Chapter 988: Winter Sacrifice
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The cold wind from the north, whining and drifting between the heavens and the earth, swept through the sky and the earth. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The soil on the surface was as hard as bare stones, and it was a clear gray.
Wang Yan took a hairy crab and stood on a convex rock, looking around, the whole land was like a frozen desert, except for the sound of the wind, there was silence.
"Siberia, a land of tranquility, the ancients did take a name before. ”
Feeling the breath of the pure wilderness of the surrounding nature, Wang Yan not only felt a little emotional. In the old Turkic language, "Siberia" means "land of tranquility", and now it fits in with the current environment, which is indeed very appropriate.
"Click, click!"
The hairy crab behind Wang Yan was shivering from the cold, picking up eight paws and running around Wang Yan non-stop, as if he was solemnly protesting to his master, as a dignified hairy crab, never go out hunting when it is so cold and freezing!
"Come on, this low temperature won't hurt you at all, if you put it on me again, I'll use you as bait to catch a sea monster!"
Wang Yan glared at the hairy crab angrily, other people's war pets are all high-spirited and fierce, what is this called the one he raised?
The hairy crab trembled after hearing this, and was suddenly stunned, and then the crab claws rose and fell, obediently like a hunting dog, and ran to the front to explore the way.
"Ben Gongzi is an excellent war pet, never become a bait to fish for sea monsters!"
Wang Yan shook his head helplessly, speaking of which time really flies.
Three days ago, he was still in the Winter God Clan, and he was having a lively Winter Festival, and today he has already embarked on the hunting road.
The Winter Festival marks the beginning of the eight-month winter season as a festival to welcome the arrival of the goddess of winter. In the eyes of the Winter God Clan, the degree of attention is no less than that of the New Year of the Huaxia Kingdom.
On this day, the Winter God people sacrifice the sun that brings warmth to the people with round pancakes and various foods that symbolize the sun, and the sun is the god of fire that represents fire and hope in their eyes.
Later, in the evening, the clan lights a huge bonfire in the central square and performs various ceremonies to welcome the awakening of the goddess of winter and the beginning of a new year.
After a series of symbolic ceremonies, a variety of delicacies such as caviar, berry juices, yogurt, vegetable soup, and a variety of meats and wines are served to the people and their guests.
It is a festival of jubilation for the whole people, and everyone begins to carnival and drink heartily, as if to unload the toil and fatigue of the whole year.
After worshipping the Winter Goddess, the next day there is a sacrifice to Mother Earth and the Spirit of the Sea, and after these collective activities, the Winter God people begin to redecorate their homes and begin their own family celebrations.
Therefore, during this time, the festival also provides an opportunity for those unmarried men and women of the Winter God Clan to match.
Unmarried men and women will be invited and recommended by relatives and friends to entertain and get to know each other, and if they look at each other, the man can go to the woman's house to propose marriage after the Winter God Festival celebrations for several consecutive days.
Wang Yan, Nan Lian, and Red Tank, under the leadership of Bai Lisha, went around to join in the fun, and experienced many things full of life and very interesting.
found this blind date model, just like the Chinese New Year, the blind date conference. It seems that no matter where you are, blind dates and forced marriages are pressures that can't be avoided.
After the celebration of the Winter Festival, the hunting trial officially begins.
This trial custom comes from the early hunting activities related to the survival of the entire tribe.
In the cold Far North, if there is not enough food stocked for the winter, an entire tribe can perish. Therefore, hunting and gathering are particularly important before the middle of winter.
Therefore, after the goddess of winter saved the tribe and taught it how to hunt and survive, this activity full of respect for the goddess of winter was completely preserved. The results of the hunting trial are good or bad, and it has become the embodiment of the personal ability of the Winter God Clan.
"The hunt lasts for ten days, and no supplies or items are allowed other than personal weapons and war pets!"
As Bai Lisha stood on the high platform in the center of the tribal square, Qian's hand waved, "Hunting trial, start now!"
This hunting trial was presided over by Bai Lisa. As a hunter of this generation, her personal prowess has been proven, and she does not need to participate in the trial again, and unless someone can surpass her, or wait for her to become the new generation of patriarchs, she will always retain this glorious title.
"Lao Wang, I believe that according to the hunting skills taught by the patriarch and Bai Lisa, we should be able to pass. ”
"Come on, Xiaoyan, see you in ten days. ”
"Sister Nanlian, Brother Tank, we'll see you in ten days. ”
After separating from Nanlian and the red tank, Wang Yan wore a hairy crab and went deep into the hinterland of the northland tundra and started a hunting journey alone.
The scope of hunting activities is extremely extensive, covering the entire Northern Siberia, the autonomous region of the Winter God Clan, which is larger than the combined area of several European countries.
The terrain is complex and perfectly preserves the pristine wilderness environment, which stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north, the tundra in the south, the east-west and the center, as well as a large continuous mountain range, as well as swamps and boreal deserts.
