Taming beasts starts with raising cats

"We are neighbors next door, living on the same floor, and we may have met each other sometimes."

"We are all planning to discuss exploring the area together to see if we can find food. Everyone has limited food at home, and it will run out one day."

"We understand your concerns, but it's better to have more people than one person in this situation, right? Let's discuss it in 7-4. If you change your mind, you are welcome to come to room 7-4 to find us at any time. We are all from Earth, and we are all fellow countrymen after traveling abroad."

The person outside the house said.

Bai Ye said nothing. The voice outside the door was indeed from the neighbor, but he was not familiar with the neighbors and did not know what kind of people they were.

He was hesitating and struggling.

He didn't know whether to open the door or join them.

Until the footsteps gradually faded away,

it was indeed like what the person outside the door said,

it was indeed safer to have more people to stick together in a sense.

Moreover, Bai Ye himself did not know much about wilderness survival,

and he did not know much about how to find food in the wild.

Bai Ye couldn't help but think of the giant birds that fell from the sky.

His eyes flickered, and he finally made up his mind.

However, he did not immediately go to the room 7-4 that the neighbor mentioned.

Instead, he first found all the things in the house that could be used as weapons.

The scissors bought from the supermarket for 5 yuan, which were usually used to open express packages; the kitchen knife in the kitchen; and the fruit knife in the drawer of the coffee table in the living room. Bai Ye doubted whether the thin blade could pierce the thick fur of the beast.

Fortunately, in order to save trouble, Bai Ye bought a kitchen knife of good quality, which was quite heavy in the palm of his hand.

The heavy kitchen knife felt safer in his hand than the light fruit knife.

He put on several thick layers inside his down jacket,

and wrapped books with tape as "plate armor".

After sorting it out, Bai Ye took out four candles from the drawer.

This thing is used less and less.

But Bai Ye thought of the pine forest outside the building.

The pine resin can be used as fuel for lighting, and it can also be used to light a fire for heating.

In comparison, the only lighter in the house is more valuable.

Hide the key in a secret place on your body.

Bai Ye lit a candle, took a small bowl, and then fixed the candle in the bowl with the candle wax, and walked out of the house with the bowl.

The corridor was empty.

Bai Ye lived in room 7-10, at this end, and 7-4 was in the other direction of the residential building.

When passing by 7-8,

a burst of rapid dog barking suddenly came from room 7-8.

Through a door,

Bai Ye could feel that the owner of the sound was behind the door.

Under the candlelight, the black door of 7-8 was shining with a faint luster, and Bai Ye retracted his gaze.

He came to 7-4 and knocked on the door three times. Soon footsteps came and the door opened.

It was a woman who looked a little old and dressed in red who opened the door.

The light of the candle shone on the woman's face.

Some high cheekbones added a bit of sharpness to her. She should be quite old. There were some wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, but it can be seen that she was a beauty when she was young.

Bai Ye looked at her, and she was also looking at Bai Ye.

Very handsome.

This was her first impression of Bai Ye.

People are all sensory animals.

The woman nodded slightly,

and stepped aside to make room.

"Come in." The woman spoke in standard Mandarin.

"I am the owner of 7-4, Dou Juan, you can call me Sister Juan. Welcome to join us, you are the owner of 7-10, right?"

Although the woman asked, she said it in a positive tone.

"Well... I am the tenant of 7-10." Bai Ye thought about it and answered.

Although now that he has traveled through time, the landlord is unlikely to continue to collect rent from him.

Dou Juan pursed her lips and smiled, "It doesn't matter if you say you are the owner now, anyway, your landlord can't find you."

Followed Dou Juan to the living room.

Bai Ye saw that there were quite a few people in the room of 7-4.

The living room was well lit, the curtains were open, and the windows were closed.

The candle in his hand was naturally useless.

Bai Ye blew out the candles and scanned the living room. He didn't find any empty seats. He saw that some people even sat cross-legged on the floor.

There were more than 20 people in the living room, and a child about five or six years old was held in the arms of an adult.

There were a lot of people, and a mixed crowd.

This was Bai Ye's first impression.

