Between mountains and seas

Chapter 3 Rabbit or Goose

The night in the forest is coming soon.

I don't know how many years this forest has grown. Some trees that need several people to hug are empty in the center, but the branches and leaves are still lush.Now they have found such a tree, the hole in the center of the tree is big enough for several people to squeeze together.Then they built a fire in front of the tree.

Unrivaled handsome——no, the unrivaled hero is sitting by the fire, cooking porridge in a small iron pot that he took out from nowhere.

In fact, it is not porridge, but something similar to compressed biscuits boiled in water. Shao Jingxing's eyes were sharp, and he saw the words "Muhe No. Soldiers" two small characters.

He is a soldier?Shao Jingxing secretly looked at the person opposite, and asked tentatively, "Brother Huo, you, what do you do?"

He asked a lot of questions just now, but Hero of Unrivaled World only answered one, which was about his name—he said his name was Huo Qing.Of course, no identity was mentioned.

Although it is not necessarily soldiers who eat military compressed biscuits, this "Muhe No. 2" always gives people a sense of ambiguity, not like the ordinary ones that can be bought online.And Huo Qing looks the same as this package of compressed biscuits, the outer packaging is sharp and cold, very difficult to get close to; but he is so good-looking, just like the aroma of this compressed biscuit, so ...

Before Shao Jingxing could find a suitable adjective from his poor vocabulary, he saw Huo Qing handing the small tin can to the two children and throwing him a black thing.

Shao Jingxing was stunned holding the piece, and couldn't believe that he treated it so differently.This thing looks like air-dried meat, but it has a fishy smell of fish, and the seasoning used is nothing more than salt.Shao Jingxing didn't want to put this kind of thing in his mouth at all!

"That—" Before Shao Jingxing protested, he saw Huo Qing chewing a piece of jerky himself, so he had to swallow the rest of the words, and reluctantly took a bite of what was in his hand.

But his spoiled tongue immediately protested in another way. Shao Jingxing could only put the jerky into his pocket first, and said with a dry smile, "I'm not very hungry now..." As he spoke, he pressed his shriveled chest Belly, I hope it won't sing the opposite at this time.

Huo Qing glanced at him, and said flatly, "You can go out by this time tomorrow at the latest. It doesn't matter if you eat less."

Shao Jingxing felt that he disagreed with his words, but he did not dare to object.Huo Qing saved them and ate the same food as him, as long as he wasn't thick-skinned enough to compete with the two children for food, there was nothing to say.

Moreover, Huo Qing seemed finally willing to talk to him, which is very important, he still has a lot of questions.

"Well, Brother Huo, how do you know we can go out tomorrow? What kind of place is this?" Although he is a bastard, he is not an idiot. Huo Qing has no intention of taking them out of the forest at all, so Is this "going out" the same way as they "come in"?

Shao Jingxing doesn't read serious books, but reads online novels a lot. He is familiar with falling into different dimensions and traveling between different planes.Besides, they came to this ghost place in that strange way, and there are such giant spiders, the fool also knows that this is definitely not a serious forest.Could it be that they are no longer on the earth?

"You don't need to know this now, and remember not to talk nonsense after you go out." Huo Qing swallowed the unpalatable jerky in a few mouthfuls, patted the salt foam on his hands, and replied lightly, "You Take the children to bed and I'll keep watch."

"No..." Shao Jingxing looked at the tree hole, "Just sleep here?" There was only a layer of grass, not even a bed sheet.

Huo Qing obviously misunderstood, and explained: "The mountain spider has its own territory. Although this spider is dead, no other spiders will enter its original territory in the short term. It is relatively safe here, and the one to guard against is the Runaway gangster."

Shao Jingxing almost forgot about the third brother, and now Huo Qing said he remembered: "That bastard runs very fast! There are other spiders in this forest? It would be best to eat him!"

"This forest is the territory of the mountain spider." Huo Qing said flatly, "It is very likely that he will be eaten."

Although Shao Jingxing said this harshly, but when Huo Qing said this, he thought of the six sons who were wrapped alive in the spider silk, and couldn't help shivering, and asked in a low voice: "Then... the one caught by the spider That—”Is it still alive?

Huo Qing glanced at him: "He may still be alive. Spiders like fresh prey. Anyway, when you go out, you have to return to the same place. If he is still alive at that time, you can take it away."

