alien island

"You drew it?" Zhang Yao couldn't believe it. He always thought that the picture was drawn by Pei Yan's father. How could it be drawn by the old man in front of him?Then why did Pei Yan's father's signature get on that rock?The doubts in Zhang Yao's heart became more and more.

"Because I have a deep impression, I remember that I met a few people more than ten years ago, and they were also survivors who came to the island. They said they came to look for floating trees. I have been on this island for so long , the surrounding environment is very familiar. I have seen the trees they said can float on the water. But because of the fear of the sea, I don’t have the will to use that kind of tree as a raft to get out of the island. I have never touched those trees before. They heard that I had seen them, so they asked me to draw this simple picture for them so that they could find these trees.” As he said, Lao Hu took back the paper in Zhang Yao’s hand, and touched it. Sermon on the pattern above.

"They also said that they would go back to another place to pick up their companion who was accidentally injured on the way and waited for them, and then left. Since the painting you see is the same as the one I painted, it should be that A few people remember this painting of mine, so it’s based on memory.” Lao Hu was naturally impressed by the survivors who rarely encountered it, and from this he also deduced that the painting Zhang Yao and the others saw was that Several people went up according to his drawing.

Hearing this, Zhang Yao subconsciously turned his head to look at Pei Yan who was sitting on his right. After hearing the information about his father, Pei Yan's expression changed slightly, and he stared at Lao Hu very intently. Pay attention to every detail.So Zhang Yao also helped Pei Yan and continued to ask: "Then, those people, have you never seen them again? Are there any foreigners?"

"Foreigners... I remember that among the people I met, there was a tall blond foreigner." Lao Hu replied after recalling.

"Does that person look like this?" Pei Yan asked someone other than Zhang Yao for the first time. In his animal skin bag, Pei Yan took out a notebook. , sandwiched a black and white yellow photo, there is a couple on it.Pei Yan pointed to the man in the couple and asked Lao Hu.

"Let me see..." Lao Hu leaned over to look at the photo carefully, and nodded in surprise: "Yes, that's him! He looks exactly the same, but when I met him, he had a beard all over his face. How could you Is there a photo of him? They appeared more than ten years ago, you obviously just came to the island..."

"I can't finish talking about these, Lao Hu, have you never seen them again?" Zhang Yao now just wanted to know this question clearly.

"This..." Not knowing whether to continue, Lao Hu bowed his head and thought for a long time, then glanced at them, and said slowly: "If you know them, it will be a little troublesome."

"trouble?"

"I did see them a second time, but at a great distance. It was also a few weeks after they left that day. They seemed to find the floating wood and made it Looks like a boat."

"Really?" Since my father found those logs and built the boat, why didn't he come back to find him and his mother?Pei Yan couldn't figure it out.

"It's a pity that their actions were discovered by those orcs, and all of them were taken back to their territory by the orcs. That's where I saw it." Standing from the stone bench Getting up, Lao Hu walked to a side corner of the mud cave, pushed a small stone away, and immediately a light came in from the outside. He waved his hand and signaled everyone to come and check.

Zhang Yao stood up first, and went there with Pei Yan. He lowered his head and looked out through the small hole, and found that there was an endless black land outside. At the end far ahead, Zhang Yao saw the purple mist The source of the smoke is a high mountain that is constantly emitting smoke. The shape of the mountain is similar to that of a volcano. It is made of a dark lava-like material. The surface of the mountain is barren of grass, and there seems to be no sign of life.

In addition to the smoking mountains, the surrounding black land is like a basin structure, which is slowly sunken from top to bottom. The entire land area is very vast. In the middle of the low-lying area that should have been barren, suddenly there are many six-colored land. The big trees that can only be surrounded by people above people, the big trees form a circle and grow wantonly in the air. The height of the tree looks like a ten-story building from a distance.

These trees are of the same type as the white forest that Zhang Yao and the others met outside at the beginning, but these trees are much larger than the trees they encountered in the forest just now.

That is to say, these densely surrounded and grown trees formed a naturally formed protective umbrella, and became a place where those orcs gathered together to shelter from the wind and rain, and gradually formed a tree-surrounding tribe.Zhang Yao and the others have always wanted to find the residence of the Chika orcs who followed them, but they didn't expect it to be there.

Looking from a distance, Zhang Yao, who has fairly good eyesight, found many orcs wearing straw cloaks like Lao Hu's near these strange trees? !They are walking through the only gap between the giant trees that surround them.

