The grass was deep in some places and shallow in others, and there was a clear white fog everywhere, as if even the midday sun could not penetrate this white haze that was formed out of nowhere.
Tuoba Lan was walking slowly beside Lu Ming. Just now, he accidentally fell into the swamp and nearly died. Fortunately, the madman reached out and pulled him up. Tuoba Lan became more careful and followed the madman closely. His whole body was covered with mud and water, and he didn't care at all.
Huh? Lu Ming suddenly stopped. He could only see a few dozen steps away. Faintly, there was a dark thing stuck in the swamp in front of him on the left.
“Go this way…” Lu Ming waded slowly through the muddy grass. If his feet felt weak, he would not be able to walk, so he took every step very slowly.
"Oh, yak..." The black thing stuck in the swamp turned out to be a wild buffalo similar to a yak. It has its own name in this world, but in Lu Ming's mind it was automatically transformed into a yak.
At this time, the yak seemed to have given up struggling. It didn't even moan. Only half of its body was exposed, and it was quietly waiting for death.
Lu Ming sighed softly, and suddenly remembered a documentary he had watched in his previous life. There was a bison stuck in a mud swamp, and a lion came over and started eating it from its exposed butt. He didn't know what a cruel torture it was to be eaten alive like this.
I thought at that time that if I were there, I would definitely save the bison. It’s not that I would interfere with nature, but I think it would be too cruel.
When wild animals hunt, they usually bite their prey to death and then eat it alive. Hyenas are one of them, but this should be just their way of hunting. Judging from their size and the size of their prey, it is indeed more efficient to bite the fragile anus first when hunting prey. But hyenas do not intentionally torture their prey.
The only primates that torture their prey intentionally are primates, and the most representative animal is the baboon. Many baboons take pleasure in torturing their prey. For example, they will catch a fawn and deliberately tease it on a rock that the mother deer cannot reach, wanting to eat it but not wanting to, and teasing the mother as if they were going to let the fawn go. Finally, they will eat the fawn alive in front of the mother, literally breaking the fawn's legs while it's still alive, and chewing it while the fawn screams. The poor mother deer can only watch from under the rock.
Primates are very smart. This is not their instinctive behavior, but they really enjoy the pleasure of abusing and torturing their prey.
So, if we talk about the most cruel animals, it must be primates.
Humans were originally the most fearful, but fortunately, humans developed civilization, a sense of morality, and a legal system.
Lu Ming sighed in his heart and slowly and tentatively waded through the water to get closer to the yak.
"What are you doing?" Tuoba Lan exclaimed from behind.
"Let me see if I can rescue it." Lu Ming said as he stood still. If he moved forward, the grass he was stepping on would feel very loose.
Two or three steps ahead, there was a muddy pit with a mess of floating grass. When the yak first fell into it, it must have struggled for a long time, and now it was probably completely exhausted.
Lu Ming looked around and happened to see a tree. He then took out a rope from his bag, which was necessary to cross the grassland swamp area.
Tuoba Lan was standing nearby, watching in shock as the madman tied the rope to the tree. The other end was not used to tie the yak, but was held in the madman's hand. Then, the madman slowly walked to the side of the yak in the swamp, his body slowly sinking, as if he was doing it on purpose, struggling and gradually submerging.
Then, the mud around the yak suddenly began to stir and fly around.
With a loud roar of "Hey", a black shadow suddenly emerged from the mud and water. It turned out to be the yak's front hoof being carried out.
The yak seemed to suddenly come to life. Its front legs were no longer restrained and it began to struggle immediately. Then it moved a few steps as if being pushed by something under the swamp, and its front legs finally rested on a relatively solid layer of soil.
Tuoba Lan subconsciously wanted to help, but then he realized that he could not help at all.
"Hey!" Another roar.
But the madman suddenly appeared under the yak, and took a few steps forward as if carrying the yak. The yak's hind legs finally broke free from the swamp, and the madman crawled out of the swamp together with the yak, and then fell to the ground together. At the same time, the tree that had been bent suddenly rose up from the roots and slowly tilted to the ground.
After all, the roots of the trees next to the swamp could not be very strong, and they were almost uprooted by the force.
Tuoba Lan stared at the scene in amazement. This madman was even stronger than an ox. It was unbelievable.
Lu Ming had already fallen to the ground, gasping for breath. His throat felt a little sweet, and he no longer cared about the black mud all over his body.
…
The yak named "Xiao Hei" by Lu Ming actually lives in the marsh grassland. Its limbs are relatively large and its body is short and thick, like a boat. Living in a watery environment for a long time, it is very good at swimming and can easily cross a river. Moreover, its body shape can float like a boat when crossing the grassland swamp, and it can slowly cross the swamp surface; if it sinks deep, it will automatically stop moving forward and find a new way.
In fact, I don’t know how it fell into the swamp. Maybe it was frightened.
With Xiao Hei leading the way, the two walked much faster.
Xiao Hei is very human-like. He knows that it was Lu Ming who saved him, and he is very close to Lu Ming.
Sometimes, you can even see artillery pieces stuck in the swamp.
It is easy to imagine that these were the baggage left behind by the remnants of Chen Xingchang and Ma Quanyou, and there must have been quite a few soldiers swallowed by the swamp.
"Well, go ahead!"
There were aquatic plants all ahead, and Xiao Hei swam in excitedly, leaving only his back exposed. He turned his head as if signaling Lu Ming to sit on it.
Three days later, the white fog had become very thin, and we would probably be out of the smog area soon.
Lu Ming pointed at Xiao Hei's back and signaled Tuoba Lan.
Tuoba Lan was stunned. He was becoming more and more confused about what kind of person this madman was.
