Chapter 241 Lizard 11
After the sacrifice, the villagers did not receive the protection of the gods. The village was built against the forest, and the houses near the forest were inhabited by young people who came later or refugees who fell into the sea.
Even if they occasionally encountered foraging wild animals, they would be dealt with after the incident, and at most one or two useless people would be lost. The chief and his supporters who were surrounded in the middle lived a more enjoyable life than other islanders.
But things became different after the sacrifice.
No one knew what was happening in the depths of the mysterious and terrifying forest. Wild beasts fled out one after another. When they passed by the villages, they would obviously not miss the delicious meal on their way to escape. The sacrifices caused many families to be torn apart. After the islanders living on the outskirts discovered the danger, they were resentful and secretly left by boat, taking away most of the stored food.
When the chief discovered something was wrong, he and his supporters were drinking a whole box of salvaged aged wine. Later, the chief hid under the bed and escaped the disaster. When dawn came, the imperial village that once belonged to his dreams was only in ruins. The few survivors in the village soon discovered that the stored food had been almost completely looted.
Perhaps out of resentment, the fugitives destroyed all the crops that they had grown with great effort. The chief wanted to leave by boat with the food treasures hidden in the dark, but he found that the boat was gone and his food had been looted by his former supporters.
When Min Xi followed the smell to the leader's house, he found him rummaging through something with a strange shape. That should be the backpack that Yu Mo mentioned. There was a faint scent of Yu Mo on the backpack. He had seen this strange thing in his memory of gazing at the little female from afar.
“…Ahhhh!”
The chief looked at the monster that appeared in the house with horror. It was a monster with four limbs touching the ground like a giant lizard, with hideous skin and flesh, and covered with brown scales. As it slowly stood up, its arms bulged with strong muscles, and the scales there seemed to have been torn off, revealing arms with knotted muscles and bulging red veins.
Blood beads condensed and slid down, and the already smelly room was soon filled with the blood of the monster itself.
Min Xi pulled the backpack away, staring at the leader with his pupils fixed on him: "...steal, steal?"
The leader's teeth were chattering, and his limbs had already moved before his brain, kneeling on the ground and kowtowed, begging him to let him go. Min Xi sniffed the backpack and smelled a familiar smell that was gradually fading. The tail that had just grown out came in handy and lashed at the leader fiercely.
Min Xi turned around and left.
…
The backpack had many compartments, and the leader didn't have time to look through them. He only took the food from the middle compartment. Yu Mo opened the backpack and poured out the remaining items. Sure enough, she found several packets of the medicine she needed.
She first swallowed a few anti-inflammatory pills, and then disinfected the wound on her arm. She was sweating all over during the process. When it was finally clean, she exhaled and leaned against the wall to relax. The back of her hand on her side felt wet and sticky.
Yu Mo squinted her eyes and looked over. Min Xi was squatting beside her, holding her hand and licking it. She was very hot, as if she had a fever, as if she was being roasted on fire. He must have noticed something was wrong, his face was full of worry, and his throat made a gurgling sound like anxiety.
Judging from his current appearance, it is impossible to tell that he was a monster full of oppression and terror in front of the leader just a moment ago. At this moment, he is like a scarred puppy longing for comfort from his owner.
"Yu Mo, Yu Mo, Yu Mo..." Min Xi looked at her sadly and licked the back of her hand until it was wet. He seemed to feel that this had a cooling effect, so he began to lick other parts of her body.
Yu Mo didn't have the strength to push him away. She forced her eyelids open and said, "It's okay, I'm okay!" Her voice was hoarse and her lips were dry.
Min Xi came close to her, moistened her lips, and then purred in a soft and gentle voice. Yu Mo guessed that he was trying to coax her to sleep, and she soon fell asleep.
When she woke up again, the first thing that caught her eye was Min Xi's grinning teeth. He often used mint to freshen his mouth. Yu Mo smelled a faint mint scent, which was then covered by the richer aroma of meat.
"What did you cook?" Yu Mo asked after clearing her throat.
Min Xi first reached out his hand to test her temperature. He was very careful when placing his palm against her skin, afraid of scratching her with his nails. When the temperature dropped, the pink tail began to shake on the ground, and he also made a similar cooing sound of pleasure.
Then he squatted in front of Yu Mo, bent his arms at his waist, fanned them back and forth, tilted his thick neck covered with scales, and made a strange "cluck" sound. This was the action Yu Mo had made when she was talking to him. He not only learned the pronunciation, but also remembered the action.
He reached out and picked up Yu Mo, holding her in his arms, staring at her with a flattering face: "Chicken, chicken soup!"
The chicken soup was served in a pot made of stone. The stone walls were scorching hot. Min Xi's palms were covered with thick calluses. He held the stone pot and placed it in front of Yu Mo. Although barbecued meat was delicious, it was easy to get tired of it if you ate it often. So when they found a pheasant in the woods one day, Yu Mo asked Min Xi to catch it, pluck its feathers and bleed it, and put it in the pot to make soup. There were no other seasonings, only sea salt, and the taste was surprisingly good.