"Back to the original place?" Shao Jingxing was terrified, "Why, why?"

"Where you come in, you can go out from there. This is the fastest way." Huo Qing said simply, seeing his frightened face, frowning, "I said before, that spider is dead, and now that place is also safe. of."

Shao Jingxing didn't think that place was safe at all.Even though Huo Qing had already explained it, when he thought of that place, his hairs stood on end.Huo Qing obviously didn't appreciate his muddy appearance that couldn't support the wall, so he said coldly: "Anyway, we must go back when the time comes, otherwise it will be more troublesome." He glanced at the two children who were about to fall asleep, "Go and rest .”

Shao Jingxing wanted to say something more, but Huo Qing acted as if he didn't intend to talk to him anymore, so he had no choice but to carry the two children into the tree hole, and lay down on the haystack himself.

The forest wasn't too cold at night, but Shao Jingxing still couldn't sleep.His head was in a mess, thinking for a while whether he would look for him at home when he was missing; for a while he wondered if the fire in his hands was like the awakened ability in the novel?After a while, he remembered that the third brother had gone somewhere... In a haze, he suddenly found a pair of huge compound eyes outside the tree hole, staring at him coldly, and suddenly screamed in fright, and sat down suddenly stand up.

It was a ray of sunshine that rushed into the eyes, and it was dawn.The fire outside the tree hole had been extinguished, and the two children were picking something out of the ashes to peel.Seeing that Shao Jingxing woke up, the little girl was very happy to present treasures to him with her small ashen hands: "Uncle, eat chestnuts."

The corner of Shao Jingxing's mouth twitched.The spiders in this forest are extremely big, but the chestnuts have not grown any bigger, and even because they are wild chestnuts, they are still extraordinarily small. The small handful that the two children peeled out probably took a lot of time. How dare you eat it?

"You guys eat, uncle isn't hungry." Shao Jingxing said against his will, swallowed, and looked around, "Where's Uncle Huo?"

"Brother Huo said he went to find something else to eat." The little girl was very close to Shao Jingxing now, leaning against him to eat chestnuts, and said vaguely, "Brother told us not to run around, he will be back soon."

No, why is Huo Qing the elder brother and he the uncle?

Of course, Huo Qing looked very young, in his early twenties, but he was only 28.Huo Qing is very handsome, and he is not bad, why should he become an uncle?

Just as Shao Jingxing wanted to discuss this issue with the children, an untimely growl from his stomach dispelled his thoughts—what are you arguing about?He is starving to death now!If Huo Qing doesn't come back, he will, he will eat this dry, hard, fishy and salty dried fish!

Suddenly there was a small sound in the grass, the knee-deep weeds blocked the view, and we could only judge from the shaking of the grass blades that something was coming towards them!

"Snake!" Shao Jingxing's first reaction was this!He was afraid of this slippery, cold-blooded animal.And who knows if the snake in this weird forest will mutate like that mountain spider?

There was a stone the size of a human head at hand, Shao Jingxing jumped up at an unprecedented speed, lifted the stone and threw it towards the place where the grass was shaking.I don't know if he was very lucky. As soon as the stone fell down, there was a strange "chi" in the grass, and everything was quiet.

The little girl was so frightened by him that she even threw away the chestnuts, and clutched at his clothes: "Uncle, did the snake run away?"

Shao Jingxing tremblingly picked up a branch from the fire, and stretched it far to pull the grass: "Okay, it doesn't seem to be a snake..."

"It's a rabbit!" The little boy yelled sharply, "Uncle, you are so powerful, you killed a rabbit!"

It was indeed a rabbit. Although the head was bloody and bloody from the stone thrown by Shao Jingxing, the two long ears were still very recognizable.After Shao Jingxing heaved a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but look at his hand - did he hit it so accurately?I don't know if it's an illusion, it seems that since the small flames can be seen on his fingers, his strength has also increased, and his eyes and ears have become more sensitive.

After worrying about the strange changes in his body, Shao Jingxing became happy: "We can roast rabbit meat!" Oh my god, he's about to starve to death, okay?But the smoked fish that Huo Qing gave was terrible, it would kill you if you ate it!

"Uncle, can you bake rabbits?" the little boy asked incredulously.

"Of course!" Shao Jingxing said proudly, "Uncle knows how to barbecue."

