Of course, none of Xu Xianchu, Ren Xiaosu, or Yang Xiaojin were willing to carry the tattered doll. Since Liu Bu was the one who raised the issue of whether to carry the doll or not, he was decisively given the responsibility of carrying the doll.
In fact, Ren Xiaosu and the others felt that the doll might not be of much use. Although they did not know what it was used for before The Cataclysm, they were not stupid.
But since they did not have to carry it themselves, it did not matter.
As a result, Liu Bu was miserable along the way. He was already tired enough, but he still had to carry the tattered doll carefully.
The worst thing was that no one had eaten today.
Xu Xianchu suddenly stopped in his tracks. Even Xu Xianchu could not take it anymore, much less Liu Bu, Luo Xinyu, and the others. He turned around and said, "Everyone, let's look for pine trees and pluck the pine cones. We'll have a meal first before we continue on our way."
For Xu Xianchu and the others, they had only learned how to pluck pine cones to fill their stomachs during their wilderness survival course. Actually, pine cones were very difficult to peel, and there were only a few of them.
The pine nuts that could be peeled from such a large pine cone would not even be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth. But what else could they eat if not this thing? Seeing that Ren Xiaosu did not intend to care about them at all.
Ren Xiaosu took a dagger and made a cut on an unknown tree next to him. Then milky sap flowed out of the cut on the tree. Xu Xianchu's eyes lit up. "Is this drinkable?"
The others also looked over in surprise. However, Ren Xiaosu shook his head and said, "Don't drink most of the milky sap in the forest because there's a high chance of poisoning it."
Xu Xianchu was puzzled. "Then why did you cut this?"
"To smear some poison on the dagger," Ren Xiaosu said matter-of-factly.
The others were immediately confused. What kind of a contestant are you? Why did you even smear poison on a dagger? You're really evil!
However, they did not dare to look down on Ren Xiaosu for being so sinister. After all, they had relied on Ren Xiaosu for so many things along the way. If they were to get injured in the future, they would have to rely on Ren Xiaosu to stitch up their wounds and apply medicine to treat their injuries.
Liu Bu, Luo Xinyu, and Wang Lei still had some money with them just in case they needed Ren Xiaosu to save their lives.
They had realized that with Ren Xiaosu around, money was equivalent to their lives.
If they were to offend Ren Xiaosu at this moment, he might still treat their wounds even if they paid for it. But after the wounds were stitched up, Ren Xiaosu would have an extra kidney in his hand.
Liu Bu accidentally fell from a tree when he was picking pine cones. But fortunately, the ground was covered in soft pine needles, so it did not hurt when he fell.
He looked like he was on the verge of a mental breakdown. "It's all that wolf pack's fault. Didn't the stronghold say they went to another mountain range? Why did they suddenly appear here! "If it weren't for those wolves, we might have already returned to the stronghold! Indeed, there's an idiom about wolves colluding with each other. Wolves are nothing good! "
But this time, Ren Xiaosu disagreed. "I've also heard of the idiom 'wolves colluding with each other,' but have you really seen a Bei before?"
The others were stunned. "Isn't a Bei an animal that hangs behind a wolf's buttocks? This idiom means that wolves and Bei work together to harm livestock. The wolf uses its front legs while the Bei uses its hind legs. It's a metaphor for colluding with each other to do bad things."
"Mhm." Ren Xiaosu nodded. "That's what Mr. Zhang from school said too. But I still have the same question. Have you seen a Bei before?"
Liu Bu was stunned. He muttered, "How can we see one when we're in the stronghold?"
"I've seen one before." Ren Xiaosu said, "They were the wolves that chased us into the canyon. I saw a Bei when we encountered them last year."
"What does a Bei look like?" someone asked curiously.
"A Bei is actually a wolf." Ren Xiaosu said calmly, "Because it stepped on a hunter's trap, its front legs couldn't move. As such, the other wolves carried it on their backs and carried it on with their lives."
Xu Xianchu and the others were stunned. When they were in school in the stronghold, they had learned about the idiom "wolves colluding with each other." Their teachers told them that wolves and Bei were bad. They also told them that those insects were beneficial and those insects were pests.
But Ren Xiaosu, who was in the wilderness, did not think so. He had heard from Zhang Jinglin that the nomads of the grasslands used to worship wolves. At that time, he could not attend classes in school yet, so he asked Yan Liuyuan for help with a question. "Aren't wolves a scourge to livestock? Why do the nomads worship wolves?"
Mr. Zhang retorted, "Is the wolf at fault?"
Yes, wolves eat sheep, and sheep eat grass. No one was wrong. This was the order of the species, and it was born that way.
Although wolves were a scourge to humans, they could not abandon their disabled brethren. Could humans do the same? During this expedition to the Jing Mountains, how many people had died because their companions did not care for them?
It was not that they were wrong, but Ren Xiaosu sometimes envied the wolves. At least they would not be abandoned mercilessly when something happened.
Ren Xiaosu did not care about what the others thought. He used a dagger to dig up the soil at the roots of the pine tree and said, "Don't use your hands to clear the leaves in the wilderness, because there might be scorpions, centipedes, and venomous snakes hiding here. If you disturb them, they'll bring you death."
This time, Ren Xiaosu did not discover anything like scorpions. He felt a little disappointed. After all, scorpions were quite delicious when roasted. Ren Xiaosu wondered if he should catch a few scorpions and centipedes for dinner.
As he thought about it, he dug up some of the pine tree's roots. "If you don't have enough pine cones, you can eat the pine tree's roots. We can cook them tonight."
The others looked at Ren Xiaosu in surprise. They always felt that in Ren Xiaosu's eyes, anything could be eaten. Previously, it was still acceptable for them to eat pine cones. But now, they had to eat the pine tree's roots.
Were these even fucking food ingredients? They were more like building materials!
However, Ren Xiaosu did not mind. He had eaten too many things in the wilderness over the years that other people found inedible.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly thought of a question. "Are there any places like the Jing Mountains near the other strongholds? I mean places that suddenly mutated and evolved. "
Xu Xianchu was silent for a moment before saying, "Yes, but they're already under the control of the Pyro Company."
"The Pyro Company?" Ren Xiaosu wondered, "Why haven't I heard of it before? Does it belong to some consortium?"
"No, they're an independent consortium by themselves and control more than 20 strongholds." Xu Xianchu said, "But they're quite far away from our Stronghold 113, so it's normal that you haven't heard of them."
"Then what's the place controlled by the Pyro Company like?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
Xu Xianchu had a troubled look on his face. It seemed like that was all he knew. However, it was Yang Xiaojin who spoke up. "The place controlled by the Pyro Company is very mysterious. Some people said they once saw a huge prehistoric bird in the sky, but the Pyro Company is very powerful and managed to suppress it. Perhaps only the core members of the Pyro Company know what's going on there."
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