Origin Chapter 188: South Pass

In the middle of the night, in the mountains and dense forests, the two were startled by the strange sound that suddenly appeared. They hurriedly turned around and looked around, but there was no one nearby.

Just as the two looked at each other, the strange voice sounded again, "Don't look for it, keep walking, I'm still where I am."

After speaking, there was no movement. After waiting for a while, there was still no movement. Wu Zhongyuan asked Wu Dalie in a low voice, "Who is it?"

Wu Dalie shook his head and made a gesture to move on.

Wu Zhongyuan walked forward in confusion and doubts. Wu Dalie had a wrong expression when he shook his head just now. Shaking his head means not knowing, but not letting him ask questions.

After walking for more than ten miles, Wu Zhongyuan asked again in a low voice, "Where is it?"

"You can see it when you cross the mountain in front of you." Wu Dalie replied in a low voice.

Hearing Wu Dalie's words, Wu Zhongyuan became more and more puzzled. He had already walked more than ten miles before. If he climbed the mountain in front of him, he would be more than thirty miles away from where he first heard the sound. Ten miles away, there is a mountain in the middle, if you can find the two and talk to them?

"Who the **** is that?" Wu Zhongyuan lowered his voice.

Wu Dalie shook his head and waved his hand secretly, implying that the person who just spoke was not a human being.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't ask any more questions. Wu Dalie's actions showed that the two were under each other's observation and control.

Although the mountain in front is very high, it is not steep. After reaching the top of the mountain and looking down from a high position, Wu Zhongyuan finally saw the person who made the sound...not the person who should be the bird.

There is a crossroad at the foot of the mountain in the south. Four paths converge from here. In the middle of the crossroad is a towering ancient tree that has died. On top of the old tree, a huge shadow crouches. It should be a strange figure. The bird is three times the size of the giant eagle transformed by the warriors of the cattle tribe. Since it is crouching on an ancient tree, it cannot be seen clearly from a distance, and only a big red guy can be vaguely seen.

After a short look, the two walked down the road and got close. Wu Zhongyuan finally saw the true face of this thing. This thing is indeed a big bird. Looking at the huge hooked beak, it should belong to a hawk. A first-class bird of prey, this giant bird should have lived for a long time. The red feathers on its body are neither bright nor smooth, very messy, and some parts have a little alopecia areata.

At this time, the big bird's eyes are open, but the eyes are pale, like a cataract patient, who can't see the pupil at all, how can he see without the pupil, if there is no accident, it should be blind.

Under the old tree, there are several wooden stakes, two of which are tied to two cows. Animals have the instinct to seek good luck and avoid evil. It is reasonable to say that the two cows should be panicked when birds of prey are nearby. But they don't seem to sense the presence of danger, lie on their backs and ruminate slowly.

Wu Dalie gave Wu Zhongyuan a wink and motioned him to tie the ox to the stake.

There was also a chicken cage on the back of the cow. Seeing Wu Dalie's eyes, Wu Zhongyuan took the chicken cage off the cow's back, and then led the cow under the tree and tied it to the stake.

At this moment, the voice came again, "I haven't seen you for many years, where have you been?"

Hearing these words, Wu Dalie hurriedly answered, "I am troubled by trivial matters, I rarely go out, how are you being honored recently?"

Although the giant bird has been crouching and still not moving, even if it speaks, the bird's beak does not open and close, but Wu Zhongyuan knows that the giant bird is talking to him.

However, when Wu Dalie was on the sidelines, the giant bird did not point it out, but said to himself, "Hey, it's starting, it's finally starting."

These words were obviously self-talking. Wu Dalie didn't know why, so he was puzzled.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't know what the other party was referring to, but he could hear the emotions contained in the other party's words.

"It's over, it's finally over." The giant bird said again.

The two were at a loss, and when they heard the inconsistencies in his words, they became more and more puzzled.

"What do you mean by this remark?" Wu Dalie asked cautiously.

"At most three years, we will all be freed, hehe, there is not much time left for you," said the giant bird.

Wu Dalie didn't understand, and Wu Zhongyuan didn't understand either. The two looked at each other, not knowing what it meant.

After the giant bird finished speaking, and there was no more text, Wu Dalie was inconvenient to ask again. After hesitating, he raised his hand at the giant bird, "Thank you." After saying this, he made a gesture to Wu Zhongyuan, signaling him to set off on the road.

Wu Zhongyuan turned around and came back, led the pig and sheep, picked up the chicken cage, and nodded to the giant bird to say goodbye.

"Let's go, you're leaving too late, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up," said the giant bird.

Listening to it, Wu Zhongyuan became more and more puzzled, but he did not ask any questions, because this big bird could obviously perceive something, and Wu Dalie was at the side, so it was inconvenient for him to ask some questions. He asked, but no one would necessarily answer.

