During this time, what made Ayun more depressed than being tired and hungry was that she really wanted to eat rice... This kind of destructive thought was entangled with the dull taste buds, making her want to pull out her tongue. Lose.
"Alas..." Ayun sighed, lowered her head and continued to fiddle with the long and thin earth-colored rhizomes in her hands. She dug them out a little below the hillside this morning. She didn't know this kind of plant. What should I call the rhizome, but after peeling off the outer skin, there will be a little white soft core inside, which is slightly astringent when chewed but a little sweet when chewed, and very moist.
During this period, Ayun regarded this as his staple food. As long as he had the strength, he would rush to the hillside to dig some every day. If he was lucky, he could also pick up some wild fruits, but they were not delicious.
It's been a month, and Ayun is chewing the soft core with dull eyes. In this month, she estimates that she has lost more than ten kilograms. If she continues like this, she may die of malnutrition, but with better luck, she may be able to... One night he was bitten to death by a predator that broke into his cave.
"Hmm..." She chewed the root and sighed helplessly.
There is no time for random thoughts now. Ayun has been very busy every day for the past month... This place is different from his comfortable rental house.
The place where she is currently stationed is a small cave. The cave is naturally formed on a low sloping hillside. The hillside is covered with lush green grass, and several huge protruding white rocks can be seen on the slope.
There are no very tall trees, just sparse saplings and some low shrubs.
The cave where Ayun lives is very shallow, but the shape of the cave is unique. The entrance is very small. Ayun needs to bend down and climb in. After climbing about two meters, it will become more open, but it is only enough for her to lie down. There are also some sundries placed around.
When Ayun first moved in, she would block the entrance of the cave with collected stones every night when she slept. However, she often woke up due to lack of oxygen, so she did not block the entrance of the cave now.
The floor of the cave was covered with hay she collected, and the roof was filled with branches. A few extra fruits and roots were stored along the cave walls, along with a bowl of water stored in hard fruit shells.
The cave is always dark at all times, so Ayun will not crawl into the cave until night. When I came outside the cave, I looked far south and saw tall and stretching mountains. Those mountains were covered by lush rainforests, and they were full of strange animals and plants.
That rainforest was where Ayun originally "landed". It took her half a month to leave there and find this small cave of her own.
Although there is no shortage of food in the rainforest mountains, there are too many bugs, and they are big and scary. Where Ayun lives, it takes half a day to reach the rainforest, which is a good thing for her.
Looking at the green and beautiful forest in the distance under the sunlight, Ayun felt very powerless.
She was not kidnapped or accidentally left in the wilderness. Ayun died in a sudden collective accident a month ago. The last thing she remembered was that everyone around her was screaming, and the blast air rolled over and pushed her and the people around her dozens of meters away, followed by severe pain that could make her brain explode.
After that, Ayun lost any consciousness, but when she opened her eyes again... she found herself lying in a dense forest.
At first Ayun thought this might be the so-called afterlife, and she was excited about it for a while. But she soon realized something was wrong. She was very hungry and hurt all over... and there were always huge insects scurrying around in the surrounding bushes.
This is not the afterlife, nor is it a paradise. Although Ayun is not sure where she has come, it is definitely not the world she originally lived in.
I have to say...this place feels like the earth thousands or tens of thousands of years ago. Why can we be so sure? Except for Ayun who was kidnapped and driven away by a tribe a month ago, the creatures here are all very similar to the creatures from the dinosaur era in his memory. When she came to her senses, Ayun realized that she had finished eating today's rhizomes, which meant that she had to start working.
The job is simple - make a fire.
This is definitely a challenge for Ayun. In the past month, she has tried it based on the methods she had seen in short videos, such as rubbing with wooden sticks, hitting with stones, etc., but none of them succeeded.
But if she gives up, she will never be able to eat grilled fish or barbecue. Even if she fails many times, she can't give up...
Today Ayun planned to use sticks to make a fire. Yesterday she almost broke off her own fingers when she tried to make a fire with stones. She came to the entrance of the cave, where there were piles of wooden sticks and fine velvet hay, which were pulled out of the nearby bushes.
Ayun chose his work partner today and came to the workbench... The so-called workbench is a circle surrounded by a few stones. Ayun pulled out the grass in the circle and spread it with a layer. Dried weed.
She placed the velvet on the weeds, then pointed the flat end of the wooden stick at the velvet, poked the other stick on the flat stick, and started rubbing it.
Ayun would do this for about two hours every day. As for the way to calculate the time...Ayun looked at the shadow of the wooden stick standing next to the entrance of the cave. The time may not be accurate, but it's enough to have a general feeling.
