Neighbors in forbidden land

"Is this... the sound of birds?" Yimi's tone was full of surprise, and she walked out of the cave while wondering.

We hurriedly followed, but Yimi was not the only one who was surprised.

Rather, I was even more surprised.

I can't remember how long I haven't seen this kind of animal. At least, I haven't seen them since the day of disaster.

Because although they can fly freely in the sky, they are just extremely fragile beings.

But they came back, with the ballads that once accompanied the noise of the wind, and lit up the ballads of another life in this barren land.

When we came out of the cave, we saw it.On a branch that is not too high, there is a light bird standing upright.

Brown feathers covered her whole body which was not much bigger than our palms, her small claws dexterously grasped the branches under her feet, her yellow beak was slightly opened, and a spiritual cry came out from her body .After we walked out of the cave, the small black eyes stared at us motionless for a short time, and then spread their wings and flew away, leaving only slightly trembling branches and leaves.

"Is... just now a bird?" Yimi, who seemed to have heard the voice, asked us in disbelief.

"Yeah." I nodded, although I know there are many kinds of birds, but the one that flew away just now is undoubtedly a bird, that kind of animal that used to dance in the sky.

"Wow...why did he fly away?" Xiao Gu was still puzzled.

"That kind of creature... must be very vigilant, otherwise, how could it survive?" Lan Xue just glanced at Xiao Gu, and said this sentence lightly.

"Are there any birds in the forbidden place?" Yimi, who seemed to be frozen all over, didn't seem to be able to believe this fact, but hurriedly confirmed it to us.

"Originally... there shouldn't be any." Leaving aside the environment, just the area where I used to exist, these animals dare not approach at all, let alone the animals and monsters around this land are already a very Uncommon exists.

"But... now?"

"Hmm..." Although I saw it with my own eyes, I am still not sure why they appeared here.

"It can be roughly confirmed that these fields were basically gnawed by this bird, which is why they turned into what they are now." Lan Xue glanced slightly into the cave, "From the remaining traces, it looks like Woolen cloth."

If it is said that they dared to approach because of the "disappearance" of the disaster and the ready "food" here, it seems that it is not impossible.

"..." Yimi was silent, and after thinking for a while, she seemed to have returned to her usual look, "But... the potatoes and strawberries... the cabbage are gone, right?"

"Hmm...it seems to be." Although we moved some of the strawberries here to grow here later, there seemed to be no problem, but this time the problem did not lie in our planting method.

"Come again? How many times have you failed before, is this one worse?" Lan Xue gave us a slight look and said calmly.

"You don't need to tell us, we will!"

"Oh! Come again!" At times like this, Guo always actively supported our actions... After all, what action did she not support?

"Then I'll dig a hole right away?" I thought for a while, remembering that Wu Shao said that the land seemed to be unusable for the time being, and the cave would have to be dug again.

"What about these..." Lan Xue pointed to the messy fields in the cave.

"Although I really want to pull it out and use it as fertilizer... But Wu Shao said that if it is not handled well, it will easily burn the seedlings, so let's leave it like this for now?"

"Is that so?" Although Lan Xue always looked indifferent to everything, she would always ask a few more questions about these things.

Is it all because of the "previous king" in her mouth?I remember that Yimi told me that this part of Lan Xue's feelings is somewhat similar to that of human beings, it is an emotion that does not want the lost things to be worthless.

To be honest, I don't quite understand such feelings, but maybe I will understand slowly.After all, our time is still very long.

However, we later discovered that things seemed to be developing in a direction we could not have expected.

For example, it seems that it is not just birds that come here.

We can occasionally see some smaller animals, such as small fluffy animals that look like balls, and some bugs that I can't name... These animals seem to be targeting this land , slowly gathered over.We even saw birds build their nests on the trees by the lake, singing happily all day long.

Of course, without exception, these animals have a common feature, that is, they are small and run fast. Every time they see us approaching, they will quickly slip away and then disappear.

Because I was afraid of hurting them, I always watched them flee quickly, and Lan Xue always glared away those small animals that had no intention of fleeing at first, and the only little Gu who wanted to get close to those animals was It's because he didn't have the foot strength to catch up with those small animals, and every time he tripped himself to the ground in the chase and circle.

But Yimi said that this is a normal phenomenon. Small animals are more afraid of people. The only abnormal thing is why animals started to gather on this land.

Of course, it's not just small animals that gather.

We always seem to be able to see small monsters that are about to move nearby from a relatively far range.

"Why is this land gradually becoming lively..." Yimi sighed softly, raised her glass and took a sip of water.

In the recent period of time, those small animals and monsters have been approaching here.

"Ah... Obviously the previous patrols were just pretending... I didn't expect to start dealing with some small monsters trying to get close recently..." Wu Shao sighed heavily when he came here again, He rubbed his hair with his hands, "But the team leader and Li Le seem to be very happy... Li Le is because she thinks the current situation is worth studying, while the team leader simply feels that there is something to do... The mercenary The nature is really scary." "But you should teach us how to prevent those little things from stealing the things in our fields... I always feel that if this continues, we will not be able to grow anything." Yimi pointed out the most important thing now. question.

"Here... tie up some scarecrows, set up some protective nets with ropes..."

"It sounds so unreliable..."

"I can't help it... In addition to guarding the town, there are cheap potions that can be used to drive away small animals. Those who have the conditions can directly set up magic barriers to protect the crops. There are no such good conditions here. "

"Then let's try it first." After thinking about it, Yimi agreed with Wu Shao.

"What is a scarecrow?" I tried to ask.

