vrcanaries Chapter 53 A New Neighbor
Chapter 53 A New Neighbor
There is warmth and tenderness inside the cave, but it is extremely cold outside.
Li Mingsheng didn't know at this time that an uninvited neighbor had come to their cave. The neighbor first stayed under the stone platform of their cave for a few days, and then moved closer and closer, going deep into their platform, which was the entrance of the cave, and was only separated from them by a stone wall.
It was because they had hardly gone out these days, and had hardly even opened the cave door, that they didn't know that something was already outside the cave, ready to break in.
Some of the white snow floated onto the neighbor on the stone platform at the entrance of the cave. After a while, his body was covered with snowflakes, as if white paint had been smeared on the black canvas, making the black and white clearly visible.
Li Mingsheng was preparing to go out of the cave and patrol the surroundings, and then spread some of the advanced version of stinky grass that they picked after entering Wugui Mountain. The grass that was spread a few days ago had been covered by wind and snow, and its effectiveness was far less than when it was just spread.
"Put on your hat, it's cold outside!" Yanli was wearing a fur blanket. Seeing Li Mingsheng was about to go out, she told him to put on his hat. It was cold outside, so he had to keep warm.
Ever since Li Mingsheng had educated him about colds and flu, Yanli had been paying extra attention to them.
"Okay!" Li Mingsheng chuckled and took out the animal skin hat he had made a few days ago from the small wooden cabinet he had made before. Because it was made of two pieces of leather sewn together, and the fur of the long-eared animal was used, it was soft inside and out and very warm.
After getting dressed, Li Mingsheng opened the cave door that had not been opened for a long time. Some of the snow and wind outside drifted onto the platform, which was already covered with a thin layer of snow. Li Mingsheng stepped on it, leaving footprints one by one.
The animal-skin boots on his body had been thickened with tree bark and linen, so his feet wouldn't feel cold when he stepped on them.
Looking outside the cave he had not seen for a long time, Li Mingsheng stepped on the platform and planned to shovel the snow on the platform when he came back from spreading the stinky grass.
As soon as he came out completely, he saw a huge stone staircase in the corner of the cave entrance, covered by snow. Li Mingsheng was a little puzzled because he didn't remember there was a stone staircase here.
Thinking of this, he decided to get closer and take a closer look. As soon as he got closer, he found that the thing on the ground was actually breathing. Although it was weak, it was indeed a living thing. He retreated repeatedly as if facing a great enemy.
He also took out a bone knife from his waist, and the thing on the ground seemed to be disturbed from hibernation and woke up. It crawled up and shook off the snow on its body. Li Mingsheng was blinded by the snow shaken by the other party.
He stepped back unconsciously and bumped into the shelf on the platform, which fell over. Yanli was in the cave and had been drowsy from the fire, but he woke up immediately when he heard the noise.
He tore off the animal skin he was wearing, grabbed a fur cape made for him by Li Mingsheng from the bed, put it on, casually put on a pair of shoes, and rushed out the door, shouting "Brother Li, what happened?"
When he walked out of the cave, he saw Li Mingsheng and a black bear beast staring at each other. Neither side made any move. Li Mingsheng held the bone knife between him and the black bear beast. The black bear beast opposite was tilting its head and staring at Li Mingsheng and Yanli.
"How come there is an additional eight-star beast?" Yanli came out and saw this scene. His nerves tensed up and he asked while being wary of the black bear's movements.
Li Mingsheng: "I don't know either. I saw it lying outside when I came out this morning. It must have been here for a few days."
Hearing Li Mingsheng's words, Yanli widened his eyes. It seemed that he was too greedy for enjoyment. In this dangerous Wugui Mountain, he actually gradually neglected the most important sense of crisis. This was absolutely not allowed in the past.
The strange beast had been lying on a platform separated from them by a stone wall for several days, but he didn't even know about it. It might be because after entering Wugui Mountain, there were no high-level strange beasts around the cave, which made him let down his guard.
Not only Yanli felt this way, Li Mingsheng also felt bad. He had put himself and Yanli in danger for several days in a row without realizing it. This was his dereliction of duty.
The black bear beast on the opposite side had no intention of attacking them. Instead, it opened its mouth and roared at Li Mingsheng.
Li Mingsheng looked at this familiar movement and felt it was very familiar, as if he had seen it before the snow season.
"It's the one that took away the body of the ostrich!" Li Mingsheng turned and said to Yanli.
This was really an accident. Li Mingsheng had a premonition that they would meet again, but he didn't expect that they would meet again at the entrance of their cave so soon.
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Yanli looked at the one opposite and found that it was indeed very similar to the black bear beast they had encountered twice before. This should be the third time.
Yanli: "It's not like it's attached to us! Why don't we kill it!"
Yanli's sudden fierce look, coupled with the murderous intent in his body, made the black bear beast on the opposite side a little agitated. It patted its chest with its fist and became impatient towards Limingsheng's barking.
Li Mingsheng stopped Yanli and said, "No need, we can just drive it away!"
Looking into the eyes of the black bear beast, Li Mingsheng somehow remembered the black puppy at home when he was a child in his previous life and was still by his master's side.
Yanli was persuaded, and the two of them each picked up a long stick from the side and poked the black bear's belly, trying to drive it away. The black bear was also very smart and just sat on the ground without moving.
Seeing that the black bear beast did not move, Yanli waved the bone knife to scare it, but the black bear beast was unmoved and actually lay down directly, looking like a rogue.
Looking at the other party throwing a tantrum, Li Mingsheng felt helpless. It seemed that he was really being blamed.
Yanli saw this scene and wanted to take action directly, so Limingsheng had to stop him and let Yanli go into the cave first, and he would deal with it. After Yanli went in, he called the black bear beast to go to the river for a patrol. During the trip, Limingsheng even chiseled a hole in the ice on the river and caught a few big fish.
The black bear was also quite human-like. He just sat on the ice and occasionally stretched out his paws to help.
"What's your name?" Although Li Mingsheng was asking the black bear beast, he knew that the other party could not speak, so he muttered to himself and gave the strange beast a name.
"How about you call yourself Xingxing?" Li Mingsheng made the final decision, and the black bear beast was named Xingxing from then on.
In the country of China where Li Ming lived before his death, giving a name to someone who is not of the same race is a sacred thing, which symbolizes that from now on, you need to accept the other person and treat him or her like a family member.
"Why is it so dirty?" Li Mingsheng looked at Xingxing's fur, which was all dirty and stuck together. He couldn't bear it, so he pressed him to the snow and started rubbing the snow on him.
After rubbing, Xingxing felt like a terrible pain and lay limp in the snow, as if he had just been tortured.
Li Mingsheng was also very tired, but fortunately, although the bear Xingxing didn't like him rubbing it with snow and resisted slightly, he kept his claws retracted and did not hurt Li Mingsheng.