Survival In the World of Beasts - Chapter 76

After a few days, even the old people in the valley could feel an obvious restlessness, and the males successively received “gifts” from the females—a javelin with their names engraved on them. From time to time in the valley, you can see figures moving in pairs, and there are scenes of males playing and comparing each other.

Li Zhizhu found that there is really no male rejecting females, so he really thinks too much. Perhaps for simple males, a female who is willing to choose and affirm her before she officially reaches adulthood is certainly worth cherishing for a lifetime. , So it is not a hasty decision to decide on the object of the ceremony.

At first, Bai was very happy to watch. Gradually, he was a little disappointed. After waiting for a long time, he didn’t receive a weapon with Ah Zhao’s lettering. However, no matter how proud these guys are, have they eaten food made by their own females, and wear clothes made by their own females? Besides, Ah Zhu has made many other weapons for himself, even the backpack in the form of a beast, hum.

But seeing these silly smiling faces during training is really an eyesore! These guys, they even received the shy female thing from the wood, huh, that silly smile, no, they still don’t open the forest, they will give me some extra training tomorrow! Anyway, didn’t I receive all the javelins, so I practiced throwing, and if I didn’t finish it, I turned into a beast to patrol!

The warm atmosphere in the valley reached its climax when Yangapa announced that the sacred fir was about to mature.

The sacred fir trees probably grow at a very cold south and the trees are too tall, so they mature more at night than other fir trees. The maturity day of the sacred fir is the time for the ceremony.

Li Shizhao observed the fruit on the sacred fir. It was already half green and half brown. What is peculiar is that the sacred fir he had received under the tree turned into a half-green and half-brown appearance. appearance.

Based on the date when the fruit matures, it is estimated that this year’s ceremony will be almost at the time of the corn harvest. Now the corn in the north is jointing and heading. The continuous heavy snow has not brought any hindrance to its growth. I believe the corn harvest. It shouldn’t be a problem. The harvest of corn is coming together with the maturity of the sacred fir, which is a good sign no matter how you look at it.

Li Shizhao calculated it carefully. When the corn is harvested, the Apas in the valley are almost healed, and they should all be able to participate in the ceremony. He asked Yangappa that the annual ceremony is actually a general term. It consists of several ceremonies, which are usually held when the sacred fir is mature during the coldest part of the snow season. The Qilu ceremony is only part of it, and the merging of the coming-of-age ceremony and the Qilu ceremony is also a tradition in the valley.

Even if the white training makes the males tired enough, it cannot stop the hot feelings of the young people. In the evening “class”, Li Zhizhu found that some females actually received a “return gift”, and Ache received a moment. The dagger with his own name, the sheath made of wood, although simple, it can be seen that a lot of thought has been spent.

This weapon should have been a personal weapon tailor-made for himself at the beginning. Li Shizhao took a look, and sure enough, the blade made of obsidian was thinly inlaid on the wooden dagger, which was light and sharp. This was exactly what Li was at that time. One of several close-fitting weapons that Shizun and Bai discussed.

But it is so exquisite that it is still rare in the valley. The obsidian blades are actually inlaid in all sizes, lengths and arcs. The snow-white wooden dagger looks like a black blade at first glance. There is no trace of inlay at all. The handle of the dagger is estimated to be corrected in consideration of the female palm. , Just as he gripped it, Ache’s name symbol was engraved on the handle, like some kind of mysterious ornamentation. What’s more, Yong didn’t know where he got such a bright obsidian inlaid in the same position on the other side. When the dagger was swung, there was a gorgeous black light that made many females envious.

It’s not like a weapon, it’s more like a craft. Unexpectedly, the honest and silent person Yong would make such an ingenious thing to please females.

Bai looked at it and slightly admired a few words. He actually made this thing under such hard conditions. He did not live up to his skills training. His face was filled with relief, but his heart felt his own. It seems that the extra training is not enough. The ceremony is already fast, and I have to pay close attention to my own plan, and the training of these guys needs to speed up the progress.

The Apaams in the valley generally saw young people playing around, and they just smiled, maybe joked, after all, who has never been young. It seems that even if their children are going to hold the ceremony, the Apaams only give a blessing to show that they know, and there is no objection or interference, and Li Zhixun is so enlightened as to marvel at it.

