Above the gray fog

"Now that we're out, let's walk around first."

Lin Shan thought about it, picked up a stone from the ground, used the wooden door as a marking point, and walked deep into the forest.

"Shasha~"

The rustle of the wind blowing through the grass sounded all around. Lin Shan made marks as he walked. After walking a few hundred steps, he found a slightly empty place.

Looking back, I discovered that the house I lived in before was built under a big tree and attached to the roots of the tree.

The whole big tree is so big that it has no edge, and there are as many big trees like this in the whole forest as stars.

Lin Shan looked around and immediately gave up his plan to explore.

There can be no clues here.

Early the next morning.

Lin Shan got up early and sat in the yard.

In the yard, a cricket half as tall as a man lay quietly in the corner with two sharp arrows stuck in its body.

"Is this what Ender is hunting?"

"This is a cricket...it looks a bit like the animals in the gray mist world."

This big cricket didn't arouse Lin Shan's interest. In the gray fog for so many years, large creatures were really not uncommon.

Not to mention the crickets that are half a man tall, the ants that are as big as a hill are not that rare either.

"Are you awake? How is your recovery?" A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from not far away.

Lin Shan turned around.

It's that woman.

This woman looked to be in her thirties and slightly chubby. She was a little surprised when she saw Lin Shan in the yard.

"Thank you for your concern. I can get out of bed and walk now." Lin Shan said with a smile.

"How can you be so old-fashioned for a little kid?" The woman walked to the big cricket, "Since you have recovered now, if you want to continue living in my house, you must work. There is not much work every day. Hunting Ander Just dispose of the recovered prey.”

"It should, but I haven't done it before. Can you demonstrate it again?" Lin Shan nodded matter-of-factly.

After hearing Lin Shan's answer, the woman's face softened slightly. She brought two wooden stools from elsewhere and motioned for Lin Shan to sit opposite her.

He picked up the curled iron knife next to him and slashed hard at the cricket's limbs.

While handling the crickets, he forgot to teach, "These legs cannot be eaten. Even though this guy is big, there are actually very few places to eat. It is spring now, and we must save more food, because there are too many dangers in summer. We won’t go out for a season.”

"It would be great if you were older and could learn hunting from Ender Hunter. If there is not enough food, we can only eat leaves. If we keep eating leaves, we will die."

The woman's movements were very neat, and she dismembered a large cricket in just ten minutes. For such a large cricket, only less than ten kilograms of meat was cut out.

Although it was a little small, it was not a food shortage problem as the woman said.

Hunting such a cricket every day can save at least hundreds of kilograms of meat in a month.

"You wait here, I'll get the salt." The woman said, and walked into the house. When she came out, she had two salt grains the size of pigeon eggs in her hand.

"You can only put at most two grains of salt in a pot of meat like this. These salt grains are very precious. They can only be found in distant giants' homes and cannot be found in the forest." The woman crushed the salt grains and sprinkled them on the cricket meat. superior.

"Only giants have...what about these salts?"

"Well, we got it from the giant's house. We have to go there once a year." The woman didn't want to mention the giant.

At this time.

Ander walked out of the house. He glanced at Lin Shan, nodded slightly, and sat in the corner of the yard taking care of his hunting equipment.

An Qi slept until noon before waking up.

After lunch, Ender Hunter set out as usual to stock up on food for the summer.

The woman returned to her room and told Lin Shan not to run too far before leaving. It was very dangerous outside.

Lin Shan was sitting in the yard. He used Ander's whetstone to sharpen a fairly sharp stone dagger.

Although it is rough, it is at least better than using bare hands.

At noon, the sun reaches overhead.

An Qi quietly opened the door to the courtyard.

Lin Shan, who was sharpening his knife, stopped.

He tied the stone dagger around his waist with a hemp rope and followed An Qi.

In this unfamiliar jungle environment, it is impossible to complete the tracking in the movie.

He has never learned tracking skills. In the past, he would directly eliminate existences, which requires this kind of skills.

Lin Shan followed An Qi openly.

Outside the wooden door.

"Why are you following me?" An Qi stared at Lin Shan warily.

"I've seen it all." Lin Shan said quietly.

An Qi trembled and raised her voice slightly, "What did you see?"

"I saw..."

An Qi's whole body was tense.

Lin Shan lowered his voice, "I saw you meeting the giant."

Of course, it was impossible to actually see it. He guessed based on An Qi's words and performance that even if it wasn't a giant, it was something like a giant, otherwise An Qi wouldn't be hiding at home.

It doesn't matter if you guess wrong, but if you guess right... you win the jackpot.

An Qi immediately covered Lin Shan's mouth and said, "You are talking nonsense. There is no such thing as a giant."

"Then what are you going to do now?"

"I..."

"Anyway, don't follow me!" An Qi pushed Lin Shan away, turned around and ran into the house, obviously not planning to go out.

Lin Shan grabbed An Qi.

"I want to meet the giant."

An Qi was stunned, "Are you crazy? The giant will catch you and put you in a cage."

"There may be good giants in this world, right?" Lin Shan stared at An Qi and said seriously.

Angel was a little at a loss, "Do you... do you think there are good giants in this world?"

Lin Shan looked at her, "Don't you think so?"

"I..." Angel's eyes dodged. It was just a twelve-year-old kid in front of her, why did she speak as oppressively as her father...

"So, take me to meet your friend?" Lin Shan continued to approach.

"How did you know..."

"I followed you yesterday."

"You followed me!"

"I just went out for a walk, and I followed you all the way when I saw you go out." Lin Shan lied. In fact, he slept all afternoon yesterday.

But Lin Shan felt that he could easily deal with this little girl, even if it was a child's body now.

Now he can be sure that Angel really went out to meet the giant.

This is very interesting.

Will this giant be the next clue?

In order to prevent An Qi from asking too many questions and revealing the truth, Lin Shan urged, "Hurry up and leave, it's getting late. Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you. Besides, I just want to see the giant, you don't need to tell the giant that I followed you."

He can initially determine that An Qi is kind, but he cannot be sure that the giant An Qi saw is a good giant.

At An Qi's age, coupled with her growth environment, the giant may show a little kindness, and she will be fooled.

Let An Qi not expose him, even if the giant suddenly changes his face.

An Qi will not betray him, and he can get away with it.

As for the giant, he still needs to observe.