Making a fire is definitely a laborious task. After rubbing it for about five hundred times, Ayun felt that his arms began to swell and ache, and he was a little frustrated. She threw the stick on the ground as if to vent her anger, raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Damn it, why can't I get up!"
After cursing, she felt even more angry. She stood up and ran around on the hillside screaming. When she was tired, she threw herself down on the grass and cried.
A mental breakdown like this is also a daily task that must be completed for Ayun. When she is tired from crying, she will get up and prepare to get water. In fact, I should have gone to get water this morning. There was only one bowl of water left in the cave... But Ayun took a nap.
"Alas..." She climbed up, brushed the grass clippings off her knees, and then went to the cave to pick up her drinking basin. This drinking basin... is actually two insect shells as big as footballs.
Ayun was very excited when he first picked up this thing, thinking it was a turtle shell. But when she saw an insect queen carrying the same shell and having countless jointed limbs... of course she would not throw away the shell. The water-holding tool was very important to her now. She just used the shell to wash a lot in the river. Again, just do some psychological remediation.
The road to get water is relatively long. You have to go down the hillside first and walk towards the rainforest mountains. She will not go into the rainforest to fetch water from the river recently, although it is more convenient and faster, but a few days ago she found huge animal footprints by the river, as well as some blood stains mixed with the soil.
The frightened Ayun no longer enters the rainforest easily. In the past few days, she had been collecting rainwater from some broad-leaved plants on the outskirts of the rainforest or getting some water from puddles on the grass. Although it was troublesome, it was relatively safe...
Rain, caves, plant roots, unburnable fires... these things made up Ayun's life for more than a month.
Are you used to it? Of course I am not used to it, so I am forced to become numb.
Ayun took his insect shell and a wooden stick for self-defense and went out. It's about one o'clock in the afternoon now, so I should be able to get home before dark.
It is undeniable that the scenery along the way is very beautiful. When it's not raining, the sky above is as blue as a gem, and the sun shines on the green slopes until they shine with a layer of mist. There are many small colorful flowers in the green carpet-like grass.
When Ayun saw it, she would pick the flowers and put them in a simple waist bag she made with her old short-sleeved shirt. These wild flowers tasted sweet and had moisture, which helped her moisturize her mouth on the road.
Going downhill while picking flowers was the only thing that made Ayun feel relaxed and happy after arriving here. She cut off a small light yellow flower that looked like a dandelion and threw it directly into her mouth. It was a bit sour, but it would be gone after a while. The sweetness returns.
Birdsong could be heard from time to time in the long rainforest in the distance... Just when Ayun relaxed enough to start humming, a strange sound came from the distance.
Wasn't it like the sound made by an animal? It was very low but very penetrating. If Ayun heard it correctly, maybe it was the sound of a horn?
"..." Was it the group of savages who blew it? Ayun stopped and looked in the direction of the sound, which was on the eastern outskirts of the rain forest. The horn sounded three times in total, twice short and once long.
What does it mean? According to Ayun's knowledge base, blowing the horn means that something has happened, serving as a warning or celebrating something.
While I was still thinking, the horn blew rapidly several times. Now Ayun was sure that this was a warning... She carried the insect shell and ran a distance to the east. She could see the edge of the rain forest from here, but she couldn't be found on the other side of the rain forest due to the height difference, so it was considered a warning. Safety.
The horn continues and becomes more and more urgent, and the birds are frightened by the horn sound and fly away from the canopy. Soon, in addition to the sound of horns, Ayun heard the sound of rapid footsteps, not from humans, but from four-legged animals.
A huge four-legged animal rushed out of the rain forest... When he saw the animal, Ayun realized that the sound just now was not a horn sound, but the wail of the animal. Hanging on it are many "people" dressed in leaves. Although she couldn't see clearly, Ayun was basically certain that those people were the wild men who kidnapped her before.
The fight with the four-legged animal did not last long, probably because all the energy of the prey was consumed while in the rain forest. The huge four-legged snake howled again and fell to the ground. The victorious savages raised their spears or stone knives and cheered.
Is it hunting? This is the first time I saw locals hunting after coming here. Although Ayun knew that those people couldn't see him, he still instinctively lay down on the grass and stuck out half of his head to observe the situation below.
The hunted creature looked like a huge crocodile to Ayun. She couldn't estimate its size because it was far away, but according to the locals next to it... it might be 7 to 9 meters long. The super-large crocodile fell down. Finally, the locals were busy around its body. It was impossible to drag such a large prey back to the village. They probably wanted to break down the most valuable parts and take them away.
