Qi Guang returned to the playground in the university town.
That is the football field of Shanghai University of Technology. They used to play football games here.
It seems like it happened a lifetime ago.
The strong smell of blood lingered at his nose, and the pain hit his shaky nerves heavily.
There was darkness before my eyes, a scarlet black, and my ears were buzzing. All sounds were fragmented like radio waves with poor signal.
But he could still feel it.
His consciousness was as clear as a last glimmer of light, so clear that he could feel the contact surface between each piece of his flesh and bones and the air. The so-called pieces of flesh and bones scattered within the five square meters seemed unusually vivid in the pitch-black field of vision.
The flesh squirmed weakly but resolutely, and the touch of the exposed flesh rubbing against the ground was eerily vivid. The tiniest grains of sand were magnified tens of thousands of times in his senses, bringing him intense pain that made him spasm and twitch.
The scattered pieces of flesh attracted each other to form slightly larger aggregates, and the pieces of flesh wrapped around the broken bones, which were pieced together bit by bit under the traction of the flesh and blood.
If I really have to describe that feeling, perhaps the prisoners who were executed by slow slicing died more comfortably than him.
Whether it was a trance or an interstellar experience, everything was just a fantasy created by his consciousness to escape from the pain.
The dream awakens...
Does it mean that he is going to die
In his blurred and confused consciousness, in his vision painted in scarlet and black, Qi Guang vaguely saw wings spreading.
Well, it’s still black.
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In Qi Guang's adobe house, on the cold earthen kang, the wet little chick lay exhaustedly beside Qi Guang's pillow.
His small black eyes, which were too tired to open, looked at Qi Guang's face gradually turning rosy, he breathed a sigh of relief, and lost consciousness.
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Heath noticed something was wrong with his owner very early on.
On the surface, his owner Yuying didn't change much from usual, but Heath had nothing to do every day except looking at the chicks that were trying hard to grow up. After spending some time with him, it was obvious that something was wrong.
The biggest change is the amount of food put into the food bowl. Yuying is very strict with the food. She measures the amount of food she eats every day and the amount of food she feeds to the chicks, all of which is accurate to the amount of a kernel of corn. She never puts too much food in the bowl due to a shake of her hand.
But these days, more food was put into the food bowl than usual, and almost every day one could taste a little meat - corn paste cooked in broth or three or five small pieces of meat or shredded meat, depending on the size of the prey caught in the trap. The big ones would be eaten as meat, and the small ones would be drunk as broth.
If Heath hadn't been able to tell from Yuying's expression that he was certain that his status had been upgraded to that of a pet, he would have thought that Yuying was finally going to kill him and make soup with him.
After a few days of such good food and drink, there was one day when the feeding was particularly large.
It was not just a matter of shaking hands that he put in too much, but he simply put in a bag of food, which was full of golden corn kernels, enough for Heath to eat for half a month with his current appetite.
A lot of water was also put in the chicken coop. In the past, in order to prevent him from drinking water and wetting the bedding, Yuying would not put too much water in the chicken coop. She would just change it frequently every day to ensure that he had enough drinking water.
But this time, Yuying replaced the small bowl for drinking water with an automatic drinking water device - the sophistication of the device seemed to be of the same origin as those things that appeared out of thin air.
The device was filled with a large bottle of water, and there was a small water bowl connected underneath. When the water in the bowl was finished, the water in the bottle would automatically flow out, ensuring that he had water to drink without having to change the water every day.
This is about the amount that can be consumed for ten days or half a month.
Something must be wrong.
Heath followed Yuying closely, staring at her and observing every slightest change in her, but he could not find any clues from her expressionless face. Instead, he was carried into the chicken coop by Yuying not long after.
"Be good." Yuying patted his head with a gentle tone.
Heath rubbed Yuying's palm and shamelessly chirped and asked Yuying to rub his feathers again.
