Under the moonlit night, more than a dozen wolf carcasses lay scattered about.
Lu Ming didn't want to kill, but this huge wolf pack of more than thirty wolves regarded two of them and one cow as their meal, so he had no choice but to kill them, which finally made them retreat in fear.
"Let me see, your arm seems to be bleeding!" Tuoba Lan hurriedly stepped forward.
Indeed, Lu Ming's arm must have been severely bitten by an alpha wolf.
In fact, if Lu Ming had been on his own, he wouldn't have been bitten, but the wolves are extremely smart and work well together to attack Tuoba Lan and Xiao Hei. Especially since the wolves apparently discovered Lu Ming's attack after several attempts.
Qiang Qiang and Xiao Hei were difficult to deal with, so he targeted Tuoba Lan as the old, weak, sick and disabled among his prey. Lu Ming accidentally took a bite out of him when he rescued her.
"It's okay." Lu Ming waved his hand casually. In fact, this bite removed a large piece of meat, which was painful. To deal with a pack of wolves, you wouldn't have to shut down neurons or the like.
Fortunately, this body's blood system is also special, so the blood flow will not stop.
Lu Ming walked up to Xiao Hei and patted it. Xiao Hei said "moo" and rubbed Lu Ming's hand, as if to tell Lu Ming that it was okay.
Lu Ming sat down and tore off a piece of cloth to bandage the wound. Xiao Hei also knelt down and lay down behind Lu Ming, just like Lu Ming's backrest.
Tuoba Lan came over, sat next to Lu Ming, gently pushed Lu Ming's hand away, unfolded the cloth, and carefully re-bandaged it.
Lu Ming looked at the endless hills and deserts in the distance under the moonlit night, his brows furrowed tightly.
It has been more than ten days since I came to Baihaidi, but so far, there is no trace of Chen Xingchang and Ma Quanyou's troops. That's fine. But now, there is no human habitation, as if the desert has no end.
Fortunately, Xiao Hei could always find water. When he encountered blind beasts, he hunted them for meat. He had to save his compressed biscuits and chocolate bars. He also encountered sheep, but looking at those little lambs, Lu Ming couldn't bear it.
Take action.
In fact, whether it is a beast or a herbivore in the wild, it is very cruel to survive. The beast seems to be majestic when it is young, but in just a few years, it quickly goes downhill. No matter it is faced with a young and strong beast in the same ecological niche.
The competition, or the pressure of old age and predators, all make it miserable. Starving to death is a good ending.
"You should rest." Lu Ming took out his dagger and prepared to peel off the skins of these wolves and roast some of the meat.
At this moment, Xiao Hei suddenly raised his head and moaned uneasily, and Lu Ming also looked under the mound.
In the moonlight, a row of more than a dozen figures appeared strangely and slowly approached. At first glance, they were primitive tribesmen. They were all bronze-skinned and naked, with only grass skirts around their waists. They were all very thin, but not that
They are thin, but they are lean and full of power at first glance. They don't have much muscle, but they give people a feeling that each of them is a life with extremely strong endurance, the kind that can exhaust a pack of wolves to death after long-distance running.
They all held spears in one hand on their shoulders, very neatly, as if they were about to throw them at any time.
Lu Ming slowly raised his hands to show that he was harmless, but did not move away, lest they attack and hurt Xiao Hei behind him.
"We don't mean any harm!" A smile appeared on Lu Ming's face. Not only humans, but also most primates knew that the smile was an expression of goodwill.
Looking at the corpses of wild wolves scattered everywhere, the tribal people showed hesitation on their faces.
After thinking for a while, Lu Ming pointed at the military bag next to him. He looked at them and slowly reached in with his hand. He took out a windproof lighter from the inside. He didn't even need to start a fire. He saw these tribesmen yelling in excitement.
, obviously they know each other.
Lu Ming threw the lighter, and an older man quickly stepped forward to catch it in his hand. He turned around and let out two roars, and the tribesmen put down the spears in their hands.
