Chapter 4: Rushing Back to the Tribe
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“These are not moss.” Lu Zhan said affirmatively as Luo Zhen carefully pulled up a few weeds with purple flowers. As payment for bringing the other party back to the tribe, Luo Zhen needs to help him deal with the wounds on his body.
“Well, these are thistles.” Luo Zhen carefully identified it several times before finally replying affirmatively. This weed and its effects became known to him because he accidentally injured his forehead when he was a child. His grandmother pulled out a few weeds at the corner of the house and smashed them to put them on him. This was why he kept remembering the role of the weeds.
“Thistle? Is it better than moss?” Lu Zhan leaned forward curiously. He knew that the moss was more comfortable than the soil he used before. At this moment, he heard that there was another weed that could stop the bleeding. He looked at the cluster he had just found, the moss now looks a bit sad.
Since entering the forest, the sky has almost turned dark and the forest at night is the most dangerous. Lu Zhan didn’t want to take a person with little self-protection ability to drive in the dark, so he found a safe place not long after entering the forest. He planned to continue on the road tomorrow.
Frightened by the giant beast resembling a dragon, it took Luo Zhen a while to recover. At this moment, he basically believed what Lu Zhan said before, at the very least, he was not in the world he lived in. It wasn’t possible to see such a huge and dangerous creature in his world, if it had been discovered, it would have long been posted on the Internet.
So now his thoughts are the same as before, he can only follow the person in front of him who doesn’t seem to have any malicious intentions towards him, and then make plans after he understands the situation in the world. After all, for those who grew up in peaceful times, Luo Zhen doesn’t think he has the ability to survive alone in the wilderness. Those poisonous insects and beasts hiding behind the grass and trees can rush to eat him when he is alone.
Perhaps it was because he finally confirmed the fact that he had already crossed, Luo Zhen’s mood was not very good, and relatively speaking, he was much less talkative. He found a stone, smashed the few thistles he found in his hand, and then carefully applied it to Lu Zhan’s wound. It was obvious since the other party took him a day of swimming in water today, and even carried him so far, Luo Zhen thought that the other party’s wound would be about to crack again but after wiping away the remaining moss and mud, Luo Zhen found that the other party’s wound had almost healed, and that he could slowly heal even without reapplying the medicine.
Are the people here so good at healing? Or did the moss on that desert island really have such a powerful medicinal effect? Although Luo Zhen was a little puzzled, he still helped him put on a thistle-made bandage again.
Although he was a little reluctant to use the moss that was hard to find, Lu Zhan was still satisfied with the treatment of his wound. He threw a cyan-colored fruit to Luo Zhen, “We are too close to the big lake so it is not suitable to hunt, today you will first eat some fruit to cushion your stomach.”
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After swallowing the bitter fruit in his mouth, Luo Zhen glanced at the other party. Seeing that the other party was planning to go to bed so carelessly, he was a little bit puzzled, “Don’t we need to take turns to watch the night? Or light a fire?”
Lu Zhan didn’t open his eyes, “Can you find out if there is a beast coming?” Although it was only for a short time, it was enough for Lu Zhan to see Luo Zhen’s strength clearly.
Luo Zhen choked. Indeed, if he kept watch at night, he might not be able to spot the beasts coming near. Maybe he would only be able to react if the beast pounced on him and attacked him.
“And I didn’t bring out a flint, so we can’t light a fire.” Lu Zhan’s voice became lighter and softer as if he was really going to fall asleep, “Go to bed early after eating. We still have a long way to go tomorrow.”
Luo Zhen looked at the man whose breathing was getting longer and deeper, quickly ate the fruit, found a place closest to Lu Zhan, and leaned to rest.
That night, Luo Zhen was destined to be unable to sleep well. After nightfall, the forest seemed as if all the creatures living here had begun to move. The sound of insects was endless, and between dreaming and waking, Luo Zhen even heard a few wolf howls and was frightened. He almost threw himself on the person around him before he felt relieved until the sky was completely dark and the surrounding sounds slowly disappeared as he fell asleep.
When he woke up again, he was pushed awake by Lu Zhan. He didn’t know when the other woke up and went to hunt a hog deer and came back. The hog deer’s neck has been twisted. The first time Luo Zhen woke up, he saw Lu Zhan bite through it. The skin on the neck of the hog deer was opened, and when he vomited to the side, it was because of the scene of the mouth eating the bright red blood of the hog deer.
Luo Zhen knew that he had crossed over, but why did they like to show him something so exciting every day? If it hadn’t been for his little heart being strong, seeing Lu Zhan’s face covered with blood, he was afraid he could not help but scream.
“Drink.” Lu Zhan wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and handed the hog deer to him still.
Luo Zhen shook his head repeatedly, “No…no, thank you, I’m not thirsty yet.”
Lu Zhan glanced at him disgustingly and thought that the other party didn’t even drink blood. No wonder he was so thin and weak. Lu Zhan didn’t force it. After drinking all the deer’s blood, he peeled off the deer skin with his hands neatly, cut off a large piece of warm venison with a sharp stone, and threw it to the other party.
