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Chapter B: The Great Purchase on the Deserted Island

  A strong gust of wind swept past Liu Zhens forehead, and he felt a tearing coldness on his forehead. He saw a faint white gas column rushing straight towards the blue giant wolfs wide open mouth.

  The giant wolf that jumped into the air to launch a pounce attack obviously didnt expect this, and wanting to dodge was already too late. It could only rely on its animal instincts to tilt its head, allowing the lump of air to hit the left side of its cheek.

  "Ahhh......" A mournful howl, the giant wolfs entire body fell straight from the air and landed in front of Liu Zhensheng. Liu Zhensheng was shocked to discover that on the giant wolfs originally ferocious face, a crystalline icicle was slowly but persistently spreading. The originally hard blue fur was rapidly covered with a layer of frost. The giant wolfs face clearly showed that it was being surrounded by an enormous and indescribable pain. Its two front paws held its eyes, which had just been hit by the air blast, and its entire body was convulsing as if electrocuted.

  Liu Zhen was stunned and foolishly stared at the giant wolf that had fallen in front of him, he himself was also thoroughly shocked.

  The giant wolfs front paws were not human hands, and could not completely cover the eye that had been hit by the air mass. Liu Zhen clearly saw that the wolfs eyes, which had once exuded an aura of supremacy, had become completely turbid, with a color like butter churning in its pupils. Compared to the other eye, which still emitted a cold glow, this eye was more like the canned pineapple he used to eat on the front lines, that half-transparent thing that had been soaked in preservatives for a long time.

  The giant wolf was still trembling, with an increasing amplitude. Originally it was just its four limbs, but later even its wolf tail started shaking violently like a seizure.

  Liu Zhenhong was slightly stunned, and he didnt have time to think about it anymore. He quickly tightened the underwear in his hand around the giant wolfs neck. Liu Zhenhong felt that when he passed the tree branch through the gap between the wolfs claws and neck, his entire calf was trembling. Although he still couldnt understand why this giant wolf suddenly lost its combat power like it had contracted malaria, Liu Zhenhong still felt a sense of panic in his heart.

  The blue giant wolfs body was majestic, and its rough neck could imagine its brutal power. The more Liu saw this, the more he felt a sense of panic in his heart, forcing himself not to look at the giant wolfs body, nor at that huge head like a small calf.

  Liu Zhens foot stepped on the giant wolfs broad back, and he tightly wrapped the tree vines around his hand for two circles before pulling them tight. Liu Zhen felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had stepped on dry ice, with a needle-like sensation at the bottom of his feet.

  The giant wolfs neck was constricted by the tree vines, and its already weak body suddenly burst out with a powerful force from somewhere. Its two front paws dug frantically into the ground, creating deep gullies under its sharp claws. Liu was almost shocked to have an illusion that he was no longer fighting a wolf, but rather pulling in the opposite direction of a moving combine harvester.

  Liu Zheng was so shocked that he sat down on the giant wolfs icy back with a thud, his two feet firmly planted on the ground, and his entire body leaning backward with all his might.

  At this time, the "Guo Guo" on his head also jumped down and stood on the broad back of the giant wolf, also learning from Liu Zhens move to tightly grasp the tree vines, with its plump little buttocks raised high, a cute little face instantly turned bright red.

  "Damn it..." Liu Zhen felt like he was driving a rudderless boat, being tossed about by the waves, dizzily spinning around. The giant wolfs body was frantically twisting on the ground, and Liu Zhen had nearly been thrown off several times. Gradually, the wolfs twisting range decreased, but every inch it moved left behind several deep claw marks.

  The giant wolfs body moved step by step, slowly approaching the mound. Its two paws grasped the mountain, trying to stand up. The sharp claws scraped down the green moss on the wall of the mound, and it slid down repeatedly. The soil layer of the mound was scratched away by the sharp claws, revealing the underlying rocky mountain body. Every time the giant wolf stretched out its paw, it scratched off grayish stone chips from the rocky mountain body. Its head, held high by the tree vines, gasped with each breath, and a cluster of white foam with a strong fishy smell spewed out of its huge mouth, splashing onto the mountain body of the mound.

