Chapter 1 The sky was covered with dark clouds, as big as beans...
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and large raindrops pounded into the soil, splashing up small puddles.
The fine rain obscured the view, and the dim light made it impossible to tell the time.
Under a large tree near the mountain, a pale-faced girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old leaned against the tree trunk. Her hair was wet from the rain and stuck to her scalp. Her fine eyelashes covered her lower eyelids, her hands hung limply to the ground, and her breathing was weak. Rain kept pouring down from the tree.
Five children of varying ages nestled around the girl. The oldest, a boy of about seven, wore a skirt made of woven leaves around his waist and stared fearfully into the apocalyptic rain outside.
The second one was about six years old, a girl with messy hair tangled on her head like weeds, clinging tightly to the older boy.
Beside the girl were two even younger children, one who looked about four or five years old and the other about three years old, and in the arms of the oldest boy lay a child who was a little over one year old.
The five children huddled together with the girl, watching the heavy rain in fear. They were soaked to the bone, and the large tree above them could only slightly reduce the amount of rain hitting them. Water was already accumulating under the tree, and if the rain didn't stop, they would be drowned.
What's even stranger is that none of the five children made a sound in the face of this situation.
The boy kept looking at the unconscious girl. The girl helplessly tugged at the girl's arm. The girl was their eldest sister. She had accidentally fallen and hit her head on a rock during the day, bleeding a lot. Then she closed her eyes and didn't move. They dragged their eldest sister back, but it started raining soon after. The water was a bit deep. They were still some distance from the cave, and with their three younger siblings, they couldn't get back to the cave anytime soon.
Although my older sister used to be a bit simple-minded, only knowing how to pick wild fruits and often getting lost, with her around, we could find more food.
The girl couldn't help but shake the young girl, hoping she would open her eyes.
The girl's breath grew weaker and weaker, and her face gradually turned pale. Finally, when the water reached her knees, her faint breathing stopped, and deathly energy spread instantly. In the instant the deathly energy spread, the girl's interrupted breathing suddenly resumed, and the deathly paleness in her face faded. Although she was still somewhat pale, she no longer looked like a dead person.
Cang Li felt a splitting headache, as if someone had splashed a bucket of water on her face. She opened her eyes immediately, and before she could even curse, she clutched her head and cried out in pain:
"Ouch! That hurts!"
His head was throbbing so badly it felt like it was going to explode. Cang Li clutched his head, but water kept pouring down on him. Frustrated, he looked up and cursed:
"Who's so inconsiderate as to throw water downstairs! There's no drain in their house!"
She was stunned as soon as she finished cursing Cang Li. Instead of the residential building she had imagined, there was a dense canopy of trees overhead. No one was pouring water down on her; instead, torrential rain poured down on her through the gaps in the leaves.
What place is this?
Cang Li raised her hand and slapped herself. She shifted her gaze from the top of her head to her surroundings. The heavy rain obscured her vision. Cang Li had never seen such heavy rain before. She closed her eyes and leaned back. She felt like she was dreaming.
The little boy and the little girl looked at each other, then reached out and each grabbed one of Cang Li's hands, silently watching him.
Cang Li opened his eyes and saw five naked little beggars. Cang Li gasped and shook his hands, muttering to himself:
"It's a dream, this is just a dream, I'll wake up soon!"
After saying that, she forced herself to sleep, seemingly believing that as long as she fell asleep, she could wake up from this inexplicable, apocalyptic nightmare.
Before she woke up from her dream, a small body climbed onto her and reached out to pry open her eyelids.
Forced to open her eyes, Cang Li immediately saw the three-headed little girl biting her finger and looking at her.
Cang Li remained expressionless, raising his hand to wipe the continuous rain from his face, the sound of raindrops hitting the ground filling his ears.
The texture felt realistic, and the wet feeling on my body wasn't pleasant.
Cang Li stood up, clutching her head. The three-headed little girl in her arms slid down to her feet. There were four other children of different ages around her, all with messy hair and wearing only grass skirts, which were practically naked. Cang Li suspected that she had encountered some kind of illegal organization, otherwise she wouldn't be without any clothes to cover herself.
The rain intensified, reducing Cang Li's visibility to less than five meters. Beyond that, she could only see dark shadows and had no idea where she was. The water was also gradually rising from her feet. She couldn't stay there any longer. Cang Li got up; she couldn't continue getting soaked. Her head was throbbing, and she felt dizzy. The children at her feet also couldn't stay in the rain. In this situation, Cang Li's intuition told her that if they got sick from the rain, they would only be waiting to die.
Cang Li immediately asked the two older children, "Is there anywhere nearby to take shelter from the rain?"
Two children: ...
He stared blankly at Cang Li, babbling incoherently.
Cang Li: ...
Looking at the bewildered children, Cang Li took a deep breath and muttered to himself: "Don't get angry, don't get angry, getting angry will only make you sick and no one can take your place..."
She hates people who don't respond when she speaks!
Cang Li looked up, plucked a large leaf from his head, and placed it on his head. He bent down, pointed at the leaf above his head, and said, word by word, "Shelter from the rain! A place to shelter from the rain! Is there one?!"
