‘Three’ walked to ‘1’’s original position and looked down, with a sad and proud expression on his face.
"Don't blame me. I've been in the grotto for two years and I know the rules for survival."
"The mountain master has called you back to take part in the assessment with us, so you will be my opponent just like them."
"There can only be one winner. If you live, I must die."
"But I want to live."
'San' took a deep breath, stared at the bottom of the waterfall and said: "It turns out that the abyss is fake, but this height is enough to kill you several times."
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I don’t know how long it took, but ‘1’ woke up. Before he even opened his eyes, he heard the clear chirping of birds in his ears.
'1' In addition to feeling the pain in his body, there was also shaking behind him. He opened his eyes, looked left and right, and found that he was on overlapping branches.
But just this movement of his head made his body unbalanced and he continued to fall.
But when he landed, he felt something soft underneath him, and then heard a wail.
He did not fall to the ground, but fell onto a person. Then he rolled down with the person and stopped when he hit a pile of rocks by the river.
"Ouch, my waist..."
Hearing this voice, '1' ignored the pain in his body and stood up alertly, squatting down and looking at the person speaking in front of him.
This man had long hair, looked to be in his mid-thirties, and was wearing tattered armor.
He climbed up holding his waist, pointed at '1' and said: "What's wrong with you? Why did you fall from the sky... Hey, is it a child?"
"Ahem!" The man pretended to cough twice, pretending to be a calm adult, and said, "Little guy, where did you come from?"
‘1’ did not speak, but remained vigilant.
"Tsk, tsk, look at you like a bear, you must have fallen from above like me, right?"
The man walked slowly to the river, holding his waist, washed his hands, and then his face. He even felt that it was not enough, so he even washed his hair.
‘1’ was watching silently, thinking about countless possibilities.
Could this man be a horse thief?
Could he be an accomplice of the mountain owner?
Could it be...
"Here, take it." The man came over and handed '1' a piece of cake.
‘1’ was stunned for a moment.
The man said: "Why are you in a daze? You don't remember how long you have been unconscious, do you? Aren't you hungry?"
"Gugu..."
His stomach growled unsatisfactorily twice, '1' frowned slightly, glanced at the sesame seed cake in the man's hand, and then looked at the man's face.
The man snorted coldly, tore the sesame biscuits in half, took a bite first, then handed the other half to '1', and said: "You're quite wary. It's not poisonous, feel free to eat!"
‘1’ couldn’t bear the hunger anymore, so he quickly took away the sesame seeds and started to eat them.
The man thought of himself and said: "A child can eat what he has to eat and say what he wants. Why do you have to be so deep?"
"May I have your name?"
"Hey, I'm talking to you!"
Seeing that '1' had not responded, the man said: "Is he mute? Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhao Huan, and I am a general."
"You understand what the general means? He is a very powerful person!"
"I'm not mute, my name is 1."
Seeing '1' finally speaking, the man smiled and said: "Weird name."
‘1’ asked: “Zhao Huan, what is Huan?”
"Joyful joy."
"Are you happy then?"
"I..." Zhao Huan was stunned, shook his head, and said, "I don't know either."
As he spoke, Zhao Huan sighed melancholy, took out another piece of sesame cake from his tattered armor, tore it in half and handed it to '1', saying: "Eat some more. Only when you are full can you find the strength to go up the mountain."
road."
This time ‘1’ did not hesitate and took the sesame seed cake decisively.
Zhao Huan asked: "You don't know how to say thank you?"
‘1’ was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
He really doesn't know how to say thank you, because the world has never given him a chance to say thank you.
During the night, '1' became more familiar with Zhao Huan, and he became more and more curious about this carefree and somewhat narcissistic man.
This man was unlike anyone he had ever seen.
He didn't ask about '1''s life experience, but told '1' some interesting things and taught him some principles from books, and then took out sesame seed cakes from his armor from time to time.
‘1’ was surprised at how many sesame seed cakes this man had hidden in his armor.
The man said: "My mother-in-law was afraid that I would starve while I was marching and fighting, so she sewed a dress for me out of sesame seed cakes to wear. It's the time when you are growing, so feel free to eat and be satisfied!"
For several days, ‘1’ and Zhao Huan got along day and night, and their daily routines were almost exactly the same.
Eat sesame seed cakes, listen to stories, talk about truths, and if you're lucky, you can even bake some game.
‘1’ gradually lowered his guard against Zhao Huan.
Although he grew up in an environment like a grotto, he is not a hard-hearted person in nature. Otherwise, he would not have given the girl a chance to bite his shoulder, nor would he have saved San.
The more a person lacks something, the more he cares about it.
He began to understand his relationship with Zhao Huan as feelings.
Under this deserted cliff,
The first time someone asked him if he was hungry,
The first time someone told him something interesting,
For the first time, someone taught him the principles of life,
first,
Someone showed him kindness.
"Are you...really a general?"
"Of course, didn't you see that I'm wearing armor?"
"What about your soldiers?"
Zhao Huan turned over the rabbit on the bonfire and sighed: "The team's fighting ability is not good, and they were ambushed, so they are probably dead. Look, if I hadn't been lucky, wouldn't I have fallen to death too?"
As he spoke, Zhao Huan murmured and cursed to himself: "Those bitches from the Trentu Kingdom can't beat us in Dajing, so they only know how to secretly cause havoc in Qinhuang County!"
"I have told His Majesty a long time ago that the structure of the army needs to be changed. If I am allowed to train a special army myself, let alone these small countries in the Western Regions, I will not look down on Ye Dan!"
"Those sycophant sons of bitches are afraid that military power will fall into the hands of people who are not them..."
"It's burnt." '1' reminded.
Zhao Huan quickly turned around again and said: "Stop talking about these unhappy things, just remember that I will not deceive a child. Don't look at me in such a miserable state now, but I am not an ordinary general.
But a very powerful one!"
‘1’ said seriously: “I believe you.”
Zhao Huan was startled for a moment. Seeing that '1' was so serious, he felt a little embarrassed. He laughed a few times awkwardly, picked up the rabbit, and said with a smile: "It's done. It's done. Eat it while it's hot. It's a pity that there's no wine."
ah!"
The two of them feasted happily.
'1' suddenly asked: "We are trapped here, not knowing whether we will die or live. If we die here, do you have any regrets?"
Zhao Huan raised his head and glanced at the night sky and said, "My mother-in-law is pregnant. If I die here, my biggest regret is that I won't be able to see what my son looks like."
'1' said: "It's really miserable if you don't even know what your son looks like..."
Zhao Huan said angrily: "Who made my three sons look ugly when they were born? My mother-in-law is pregnant with the fourth son, and I just want to know if they will look better!"
"puff!"
‘1’ couldn’t help but laugh.
This was the first time he laughed.
Maybe I'm not very skilled, and my smile is very stiff, which is uglier than crying.
Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "When you laugh, you are not as good as my three sons!"