Helemis frowned and looked at him: [Do you have anything else to say? ]
Xue Amber: […]
He really couldn't expect any sympathy from Helemis, so he could only blink his blue eyes and hint timidly: "Hermes, your cave looks so beautiful and warm. Was it arranged by the prey?"
Mentioning Lin Kong, Helemis's expression seemed to ease a little. He looked into the distance, only to see the mountains hidden in the night, and the rain falling all over the sky, as if to wash away this chaotic world.
[Yes, he arranged it...]
Helemis suddenly disliked the word "prey" because among the Zerg, this word represents "vulnerability" and "death".
[His name is Lin Kong, I will always support him. ]
Xuebo's eyes flashed with surprise when she heard this, and the image of Helemis lying naked in Lin Kong's arms just now suddenly appeared in her mind: [Helemis, why are you so close to a prey? ]
Hearing this, Helemis tilted his head to look at him. Raindrops dripped down his pale and handsome face. His red eyes were exceptionally bright in the dark night, as if they had a hint of emotion that a beast shouldn't have: [Because...]
Helemis paused before saying, "Because it's too cold outside."
They really didn't say anything and didn't discuss anything.
There is a kind of white-ribbed grass in this dense forest. If you peel off the innermost white membrane and rub it, it can become a rope that is very flexible. The tribal insects will use it as belts when they make clothes with animal skins.
Lin Kong whispered to him: "What did you two talk about when you went out?"
“It’s actually snowing.”
Helemis had gone out hunting and had not returned, so Lin Kong could only roll up his sleeves and fend for himself. It was definitely not his turn to do heavy work like chopping trees, but he could still twist a few ropes.
"It's going to snow in a few days, so don't go out."
Lin Kong choked: "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I don't want to hear it yet."
Lin Kong kissed him with a half-smile: "For the last time."
But Lin Kong didn't like killing people, so even if he had to deliver a fatal blow, it would be on the bed.
Helemis said "hmm" lightly, took off his wet clothes and got on the bed. As expected, Lin Kong held him in his arms and wrapped him tightly in a quilt. The warmth quietly invaded his skin, so comfortable that he couldn't help but squint his eyes.
But he still hugged Helemis from behind, his fingertips gently circling his abdomen, and then moved up to his throat. This phenomenon was somewhat scary, because all the vulnerable parts of Helemis that could not be shown to others were exposed in front of Lin Kong, and if the latter wanted to kill him, he could give him a fatal blow at any time.
Helemis is just a sultry iceberg. Even though he likes someone very much, he still has to pretend to frown and glare every time. Isn't that tiring
Lin Kong hadn't slept yet, curled up in the quilt, leaning against the bed waiting for Helemis to come back. Seeing that the other party was soaked by the rain, he lifted a corner of the quilt and said, "Is it cold outside? Come up and warm up quickly."
The grass that Lin Kong had planted at the entrance of the cave was no longer enough to block the wind. Lin Kong gathered his simple animal skin clothes and wondered whether he should make a stone or wooden door, otherwise it would surely freeze into an ice stick at night.
No way.
Helemis felt a little itchy and moved his ears: [Nothing was said.]
The first snow in the mountains came faster than expected.
Lin Kong stretched out his hand to catch a few snowflakes, inevitably a little surprised. He always felt that he had only been here for a short time, but he didn't expect to witness snow.
On the day of the snowfall, Lin Kong was woken up by the cold in the morning. When the temperature drops to a certain level, it is obviously not a problem that can be blocked by a few bundles of firewood. He put on his clothes, put the hot red bead in his pocket, and wrapped himself in a layer of animal skin. Then he walked out of the door shivering, but saw that the wind was biting cold outside, heavy snow was falling from the sky, and a thick layer of snow had already fallen on the ground.
Lin Kong turned Helemis over and planned to try a new position. He was bored at home every day, so he could only study this. Helemis frowned and half-knelt beside the bed, then turned around and glared at Lin Kong: [I don't like this position.]
This sentence was a bit incoherent, and Xuepo didn't even understand it, but Helemis had already turned around and left, returning to the cave.
Lin Kong followed the direction he remembered and found a bunch of white grass in the bushes. He shook off the fallen snow on it. It was too cold to stay outside any longer, so he quickly turned around and went back to the cave.
When Helemis returned with a pile of prey, he saw Lin Kong sitting beside the fire, wearing a thick animal skin and twisting straw ropes. There was already a pile of straw ropes on the ground.
