He stepped onto the coastline and walked along the coastline.
At night, he chased the moon.
During the day, he follows the sun.
He would go wherever there was light, like a moth chasing the light, and waited until he woke up. He didn't know how long had passed.
When he regained consciousness, he was standing next to a lake, looking at a big tree burning like fire in the distance.
Under the night sky, the tree stretched hard toward the sky. The trunk was so thick that two people could hug it. The branches were tilted upward, with sparks jumping on the branches.
At the top, there are several huge red leaves blooming like a lotus flower, which are also the only leaves.
so beautiful.
Attracting him towards the other side.
When he was about to get close to the tree, suddenly there was a shout from behind, accompanied by the sound of rapid footsteps.
"Don't come close, that's a man-eating monster."
Someone rushed out of the shadows of the jungle by the lake and grabbed him.
And he finally came back to his senses and looked at the other person.
It was a middle-aged man with a big beard and a sleeveless shirt. He was originally supposed to be carrying a bamboo basket and a box. At this moment, the things were thrown not far away. It should have been after seeing him.
Thrown away.
He was taken to a rock by the man and sat down, where the man was supposed to be resting.
The man told him that it was not a glowing tree at all, but probably a strange glowing tree that would prey on you if you got close.
The black-haired young man listened carefully. He obviously couldn't understand the other party's language, but for some reason he knew the meaning of the other party's language.
While he was talking, the tree moved.
The huge tree suddenly bent down, and branches fell to the ground to support itself.
The leaves on the top are opening and closing. If you look closely, they are not leaves at all.
But its mouthparts.
This is a bug.
It ran towards the distance, leaving a burning trail on the ground it passed, and this also confirmed what the bearded man had just said.
The black-haired young man watched the weird insect go away and finally said his first words.
"Thank you for saving me."
However, the bearded man looked at the black-haired young man in great surprise, and even dropped the things in his hands to the ground.
Because the black-haired young man didn't speak at all when he spoke just now, but the voice appeared directly in his mind.
The black-haired young man did not look at the bearded man's surprised expression, but finally began to pay attention to himself.
He touched the fabric on his body and found that he was wearing a round-neck sweatshirt that someone had put on for him. It was very loose and comfortable, with a cloth belt tied around his waist.
There was only one wooden-soled rattan shoe left on her feet, and the strap of the last one was broken, so it could only be put on her feet reluctantly.
"It must have been given to you by a woman."
The bearded man pointed at him, playing with the rattan shoes on his feet, and said mysteriously.
"Only women can weave such exquisite flowers. We usually make our own shoes as simple as possible."
"Look, your shoes not only use cork as the sole, but also have patterns carved on them. They are really beautiful."
The black-haired young man said: "I don't know either."
The bearded man noticed something unusual about the black-haired young man, so he asked cautiously.
"Which tribe are you from? Are you from nearby?"
After saying that, he immediately denied it.
"It's not like that. There doesn't seem to be anyone like you in the nearby tribes."
"Your hair is actually black. It looks very special. I have never seen a black-haired tribe before."
He came closer and asked again.
"Why are you walking alone in the wilderness? It's so dangerous outside. Could it be that you were alone while hunting and gathering?"
The young man doesn't remember it at all.
He didn't know what his name was, and he couldn't remember anything about himself. He just felt like he had been sleeping for a long time, until he felt like he had turned into a stone.
He asked the bearded man: "What are you doing, and why are you alone in the wild?"
The middle-aged man hesitated, not knowing how to answer.
Finally, he pointed to the basket and box he was carrying.
"I mainly walk around with some of the things I find, and then I exchange some food with them every time I go to a tribe, as well as some things I need in daily life."
The man in front of me talked a lot, which sounded very confusing.
But the black-haired young man seemed to understand.
"Oh, you are a businessman."
Although the black-haired young man spoke without opening his mouth, the meaning he conveyed was more precise than his voice.
Big Beard had never had the concept of a merchant in his mind, and the tribes in this world did not have the profession of a merchant, but when he heard the other party tell him, he knew what a merchant was.
The bearded man's eyes lit up and he said loudly.
"Yes, I am a businessman."
The black-haired young man just said something casually. The bearded man suddenly became very happy for some reason and kept saying the word "businessman", as if this word he had just learned had some magical charm.