Perhaps their attitude is just like what the female said, choosing a ritual object will make it easy for them to live it up. What’s there to toss about. When children are about to reach adulthood, who they will spend the next half of their lives with is the first major decision they make independently. This is also one of the signs of adulthood and no longer dependent on their parents.

The females’ javelin making is about to come to an end. Now even young males who have no target have a few javelins in their hands, although they are not engraved. Li Shizhao planned to accumulate some inventory and stopped.

In addition, he felt that single bow manufacturing could also be on the agenda. Given that this work is slightly complicated, Li Shizhen intends to give part of the research and development work to the females. He couldn’t say for a while what kind of improvement would be more conducive to improving the range of the bow and arrow. It would be better to brainstorm and involve the females to speed up the development progress and exercise their abilities.

Li Zhizhu never felt that he had introduced any technology. The people in the valley learned that it was theirs. Many of these things were discovered in ignorance after the development of human civilization on the earth for thousands of years. To the orcs, on the contrary, it is the biggest irresponsibility. A better way is to let them digest and absorb these technologies, turn these things into their own, and develop their own things, and no longer rely on Li Zhixun’s technical output.

If you apply the analogy of historical torrents, Li Shizhao himself is probably a fish that was accidentally thrown from the lower reaches of a big river to the upper reaches of another river. The downstream has more water and stronger hydraulic power, and the fish is of course stronger. Of course, the upstream can set off a bigger splash.

But relying on the power of this fish alone is only temporary and will not last. This fish has an end to its lifespan, and it also has the inertia of the current. The best way is to use the current it raises to make the surrounding fishes grow. Only in this way can they set off their own torrents, have stronger water power, provide an environment for fish to grow, and form a virtuous circle.

Planting and breeding are based on such considerations. Li Shizhao let Ahu and Axi take care of it, and Li Shizhao hopes for weapon development as well.

In order to prepare some materials for the single bow, Li Shizhao would visit the unpleasant Mu Apa from time to time. Since realizing the nature of the old man’s technical house, his vicious appearance has completely lost his respect for Li Shizun. Deterrence.

Li Shizhao likes to crack down on the old man’s recent work progress. To be honest, he feels that when he faces this old man, it’s the worst time in his life, all kinds of relentless criticisms and accusations, but just look at it. The old man’s jumping feet are really fun, and he can’t help but laugh when he thinks of it.

Generally, this kind of accusation and skipping will eventually develop into a general quarrel while discussing the feasibility of the next step. The scene of a harmonious quarrel between the old and the young should not be too funny.

The most commendable part of Mu’apa’s work is his complete materials. Various bones, stones, and woods are collected and placed one by one in different categories. Probably for the compound bow of his dreams, the old man has been trying to find the closest combination of materials. At this point, Li Shizhen never attacked the old man’s starting point of work, and devoted all his life to his dreams. It’s easy to come, but how much effort and years have been spent behind it, just look at the materials filled with several large rooms.

It’s not that the parties will never know the real hardships, nor will they be qualified to judge their worth or not.

Li Shizhao came here this time mainly to see if the old man has suitable materials, single bows, and so on. The main thing is to choose the right wood.

The old man, because of Li Shizhen’s advice last time, was exactly when he had a major breakthrough in his work. He was devoting himself to technological innovation. He didn’t pay much attention to Li Shizhen, and let him search for it. Anyway, every time Li Shi After turning over it, he will organize it again, without messing up or spoiling things.

But the old man was quickly interrupted by Li Zhizheng from his work. Li Zhizhen grabbed his clothes and forced him to stop. He was a little grumpy: “What are you doing?!”

If it weren’t for the fact that this little female had indeed made a lot of ideas, he would have thrown him out immediately! This little female had better have a good reason, otherwise he must let him know what regret is!

Li Shizhen was not at all scared by Mu Apa’s ferocious expression. His cheeks flushed with excitement and his eyes were shining. He grabbed Mu Apa’s clothes and held up a stone and asked: “Where did you find this? ?!”

Muappa looked at this gray-black stone mixed with dark red. He didn’t think there was anything special. He took it back and tried it because of the color, but found that it was not as easy to process as obsidian, so he threw it straight away. Aside.