  Liu Zhen was shocked to see those bubbles, knowing that success was within sight, and he used even more force. He felt that he had brought out all the strength of his life, including the power of his wedding night and breastfeeding, and put it all into this moment.

  Just as they were about to strangle the giant wolf to death, the vine suddenly snapped with a "crack" sound, and Liu and GuoGuo both fell over like overturned radishes, rolling far away.

  Liu Zhens head almost fell into the fire pit, a smell of scorching came, and his hair was scorched. Guo Guo bumped into his arms, he grabbed her long ears, without even putting out the flames on her hair, quickly got up with a beautiful "fish flip" movement, picked up the half whale bone spear on the ground, and fiercely stabbed it into the giant wolfs anus.

  A dull thud was heard as the bone spear pierced in halfway and stopped, Lius current strength was indeed too weak.

  The giant wolf let out a mournful howl that shook the sky, and a large group of seagulls like birds were startled from the nearby bush, the giant wolf struggled to get up, but fell again, never able to stand up.

  Liu Zhen was getting more and more anxious as he listened to the sound of heavy breathing, like a bellows, his hand trembling as he tried to reach out and pull out the whalebone spear that was stuck in the giant wolfs body. He pulled twice, but his hands kept slipping and he couldnt budge it.

  Liu Zhen was completely drained of energy, he felt that even if he had pulled out the whalebone spear, he estimated that he wouldnt have the strength to stab again.

  The giant wolf and Liu Zhen were both panting, Liu Zhens chest heaving violently as he lay on his back, while the giant wolfs belly was trembling like a drum as it crouched on the ground.

  In the end, the giant wolf struggled to get up, its four legs trembling slightly, but it still managed to stand firm. It slowly and clumsily turned around in a circle, and the bone spear that had been stuck in the giant wolfs buttocks completely disappeared from Lius line of sight.

  Liu Zhenhuan struggled to prop himself up with half his body, looking at the giant wolf without showing any weakness. At this point, the original tension and fear no longer existed. Liu Zhenhuan felt that if he hadnt been injured and weakened by excessive blood loss, he would have had no reason to be unable to deal with it. As soon as he thought of this, Liu Zhenhuan felt a wave of regret.

  The giant wolfs eye that was hit by the air mass earlier had only an empty eye socket left, with a little remaining glassy eyeball on which there were radiating cracks all over, but there was no fresh blood flowing out of its eye socket, only a layer of frozen red glassy substance stuck to its entire eye socket.

  The giant wolfs other eye was flashing with a hateful gaze, Liu Zhen was panting and cursing, "Damn it! Who the hell let you come and mess with me! You deserved it!"

  The giant wolfs front legs softened and it half-knelt to the ground, with one person and one wolf staring at each other like this, both breathing rapidly.

  "Good grief!" Liu was relieved and thought to himself with some delight, "It seems it doesnt have the strength to bite me to death."

  The giant wolfs facial expression twitched, looking as if it was mocking Liu Zhens ignorance. This strange smile startled Liu Zhen, can wolves even smile? What a joke! Liu Zhen struggled to get up, the giant wolfs smile made him feel a strong sense of conspiracy and cunning, it was a victors smile, a proud smile that only a general would have when looking at his captive.

  The giant wolfs huge mouth opened again, and a thick layer of ice and snow covered its teeth, with icicles even forming on the fangs. A vague mass of air condensed inside its mouth, that intense vortex, like a miniature tornado, rapidly expanding and gathering.

  Liu Zhen was shocked and only then remembered that this guy had this move, Liu Zhens back was chilled from head to toe, it didnt need to rely on sharp teeth and claws, just with this sharp wind blade like a machete, it could also cut itself in two.