This was a good thing for Ayun, so she put aside the matter of fetching water for now... She planned to wait for the locals to finish their work, and then rush to pick up the leak.
The locals also moved very quickly, probably to avoid the smell of blood attracting other larger beasts. They tied pieces of flesh and skin scales with huge leaves and vines and started walking towards the rain forest. From this distance, Ayun could already see that the super-large crocodile had taken away a lot of its bones.
After confirming that all the locals had evacuated, Ayun grabbed the turtle shell and ran downhill quickly. This was probably the fastest she had ever run... If she could pick up some pieces of meat, or some skin and scale bones, it would be a good idea. It was of great help to her.
Although she can't make a fire yet, she can try air-dried meat... She has meat to eat! Thinking of this, Ayun became faster.
It took more than an hour before Ayun arrived near the wreckage. At this time, many birds and insects had already stayed on the wreckage, and Ayun couldn't care less about so many carrying insect shells and going over to harvest what belonged to him.
The huge crocodile that was still running and wailing not long ago could no longer be seen in its original appearance. All that was left standing in the grass was a pair of ribs as high as two people. The blood and internal organs dyed the surrounding grass a turbid dark red.
The locals scraped off all the meat on the belly and took away all the skin and scales on the back. The tail was chopped off and taken away completely, while the limbs were still left. The jaw of the giant crocodile was also broken off and taken away. The teeth on the upper jaw were sparse... and the eyeballs were gouged out.
The sight in front of her was undoubtedly shocking to Ayun. She had never seen the corpse of a huge animal, let alone one that was disemboweled. She was so stifled by the fishy smell that she kept retching. She squatted on the ground for a long time before deciding to step forward and compete with birds and insects for the remains.
Minced meat is easy to obtain, and the locals handle it quickly and not carefully, so there are many small pieces of minced meat left on the surrounding grass. Ayun quickly picked up a pot full, during which she had to kick the bugs that were as high as her ankles and came to eat the scraps of meat.
She turned the insect shell filled with meat upside down on the clean grass nearby, then returned to the wreckage and began to look for bones. There was no need to think about the thick ribs. She kept breaking them off, so Ayun focused on them. On the remaining few sharp teeth on the upper jaw.
After arriving here, Ayun realized how convenient tools knives and scissors are... Although the teeth of the giant beast are not as sharp as knives, they are still very useful. Ayun found a stone nearby and began to knock it against the teeth of the giant beast. After knocking them all off, she began to rummage through the wreckage for broken bones that she could take away.
She was not used to it at first, but now she is comfortable in the viscera pile. Because the giant beast was injured during the hunting process, in addition to scattered bone fragments, some very sharp stone arrowheads can also be found in the viscera pile. ...that's lucky. Ayun held up one of the arrowheads, which was a relatively blunt diamond shape.
Tie this to a branch and she has a spear! That's much better than a wooden stick.
A basin of minced meat, the teeth of a giant beast, some broken bones and stone arrowheads. That was almost enough. After transporting these back to the cave, there was still the next step, and she couldn't waste too much time. And there are more and more birds and insects gathering on the wreckage.
She organized her trophies, putting all the small things in her waist bag, and putting all the larger ones into insect shells.
“…………!!”
Just when Ayun was about to return, there was a strange sound coming from behind. It was not the sound of an animal... it was a sentence composed of strange syllables and intonations, and it was the voice of the local people!
Not wanting the loot anymore, Ayun threw the insect shell on the ground and started running towards the bushes. The shouting behind him became louder, as if he wanted her to stop.
Before running a few steps, Ayun felt his arm being grabbed by a rough, big hand. But because he had brief contact with locals a month ago, Ayun knew that his life was unlikely to be in danger.
The local who grabbed Ayun was saying something. He turned Ayun around and stared at him for a while.
"..." Because of the language barrier, Ayun didn't bother to speak. The man in front of him was taller than the locals a month ago. His skin color was darker, his black and unkempt half-long hair was tied back, and his limbs looked more mature. Slender and flexible. She didn't know what the man was going to do when he caught her, so she could only stay where she was.
After mumbling for a while, the man pointed at the insect shell that Ayun had thrown on the ground, and then at Ayun.
I don’t know what it means, so I just nodded.
Seeing Ayun nod, the man seemed to be more energetic. He pulled Ayun back to the wreckage, helped her put the scattered meat on the ground back into the insect shell, and muttered something again.
I don’t understand, what should I do? Ayun recalled some speechless events a month ago...