After walking for a few miles, Wu Zhongyuan turned his head to look back, and saw that the giant bird was still crouching on the tree and motionless, and did not come down to devour the three cows tied to the stakes under the tree.

Because they didn't know how far the giant bird could perceive, they didn't talk to each other when they walked forward.

"What is the origin of this big bird?" Wu Zhongyuan began to speak.

Wu Dalie shook his head, "I don't know."

"It seems very old," Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wu Dalie nodded, "No one knows how old it is, but it has been here for at least a thousand years."

"It didn't speak before?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. Wu Dalie seemed very surprised to hear it speak before.

"No, I thought it couldn't speak." Wu Dalie said, and then he asked, "Did you understand what it said just now?"

Wu Zhongyuan briefly recalled, and then said, "It seems to mean that something big will happen."

Wu Dalie nodded slowly, which he also heard.

Wu Zhongyuan added, "Listening to its implication, it seems that it has companions. I remember it very clearly. What it said was 'We are all free, and there is not much time left for you,' what it means It seems that they have been protecting us, and when they die, something very bad will happen to us."

Wu Dalie frowned and thought about it, but did not answer immediately, after a while, he said, "The location where it is located is the only way for the three tribes to go south. We always thought that it was guarding here just to beg us for food. Now look at it. It doesn't seem like that."

Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head to look at Wu Dalie and waited for him to continue speaking.

Wu Dalie added, "The area where the three clans are located is located in the center of the center. We have rarely been attacked and harassed by ferocious beasts and raptors for so many years. Thinking about the reason, it may be precisely because it guards here."

"Listening to its implication, it seems to have a companion." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"There is a possibility that they may be stationed in four directions, or they may be in all directions, which is uncertain." Wu Dalie said.

"Has it attacked anyone for so many years?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Wu Dalie shook his head, "I don't think so."

"Has it intercepted ferocious beasts heading north?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Wu Dalie shook his head, "I don't know, we don't come here often."

"Are there more ferocious beasts outside the area where the three clans live?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"I haven't been to other places, I've only been to the south, which is indeed much more dangerous than the Central Plains," Wu Dalie pointed at the pigs and sheep that Wu Zhongyuan was dragging, "Actually, what you said is purely a superfluous question. , if you can really fight, who will pay tribute to buy road?"

Wu Zhongyuan nodded and didn't ask any further questions. If he and Wu Dalie were correct, there should be more than one existence like giant birds, and they are likely to exist in all directions. It is precisely because of their existence that people living in the Central Plains The ferocious beasts from outside failed to invade the Central Plains, causing serious damage to the three clans. The nature of the giant bird and its companions is somewhat like the sentinel who guards the door. If the sentinel dies, the city will lose its protection, and the direct consequence is the invasion of foreign enemies.

If you think about it carefully, this possibility is very high. Recently, not only Daqiu has been attacked by snow monsters, but some cities of the cattle and bear tribes have also been attacked by different species of ancient beasts. This should be a disaster The precursor to the coming, because the sentinels are old and weak, they have the opportunity to enter.

The current state of the three clans is that they are hostile to each other and kill each other. If the current situation cannot be changed within three years, once the sentinel dies and the foreign enemy invades, it will be impossible for us to resist.

When Wu Zhongyuan was frowning and thinking, Wu Dalie was doing the same thing. He was also thinking about what the words the giant bird said before.

It was Wu Zhongyuan who spoke first, "Something is not quite right."

"What?" Wu Dalie asked.

"It's tone seems to be a little gloating," Wu Zhongyuan said. "When it said that our time was running out, it was still gleefully laughing, as if wishing we were unlucky."

"It seems so." Wu Dalie nodded in agreement.

Wu Zhongyuan added, "If they're really protecting us, we shouldn't be gloating about our misfortune."

Wu Dalie waved his hand and said, "You forgot the most important point. They are not people. Even if they are really helping us, it is not that they want to do it themselves. It is likely that someone ordered them to do so."

Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly, "This possibility is also possible."

The giant bird only said five sentences in total, but these five sentences troubled the two for a long time. When they were walking, the two kept debating those words. Wu Dalie wondered how the giant bird would remember after so many years. He also greeted him.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't discuss this issue with him, because the giant bird was not an ordinary beast, so he probably knew his origin, and this sentence should have been addressed to him.

However, he didn't quite understand the last sentence of the giant bird. What did the giant bird mean when he said that he was leaving too late and that he might not be able to catch up? Does it mean that he came back too late, or that he left too late for this southbound trip?

There are two cows tied under the tree, which means that two groups of people have gone south through there before they arrive. The location of the giant bird is the place where the three tribes must go south, and the two groups of people should come from the cows respectively. Clan and Bird Clan, although they do not know the purpose of these two groups of people going south, and they are not sure that the last sentence of the giant bird refers to this southbound trip, but they still try to go as fast as possible...