  Liu Zhens eyes were moistened, he thought of his sister, thought of his mother, thought of his brother, he felt that he was really too reluctant to leave this world.

  The whirlwind in the giant wolfs mouth was gathering into shape, its gaze made Liu think of the farmer uncle harvesting in the autumn wind with a snow-bright sickle.

  Guo Guo broke free from Liu Zhens grasp, and with a loud thud, it fell to the ground. Its small belly puffed out, as if taking a deep breath, and a white mist shot out of its mouth, "whooshing" into the giant wolfs wide-open jaws.

  A thing called fear was spreading in the giant wolfs remaining eye, and a gust of wind slammed into the gathering wind blade, making a tearing sound that pierced the eardrum. The giant wolfs mouth was cut open from the upper jaw to the bridge of its nose by the scattered wind blades, without any blood or scream. In an instant, the giant wolfs face turned deathly pale, and with a thud, it fell to the ground like a wooden stake.

  Guo Guos throat made a series of "gurgling" sounds, and he plopped down onto the ground with a thud, looking like he had overexerted himself, his originally erect ears even drooping down.

  Liu Zhens mouth was agape, as if it could swallow a coconut whole. He pointed at Guo Guo, his fingers trembling violently, and he couldnt believe what he was seeing! Looking at Guo Guos small face, beads of sweat were rolling down from the bridge of its nose, covering its entire face with mud and dust. Liu Zhens first thought after recovering from his shock was a pang in his heart.

  Guo Guos face also showed a look of astonishment as he turned around, his trembling little paws pointing at Lius crotch. Guo Guo lowered his head to take a look at his own crotch, the difference between the two was like that between a small blade of grass and a towering giant tree.

  "Awesome Obis!" Liu Zhen was shocked and quickly picked up the homemade underwear, hurriedly covering his vital parts with a coconut shell. Although he was only being pointed at by Guo Guo, he still felt a strong sense of discomfort.

  "Ah, you little scamp!" Liu Zhenhong covered his mouth with one hand and pinched Guos soft face with the other. "I didnt think youd know this trick, you little thing! How did you learn it? Did you freeze that huge wolf...? Thats impressive!"

  Guo Guo let out a comfortable moan, twisting her small face in Liu Zhens palm, and rubbing her fluffy little head back and forth on Liu Zhens hand.

  "Haha......" Liu Zhen felt that his life was really big, and his calf was dizzy again. He sat down on the ground with a thud, rested for a while, got up to take a look at the giant wolf that had already died, and even touched the wolfs corpse. Good guy, it was hard and cold, just like it had been pulled out of the refrigerator.

  The coconut shell that held the bird eggs was still intact on the edge, hadnt been knocked over. Liu Da quickly made a few more and threw them into the fire pit, he really needed nutrition to replenish his energy now.

  Hugging Guo Guo, Liu Zhen was thinking back and forth about where this place was and why there were giant wolves spouting wind blades, and why even little guys like Guo Guo in his arms would spit out cold air masses from their mouths. The more he thought, the more confused he became, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldnt think of a reason. Liu Zhen simply stopped thinking about it, as the aroma of bird eggs was not worth mentioning compared to these things.

  Wait for the moon to rise, then look at the stars in the sky and figure out where you are. Liu Zhen thought to himself.

  After eating the bird eggs, Liu Zhen was exhausted and couldnt support himself anymore. He fell asleep on a straw bed by the fire pit. Whether the giant wolf would come to cause trouble again or not, he really couldnt care about that many things. Anyway, whoever wants to come will come eventually.

  When he woke up in the middle of the night, he was frozen awake. The fire had burned down to just a few sparks, and the wind howled over the hillside. Although his bed was sheltered at the foot of the mountain, it was still freezing. He looked at Guo Guo, who was curled up in his arms, and lovingly patted her little head. The little creature stirred, yawned, and rolled over, revealing a big belly.

  Liu Zhenhong picked up the sock and covered the small things exposed belly, then gently stroked the little guys head. Under the bleak starlight, the blood-stained sock and Guaguas shiny golden fur made Liu Zhenhong inexplicably feel a pang in his heart.