The living room was also very large, and it should be the largest apartment in the building.

"There are no benches, so you can sit on the floor. Anyway, I just mopped the floor last night." Dou Juan said to Bai Ye.

After that, Dou Juan walked to the balcony by the window, and then turned to face the people in the living room.

Bai Ye sat down cross-legged,

Clang--

The kitchen knife in his pocket fell to the ground.

Everyone's eyes wandered between Bai Ye and the kitchen knife on the ground.

Bai Ye picked it up and covered his chest with the knife.

"This is for cutting vegetables." Bai Ye explained.

"Just don't let it fall out again." Dou Juan said lightly.

Because his back was facing the sun, Bai Ye couldn't see Dou Juan's face clearly.

"The owner of the last household on our floor is here too." Dou Juan said.

"There are ten families in total, and now they are all here."

"We all live on the same floor and travel through time together, which is a great fate." Dou Juan said.

"What is time travel?" asked an elderly man in the living room.

Influenced by the Internet, most young people and middle-aged people have heard of time travel to some extent.

They are more receptive, but some elderly people have not figured out the situation.

A teenager who seemed to be her grandson said next to her: "Grandma, we are not in the original world anymore."

The old woman was a little hard of hearing, and her grandson repeated it twice before she could hear clearly.

She nodded sadly.

"Oh~ Then can we go back?"

"I guess we can't go back." Her grandson said in a low voice, choking with sobs.

"Grandma is still here, don't be afraid, you have grandma to accompany you." The old woman patted the back of her grandson's hand and comforted her grandson in return.

Dou Juan clapped her hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said: "We used to live near the business district, and it was convenient to sell vegetables, so... everyone's food should be tight at home."

"Stop talking nonsense, you woman, you are so long-winded. If it's not for food, who has the time to come here to waste time." A short-haired man sitting on the sofa said impatiently.

"Hurry up and tell us how to cooperate, how to divide the work, and how to distribute the food when we find it. It's still early today, so go around and explore twice. If you can't find it, we'd better break up as soon as possible."

"Yes, hurry up and tell us, time is tight."

Immediately, many yes-men echoed the man with a short hair.

Just because he is very strong.

When others are wearing down jackets or coats,

He is wearing a black vest, revealing a large area of ​​muscles.

Looks quite strong.

In nature, in dangerous environments, strong individuals of the same kind are always surrounded by a group of followers, even if sometimes it is just subconscious.

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense. I am a straightforward person and I say whatever I want to say."

"I want to ask first, are there any talents with wild survival skills in our layer?" Dou Juan asked.

Silence.

No one answered.

"It seems that there are no more..." Dou Juan said regretfully.

At this time, a hand was quietly raised.

Bai Ye saw that the grandson just raised his hand.

"I usually like to watch wilderness survival programs." The grandson said.

"Your name is Li Yundong, right?" Dou Juan said.

"Yes."

Although he was surprised that Dou Juan could call out his name accurately, Li Yundong still nodded vigorously.

He knew that he had a grandmother to take care of.

There was an extra ration at home, so he had to show his value so that he could get more food.

"Okay, if your wilderness survival skills are useful at that time, I will remember your merit." Dou Juan said with a smile.

Li Yundong's face was full of joy, and he sat on the sofa and couldn't help laughing.

Others watched coldly.

"Whether men or women, as long as they are young and strong, they have to go out to search for food. What do you think?" Dou Juan said.

"I don't think it's possible. The old woman at home has to stay at home to take care of the children. My child is only five years old. There is no adult at home to take care of him." A burly man next to him frowned and said.

"Then each family will send one person, and the food found will be divided equally among the ten families." Someone else proposed.

But this proposal was soon rejected again.

Some people have many people at home, many stomachs, and many mouths that need to be fed. How can it be divided equally? So the family proposed to divide it according to the number of people present.

"I think everyone is equal. Everyone has the right to share food. If there is a real need, the elderly in our family can also go out to help. They will definitely not eat for free without working."

You looked at me, I said something, and we couldn't reach a consensus.

At this time, there was no more reserve at the beginning, and the scene was fierce.