The bearded man chatted with the black-haired young man for a long time, but he still didn't know his name, so he asked quickly.
"May I have your name?"
He couldn't remember it, but he didn't really care.
He said: "You can call me whatever you want, I will call you Big Beard!"
The bearded man said: "Then I will call you Helfas."
It means, a person with black hair.
Bearded people and black-haired people were all named in this way, simply and clearly, according to each person's most distinctive characteristics.
A name is just a name and characteristics used to address someone, and does not have as many meanings as it does later.
The bearded man took out a pair of cane shoes from his basket and handed them to Helfas, the black-haired man who had just been given a title.
"Your shoes are broken and one is missing. You can't walk without them."
He pushed the shoe forcefully into Herfas' hand, looking very bold.
"This is how I express my gratitude to you for telling me about the profession of a businessman."
The black-haired young man was a little dazed, because when the bearded man turned around to get his shoes, he saw something strange with the help of the moonlight, which was a tail.
"Tail?"
Watching the black-haired young man sit on the stone and put on his shoes, the bearded man also noticed this problem. He didn't have a tail.
"No tail?"
"Has your tail been chopped off?"
The black-haired young man instinctively felt that it was strange for a person to have a tail, but the bearded man felt that Helfas was pitiful without a tail.
However, the bearded man was a little closer to the black-haired young man, and even judged another thing based on the fact that he had no tail.
"You must have been kicked out by some tribe."
"It doesn't matter, you can survive even without the tribe, just stay with me as a merchant for the time being!"
"I'm very experienced in how to survive."
The black-haired man put on new shoes, but he didn't throw away the old shoes, but put them away.
In the following days, he was no longer a moth chasing the light, but followed the bearded man towards another destination, which was a large tribe named Jin.
However, gold does not mean gold, but metal. Copper, iron and various metals are collectively called gold in the bearded mouth.
It is said that that tribe masters the smelting technology and is very famous in the Land of the Full Moon.
On the road.
He also learned the language of the bearded man, instead of speaking in a way that he could speak without opening his mouth.
According to the other party, this kind of words can be used in dozens of large and small tribes in the New Moon Land. Even if there are some differences, they are still similar.
But once you leave here, things will be different elsewhere.
Helfas noticed the key: "The land of the full moon?"
The bearded man told him: "That's the name of the place near us."
As for why there is such a name, Big Beard did not elaborate.
A huge pit appeared in the jungle.
After accidentally discovering it, Helfas looked around, then walked down cautiously, and found something inside.
It was a big, hard lump that looked black and made a loud banging sound when knocked.
"What is this?"
The bearded man was extremely surprised when he saw something like this: "Long Xiang."
Then, the bearded man showed a happy expression and danced with joy.
He who has been wandering outside all year round does have some insights beyond ordinary dragon people, and these black-haired young people who know nothing about this world can be said to be the best guide.
He told Helfas: "As long as you light this, it will emit a strange fragrance. After smelling the fragrance, those ordinary strange people will not dare to approach. It is a very, very precious thing for some small tribes, and they are in danger."
When the time comes, we can save the lives of the tribe and everyone.”
Although Bearded calls it dragon incense, this thing is actually just dragon incense produced by a dragon.
The real life-species dragon is an existence that is so powerful that it is unimaginable that ordinary people will hardly encounter any trace of them in their lifetime.
Only then did Helfas know what he had brought up: "Dragon excrement?"
The bearded man said quickly: "Dragon is a weird kind, it doesn't need to secrete feces."
"It is not so much excrement as it is a special product that cannot be digested by the body. For us, this is the gift of the dragon."
The black-haired young man thought, doesn’t this mean feces?
However, the bearded man knocked off a small piece with a stone and handed it to Helfas to put it away. He said to the large piece of aron incense.
"It's enough for us to keep that one. One or two people can use a small piece many times, and this one can be sold."
When the black-haired young man put it away, the bearded man warned.
"Remember, don't overuse it."
"Its fragrance can dispel weirdness, but it is also harmful to us fragile mortals. We may die or go crazy after using it a few times."
"So don't use it lightly until there is a dangerous moment."
Helfas nodded, but after hearing the bearded man saying that he was going to another tribe to sell this thing, he instinctively felt it was dangerous.
"Will there be any problems if we sell such a precious thing?"
Why buy it if you can grab it?
