My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 127: Go deep into the barren land
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The wolves howled and gradually retreated.
Under the moonlit night, more than a dozen wolf carcasses were lying in various directions.
Lu Ming did not want to kill, but this huge wolf pack of more than thirty wolves regarded two of them and one cow as their meal, so they had no choice but to kill them, and finally made them retreat in fear.
"Let me see, your arm seems to be bleeding!" Tuoba Lan hurriedly stepped forward.
Indeed, Lu Ming's arm must have been bitten hard by an alpha wolf.
In fact, if Lu Ming had been on his own, he would not have been bitten, but the wolves are extremely smart and work well together, and they are specially designed to attack Tuoba Lan and Xiao Hei, especially after the wolves obviously tried to attack several times and found out. Lu Ming was tough and Xiao Hei was difficult to deal with, so he targeted Tuoba Lan as the old, weak, sick and disabled among his prey. Lu Ming accidentally took a bite out of him when he rescued her.
"It's okay." Lu Ming waved his hand casually. In fact, this bite removed a large piece of meat, which was painful. To deal with a pack of wolves, you wouldn't have to shut down neurons or the like.
Fortunately, this body's blood system is also special, so it won't stop bleeding.
Lu Ming walked up to Xiao Hei and patted it. Xiao Hei said "moo" and rubbed Lu Ming's hand, as if to tell Lu Ming that it was okay.
Lu Ming sat down and tore off a piece of cloth to bandage the wound. Xiao Hei also knelt down and lay down behind Lu Ming, just like Lu Ming's backrest.
Tuoba Lan came over and sat next to Lu Ming. She gently pushed Lu Ming's hand away, unfolded the strip of cloth, and carefully re-bandaged it.
Lu Ming looked at the endless hills and deserts in the distance under the moonlit night, his brows furrowed tightly.
It has been more than ten days since I came to Baihaidi, but until now, there is no sign of Chen Xingchang and Ma Quanyou's troops. That's fine. But now, there is no human habitation, as if the desert has no end.
Fortunately, Xiao Hei can always find water. When he encounters blind beasts, he hunts them for meat. He has to save compressed biscuits and chocolate bars. He also encounters sheep, but looking at those little lambs, Lu Ming didn't have the heart to take action.
In fact, whether it is a ferocious beast or a herbivore, it is very cruel to survive in the wild. The ferocious beast seems to be majestic and majestic at the peak of its youth, but in just a few years, it quickly goes downhill. The competition between young and strong beasts in the ecological niche, as well as the pressure of old predators, all make it miserable. Starving to death is not a bad ending.
"You can rest." Lu Ming took out his dagger and prepared to peel off the skins of these wolves and roast some of the meat.
At this moment, Xiao Hei suddenly raised his head and let out an uneasy cry. Lu Ming also looked under the mound.
In the moonlight, a row of more than a dozen figures appeared strangely and slowly approached. At first glance, they were primitive tribesmen. They were all bronze-skinned and naked, with only grass skirts around their waists. They were all very thin. But it's not the kind of thin, but the kind of lean that is full of power at first glance. There is not much muscle, but it gives people a feeling that each of them is a life with extremely strong endurance. Long-distance running can exhaust the wolves to death. kind.
They all held spears with one hand on their shoulders, very neatly, as if they were about to throw them at any time.
Lu Ming slowly raised his hands to show that he was harmless, but did not move away, lest they attack and hurt Xiao Hei behind him.
"We don't mean any harm!" A smile appeared on Lu Ming's face. Not only humans, but also most primates knew that the smile was an expression of goodwill.
Looking at the corpses of wild wolves scattered everywhere, the tribal people showed hesitation on their faces.
After thinking about it, Lu Ming pointed at the military bag next to him. He looked at them and slowly reached in with his hand. He took out a windproof lighter from the inside. He didn't even need to start a fire. He just saw these tribesmen and screamed. He shouted excitedly, obviously recognizing him.
Lu Ming threw the lighter, and an older man quickly stepped forward to catch it in his hand. He turned around and let out two roars, and the tribesmen put down the spears in their hands.
