Chapter 64 A touch of sunshine
The next morning, we were awakened by the cold, and the bonfire was extinguished while we were asleep.
Without the bonfire, even if we hug each other, we all feel that our hands and feet are getting cold and we are almost frozen.
I looked up and saw that it was getting late outside, so I simply called out several girls, let everyone exercise, and piled up the bonfire again.
In such weather, the bonfire cannot be extinguished for a moment. Exercise can also circulate blood and relieve the coldness of our limbs.
And I walked out after carefully observing at the entrance of the cave.
That ferocious beast wouldn't wait for us in the snow all night, right?
It was quiet outside the cave, and the snowflakes were still as strong as ever. The violent cold wind blew from the sky and blew into my heart, making my body and mind feel cold.
I soon came to Han Yan's body. Her body looked miserable, very bloody and terrifying. Please forgive me for not wanting to describe those scenes carefully.
At this moment, what made me very angry was that there were dark and ugly vultures hovering and pecking at her corpse.
In the snow and ice, these vultures can find food. Do you think they are lucky?
I picked up the axe and rushed towards them angrily.
I thought I might have to fight these vultures. In such a cold winter, for food, the combat effectiveness of vultures should not be underestimated, and their sharp claws are also very terrifying.
However, what surprised me was that after I rushed over, the vultures were quickly frightened and flew around, just hovering high in the sky, unwilling to leave.
I ignored them and soon buried Han Yan's body in a nearby hill bag and carved a simple monument for her with wooden blocks. I think if someone came here many years later, he would know that there was a living life, a beautiful girl, who had existed.
"Xiaofei, don't blame yourself too much. This incident was an accident and no one could do anything about it."
Sister Liu hugged me comfortably. Her body was warm and soft, which made people feel inexplicably at ease.
Some of the other girls comfort me, and some of them cry silently.
Although we have known Han Yan for a few days, we are at least a person we know and get along with each other in a friendly manner. Just as we see her life being taken away by a beast, we all feel sad that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad.
When everyone recalled yesterday's experience, they couldn't help but tremble.
Later, we recalled and discussed it many times, but speculated that the big guy was probably a predator named Bag Lion.
Bag lions are a marsupial creature, and they are kangaroos. Koalas are close relatives. The type of childcare bags in kangaroos are one of their obvious characteristics.
This bag of lions, like saber-toothed tigers, was judged to be an animal that had long been extinct. Their most prosperous era was 30,000 years ago.
That era was around the time of the late Homo sapiens, and the modern race had just formed.
Later I learned that the biting force of the bag lion is three times that of the lion of the same size, so that the big guy can kill the gray wolf without any effort.
Bag lions are also known as the most likely extinct animal to use science to "resurrect the dead".
If we find news about Bag Lion here and pass it to the biology community outside, I am afraid that the entire academic community will be in full swing and earthquake.
"On this deserted island, even this ancient beast that has long been extinct has appeared..."
This made it difficult for me to calm down. I vaguely guessed why Susan said that the dangers on this island were far beyond our imagination.
After this attack by the bag lion, we became more and more cautious.
First, we dug a toilet in the cave.
Because there is flowing water underground in the cave, our excrement will be washed away by the water, which will not cause unhygienicity in the cave.
Then, our food ratio had to be reduced.
I still go out to search for food every day, but because I have to be careful of the attack of the bag of lions, my search and hunting speed has become much slower.
Every time I go to a new place, I have to observe it for a while to see if there are any traces of it on the trees in the snow.
I found that this bag of lions has the habit of grinding their claws on the trunks, and if it has appeared nearby, some of the trunks will leave its huge claw marks.
Once I find such claw prints appear, I will stay away as soon as possible. This method may have saved my life many times.
Because of the low hunting efficiency, although I look for food every day, I often return empty-handed, and the occasional harvest is very little, so we can only endure hunger.
It’s not that I’m afraid of death and don’t want to explore more areas, but I know that if I die, the girls will be even more unable to survive.
This kind of days lasted for about a week, and I suddenly realized that I had been in a row for four or five days and had not found any fresh claw marks on the trunks.
This made me almost certain that the big guy had left this area. This discovery made me feel relieved!
On this day, we took out some cured meat in the cave and ate it for a long time to celebrate our survival.
These days, the bag of lions has been moving around nearby, like a sword hanging above our heads, making us breathless.
Now, we really feel relaxed.
Moreover, luck always comes one after another. In the past few days, we have discovered that the snowstorm that lasted for several days is getting smaller and smaller, and finally there are signs of stopping!
We are going to survive this terrifying cold!
This made us more and more excited.
On this morning, when we got up, the long-lost sunshine finally shone on our faces.
The winter sunshine looks light and white, and there is no red feeling. The rising sun is not beautiful, but in my heart, I have never longed for sunshine and loved sunshine so much!
Even, seeing this sunshine, the girls actually started to cry happily.
During the days when the blizzards were raging, we were cold and hungry every day, and everyone was suffering. Sometimes they would shed tears when they saw me leaving the corner of the cave.
Because no one dares to be sure that I will be able to come back alive this time, maybe I will die outside, and their lives will end as a result.
And now, the wind and snow have finally stopped. The bright sunshine makes us cheer and cry!
When I lived in the city, I would never have thought that one day, I would shed tears in excitement for a ray of sunshine?
Chapter completed!