Chapter 16 – My Teeth Are Very Sharp
Cuckoo birds live in pairs with one male and one female. They lay eggs and hatch them for most of the year, but even so, because they have too many natural enemies, few survive.
With the help of Jiao Zhu, Luo Zhen easily caught another female who was incubating her eggs in the nest. The eggs in the nest were exactly the same as the ones A-Shui brought to him in the morning. Luo Zhen counted that there were only five in total, A-Shui gave two to Luo Zhen, plus Lu Zhan, who was lying injured at home, exactly one for each.
Luo Zhen saw that the three people wanted to put the eggs directly in their mouths to eat, and quickly stopped them.
“If you just eat these eggs raw like this, won’t you find them smelly and unpalatable?” Luo Zhen then suggested, “Why don’t we take them back and I will make them delicious for you?”
The two adults didn’t care much for deliciousness but A-Shui had heard Luo Zhen say that he would use these eggs to make delicious food, and he was always looking forward to it. Apart from anything else, he stuffed the bird eggs in Luo Zhen’s arms and let the other party put them away.
“What good can these bird eggs be made into?” Hei Ya also passed the bird eggs in his hand, and asked curiously.
Their food is very simple, it is either grilled or boiled in water. If there is stone salt at home, they can put a little bit in it to taste, but because there are too many impurities in stone salt, the taste is actually not much better, so some fighters would rather not use it. When they hunt their prey, they fill their stomach on the spot.
Of course, this method of eating is a bit unacceptable for Luo Zhen and for modern people.
“Boiled eggs, custard, scrambled eggs, etc.” Luo Zhen replied, recalling the dishes he could cook.
“What are those?” A-Shui swallowed, staring at Luo Zhen, can bird eggs do so many things? He had never heard of them before.
Luo Zhen didn’t know how to explain it at once, and could only say, “You’ll know when I cook it.”
A-Shui nodded repeatedly, but it was a pity that the cuckoo bird here was the only one discovered this time. He doesn’t know if there are any nearby, otherwise he can take Luo Zhen to pick up more bird eggs.
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Luo Zhen originally planned to look for other wild vegetables nearby. They are close to a water source and the weeds are denser than other places, but when he just collected the bird eggs, the warriors signaled for their retreat. The whistling sound didn’t sound like it came from afar .
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As soon as Jiao Zhu finished speaking, there were roars of beasts not far away, and it sounded like more than one fierce beast came in.
The four dared not stay here anymore and hurried to the place where the people of the tribe were. When they were halfway, Luo Zhen was pushed vigorously and fell to the ground unsteadily. There happened to be a small cluster of vines next to him. When he fell, he reflexively grabbed the vines next to him, but the vines obviously couldn’t bear the weight of an adult man. It only persisted for less than a second before breaking into two folds. When Luo Zhen rolled down the small slope, he didn’t get to see a huge black panther shifting to fight with another fierce beast that couldn’t be seen clearly.
Jiao Zhu did not expect that such a push would push Luo Zhen so far. The body of ordinary people was not as strong as their beastmen. He once saw an ordinary person beaten to death because he fell off a hillside but he couldn’t check Luo Zhen’s situation at this moment.
Hei Ya has rarely turned into a beast since he was injured. His feet have already begun to tremble at this moment. If he doesn’t step forward to help, he was afraid that Hei Ya will become food in the mouth of the beast.
“Daddy, I’m going to see Luo Zhen’s situation.” After A-Shui finished speaking, he put down his things on the spot, and slowly crawled down the vines next to him along the track of Luo Zhen’s fall.
Jiao Zhu did not dare to be distracted any more, and soon turned into a beast to fight the giant beast.
Luo Zhen didn’t roll far, and there were many vines in the forest. Soon after he hit a tree trunk with his back, he stopped.
The two cuckoo birds in his hand have been lost on the way. Luo Zhen was afraid of hurting them. The weeds that tied their mouths weren’t tied up by knots. It was probably because the rope in their beaks came loose when they rolled down as it was now screaming in fright in the grass- listening to the sound, it sounded so energetic, it didn’t look like something was threatening it.
However, the large pack of animal skins and wild fruits tied to his back with vines helped him block a lot of impact. Even if he fell from such a high place and hit the tree trunk, his head and back were not affected. The big damage, just the traces drawn by the leaves of the weeds all the way down, is inevitable. Although blood has begun to leak out in many places, it is not serious.
“I’m okay.” Luo Zhen only checked what was going on on his body, and shouted out to inform the people above that he was safe. Before he fell down, he saw a fierce beast leaping towards them. If it hadn’t been for the push of the Jiao Zhu, Hei Ya quickly reacting to greet it, he was afraid that the fierce beast would have bitten him.