The leader of the tribesmen holding the lighter started to light it awkwardly. When he saw the flame light up, he smiled even more. He looked at Lu Ming, his eyes full of kindness, and walked over, gesticulating and mumbling something.
Lu Ming didn't quite understand, so the leader made a gesture and asked Lu Ming to follow him. This gesture was easier to understand.
"Let's go and have a look." Lu Ming said to Tuoba Lan, and gestured to the tribal leader, meaning that the corpses of these wolves are given to you.
The leader was even more delighted and made gestures. The tribal hunters stepped forward and expertly tied the wolf's body to their spears. Then, they shouted rhythmically, which was probably the end of the hunting ceremony.
The first tribe in the extreme northwest that Lu Ming came into contact with was very small, with only a few dozen people living in cave dwellings on the hills.
There were only a dozen or so adult male hunters, and they should have gone out in full force, but today they had a great harvest without any effort, and many female tribesmen shouted and sang songs with wild rhythms.
The tribal leader brought some boys and girls and gestured to Lu Ming to choose.
Lu Ming didn't understand what he meant at first, but he soon understood that it meant that the lighter plus the skin and flesh of the wolves would be exchanged with him for the children of their tribe.
Even the tribe leader made gestures, probably meaning that Lu Ming could pick three.
There was also a miscommunication. It seemed that Lu Ming wanted an adult slave, so he immediately waved his hands.
It seems that the birth rate of cubs in this small tribe is quite high nowadays, and three of them are not as good as one adult.
Lu Ming then made some gestures and drew branches on the ground. He drew many people, coming from the east, with guns and horses, and so on.
The two gestured and drew pictures, and gradually found each other's pulse.
The tribal leader generally knew that Lu Ming was looking for people, many from outside.
But he shook his head and seemed not to know.
Lu Ming sighed inwardly. It's true that Ma Quanyou and Chen Xingchang's men didn't know where they came from in these millions of square kilometers.
However, they will definitely have contact with the bandits in the White Sea and use the White Sea bandits as their bridgehead, so they will not go too far into the extreme northwest.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming drew pictures on the ground again, gesticulating, and wanted to go to Baihai.
The tribal leader didn't know whether he understood it or not, but he made some calculations and suggested that he could send tribesmen as guides to take Lu Ming to a larger tribe to inquire about Lu Ming's concerns.
Lu Ming stretched out his hand to shake his hand, signaling a deal.
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Resting in this small tribe until dawn, Lu Ming, Tuoba Lan, Xiao Hei, and another tribe boy set off.
Lu Ming and Tuoba Lan both changed into tribal linen clothes. The linen was woven by the tribal women themselves. It was very rough, but it was better than the clothes that were about to rot after being soaked in water and mud for several days.
Lu Ming brought a compass, but after passing through the smog, the compass failed.
The compass is not afraid of water, which means that the magnetic field in this area is very different from that in the mainland.
The young man whom Lu Ming called "Xiao Tong" was leading him. According to the direction of the sun, it felt like he was heading south.
But sometimes I wake up at night and look at the direction of the moon, and I always feel that the direction of the sun is not quite right during the day.
And you can't see the sun rising or setting here, it's like the sun is rising in the sky before it shines through the layers of haze.
I don’t know what weird geographical phenomenon is happening here. I don’t know if the position of the sun is misaligned through some kind of refraction.
In places such as the East China Sea and the Northern Territory, Lu Ming felt that this was the earth, maybe a parallel world, but when he really arrived in this strange territory, he felt that it was so different from the earth.
So in doubt, after walking for two days, I came to a valley tribe. It was a really large settlement with various thatched houses, and there was cultivated land nearby. It was obviously a land of fish and rice that only very powerful tribes could occupy.
Of course, it is a relatively prosperous land in the harsh desert landscape.
During the trip, Lu Ming was often in a daze, like a zombie, which made Tuoba Lan a little worried, not knowing that he was dealing with external affairs.