The bearded man nodded, feeling that what Helfas said made sense.
"Well, you should indeed be more vigilant."
"so!"
"When we sell it, don't say we picked it up ourselves. Let's say we are businessmen sent on behalf of another tribe, so that they will be wary."
"This is the last piece we have left to save our lives. It is specially used to exchange for the weird masks made by the Golden Tribe."
Helfas: "What is that?"
Big Beard said: "In addition to smelting, it is said that the Golden Tribe also mastered a special power. It can imitate a weird face to create a metal mask. Wearing it can make other weirdos think you are also weird, so you will not
Will die."
"If everything goes well, we will have two ways to survive in strange situations."
"If we want to survive in this world, we need to master as many methods as possible to save our lives."
The bearded man said with a smile while imparting knowledge to Helfas on how to survive in this world.
"This is what you found, except for the weird mask."
"I can also help you change into a new set of clothes, a set of good clothes with patterns, sewn by the girl with her own needles."
"You will look very cool when you put it on."
There was no money in this era, and tribes themselves exchanged goods through barter.
Herfas: "You often run outside, so wearing such good clothes is a waste, right?"
Big Beard: "There are always times when we are not in the wild. People always need to rely on others to survive. At that time, we all hope to dress more beautifully."
After putting everything away completely, the two of them set off.
There is no way in the forest where a road is forcibly carved out.
The bearded man no longer carried the burden alone, but two people carried the basket and the box respectively and headed into the distance.
——
The destination has finally arrived.
Big Beard and Helfas stood on the ground, looking at the stone buildings built along the hillside next to the water, as well as the artificially dug caves.
But what came into view was not a bustling and lively tribe, but a mess and ruins, with a large number of people moving things out and leaving the place.
Helfas: "Is this the big tribe you mentioned?"
The bearded man was also surprised: "It's my first time here too, something must have happened!"
Helfas and Big Beard walked towards there.
Everyone who was busy with various actions immediately stopped and looked at them warily.
The hair of the dragons here is all yellow, not the yellow color of gold, but a color slightly like copper, with a little dark red.
Men, women, old and young gathered together. Some were surrounded by animal skins, and some were holding spears with metal heads.
In addition, Helfas also saw bows and arrows.
Big Beard is right, this tribe has mastered the technology of smelting.
Some people in the crowd were looking at Helfas and talking about it. Like the bearded man before, his black hair looked so different.
Seeing so many people, the black-haired young man also felt that the loneliness in his heart had dissipated a little, although the eyes of these people were wary and guarded, and they surrounded the two of them one by one.
After a while.
Among the people preparing to migrate, a man came up to ask them what their purpose was.
Big Beard still used the same rhetoric, hesitating and hesitant, just expressing that he wanted to exchange things with the other party.
As if he was embarrassed to reveal his identity as a businessman.
It's just that this sounds like a beggar.
Helfas told the other party directly: "He is a businessman and can bring you what you need."
This statement obviously has a different meaning in the other party's ears.
It was as if the inconspicuous bearded man in front of him was omnipotent. More importantly, when he looked at the black-haired young man in front of him, he always felt that there was something in him that was incompatible with ordinary dragons.
They are ordinary people.
The other party became more serious and asked, "What can you bring?"
Helfas said: "We are here on behalf of the friendship of our own tribe. We have extra dragon incense in our hands. I think you should need it."
"We are here to exchange some things we need with you."
As soon as these words came out, people from the Golden Tribe immediately exclaimed and showed expressions of ecstasy.
Different from the ecstasy of the bearded man before, as if he had found a treasure and made a fortune, the ecstasy expressed by the people in the tribe named Jin was the kind of ecstasy that came from a desperate situation and disbelief, as if they had found a life-saving straw.
Helfas didn't find it strange. For them who were preparing to migrate, dragon incense was indeed the thing they needed most at the moment.
But the person who asked the question was not only shocked by this.
But this very ordinary-looking bearded man who calls himself a businessman and this black-haired young man can indeed give them what they need.
It was as if it had been predicted in advance.
The man stepped forward, grabbed the bearded man's shoulders, and asked excitedly.
"Is there really dragon fragrance?"
The bearded man nodded and immediately saw cheers erupting from the crowd.
"We are saved."
"No need to die, everyone."
"It was actually delivered at this time, at this time."