The leader of the tribesmen holding the lighter started to light it awkwardly. When he saw the flame light up, he smiled even more. He looked at Lu Ming, his eyes full of kindness, and walked over, gesticulating and mumbling something.
Lu Ming didn't quite understand, so the leader made a gesture and asked Lu Ming to follow him. This gesture was easier to understand.
"Let's go and have a look." Lu Ming said to Tuoba Lan, and gestured to the tribal leader, meaning that the corpses of these wolves are given to you.
The leader was even more overjoyed and made gestures. The tribal hunters stepped forward and expertly tied the wolf's body to their spears. Then, they shouted rhythmically, which was probably the end of the hunting ceremony.
The first tribe in the extreme northwest that Lu Ming came into contact with was very small, with only a few dozen people living in cave dwellings on the hills.
There were only a dozen or so adult male hunters, and they should have come out in full force, but today they had a great harvest without any effort, and many female tribesmen shouted and sang songs with wild rhythms.
The tribal leader brought some boys and girls and gestured to Lu Ming to choose.
Lu Ming didn't understand what he meant at first, but he soon understood that it meant that the lighter plus the skin and flesh of the wolves would be exchanged with him for the children of their tribe.
Even the tribe leader made gestures, which probably meant that Lu Ming could pick three.
There was also a miscommunication. It seemed that Lu Ming wanted an adult slave, so he immediately waved his hands.
It seems that the birth rate of cubs in this small tribe is very high nowadays, and three of them are not as good as one adult.
Lu Ming then made some gestures and drew branches on the ground. He drew many people, coming from the east, with guns and horses.
The two made gestures and drew pictures, and gradually found each other's pulse.
The tribe leader generally knew that Lu Ming was looking for people, many from outside.
But he shook his head and seemed not to know.
Lu Ming sighed inwardly, yes, in these millions of square kilometers, Ma Quanyou and Chen Xingchang’s men didn’t know where they came from.
However, they will definitely have contact with the bandits in the White Sea and use the White Sea bandits as their bridgehead, so they will not go too far into the extreme northwest.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming drew pictures on the ground again, gesticulating, and wanted to go to Baihai.
The tribal leader didn’t know whether he understood it or not, but he made some calculations and suggested that he could send tribesmen as guides to take Lu Ming to a larger tribe to inquire about Lu Ming’s concerns.
Lu Ming stretched out his hand to shake his hand, indicating a deal.
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Resting in this small tribe until dawn, Lu Ming, Tuoba Lan, Xiao Hei, and another tribe boy set off.
Both Lu Ming and Tuoba Lan put on tribal linen clothes. The linen was woven by the tribal women themselves. It was very rough, but it was better than the clothes that were about to rot after being soaked in water and mud for several days.
Lu Ming brought a compass, but after passing through the haze, the compass failed.
The compass is not afraid of water, which means that the magnetic field in this area is very different from that in the mainland.
The young man whom Lu Ming called "Little Copper" led him. According to the direction of the sun, it felt like he was walking south.
But sometimes I wake up at night and look at the direction of the moon, and I always feel that the direction of the sun is not quite right during the day.
And you can't see the sun rising or setting here. It's like the sun is rising in the sky before it shines through the layers of haze.
I don’t know what weird geographical phenomenon is here. I don’t know if the position of the sun is misaligned through some kind of refraction.
In places such as the East China Sea and the Northern Territory, Lu Ming felt that this was the earth, maybe a parallel world, but when he really arrived in this strange territory, he felt that it was too different from the earth.
In this way, I walked for two days and came to a valley tribe. It was indeed a large settlement with various thatched houses, and there was cultivated land nearby. It was obvious that only a very powerful tribe had the power to occupy the fish and rice. The land, of course, is a relatively prosperous land in the harsh landscape of the wilderness.
During the trip, Lu Ming was often in a daze, like a zombie, which made Tuoba Lan a little worried, not knowing that he was dealing with external affairs.