Chapter 157: Walking Alone in the Snow
It’s dark early in winter, and it’s snowing early in snow. Seeing that night is coming, Wu Zhongyuan began to worry about his residence. The weather is so cold that he must find a place to spend the night. If he keeps wandering in the wild, he will definitely be frozen to death.
It was not like modern times, with no unfinished buildings on the roadside and no care rooms for orchards. There were only two options to spend the night in the wild: one was to find a shelter to make a fire to keep warm, and the other was to find a natural cave. But he did not carry a fire-making tool, so he could not make a fire, so he could only find a cave.
Caves are not everywhere, so he has to find them. Until night falls, he can't find a decent cave. Not to mention decent ones, he hasn't even seen those who are not decent.
After searching for more than an hour, Wu Zhongyuan gave up. The possibility of finding the cave was too small. It was better to keep walking forward and rush to the next village as soon as possible.
But he didn't know where the next village was, nor how far the next village was, so he could only walk forward with his teeth.
The further he walked, the less he felt. The snow on the ground was very thick, covering the road surface, and the road was lined with big trees. The canopy of the big trees would block the sunlight. Therefore, there were few shrubs growing under the big trees. Without shrubs, it would be difficult to distinguish the direction of the road. In order to avoid getting lost, he could only stop every once in a while and clear away the snow to see if there were any fallen leaves and dead grass under the snow.
However, this method is not very safe, because there may not be many people walking on this road, and there are dead grass and fallen leaves on the road.
The shoes he wore were sewn in cowhide. He walked in the snow for a long time. The snow water seeped in from the needle hole. His feet were already numb and his body became colder and colder. If he wanted to keep warm, he had to keep walking. If he kept walking, he would sweat. If he sweated, he would freeze and freeze would become colder. This is a vicious cycle.
When he left the village, Wu Zhongyuan was in a very depressed mood. When he was walking hard in the snow, he became depressed and upset. At this time, he couldn't help but laugh. Thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have done nothing unethical, so why did he get retribution? If it wasn't for retribution, how could he be so unlucky?
It is said that blessings are unparalleled and misfortunes never come alone. This is true. I don’t know when a group of wolves followed behind, with more than a dozen, just a few dozen meters away from behind. He walked, and the wolves also left. He stopped, and the wolves also stopped.
Wu Zhongyuan was so angry that he was exhausted. After seeing the pack of wolves, he immediately took off the longbow on his shoulder and drew the arrow.
When he opened the bow, a strange idea came to his mind, it would be interesting if the bow string was broken.
But he was not so unlucky yet, the bowstring was not broken, and he did not shoot this arrow. In fact, there was nothing wrong with this group of wolves. It was snowy and snowy. If it weren't for being hungry, who would have come out to hunt? Forget it, don't rush to kill them, and wait until they really come up to attack.
The wolves were quite afraid of bows and arrows. When they saw him arching the arrows, they turned around and ran away.
As the saying goes, climbing a high place to look far away. If you stand at a high place, you may see the light in the distance. Thinking of this, he will leave the road and walk to the high place. There are also benefits of snowy days, that is, you can leave footprints and return to the same road after reaching the top of the mountain.
After finally climbing to the top of the mountain, Wu Zhongyuan found that he was in vain. At this time, it was still snowing in the sky, and the surroundings were covered with whiteness and nothing could be seen. Take a step back, even if there was no snow, there would probably be no fire. Who would make fire in the open weather in this bird weather?
After a bitter smile, he began to turn back the same way and walked not far away. Suddenly he heard a strange noise coming from behind. He turned his head and looked back. He found a black shadow leaping from the top of the mountain to the east.
Seeing this, he hurried back to the top of the mountain and looked into the distance. He saw a blurry black shadow drifting eastward in the wind and snow. This movement method has exceeded the scope of light skills. This is a flying rush that can only be performed after the purple aura.
However, he just watched the black shadow go away and did not shout. It would be useless to shout. People would not turn around and show him the way.
When the black shadow disappeared, Wu Zhongyuan turned around and wanted to go down the mountain. As soon as he turned around, he suddenly found something on the snow. He squatted down and looked carefully. There were a few drops of blood. Because the weather was extremely cold, the blood did not seep into the snow after it dripped.
The black shadow that had passed by was quite petite and should be a woman. I don’t know what this person had encountered, but he was injured in any case.
Just as he was checking the blood drops on the snow, two huge black shadows appeared in the sky in the southwest. If it didn't snow, he could see what these two black shadows were. Unfortunately, it was snowing. He couldn't see it in detail. He could only be sure that these two black shadows were not human, because the human body was not so big.
The two black shadows moved very quickly. For safety reasons, Wu Zhongyuan hid behind the tree and tilted his head to observe. When the black shadow reached within thirty meters, he saw the true bodies of the two black shadows, these two huge eagles.
