Chapter Twenty-Five Hard to Accept

  Lin Bei sent Cui Shi and Alan to the outskirts of the forest.

  The trees on the outskirts are not as big as those in the forest, and through the trees, you can see the scorching heat outside, with various weeds sprawling listlessly on the ground, looking like there is no vitality at all. The severe drought continues.

  In fact, looking at the downfall of the Chinese dynasties, it can be seen that the years of disaster were continuous, almost all droughts, and the duration was very long. At that time, the level of science and technology was not developed, and when a drought occurred, locust plagues would follow closely, resulting in no harvest for farmers. If the rulers were a bit more foolish and imposed additional taxes, it would be enough to force people to rebel.

  Lin Bei, who was quite familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms, had already determined that this severe drought would last for a long time as soon as he heard Zhang Jiao's name. This was still near Nan Yue, if it were in the Central Plains, such as Ji Zhou, people might have started eating each other.

  But Lin Bei is now clearly unable to do anything. Even if he were to transform into a human now, he wouldn't be able to change the fate of tens of millions of people. And yet, he's still just a snake.

  "Go back, sir." said Cui Shi Alan as he turned around.

  Lin Beida nodded and threw the wild boar into the ground, he can only stay in the forest for now.

  "Sir, with the New Year approaching, we will likely be going up the mountain multiple times in the coming period. Is there anything you need us to bring?"

  Choi Ah-ran has already figured it out, the adults in front of her will roast things to eat by themselves, so meat food is probably not lacking. However, cooperation must continue, and Choi Ah-ran does not want to cut off this line, so proposing other forms of cooperation is equally important.

  Lin Bei thought for a moment, just like Cui Shi Alan, Lin Bei didn't want to cut off contact with these hunters either. Loneliness was a terrible enemy, so although Lin Bei wasn't lacking in anything, he still came up with some things.

  Lin Bei drew pictures of pots and pans on the ground with his tail, indicating that he hoped the hunters would bring them next time. Cui Shi Alan asked several times before finally confirming what Lin Bei wanted.

  "Alright, let's go find you in ten days, is it at the wooden shed or your residence? Your residence? Okay."

  Having settled this matter, the three of them made a simple frame with wooden sticks and carried the wild boar away, with Lin Bei watching from behind as they walked further and further away.

  The sun outside is scorching hot, the ground is cracked and dry. In just a short while, all three of them were drenched in sweat. Life is not easy.

  After the three people walked away, Lin Bei did not return directly, but instead crawled around the periphery of the forest. He wanted to see the surrounding environment.

  The result of being sparsely populated is that Lin Bei basically can't see anyone, and all he sees are weeds everywhere. The land here has not been cultivated at all.

  Lin Beibei climbed up a stone mountain, which was only three or four hundred meters high, with some sparse shrubs on top. Lin Beibei climbed to the very top and looked far into the distance, finally seeing smoke and fire coming from a distant place, which was a village where people lived. However, the village was not big, seemingly with only a dozen or so households.

  A shrill wolf howl suddenly sounded in Lin Bei's ear, and he looked over in the direction of the sound. In the distance, on the open plain, several wild wolves were running wildly, with a few hunters holding bows and arrows closely following behind them. One hunter drew his bow, and with a "whoosh" shot an arrow that hit one of the wolves. Although the wolf had been hit by an arrow, it instead ran even faster, disappearing from Lin Bei's line of sight in no time. The hunters also followed closely after.

  "Can't the wild wolves survive in the forest anymore? So they need to come out and forage?" Lin Bei hid behind a bush and guessed: "But outside the forest, it's also quite dangerous for humans."

  They haven't even entered the forest yet, and a pack of wolves has already appeared. It's easy to imagine the great danger that hunters face every time they enter the mountains. Lin Bei couldn't help but feel some worry for the safety of the hunters. Next time, will he still be able to see them whole?

  After some thought, Lin Bei climbed down from Shitou Mountain and headed in the direction where the hunters were chasing after the wolf pack earlier.

  Lin Bei, sprinting at full speed, was like a train, and all the weeds on the road were rolled over one by one, forming a snake-like path. The speed was so fast that it was flying, absolutely worthy of being called a galloping horse. Moreover, his senses were extremely sharp, so in no time, Lin Bei had already faintly heard the heavy breathing sounds of humans.

  "Ah!" One of the hunters suddenly let out a blood-curdling scream.

  "Old Three?" someone exclaimed from upstairs: "What's wrong?"

  "Third son? What's going on?"

  "I was bitten by a long insect, it's a grey-headed snake."

  "Grey-headed snake? Don't move."

  In the thick weeds, several hunting hawks quickly gathered together.

  Lin Bei's senses were more acute for snakes than for humans, so even though he was far away, he could still feel the gray-headed snake that Sanlang had mentioned.

  The grey-headed snake, as its name suggests, has a grey head and body, looking like the colour of an unwashed rag. It's about one and a half meters long, with a blunt triangular head. In stark contrast to this dull appearance is the bright red snake tongue, which undoubtedly indicates that it's a highly venomous species. Sanlang's luck doesn't seem too good.

  The grey-headed snake was quickly killed by the hunters, but Sanlang's leg soon swelled up and became as thick as a bucket, his face turned dark purple, although he gritted his teeth, his fear still showed, this Sanlang was probably not very old, maybe only seventeen or eighteen years old.

  The hunters fell silent for a moment, and Lin Bei originally wanted to go over to see if he could help, but he stopped himself. At this time, if he went over, the outcome would definitely be the hunters ganging up on him, and there was no reason to be seen between humans and snakes.

  "Ah!!"

  The bright hunting knife flashed by, but a hunter suddenly swung up the hunting knife and cut off Sanlang's leg directly, making Lin Bei's body tremble.

  Sanlang directly fainted, even though he was unconscious, his body was still shaking. The hunters quickly tore off the hemp clothes on his body and bandaged his broken leg. Blood gushed out, and soon the hemp clothes were all stained red.

  "Sanlang... might not make it." The words were spoken with a numbness and a detached air, as if he had seen such things many times before.

  "Let's go back, we have to let Sanlang and his wife see each other."

  "Uh-huh."

  "These damned wolves!!"

  "Jiro died a few days ago, this time it's Saburo, next time who knows which one of us will be."

  "What a pity Sanlang doesn't have a baby yet."

  The hunters went away talking, leaving Lin Bei lying on the ground.

  This scene was a shock to Lin Bei. Although he had long known that the mortality rate of ancient people was very high, he had never thought it would be such an easy thing. Moreover, these hunters were really ruthless. After being bitten by a snake, they simply cut off their legs and then roughly bandaged them up, relying on human willpower to survive or not. Lin Bei couldn't accept this.