Chapter 598 The Night of the Full Moon
There is a jungle not far from the east gate of Taichu Capital. This jungle did not exist during the Ice Age, but grew slowly after the Ice Age receded.
The Alliance also took the initiative to do this, but it was mainly because of Mang, who liked jungles very much and could not stand the situation where there were no jungles next to his residence.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west. Whether they were working outside or rushing into the city from other places, they were all rushing to the east gate. However, there were a few children who hid in the woods and did not come out.
"Golden Wolf, are you sure you don't want to go home?"
Zhao Zhuo, the leader of the group of children, asked the child who was called Golden Wolf, who was squatting on the ground holding his head.
"I'm not going back. You guys go back."
When Golden Wolf shook his head, you could see that his exposed ears were actually covered with dense hair.
Hearing Golden Wolf's words, many of the children looked at the setting sun with worry.
Although this area is the core of the alliance, there are still wild beasts. If they don't go back, they will still be in danger.
"You guys go back. I'll stay here with Golden Wolf."
Zhao Zhuo is a responsible child. After he finished speaking to his friends, he thought for a moment and pointed to a child and said, "Go to my house and tell them that I'm staying at Golden Wolf's house tonight."
The child nodded, and then Zhao Zhuo pointed to another child and said, "Go to Golden Wolf's house and tell them that Golden Wolf is staying at my house tonight. Do you understand?"
The other child also nodded quickly, indicating that there was no problem.
"Zhao Zhuo, it's so dangerous here, are you sure you don't want to go back?"
a child asked worriedly.
Zhao Zhuo glanced at Jinlang, who still had his head covered, and seeing that he didn't express his opinion, he took the initiative to say, "No, it's not the first time you've spent the night outside, just come find us tomorrow morning."
Some of the children wanted to stay, but Zhao Zhuo disagreed.
"My method will be exposed if someone goes to find us, and the more people there are, the easier it is to get into trouble. You just go back quickly."
Zhao Zhuo said, pushing them to leave.
Some children didn't want to stay any longer, and left half-heartedly, and with the leadership of these children, everyone followed suit and left.
"They're all gone, it's okay, I'll protect you tonight."
Zhao Zhuo squatted down and said to Jinlang.
After hearing this, Jinlang finally raised his head cautiously.
When he raised his head completely, his ears were exposed, but they were furry ears, pointed and long.
"My ears, have they become longer?"
Jinlang pointed at his ears and asked Zhao Zhuo.
Zhao Zhuo nodded, looked at them carefully and said, "There are more hairs, just like the wolf ears I saw."
When he said this, Jinlang showed an aggrieved expression and was about to cry. Zhao Zhuo hurried to comfort him.
"You are originally from the wolf tribe, it is normal to have a pair of wolf ears."
The comforting words finally had some effect. The golden wolf looked at him and asked with tears in his eyes: "Why don't other people have them?"
Zhao Zhuo's eyes turned and said: "I saw the commander of your tribe use the spirit body. He looked like a war wolf. You must be awakening the power of the totem. You may be able to transform into a greedy wolf spirit body at any time."
"Really?"
The golden wolf stood up and asked in surprise.
"Really."
Zhao Zhuo said affirmatively, and then pointed to a few wild rabbits on the ground and changed the subject: "Let's roast them and have them for dinner."
"Okay."
The golden wolf nodded and immediately picked up the rabbit to skin it.
"I'll do it, I'll do it."
Zhao Zhuo hurriedly stopped him and went to the nearby water source to skin the rabbit himself.
He didn't dare to let his little friend see blood. He remembered that on the full moon night two months ago, his friend saw blood and changed. It was too scary.
Since last year, this golden wolf has always changed around the full moon night. Sometimes it grows hair on its ears, and sometimes it has canine teeth. It's very scary.
But he didn't dare to tell his family about this change, so a few of his little friends helped him hide it. In the past few full moon nights, the changes have been even greater, and it was this brave Zhao Zhuo who accompanied him in the jungle.
Zhao Zhuo peeled the rabbit skin and walked back. At this time, Jinlang also lit a bonfire, and the two began to roast the rabbit meat.
Unknowingly, the sun had set, and the jungle fell into darkness, with only the bonfire lighting the surroundings.
"Is my rabbit meat roasted?"
Jinlang took the branch with the rabbit meat and raised it in front of Zhao Zhuo and asked.
Zhao Zhuo looked at it, opened his mouth and took a bite, and said, "It's done."
Jinlang hurriedly took the roasted rabbit meat back. He was also very hungry, so he ate it directly after taking it back.
After eating a few bites, Jinlang suddenly had a headache.
"Ah."
He threw the roasted rabbit meat on the ground in pain, holding his head and rolling on the ground.
Zhao Zhuo immediately ran to his side, hugged him and said, "Does your head hurt again?"
Jin Lang nodded in his arms, making a painful sound that didn't calm down for a while.
"It's okay, it's okay, it will be fine after today."
Zhao Zhuo comforted him, looking up at the rising full moon, with some worry in his eyes.
Today's moon was surprisingly round, and he remembered that Jin Lang said that the rounder the moon was, the more his head hurt.