"This is the protection of the earth."
People excitedly passed messages to each other, and everyone was extremely excited.
The bearded man finally asked his question: "What happened to you and why did you migrate?"
The other party said very briefly, but also very seriously: "There has been a disaster."
Big Beard and Helfas looked at each other. For dragon people, disaster usually means encountering something strange.
The other party seems to have believed that Big Beard and Helfas really have a dragon fragrance. This seems a bit naive to the black-haired young man, maybe because lies are not that common in this era!
The other party arranged for everyone in the tribe to stop and wait, while he led the two of them toward the inside.
"Come with me to meet someone!"
The three people left the crowd together, and everyone looked at them expectantly.
——
In the stone house made of large stones, there were two rows of people sitting on the left and right, and a person sitting at the top.
The room only had a small skylight above the head and looked very dark.
After Helfas came in, he looked at everyone inside. Although these people were all wearing thin metal masks, it could be seen that they were basically women.
Whether it is their clothes, masks or the stone houses they live in, they all represent that these masked women have a high status in the Jin tribe.
It's just that Helfas didn't understand why everyone in the tribe was migrating, but all these seemingly high-status people stayed behind.
just like.
It's like being abandoned.
Sitting at the top is the leader of the tribe, a very old woman. The mask on her head looks the most exquisite and terrifying.
Looking straight at the bearded man for a long time makes him feel dizzy and makes him feel nauseous.
The bearded man whispered to Helfas, "That's the Strange Mask."
Helfas also guessed it, but didn't say anything.
He watched the man who brought them in walked up to the old woman, said something to her respectfully, and then pointed at the bearded man and Helfas.
The old woman's eyes lit up and she nodded.
After a while, she said: "I heard that you brought Longxiang. I don't know what you want to exchange."
The bearded man immediately said: "We are merchants traveling among other tribes on behalf of our own tribe, and we want to exchange two weird masks."
Helfas also added: "Although this is our first time here, it will not be the last. If this time goes well, we will bring more things you need to your tribe in the future."
The old woman communicated with the other masked women on the left and right sides, and then spoke to the bearded man.
"If you had come before, we might have been able to agree to this exchange."
"But you are a little late now. We cannot agree to your exchange. Please change your request."
The bearded man didn't understand: "Why?"
The old woman pointed to the mask on her face: "Because now this mask no longer brings shelter, but disaster and death."
Big Beard and Helfas' doubts did not last long, and the old woman told them the truth.
"Similar to the Long Xiang you brought, the strange mask was also created using a strange power."
Next, the old woman hesitated.
But in the end he sighed and said.
"Now that things have happened, there is nothing that can't be said."
"Every weirdo in this world has its own characteristics and habits. If you can thoroughly understand a weirdo's characteristics and habits, you can even use some of the weirdness' weaknesses to bind it and harness its power."
"The masks of our tribe, and even our previous smelting technology, were all achieved by using the power of the strange existence of a biphasic demon insect."
Only then did Helfas realize that people in this world were not just trembling under the strange power.
in this world.
There are also some tribes that use weird powers to survive by mastering weird rules, and even develop their own technology using weird powers.
He was a little amazed, not at the audacity of the Jin tribe, but at the wisdom of people.
No matter how weak people are, they can always do some miracles and seemingly impossible things.
It was also at this time that the black-haired young man suddenly noticed the patterns on the masks worn by the old woman and the other women in the stone house. The patterns on the masks looked familiar. It was as if they had seen them before.
"Big beard."
Helfas suddenly asked the bearded man beside him, not daring to confirm completely.
"Look, does the pattern on that mask look like the weird one we saw before?"
Before the bearded man could answer, the women in the stone house made sounds one after another, and the sounds were filled with panic and fear.
"Have you seen it?"
"where?"
"When?"
Helfas and Big Beard did not hide anything, and talked about the strange "tree" they encountered when they first met.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the people wearing masks were even more frightened, and their bodies were trembling.
"The Bipolar Demonic Insect."
"It's the Bipolar Demonic Insect."
"It's already here."
It has the posture of an insect and the posture of a tree, and this is the origin of its name.
The old woman sighed: "It seems that it is coming soon, and disaster is coming again."
Helfas asked back: "You mean it's coming here?"
The old woman nodded: "The last time it got out of control, half of our tribe died. We used all the methods we had accumulated in the past to drive it out."
