Chapter 98
Thinking of this possibility, Qiao Sheng put the prepared food into the greenhouse, and then the two of them went upstairs and downstairs to check the boat and storage box.
After a moment of tension, the two found that the supplies in the storage box had not been reduced, and the boat had no obvious damage. After being busy for a long time, they even felt that their work was in vain.
The Arctic fox had been lying on the sofa. Compared with the European-style sofa that could be entered first after sitting down, it preferred the Chinese elm sofa. Seeing the two people coming back with sad faces and sitting beside it worriedly, the little fox stood up after a while. It heard what they said just now.
It bit Qiao Sheng's pants with its sharp beak and dragged him to the terrace. Although I didn't understand why the Arctic fox suddenly did this, considering that these animals had high IQs, I followed it. When
they reached the second-floor terrace, the Arctic fox didn't even use the stairs, but jumped up to the third floor using its hands and feet. When Qiao Sheng and the others climbed up, it had already squatted on the glass roof of the third-floor cabin. Then they saw the snowy owl standing there too.
One of them stood in the cabin, and the other stood on the glass roof, just looking at each other. The two animals looked more and more disgusted, as if they were saying, why did they choose such a stupid master.
Qiao Sheng wanted to complain about the immorality of the game. In this case, there should be an animal communicator. Otherwise, as a master, apart from threatening these animals with withholding food to make them behave, he always felt that his IQ was being crushed.
When Qiao Sheng and the Arctic foxes were staring at each other, Li Mu discovered the problem. Was there too much dust on the glass top? Every day, he would climb up and wipe the dust to let the sun in better. It wasn't dark yet, so how come there was more dust than when he wiped it every morning?
Qiao Sheng also discovered the problem with his reminder. Looking at the two animals on the glass top, they finally stopped looking at her with disgust.
Knowing where the changes were, I didn't have to worry so much. I went back to the greenhouse and sat on the kang to finish my meal. Qiao Sheng also called the three animals over. The door of the greenhouse was open. He took a bare bamboo bed and placed it against the door. The snowy owl squatted in the middle, and the Arctic fox and the cassock cub were on both sides.
In front of each animal was a small iron basin, which was half filled with shark meatballs, some braised fish and raw marinated salmon strips. Letting them sit outside the door to eat was already the limit. The three of them were definitely not allowed to go on the kang. It can't be called a cleanliness fetish, but I felt that I couldn't let the three of them develop the habit of going on the kang.
While eating, they discussed the issue of time flow. It seems that the ship will also be affected by the flow of time. If it is shortened by a few hours, the withdrawal will be dust. If it is doubled for a long time, it may accelerate the damage of the ship.
So they decided to open it only when they are in a hurry to plant, or when they are intensively planting trees. In this case, they need to prepare more planting pots, preferably dozens, and plant them at the same time to achieve mass production.
The two of them were chatting enthusiastically, and the three animals had already eaten up the food in the pot and looked at the leftovers on the table.
Because the cassock cub was small, it acted like a coward in front of the two older brothers. But when it came to Qiao Sheng, it was a little bit arrogant. Seeing that the two owners ignored them, it wanted to climb onto the kang and rub against the table to steal food. As soon as its left front paw touched the edge of the kang, the snowy owl pecked it with its beak the next second. The little bear shivered in pain, cried out, and immediately retracted its paw.
When Qiao Sheng looked over, the cassock cub had already retracted its paw, so she didn't see the crime process.
"Are you going to eat this fish? If not, share it with them. It's spoiled. If it wasn't for the snowy owl, the cassock cub would have been on the table." Li Mu noticed the cassock cub's actions, mainly because it was close to him and was still black, which was simply too eye-catching.
Qiao Sheng mixed the fish roe and fish soup with the brown rice he had left, and divided the rest into three iron bowls, with the snowy owl getting the most and the cassock cub getting the least. This was the result of a failed attempt to steal food.
"In summer, we probably won't need a refrigerator, and there's no way we can finish the food. There are three trash cans, and the food consumption is huge. We can still eat more after we finish eating." Qiao Sheng finished the rice in his bowl, and the bowls and basins on the kang table were clean.
Before going to bed, he was still a little worried, so he checked the weapons and medicines, and also warned the animals at home that if anything happened, they could just smash the greenhouse door and bark wildly.
In order to get up early in the morning, the two of them went to bed very early, and the animals at home didn't move all night, so they probably didn't encounter anything.
When they packed up and went out, they took the snowy owl and the Arctic fox with them. The cub was too small, so it was a waste of effort to bring them along.
It was because these two little friends didn't walk by themselves when they went out, which made people more irritable. After getting ashore, the snowy owl squatted on Li Mu's rabbit fur hat, and it couldn't be shaken off no matter how hard they tried.