Min Xi has a strong learning ability. From then on, he seemed to think that Yu Mo preferred this kind of eating habit with hot water, and he always cooked it for her as if it were a treasure.
Min Xi: "It's hot, hot..." He looked confused and tried to think of the right words to say: "Drink slowly, slowly."
It would be a lie to say I wasn't moved.
Yu Mo gave him a weak smile. The chicken was stewed very well, but she had no appetite at the moment and just drank the soup, which was delicious with salt. Min Xi waited for a while but she didn't eat the meat. He grabbed the stone pot dissatisfiedly. He still remembered Yu Mo's behavior of not allowing him to reach out directly.
He took the chopsticks Yu Mo had made, put two chopsticks together and thrust them into a piece of meat, a chicken thigh. He placed the chopsticks in front of Yu Mo, removed the bones in two or three strokes, tore the chicken thigh into several pieces, and then stuffed it into Yu Mo's mouth.
When Yu Mo couldn't eat any more, Min Xi picked up the stone pot and ate all the leftovers. During this time, he also went to the forest to catch some prey and swallowed it without care. After washing his body and carefully cleaning his mouth with mint leaves several times, he returned to Yu Mo and watched her sleep.
The days passed slowly. After Yu Mo recovered from her injury, her patience ran out. She contacted her senior sister briefly and learned that Teacher Li's team had successfully arrived at the research base, which was also on an island somewhere in the ocean. She wanted to try her luck by boat.
If she were lucky enough to return to Qingcheng this time, she would want to quit this job. She joined Teacher Li's team not because of her passion, but because of the high bonus and treatment. Her sister has grown up now and has started working. She will have a boyfriend soon. She promised her sister that she would attend her wedding, but now it seems that she will have to break her promise.
If she could return to Qingcheng, she would take a simple job so she could be with her family and not have to worry like before...
The bamboo boat was still in its hiding place. Yu Mo put the prepared dried meat and freshly picked fruits on it, and looked out at the boundless ocean. She felt a sense of fear and melancholy at the same time.
"Min Xi, thank you for your care." Yu Mo put the bamboo boat on the sea. She couldn't wait for the illusory rescue on the deserted island. She would rather take the initiative, even if the final result was wandering in the ocean.
Min Xi stared at her in a daze. Because he was too shocked, his pupils were straightened into lines, and he looked very inhuman. Just staring at his eyes, she had the illusion that he would pounce on her in the next moment.
He seemed to realize that she wanted to leave and looked confused.
Yu Mo stood on the bamboo boat and slowly turned the handle. The boat gradually moved away from the shore until it was some distance away. She breathed a sigh of relief, then waved to Min Xi and said, "If we are destined to meet again in the future. Min Xi, I will remember you. You have to take care of yourself..."
Wasn't he the reason for her eagerness to leave? Min Xi was very good, very good, but Yu Mo couldn't tolerate herself developing feelings for a beast. At the same time, she was also afraid that if Min Xi knew she was leaving, he would lock her up. This was based on past experience, and Min Xi was very clingy to her.
That's why she rowed the boat away without anyone noticing. She had done this many times. A few days ago, she asked to come for a walk on the beach and often rowed the bamboo boat. Min Xi probably thought she was playing, so he ignored her and just lay on the shore to rest, occasionally opening his eyes and looking at him.
I didn't expect that she would leave this time...
A sharp howl suddenly erupted from the distant island! Yu Mo thought the bamboo boat was far enough away from the island. She looked at where Min Xi was standing. There seemed to be a black spot there for a long time. She sighed secretly and began to think about how to contact the people from the research institute.
After several days of running around and even fighting with wild beasts, she had long forgotten the two sea fish from the turbulent Devil's Sea at the beginning. She thought that the sea water could stop Min Xi from chasing her.
The bamboo boat began to shake, and Yu Mo was secretly frightened. She had thought this journey was safe, but she didn't expect to be attacked before she even got far enough away from the island. She sped up to avoid it, but the bamboo boat was violently overturned...
“Clatter, clatter—”
All the dried meat and fruits she had painstakingly prepared fell into the sea!
However, she had no time to think about these things at the moment. She was bitten by something on the seabed, and her waist seemed to be entangled by something hard. Just as she pulled out her knife and wanted to fight desperately, she heard a familiar voice.
It was a tone she had never heard before. Hoarse, angry, and sorrowful, like the agonizing melody of a dying animal—it was Min Xi's voice. The movement of drawing the sword slowly froze. She turned her head slowly and saw Min Xi's Bimo, stained with grief and pain. Scarlet impurities almost covered his eyeballs, making him look eerie and terrifying.
Yu Mo was carried back to the island, with the arm around her waist tightly holding her. She tried to reason with Min Xi: "I want to go home. I can't stay here. I know you can understand me. I want to go home! This is not my home!"
Min Xi's face was tense as he jumped quickly in the woods. He completely ignored Yu Mo's request not to return to the dense forest, and took her to the cave he had dug in the deepest part of the dense forest, and then blocked the cave entrance with stones.
Yu Mo was placed in a corner by him. Min Xi pressed his entire body against her, using his tongue to clean the salty water from her skin. His throat still stammered with that tone of grief and resentment of being abandoned...
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