Helemis rarely sucked animals into jerky now, most of the time it was for Lin Kong. He threw the prey that had just died in his hand into the corner and glanced at the grass in Lin Kong's hand: [What are you doing? ]
Lin Kong: "Twist the rope. It's snowing now. It will probably get colder at night. Find a tree and cut it into wood chips. I'll tie them up with ropes and put them at the entrance of the cave to block the wind."
Helemis's mental power is a natural cheating device that can be condensed into various shapes and is sharper than a sword. Hearing this, he frowned slightly and stared at Lin Kong with dissatisfaction:
[You are too troublesome. ]
Having said that, Helemis turned around to chop down the tree. Not long after, Lin Kong heard a sound of heavy objects falling to the ground outside, followed by the sound of wood cracking. He quickly got up and walked to the cave entrance to check the situation.
Helemis found a big tree that required four people to hug it, and used his mental power to condense it into a blade. He cut off the head and tail, and split it vertically in the middle. Soon, a pile of wood chips was piled up at the entrance of the cave. He seemed to think it was not enough, and he also pulled a lot of big stones over from the air.
Lin Kong spoke up in time to stop them: "Enough, enough, just use wood, why are you moving so many big stones?"
Hearing this, Helemis took back his mental strength. Because he had been standing in the snow for too long, a thin layer of snow fell on his shoulders, which contrasted sharply with the black robe. [I am about to go into seclusion to practice. The entrance to the cave must be sealed, otherwise other beasts will break in.]
This news came unexpectedly. Lin Kong was stunned for a moment when he heard it: "Practice?! What practice?!"
Helemis didn't explain too much, just said: "I will practice for a long time this time. The remaining prey should be enough for you to survive this winter. The wooden board is not strong enough, just in case, I will seal the cave entrance with stones later."
Lin Kong felt uneasy for some reason: "Where are you going to practice?"
Helemis looked at Lin Kong with a puzzled look: [Of course it’s a cave.]
However, it was difficult for him to detect the movements outside when he was practicing. If some wild beast ignored the territory marks he set up and broke in, Lin Kong would be in danger.
The stone that Helemis found was large enough to block the cave entrance, leaving a gap on the right that was just big enough for Lin Kong to pass through sideways. When he was not going out, he would use wooden boards and animal skins to block the gap, which was between "quite safe" and "quite dangerous".
The safe thing is that the stone is indeed very solid, but the dangerous thing is that Lin Kong is worried that he will be trapped in the cave.
Lin Kong stroked his chin and thought: "What if this stone is accidentally pushed by someone from the outside? Wouldn't I be stuck inside the cave?"
Helemis closed his eyes and meditated on the stone bed. He had obviously thought about this question a long time ago: [There is food in the cave. You won't starve to death.]
Lin Kong still felt unsafe and asked worriedly, "Winter is so long, what if the food is gone and you haven't woken up yet?"
Helemis: [Impossible, unless I die.] Lin Kong subconsciously said: "What if you die?"
Hearing this, Helemis finally opened his eyes. He tilted his head slightly to look at Lin Kong, his red pupils reflecting the dancing flames, unable to hide his seriousness: [This way, the two of us can die together, isn't that good? ]
Lin Kong: “…”
Damn, he knew that nothing good could come out of this pervert's mouth.
Lin Kong's face twitched, and he smiled awkwardly: "Okay, of course, it's okay. It's my blessing to die with you in eight lifetimes."
Hearing this, Helemis's gaze softened for a moment. He suddenly said something in a low voice without a beginning or an end: [Lin Kong, wait until I wake up...]
Wait for you to wake up, then what
It seemed that the sentence was not finished, but Helemis had already closed his eyes and entered a state of meditation, and the tail sound gradually disappeared into the air.
He flipped his wrist, and countless blue light balls suddenly surged out from his body. They were the vitality accumulated over the years. These light balls rose and fell in the air, illuminating the cave with a dark blue that was even a little dazzling.
When Lin Kong realized what Helemis was going to do, his expression changed uncontrollably for a moment, and he stood up from the ground: "Helemis, are you crazy?! You will die if you absorb so much vitality at once!"
Lin Kong often watched Helemis practice. He could only absorb a thumb-sized energy ball at most at one time. If the ball was too big, he would probably explode and die. This was what Helemis said to Lin Kong in person.
Lin Kong rushed forward and wanted to stop him, but there seemed to be an invisible mental barrier around Helemis, which directly blocked him outside. Lin Kong was so anxious that he jumped up and down but it was of no use.
"Are you crazy? You don't have to do this if you want to die!"
"Heremis! Did you hear that?!"
