Chapter 64: Cloud Shadow in May 1996
Cloud Shadow in May 1996
I'm leaving, there are nine people who are willing to go with me, six of them are half-old girls and boys like Hussein who have no family, and the other two are a young couple with a four-year-old son .
Many of their parents are still alive, but they don't plan to go with us. They just let the children take most of the food and precious metal tools with them, and then tell the children to work hard to survive.
Going up the mountain with me means going over the mountain. Even the elderly who are physically weak will be a burden to follow. Young couples are reluctant to bear their sons. They thought I would not take them away. Thanks a lot.
There were about a dozen people in the village who were willing to leave with the secretary. After all, the secretary’s family had a great career, and it was safer to have a escort.
The people who decided to stay accounted for half of them. Like the old village chief, they were unwilling to leave the village, and they were determined to live and die together with the village.
I can't persuade the village chief and those people, and I also know that the people who stay do not want to leave. They leave food and opportunities to the young people, and then welcome the end in the village.
The sun was shining, but the atmosphere in the village was so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water. Everyone was frowning. Those who were about to leave packed their luggage in hastily sewn animal skins, and those who were not planning to leave stayed behind closed doors. No one knew what they were thinking.
I left my house to the villagers. The high-wall compound of my house is enough to shelter the rest of the village. As long as the water tower has enough water, they can easily drink it for a few months. The cliff behind my house is used by me. The ability to handle a path that can be climbed down. Below the cliff is the Lu River, which is more than ten meters deep. The net can be used to catch fish in the river. Even if the group of people are trapped in the yard, they can meet some of their food needs.
The villagers were stunned when I showed them my home with large crystal windows, looking down at the ice-smooth floor and the gem-like walls, unable to believe what their eyes were seeing.
The bright mirror is simply a fetish, which shocked these villagers who could only see their shadows in the small puddle in the past.
The faucet that can have clear water gushing out with just a slight twist makes them even more miracles.
They knew I was having a good time, but they never thought my life would be this good.
I live in the same village as them, but my life is like a god. They can't even imagine these scenes. This is the insurmountable distance between spellcasters and ordinary people.
I firmly sealed the diesel generator into the compartment with rocks, and took out two barrels of diesel. I told the villagers how to use the diesel, and asked them to separate the diesel into stone utensils, which would be used for lighting or to drive away beasts and animals. werewolf.
The clothes, bedding, leather and daily necessities in the closet were packed up by my large roll bag. The leather in my house was sewn into many animal skin backpacks. Others helped me to carry the things. After I went on the road, I only needed to carry my son. Just do it.
When Ah Fu saw the mud-legged people in the village looking around at my house, he was so angry that he barked his teeth and threatened them with a low growl. house.
My son was lying in my arms and looked back at those people. He frowned when he saw a village kid laughing and grabbing the toys from his toy box, but he didn't cry, he held his bald head in one arm. Baby, with the other hand firmly around my neck, the cheek resting on my neck.
I can live in the basement with the fireplace, the food in it is packed up and taken away by me, and the few electrical appliances that the villagers do not use are sealed in the stone.
I didn't want to sleep that night, so I sat on the edge of the cliff in my backyard with Wang Jerry in my arms and stared blankly into the distance. Two big dogs were leaning against me, a huge blue planet hung in the sky, and dazzling stars hung all over the sky.
I told my son that we were leaving the house and went back to Shanghe Village to avoid the limelight.
My son didn't speak and just grabbed my finger aggrievedly. I knew he didn't want to go, and I didn't want to go, but I had to leave for him.
If I am alone, I can live a very nourishing life even in barren mountains and mountains. I can build strong crypts anywhere, sharp stone thorns can protect me from any beasts, and I can eat and drink from another world. Bring it here, I'm not afraid of the so-called werewolf at all.
But I'm not alone, I have a son, I can't let him live in danger, I have to leave.
In the early morning, I rubbed four sharp stone spears two meters long and thick with arms, and then leaned on Ah Fu with my son who had fallen asleep, and fell asleep with the light of the fire.
The next morning, before dawn, my people and I gathered. They were carrying big bags and small bags. I was carrying my son, with four stone spears floating by my side. We said goodbye to the villagers and left.
The team of the secretary was about the same time as our departure time, and we only said "there will be a period later".
In fact, I always wanted to find him to learn to read, and I always felt that there were still many opportunities in the future.
The day before I left, I asked the witch doctor if she wanted to leave with me. She said that she had a better choice. She didn’t tell me what that choice was, but someone who watched the night said that she saw her leaving the village alone last night and walking in. In the vast darkness.
The aunt got a revelation in the divination, her life is about to come to an end, she must obey the destiny.
I don't believe in destiny, I took the team upstream along the river bank, familiar scenery, and a completely different mood from the past.
May is the season when the river is the most turbulent and fierce. The rushing water is so powerful. We walked upstream along the lush vegetation, all the way to Shanghe Village.
There is no better place for me to avoid disaster than Shanghe Village. I know that the rushing river in this season will completely isolate Shanghe Village from the outside world, but it doesn’t matter. I can try to build a bridge to pass through. If it doesn’t work, I can station outside the village. , wait for a few months to cross the river after the flow of the river slows down.
It’s not that the people of Luhe Village don’t know the safety of Shanghe Village, but they don’t consider going to Shanghe Village to avoid disasters, because Shanghe Village, which is exclusive to foreigners, will not accept any outsiders, not to mention that Shanghe Village only communicates with the outside world at the end of autumn, and they can’t enter Shanghe Village if they go there. river village.
