Chapter 35: Lighting fire, branches, and flying with weight
“There are some ferocious fish in the water of the mangrove, and some will spit water at the creatures on the mangrove, but as long as you are mentally prepared to hold on to the tree vines around you, If you fall into the water, there will be no danger.
There are always some mimic creatures above the mangroves, such as dead branch snakes. Pretending to be a dead branch, they prey on passing small animals or insects, but they will not take the initiative to attack creatures larger than themselves..."
Rivarina said in the mangrove forest What needs attention is that Broly poked his head out of the water. He had fish hanging on his body. He came ashore, shook himself, and threw the fish into a basket woven from tree vines.
Although there are no dangerous species here, the fish underwater are even stupider. Broly just entered the water and swam, and the fish swam over on their own initiative, taking the bait without even catching them.
Broly flicked his tail and threw the fish bitten into the vine basket.
“Of course, if you have a body as powerful as the big brother, you can also catch fish in the water like this. Otherwise, the usual way to catch fish is to slap the water surface to attract the fish to swim over, and then use the shaved Use the fork to pierce the fish in the water. "
Rivarina started to demonstrate. She used a sharpened branch to pierce the fish in the water, and the fish was as thick as a forearm. He slipped away.
"Puff puff puff!"
The fish struggled on the branch and spit at the girl three times.
"This is the water-spitting fish. The larger the water-spitting fish, the more powerful the water it spits."
Rivarina shook the fish water off his face and said.
“Hey ha~”
Other children followed suit and used sharpened branches to insert fish. The result was that only a few succeeded and most failed. One He was unlucky enough to fall into the water, but luckily Broly was right next to him and jumped over to lift him up.
“The actual distance of underwater creatures is a little deeper than what we see on the water surface. If you want to stab a fish, it is best to stab it further down.”
The children who caught the fish shared their experience with the other children who didn't. After learning the technique, these children who were good at catching fish quickly mastered the technique of inserting fish.
“These branches are very wet and cannot make a fire.”
When we stopped to eat at noon, everyone was distressed because they could not make a fire in the humid environment. From the Gifonora Sea Tree Forest On the way out, children who already had wilderness survival experience told others the importance of eating cooked food.
If you don’t want to have diarrhea, both water and food must be cooked and eaten. In addition, some plant ingredients have toxins that can be removed by cooking them.
“If we can’t make a fire, we’ll have to eat sashimi.”
"Are there parasites?"
"What are you talking about? By the way, the bugs on these fish taste pretty good."
Everyone turned around and saw their own house The eldest brother was pulling something that was obviously a parasite from a fish and eating it.
No one needs to answer the question just now. There are indeed parasites on fish. As for the taste, it even got a good comment from the big brother.
“Don’t worry, it’s not a big deal if there are bugs. My tribe and I used to eat sashimi all the time.
After eating sashimi, we will also eat some water leaves to repel insects. The insects will not stay in our stomachs for a long time before they are pulled out. "
Rivarina doesn't care much about eating raw fish.
Children: "..."
Imagine the scene of pulling worms.
"Sister, I don't want to pull bugs. ”
Black Eyes tugged at Chitong's sleeves.
"I don't want to either, but if you don't want to go hungry, you have to eat."
Chitong's acceptance level is pretty good. Compared with pulling bugs, she thinks that being hungry is a good thing. Something more terrifying.
“I’ll try to make a fire again.”
“It’s no use, the branches here are too wet and there’s no way to start a fire.”
"Should we bring some dry branches?"
"Brother Broly, do you have any good ideas?"
The children were at their wits end, but someone thought of him.
Broly thought for a moment, then pointed his hand at the branch over there for making fire.
“Bang~”
In just an instant, those branches were blown away.
"It seems that there is nothing we can do about it, big brother."
"Just like making shoes, big brother also has his limits."
Others looked at Broly's feet The tumbleweed on the ground expressed deep agreement with Natara who said this.
Looking at the disappointed looks of everyone around him, Broly thought again.
"I'll try again."
He said, adjusting the output of Qi and gathering the weak Qi on one finger.
Then, he pointed at the branches of the mangrove tree next to him and clicked on them.
“Zi!”
Smoke rose from the place where the mangrove branches were hit.
"Eh?!"
Seeing this, all the children stared at the past, looking nervous.
【Fire, must start a fire! 】
Perhaps he heard the children's voices, and the branch that Broly clicked was quickly dried.
As the last water vapor evaporated, the next moment, a small flame appeared on the branches.
"It's on fire!"