After a while, clouds floated across the sky, covering the full moon, and Jin Lang's pain was relieved a little.
"Let's go a little deeper into the jungle, where the trees are taller and can block out the moon."
Zhao Zhuo said as he pulled up the golden wolf.
"Zhao Zhuo, I'm hungry."
The golden wolf said.
Zhao Zhuo picked up the roasted rabbit meat on the ground and handed it to him. When he saw the golden wolf's face, a flash of fear flashed across his eyes
. The flash of fear did not escape the golden wolf's eyes, and he immediately reached out and touched his mouth.
At this time, his chin protruded forward, and his canine teeth were intertwined in his mouth, which looked really scary.
Moreover, some dense hair appeared on his cheeks, as if it was going to cover his entire face.
"This time it grew faster than the last time."
The golden wolf said with a tearful face.
Zhao Zhuo rubbed his head to comfort him.
"It's okay, we'll get through this."
He said so, but there was worry in his tone.
The two talked for a few more words, then each took a roasted rabbit meat, and each held a torch, extinguished the campfire and walked deep into the jungle.
They often came to this jungle to play, and were very familiar with the paths here. It wasn't long before they came to a place that blocked the moon.
The two picked up branches again, lit the campfire, heated the rabbit meat and started eating.
"This time, I feel like my nose has changed."
While eating the roasted rabbit meat, Golden Wolf suddenly spoke.
Zhao Zhuo frowned and looked at Golden Wolf's nose, where the hair was very lush and had covered the tip of the nose.
"What changed?"
he asked.
"It's just that there are a lot more hard things in my nose, and I can smell more clearly."
Golden Wolf rubbed his nose and said.
Those hard things are nasal conchae. The more nasal conchae there are, the more sensitive the sense of smell will be.
"Then you'd better stay away from stinky farts, otherwise you will be disgusted and no one can save you."
Zhao Zhuo said jokingly.
Golden Wolf also smiled, but his face was covered with hair, so his smile was not obvious.
After the two children ate rabbit meat, they lay down by the campfire to rest.
Zhao Zhuo lay on his back, and through the gaps in the trees, he could vaguely see a full moon.
Golden Wolf didn't dare to lie like this. He didn't have time to avoid the moon, so how could he dare to look.
He lay on his side, with his back to Zhao Zhuo, with a little worry in his eyes.
This kind of life has been going on for a long time. If it weren't for Zhao Zhuo, he really didn't know how he would get through it alone.
"Zhao Zhuo."
Jin Lang suddenly spoke, Zhao Zhuo looked at his back, "Do you think I should tell my family?"
When this situation first happened, Zhao Zhuo supported him to tell his family, but he didn't dare, and Zhao Zhuo never mentioned it later.
"You should tell them, it's always like this, there's no end."
Zhao Zhuo suddenly laughed and said, "Besides, if you don't tell them, you won't be able to hide it from your wife in the future."
People in the alliance get married relatively early, and it's very common to get married in their early teens. They will be ten years old in a year or two, so Zhao Zhuo said this.
"Who dares to be my wife when I'm like this?"
Jin Lang said sadly.
"Of course not. I think the young lady from the Zhang family likes you. You only have this condition once a month, and it's usually nothing."
He paused for a moment, and suddenly thought of something and said, "Besides, Chief Shi is in the dojo, so there may be a way to solve it."
Hearing that Chief Shi was in the dojo, Jinlang's eyes lit up, and his depressed mood seemed to have improved a lot.
"But what is going on with me?"
Jinlang suddenly stood up and looked at Zhao Zhuo and said, "I heard that there were dog-headed people in the past. Am I going to become a wolf-headed person?"
Zhao Zhuo glanced at his little friend and found that his hair was a little more luxuriant.
"The dog-headed man said it was a human and a dog... Your parents are both human, how could they be wolf-headed men? In my opinion, it was the change caused by the Fire God's initiation into the Primordial Beginning."
Although Zhao Zhuo was young, he was an insightful child: "I heard from my father that when the Fire God first became the Primordial Beginning, many powers had not yet been explored, just like what exactly this spiritual energy is used for, isn't it clear yet?"
Jinlang listened to him and nodded vigorously.
Zhao Zhuo's father is Zhao, the current leader of the alliance, so his words are naturally convincing.
"Do you think my change is caused by spiritual energy?"
Jinlang turned around completely, crossed his knees and looked at Zhao Zhuo and asked.
Zhao Zhuo thought for a moment and said, "It's hard to say. If you really want to know, you should tell the alliance. It's not a good idea to keep it a secret."
Jin Lang nodded vigorously and said, "I'll tell them after this time."
"Okay."
Zhao Zhuo also expressed his support.
It's not a good idea to hide outside all the time.
Jin Lang made a decision, paused for a while and said, "How about you help me talk to your father? We can keep it a secret from others and ask your father first, how about that?"
After all, he was just a child and didn't dare to let others know about his change. He still wanted to keep it a secret.
Zhao Zhuo naturally didn't object. He nodded vigorously and said yes.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Lang had a headache again. He hugged his head and rolled around by the campfire.