Ye An

Chapter 119

Not a single crow was able to overtake the sledge.

There seemed to be an invisible high wall in the flying snow, and any crow that approached would have their scalps bleed and their brains burst.

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred crows died. Ye An drew a long line between himself and the crows. Any crow that crossed this line would be killed on the spot.

The mutated crows were smart enough to ignore Ye An before.Now that he encountered setbacks and losses, he didn't get angry like other mutant beasts, and he didn't rush up to avenge his companions. Instead, he flapped his wings and hovered in the air, staring at Ye An in the snow, making piercing cries one after another.

The cold wind whizzed past, blowing through the forest, making strange noises.

The snow gradually increased and soon formed a white snow curtain.

Snowflakes fell on Ye An, covering his hair and shoulders, forming a thick layer.Ye An remained motionless, like a statue standing in the snow, blocking the crows, preventing them from advancing even half a meter. They could only watch the sled dragging their prey far away.

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The ear-piercing cry pierced through the wind and rubbed against Ye An's eardrums.

Ye An raised his head suddenly, and caught several figures among the crows. The corners of his mouth under the cloak slowly pulled up, and he found it!

The crows sensed something was wrong and began to gather together, but the effect was counterproductive, completely exposing the target Ye An was looking for.A few crows with inconspicuous appearances were locked by Ye An, and they were pulled into a thread by will, and then turned into steel needles, piercing through the crows, and accurately piercing the target's head.

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There was another ear-piercing cry, and several black dots fell from the air, their wings spread out and fell into the snow, dying in the middle of the fall.

Blood flowed from the mouth of the dead crow, winding into streams, which were quickly frozen in the snow.From a distance, it looks like long scarlet chains scattered in silver and white everywhere.

The crows suddenly fell into chaos, conveying a variety of emotions such as anger, panic, anxiety and hesitation.

Ye An raised his hand and tightened the cloak around his body. Sure enough, he guessed right, those dead crows were the leaders of the clan!

However, Ye An didn't kill all of them.Soon more crows uttered their cries, and the panicked crowd was appeased.

When Ye An thought that they would gather together to take revenge, most of the crows spread their wings and flew high. They were divided into several teams of different numbers, and flew in different directions through the wind and snow. None of the crows approached Ye An, and they all rushed to the sky. The farther away from him, the better.

After weighing the pros and cons, most of the crows believed that the gains outweighed the losses, and the best choice was to leave.

Although this way of doing things can preserve the members of the ethnic group, it also restricts the development of the ethnic group to a certain extent.No matter how smart this group is, no matter how many members there are, it will never be able to stand at the top of the raptor food chain, and can only be reduced to a group of thieves and robbers who bully the weak and fear the strong.

The crows flew away one after another, and Ye An stood there for a long time, making sure that they would not go back and forth, and then moved his hands and feet, looking for hay from under the snow, and gathered the dead crows one by one and tied them up.

Mutated crows are not small in size, with more than a hundred of them strung together, the weight is really heavy.

Ye An lifted the straw rope and weighed it a few times. The crows tied to the rope were frozen stiff, and as he moved, they collided with each other, making a sound like ice and metal hitting each other.

There was a cry of wild beasts in the pine forest. Ye An looked up and caught several jackals through the white snow curtain.

As the call got closer, Ye An didn't stay any longer, and took the spoils on his way back to the camp.

The pride of lions followed him, and the male roared before leaving to frighten the smaller animals that had gathered.The lioness flicked her tail, not wanting to talk to him at all, and scrambled to get close to Ye An, her tail rolled over, Ye An almost tripped several times.

In the camp, Kapok is organizing people to pack up the prey, and stepping on the sled by himself, ready to go to support Ye An.

The lumbering team had also returned. Large pieces of wood were piled up beside the sled, cut into long and short pieces of wood, and the fractures were covered with crushed snow. A few tree trunks flowed out sap and hung into ice in the cold wind.

After the three of Camille returned to the camp, they followed a few strong women to process the wood, peel off the bark, chop it into suitable lengths with an axe, and then cut and polished it with tools to make sled materials.

The people on high alert waved to Kapok and cheered excitedly.

"It's my lord, my lord is back!"

The sled in front of the camp was quickly removed, and Ye An led the lions through the snow curtain and returned amidst the cheers of the crowd.

More than a hundred crows were thrown on the ground. Ye An signaled Kapok to take the prey away, waved to the excited crowd, and did not intend to say anything. He led the lions back to the caravan, intending to warm his cold hands and feet.

Watching Ye An's back go away, Camille stopped what she was doing, and said to Ash and Owa: "After eating, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Ash asked.Aowa was also full of curiosity.

"About the rest of our lives," Camille said.

Ash and Ova glanced at each other, then looked in the direction of the RV, vaguely thinking of an answer, but they were not quite sure, so they could only nod to Camille, speed up their work, and wait until they got back to the tent.

That night, the packed moose and mutant elephants were re-bundled, piled on the sled, and guarded by the night watchmen in rotation.

Ye An was sitting in the RV, leaning against the mutated tiger, with two cubs lying beside him, and a ferret curled up in his arms. He hung the stitched map on the wall, clearly showing several treasure locations.

During this period of time, he had been on his way, and unfortunately encountered a snowstorm, so he never had the opportunity to study these maps carefully.Thinking of the skeletons found underground and the weapons found in the cave, and looking at the map in front of him, Ye An always had a premonition that the secrets hidden here might be far beyond his imagination.

Standing up with the ferret in his arms, Ye An approached the treasure map and carefully identified each marked spot on it.At a certain place, his gaze suddenly stopped, he pointed and pressed lightly, and then traced along the drawn lines, the doubts in his heart became deeper and deeper.

"strangeness."