For the feather system, combing feathers is an intimate and special thing. Having his feathers combed by his early-season partner makes Heath very satisfied both physically and mentally.
Moreover, furry little animals can relieve the mental stress of humans and have many positive effects on their bodies.
This is a conclusion certified by interstellar authority.
Heath took this opportunity to observe Yuying more carefully from a close distance, and his little pointed beak chirped as he caught the scent emanating from Yuying's body.
He could smell that the scent on Yuying had changed. The cold incense smoke was mixed with a special smell, so faint that it was hard to say whether it was pleasant or unpleasant, and it was hard to tell whether it was sour, sweet, bitter or spicy. It only indicated that the owner of this scent was indeed preparing for something important.
It was a solemn mood, as if fighting for one's life.
Heath watched Yuying pack up her things, wrap herself in the quilt and lie down to rest earlier than usual.
He stared at the movement on the bed—Yuying had locked the chicken coop when she brought him in. Although it was not a difficult lock to open, it meant that Yuying did not welcome the little chicken to climb onto the bed today.
Heath didn't sleep all night, ready to pry open the lock and rush out to deal with any special situation.
Nothing happened overnight.
However, the next day, until noon, the sunlight filtered in through the cracks in the window, but the people lying in bed showed no intention of getting up.
—This is definitely not right.
Heath was alert.
It would not be normal for a person who wakes up at dawn every day even if he wakes up half an hour late.
Heath grasped the edge of the chicken coop and looked at the movement on the bed, but he could only see a tightly wrapped roll.
After waiting for another five seconds, Heath thought he couldn't wait any longer, so he opened the lock with his mouth, climbed out of the chicken coop, and climbed onto Yuying's earthen kang.
Heath stretched his neck to look in Yuying's direction, and the next second his small black eyes narrowed and made a slightly sharp "chirp" sound.
—Yuying was curled up in the quilt, her eyes closed and her brows furrowed, her face pale and her forehead covered in cold sweat, her body shaking and convulsing.
He opened his mouth, but no sound came out, even his breathing was barely audible.
!!!!
Heath rolled over to Yuying and touched her cheek with his wings.
Yuying's face was pale as a bloodless white, but when he touched her he could feel the heat through her feathers, as if there was a fire burning under her skin. When he touched Yuying lightly she made a painful "cuckoo" sound as if she was suffocating, and he immediately retracted his wings.
Are you sick
The first thing Heath thought of was illness. Human bodies are fragile and it is easy for them to get sick in the wild.
The second thing that came to his mind was that something had gone wrong with the secret of Yuying that he didn't know about, which caused Yuying to be so painful and weak that she seemed like she would die in the next second.
When Heath thought of the word death, he couldn't help but panic.
Forgive him for being an immature, underage feathered person who has shrunk into a chick due to atavism, and has an attachment and impulse to his first-season object that comes from blood instinct.
The feelings during the early flood season are always the deepest and purest. Those who miss the early flood season may never fall in love again in their entire life.
Heath racked his brains thinking about how to relieve Yuying's pain at this moment. The scalding body temperature made him feel as if Yuying would burn up.
First...cool down first!
In panic, a flash of inspiration came to Heath's head. He quickly rolled off the bed with his short legs. Regardless of the pain on his butt, he jumped up and picked up the small piece of sheepskin that Yuying had hung on the shelf, and took it to the cold bucket of water outside the door to soak it.
After the sheepskin was soaked and cooled, Heath took out the sheepskin and squeezed out the excess water with his claws. Then he struggled to drag the sheepskin, which was a circle larger than himself, onto the bed. He fell down several times because of his short wings and short legs.
By the time Heath put the wet sheepskin on Yuying's hot forehead, he was so tired that he collapsed into a heap, panting heavily. But in a few seconds, the sheepskin became dry, hard and hot due to Yuying's body temperature, making him roll into a ball again, jump off the bed, soak the sheepskin, and drag it back to change Yuying's clothes.