  She quietly got up and went to the nearby thatch grass clump, picked some more branches and dry thorns, and came back to continue the fire.

  "This place is terrible... it would be great if I had a cigarette to smoke! Liu Zhen sat in front of the fire heap, feeling a wave of emotion. Tomorrow, no matter what, he first needed to get some salt back and then build a simple house. Not eating salt made him feel like his whole body was a bit dizzy and numb."

  The stars in the distant sky were winking at him quietly, Liu Zhen was squinting his eyes, searching back and forth but couldnt find even a single familiar constellation, not to mention that he had searched for the position of the North Star several times but still couldnt find it.

  A cluster of dark clouds dispersed, and the moon revealed its face. The clear and cold moonlight shone on Liu Zhens stunned body.

  Liu Zhen looked at the moon in disbelief, shaking his head. Is this the moon? Its huge and oppressive, with the ring-shaped mountains volcanic mouths clearly visible. This moon is too big! If the moon he had seen before was only about the size of a mooncake, then the one he saw today was as big as a giant wok used by an army to cook meals.

  Is this... still the world I once knew? Liu Zhen was overwhelmed with countless doubts and fell back into a deep sleep.

  The first ray of sunlight shone on Liu Das body, and the fruit in his arms woke up first. The little thing opened its sleepy eyes, used its small paws to push away the quilt - socks, and kept licking Lius earlobe with its tongue. Old Liu was still dazed and dreaming, but this lick made the thing under his body bulge like a Mongolian yurt.

  "Ah!" Liu Zhen was shocked and immediately sat up, panting heavily.

  Guo Guo let out a joyful scream and climbed back onto Liu Das head in two or three swift movements. Liu stretched his waist with a big yawn, exercised his muscles, and felt that the strength in his body had recovered a lot, but his nose hurt even more than yesterday. He touched it with his hand and found that it had scabbed over a bit, which dispelled Lius notion that he would bleed to death.

  After covering the fire with soil, Liu Zhensheng tried to practice a set of military boxing, feeling that his skills had recovered quite well. Liu Zhensheng nodded in satisfaction, and Guo Guo, seeing him punching and kicking, also jumped down from his head, curling up his hind legs, and imitated Liu Zhenshengs movements with a milky air, punching and kicking. Liu Zhensheng burst out laughing, thinking that this little thing was really too interesting.

  "Go, baby!" Liu Zhenhong picked up Guo Guo, who was still practicing "Black Tiger Pierces the Heart", and said, "You and I will go buy some daily necessities first."

  Yesterday, the whalebone spear was still stuck in the giant wolfs anus. Liu Zhen took a look at the wolfs body and found that after a night had passed, although it was still very cold, it was no longer as hard as yesterday. He pulled out the bone spear, which made a hissing sound on the wolfs fur, leaving behind a trail of filth.

  Scouts just like to use short weapons, and this modified whalebone dagger made Liu Zhen stunned for a long time. Finally, he smiled with satisfaction, and then picked up a thick wooden stick from the bush and held it in his hand. Liu Zhen looked at his own shape, like a mountain-top cave ape, and couldnt help but laugh.

  Liu Zhens hand shook as he set up a canopy, carefully examining the mound on the other side of which was a dense forest of red willows. This forest was larger than the one they had passed by yesterday, and on the undulating island, apart from a few distant large mounds, it was the most eye-catching place.

  Liu Zhen was shaken before departure and specially climbed to the top of the hill to take a look. The road he came from was a corner of the small island, and the place where he set up camp was well chosen. In front and to the right were shrubs, behind was the hill, and the salty sea breeze was completely blocked by the red willow forest in front.

  There is another beach in the red willow forest, although it is half hidden by the red willow forest, but it looks much larger than the one yesterday. The beach where Liu Zhen was awakened yesterday and this beach are only separated by a mountain, with only a horizontal rocky mountain body in between. Todays goal for Liu Zhen is there.