The beast-formed Jiao Zhu’s hearing is much more sensitive than when he was in his human form. Hearing Luo Zhen’s words, he felt a little bit relieved. Then he roared and his combat power was fully deployed, leading the fierce beast away from the little ones. He headed in the direction where the other beastman warriors were.
Hei Ya is worried about the big and the small ones that were unable to turn into beasts, and because of the injury on his foot, his speed cannot keep up- he would only drag Jiao Zhu. Even if he was unwilling, he can only stay in place and look at Jiao Zhu as he leads the fierce beast away.
After seeing Lu Zhan and the human-faced bird severely injured after the battle, Luo Zhen naturally could not stay in place and wait for Jiao Zhu and the others to come back to rescue himself after the fierce beasts were dealt with. In this primitive forest, the danger is more than that. The fierce beast that broke in suddenly, the poisonous snakes and venomous insects in the forest are not something he, who grew up in the city, can handle.
When he fell, his ankle was entangled by the vines. Although this reduced the strength of his fall by a lot, it now caused difficulties for him to get out of trouble.
Although A-Shui was young, he was very flexible in his movements. Obviously, he usually ran up and down in the forest. While Luo Zhen was still fighting with the vines on his feet, A-Shui had already come to him.
Seeing the unconcealed worry on A-Shui’s face, Luo Zhen couldn’t help reaching out and wiping his dirty face, “Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
A-Shui looked at Luo Zhen and nodded his head, not forgetting to comfort him like a little adult, “Daddy has already led away the fierce beast. Daddy is very powerful. Don’t be afraid.”
Luo Zhen smiled, but he kept moving. He had to untie the vines on his feet to have a chance to get out of there.
The vine is very tough, and he doesn’t know how he got entangled. After a long time, he still couldn’t pull it off. A-Shui tilted his neck for a moment, and suddenly bent down, wanting to bite the vine directly with his teeth.
“A-Shui.” Luo Zhen wanted to stop him.
A-Shui raised his head, spit out the vine pieces in his mouth, grinned, “It’s okay, my teeth are very sharp.” He bit it up and down, making a crisp sound.
Luo Zhen: “…”
If his front tooth were not missing, this sentence is more convincing.
In the end, thanks to A-Shui’s sharp teeth, Luo Zhen finally escaped from the shackles of the vines.
He was busy getting out of trouble before so he didn’t notice it. He always thought that the tree he ran into had a small root exposed on the soil. At this moment, he found it was a bit familiar, and when he looked at the so-called small tree, the leaves on it were cracked. Seven slices, long and narrow oval, Luo Zhen searched his memory and remembered that this thing seemed to be called cassava.
At this time, the worried Hei Ya also came down, and he was finally relieved to see that Luo Zhen did not encounter a major problem. If Luo Zhen were to die here, he wouldn’t know how to explain to Lu Zhan after returning.
When Luo Zhen saw Hei Ya, he waved to the other party and pointed to the cassava tree whose stem was almost as thick as a fist. His tone of excitement couldn’t be concealed, “Hei Ya, can you help me pull up this cassava tree?”
Hei Ya almost felt pain in his injured leg every step he took because of the battle just now, but he did not refuse Luo Zhen’s slightly unreasonable request. In normal times, he would ask the other to follow him to leave this place as soon as possible as this was a dangerous place.
But thinking that the other party was in this dangerous situation because of his partner, Hei Ya couldn’t help feeling a little guilty towards Luo Zhen. They obviously had two fighters present, but they couldn’t protect even an ordinary person. Hei Ya looked at his injured foot.
If he were not injured…
“Is it enough to pull up this tree?” Hei Ya reached out and touched the trunk, looking for the best point of grabbing
Luo Zhen cleaned up the weeds around the roots of the tree and nodded, “Yes, it’s better to pull up all its roots. I want its roots.”
Hei Ya knew that although his foot was injured, he still had the strength to pull out a small tree. He found a posture that would not let the injured leg affect his strength. When he bent down hard, the whole cassava tree was uprooted.
It’s a pity that this cassava has been growing here for many years. Although some of the roots are exposed on the ground, most of them are buried a bit deep. Only half were pulled out with the stems, and the others were broken in the soil.
However, Luo Zhen also got a few arms-long cassava. Looking at the snow-white plant that had been pulled out, Luo Zhen was so excited that he nearly leaned over and kissed it, not minding the mud.
Fortunately, he still remembered that Jiao Zhu was still fighting with the fierce beasts, and he was not greedy for the cassava that was not able to be taken. He simply tidied up and left. Of course, he did not forget to pick up the two cuckoo birds on the way.
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