A month ago, Ayun had not yet accepted the fact that she had traveled back tens of thousands of years after her death, but the dense rainforest she was in and the giant insects that continuously attacked her were forcing her to accept it earlier...
She was wearing tattered short-sleeved trousers, and her shoes had long been peeled off. She was stumbling and trying to leave the rainforest. It would have been nice if there was a gentle plain area where she could rest a little and adjust her mood.
Also while running away, Ayun unfortunately ran into three locals.
With just one glance, Ayun knew that he was decisively different from these people. It wasn't even a matter of race or skin color, it was just...completely different.
They are very tall, basically about two meters tall. Their skin color is a darker wheat color. Their limbs are strong and slender. They have human-like facial features, but they feel more like beasts, with big eyes... Two of them He has strange double pupils, and his ears are pointed and long. The tips are as thin as rabbit ears and you can see the red and blue blood vessels. The nose is high, the mouth is large, and the teeth are sharp.
When being caught and taken away by these three people, many scripts popped up in Ayun's mind...
The first one, the time-traveling female body system led the ancient savages to make a double leap in agricultural production and technology.
The second one is a time-traveling woman with a martial arts system. After being kidnapped back to the tribe, she used powerful physical skills to defeat the leader and became the leader of the tribe.
In the third one, the time-traveling woman was made into a big barbecue by cannibals.
No matter how you think about it, the third one is very feasible.
In this case, wouldn't it be a complete development of a low-cost R-rated film? Ayun screamed on the savage's shoulder, and thanks to her scream, the scene seemed cheaper.
But Ayun did not turn into a big barbecue later, and things developed in a simpler and more prosaic direction than she imagined.
To put it simply, Ayun was brought back to their gathering place outside the jungle by three savages. This place can indeed be called a tribe, or even a village.
There is a wall made of wood and stone that separates the tribe from the wild woods. The construction of houses in the tribe is relatively mixed. In addition to rows of stone and earth houses, there are also small tents sewn from animal skins. There are even buildings like stilted buildings slightly closer to the center.
It has its own language and decent villages. These people are more civilized than Ayun initially thought. She doesn't understand the language of these people. Their language is very strange, very primitive, with few syllables, but Ayun can also tell from their expressions and body language... They are very confused about their appearance.
First of all, his appearance was different. Ayun felt that in the eyes of these locals, he was probably just an ugly deformity. Ayun was indeed right about this. Three locals carried Ayun to the stilted building in the center of the village and met a person who might be more virtuous and respectable.
After the man chirped for a while, Ayun was thrown out of the village. There was no special plot development at all, it was just thrown out.
What did they say? What did the man in front of me say to me now?
Ayun looked confusedly at the man in front of him who was still talking: "I don't understand..." As soon as Ayun made a little sound, the man opened his eyes in surprise.
He also has double pupils, with three pupils on each eye, amber... and looks scary. Ayun looked away. These locals did not look like the savages in the textbooks, nor did they look like the humans he knew. This made Ayun afraid to look at them.
The man was still holding her insect shell. Ayun needed two arms to hold the insect shell. The man was holding it in his hand like a plate. He seemed to be very interested in Ayun, holding her arm and talking non-stop. When he said he was excited, he let go of A-Yun's hand and poked A-Yun's lips with his rough long fingers.
"Do you want me to speak..."
Listening to Ayun's words, the man's eyes widened again, his ears stood up and he looked very excited: "Eagulu!" The man began to make such a sound repeatedly.
Ayun felt baffled, but she wasn't too worried because the man didn't seem to be hostile to her... His current behavior was very similar to when Ayun was wandering on the street and suddenly saw a squirrel rushing down from the tree.
Facts have proved that the man is not only not hostile, but also full of enthusiasm for Ayun. He suddenly bent down slightly, picked up Ayun, and put it on his shoulders: "Hu character!"
"...What are you going to do?" Suddenly two meters away from the ground, Ayun was a little panicked. She began to think wildly, what is this guy going to do? She began to struggle, but the man was too strong and she was pinned down on his shoulders.
Something strange happened. The man carried her and her insect shell and started running towards the hillside. The speed was so fast that Ayun was blown by the wind and couldn't open his eyes. The speed was just like riding a horse. Not long after, Ayun discovered that the man had actually sent her back to the entrance of his cave.
"How do you know I live here!?" Ayun felt like her back was hairy. She had always thought that she lived in this place, and the locals didn't know about it... The man still looked very happy, and he muttered the Chinese character "Hu". He put down Chong Ke and A-Yun, then patted A-Yun on the back and walked away...
Ayun looked at the back of the man running downhill in confusion, and didn't know what to think for a moment.
