Chapter 598

"If you want to say that there are traces of savages everywhere in history, the oldest can be traced back to the book of mountains and seas.

In the book of mountains and seas · Zhongci Jiujing, there is a reference to xiongshan, which is now Shennongjia. The book describes it as follows: xiongshan has monsters, about one foot tall, with long hair, healthy walking and good laughter. It is called "Xiaoyang".

It is recorded in Erya in the Western Han Dynasty that strange creatures with human shape, body length of more than Zhang, black face, long hair and smiling at people were found in the local mountains.

More exaggerated, more than 3000 years ago, there were historical records that a folk Hunter caught a living savage and dedicated it to King Cheng of Zhou at that time.

Qu Yuan, a well-known great poet of the state of Chu, wrote a poem called Mountain Ghost in his nine songs of Chu Ci, which reads as follows:

If someone comes to the mountain, he is taken by Xue Li.

Both look and smile. I admire you. I'm good and slim.

The translation of this poem into vernacular means: there is a man like and inhuman guy standing on the mountain, dressed in Ficus pumila and giraffe, looking forward with affection and smiling, gentle, lovely and charming.

Qu Yuan's poem is very dreamy, because in the environment of that era, how could a normal woman dress like this into the mountains and forests, unless she is crazy or a monster, but the probability of these two reasons is small.

And say what smile, gentle and lovely, it is purely that Qu Yuan is too far away to see the guy's face clearly, so he has a beautiful fantasy in his heart. The guy who appears in the mountain and is called Mountain Ghost by Qu Yuan is very likely to be a savage.

In the Jin Dynasty before 400 A.D., there were records about savages in a County near Shennongjia. It was described as "the thing is like a woman, with hair, bare feet, no knees, walking in groups, and covering its shape when meeting people. It is called a savage.".

In modern times, that is, just a few years after the army of the cherry blossom country left the mainland, many army soldiers left near Shennongjia also claimed to have seen savages while patrolling in the mountains and forests. "

Jiang Leton said in his own tone: "unfortunately, at that time, because there were not enough camera equipment, no one could get a photo that really recorded the shape of the savage, which made the existence of Shennongjia savage a mystery for decades. With the increasing progress of science and technology in our country, everyone carried a mobile phone that could take pictures, No one claims to have seen savages in Shennongjia. "

Ruan Rongjian smiled: "it's true, let alone savages. With a camera phone, there are a lot less news about water monsters and UFOs."

"So we can guess that maybe there were such humanoid creatures as savages on the land of China, but later, the number of savages gradually decreased with unknown reasons. Finally, there were only a few left in the deep mountains and forests. This is the case of Shennongjia savages." Jiang Le said.

As soon as the guess came out, Zhou Hao and Ruan Rongjian immediately stared: "it's really not impossible. Do you say there are still living savages in Shennongjia?"

Jiang Le shook his head: "who knows? Think about President Wang. He has been looking for Shennongjia for more than 30 years, and he hasn't found any trace of the existence of Shennongjia savages. Maybe the savages have already died."

"Alas..." Zhou Hao sighed deeply.

There is an iron frame above the campfire. An iron pot full of soup is hung on the iron frame, which is just heated by the high temperature of the campfire.

A piece of solidified soup essence was placed in the iron pan. At this time, the essence of the soup had been melted for a long time, and it was melted into a pot of fragrant chicken soup.

After talking for so long, the four were already hungry. They immediately picked up their bowls and spoons and began to drink chicken soup from the iron pot.

A mouthful of chicken soup went into the throat, and the warm heat immediately poured into everyone's body. The warm feeling directly dissipated the cold in Shennongjia at night.

"Well..." Zhou Hao shouted, "comfortable."

"Although it is said that the savage thing is illusory, there must be a night watch mechanism today. Now there are 10 hours before tomorrow's sun rises. Each of us will get up and change shifts after sleeping for two and a half hours. Who will start first and who will be the last will be discussed now." Jiang Le said while drinking soup.

As an experienced outdoor adventure anchor, Jiang Le is well aware of the danger in the primeval forest at night. If there is no night watch, he may be killed by some wild beast at that time.

"I want the first." Li Daben raised his hand.

"Then I'm the second to last. Now I can't sleep." Zhou Hao smiled.

"I'll be the last to count. I'll go to bed early." Ruan Rongjian quickly ate the food in the bowl, then got up and sorted out his windproof sleeping bag. He directly went in and began to close his eyes and rest.

In the vigil, the first and last are the most comfortable, because there is no sense of fatigue after being interrupted by sleep. Jiang Le has no so-called priority for platoon. With his physical ability, he won't feel a trace of fatigue even if he stays up all night.

In the silent Shennongjia virgin forest, the long night began.