I am different from them. I am from Shanghe Village in name. I bring people and tools to Shanghe Village, which is beneficial to Shanghe Village. They have a high probability of accepting me. Even if Shanghe Village does not accept us, I can rely on In another world, I get food and hide in the mountains, to ensure that those with me will not starve to death.
Looking back at Luhe Village from the mountainside again, it is more beautiful in spring than before. The houses are very regular in the lush greenery, the colorful flowers are blooming in the flowerbeds, and the stone paths are clearly visible. My house is also more stylish than last year. From the outside, it was impossible to feel that the peaceful and peaceful village was about to face extinction.
There are still sporadic people working in the quarry and the lumber quarry. We have already left, but the work of adding the fortifications has not stopped. It is estimated that the village chief and the old man from Galle organized the people in the village, hoping that before the werewolf arrives Let the village be more prepared.
The team of two giant forest wolves and eight adults armed with weapons is not afraid of the wild beasts that may appear in the forest. The stone spear floating around me is a weapon that can cause damage at a long distance. Whichever hit, it was thrown twice along the way, once smashing a rabbit-sized herbivore into flesh, and the other 50 meters away at a wild boar-sized beast, with a sturdy stone spear nailed to its side. In the dirt, the beast turned and fled in a panic.
It was slow going up the mountain. We rushed at full speed and arrived outside Shanghe Village in the evening. We held torches and shouted by the river bank. The opposite village soon heard a sound from the river to greet us.
This section of the river is more than 20 meters wide, the current is fast, and the noisy water makes us have to raise our voices enough to hear each other's voices. After we barely communicated and explained our intentions, we set up camp on the slope on the bank of the river, and the people on the opposite side Then it was negotiated overnight to allow us to enter.
Now it can only depend on the situation.
If they agree tomorrow, then I'll find a way to cross the river. If they don't want to, it's okay, we will continue to walk into the mountains and find a suitable place to set up camp. With my super power, my people will not have a hard life.
Of course I thought too much. The people in Shanghe Village welcomed me very much. Before dawn the next day, there were already many people on the opposite side of the river bank shouting loudly and asking us how to cross the river. They were willing to let me and the people I brought into the village, but they Can't figure out how I got so many people wading through this turbulent river.
I have my own way. I stand on the bank of the river and stretch out my hand to control the stones in front of me to gather and slowly deform and condense into one. Under the guidance of my hands' movements and thoughts, a sturdy stone pillar grows from the ground at a speed visible to the human eye. "Get up and rise to a height of nearly one meter above the ground.
The gravel on the ground condensed again, forming a gentle slope under my feet, leading all the way to the top of the stone pillar, and then condensing into one.
The one-meter-wide slate on the stone pier is the beginning of my "bridge". I deliberately chose a high embankment that is still a good distance from the river surface, so that even if it rains and the water rises, this The bridge still works.
The second bridge pier is about three meters away from the first one. I was standing on top of the first bridge pier to test whether I could stably control the distant condensed stone pillars for "construction" at a distance.
There are not too many problems. The second stone pillar on the river bank grows slowly and firmly from the pile of stones gathered on the ground, and is also the same height as the first pier, and then sticks to the gravel that floats up and forms a plane. , forming a connected stone bridge deck.
In order to make the bridge deck stronger and more stable, I used an arched structure to connect the stone pillars under the bridge deck. Although more materials are used, it is conducive to the transfer of the bridge deck force to the bridge piers.
The two bridge piers took me a whole day to make. If I hadn't slept in at noon, the high intensity rock control all day would have killed me half my life.
The others were not idle either. They all brought tools. The tree-cutters chopped down trees, and the stone-lifters moved the stones. They built their houses on the hills not far behind me on the spot.
I can't build this bridge for a while. Everyone has to be prepared to temporarily station here. With me here, it is very convenient to build a house. I will do the bonding of stones together, and it can be done in minutes without cement. With strong and stable walls, the roof does not need to be built with wood anymore. Both hands guide the thick walls to "grow and close" together. The walls are thinned a little bit, and in exchange for a completely closed and leak-proof pointed roof, it is natural and cannot be better.
Of course, building a stone wall is always troublesome, so the first house was built with a wall method, and then I directly asked them to dig holes on the slope. Anyway, as long as I dig the holes, as long as I strengthen the walls, leak water and return tide, etc. The problem can be solved in minutes, not only is it more convenient than building a house, but also better in keeping warm.
We, nine adults and two children, dug a total of three rooms. The stone house on the ground is used as a place to store materials and tools. People live underground, and there are stone sloping slabs outside the house. Rain does not have much impact.
Reinforcing the house with my ability is just something I do in my spare time. My main task is to build a bridge. Only the Shanghe Village on the other side of the river is the best destination for refuge in my mind.
The third pier that I controlled the growth of was already located in the shallow water area. Changing the soup without changing the medicine, I was still fiddling with my hands in the direction of the foundation of the stone pillar like a "demon trick", and I controlled the stone pillar to slowly but firmly grow upward out of the water.
This gesture of mine is also a last resort, because using gestures and language can focus my attention and greatly improve the effect of my superpowers. If I stand there like a puppet and stare at the stone pillar to control its growth rate at five, then stretch it out. Using both hands to guide it with various gestures can increase its speed to six or even seven. If I can say something in my mouth, the speed can continue to increase, but I really don't like broken thoughts, so I put my mouth open. The little bit of improvement that was talked about was ignored.
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