"But we know that it has not given up. Sooner or later it will come back to eat us all."
Helfas: "Why is it so obsessed with you? For weirdness, there is no difference between people!"
The old woman: "But a large part of our tribe is tainted with its aura, especially those of us."
"That's why we let other people migrate away, while those of us chose to stay and wait for the arrival of the Bipolar Demonic Insect."
"But whether the person leaving can escape depends on luck."
At this point, the old woman's words stopped for a while.
"There is another possibility."
"Maybe it hates us and is looking for revenge on us!"
"After all, we have used it and trapped it for many years. Although all this is for survival, Weird won't tell people these things!"
The atmosphere was a bit sad, but the big beard broke it.
"But, we brought dragon incense."
"Don't worry about who is right or wrong, revenge or not, we are all just trying to survive in this world."
"No matter what happens, we must work hard to survive."
Helfas put down the basket he was carrying on his back, and Big Beard helped him take it off. Then the two of them took something out of the basket and placed it on the ground.
In an instant, the old woman staggered down from the top, and the man beside her immediately supported her.
The other women wearing masks were even more excited and immediately fell down in front of Long Xiang.
"It's really Long Xiang."
"This is Long Xiang, it's my first time seeing it."
"Such a big piece, so complete."
"In this case, our tribe will be saved, and we won't have to die."
Helfas asked: "Can you help me?"
The bearded man laughed: "Longxiang is a very precious treasure."
As soon as she finished speaking, the old woman gathered everyone together and saluted Helfas and Big Beard to express her sincere thanks.
"Of course it can help."
"Not only that, you two can even be said to have saved our tribe and our lives."
"After the dragon incense is lit, it can not only drive away the biphasic demon insects that may arrive at any time, but our bodies will also be covered with a small breath of the dragon."
"That aura will offset the aura of the bipolar demonic insect on us, thus solving the hidden danger."
Afterwards, the old woman and the masked woman led the two of them outside, and the crowd outside had been waiting for the final result.
The old woman stood in front of the stone house on the hillside, greeting everyone's gaze.
"We don't have to leave for the time being, because the merchants brought dragon incense and something to save our tribe."
"Thank them!"
"The two most distinguished guests have brought new hope to our tribe."
In an instant, thunderous cheers erupted from the crowd.
The soldiers kept pressing their spears on the ground, making a neat rhythm. Some even had tears in their eyes, while others roared like wild beasts.
People hugged each other and danced. No one wanted to leave their hometown and go to the dangerous and unknown depths of the wilderness.
People's eyes looking at Helfas and Bearded Man were no longer full of wariness and suspicion, but full of gratitude.
"Thanks."
"thank you."
"Businessmen are really amazing. They come with what we need most when we need it most."
Perhaps in their view, this existence called a businessman is not an ordinary profession, but more like a messenger of fate.
The old woman pushed the two of them to the front and accepted people's cheers and thanks.
The old woman also hopes to stabilize the hearts of the tribe through this.
Among the crowd's gazes, Big Beard's feelings and experiences were the strongest. He even burst into tears like the people of the Golden Tribe.
Because in the past, every time he went to a tribe, he would be very humble, take out his things and pray to the other party to exchange for some food for him, and beg the other party to exchange some items he wanted.
He always comes alone and quietly, and then leaves without anyone paying attention or driving him away.
But this time it was different, he received a strong welcome.
Standing in front of people, he said loudly and proudly.
"Yes, I am a businessman."
"I brought what everyone needs."
At this moment, he finally recognized his career as a businessman.
I can finally say proudly that I am a businessman.
The bearded man looked at Helfas, who suddenly felt that the amnesiac black-haired man he met on the road might be the greatest luck in his life.
The first era is a story unfolded from the perspective of the Creator, the second era is a story unfolded from the perspective of the gods, and the third era is probably a story unfolded from the perspective of a mortal, but the writing method is similar to the previous short story, told from the perspective of an ordinary small character.
Open up the world view, witness everything that is happening now, and at the same time bring out the people and things in the past, and then describe the perspectives and stories of the Creator and the Supreme God at each critical and important moment, unfolding from two angles, one up and one down.
Each volume is basically equivalent to a new book. Let me use this as an introduction to let everyone know at a glance whether it is what they want to read next.