The boy tilted his head and thought for a moment, finally realizing what Cang Li meant. He raised his hand and pointed behind the big tree, tilting his head again. Was he going to take them back to the cave?
Cang Li looked in the direction the boy was pointing, but saw nothing. However, given the current situation, she had no choice but to try her luck and go check it out first.
After making her decision, Cang Li stood up straight and prepared to leave. As soon as she lifted her foot, she felt resistance. Looking down, she saw a three-headed child hugging her leg, an older child holding a child of about one year old, and another older child holding the hand of a little boy of about four or five years old.
Cang Li sighed. What a tragedy! Why bring such a tiny child into the world if you're not going to raise them? They have no sense of responsibility whatsoever. Couldn't they have aborted the child if they didn't want to? They had to bring them into the world and then not raise them. Cang Li picked up the three-headed baby and rubbed its head, saying:
"Look how pitiful you are, go away, go away."
As he spoke, he stepped into the puddle and carefully walked forward step by step.
Fortunately, the water only reached their calves, and there was grass underneath, so they could vaguely see some ground. Cang Li walked for a while and then looked back at the little boy. In the end, he simply pushed the little boy in front to lead the way. Finally, they crossed the waterlogged area and reached the foot of a mountain, where they were out of the water.
Cang Li breathed a sigh of relief, pulled her hair back, looked around, and soon saw a cave not far away. Cang Li carried the child and walked quickly over. After looking into the cave, she threw the child in, went back to take the baby from the boy's arms, and told the remaining three to hurry up and leave.
Once inside the cave, Cang Li breathed a sigh of relief, finally free from the rain.
There was a pile of dry grass at the very back of the cave. The cave didn't smell too bad, but it was damp and moldy. Near the entrance, there was a fire and some leftover bones, but that was all.
After observing the cave with a blank expression, Cang Li finally realized that, given the level of development of Earth's civilization, even in the apocalypse, there shouldn't be nothing in the cave, not even a single earthenware pot, with no trace of modern technology; it would all be a gift from nature.
Then look at the rough, handmade grass skirt she's wearing.
At this moment, Cang Li finally realized that she might have caught up with the time travel trend, and unfortunately, she had traveled to what was probably the primitive society era, with 12345 burdens by her side.
Cang Li didn't even know whether the five children were the original owner's children or the original owner's younger siblings.
In summary, the situation she faces is difficult to assess even in the world of time travel.
Cang Li was stared at by five pairs of dark eyes. She slowly raised her hand to cover her almost nonexistent chest. Well, she was only wearing a grass skirt, which was practically the same as not wearing anything at all. It was no different from running around naked.
The little girl shook Cang Li's hand.
Cang Li snapped and shook him off, yelling, "What are you looking at! Just say what you want! Are you mute?!"
The little girl looked at the little boy with a puzzled expression: "...What's wrong? What are you babbling about?"
The little boy was also confused, and the two continued to look at Cang Li.
Cang Li was annoyed. She had been thrown into a strange primitive society, knew nothing, had five children to support, and didn't even have food in the cave. She had no idea how far this primitive society had progressed... Well, no, maybe it wasn't a primitive society at all; she had just ended up in the mountains.
Yes, she'll go out and check out the surroundings once the rain stops; maybe there's a human city not far away.
Cang Li swayed again, her vision blurred, and she fell to the ground before she knew it. She touched her head and found her hand covered in blood. Cang Li fainted again.
Five children: !!!
The little boy hurriedly put his youngest brother on the haystack, and then together with the little girl, they lifted Cangli to the haystack and shook him, but he didn't move after shaking him for a long time.
The little girl tugged at the little boy's arm, then touched her belly and pointed at Cang Li.
The little boy seemed to be thinking, patted the little girl, turned around and rushed out. The older sister was right, the older sister was probably starving.
Neither of them realized that, in addition to fainting from hunger, one of them had also fainted from excessive blood loss.
After an unknown amount of time, Cang Li opened his eyes again. The sound of rain was still pouring down in his ears. The heavy rain hadn't stopped, and his vision would go black every now and then, as if he was about to run out of power. After finally recovering, Cang Li covered the back of his head and touched his sticky hair.
Cang Li finally realized why she had transmigrated—because the original owner had bumped her head and broken it! But what did the original owner's broken head have to do with her? Cang Li stared expressionlessly at the dark mountaintop until two small heads appeared in her field of vision, looking at her with concern.
Oh, and there's the burden too.
The little baby held something unidentifiable to her mouth, while an even smaller baby reached out its dirty paws to pry open her mouth and eyes, trying to force it in.
Cang Li, unable to bear it any longer, struggled to her feet, took the food from the little burden's hands, and said, "I'll eat it myself!"
The little burden seemed startled, but soon showed surprise and let go, allowing Cang Li to take the food.
The little burden was knocked over onto the haystack by Cang Li's movement of getting up, and smiled, showing his tiny teeth, when he saw Cang Li eating.
They're quite cute.
Cang Li took a bite of the food in his hand, lost in thought.
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