Who would be willing if the share was less.

Even though they haven't gone out to explore yet, and haven't even stepped out of the building.

But a group of people are arguing here, arguing fiercely.

"Damn, it's so annoying! You're nagging and nagging!"

The man in the black vest stood up impatiently and kicked the coffee table hard. The cup on the edge of the coffee table shook, then turned around and broke with a clang.

"Be quiet!" The man in the black vest shouted loudly.

Everyone quieted down.

Dou Juan rolled her eyes in annoyance: "My cup was broken."

"I'll compensate you later." The man in the black vest looked around the living room and said, "You guys are arguing like this before you even leave. If you really bring food back, won't you fight?"

"I think this so-called cooperation is unnecessary. Let's all go home. If you want to form a team, discuss it privately.

After listening for a while, I finally understood. Some people's idea is to not work and get more distribution. There is no such good thing in the world. It seems that all the good things in the world are taken by your family!"

The faces of the families who proposed to divide according to the total number of people turned pale.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the man in the black vest almost engraved these words on their foreheads.

Some people glared at him, and some people were dissatisfied and full of malice.

But the man in the black vest was not afraid at all and sneered.

"Then how do you say to solve it?" someone asked.

"It's easy to solve! There are a lot of people here, and we can divide them into several teams."

"We can simply divide them into different exploration teams according to different food distribution methods, and those who support the method can go to whichever team. This will save time, effort, and trouble."

The man in the black vest looked at those households, his mouth corners raised.

Let these households who like to take advantage of small gains fight each other.

After saying that, the man in the black vest took a few steps and came out from behind the coffee table.

"I am a straightforward person. If I say anything offensive, please forgive me.

Those who are willing to cooperate with me can go together, but let me be frank. There is no such thing as a big pot meal here.

Everything is distributed according to contribution. More work, more pay, less work, less pay, and no work, nothing!

I'm leaving first. Those who are willing to cooperate can come to me. If they don't want to, forget it."

The man in the black vest turned around and left the room after saying that.

"Tong Ji!" Dou Juan shouted.

The man in the black vest stopped and looked back at Dou Juan.

"What's the matter?"

Dou Juan laughed angrily, "You are here to mess up the place, right? How can we cooperate with you if you mess up like this?"

"Yes, yes..." Someone next to him responded quickly. "There is no need to be so impulsive."

But the next second, Dou Juan changed the subject.

"But what Tong Ji said is not without reason.

Cooperation is cooperation, and it must be fair to be called cooperation.

I also set a rule. Whether you stay in the building or go out to search for food, as long as you do something useful to the team, it will be considered a contribution.

Adults go out to make traps, explore and hunt, and the old and weak stay at home to extract pine oil and pick pine nuts. Some other fruits or fungi are also targets. If there are wild beasts to hunt, the women who stay at home will sew animal skins and grind bones to make weapons."

"There are also some things that we brought with us. If they can be used, they can be used. In short, we don't support idle people."

Dou Juan said one by one.

Some people present changed their faces slightly, and some people nodded slightly to show their approval.

Although staying at home may do a little more, it is at least safer than going outside.

The giant strange bird is a lesson learned from the past. There must be other monsters in the wild.

"If you agree, stay, if you don't want to, forget it." Dou Juan said and looked at everyone.

No one got up, and no one left.

Dou Juan nodded with satisfaction, "If you don't say anything, you have agreed. If you go back on your word, don't blame Tong Ji for turning your back on you, right, Tong Ji?"

Tong Ji:?

I think you are scolding me.

......

There are ten households on the seventh floor, and a total of twelve adult men and one woman were sent.

Dou Juan's long hair has been cut into a neat short hair by herself, "What men can do, I can do too. Add me to the exploration team. Don't worry, I usually exercise and won't be a drag."

Tong Ji gave a thumbs up, "Great."

The two extra adults, 7-9, are a pair of colleagues who share the apartment.

7-1 is a father and son, the father is 46 years old and the son is 18.

Originally, the father didn't let his son go and asked him to stay at home, but the son still followed him because he was worried about his father going out alone.

