked at the surrounding environment on the high rise. The ground here has begun to undulate. There are many slopes and hills. The surrounding of the tribe is flat, it should be more west of Muyun County, close to the side of the Great Wilderness, if we walk towards the east side, the general direction will not go wrong. I remember the surrounding environment of the tribe, with lush meadows and abundant water vapor. According to the general description on the "Zedi Xingyu Map", it should be southerly."

Rong Xiao relaxed when he heard the words, it was better to have a general direction than to walk around blindly, and Wu Jiu's analysis was convincing.

Different from Rong Xiao's relaxation, after confirming the direction, Wu Jiu's expression became more dignified, he looked into the distance solemnly, and said worriedly: "We spent more than forty days in the enchantment, longer than expected There are too many, I am very worried about the situation in the strongholds outside the tribe, the people there are too complicated, and there will be chaos for a long time."

Wu Jiu's worries were not groundless. Before he and Rong Xiao entered the barrier, he and Rong Xiao had made some arrangements. In order to accommodate the old and weak in the shacks who escaped from the tribe, Wu Jiu opened up the location of the stronghold so that those Helping the old and the weak can have a place to stay, and for the group of chicks, he has also asked that if the situation in the tribe changes, they will go to the stronghold outside the tribe to hide together, but this arrangement is only when he and Rong Xiao will meet soon. It was made on the premise of returning, with short-term resettlement and hiding, and sufficient food reserves. Even if there is friction between the two groups of people, it will not cause too much disaster, but if this time is extended indefinitely, There has been no news about him and Rong Xiao, so the situation is hard to say.

Wu Jiu didn't dare to think about what would happen in order to compete for limited supplies in the extreme environment of a power vacuum. What worried him even more was the weather at the moment. Nearly fifty days have passed, and the land is still dry and cold. Just checked The permafrost and ice floes on the ground told him that there was a new snowfall not long ago. Although the slightly rising temperature melted the snow slowly, it was still far from the temperature in the dry season.Obviously, during the time they entered the enchantment, the cold season was still not over. This year's winter was longer than previous years!

The result deduced from the environment was extremely bad, Wu Jiu unconsciously turned around in place a few times, looked at Rong Xiao and said, "We need to go back as soon as possible."

Looking at the restless Wu Jiu, Rong Xiao squatted down in front of him, stroked his shoulders and said, "Calm down, it's not that bad, the old and the weak in the shanty town are used to eating less in the middle of winter, so they won't be so bad." I was running out of food. After I entered the enchantment, I asked my uncle to go to the stronghold. The tribes there were old and weak, and he would take care of them. As for the group of gray feathers, the chicks are rare, and so is the gray feathers. The clan already emphasizes reproduction. For the sake of offspring, if they are brought into the clan, no matter what, Wu Zhu will not shorten the rations of the chicks. In the past, it was less, and they would not starve to death. Even if they went to a stronghold outside the tribe, there was food you left for them, and even if they were divided by the old and weak, the remaining savings would be enough for them It's been a long time, so don't worry too much."

When Rong Xiao spoke, his tone was plain, but with a convincing force, Wu Jiu was relieved by him, and finally recovered from the anxiety just now.

Seeing that Wu Jiu's mood improved, Rong Xiao said: "No matter what, the only way to know the specific situation is to go back as soon as possible." Wu Jiu deeply agreed.

The two discussed it properly and set off immediately. In order to reduce Rong Xiao's burden, Wu Jiu wanted to turn into a bird and fly all the way, but Rong Xiao directly refused.

"Let me come, you can't fly faster than me." When Rong Xiao spoke, his expression was calm, as if he was stating an established fact, his tone was firm and could not be rejected.

After saying that, he directly turned into a dog.

The calf-sized mastiff has black ears and four feet, and is covered with shiny dark brown fluff. It looks strong and powerful, and is very handsome. Wu Jiu and Rong Xiao have a tacit understanding. Seeing him transform into a dog, he immediately jumped on his back superior.

Rong Xiao jumped forward with all his strength, flying out like an arrow off the string, and in the next second he was beyond a shot, which was indeed several times faster than inside the barrier , Wu Jiu couldn't help but exclaimed, but his cry was quickly scattered in the wind, the bulldog stepped forward, and disappeared in this area within a few breaths.

On the other side, Rong Xiao placed high hopes on Jun Ke, who was watching the sky worriedly at the moment. A dark cloud slowly covered a large area around him. First, a little white fell on the tip of Jun Ke's nose, and soon, it began to snow again.

Jun Ke let out a long sigh, and felt his head hurt even more. The snow has not stopped since the beginning of the cold season. Now, according to the solar terms, it is already the beginning of the dry season, but the temperature has not picked up at all, let alone the light snow. One after another, the hearts of the people below trembled. Some old and weak clansmen began to tremblingly pray to the gods for forgiveness, bluntly saying that this was a disaster sent by the gods, and even those with weak minds missed the thatched huts in the clan. Regretting the behavior of fleeing, he quietly returned to the tribe. The group of people who went to the tribe never came back, but it was even more exciting. Some people said that they were not punished, and the lenient Lord Wu Zhu forgave them.

For the above two rumors, Jun Ke severely punished the rumorer at the beginning of discovering them, but he couldn't stop the rumors from spreading.

Jun Ke was able to stop those old and weak people who worshiped in private with food and turned back to the tribe privately, but Jun Ke had no choice but to do nothing, and what worried him even more was the whereabouts of Rong Xiao. Now, the trial has passed After dozens of days, Rong Xiao still didn't come back here.

Could it be that, like his father, he failed to advance in the trial and was swallowed by the barrier?

