76. Iron chain
Originally, everyone was relieved when they found the cave to camp, but no one expected that something would happen in a blink of an eye.
"Do we want to hide in a different place?" someone asked in a low voice: "What if something is chased out in the forest?"
"No need to change," Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "They obviously wanted to hide in our place, but we took the position first. This at least shows that the cave we are in should be safe enough."
"What are they hiding?" Liu Bu said in confusion.
At this time, Xu Xianchu looked at the forest outside the cave: "They may be avoiding this forest, or the forest at night."
Ren Xiaosu also nodded: "I think so too. Animals are much more alert to danger than humans, because that is their instinct. Do you remember that when we passed through the canyon, we saw human bones lying there, but after we entered the forest, we could not see any animal bones. This is abnormal."
"As long as it is a living creature, there will be birth, old age, sickness and death. How can you not even see an animal bone?" Ren Xiaosu continued: "I had discarded fish bones and meat in the woods south of the canyon. But when I checked the next morning, I found that they were gone and there was no trace around them. It was exactly the same as the way Xu Xia's body was lost. These missing bones or people have one thing in common, that is, they are in the woods."
"Yes," Xu Xianchu nodded: "And these creatures are so afraid of the woods, there is obviously something wrong with the woods."
The woods that cannibalize...
Everyone else looked at the woods outside and was a little surprised. Has the animals evolved, even the plants evolved?
Xu Xianchu comforted: "But in fact this is a good thing. Since we have discovered the rules, we can take precautions in advance."
Unknown fear becomes known fear, and even if you understand what it is, the feeling of fear can be slightly lowered.
Yes, wouldn’t it be fine if everyone doesn’t enter the woods at night?
Thinking of this, the previous psychological shadow even dispelled a little. Wang Lei smiled and said, "Then we must find a place far away from the woods before nightfall."
Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "It's not only at night, but also during the day. We don't know whether these animals and plants have evolved to the end. What if they eat people during the day?"
"Then let's follow the relatively sparse places in the ridges and valleys!" Xu Xianchu made the final decision.
Everyone chewed the roots of the pine tree again. At this time, someone asked: "Ren Xiaosu, how did you find that the roots of the pine tree can be eaten?"
"I didn't find it, someone in the market town mentioned it," Ren Xiaosu calmly added some firewood to the bonfire.
Liu Bu wanted to ease his relationship with Ren Xiaosu, so he quickly praised him: "The people in your market town know too much about this wilderness. This is all human wisdom!"
Liu Bu didn't know how to blow, so he could only blow in awkward manner in the end.
However, Ren Xiaosu did not agree with his statement very much. Ren Xiaosu glanced at him and said, "This is not wisdom. Who would like to eat the roots of pine trees? People in the market say that eating the roots of pine trees was a thing of the past years. When I heard about this, I could imagine how many people starved to death in those years."
For refugees, in an era where today or tomorrow is today, everything is about survival.
It was originally awkward, but Liu Bu was even more embarrassed now.
At this time, Luo Xinyu calmed down and said, "Why are the wild beasts getting bigger, but we humans don't? Instead, extraordinary people like Team Xu have evolved."
"Maybe it is because humans evolved differently," Xu Xianchu said: "The evolution of humans from ancient times to the present has always been brain power."
Ren Xiaosu said: "I have heard another saying. Last year, I escaped from a wolf's mouth and asked Mr. Zhang in the school with doubts. He asked me a question: Some creatures in nature do not actually require a lot of exercise to grow strong muscles. He said that there is an animal called chimpanzees. Humans once locked them in cages. Even if they just ate, slept and ate every day, they can still grow muscles far beyond humans. Humans eat, sleep and eat every day, but their muscles will atrophy."
Yang Xiaojin said, "The Mr. Zhang in your school is not an ordinary person."
Ren Xiaosu didn’t know where Yang Xiaojin judged it. He didn’t know whether Zhang Jinglin was an ordinary person, but he knew that Zhang Jinglin was a good person.
He continued: "Mr. Zhang said that there is a gene in the human body that restricts muscle development, and as humans become smarter, this gene has been evolving. He said this is called the price of wisdom."
Everyone fell into deep thought, it seemed that this was the case. There were upper-class people who worked hard to lose weight in the barriers, and fitness weight loss was even a trend among upper-class people. It was particularly popular the year before yesterday.
Including Liu Bu, he was also adept at art, but after he exercised, he realized how difficult it was to develop muscles.
But at this time, Yang Xiaojin suddenly poured a basin of cold water on Ren Xiaosu: "I have seen an extraordinary person with an evolutionary physique, how do you say this?"
Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment, and he pondered: "Has his ancestors ever happened to the wild beasts?"
Yang Xiaojin: “…”
Xu Xianchu: “…”
Liu Bu: "..."
Everyone looked at Ren Xiaosu speechlessly. This is already a swearing person!
Luo Xinyu suddenly became interested: "The Mr. Zhang in your market town school is very special. He must be very knowledgeable, right?"
Ren Xiaosu thought for a while and replied: "He is quite knowledgeable, but he will make up things when he encounters someone he doesn't understand in class..."
"Does he usually read books when he is idle? There are such people in the barriers," Luo Xinyu asked: "Those people are very powerful."
"Not that," Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "He grows vegetables in the yard in his spare time..."
Luo Xinyu was speechless for a while. Why did most of the things in the town be different from what he thought?
However, Ren Xiaosu thought Zhang Jinglin was good at studying, but he didn't study hard. Even if he was very knowledgeable, he could still bend down and hoe the ground.
But at this moment, everyone suddenly heard the sound of iron chains dragging on the ground from the woods.
Hula, Hula.
After the iron chain collided with the ground, it made a crisp sound, and the owner of the sound seemed to be crawling in the woods and patrolling his territory.
Ren Xiaosu and the others were creepy. How could there be creatures that could pass through the woods at night? Did their previous judgments be wrong?
Aren’t those animals hiding from the woods?!
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Chapter completed!