It is a secret that Jing Shao knows how to cook, and only Aunt Liu, the old nanny of the Shao family, and the cook know about it.Shao Jingxing loves food, and he also likes to do it by himself. He is more attentive than him in school, and his academic performance is ten blocks better than his.However, only Aunt Liu and the chef have tasted the things he made, as for the others, they really don't have such a good taste.

"Wait and see, uncle will roast delicious meat for you right away!" Shao Jingxing lifted the rabbit up by the two ears, only to find that there was blood on the hind legs of the unlucky rabbit, and he was bitten by something.He probably ran to them out of desperation, and because he was injured and couldn't move, he was beaten to death by Shao Jingxing's blind cat and rat.

When Huo Qing walked away, he left a dagger for them to protect himself. Shao Jingxing used this to skin the rabbit and cut up the flesh.The fire has been turned off, but it doesn't matter, it has its own ignition function.Turn over the pot that was used to cook the compressed biscuit porridge yesterday and set it on the fire, and the meat will be roasted at the bottom of the pot.

Speaking of which, he had never handled a whole rabbit before, only fish, so it made the scene a bit ugly.But anyway, he only needs the fattest part, and throws away all the unclean parts.

The dagger Huo Qing left behind looks ordinary, but it is very sharp and easy to use. It can cut thin slices of meat, and when heated at the bottom of the jar for a while, oil juice will emerge. With the sound of sizzling, a fragrance It also spread out.

"It smells so good..." The little girl couldn't help swallowing, "Uncle, you really know how to barbecue."

Shao Jingxing also found it quite unexpected.Speaking of the fat content of rabbit meat, he peeled off the skin again, and of course the subcutaneous fat is gone. Generally, there will not be so much oil when roasted.Moreover, he hasn't put any seasoning yet.

"This rabbit is so good..." The cook at home has also made roasted rabbit legs and smoked rabbit legs, and they don't seem to be so plump and juicy.

The little boy was even more curious about the ability of his fingers to catch fire, so he grabbed his hand and looked straight: "Uncle, how did you do it?"

Shao Jingxing scratched his head.It's hard to explain clearly, it's like knowing how to whistle, as long as you get the hang of it, you will naturally know it.He seems to have become a lighter, knowing where his "oil" is and how to get it out, and all that's left is to snap his fingers.

But it's a pity that his oil was pitifully low, and the one that erupted under the spider's surprise attack yesterday emptied him, so that he couldn't fire even if it was a life-and-death moment again.Now that I have rested all night, I can only light a firewood like a match.

But for grilling meat, matches are enough.

The color of the sliced ​​meat had already changed, and he couldn't wait for Huo Qing to come back to ask him for seasoning, so Shao Jingxing couldn't help but picked up a slice and stuffed it into his mouth.I don't know if he was too hungry, but the unsalted rabbit meat was so delicious that he almost cried.

"Come here, eat. Be careful not to burn it." Shao Jingxing grasped the meat with his own hands without any image, and at the same time instructed the two children to do the same.At this time, who cares about dining etiquette and hygiene, he is so hungry that he cares about his heart!

"What are you eating?" Huo Qing's voice suddenly rang out. With a bunch of mushrooms in his hand, he walked out of the woods with a slightly sullen look on his face.

Shao Jingxing almost choked on a mouthful of meat—too bad, he just ate for himself and forgot to save some for Huo Qing, after all he only saved them yesterday.

"I'm sorry, that..." Shao Jingxing looked at the piece of meat with a bite in his hand, and then saw that there was only a rabbit with a messyly cut skeleton left, not knowing what to say.

Huo Qing threw the mushrooms in his hand on the ground, looking really angry: "Who told you to eat indiscriminately! Didn't you say I'll go find something to eat?"

"Just, just a rabbit..." Shao Jingxing spoke incoherently, "It ran over by itself and was beaten to death by me..."

Huo Qing stared at the pile of fur and bones, and when he stretched out his hand, there was a long knife in his hand.He picked up the rabbit's head with the tip of the knife and looked at it, his face became more gloomy: "Rabbit? Didn't you look at its head?"

"Head, what's wrong with the head—" Shao Jingxing said weakly, "It ran over. I thought there was a snake in the grass, so I threw a stone over and smashed its head..."

Huo Qing choked abruptly, and suddenly asked, "What is one plus one?"

What, what?Why did you suddenly ask such a mentally handicapped question to satirize him as a mentally handicapped person who would eat anything?