The old man curled his lips, his facial features seemed to twitch savagely, “Yang uses it on the wall, he has a lot.”

Li Shizhao was almost unbelievable: “Where is Yang Apa? Are you sure they are all like this?”

“It’s just a red stone. There are so many in his place, what’s rare.”

Li Zhizhen grabbed his hair: “Ahhhh! You stupid old man! This is better material!” He couldn’t explain the meaning of this ore to the old man in more detail for a while.

Li Shizhao couldn’t believe it for a while. This kind of ore had been under his nose for so long, he hadn’t noticed it. If it hadn’t been for a whim today to look for materials for single bows, he might have to in a longer time. I missed it! This kind of regret and fear intertwined intensely with ecstatic emotions, making it difficult for Li Shizhao to control his words and deeds for a while.

“Better material?” The old man’s one-eyed eye also looked at Li Zhizheng, and then glanced at the stone in confusion. He had tried it, and it was really difficult to smash it into the required shape, much worse than the black stone. Why is it a better material?

“Let me ask you, where did you find this? Are there any more stones of this kind?” Li Shizheng looked solemnly.

“I do not know.”

Li Shizhao almost went crazy, what does it mean, where did this stone come from? ! If you don’t find it, then forget it. If you find such a piece and don’t know where it came from, he will be stupefied, he swears!

“I got it from Yang.”

Li Shizhen grabbed the stone and turned around and rushed out of the stone house, and went straight to Yang Apa, but Yang Apa was not there! After being splashed with cold water twice in a row, Li Zhizheng finally calmed down a bit. If more ore can be found, Li Zhizheng feels passionate when he thinks about it, but now he can finally calm down and think about this. The plan after the ore appeared.

Speaking of it, if he hadn’t seen a specimen in a museum, he would definitely not recognize this stone. The dark red color in the tens of thousands of minerals is so characteristic that he can’t forget it. Although he has not done the subsequent processing or anything, he can write the chemical formulas in the textbook with his eyes closed, and he will never make a mistake. Although it would be a little difficult, he felt that compared with the current stone and wood, the emergence of this kind of ore was really too timely to make weapons. No matter how difficult it is, he will definitely stick to it.

Even if it is mixed with impurities, things processed from this ore will be much stronger than stone and wood.

Li Zhixun first found Bai: “Do you know where Yang Apa is now? I found a new material, here, this stone. Very useful, it was brought back by Yang Apa, I want to ask him , Where did you find it, are there any more?”

What Bai is now thinking about is his recent new plan. When he heard that Li Shizhen was talking about new materials, his heart moved: “Very useful? Where are they used? What are they used for?”

Li Shizhao thought for a while and motioned for Bai to go back to the stone house with him.

Bai nodded and agreed, and confessed something to Yong who was in charge of training next to him. Amidst the roaring laughter of the males, he returned to the stone house with Li Shizhao.

Li Shizhao rummaged through his backpack and took out the Swiss army knife: “Look, this silver blade is made of this stone.”

Bai was too surprised. He had seen the sharpness and smoothness of this knife many times before, but unfortunately it was too small and its lethality was very limited. Moreover, he had always seen that Li Shizhao had been using bamboo, stones and the like to make weapons, and thought that Li Shizhao could not make such knives by himself, so he didn’t bother. Such a sharp and shining weapon is actually made of such an inconspicuous stone?

Bai pondered for a moment: “Go, let’s go to Yang Apa, he should be in the snow cave now.”

“Snow Cave?!” Li Shizhen was taken aback. To be honest, that place did not give Li Shizheng a bad impression. In his mind, that place was equivalent to a tomb. What did Yang Apa do there?

Bai explained to Li Zhixun as he walked: “The ceremony is coming soon. Yang Apa needs some preparation. The snow cave is a very important and sacred place.”

Li Zhizhen estimated that it was related to Sheng Cong, so he nodded and said that he knew, and Tongbai went all the way to the snow cave.

This is the first time that Li Shizhao observed this snow cave closely. The entire cave is hidden in the mountain behind the tall sacred fir. The entrance is very high and wide, at least more than ten meters high, and the deeper entrance extends down to the ground. Deep down, I always feel that I don’t know something hovering in the invisible darkness, which makes people shudder.

