Chapter 29: An Unforeseen End: A New Crisis

Looking at the ‘buddy’ in front of me, not only me, but also Ru Xue, Cheng Xin Ge, and Old Zhang were stunned. Wu Laogui was even more confused, completely unable to understand the situation. However, his mind was also not thinking about things. After he understood, he rushed over to the ‘buddy’ and said, “Big Bird, don’t go catch mice and play. This bamboo tube can’t be played with casually.”

Yes, this buddy is the big bird, the ‘stick’ in the outermost forest. Wu Laogui is a person who doesn’t think about things. If he had a little more brain power, he could have guessed the identity of the big bird just by looking at our expressions. It’s a shame that he still asked Lao Zhang so many questions about the legend of this big bird.

In the face of Wu Laogui’s “blah blah,” I clearly saw that the big bird’s face revealed a look of “helplessness.” Lao Zhang carefully shouted, “Lao Wu, I advise you to come back.”

“Come back? You don’t know, I used to have a nickname that people loved. I was a charming young man, and even an ant would give me face. The silly look on Wu Lao Gui’s face really made me want to slap him twice to wake him up.

Although we were all confused as to why this big bird had flown into the mountains, flown in front of us, and suddenly snatched the bamboo tube from Ruoxue’s hands, it was still better than Wu Laogui, who was so stupid that he went up to a bird and called it a handsome young man. I don’t want to admit that I know it.

When Old Zhang heard Wu Laogui’s reply, his face started to twitch. The tree was shaking, and the frequency of Old Zhang’s face twitching was strangely in sync with the beat of the tree shaking. I admit that under these circumstances, I shouldn’t have laughed, but I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Not only me, but also Brother Chengxin laughed, and Ruoxue couldn’t help but let out a light laugh. Old Zhang was helpless and said, “You guys, you’re enough to be bachelors.”

Before Zhang finished speaking, I saw the big bird flapping its wings, causing an inexplicable gust of wind that blew the Wu Laogui spirit body into a somersault, sending it flying five or six meters away.

I couldn’t help but laugh, my eyes widened. How could the ordinary wind blow a spirit body? Unless the wind had spiritual power, it could blow a spirit body like Wu Laogui. You can understand it as a collision of energy.

Wu Laogui clambered up in a panic, then looked at the bird in horror and suddenly exclaimed, “This bird is so big, it can’t be!”

I was speechless. It meant that you hadn’t noticed how big it was in front of you? This nerve is probably thicker than chopsticks! Judging from its expression, it finally realized who this big bird was!

It is big, very big. A bird is almost as tall as me, not to mention the width of its body. But it stands firmly on a very thin branch, as if it has no weight. I don’t know what trick it is.

But the next moment, the big bird called, not loudly, with a sound like a small baby not crying, expressing something in a tone of “yi yi ya ya”.

It was calling towards the demon wolf, and I didn’t know what it was calling. Then, even more excitingly, I saw a huge figure sneaking out from the distance, hiding far away and watching suspiciously. Could it be a human bear? Could it be that the big bird had called it? Who knows? Everything in the old forest became more mysterious in my heart.

In response to the bird’s call, the demon wolf whined twice, but the actions of the wolf cubs under its control did not stop. The bird was silent for a while, but then suddenly began to call again, its voice fast and urgent. The anger was so strong that even Lao Zhang could feel it. He whispered to me, “This bird is angry.”

The rapid calls continued for two minutes, and then the demon wolf suddenly snorted loudly and whined a few times, as if it was dissatisfied or hesitant. But the big bird stared at it with a dead look, and the demon wolf seemed very helpless. It howled a few times at the wolf pack, and the wolf cubs suddenly stopped moving. As the demon wolf howled, they wandered a few steps and slowly dispersed.

The big bird didn’t move, just watching the wolf cubs slowly disperse. The movements of the wild animals were so fast that within ten minutes, the wolf cubs had disappeared into the forest. At this time, the demon wolf suddenly roared at the big bird a few times, seemingly dissatisfied or perhaps with some other emotion. In any case, it roared a few times and left, quickly disappearing into the depths of the forest, away from the bear’s sphere of influence.

The bird then called out to the bear hiding in the distance. The bear came out. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but I felt that there was a small, smug smile on its bear face, which was very deserving of a beating.