"Father and son are soldiers in battle." The son said so.

The father was helpless, but still said, "Then don't run around, follow me when the time comes."

However, the youngest person in the team was not the son in the 7-1,

but Li Yundong who had sat with his grandmother before. He just turned 17, and currently there are only him and his grandmother at home.

The oldest is an old man named Zhong Chenliang, a retired veteran with a strong body and gray hair. When others asked him his age, he only said he was sixty, but Bai Ye felt that his real age might be a little older.

In the entrance hall on the first floor,

Li Yundong's grandmother took his hand and whispered something.

Other family members also looked at the man at home reluctantly. Because they were worried about danger, they didn't even dare to say goodbye outside the building, and could only stand in the hall.

Although reluctant, it is necessary to explore the situation nearby.

Especially looking for food, this kind of thing has advantages and disadvantages both early and late.

If you go too late, maybe the nearby fruits, mushrooms and other things will be picked up by other people in the building, so you can only go to a farther place.

In that case, not only will the journey be longer, but there will also be greater risks.

But if you go too early, you might just step on a landmine for others, because there may be unknown risks in unexplored areas.

Of course, high risks also come with high returns.

It just depends on how to choose.

The building is located halfway up the mountain.

The surrounding area is relatively open and flat. The north is the ridge, the direction of going up the mountain, and the south is the slope of going down the mountain.

There are dense pine forests on both sides of the east and west.

"Sitting north and facing south, our house has good feng shui." Tong Ji glanced at the sun above his head and looked back at the building.

In this endless primitive mountain, this building made of reinforced concrete is particularly conspicuous.

Under the sunlight, the glass reflects light.

But it must be said that the trees in this new world are very big.

Pine trees rise from the ground one by one, and there are dozens or hundreds of meters high pine trees everywhere. Even if the building is in the sea of ​​pine trees, it will not be too conspicuous.

"Which direction should we go?" Tong Ji asked Li Yundong.

"To the south, water sources are usually in low-lying areas, and animals will go to water sources to drink." Li Yundong said what he had been thinking for a long time.

"And fishing is a relatively simple way of hunting. We can make a few traps by the stream, and maybe we can get something."

"That's it, let's do as you say." Tong Ji thought about it.

The slope going down was not very steep, but everyone was fully armed, wishing they were armed to the teeth.

They all wore thick down jackets, even Tong Ji wore several layers of clothes.

They stumbled down the mountain southward, holding onto the pine trees.

Along the way, low shrubs and small trees grew in disorder in the forest.

These became obstacles to going down the mountain.

Not long after, Bai Ye found that a gap had been scraped on the cuff of his down jacket.

After walking for half an hour, they were still halfway up the mountain and had not reached the bottom of the mountain.

The surrounding environment was a bit fresh at first, but soon became boring.

The body began to get tired...

There was no road ahead suddenly.

A horizontal ridge that looked like a cliff blocked everyone's way.

Li Yundong crawled on the ground and carefully poked his head out.

"It's so high, at least several dozen meters, there is a cave below!"

Li Yundong shouted in surprise.

They were at the top of the cave, and there was a cave under their feet.

This cave is more than 20 meters high and 50 to 60 meters wide.

Jumping down is definitely not an option, so you can only go around from both sides.

Although the cave is only 50 to 60 meters wide, the outer edge of the cave is a mountain wall that extends to both sides.

Half an hour later,

Everyone stood in front of the cave.

There is a stone tablet on the left side of the cave.

The stone tablet is green, with no moss or grass on the surface, and there are words on the front.

"The presence of words means that there is civilization in this world!" someone said excitedly.

Some people in the team also frowned, thinking that this may not necessarily be a good thing.

The strange civilization may not necessarily be kind to them.

And if they look similar, it's okay, but if they look weird, like four eyes and six hands, that would be the worst.

Bai Ye stood in front of the stone tablet and looked up at it.

The words on the stone tablet are not any of the known words he knows.

But just looking at this word, as long as you concentrate and watch it carefully, the interpretation of the words will naturally emerge in your mind.

"Beast Taming Method, General Principles..."

Bai Ye muttered to himself.