If he is not mistaken, this mark is in the sea, a considerable distance from the land, the shape of the mark is very different from other places, and there are many, superimposed on each other, it is difficult to guess what it is.

Just when Ye An was puzzled, there was a sudden knock on the car door, sensing the thoughts of the people outside the door, Ye Anla hung down the rope hanging on the roof of the car, and the dark animal skin hung quickly, covering the spliced ​​map.

Camille and the others stood outside the RV, feeling a little uneasy.Milo was held in Ash's arms, with his arms around Ash's neck. In comparison, he was the calmest of the four.

The car door was opened from the inside, Ye An leaned out half of his body, saw the young man outside the car, and did not show any surprise.

"come in."

While speaking, Ye An motioned to the woman who was leading the way, and the woman quickly turned and left, while the teenagers followed Ye An into the RV.As the car door closed, the whole body was wrapped in warmth, and the tension gradually relaxed.

They were nervous not only because of what they were going to say next, but also because they passed through the lion group and were stared at by more than 30 mutant lions.

The tigress lay lazily on the ground, and was about to growl when she saw Camille and the others walking into the carriage, but Ye An scratched her ear, the growl turned into a grunt, and she lay back down quickly.

The little tiger cub jumped into Ye An's arms, squeezed the ferret away, and occupied the most comfortable position.

Ye An lifted the tin pot from the stove, poured out several bowls of water with honey, and pushed it in front of several people.

The honey water exuded a sweet taste. The teenagers thanked Ye An, picked up the bowls one after another, and drank it in two or three sips. They couldn't get enough of the sweetness.

Ye An filled the wooden bowl again, and did not rush to ask them why they came, but waited patiently for them to speak.

After drinking two bowls of honey water, Camille took a deep breath and said courageously, "My lord, we want to stay, we want to follow you."

Ash and Ova also put down the wooden bowls, and like Camille, they looked at Ye An nervously, not sure whether the other party would keep them or refuse on the spot.

"What's the reason?" Ye An ran along the fur on the tiger cub's back, poked its ears with his fingers, squeezed the tiger cub's paws, glanced at Camille and the others, and neither agreed nor disagreed. , only let the other party give a reason.

"You know our origins. Before that, we planned to wander. You are willing to take us in and allow us to escape the snowstorm in the camp. We are very grateful to you and want to follow you!" Camille said.

Ye An didn't speak, leaned back until he leaned on the back of the tigress, and said, "I want to hear a more honest reason."

Camille wanted to say that he wasn't lying, but was caught by Ye An's gaze, and he couldn't help saying the words buried deep in his heart: "I want to live and live better."

Ye An looked sideways at Ash and Ova, and asked, "What about you?"

Owa scratched his head, which was his expression of helplessness and embarrassment.Before they came to see Ye An, they discussed with Camille, and Camille would speak everything. After all, he was the smartest and the best eloquent among the three.It's just that the development of the matter is different from what he imagined, and Ye An does not accept the reason they agreed on.

"Like Camille, I want to live." Ova said earnestly, "Before I was arrested and sent to Qiancheng, I lived with my family in a settlement, even if it was only the smallest settlement, it was safer than wandering in the wasteland. I finally escaped from Qiancheng. I couldn’t do anything before, but now I have the opportunity to stop wandering. I want to stay, and I want to follow you. I have the strength to work, and I can hunt. I promise not to let myself become a drag! "

Ye An's gaze turned to Ash again, waiting for his answer.

"I also want to live, and Milo, only you can save him and help him. If you don't want to keep us, at least let him stay. He is a mutant, wandering with us, in case he appears again We can't save him."

After listening to the boys, Ye An didn't give an answer right away, but looked at Milo and asked, "What's your decision?"

"I want to stay." Milo said seriously, "I will be useful."

Ye An sighed silently, those old guys in Qiancheng had a very deep influence on Milo, making him always think about problems from a negative perspective.

"You can stay," Ye An said. "In return, you will work with Kapok. The sled will be distributed to you when the team departs, and other arrangements will be made after arriving at the destination."

"Yes, thank you sir!"

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me," Ye An changed the subject, "There are rules in the team, and I'll let Kapok tell you. If you violate these rules and the consequences are serious, I will drive you away, understand? ?”

The teenagers put away their excited expressions, nodded to Ye An together and made a promise on the spot.

When Mu Mian learned that Ye An planned to let them stay, she didn't say much, and still arranged them in the previous tent, and told them about the rules Ye An set down before the rotation of vigil.

"Ask Leng Shan if you still don't understand, remember what I told you, don't cross the line, otherwise no one in the team will let you go!"

Kapok's words were threatening, but Camille and the others thought it was very normal and did not have any resistance.If they were themselves, they would do the same for the safety of their companions.

Camille stayed behind and set off with the team two days later.

The sled was loaded with the harvest of Ye An's trip, pulled by the RV and trailer, and continued to move towards the delta.

At the same time, the convoy led by Xiao Yun and Zhao Weng has occupied Qiancheng.

The residents of the city fled in all directions, leaving an empty city.The ground fissures across the city were bottomless, most buildings collapsed, and Xiao Yun erected several ice bridges to allow people and vehicles to pass.

Zhao Weng's destination was the warehouse in the city, but Xiao Yun was not. After entering the city, he went straight to the city lord's mansion.According to the statements of the escaped Qiancheng people, after the earthquake, the city lord and elders never showed up. If they hadn't escaped, they must have stayed there.

Xiao Yun jumped off the refitted car, transparent icicles rose from the ground, black figures jumped on the icicles, arched ice bridges crossed, and the ends extended down, reaching the gate of the city lord's mansion.

Xiao Yun jumped off the ice bridge, pushed open the half-open door with one hand, and walked straight in.