Chapter 471: Boys and Girls (Two chapters in one, please vote and subscribe)
The next day, after everyone ate some dry food, the fleet continued to move south. On a winter morning, there was a thick fog on the water, and it became more and more difficult to move. Everyone was no longer paddling desperately, but occasionally paddled to keep the direction of the boat. As for the power, it was completely dependent on drifting.
It was almost mid-morning when the fog gradually dissipated, and the fleet also found something strange.
Dong-
that was the sound of floating objects hitting the hull.
On a boat at the front of the fleet, the tribesman sitting at the bow in charge of command suddenly shouted.
"Chief, there is a dead tiger in the water."
His voice was loud enough for Luo Chong, who was three boats ahead, to hear it.
Luo Chong turned his head when he heard the shouting and looked in the direction of the sound, then asked people to stop rowing and wait for the boat that shouted.
"What's wrong, what dead tiger?" When the two boats were parallel, Luo Chong asked the captain who shouted.
He was seen using a spear to dig something out of the water, and in a short while he got it between the two boats.
"That's it, a dead tiger." The captain said excitedly.
No wonder he was excited. There weren't many ferocious beasts like tigers, but they weren't few either. Generally, if a hunting team of a small tribe had only a dozen people, they wouldn't dare to hunt them. To hunt a tiger, not only did they have to summon all the young and strong men in the tribe, but they also had to scout the tiger's range in advance. Hunters had to carry well-made weapons, bring enough torches, set traps, and even pay the price of several casualties before they dared to hunt a tiger.
And now, a dead tiger had floated over by itself. Isn't that a good thing that fell from the sky?
But Luo Chong frowned. This 'tiger' was not the tiger or saber-tooth tiger that Luo Chong had imagined. Judging from his experience of visiting the Paleontological Museum in his previous life, this huge, two- to three-meter-long large cat-like beast should be an animal like a cave lion, which liked to live alone in the mountains and use natural caves as its nest.
However, this cave lion had obviously been dead for a long time. Its body was swollen and looked like a balloon filled with air. Its fur had even turned white due to the soaking. It must have died in early winter, which should have been three months ago.
"Throw it away. It has been dead for too long. It has swelled up and its fur has been soaked. It has no value at all. If you fish it out, it might kill everyone.
Also, all boats must pass on my order. From now on, don't drink the water in the river. There are dead bodies in the water. It has been polluted and drinking it will kill people.
Today we will find a place to dock, get some snow and floating ice, melt them in a pot and drink the water." Luo Chong immediately reminded everyone.
The captain who thought he had gotten a good deal was also frightened and quickly pushed the body of the cave lion away with his spear. If it weren't for the leader's warning, he would have even wanted to fish the body out and skin it and eat its meat.
Luo Chong was thinking, the cause of death of this cave lion, there are no obvious wounds on the body, it is very likely that it got on the thin ice in early winter, and fell into the ice hole, and then drowned alive. Now the ice and snow began to melt, and the unfortunate guy was exposed.
The fleet continued to sail, and Luo Chong's order was passed from the first ship to the last ship. Hearing that there were dead bodies in the water, drinking the water would kill people, everyone was inevitably a little scared. Fortunately, Luo Chong proposed a solution, looking for a suitable place to dock, using floating ice and snow to melt water to drink, everyone calmed down the fear in their hearts.
But not long after the fleet left, there were more and more dead bodies, including those of bighorn deer, forest wolves, wild boars, even leopards, vampire deer, some apes, and forest bison. Along the way, Luo Chong only asked people to chop off a few horns with an axe, and all other bodies were not allowed to be touched.
It was not until noon that someone found a human body in front of them
. The body was lying prone on a naturally broken driftwood. The face was frighteningly pale and the body was wrapped in animal skins. It seemed to be a woman. Luo Chong then moved his boat closer to the body.
The people were not afraid or nervous about Luo Chong's orders. In the tribal era of those days, death was a common thing. What was so strange about it?
This was what made Luo Chong sigh. If it were modern people, many of them had never seen a dead person in their lives. If they saw a body floating in the river, they would have screamed in fear.
When the boat approached, Luo Chong looked at the woman's body, then pulled the driftwood under her. The wood shook suddenly, and the woman's body also slid off the driftwood. The body seemed new and had not been swollen by the water. After falling into the water, it sank directly. When the water flooded the woman's head, the body suddenly struggled frantically, grabbing the water with both hands. It was not easy to grab the driftwood again, and then held the wood tightly and coughed violently.
"Fuck, it's alive!!!"
Luo Chong was shocked, and the others on the boat were not much better. They staggered in fear. If they were not sitting in the boat, they would definitely fall down.
