After Yunwen fed me the medicine one mouthful at a time with her slender and tender hands, she called everyone in. I told them what we had experienced, which Yunwen had mentioned to them before. I also told them what I had seen, including the fact that the wolf spider's nest had been cleaned out. Finally, I also mentioned the matter that had nothing to do with Yingchun, to clarify the relationship.
After that, everyone gathered in the mud house to discuss the next plan.
"Zhou Bo, what you mean is that those gorillas passed by the water pond and went back and forth, which counts as two times, right?" Song Bailu asked.
"That's right. I originally thought that they only lived in the dangerous jungle below. I never thought that they would cross their own territory and go directly up the mountain to do some strange things. They drove away the underground monsters and carried away the rotten corpses of the foxes. In the end, they even destroyed the entire mutant wolf spider nest." I said.
"How can this be? Are they crazy? Or do they all have a temper tantrum? They come here and use violence at will, fighting and making trouble without knowing right or wrong. How can people stay here? Are you sure they are gorillas?" Yingchun complained.
"The problem is not that they are violent, but that they don't act according to the rules. They do such weird things this time, and they might target us next time. After all, they seem to act casually and have no specific rules. To put it bluntly, they are like bandits who only know how to rob." Bai Lu added.
At this time, Yunwen said, "It is true that they are different from other gorillas, but it is not necessarily true that they do not follow the rules. They seem to be well organized. Although I don't know why they carried away the bodies of our fox friends, they must have come up the mountain for this purpose. They fought with the monster Joseph in the underground factory. It should be that they encountered the monster when they were picking up the bodies. The two sides fought fiercely. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but they were injured. On the way down the mountain, one of them was bitten through the head by the giant wolf spider's fangs, so they took revenge. Therefore, their actions are not without reason."
"But, didn't Brother Zhou Bo say that they deliberately blocked you, and fortunately he got there in time so nothing happened? If they just wanted to carry the fox up the mountain, their goal would have been achieved, so why would they plan to kill you as well? So it doesn't make sense to say that they acted in an orderly manner." Bai Lu said.
As they were talking about these analyses, I suddenly remembered what Joseph said at the last moment. I didn’t understand it before because his Chinese was too poor, but now I seem to be able to remember a lot of it. I remember he said, "Be careful, Houzi! It’s urgent, very urgent, be very careful."
The only thing I don't understand is "急事", and the second one is "大急死". Both have the character "急", but the following character has a flat tongue instead of a rolled tongue, as if to correct the tone. If so, then the second one is the sound he wants to pronounce, 大急死. There are not many words that can be spelled as "ji" and "si", only "鸡丝", "己巳", "祭祭" and "祭司".
The first two are basically ruled out. There is no time to talk about food, and foreigners don’t understand the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Therefore, only the sacrifices and priests understand it best. If so, I seem to have figured out the meaning and the intentions of the gorillas.
So I said, "Everyone, listen to me. They act with intention. Yunwen explained half of it. I will add the other half and you will know. Before the virus subsided, Joseph regained consciousness for a moment and said something. The first time he spoke in foreign language, I did not understand. The second time he spoke in Chinese, but it was very poor. Now it can be translated. It means 'Be careful of monkeys! Priest, high priest, be careful.' As the saying goes, a dying man speaks well. I think this is his advice."
"Priest? I think the apes have not reached this level yet, although they have some humanity. Zhou Bo, you said that Joseph once said a passage in foreign language, which mentioned 'Sacrifice' or 'Priesthood'?" Yunwen asked.
I thought about it and said, "It's the first one, a word starting with S."
"Sacrifice, it seems that these apes came up and took away the nine-tailed fox and the fox corpse for some kind of sacrificial activity, and they attacked you, Yunwen, maybe they also wanted to take you away as a sacrifice. If some of the apes have some understanding, they might really have this kind of consciousness and use this superstitious custom." Bai Lu said.
"Sister Bailu's analysis is correct. I am sure that it is related to the so-called sacrificial activities. Zhou Bo, I remember you told me about the murals in Taiqiong Cave. Now I think about the left wall that you cannot understand. Some people are holding round plates, some are holding crescent moons, and some are holding pots and so on. What do they mean? They are all things hidden on this island, the same as the supreme treasure, the Golden Que Sword in your hand. I wonder if the awakening of the ape tribe's wisdom is related to one of these artifacts?" Yunwen said.
I slapped my thigh and immediately thought of the content on the mural on the left. Everyone's clothes are not exactly the same, but they are all in the same style, basically the same, and the clothes are almost the same as the last person holding a sword on the right.
So, the portrait on the left wall of the cave depicts seven other magical objects hidden here? This one Golden Palace Sword can absorb the Eight Qi, transform the spirit, and change the structure of this island. If there are seven more, how terrifying would that be?
At this moment, I remembered what the fox fairy said, that only by finding the supreme treasure can we establish a foundation on this island.
This is not a comforting reassurance, but a real truth! After all, there are seven other items on this island. The abilities of these seven items are similar to my Golden Sword. Their functions are unknown, which means that the creatures on this island have more or less experienced the changes in the aura of different treasures, just like the Tyrannosaurus. Among the gorillas we knew before, even the largest silverback gorilla could not be as majestic and domineering as it.
The fact that it can do this and its tribe is different from ordinary gorillas must be like what Yunwen said, that they were influenced by one of the other seven treasures, and gained wisdom, becoming very different from ordinary gorillas.
This should be the same as the impact of nuclear radiation.
"Yunwen is right. She reminded me that I should have thought of this earlier. Everyone, let me tell you one thing. Since the gorillas need a sacrifice and they have chosen Yunwen, they will come back once there are not enough fox corpses. If we continue to stay here, we may be in danger. I suggest that we move away as soon as possible and hide for a while so that they can't find us. What do you think?" I asked.
The Song sisters hesitated for a moment, but then Bai Lu seemed to understand that what I said was reasonable. If they could come the first time, they would definitely come the second time. We live here permanently, so it would be easy for them to find us.
So, Song Bailu sighed and said, "Brother Zhou Bo, you have told me many times, and I have also considered it recently. After all, the earthen house is not big enough to live in in winter, and it really can't serve as a hiding place now. If we move out, I agree. Then should we go back to the earthen tower, or go to the post station you mentioned?"
"I won't go back to the earthen tower. It's so disgusting, and there are zombies!" Yingchun said hurriedly.
I smiled and said, "Girl Yingchun finally agrees with me for once. They actually went to look for foxes specifically, which means they arranged sentinels to investigate first. The place where the red foxes' bodies were placed is not far from the earthen tower, so they already know that area very well. We hid there, firstly because we were afraid of being infected by the virus again, and secondly because it's too easy to find us. The secret of hide-and-seek is to find a place that the other party can't think of, right?"
So, everyone was of one mind and quickly packed their bags and headed for the post station at the foot of the mountain. They thought it would be better to do it today than to wait for a day. They put all the things, including two bags of flour, two snakeskin bags, a saw, an engineering shovel, a rope, a backpack, a metal cup, three animal skins, a flying fish suit cloak, etc., on the wooden ox and flowing horse that had not been used for a long time. Bailu and Yingchun were responsible for pushing the car, while Yunwen led Sanfu.
I held the Golden Que Sword and a piece of wood containing earth energy in my left hand, clearing a path ahead so that I could take action if there was any danger.
Let's get going.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