  When passing through the red willow forest, Liu Zhensheng did not take out those bird eggs again. He had two coconuts on his back and didnt want to add more trouble for himself. After all, it was a big granary that could be eaten at any time, whats the hurry? Liu Zhensheng whistled with satisfaction and greeted the sea birds hovering anxiously in the sky.

  After passing through the red willow forest for about half an hour, Liu Zhen finally walked out of the forest. To prevent getting lost on the way back, Liu Zhen would carve a large "ten" character on the tree bark with a whalebone dagger every now and then, which also took up a lot of his precious time.

  This beach is indeed much larger than the one yesterday, and there are many more palm trees and coconut trees than the beach yesterday. In the nearby seawater, there are also many rugged reefs that appear and disappear in the water. The sound of the waves hitting the rocks may be the only sound here. Liu Zhens feet, which were covered with bird droppings, might have been the first human to step on this place. On the beach, there is everything, including dried animal dung that has been sun-dried, and shells that did not make it back to the sea at low tide.

  Liu Zhen threw away the big wooden stick, picked up Guo Guo who was lying on his head by the ears and put him on the beach. He held a short harpoon made of whale bone in his mouth and plunged into the sea with a loud splash. The distant sea water he didnt dare to go, who knows what kind of whirlpool or strange sea creatures are there? What if he gets something like yesterdays wolf-like thing again, and spits out some wind blades and snow arrows that he cant handle.

  After swimming around several coral reefs, Liu Zhen found what he wanted - a giant clam, its black shell covered with seaweed and kelp, tightly attached to the coral reef, the diameter of the shell as big as a bamboo hat.

  Liu Zhenhuan used the whalebone spear in his hand to pry the scallop from the reef, hugging the shell and swimming back. As soon as he emerged from the water surface, he felt a weight in his hand. Liu Zhenhuan weighed it roughly, and this thing was probably around 20-30 kilograms in weight.

  Guo Guo was running anxiously on the shore, shouting "Guo Guo". As soon as Liu Zhens head emerged from the water, Guo Guo shrieked and jumped onto his head, tightly grasping his hair.

  "Hehe......" Liu Zhenhong hugged Hai Bang, one hand came out to pat the little head of Guo Guo, "Are you impatient?"

  Liu Zhensheng put down the prey and took the whalebone to pry open the clamshell. After prying for half a day, he couldnt even get it to budge. Liu Zhensheng thought for a moment, then turned the clam over with its opening facing upwards. He grabbed a handful of sand and poured it into the gap, and the clam slowly opened a small mouth, spouting out a string of water. Seizing this opportunity, Liu Zhensheng used both hands to pry open the shell, straining with all his might. The shell emitted a grinding "ga ga" sound, and Liu Zhenshengs sturdy arms bulged even more. With a loud cracking sound, the shell was finally torn apart by Liu Zhenshengs brute force.

  The yellowish flesh of the clam was dazzling in the sunlight, and Liu Zhen shocked it out with a few shakes. Unexpectedly, he even dug out a few irregular pearls from inside. Holding the large clamshell and washing it off, the beautiful texture of the shell also appeared, with layer upon layer of patterns like tree rings, which simply delighted Liu Zhen.

  Found a few stones, casually piled up two stoves, Liu Zhen ran to the red willow forest and picked up more than ten bird eggs. Then he drilled wood for fire and started using clamshells as large pots. One was cooking coconut milk steamed eggs, and the other was boiling seawater.

  Guo Guo smelled the aroma coming from the pot with clams, her little nose twitching non-stop, she sat obediently on one side, rubbing her belly and waiting to start eating. This little thing was probably most well-behaved when it came to eating.

  Liu Zhenhong pinched a bit of salt left over from the steamed clams on the side of the pot and carefully sprinkled it into the coconut milk omelette. He quickly got up, extinguished the fire with urine, broke off two branches as chopsticks, and handed an omelette to Guoguo. Guoguo let out happy "squeaks" and ate two mouthfuls before running back and forth on the beach, looking very excited.