These rough guys are indeed not afraid of corpses, but the sudden resurrection of the "corpse" is quite terrifying. This is a fake corpse.
If the body is not stiff, it is considered to be unknown. This must be a demon in disguise.
Although Luo Chong has discovered that there are two types of funerals, digging pits for burial and cremation, the natives of this world generally do not believe in the theory that people can be resurrected after death. Therefore, once such a supernatural thing occurs, they can only attribute it to ghosts and gods.
However, Luo Chong cannot help but believe it, because he himself is a "resurrected from the dead", a demon who has resurrected through a corpse, but he is really unsure about the situation of the woman in front of him.
It shouldn't be a time traveler, right? !
A strange encounter between two time travelers from the same plane? !
Or not dead yet?
That's right, isn't she still holding a piece of driftwood? Maybe she is not dead at all? !
Luo Chong's thoughts began to struggle, but in the current situation, no matter what the situation is, it is better to rescue the person and ask.
What if this is a time traveler? At least he is a fellow human being, even if he speaks English. Luo Chong came to this world alone. Although he has tens of thousands of people under his command, who can understand the loneliness in his heart?
The woman coughed violently for a while, and seemed to be more awake. She also heard a cry from the side, so she turned her head and looked over, and happened to meet Luo Chong's eyes.
The two looked at each other and confirmed that it was not the person I was looking for.
That's right. With just one glance, Luo Chong concluded that this woman was not a time traveler. It is said that eyes are windows to the soul. Even if you don't speak the same language, you can still communicate through eye contact.
Luo Chong saw surprise in her eyes, then joy, and then fear. It was the surprise of seeing a stranger, and then she wanted to ask for help, but she didn't dare. She was in a very contradictory state of mind, but she didn't have the wisdom that modern people should have.
But Luo Chong didn't hesitate. After all, it was a life. If it could be saved, it would also increase the population of the Han tribe.
"Come up?" Luo Chong stretched out a hand to her.
The woman's eyes flickered, and she was obviously hesitant. She glanced at the surrounding environment. There was water all around, but there were also many strange things floating. There were hundreds of people like the one in front of her sitting on it. The young man who stretched out his hand to her seemed to be the best among them, whether it was the decoration on his head or the animal skin he wore.
"He should be the leader of these people." The woman thought so.
After judging Luo Chong's identity, the woman tremblingly stretched out her hand and placed it on Luo Chong's palm.
It was slippery for sure. Anyone who soaked in the water for a long time would feel slippery. Moreover, it was icy cold as if there was no temperature. Think about it, although spring is approaching and the ice and snow are melting, the temperature of the water is no more than five degrees. How can it not be cold if you soak in it all the time? It's a miracle that she survived.
Luo Chong pulled her up with force at the bow. The woman was wearing quite a complete set of animal skin clothes, including clothes and skirts. She also had a pair of "boots" on her feet, which was to wrap her feet and legs with animal skins, and then tied them with thin vines. However, they were now soaked. She climbed onto the boat and sat in the middle of the boat, shaking constantly. She hugged her legs in fear and stared at her knees without daring to look around.
"Chief, is this a living person?!" Only then did someone react and said in surprise, but still not daring to confirm.
"Nonsense, what do you think? You would breathe if you didn't see it." Luo Chong scolded with a smile.
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard it, and then they all stared at the woman curiously, wanting to know how she fell into the water.
Luo Chong saw that she was shivering with her knees hugged, and the animal skin on her body was wet. If she continued like this, she would definitely die even if she was fished out, so he said to everyone on the boat.
"Don't look, turn your backs and look to both sides. Whoever is looking at me will be thrown off the boat and let him swim back to the tribe by himself."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked like "Oh, I understand, I understand, don't worry, chief, I will never look at it", and turned their backs and tried to hold back their laughter.
The woman squatted in the middle position near the bow. The boat was actually quite wide, with a side width of three meters, which was wider than the average small truck, and there was a lot of space. The people on both sides were all sitting on the edge of the boat to paddle, and they all turned their heads away at this time, but she still felt a sharp gaze staring at her.
When she looked up, it was the leader who pulled her up.
"Take off your clothes and wear this."
Seeing the woman looking up, Luo Chong took off his bearskin coat and handed it to the woman in front of him.
The woman's eyes flashed with gratitude, and she quickly smiled and reached out to take Luo Chong's coat, but she didn't pull it over. She couldn't help but look at Luo Chong in confusion.
"Take off your wet clothes before putting them on."
Luo Chong said it again. This time, he was afraid that she didn't understand, so he pulled the woman's clothes with his other hand, motioning her to take them off.