But today’s feeling is not as cold and terrifying as the last time I saw it. The snow cave last time made Li Shizhao feel that Zhang Youyou was a dark mouth that swallowed endless life, and the outer edge of the hole covered by ice and snow made the black even more terrifying.

Today is probably the reason why many torches were inserted in the entrance of the cave. Orange added a touch of warmth to this terrible place of black and white. Many people were busy at the entrance of the cave. The warm popularity also made the snow cave feel less cold.

Li Shizhao was surprised to see that many elderly people in the valley were busy in this snow cave. Not only Yang Apa and others, but also Qing Apa, who had just recovered from his injuries, and Chi Apa, who was not convenient to walk around. .

Li Zhizheng stopped. This occasion seemed a bit solemn. He could postpone his question about the ore, but when his elders were busy with a serious event, he and Bai rushed over and interrupted like this. That’s great.

Bai did not immediately step forward, but quietly waited with Li Shizhao at the entrance of the cave, watching the busy figure of the elders inside.

They built a very high shelf with logs on the side of the stone wall. Yang Apa and Qing Apa were painting on the wall of the cave on the shelf, and several other Apas were also preparing something underneath.

Li Shizhao finally got used to the dim light in the cave. He looked on the cave wall. The thing that Yang Apa was drawing had limbs and horns on his head. Is that a sheep? Hey, it’s not just one, it’s many, big and small, it’s a flock of sheep, and a circle of “well”-shaped fence is drawn around the flock. The one with a head and a tail and scales next to it is a fish? The number of fish is also very large. Even farther away, Li Shizhao saw corn fields! The largest in the center of the picture is a big tree full of fruits.

The names of everything are also marked with symbols next to them. Li Shizhao looked up at the huge mural more than ten meters high, and for a moment forgot his words. Even if you don’t use any symbols and words, just look at the vivid graphics, even if thousands of years have passed, the vicissitudes of life, as long as you see this mural, later people can easily recognize it. This is a snow season where food is abundant and people spend happily.

With the brightness of the torch and the light refracted by the snow at the entrance of the cave, Li Shizhao looked at other places on the cave wall. If the knot records the life and death of the orcs in the valley, then the mural in this snow cave records their daily life.

The mural painted by Yang Apa’s hands clearly describes the food situation of everyone in the snow season. In this heavy snow season, they have food abundance, with fir fruit, fish, sheep farming, and corn planting, all of which are reflected in this mural.

There is no character in all the murals. The most image is a big tree full of fruits. It is always in the center of each painting, eye-catching but calm. The holy fir that gave life to the orcs in the snow season really deserves such praise and worship. Such a tree painted with red paint somehow fits the image of the holy fir in Li Zhixun’s mind. It is dignified and solemn, shining with a sense of unknown. The sacred light of the name.

On a mural not far away, the fish was painted with black paint. Although the holy fir was still painted solemnly, but the fruit on the tree was sparse, and Li Shizun keenly discovered that The painter of Sheng Cong and the painter of fish are not the same person. The later ones obviously do not have such fluent brushstrokes, the lines are not so stable, and the image is not so full. The former painter…Li Shihao thought of the information revealed in a few words by Yang Apa and sighed silently as he looked into the darkness of the cave.

Perhaps this is the sacred part of this activity. In such a primitive and dangerous place, the joys, sorrows, joys and even the joys and sorrows of the orcs throughout the snow season are only related to the amount of food. In the resting place of the ancestors and the Holy Spirit, drawing such graphics is recording their own lives. It is also communicating with the ancestors and the Holy Spirit.

One after another red plump figures in Yang’apa’s hands, like symbols of joy one after another, flowed happily, turning into a gurgling warm current, and passed to the depths of the cave.

Chiapa under the shelf and the paint they are grinding are exactly the same as the vermilion stone in Li Shizhen’s hand.

Li Zhizheng looked at the red wall, and was a little bit stunned for a while. I am afraid that these orcs never thought that the paint they used to paint was actually such a huge wealth, which was enough to change the existence of the entire ethnic group.

