Chapter 256 254. Return
After only the second day, the number of survivors suddenly dropped from 407 to 335. Within one day, 72 people lost their lives and were buried forever in this world, participating in the material cycle of the world. Among
these dead people, some were hunted by the Iron Blood Warriors, some were hunted by various dangerous and carnivorous beasts in the region, and some died in internal fights with other contractors.
After a full night of rest, everyone was full of energy. They woke up early and packed up everything. After packing up, everyone set out on the way back to the tribe together.
During this period, Ya went out and collected the leader's broken body as much as possible in the mess, wrapped it with a piece of animal skin, and took it back to the tribe.
Gao Fei and August chose to return to the tribe together. On the one hand, they were heading to the stone bridge in the same direction, and on the other hand, the task about the tribe at the beginning on the panel had not been completed.
Gao Fei speculated that killing the crocodile god was just one of the options. This mission could also be chosen not to kill him, and the entire tribe would be relocated. The basis for judging the mission at that time would be the number of people who survived the migration.
The ultimate goal of the current direction should be to free the tribe from the shackles of the crocodile god, and the entire tribe would rely on its own strength to survive on this land.
Nothing else happened on the way back to the tribe, and they returned to the area where the tribe was located smoothly along the way.
From a distance, the men, women, and children in the tribe were seen surging, suddenly appearing from the thatched houses of the tribe, from the dark areas of the tribe, and from all over the tribe, gathering into a small group of people in black, looking forward to the triumph of the people! Seeing
the triumph of the people, the eyes of the men, women, and children all burst into light, but without seeing the familiar tattooed figure in the team, the light in most people's eyes dimmed again.
At this time, Gao Fei pushed Ya in front of him with a very small movement, pushed Ya to the front of the team, and motioned him to say a few words to calm the disappointed men, women, and children in the tribe.
Ya calmed down for a moment. With a big heart after experiencing the crisis of life and death, he slowly withstood the pressure from the men, women, and children in the group. Ya took a deep breath, and as his chest straightened, a lot of cold air entered, and his mind became much clearer
. "Everyone, in order to save me and the tribe, the leader fought with the crocodile god and the monster in the crocodile god's body. His sacrifice created a perfect opportunity to kill the monster. He is the hero of the tribe!"
Then he took the animal skin package containing the leader's body from his back and handed it to the respected old man in the tribe, silently watching the old man take the leader's body away.
After the old man took the leader's body away, he would go through a series of complicated processes, from splicing the body to beautification, from ritual preparation to sacrificial items, and finally sink the body into the largest and deepest swamp.
Because of this, the heroic spirit of the hero in the tribe will be with the great mother of the swamp, become a part of the mother of the swamp, and will have an invisible power to continue to protect the tribe.
Gao Fei and August stood together and watched the ceremony quietly. Gao Fei lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, exhaling a dragon of smoke. In the smoke, Gao Fei suddenly asked without thinking,
"Old August, what do you do in real life?" Without waiting for August to answer, Gao Fei continued,
"Forget it, just pretend I didn't ask. Let me talk about myself. I should have been a policeman, living in a great country. The establishment of this country was established by thousands of people like him."
Gao Fei paused and said,
"I used to be very disdainful of this, thinking how could someone sacrifice his life for others. Until one day, the teacher released a video in class, which was about a high-risk mission to capture drug dealers."
"An old captain who has been involved in drug enforcement for 7 years, because of a low-level mistake made by his teammates, stood in front of his teammates and blocked several fatal shots for me. The rookie looked at the captain in his arms and wanted to plug the bullet holes for the captain with his hands."
"No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop it. My hands were covered in blood. I still remember the captain's last words. He raised his head with difficulty and said to the rookie,
'You kid, be careful in the future. The old captain always cleans your ass.'" Gao Fei's voice was a little off. In the smoke, Gao Fei's expression could not be seen clearly.
"Hey, this old brother, you are still trying to trick me into tears after so long." Gao Fei coughed twice, and it seemed that some tears came out of his cough.
August didn't know what to say. He just stood quietly beside him with one hand around Gao Fei's shoulders, lowered his head and listened, and his huge hand like a palm leaf fan patted from time to time.
Sharp Fang was not used to this atmosphere, and had left far away and sat down to rest at the edge of the tribe.
Gao Fei took another puff, the light of the cigarette butt flickered in the smoke. After he exhaled a large cloud of smoke, his voice became a little hoarse, and he said,
"I never think of myself as a soft-hearted good person, nor do I think of myself as an unforgivable evil person. In this world of survival of the fittest in Paradise, I just want to live well with my team."
"Lao Ao, we have been teammates for a while, and you know what kind of person I am. Although it is a bit naive to lead everyone to live well in Paradise, after all, we may be wiped out at any time."
"So I don't want to say anything else sensational. I just want to say that you can trust your back to me, just like I completely trust you with my front and sides." The
chief's ceremony was halfway through, and the originally broken body was filled with special materials. The hole in the chest disappeared, and the whole person was just like at the beginning, just sleeping deeply. The
chief's body was lying on a stone slab, on which mysterious symbols were painted with special paints. The main representatives of the tribe placed some branches and flowers next to the body.
Gao Fei and others also presented a small flower to express their respect for this comrade who had at least fought together with them, and for a brave man who had fought for the tribe.
The next step was to send the stone plate where the body was placed into the swamp, so that the swamp could slowly contain, integrate and accept the body, allowing the spirit of the leader and the spirit of the swamp mother to mix and grow, and protect the tribe.
When the slab was first delivered, it floated on the water. Gradually, due to the weight of the slab and the body, the slab slowly sank, and the mud gradually covered the leader's arms, legs, abdomen, and finally his face, swallowing up a little bit, and becoming silent a little bit.
The elders in the tribe knelt on the edge of the swamp, singing unknown sacrificial songs, and some old people danced sacrificial dances of different styles. They chanted "Ulana Zhangka" in their mouths. The meaning was probably similar to "Great Mother of the Swamp!"
Gao Fei and August watched from a distance, and suddenly felt an inexplicable wave coming from the swamp in front of them, sweeping across the entire swamp forest in an instant.
Gao Fei and August looked at each other in surprise! What was that wave just now? ! Is there really a so-called Mother of the Swamp? In this case, the water in this world is a bit deep.
Gao Fei and August made a small bow to the depths of the swamp to express that they had no ill intentions, and then the two hurriedly left the sacrificial site.
On the way back to the tribe, August suddenly remembered something and said to Gao Fei,
"Hei Tong, there is a saying in the Overwatch world, Heroes never die ~!"
(End of this chapter)