  "Isnt my craftsmanship pretty good?" Liu Da Guan Ren was pleased, and after tasting it himself, apart from a slight lingering fishy smell of the geoduck, the flavor was indeed not bad.

  "Liu Zhens arrival was like a thunderclap, and the eggshell was shattered!" The official was even more pleased, and his thumb was raised high.

  After the two of them finished their breakfast, a considerable amount of sea salt had also been cooked in the pot next to them. Liu Zhen carefully controlled the fire and when it was almost dry, he promptly extinguished the flames, found a large leaf to wrap up the salt, and carried the two shell pots back "home".

  The house cost Liu Zhen a lot of twists and turns. Liu Zhen first went to the beach on that side, brought back a few whale rib bones, and sharpened them on stones, thinking of using these things to help with woodcutting. The sharpness of the bone knife ground out was okay, but the whale bone was not steel after all. One chop at the tree and it was clear that it wouldnt work. Accidentally chipping the edge and ruining two of the whale bone knives he had painstakingly ground out made Liu Zhen really unwilling to waste them anymore.

  Finally, Liu Zhenhong had to pick up some branches, hit a few stakes, and roughly covered the top with thatch grass. He also got a few small red willow trees, broke off all the branches, and added them to the roof. The house was finally completed in a rough manner.

  Lying on the bed, looking at the dazzling array of whalebone machetes and bird eggs in several large coconut shells, a pile of coconuts, Liu Zhens heart was finally at ease, and he began to process the wolf corpse calmly. Originally, Liu Zhen was still quite afraid that the giant wolfs kin would come for revenge, but until now, he hadnt seen any, and Liu Zhen estimated that this thing was probably rare on this island as well. The island was so big, and Liu Zhen couldnt be certain for a while, but with a house full of stuff, plus his own body had basically recovered, and there was also Guo Guo, who could emit cold air like an air conditioner, Liu Daren felt very relaxed.

  The giant wolfs meat, because it hadnt been washed with water, Liu Zhen didnt want any of it. He only took that blue-colored wolf pelt, and Liu Zhen thought it would be quite soft and comfortable to lay on the bed; he also kept all of the wolf teeth, the sharp wolf teeth made Liu Zhen like them at first sight. The remaining things were burned clean with a fire by him, Liu Zhen didnt want to cause any trouble or get some kind of epidemic disease. If he died from the plague spread by the rotten wolves, that would be too not worth it.

  After burning the wolfs body, Liu Daren had another new discovery. After the wolfs body was burned, he opened the remaining ash and found a six-sided semi-transparent object about the size of a pigeon egg, which looked like a treasure stone. This thing was even more dazzling with blue light after being burned by fire.

  "This wolf must have gotten a gallstone." Liu Zhen was carefully examining the crystal-like stone and came to a conclusion. He tied the "gallstone" with a vine into a necklace and put it on Guo Guo, who seemed to like this accessory very much, jumped onto Old Lius head, and licked his face with a "slurp".

  The remaining wolf skin was a bit tattered when Liu Zhenyang peeled it off, but after drying it over the fire, it shrunk a lot. However, the wolf hair was still very soft and smooth. Liu Zhenyang cut out a piece of wolf skin with his bone knife and made a bow using the wolf skin and whale bones. The natural curvature of the whale ribs made for a suitable bow, and more than ten wolf teeth were also utilized to make arrowheads.

  Now Liu Zhen is only regretful that there is no water source, although there are coconuts, he wont die of thirst, but Liu Zhen always feels that with a pot and fire, he cant eat this readily available wild game, its really a pity. He decided that tomorrow, no matter what, he would dig a hole to store water, here the trees are lush, there is no reason for no water source.

  "What a huge mooncake..." Liu was shocked and felt deeply moved as he gazed at the enormous moon that had just risen into the sky.

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