Feeling the residual warmth of Luo Chong's body on the coat, the girl cried, but she didn't dare to cry out loud, for fear of making these people unhappy and throwing her into the water again. Yes, she was thrown into the water by her own people. If she hadn't been lucky enough to hold onto a piece of driftwood, she might have been the same as the dead bodies of the animals in the water. When she thought of the people who threw her into the water with their own hands, she felt scared and wronged, and tears fell down.
"Okay, let's keep going, everyone."
Seeing that the woman wrapped herself tightly, Luo Chong ordered everyone to continue rowing, and everyone showed a tacit understanding of the obscene smile.
Luo Chong ignored them, glared at everyone, then took out a steamed bread from his cloth bag, and cut a few slices of pickled meat with a short knife, sandwiched it in the bread and handed it to the girl. Afraid that she didn't understand what he meant, Luo Chong took a bite of the bread first.
When the girl saw that it was food, she quickly stretched out a hand to take it, and then huddled in her coat and gobbled it up. After a few bites, she choked and rolled her eyes. Seeing this, Luo Chong was speechless and could only take out his snakeskin water bag for her.
In fact, in this situation, it would be best to drink a bowl of hot meat porridge, but it was a pity that there was no such condition. Luo Chong himself hadn't eaten hot food for two days, so he could only hope that the girl was strong.
The fleet continued to move forward. Some dead animals continued to appear along the way. The girl's face turned pale, but she still didn't say a word. She just stared at the men rowing on both sides and Luo Chong's back. She was full of curiosity about these people, especially the magical tool she was riding now, which could actually allow so many people to float on the water.
Everyone was silent along the way. Because there was no calorie intake and there was little clean water, they could only save some saliva. Along the way, they could only hear the bang bang of the captains hitting the diabolo joints and the sound of everyone paddling in unison, until a large lake was found in front of them. The girl spoke.
"You can't go there." The girl hurriedly warned.
Luo Chong turned his head and looked at her. He thought she was going to pretend to be dumb and refused to speak. Now she opened her mouth, but he couldn't understand. However, the girl looked anxious and frightened. She pointed to an "island" in the big lake in front and signaled everyone not to go over.
Luo Chong didn't understand what she said, but when he looked in the direction she pointed, he immediately found something strange.
"Chief, there are people there. I saw smoke. Someone must be cooking food there."
"Yes, chief, let's go ashore there and find some dry firewood to cook hot food. We are all freezing to death."
"Chief, let's go ashore. I haven't had hot food for two days. My legs are numb."
The men on the boat saw an "island" with obvious cooking smoke in front of them and couldn't help but howl loudly.
But the girl on the boat kept shaking her head. She knew that others couldn't understand what she said, so she moved forward, grabbed Luo Chong's trouser legs and shook them, hoping that Luo Chong would not take everyone there.
"Is there any danger there?" Luo Chong thought secretly, but when he saw more than 20 boats behind him, more than 400 young and strong men, bows and arrows, crossbows, waist swords and shields, javelin spears, and all kinds of weapons, there was no danger that he couldn't deal with.
So Luo Chong ignored the girl's dissuasion, waved his hand, and shouted loudly behind him.
"Everyone, prepare to dock."
"Yes, the leader has ordered, dock."
"Yes, the leader asked everyone to dock, prepare to make a fire and cook."
The order was passed from one boat to another, and Luo Chong's order was changed unconsciously. In the middle of winter, they had to camp outdoors for two days and squeeze into a small boat. Everyone was frozen, and they all wanted to drink a mouthful of hot soup immediately, so they all paddled hard. The original column gradually turned into a horizontal column. More than 20 boats rushed to the shore. Those who didn't know thought it was a rowing competition.
However, as the fleet got closer and closer, Luo Chong also witnessed something that could be called inhumane. On a high ground on the shore, an old man with deer antlers and many colorful feathers on his head was dancing there, as if he was completing some kind of sacrifice, and their sacrifice was a pair of boys and girls.
The two children should be less than two years old. They were held in the hands of two adults and cried loudly. The two adults pretended to throw the children into the water, which made Luo Chong grit his teeth.
Then he saw that the old man stopped praying, and the two people holding the children threw the children into the water regardless of the children's crying.
From a distance, Luo Chong seemed to hear the sound of splashing into the water, which made him furious. As a modern person who traveled from the new century, how could Luo Chong bear to see such a human sacrifice? He lowered his head and glanced at the girl who was holding his trouser legs tightly. He was afraid that she was also a sacrifice on the high platform before.
"Hurry up and row the boat to save people first. If you can't save them, no one will think about eating today."
(End of this chapter)
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