Just for a rabbit, as for?

"Can't answer it?" Huo Qing stared at Shao Jingxing, "It's just such a simple question." He then turned to the two children: "What do you think is one plus one?"

The little girl was a little scared.Although Huo Qing saved them, he looked too cold, especially with such a straight face, which made the children a little scared.The boy was more courageous, and whispered, "It's equal to two..."

"Of course it's equal to two." Shao Jingxing finally regained his strength, and said not too happily, "Otherwise, how much can it be equal to?" The little girl hugged his leg, poked her head out and nodded accordingly.

Now Huo Qing showed a little surprised expression on his stern face.He took a closer look at the rabbit's head hanging from the tip of the knife, and then turned back to look at Shao Jingxing: "You lit the fire?"

"Yes." Shao Jingxing really wanted to show him a straight face, but when he looked at Huo Qing's face, his expression and tone involuntarily softened.Good-looking people take advantage of it, especially Huo Qing's stern temperament, this surprised expression makes him look a little childish, making him look younger.

"There's still a piece of meat here..." Shao Jingxing simply gave up and handed over the last piece of meat in his hand flatteringly, "It's just a little short, but this rabbit is really delicious. So what?" , shall we find another one?"

Huo Qing lowered his eyes to look at the piece of meat that had been bitten out, and after a little thought, he actually took it.But instead of eating, he took out a small plastic bag from his pocket and put the sliced ​​meat in it.

What is this for?It's just a small piece of meat, do you want to keep it?

Shao Jingxing's lips moved, and just as he was about to speak, the little boy was already staring at Huo Qing's hand curiously: "Brother, where is your knife?"

After he said this, Shao Jingxing realized that there was no scabbard on Huo Qing's body. The long knife he used to pick up the rabbit's head was pulled out from nowhere, and when he stretched out his hand to pick up the meat, The knife disappeared without a sound, and it was also taken back to no one knows where it was.

Huo Qing patted the little boy's head, but did not answer the question. He just took out a few wild fruits from his pocket and handed them to the two children. Then he sat down by the fire and began to roast the mushrooms on the fire. .

"I, I'll do it." Shao Jingxing thought of the unpalatable smoked meat, and hurried forward to take over the job.When he got the mushroom skewers in his hand, he realized that they were skewered with wire.

Where did the wire come from?Thinking of Huo Qing's shriveled backpack and the tin can of porridge that he took out from nowhere last night, Shao Jingxing suddenly had an idea—these metal guys couldn't have been conjured by Huo Qing, could they?Just like he can conjure fire out of thin air, Huo Qing, he has metal abilities?

This is really thanks to the online novels that Shao Jingxing read, the abilities written there are really various.Especially the most attractive ones, which are described in all directions 360 degrees without dead ends, and metal abilities are one of them.

The metal supernatural beings, the sudden appearance of the forest, and the giant spider all add up to the perfect opening of a suspenseful sci-fi film.Shao Jingxing was dying of curiosity, but unfortunately, Huo Qing refused to tell him.

"That—" Shao Jingxing finally couldn't hold back.Now he is scratching his head and wanting to know what's going on, at least he needs to know how to get out of this ghost place!Huo Qing only said where he came in and went out from where he came in, but it made no difference if he said it or didn't say it?Could it be that the place where they came in can still open the door?

However, if he just asked like this, Huo Qing would definitely not answer, so Shao Jingxing planned to go around in circles first, and said, "That piece of rabbit meat..." Why did he forget to leave a portion for Huo Qing at that time, otherwise if he is now Huo Qing was eating meat, so he asked a few more questions - cannibalism is soft, is Huo Qing embarrassed not to answer him?

"That's not a rabbit." Huo Qing was thinking about something, turned his head after hearing what he said, looked at him thoughtfully, as if he had decided on something, and then said slowly, "That's a black beast." .”

"Goose...beast?" Shao Jingxing swallowed, and then said carefully, "A goose is a bird..."

Maybe he should go see the eyes?But maybe it's Huo Qing who should look into the eyes - that's obviously a rabbit!How can there be a goose with two long ears?

Huo Qing stared at him and didn't speak for a long time.Shao Jingxing shrank back quietly.He didn't quite understand what Huo Qing meant, but he could feel that Huo Qing seemed to want to beat him up now.

But—how can a rabbit be a goose?This is really a problem.