He is now only as tall as Yuying's knees. Every time he can't climb up the bed with the sheepskin in his mouth, or the sheepskin is so wet that he can't dry it by himself, Heath misses his tall stature with long arms and legs.
Even if he was only allowed to change into human form, he could twist the sheepskin into small pieces with his hands, and he could pick up a bowl of water to moisten Yuying's lips that were cracked and bleeding.
Heath flapped his wings unwillingly, feeling anxious, angry and useless. What scared him the most was that Yuying's body temperature was rising instead of falling, and her condition was worse than before.
He could smell the cold, sour and bitter scent emanating from Yuying, but he had to get very close to smell it.
The smell made people feel as if their bones were frozen, which meant that Yuying was in extreme pain at this moment, so much pain that it covered up the faint smell of burning incense.
A few minutes later, Yuying began to bleed.
Red dripped out from the corners of his eyes, nose and ears.
The red color made Heath's eyes ache and swell, and he clenched his sharp beak to stop himself from crying.
They are now isolated and helpless, and Yuying can only rely on him.
Heath held the sheepskin in his mouth and tried to wipe the blood off Yuying's face, but his round body was too clumsy and he ended up smearing blood all over Yuying's face. He couldn't stand steadily and almost fell on Yuying.
No, don’t cry!
Heath clenched his beak and climbed up again. The down feathers on his body were wet and stuck to his body from repeatedly soaking the sheepskin. The feathers were stained with mud on the ground, and his little beak was covered with mud. He was shivering in the cold in the drafty house.
Feather males have a sense of mission to carry the entire family in their bones. Although Heath is not yet an adult, the arrival of the early flood season allows him to mature faster in all aspects.
Hold on! Hold on!
Heath flapped his wings until they were cramped and he couldn't lift them up. He couldn't even count how many times he ran back and forth.
He wiped the blood off Yuying's face. The sheepskin on Yuying's forehead was always cool and did not drip water.
Perhaps Yuying realized in advance that something was wrong with her body, so she prepared food and drinking water by her bed, saving Heath the energy of carrying food and water back and forth.
Heath washed the wings clean, dipped them in water and gently rubbed them on Yuying's lips.
Fortunately, people still have the instinctive swallowing reaction without being conscious, and perhaps because she was too thirsty, Yuying unconsciously leaned over to lick the water on Heath's wings when her lips were wet.
If he had hands, he could pick up the bowl of water and feed Yuying water.
But now he could only dip his wings in water, and let Yuying lick the water accumulated in the down feathers bit by bit to quench her thirst.
Heath was a little annoyed. He wondered for the umpteenth time today why he couldn't grow faster and faster so that he could be a reliable and useful male when Yuying needed help, instead of being this little chicken who could do nothing.
He was busy until the next morning, when the fever in Yuying's body finally showed signs of subsiding.
His tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and his face looked a little more red.
Only then did Heath realize that his whole body was aching as if all the bones were falling apart. He was tired, cold and hungry as if he was hollowed out. He didn't have the strength to move and lay down beside Yuying's pillow, his blank mind still thinking about the fact that Yuying was unconscious.
Move... I can't move...
Is the wing broken again
The little chick struggled and kicked its claws. The world in front of its eyes was spinning upside down. Its bright black eyes were covered with a layer of grayish film.
He, he can continue...
Protect…
Yuying...
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The consciousness was finally completely wiped out, and only the body's instinct supported the movement.
A little bit, a little bit further.
Until one moment, something reached a critical point, and the muddy, wet down began to fade away suddenly.
Heath could feel his body twisting and deforming, and something stained with blood and pain was spreading out from within his body.
Pure black bone spurs protruded from his back, the periosteum composed of tiny scales between the bones was stained with blood, and the fine gray-black down feathers were mottled.
A young man in human form crawled out from the bird's cocoon.
The author has something to say: He has become a human! Applause!
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