Lin Kong was really afraid that Helemis was dead, and he was panicked and at a loss. He saw those blue light balls being absorbed into Helemis' body one after another. In desperation, he even kicked his mental barrier twice, but to no avail.
Helemis entered a closed state of training and could not hear any movement outside. The energies penetrated into his body one after another like crazy, and did not stop even when they reached the critical point, causing a tearing pain.
This action was tantamount to seeking death, but Helemis not only did not restrain himself, but instead swallowed all the remaining energy into his body. His face was painful, veins on his neck were bulging, and his mental power could not be controlled to leak out. Fortunately, it was locked inside by the barrier set up in advance, otherwise the entire cave would have exploded.
The Insect King is born with vast mental power, which is a genetic choice, but ordinary insects may not be without room for advancement.
Helemis had been trying to break through his mental strength since the first day he became a servant of the gods, but he was always cautious and didn't want to become the target of the Insect King, so he kept a low profile. But the situation was different now. Helemis had a premonition that if they couldn't save themselves by the beginning of next spring, they would definitely be devoured by the Insect King.
If he succeeds, he will have a fighting chance. If he fails, the worst that can happen is death.
But Helemis never thought about the second consequence. He was the "excellent" in the survival of the fittest, the "fit" in the survival of the fittest. He was cruel enough, so he would be the one who survived in the end.
One day passed, two days passed, three days passed...
Helemis sat motionless on the stone bed, without making any movement. Perhaps, as he said, this training would take a very long time. There were several times when Lin Kong thought Helemis was going to die. His skin was abnormally red, and his veins were bulging as if they were about to burst, so he didn't even dare to get close to him.
Those energies roamed wildly in Helemis' body, widening the spiritual threads in his mind more than ten times, as if a sharp knife was desperately stirring his brain, mixing it into a mess.
Lin Kong wanted to sneak away countless times.
He was not a fool. He could feel that the manic mental power around Helemis was like a balloon that was getting bigger and bigger. Sooner or later, it would explode with a "bang". Even the mental barrier was weakened a little.
Hermes was seeking death, why should he accompany him
Lin Kong thought so every time, but after he left the cave, he walked around in the dense forest and came back. He stared at Helemis who was practicing on the stone bed with a complicated expression. In the end, he couldn't bear to leave him here alone.
never mind.
never mind…
At that moment, these two words suddenly emerged in Lin Kong's mind. He didn't know what these two words meant. He just spread a piece of animal skin in the corner of the cave and slept on it. Every day, apart from eating and drinking water, he observed Helemis' reaction.
Of the two mobile phones he had left, one had run out of battery, and he didn't know how long the other one could last. Lin Kong kept it in his arms to prevent it from freezing in this extremely cold weather, and he would take it out and fiddle with it from time to time.
This was his last thought, as if only at this moment could Lin Kong remember that he was a modern man.
The snow in the dense forest is getting thicker and thicker, and the firewood and food in the cave are also decreasing, but it should not be a problem to survive until next spring.
Lin Kong had nothing to do, so he found a sharp stone and carved a mark on the cave wall to calculate the time. One "正" character represented five days. In the end, he couldn't count how many "正" characters he had carved. Only a messy and mottled trace was left on the stone wall, and Lin Kong's slightly annoyed graffiti message.
"He Le Mi Si is a big pervert!"
Lin Kong didn't know what the characters in Helemis' name were, so he could only write a few homophonic characters and then drew a sullen face at the end.
He got angry and cursed, calling people "bugs" and "lunatics", but after he calmed down, he felt a little regretful.
Hermes was actually very nice to him, and he shouldn't have scolded him like that.
But the engraved marks could not be erased, so Lin Kong could only write some things again. He didn't know why he came to this time and space, nor did he know why he would die in the future, but people leave their names behind and wild geese leave their voices behind, so there will always be some traces left behind.
The sharp stone rubbed against the rock wall several times before finally showing traces, which were all praises of Helemis. Lin Kong became happy again as he watched, and finally found the beast claws he usually used to cut meat and used force to deepen it.
Perhaps many years later, these marks on the stone wall will be eroded by time and disappear, but if he carves deeper, maybe they can remain for a long time.
He is a human being.
He came to a lost land...
At that time, the city had not yet been built, and everything was still surrounded by mountains and no one had ever set foot there.
Later he met a Zerg, and they both wanted to tame each other.
They may not be born at the same time, but they will definitely die together in the future.
Because the Zerg always said he would eat him.
Lin Kong paused here, stared at the words on the stone wall, and bit his fingertips with a smile: But this stupid bug doesn't know yet, he has been eaten up by me a long time ago.
(End of this chapter)