Lao Hu, who was standing next to Zhang Yao, explained: "Those orcs have good noses and hate the smell in the purple mist, so they usually go in and out wearing cloaks and mouth and nose shields. It’s a big day, that place should be very lively right now.”

"That's where you found out that group of people were arrested?"

"Yeah... I saw that the boats they made were also confiscated..." Nodding his head, Lao Hu recalled those who were tied up with ropes, dragged all the way back on the ground, and rubbed with blood all over their bodies. People felt a little pity and regret, and then he explained: "Those trees that can float on the water seem to be some kind of belief of those orcs, so if they see the trees being cut down, their emotions become more excited."

"Then, what happened to those people?" Although Zhang Yao was mainly concerned about Pei Yan's father, it would be better to ask about the situation of that group of people as a whole.

"I don't know about that. Anyway, I never saw them come out again." It was probably more ominous, and feeling sorry again, Lao Hu shook his head and let out a long sigh.

"They didn't come out, maybe they are still alive now." Thinking of the arrest of a group of people who were struggling and eager to survive, Ke Yiqiao sincerely hoped that they were still alive all these years, although she also knew that this hope was very slim, just like she used to After seeing the brutal behavior of those orcs for a few days, it is hard to imagine how those orcs would deal with humans.

"I don't know about that." Lao Hu shook his head, expressing that he didn't know, anyway, he didn't dare to provoke those orcs, and he would hide if he could.

"Okay, why don't we go in and find out." Zhang Yao suddenly decided.

"Are you crazy, are you? It's not like you haven't seen those orcs before, and you dare to run in and seek death?" Xiang Chen stared in surprise when he heard that Zhang Yao's idea seemed to come up after his head was caught in a door. He widened his eyes and shouted: "Since we have found the tribe of Chika orcs now, we are not far from the place where the floating wood grows. What are we doing to inquire about those useless news? The best way is to get out of the island as soon as possible." Important!" He had had enough of the environment on this island.

"...Child, the forest of floating trees you mentioned has long since disappeared." Old Hu's light words were like a thunderbolt from the blue sky.

"What?!" Xiang Chen hurriedly turned his head to look at Lao Hu, unable to believe what he said.

"It's true. There were constant thunderstorms in the past few years. You can see hundreds of lightning strikes in one night. Unfortunately, those forests with floating logs were struck by lightning. The fire burned for a long time. The entire area All the trees were burned to the ground, and now it is still a barren place, without any plants growing." What Lao Hu said shattered everyone's desire to leave the island.

When Ke Yiqiao heard this, she covered her mouth with her hands in despair, so what will they do in the future?Do you want to stay on the island and live in fear every day like this old man Hu?Thinking about it this way, she felt a sense of fear and despair creeping up from the bottom of her heart all over her body. The most painful thing was not having a shred of hope.

"Those trees were really burned by the fire?" Zhang Yao didn't quite believe the old man's words.

"I don't have anything to lie to you." Spreading his hands, Lao Hu replied.

"Then... what happened to that boat?" Zhang Yao remembered what Lao Hu had just mentioned, the boat that Pei Yan's father and the others made from floating wood.

"The boat... I don't know." I only saw the boat being moved into the Weishu tribe, and Lao Hu didn't pay attention to it.

"You said those orcs believed in those trees, so they probably wouldn't destroy that boat. If we entered their tribe, we might be able to find out about the boat." Originally, I wanted to help Pei Yan go in and find out The news of his father made it even more important to go now for the boat.

"Oh, young man, do you think those orcs will let you go in with a big swagger? Although it's their festival now, and there are many orcs coming and going, it's impossible for you humans to go in freely under their noses .” Lao Hu shook his head, expressing that Zhang Yao’s idea was too whimsical.

"Festival?" Zhang Yao grasped the key word and asked.

"Well... I've seen the grand festival once every seven years. Every seven years, from yesterday to the next seven days, the moon in the sky at night will turn purple. Why do orcs hold festivals and carnival days."

"Purple moon? Why didn't you notice it last night?" Ke Yiqiao wondered why he hadn't noticed that the moon would have such a peculiar change.

"Idiot! It was cloudy last night! It was blocked by clouds in the middle of the night, where can I see the moon?" Xiang Chen rolled his eyes at Ke Yiqiao, but he didn't even see this detail, so he was ashamed to ask.

"Then what are they carnivals?"

"Hehe, you haven't thought about it, those orcs were actually humans before..."