The two eagles have a size far exceeding their own size, with a wingspan of at least four to five meters, and their fur color is similar to that of common eagles.
Two eagles flew from afar with their wings. When they flew past the top of the mountain, one of the eagles actually spoke, "There are footprints on the top of the mountain."
"That's a man's footprint, don't pay attention to it." said another eagle.
When Wu Zhongyuan heard the eagle speak, he was very confused. When he thought about it, he suddenly realized that these two eagles were not real eagles, but masters of the cattle clan who could transform into beasts. He suddenly realized that they were also afraid. Fortunately, one of the guys had a good look and knew that there were men's footprints on the ground, otherwise he might have come down to chase him.
The two eagles flew eastward and soon disappeared.
When they left, Wu Zhongyuan hurried down the mountain and continued to move eastward from under the forest.
The three people who had passed by were also heading east, and they were also heading east, they would probably run into them. However, even though they knew this, they could only walk east because the road leads to the east. If they go south or north, the hope of meeting the village is even slim.
Wu Zhongyuan had been hungry for a long time after not eating for a day, but hunger could still be tolerated. What he could not bear was the severe cold. It was too cold. The temples on both sides of the frozen side were painful. Every time he took a breath of air, the cold air would choke directly into the lungs along the trachea, and the lungs would be so hot that it hurt.
He kept walking, his mind was a little dazed. In order to refresh himself, he might have lost his consciousness, so he started singing, "Snowflakes flutter, the north wind blew, the world was vast..."
He rarely sings, not only out of tune, but also forgets lyrics. But these are not important, because without an audience, even if there are, he can't understand what he is singing, because he uses modern language, and those who can understand will be thousands of years later.
It is said that men who can sing are more likely to gain the favor of women, but unfortunately they belong to the category of people who can't sing. They not only forget the lyrics out of tune, but also sing them, "The cold wind is whistling, the flying snow is falling. The long road is long, walking on the song. Looking back, looking at the stars. The past is like smoke and clouds..."
At the end of the song, he couldn't even listen to it, so he stopped singing and instead said to himself, "Am I sick? Why am I running back if I'm not sick?"
"What's wrong with me? I have to play noble? What's the difference between me and those stupid women with a savior complex?"
"Oh, beauty, don't leave me, otherwise I won't be able to survive."
"Okay, you're so pitiful, I'll marry you."
"Mom, they took the bait, why did I get the bait too? Whether they are dead or alive or not has nothing to do with me, I didn't eat a grain of rice from them."
"It's not right. I can't come back. The 18th Branch will chase me back. I'm not considered seeking abuse by myself. I'm driven back by someone."
Fortunately, there were no one around him, otherwise he would definitely treat him as a lunatic. Even if he couldn't understand what he was saying, he would treat him as a lunatic, because not only did his language go wrong, but his tone was not normal.
In fact, he is indeed a little confused now. He underestimated the impact of cold on people. Hypothermia will cause slowing blood flow and cause a series of adverse reactions, including physical weakness and insufficient oxygen supply to the brain. He has begun to see things that are seen.
After walking for more than half an hour, he began to feel hot. How could it be hot at this time? Heat is just a hallucination. People who are frozen to death will feel hot before they die. This is also the reason why many people who are frozen to death will take off their clothes before they die.
Recognizing the bad situation of his own, Wu Zhongyuan calmed down. In fact, he had nothing to do with nostalgia, had nothing to worry about, and had no worries, and had no need to worry about being embarrassed after death, because no one knew him. He did not have to worry about Wang Xinran being sad, because in Wang Xinran's imagination, he would be the king and be a king after he came back.
No, I can't say that I have no worries. There is also a Sanhu. I couldn't do what I promised it.
But that doesn't matter. Sanhu doesn't know his existence now, and he won't resent him because of his breach of trust.
No, even if Sanhu doesn't know that he exists, he still has lost his trust.
But there is nothing I can do. It’s not that I have the ability to do it but that I didn’t do it, but that I died.
Wu Zhongyuan is just moving forward mechanically now, just for the sake of perseverance. In fact, he no longer has any hope. He has no footprints in the snow. Even if there is a village in front, it is still far away.
It is fake to say that there is no regret. Since he is back, he should pay tribute to his parents. Others have no kindness to him, and his parents are still very nice to him. It was not because his parents abandoned him, but because the wizard did something wrong. He doesn't remember his parents, and Wu Ji has no impression of them, but just because his father dares to bring him back to the bear clan to raise him, he should give his father a thumbs up. In today's words, he is an illegitimate child. If his father takes him back to the bear clan, he will be criticized. What does it mean to dare to act? This is called daring to act. In Lin Qingming's words, as long as he can bear the consequences for what he does, no matter what he has done, it will be right.
Chapter completed!