mother of beasts

Looking around blankly, there are no other creatures in the desolate pile of rocks, only Li Jia.

Unreasonable panic swept over his heart, he took two steps back unconsciously, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and the scattered blood and human bones in the surrounding rocks made him feel chills.

Stepping back unknowingly, Li Jia tripped over something suddenly, and hurriedly supported the ground with the air gun he was holding tightly in his hand, barely letting himself fall down.

Standing up in sweat, he turned his head and saw something that tripped him behind him. He froze instantly, and a shivering sensation spread from his brain to all parts of his body.

It was a human skull that had been bitten to the point where only half of it was left. The flesh and blood had long since disappeared, and the body had gone nowhere. Only half of the skull, where the eyes should have been, were exposed, and two empty holes were exposed on the bone. , there seemed to be some coagulated blood.

Li Jia's face turned pale, he stared blankly at the skull, even held his breath, cold sweat slowly slid down along the lines of his facial features, passed through his collarbone, and slid to his chest.

"Well--"

Just when Li Jia was standing still, there was a soft cry, and then, a lump of flesh jumped out from nowhere and landed firmly in his arms.

Hearing the familiar call, Li Jia was taken aback, and lowered his head stiffly.

The little thing tightly grasped his clothes with two paws, twisted his fleshy body to stick to his clothes, so as not to let himself fall off, raised his head, looked at him with red eyes, and somehow, his mouth was a little bit red.

Li Jia stared blankly at the little thing in his arms for two seconds, then hugged the ball of flesh crawling out of his stomach tightly in his arms, holding on tightly, and would not let go.

The little thing seems to be a little bigger than the previous two days. Originally, it could be hugged with one hand, but now it needs two hands to hold it firmly.

Squatting on the ground with eyes closed, Li Jia hugged the little monster without saying a word, just hugging like that, as if hugging like this would stop the inexplicable panic in his heart.

The little thing was honest and didn't move at all. Even if Li Jia squeezed its flesh with great strength, it didn't make a sound. Shake it off, and rub Li Jia's stomach.

Li Jia closed his eyes tightly, quietly feeling the steady heartbeat of the little thing in his arms, rolling in his throat, and the irritability in his heart gradually calmed down.

Only those who have truly experienced loneliness will understand the helplessness and pain of living alone. Once you have tasted that feeling of loneliness, you will never want to try it again.

Inexplicably, he was taken to that research institute, and stayed there for seven months without moving. After escaping, there were repeated accidents.

In the final analysis, he is only a teenager, and he is very fragile psychologically. The sudden jump from the original superior life to this kind of life with constant changes can indeed make people feel broken.

Humans are actually a kind of animal that is very afraid of loneliness. When encounters that have never happened before, they will be afraid, struggle, and hope that there is something to accompany them through the journey.

Even if he was accompanied by only a strange beast, a small, fat mass of flesh.

After a long time, Li Jia silently took the little thing out of his arms, looked at the other person's unblinking eyes staring at him, and said softly: "Little monster, don't run around like this next time, understand?"

The little thing blinked, and only groaned softly.

When Li Jia heard the voice of 'Mother', he smiled wryly, and muttered to himself, "I'm so stupid to talk to you, knowing that you are just a strange beast..."

The little thing looked at him with wide-eyed eyes, and suddenly stretched out two hooves and threw it on Li Jia's face.

"What are you doing—"

Before Li Jia finished speaking, he froze on the spot. The little thing brought his head closer, and then licked his face for a while. The barbs unique to the beast's tongue slid across his face, making it very itchy.

But this time Li Jia didn't immediately throw away the little thing in his arms, but just froze for a moment, then wiped his face with one hand.

"...don't move around."

Li Jia wiped his face, then flicked its head, his movements were much more intimate, and even the tone of his speech had a gentleness that he didn't know.

The little thing groaned aggrievedly, then lowered his head and nestled in his arms, a warm light flashed in his red animal eyes, and arched towards his arms again.

At this time, Li Jia didn't feel bored by its movements, and a faint smile floated on his face.

He held the little thing in his arms with one hand, and picked up the gun with the other to prop himself up. He inadvertently caught a glimpse of the half of his head out of the corner of his eye, and he didn't feel the sense of panic just now.

Carefully picking up the little monster, he looked around and walked in the direction he had just found, but after walking a few steps, he found an object in front of him.

Alien beast?