"Yeah~"
"Brother Broly, you are great!"
Seeing the flames, the children shouted happily, which means This means they don't have to eat sashimi or get worms.
Broly was also very happy. He learned the trick of using Qi to ignite fire. But as soon as he became happy, the Qi on his fingertips became stronger due to the heightened emotion, and instantly turned into an energy beam, shooting through It cut off the branches of the mangrove forest and turned them into ashes. The fire had no burning substance and quickly extinguished.
Seeing the flames extinguished, the children's cheers suddenly stopped, and they all looked eagerly at Broly.
"I'll light another one." Broly scratched his head and pulled off a new redwood vine and said.
This time he did not let his anger get out of control and turn into a penetrating beam, and the flame successfully rose.
The fish grilled on skewers of redwood branches has a different flavor compared to the grilled fish in the big forest.
"It's a bit spicy."
"That's the smell of the redwood tree."
"Is it poisonous?"
"Slightly poisonous, it's a toxin secreted by the redwood tree itself to prevent insects. ”
“Eh? ”
"Don't worry, as long as you don't eat too much, you'll be fine."
Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.
"Hey, why did you chew the branches together?"
At this moment, the voice with black pupils came over.
“This thing tastes good when chewed, and it’s numb.”
Everyone looked for the sound and found Broly chewing a branch of a redwood tree in his mouth.
"Brother Broly, this branch is poisonous."
A group of people quickly ran over to remind him.
"Poison?"
Broly smacked his mouth and nodded at the person running over.
"The poison tastes good, do you want to try it too?"
Broly said, and left the chewed branch behind.
When everyone took a look, they discovered that there was already a pile of tree scum behind him.
“Are you okay?”
“What can happen to me?”
After picking up a skewer of grilled fish and inserting the entire bone into it, Broly chewed on the branch used to skewer the fish.
Some of the worried children who ran over looked at each other, but in the end they could only attribute it to the fact that their eldest brother's physique was different from theirs and he could eat a lot of things that they couldn't.
The roasted mahogany branches taste a bit like spicy cinnamon, which makes Broly a little bit addicted when chewing, but after chewing too much, it becomes a bit nauseating.
During the afternoon journey, Broly stuck out his tongue. It felt like he had eaten the essence boiled from the body fluid of a wampa spider. The whole mouth was bitter, and even gargling was useless. .
The poison did not kill him, but it made him sick.
"It tastes so bad."
After the Wampa spider series and other foods, redwood tree branches in the mangrove forest have become Broly's second least favorite thing to eat.
It is worth mentioning that the boiled green peppers that Tohsaka Rin heard about in the previous world were his third least favorite food, although Broly had never eaten boiled green peppers.
"Rivarina, haven't we arrived at your tribe yet?"
The swamp area is very large, and we walked all the way south. In the evening, there were still patches of mangroves in the distance.
Vast tracts of mangroves formed patches of land on the swamp, and today they had walked through at least a hundred pieces of mangrove land like this.
"It should be in this direction, but I didn't see the mark of our tribe."
Standing on the tree, Rivarina looked around, but found nothing.
“Could we be going in the wrong direction?”
“It’s possible.”
"However, since we are looking for an inhabited tribe..."
Nahashu looked at Broly, who was floating in the air next to him, looking a little listless.
"Brother Broly, you can fly. Can you fly to a high place and see where there are people?"
Broly was a little out of shape, but he still agreed and flew directly to high altitude.
From a bird's eye view, we soon discovered that some people were moving on a large mangrove land seven or eight kilometers away on the right.
As soon as Broly came down and told what he saw, Rivarina jumped on him and hugged his neck. The girl asked Broly to take her up to have a look.
“That’s my tribe!”
Although it was extremely far away and it was approaching dusk, Rivarina still recognized it. She had seen the shape of the mangrove forest where her tribe was located from a distance before. , like a big leaf.
“It’s not practical to travel at night. We probably won’t be able to get there until noon tomorrow.”
After confirming the approximate distance, Nahasiu followed their group’s instructions on the water mangrove forest. Based on the forward speed, the specific arrival time can be estimated.
"Tomorrow?"
Rivarina was a little disappointed, and she was eager to go home.
"Actually, you don't have to wait for tomorrow, I can fly you there."
Broly said suddenly.
“Eh?!”
Hearing this, a group of children reacted.
"But Brother Broly, can you fly that far with someone?"
"Probably no problem."
Broly doesn't know, he I have never tried flying with such a heavy load.
(End of this chapter)