Saving the cow could be said to be for the sake of strength to cross the swamp, but after rescuing the yak, the madman recovered a little strength and went to straighten the tree that he had pulled down and replanted it with soil.
He is simply a saint.
"Come on!" Lu Ming came over, gently held her armpits with both hands and placed her on Xiao Hei.
During these three days, Tuoba Lan got used to it and was often carried around by him like a chicken.
In this foggy and quagmire, every step is frightening and you may lose your life at any time. There is no time to think too much.
However, when the dazzling sunlight finally shone down and fell on the two of them, Tuoba Lan couldn't help but let out a slight exclamation.
The river was full of mud, and it seemed as if the eastern half of the river was shrouded in haze. Sunlight gradually appeared in the middle of the river, and by the west bank, the sky was clear and the sun was high in the sky.
Tuoba Lan and Lu Ming were both covered in mud, like mud men wrapped in mud. However, the muddy clothes were clung to their skin, revealing their curves. Tuoba Lan realized this and couldn't help but exclaimed.
But then I saw that this madman also had a huge chest, like a woman with a good figure, and I couldn't help but laugh.
…
Vast desert hills.
Behind a mound, Lu Ming and Tuoba Lan sat on the ground, while Xiao Hei was leisurely nibbling on the extremely sparse wasteland vegetation nearby.
The water on the west bank of the river was a little clearer. The two took turns washing in it, but they washed with their clothes on, after all, they did not bring any spare clothes. At this time, Lu Ming's clothes were almost dry.
Tuoba Lan was wrapped in a green raincoat, so the clothes naturally dried slowly. But without the raincoat to cover her, the clothes that had been tossed around in the mud for several days would be soaked again after being washed off, and would naturally expose her.
Tuoba Lan looked at this madman with increasingly strange eyes.
The raincoat was given to her by the madman, and the marching bag was the only thing the madman carried with him.
However, the marching bags of the Montenegrin regular army are truly amazing.
Take food for example. Since entering the swamp, we have been eating the food in our marching bags, a kind of very unpalatable biscuits and chocolate bars that are too hard to chew. But I have to say that these foods are very helpful in replenishing physical strength.
The packaging is also very moisture-proof. Even if the backpack falls into water, it has no effect on the food.
"Can you change back into men's clothes?" Tuoba Lan said helplessly, "I, I feel a little uncomfortable. There should be no pursuers here."
Hmm? Lu Ming understood and coughed, "Actually, this is all true..." He pointed to his chest.
Indeed, this body has been temporarily modified, and if it is stripped naked, it is no different from a woman's upper body.
"What?" Tuoba Lan was stunned. When this madman attempted to rape her, she was filled with grief and panic, and she didn't pay attention to the condition of his chest.
It's very strange, but now when I think of that night, I don't seem to be so angry anymore. After more than ten days of living together, especially the three days in the smog and mud, I depended on this madman for survival, went through all the hardships, and the only person we relied on was each other. My mood changed inexplicably.
But this madman suddenly said something shocking: Was this woman's body born like this
"Are you kidding me?" Tuoba Lan's face was full of disbelief.
Lu Ming sighed, "Actually, if I think about it, it's fine for me to dress like this, as a woman. In this way, we can travel a long distance together, so that the Khan won't have any grudges. Even if you don't want me to die, I'm afraid I will have to die too."
Tuoba Lan thought about it and it made sense, but then she was stunned. She frowned and stared at Lu Ming: "What are you planning? You are obviously a man!" As she spoke, her face became slightly hot, and her beautiful eyes stared at Lu Ming, and she became angry again.
Thinking back to that night, this guy was clearly a man, but I accidentally touched something that was not human. It was really scary.
Lu Ming coughed and said, "It's true that I'm a man at heart, but my upper body looks like this, really. If you don't believe me, just look!" As he said that, he unbuttoned his shirt and exposed his upper body to Tuoba Lan.
Tuoba Lan turned his head quickly, but he could see it clearly out of the corner of his eye. It was indeed the woman standing proudly, with natural perfection, an absolutely stunning figure that could rival his own.
"Put it on quickly, put it on quickly!" Tuoba Lan said randomly, his mind confused. He had heard of such perverts, but he didn't expect to meet one himself.
Lu Ming sighed softly at this time, "I have been like this since I was a child. In fact, I have always wanted to be a woman since I was a child. Perhaps this is a good thing. I can be the person I want to be."
Tuoba Lan was well-read and knew that this kind of shemale was actually a woman at heart, but she was very pitiful because she could not get the identity recognition she hoped for in her entire life.
Perhaps this is the reason why this madman behaved so strangely.
He is obviously a very kind and compassionate person who can risk his life to save a cow in the swamp and even replant the trees he knocked down.
But he was violent and bloodthirsty on weekdays, and even liked to rape women. I heard that he had been punished a long time ago, and he was doing meritorious service while serving his sentence, and he was trying to violate me, which was a crime on top of a crime.
Over there, Lu Ming sighed softly, "I've made up my mind. From now on, I'll be called Wang Dahua. From the day I was born, I've been a woman. What do you say?"
Tuoba Lan looked at him with pity in her beautiful eyes, and finally nodded gently: "Okay, you are the sister of the border tribe that I have known for a long time, but we have never met again after I got married. It was not until the southerners invaded the grassland that you followed me again and helped me escape from the tiger's mouth."
Lu Ming felt a little guilty when he heard her soft and sympathetic voice, but in order to pacify the Northern Territory as quickly as possible, what was wrong with pretending to be a woman and deceiving the enemy
He pondered and said, "We need to think more about how we escaped."
Tuoba Lan nodded slightly.