With this thought in his mind, Li Jia quickly raised the air gun, pulled down the plug, and fired at the unknown object.

The bullets hit the object not far away, but the object remained motionless.

died?

Li Jia frowned, obviously didn't find such a thing when he came here.

Holding the gun, he walked forward cautiously, until he got to the front, Li Jia realized that it was a short-eared rabbit.

Short-eared rabbits are not big, with short ears, but the two front teeth in the mouth are very long and sharp, and they run at an amazing speed, so it is generally difficult for humans to catch them.

Kicking at the motionless body, Li Jia was sure that the short-eared rabbit was dead, so he bent down and picked up the dead rabbit.

Looking around, there are several blood holes on the gray fur, which should be the marks from the air gun just now.

Li Jia frowned, it seemed that he could finally have a good meal today.

Although he had some doubts about the sudden death of the short-eared rabbit here, he didn't think much about it.

After all, in this critical period, as long as there is food to eat, who cares where it comes from.

The little thing in his arms was very cute, looking up at Li Jia's smile when he was carrying the rabbit, the little fleshy wings on his back trembled.

Li Jia carried the rabbit and hugged the little monster and walked on the road just now, but when he arrived at the big stone, he found that the parchment he hadn't taken away when he just caught up with him was gone.

Li Jia's face turned blue and then pale, and the fat rabbit in his hand fell to the ground all of a sudden.

The stuff inside the parchment is very simple, a piece and a half of meat, and an electronic map.

It doesn't matter if the meat is gone, I still have it in my hand, but the map is different, without that thing, it will not be an ordinary difficulty for me to return to the imperial capital.

I quickly searched around, even rummaging through the crevices of the stones, but found no signs of leather paper.

Li Jia felt a little dizzy and had no strength, so he slumped on the stone, resting his forehead with one hand.

The little monster kept watching Li Jia's movements and his expression, and saw that he looked a little tired, so he stuck out his tongue and licked his hand.

Li Jia felt the back of his hand itch, and retracted it reflexively. He lowered his head and saw the little thing's flattering look, and forced a smile.

Looking at the high sun, he sighed, touched the little thing's head and hugged it off his body: "You sit here, don't run around, you understand?"

The little thing tilted his head, not knowing if he understood.

Li Jia didn't say much, anyway, he probably didn't understand it.

Walking to the pile of rocks ahead, Li Jia carefully searched for small stones.

The short-eared rabbit is already there, and the rest is how to eat it. No matter how you say it, he can be regarded as a nobleman, and he can't do it like a wild animal.

He didn't have anything on his body that could light a fire, so he could only look for saltpetre on the surrounding stones that could spark a spark.

While Li Jia was seriously looking for the stone he wanted, the little monster on the big rock beside him was not idle. He glanced at Li Jia quietly from the corner of his eye, and carefully slipped out of the stone while he was not paying attention.

It quickly flashed to an inconspicuous small stone pile not far away, squinted its eyes and lowered its head to sniff, then looked around, and quickly picked up a few human bones and placed them messily on it.

Looking back at Li Jia, he didn't seem to notice the movement here, the little monster licked its paw.

Finally, he looked at the area that he had made very weird, and after making sure that Li Jia would definitely go far away when he saw this place, he quickly ran back to the boulder and rested again as if nothing had happened.

A few pieces of human bones fell on the pile of rubble, and it seemed nothing strange to match with the surrounding environment, but if you look carefully, you will find that there is a roll of old parchment hidden under the rubble.

It's a pity that Li Jia, who hates the breath of the dead, will never notice this.

After searching for a long time, he finally found a few pieces of saltpeter. He gathered all the stones together, and then looked up at the hot sun above his head.

He took the air gun and fired a few shots into the middle of the pile of rocks.

"boom--"

Several high-pressure air bombs hit the saltpeter in succession, and the highly compressed air rubbed violently with certain components on the surface of the saltpeter. In a short while, a series of sparks with a strong smell of gunpowder were knocked out.

Coupled with the intense sunlight and increased heat, within a short while, a large cluster of red flames burst out from the pile of stones.

With a long sigh of relief, Li Jia quickly tore the skin of the unlucky short-eared rabbit and threw it into the fire.

It was Li Jia's first time to do this kind of thing of making a fire and roasting food by himself, so he was not skilled in the technique, and even a little clumsy. When a rabbit fell into his hands, the finished product was simply not good.