It can be used for painting. Obviously, this material should have a stable and not far away source. Li Shizhen finally let go of the biggest worry in his heart and admired this ancient art wholeheartedly.

Obviously, the steps of this kind of painting are not just as simple as putting on the paint, but also some other things. Li Shizhao guessed that the whole painting should be preserved for a longer time.

When Yang Apa and the others finished their work today, Li Shizhao found that several Apas were so tired that their foreheads were sweating, and they couldn’t hide their exhaustion.

When Yang Apa saw Li Shizun and Bai, he nodded slightly: “Why are you here? We old guys can do this job well. It will take a long time for you to be afraid of it, haha.”

Bai smiled slightly: “I hope you can keep doing it, there is no day when we will take over.”

Yang Apahaha smiled and waved his hand and sighed: “Old man, the day of returning to the Holy Spirit is coming soon. I can hear the call of the Holy Spirit.”

Chiapa frowned and said, “Why did you bring Ah Zhao here?”

It was only then that Li Shizhao was embarrassed to realize that it seemed that there were all Aps here, and only he was a “female”.

Yang Apa shook his head: “Qi, you just stick to those rules too much, and Ah Zhao will be fine.”

Qing Apa touched his chin and smiled: “Bai, don’t you toss those cubs, what’s the matter here? Don’t just bring Ah Zhao to see it.” In Qing Apa’s view, those who have not been rituals. The young males are probably just “cubs”.

Bai pointed to the paint on the ground and said, “Ashu found that Akashi seems to be a weapon, a weapon that is stronger and sharper than beast bones and beast teeth.”

Chiapa and Qing Apa looked at each other and said at the same time: “How is it possible?!”

Bai only smiled, without any excuse, nor did he show Li Zhizhu’s Swiss army knife.

The author has something to say: Seeing yesterday’s negative comments, I will explain it all at once. At the beginning, I said that Li Shizhao was not a tough guy. Even if he survived the difficult and harsh conditions of the first volume, it does not mean that he is a rough person.

This character has a prototype in real life, cough, Olympic mathematics gold medal, strong hands-on ability, and kind and considerate person, all did not appear out of thin air, he was originally such a person, looking at the sky. A mountain climber will remember a boy who brings cool oil. It is too unrealistic to expect him to be rough. From start to finish, Li Shizhao is such a person.

In addition, when it comes to females, some people complained that females are very similar to women, which is of course. Which author dares to stand up and say that he is not affected by the reality of the gender society. The reason is too simple. Even if you write about Tanmei, BG will still have projections, because BG is the only real social model that can be used for reference, and it is also the most reasonable and true gender society. The setting of the gender society in BL is definitely It is difficult to get rid of the projection of this real society, but any reasonable setting cannot be unaffected, unless you are not a gender setting.

Simply imagine that in this dangerous society, the average female has only a human appearance. He can’t beat beasts, and of course he needs to rely on males to survive. It is normal for social status to be dependent, otherwise it is unreasonable. In this book, I have done an idealized treatment. The one-to-one marriage pattern in the valley is definitely a special case under special conditions. In fact, under this productive condition, the social status of females is lower than that of males, and it is reasonable for the leopards to have polygamy (a strong male should have multiple females).

Females are not women after all, they should be more independent than women by nature. The emergence of Li Shizhen and the idea of ​​planting and breeding tools and weapons will bring about a complete change in the social status of females. They can only talk about the independence of social status when they can support themselves and have weapons to overcome danger. Otherwise, It’s all bullshit. This process is very slow. Although I try to write in the article, I may not be able to finish it. I just want to say that a reasonable social model should be like this. Some people have accused the orc humanities of being difficult to get rid of the BG model. In fact, it is very difficult for me to imagine how a group of people who need to rely on others to survive can be like a big man? Economic independence can lead to personality independence, which is similar in orc society.

If it is just the feelings between two individuals, of course there is no problem how to set it, but in a society, the stage and rationality of social development must be considered. The development of productivity determines the social structure. In my opinion, rationality is higher than that of myself and even readers. Engineering students’ paranoia, please forgive me.

If you really don’t like this setting, it’s okay. I still said that, the rivers and lakes are so big, there is always a cool mushroom you like, and we have a chance to see you later.