"Although it's called 'straw', it's over here...Little Heimei, you'll know it when you read it."

Therefore, we cut off the broken mast on the deck as required to make the scarecrow's support, and Yimi tore off some extra clothes to make the scarecrow's appearance, and the rest was made of vines and deadwood to fill, the final product is...

"You humans... use such a simple thing to drive away small animals?" Wu Shao squinted his eyes to examine the scarecrow, and finally his eyes fell on Wu Shao without saying a word.

That thing... the reason why it can be called a straw "person" is because it has what can be called limbs and wears a piece of clothing?

Compared with it, the three of us monsters look more like humans.

So should the three of us be called "monster people"?

"Don't laugh! This is very effective! It's the best defensive weapon when there are no conditions!" Wu Shao tried his best to put on a serious expression to respond to Lan Xue, but under Lan Xue's constant gaze, his expression finally ended. Still crashed, "Occasionally it will work..."

"I feel like I'm not afraid at all."

"Those birds are scared..."

"I always feel that this thing is kicked over."

"Miss Lan Xue, you can let those birds try to kick it over..."

"It doesn't feel like a human at all!" Xiao Gu suddenly interjected.

"You guys are so serious about being monsters, it's hard for me to be a human..." Wu Shao covered his face with his hands, and kept beating the cave wall with his hands.

"Be strong." Yimi patted Zewu Shao's back lightly.

"Why do you always feel that Your Highness Yimi's words are particularly convincing..."

Although Lan Xue expressed a considerable degree of disdain, we still inserted these scarecrows tied to wooden poles in the newly planted fields.

"Next is the protective net."

To put it simply, it is to insert some poles around the field, and then wrap the rope between these poles to form one barrier after another.

then……

"You humans... use this kind of thing to stop those small animals?" Lan Xue squinted at Wu Shao standing aside with her big red eyes.

"Don't laugh! This is very effective! It's the best defensive weapon when there are no conditions!" Wu Shao tried his best to put on a serious expression to respond to Lan Xue, but before Lan Xue started to stare Wu Shao's expression collapsed, "Occasionally it will be effective..."

"I feel like there's nothing stopping me."

"It's enough to stop those little animals..."

"I feel like I can knock down these fences in one fell swoop."

"Unless it's a slightly bigger animal like a wild boar or something, how could it be broken all at once..."

"Is that a wild boar!" Xiao Gu smiled and pointed behind us.

So, I saw two black animals with a shoulder height of nearly one meter, covered with fine down, crawling on all fours, with curved fangs and slender noses staring at us. , the low cry from his mouth seemed to be some kind of warning.

"It's here, no matter what!" Wu Shao's expression seemed to have completely collapsed, and he shouted this sentence with his head in his arms.

As a result, the sound of dancing spoons seemed to have stimulated the two wild boars, and after making a "snoring" sound, the two wild boars rushed towards Yimi.

So Lan Xue jumped in front of the wild boar, and kicked the wild boar to fly a hundred meters away.

I quickly rushed between the wild boar and Yimi, and cut him open along the head of another wild boar with my hands like Chebehemos.

As a result, red blood sprayed all over my body, staining all the clothes that Yimi specially made for me.

"Something sprayed over..." Yimi showed a disgusted expression, "It's so ugly..."

"Blood of wild boar..."

"Xiao Hei, be careful..." Yimi hastily took out the leaves that she carried with her to help me wipe the blood on my face and body, but finally threw those blood-stained leaves aside and sighed softly. With a sigh of relief, "Let's wash it directly..."

"I'm coming!" As soon as Yimi finished speaking, Xiaogu yelled, and the water in the ditch beside him jumped out of the ditch as if alive, and sprayed me all over.

However... the effect does not seem to be obvious...

"Although I am very grateful for your kindness, Guo, don't be so reckless next time. Girls should be reserved." Yimi just sighed softly, and helped me wipe the mixed blood and water with my hands .

"I said that this kind of thing can't prevent me." Lan Xue smiled provocatively at Wu Shao whose facial expression was constantly twitching, "If you say it's a kick, it's a kick."

"Is this the so-called reservedness of girls..." Wu Shao could only cover his face with his hands again, and then kept beating the mountain wall.

"But wild boars are edible, right?" Yimi said as if remembering something.

"It is indeed edible..." Wu Shao replied weakly.

"Then can we have an extra meal tonight?" Yimi smiled lightly.

"I think you humans seem to be able to eat anything..." Lan Xue showed a bit of disdain.

"I remember that I can't eat dirt..." After all, human beings are not like us, but I can eat dirt anyway.

"But you can eat fish!" Xiao Gu inserted his other hand into our conversation while poking the wild boar that had been cut open with his fingers.

"I don't know if I can eat this ancient loach of yours..." Lan Xue had a smirk on her lips. "I can't eat it!"

"Both Yimi and Wu Shao said that the meat of Bechymos is terrible...then Xiaogu, who is a Leviathan, is not tasty either..." I suddenly remembered Yiyi who forcibly ate the meat of Bechymos. Mi and Wu Shao's painful reaction.

"Sister Hei, where is your focus..." Wu Shao's mouth twitched, and he looked at me helplessly.

"I won't really plan to eat me! You idiot!" Xiao Gu showed a terrified expression, and raised the dead wild boar to block it in front of him.

"No one will want to eat yours... Don't worry." Yimi hurriedly comforted Xiao Gu, and Xiao Gu's usual smile changed instantly.

So Yimi and Wu Shao made the wild boar into a dish that day, and the result——

"so hard……"

That's the only response.