The man-bear stood up and then lay down again, as if bowing. He repeated this several times, then turned and disappeared into the forest.

The crisis was thus inexplicably resolved by a bird. I kept wondering if the bird could communicate with the wolf. It must have been an illusion.

But no matter how I thought, the crisis was finally over, and everything became quiet again. At this moment, the big bird suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, holding a snow-white bamboo tube in its claws. But the next moment, I saw a flash of light in front of my eyes, and I heard Ruoxue exclaim again. but I saw the bamboo tube being thrown at Ru Xue’s feet, stuck between two branches, safe and sound, but Ru Xue’s delicate whistle was already in the bird’s claws, and after a few hard blows, it was completely destroyed.

Why does this bird keep picking on Ru Xue? I thought to myself, but then suddenly Lao Zhang said, “This bird is trying to keep the peace. At least within the area it ‘protects,’ we are not allowed to cause large-scale harm to the wolf cubs, and the wolf cubs are not allowed to come to this area to cause trouble.”

I didn’t doubt the authority of Zhang’s words. At the time, I deeply believed that Zhang had guessed the truth. But later, I realized that the truth was far from simple, I just didn’t know it at the time.

After all this, the big bird flew away inexplicably. Ruoxue couldn’t help laughing and crying. This leaf whistle is not a rare thing. After returning to the village, she got the materials and could make another one at any time. The reason she couldn’t help laughing and crying was because she had first had her underwear stolen by a colorful “pervert,” and then the big bird had broken the whistle. Even she, who was always calm and composed, couldn’t help but say in a low voice, “Am I not compatible with the water and soil here?”

In a word, we men laughed, even Wu Laogui squatted on the top of a branch, laughing “indecently” and “lustfully.” It was rare for Ruoxue to be humorous once, so who would dare not give her face?

After laughing, Old Zhang said, “Let’s go down.”

“Those guys won’t come back?” Brother Chengxin was worried.

“How could they come again? There’s a stick here, right? At least tonight, we’re safe in this area.” Old Zhang said with unusual certainty.

“What about after we cross the border?” I asked, worried. If this kind of thing happened every night after we crossed the border, I think I would have to collapse even if I had the nerves of the old ghost Wu, as thick as chopsticks.

“That’s hard to say, but going into the forest, there’s no danger. It’s even worse if you’re going to those places. Tonight’s battle is probably just a small skirmish. In the future, you have to prepare in advance, not like tonight.” Old Zhang said calmly. Compared to us, he seemed to be more open-minded, and he was also subtly reminding us how dangerous the places we had to pass through were.

After getting out of the tree, we went straight back to the place where we had just set up camp. As soon as we entered the tent, we discovered that everything had been turned upside down and that the whole tent was filled with an indescribable stench. Old Zhang sniffed it, but with his wealth of experience, he couldn’t smell what it was or what kind of guy made it.

Chengxin is a neat freak, and Xue loves peace and quiet. The two of them couldn’t stand the smell and the mess, so they packed up that night. Old Zhang said, “Pack up, pack up. Sleep in tomorrow, and we’ll leave a little later, so as not to go too deep into the forest on the first night. The road is slow.”

This old Zhang, who was a little afraid, did not hide it. I wanted to make fun of old Zhang, but in the end I didn’t laugh. After what happened tonight, I simply dare not look down on this old forest.

The next day, we didn’t leave until 1:00 p.m. It was unavoidable. After working hard for most of the night, we all crowded into the tent to catch up on sleep after dawn. It was only after 10:00 a.m. that we all woke up. We looked at the time, had lunch, and then packed up and set off.

Yesterday, we camped at the last safe area. We set off at 1:00 p.m. and by 2:30 p.m., we had officially entered the deep forest area, which was of course the edge of the forest. Although it was rarely visited, there were still occasional people there.

However, according to Lao Zhang, if we walk fast and smoothly, we will be completely in the deep forest in two days. He said that those forests are truly uninhabited and extremely dangerous. The first dangerous place we will face is there!

My heart gradually became nervous about what Lao Zhang had said, but in fact, when it was just getting dark, I knew that I had been too concerned about the future and had not considered the current situation!

The demon wolf appeared again!