The Arctic fox was even more deadly. It jumped onto Qiao Sheng's shoulder with a big leap. After weighing it, the weight was acceptable. When they walked towards the bare woods on the island, a cold wind blew by. Qiao Sheng shrank her neck and stretched her neck out when the wind was a little lighter. The next second, the Arctic fox's tail was wrapped around her neck.
Qiao Sheng felt that this feeling was quite good. After all, the fox fur scarves that other people brought were dead, but hers was alive and still warm, not to mention how warm it was.
Because the system reported that the danger level was three and a half stars, the two of them did not dare to cut wood after entering the forest, but concentrated on exploring the way. They had never been afraid before because of Qiao Sheng's agility in chopping snake heads. This time, when they encountered dry grass, they had to use a stick to dig it a few times.
"Are we too nervous? Do snakes hibernate?" Qiao Sheng did not dare to speak loudly. He scratched the grass with the stick twice, and suddenly remembered this question. He asked in a low voice with some embarrassment.
The branch that Li Mu was swinging in his hand stopped suddenly. He hummed, changed the snake-beating stick into a trekking pole, and walked forward by poking the ground.
After two hours of wandering in the woods, they didn't see any animals, let alone people. The rabbit holes that were everywhere on every island had collapsed under the pressure of snow on this island.
This situation was completely beyond their understanding of the game. Between the reward of moving forward and the waste of time, the two of them chose the former without much hesitation.
Since humans can't solve this problem, why not let the snowy owl and the Arctic fox give it a try.
After some communication, the snowy owl and the Arctic fox cooperated very well. One flew up to explore the way, and the other nested at Qiao Sheng's neck to show the way.
Maybe it was because they knew there was danger, but Snowy Owl Flying's dog was sneaky and didn't make any sound from beginning to end. After walking for more than an hour, they actually climbed to the top of a mountain.
Qiao Sheng's lungs were about to be exhausted from climbing. The mountain was too steep and it was very tiring to climb.
She lay on the top of the mountain gasping for breath, and before she could catch her breath, Li Mu covered her mouth and she was almost suffocated. All her struggling movements stopped when Li Mu whispered in her ear, "
Don't move, it's okay." Seeing that she didn't move, Li Mu moved his hand away. When Qiao Sheng could breathe fresh air again, she didn't even dare to open her mouth, and just used her nose to absorb oxygen.
At Li Mu's suggestion, the two of them squatted down, lowered their bodies, and slowly approached the cliff. In the silence, the cheers and cries for help from the bottom of the cliff were particularly clear. After
secretly observing for a while, they found the place where the sound came from. It was a bit far away, and they could only see a large bonfire, and then there were many people surrounding it.
As for who made the cheers and cries for help, she really couldn't tell, her eyesight was not that good.
After a while of observation, the two of them quietly retreated to the edge of the cliff, and then they lowered their voices and began to talk. In fact, they also knew that the people at the bottom of the cliff could not hear them talking, but they were not sure if there would be other people near them, so it was better not to attract attention.
"It seems like they are celebrating, doing some kind of ritual. The one asking for help is the person tied to the tree not far from the bonfire. It's hard to tell if that person is a player or an NPC, but the ones around the bonfire are definitely NPCs. This island has a three-and-a-half-star danger factor, so if we work backwards, it means that these people are definitely NPCs." Li Mu analyzed in a low voice. "
It makes sense. When we and Grandma Chu encountered robbers before, the system didn't warn us of danger. So why are these NPCs surrounding them? Why are they tying up the player?" Qiao Sheng asked in a low voice, shrinking his neck. "
The only reasonable explanation for this situation is cannibalism. I can't think of anything else. They should still be performing a sacrifice, and they will eat the tied person after it's finished." Li Mu guessed.
"Wait a minute, I'll try to ask the system to see if it can give me some hints." When Qiao Sheng was communicating with the system, Li Mu crawled over and watched for a while.
When he came back, he saw Qiao Sheng frowning. After asking, he found out that the dog system would not tell her anything, not even the conditions for passing the level.
Now everything depends on guessing. After guessing for a long time, the two of them felt that the most reasonable condition for passing the level is to rescue the person who is about to be eaten. As for the others, it can't be that they are asked to destroy those dozens of cannibals. If that's the case, they choose to give up the mission.
The mission is too difficult and does not meet the three and a half stars.
How to rescue and how to rescue appropriately, this problem also stumped the two of them. According to common thinking, they must do it at night, but no one knows the cannibal's sacrificial procedures. What if they eat directly after the sacrifice before it gets dark? With the distance between the top of the mountain and the bottom of the mountain, they will not be able to save people even if they jump down.