Luo Zhen gulped.
Looking at the raw meat with blood in his hand, and then at Lu Zhan who was eating upright, Luo Zhen also knew that there was no way he could stubbornly dislike this life, so he made himself toughen up and ate a lot. He only ate a palm-sized green pear last night, and he is indeed hungry at the moment.
Lu Zhan’s eating speed is very fast. Luo Zhen just barely finished eating the meat in his hand while Lu Zhan over there had already gnawed a whole hog deer so that only the internal organs and bones were left.
Using the weeds next to him to clean up the deer blood on his body, Lu Zhan walked to Luo Zhen and squatted down, “The smell of blood here is too strong, let’s leave early.”
Luo Zhen nodded, and before leaving, he pulled a few thistles to spare before he climbed onto Lu Zhan’s back.
Luo Zhen didn’t care too much about being carried by other men on their backs and Lu Zhan’s feet were fast. He had seen this yesterday so he had just obediently climbed onto Lu Zhan’s back and they had rushed out at one point.
There are no people walking in the forest. Even if there are a few animal-made paths, they are moving in a different direction, but Lu Zhan does not seem to be affected. The speed is even faster than when he left the lake bank yesterday, in order not to be too delayed. When the grasses and branches scraped him, Luo Zhen didn’t dare to probe his head and look outside. He could only put his head on the opponent’s back and watch the rows of grass and trees quickly retreat.
Lu Zhan ran for a whole day and finally stopped to rest until the evening. Fortunately, he had eaten a large piece of raw venison in the morning.
He didn’t find thistles in the resting place tonight, but Luo Zhen pulled out a few when they left the area previously and it was just good enough to use right now. After changing the medicine of Lu Zhan’s again, Luo Zhen didn’t know where Lu Zhan picked some again but he found a few wild fruits, the two did not speak much after sharing the food and began to rest while leaning on the tree trunk.
Luo Zhen thought that since the other party had run for a day with him on his back, he must be exhausted and did not disturb him. He only quietly observed the surrounding situation. He could rest on Lu Zhan’s back during the day, so he was in good spirits at the moment. Since the noise of insects and beasts at night makes him unable to sleep, even if he knows his vigilance is not good, he still plans to stay awake at night just in case.
Lu Zhan would only hunt a wild beast every morning and eat it as food for the day. After the raw venison, it was much easier for Luo Zhen to accept other raw meat. He can even drink two mouthfuls of blood. He couldn’t get used to the sensation of the sticky and greasy feeling and smell falling off his throat. In the end, he would save one of the night’s wild fruits until the morning, and eat it with raw meat, which was considered as a supplement of water.
This kind of non-stop moving lasted for five days. On the afternoon of the fifth day, Lu Zhan stopped under a large rock with him on his back. After Luo Zhen was put down, Lu Zhan pulled out some things from the haystack. After a while, he pulled out two shabby animal skins and put them on his body.
“Aren’t you… hot?” Luo Zhen looked at the strong sun above his head and asked strangely as Lu Zhan wrapped himself tightly.
Lu Zhan smiled and didn’t explain much. He wrapped some wild fruits picked on the road with another piece of animal skin. The whole person’s momentum became a little sickly, and the tone of his speech was a little bit weak, “When you get there and someone asks, say that you came to this area after fleeing, and then you met me.”
Although he didn’t understand why the other party said this, Luo Zhen nodded.
Lu Zhan continued to explain, “Don’t mention that you are a sacrifice. No matter which tribe you go to, no one likes the sacrifices that run away. You just have to say that your tribe was invaded by other tribes, and you were separated from the people you were following.”
Lu Zhan paused, “If you want to stay in our tribe, you must choose a warrior to be your partner, and eat the fruit of the fertility tree within three years, otherwise even if the warrior you choose is willing to be with you, you will still be driven away by the tribe.” Lu Zhan’s lips curled up with a smile, “Our tribe is very repulsive against foreigners.”
Luo Zhen swallowed, “Thank you, I know how to do it.”
But what is the fruit of the fertility tree? Luo Zhen didn’t have time to ask, and when he found out later, he regretted not asking clearly today.
The only thing in my brain after this chapter: What about intestinal worms…?
If Lu Zhan has been eating so much raw meat for such a long time then surely it’s fine..?
Parasites can live in the intestines for years without causing symptoms, but they have tremendously negative affects on your health in the long term. I understand that this is a novel, and from the description of Lu Zhan so far it looks like they’re superhuman, so it probably won’t affect them much. It’s just the thought of a parasitic infection makes me grossed out, even if it won’t happen to him 😅
Oh my god really? 😭 Praying for Luo Zhen to not have any parasites!!!
I mean, eating this much and not taking a poo is also questionable… All logic went out the window.
Fruit of the mother-child tree? Will there be m-preg? 🤨
Disgusting
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