Junk shuddered and forbade himself to think about it.

At first, he would comfort himself.He must have been in the tribe and got stuck by something, so he never came here.

But as time went by, this consolation became more and more untenable. He also wanted to quietly go back to the tribe to see what happened, but the countless trivial things that happened every day made it impossible for him to escape, and his heart , also silently resisted returning to the tribe, fearing that he would eventually face the unacceptable "facts", but now, the situation is getting worse and worse, and Junke is deeply confused about everything in the future.

Seeing that the contradictions in the foothold became more and more acute, Jun Ke finally decided that if he could no longer persist, he would take everyone back to the tribe when the weather got warmer. Planting seeds in the dry season will always require manpower. I wish the adults will consider their original intention of fleeing in winter.

Recalling this decision again, Jun Ke's face was gloomy, and he finally regained his thoughts. He remembered the purpose of this trip again, and he couldn't help but have a headache again.

Braving the wind and snow, Jun Ke moved forward all the way to the deepest part of the foothold. There was a rock wall sheltered from the wind. Two strong old men had guarded it for a long time. Seeing Jun Ke coming, the faces of the two of them After relaxing a little bit, Jun Ke greeted them, and then entered the cave. Under the dim light, eight gray-feathered chicks snuggled together, absorbing a little warmth.

The two chicks on the side closest to the entrance of the cave were particularly vigilant. As soon as Jun Ke came in, they woke up from a nap, turned into human figures, and waited quietly.

Jun Ke first nodded at the older and stronger fledgling, and then looked at the fledgling who was young but very mature. Since he came in, the fledgling had been sullen, Bringing an invisible pressure.

"Uncle, what's the matter this time?" The older chick didn't have any scheming. Seeing Jun Ke, he spoke first. From his unhappy expression, it can be seen that Jun Ke came here a few times ago , did not bring any good news.

Hearing the sound, Jun Ke said with some embarrassment: "It's still the same thing as last time..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was cut off in one gulp: "There is nothing to discuss about this matter. The food is [-]/[-]. The rest is just enough for us to eat, there is no more." Wu Ba looked at Jun Ke, his tone was cold, without any compromise.

Seeing that Wu Ba refused as strongly as last time, Jun Ke also knew that there was no need to discuss this matter. After all, he couldn't bear to persecute these chicks, so he just shook his head, sighed and turned away, thinking about the remaining food and the remaining food. Population, for the first time, Jun Ke began to rejoice that people fled from time to time, so that the food shortage would not be put on the table.

With Jun Ke gone, there was a moment of silence in the cave, and the chicks who had just been in a light sleep woke up.

Wu Yi hadn't said a word since Wu Ba rejected Jun Ke just now. Seeing the person walking away, he hesitated for a moment and said: "I said, Xiao Ba, otherwise, we'd better go back. We are the Yu Clan. It will shorten our food!" He really had enough of the days here, he lived in the dark cave every day, and he didn't know when his head would be. He missed the hut in the tribe very much, which was bigger and bigger than here. It's much warmer here, and I don't have to worry about it all day long, and sleep awake.

Hearing the words, all the gray feathers couldn't help but look at Wu Ba and Wu Yi, since Wu Jiu was not there, he was the leader of all the little gray feathers.

"We're not going anywhere, we'll just wait here for Xiaojiu to come back. I've said this once, and I don't want to say it a third time." Wu Ba looked at Wu Yi and said coldly.

"Hmph, I know why you dare not go back. You are afraid of that man named Rong Zhi, but I am not afraid. He doesn't like me." Wu Yi was irritated by Wu Ba's cold tone, and finally couldn't help saying In my heart, without Wu Jiu here, he is the same as Wu Ba, so there is no need to be afraid of him.

Hearing this, Wu Ba stared at him steadfastly, Wu Yi was stabbed by that gaze, and subconsciously shrank his neck. In Wu Jiu's eyes, Wu Jiu has always rewarded and punished, and has a lenient temper, just to punish others. He is always smiling, Wu Ba is different, he always sees people indifferently, if he stares at him coldly, he will always be unlucky after a few days, Wu Yi has been counted by him several times, and now he sees the familiar Sight, subconsciously tense up.

Wu Ba glanced at him, then lost interest, he turned his eyes away, glanced at the other chicks in the cave, and said after a while: "Ajiu told us to wait for him here, and I will wait for him here, who of you wants to go back? I'll leave now, but just one thing, all the food and supplies here are left by Ajiu. Leaving here is disobedience to his orders. Meter a piece of thread!" His tone was serious, which made all the chicks feel uneasy, and a few of them who were thinking about it became honest at the moment.

As soon as Na Wu saw that there was no one in the room to support him and lost his initial momentum, he reluctantly said: "Well, let's wait another three days. If Ah Jiu hasn't turned around, we'll go back!"

Wu Ba turned his gaze back rather contemptuously. He knew Wu Yi very well, and he was sure in his heart that if no one responded, he would not go back even after another 30 days. He didn't have the courage to be alone.

Looking back, Wu Ba recalled what happened just now, and couldn't help but frown slightly. This is not the first time Jun Ke came to beg for food. There are several times more people in the shed area than them. Come on, they also accounted for too much.If the situation continues to be bad, Jun Ke, who came to beg for food again, will probably not be in this easy-to-talk appearance. The two strong guards outside the gate were arranged by Jun Ke himself, not only to protect their safety, but also to watch over them. They and the food in the cave.Food is their lifeline, and it may also become their urging talisman.

Looking at the empty sky outside the cave, Wu Ba once again prayed in his heart, Ah Jiu, come back soon.