In addition, the Winter God Clan never hunts excessively, so the monsters and prey that can be caught here are very rich, including some high-level beast king awakened spirit beasts like Bear King Reynolds.
Although there are two or three hundred contestants, when they are all dispersed in this vast area, the chance of encountering them is very small, plus focusing on tracking and hunting, unless the two track the same prey, when the time comes, either see who grabs the prey first, or cooperate with each other, otherwise it is not allowed to attack the same clansmen.
After Wang Yan set off, he made a little analysis.
Hunting seems simple, and at his level, it can be said that it is easy to deal with any prey. What is really difficult is that after coming to the wilderness, finding prey and tracking prey is a technical job.
If you can't find your prey, you can't use your skills.
Therefore, after combining his own advantages, Wang Yan chose to go all the way south to a slightly warmer area.
This is three days.
Although a few were caught along the way, alpine rats, hares and muskrats, hairy crabs also shot down a few small prey such as mergansers with water arrows, and these small animals could not win the trial, and finally gave Wang Yan and the hairy crabs dinner.
Not a single prey in the true sense of the word was found.
"Puff!
The hairy crab that ran to the front to reconnoitre, ran back with a smoke, don't look at it walking sideways, with its current strength, it can run faster than a car.
"What's the matter, is there a situation?" Wang Yan raised his brows slightly.
Hairy crabs danced in front of him, spitting bubbles, and speaking hairy crab language that humans simply can't understand.
However, Wang Yan has a master-servant relationship with it, and he has the same heart, so he naturally understands its meaning.
"You mean, there's someone digging up in front of you?"
Wang Yan didn't understand what the hairy crab was talking about, so he simply decided to take a look.
At this time, Wang Yan was dressed as an ordinary person, and his strength had reached the point where he was already deep and calm, returning to the basics, and after he converged, outsiders could not detect it at all.
The distance was not far, about seven or eight kilometers, and Wang Yan crossed over without realizing it, and quickly arrived at the destination.
After coming here, I found that the permafrost here had melted.
The black mud and tundra on the surface, which were originally hard, are now like jelly, and they are undulating when you step on them, and they will make a "poof, poof" sound when you step on them.
Wang Yan is very clear about this situation.
This is because of the undesirable results of the global warming effect, the gradual warming of the climate, which has caused some Siberia and even the permafrost around the Arctic Circle to melt.
The half-thawed tundra meadows look like jelly, and the gas coming out of it is methane biogas frozen beneath the permafrost. This leakage of methane gas will further deepen the greenhouse effect, which will create a vicious circle for the environment.
On this half-melted tundra, more than a dozen men were digging with tools, and there were many large pits they had dug around.
When these people saw Wang Yan coming, they all stopped what they were doing, and their eyes were full of hostility.
"What are you all up to?"
Wang Yan glanced at everyone present disapplauded, and said hello familiarly.
He found that these young middle-aged men were all low-level superpowers, and the one at the head was a fierce middle-aged bearded man with good strength, with a B+ level.
"Boy, why are you in such a place?" The bearded man stood on the edge of the big pit and glanced at Wang Yan with heavy eyes.
found that this young man who seemed to be from southern China looked ordinary, but it was the somewhat dull river crab beside him, which made the bearded man gasp in shock.
This river crab is still a high-level spirit animal!
The bearded man firmly speculated at the moment that the kid in front of him was definitely a rich second generation, and he was also the kind of rich second generation of superpowers who had never seen the world and behaved nonsense all day long!
The reason why he was so determined was precisely because of that river crab spirit beast.
He has never seen a river crab that is usually eaten when found, and it can evolve to such a high level, if it weren't for the special habit of rich tyrants, who would spend huge resources and wealth to cultivate a hairy crab?
"Sure enough, those rich local tyrants think, they outsiders don't understand. As soon as he thought of this, the bearded man felt a pain in his heart.
Of course, if he knew that Wang Yan not only threw a lot of resources at the hairy crab, but also fed it a priceless evolution crystal, he would probably have blood in his heart, right?
"I'm also a superpower, and I've recently come out to go through training, hunting or something. Wang Yan gave a reason for nonsense, and casually threw a pack of cigarettes to the bearded man, "Everyone meets outside by fate, everyone makes friends." ”
Although Wang Yan quit smoking, he still carries some with him for the sake of communication.
When the bearded man received the cigarette, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his face softened a little, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”
At the same time, I thought to myself that this kid is really a local tyrant, and he has this kind of cigarette!
Wang Yan smiled casually, and his eyes were fixed on a huge black cloth bag at the bearded man's feet. Taking advantage of the other party's back, he stretched out his hand seemingly casually, and opened the zipper with a "bang", revealing a huge tusk with dirt in the cloth bag.
"Hey, ivory, are you poaching?" Wang Yan's eyes couldn't help narrowing.
As soon as these words came out, the bearded man's face changed slightly.
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