Chapter 129: From Another Settlement
Gray’s attitude toward that inexplicably appeared beastman was very strange.
After discovering that beastman’s tracks, it didn’t immediately go track them; instead, it took those wild chickens and brought Su Ran back to the dwelling right away.
Moreover, it didn’t seem very nervous, but also not very happy.
Su Ran wanted to carefully ask Gray about the reason that beastman appeared.
But Gray’s ability still couldn’t support it explaining the whole story clearly.
In the end, the only useful information Su Ran got from Gray’s mouth was that that beastman wasn’t one of the beastmen who had always been living with them in the settlement on this side of the river beach.
That beastman came from another settlement.
This news shocked Su Ran greatly!
Because from coming to this settlement until now, she had never seen any beastmen outside the settlement.
Even when going to so many places in the forest to collect food, she hadn’t discovered the existence of any other beastmen settlements.
So subconsciously, she had instinctively thought that in this forest, there was only the one beastmen settlement where Gray lived!
Even if there were other beastmen settlements, they should live very far away, not at a distance where one could encounter them just by hunting near the settlement.
In the days after encountering that beastman, Gray no longer let Su Ran go hunting with it.
And after returning that day, it took Su Ran to the bird’s nest forest over there.
Su Ran stood beside Gray, listening to it “Ao wu Ao wu” talking with the other beastmen in the settlement.
She could guess that Gray was telling the beastmen about the beastman they encountered today, but she couldn’t guess exactly what it was saying.
Because she could see surprise and vigilance on the beastmen’s faces after hearing this news, but no tension or fear.
Moreover, in the subsequent daily life, the beastmen’s behavior seemed as if they weren’t taking what Gray said to heart, still doing whatever they were supposed to do.
And now whenever Gray went out hunting, it would call over Xiao Ju or Yao Yao to keep Su Ran company.
It was precisely this reaction of its that made Su Ran have to guess whether that beastman’s appearance was actually a dangerous signal.
Because even though the beastmen in the settlement looked as calm as ever on their faces every day, Su Ran could still clearly feel the faintly tense atmosphere in the air.
Most importantly, Su Ran suddenly discovered at a certain moment that even though the weather these past few days was still maintaining high temperatures, the beastmen were clearly much more active than before.
Just like deliberately being active to keep themselves alert.
This made Su Ran subconsciously start to develop a vigilant mentality toward the surrounding environment.
After noticing something off about the beastmen, her first reaction was to make the long saber she had planned to make.
The long saber was made from four-eared ox bone, with a blade nearly forty centimeters long and seven or eight centimeters wide.
The blade was ground thin and sharp by Su Ran, the handle was made of wood, and on the outside of the handle, Su Ran wrapped a layer of red-skinned pig hide so it wouldn’t feel rough or abrasive when held.
This saber was now almost always carried on Su Ran.
The beastmen’s attitude gave her a faint feeling that the beastman she saw that day might appear again soon!
This evening, after finishing dinner, Su Ran went behind the house to feed the raised chickens and the two four-eared oxen some food.
By now the sky was gradually darkening, and the light was fading.
Gray was squatting by the riverside washing the tableware used for dinner.
Green soap fruit pit produced rich foam, rinsed in the stone bowl, then floated away with the river water.
Tonight’s moon was very large and bright; even Su Ran could clearly see the surroundings in tonight’s night.
And that huge blue star that appeared every night was equally large and particularly striking tonight.
Su Ran looked up, carefully watching this blue star for a while, only feeling that the planet’s appearance tonight was almost like it was about to press down close against this forest.
The massive sphere hung above her head, yet always gave the illusion that in the next second it would smash down from the sky, making one feel from the bottom of their heart an inescapable sense of oppression!
However, what Su Ran didn’t notice was that Gray, who was washing dishes by the riverside, suddenly paused its movements slightly while washing.
And when passing by the fire pit in front of the long table, it casually threw the white bean fruit seedlings that had been plucked and dried in the past two days into the fire pit.
Then threw a few pieces of firewood in.
Only then did it follow behind Su Ran into the house.
When sleeping, Su Ran wrapped the long saber’s blade in a piece of animal hide and placed it directly beside her pillow.
And the bow and arrow was hung on the wall nearby.
Recently the nighttime weather had been sultry, so the windows of the room where Su Ran and Gray slept were propped open all night long.
At this time, moonlight passed through the window, shining on the ground inside the room, illuminating everything in the room clearly.
By now both people in the room had closed their eyes; Su Ran faced Gray, wearing a tank top and shorts, with a thin animal hide blanket draped over her waist to cover her exposed navel.
Because Gray was by her side, Su Ran gradually fell asleep.
And Gray, who held her in his embrace, didn’t even take off his shorts when sleeping tonight.
However, the ears on top of his head were constantly changing angles, listening to the sounds outside.
Time gradually passed, and there wasn’t even a whisper of wind on the river beach outside.
Only occasionally from the chicken coop behind the house came the “chirp chirp” of wild chickens and red birds and “cluck cluck” calls.
Inside the woods behind the house, because of the shade of the trees, moonlight could hardly penetrate, making the woods pitch black.
And just at this moment!
Suddenly a small “crack” sound came from the woods, as a finger-thick branch snapped!
At the same time, Gray lying beside Su Ran suddenly opened his eyes wide!
His ears stood straight up, and the tail behind him uncontrollably slapped the heated brick bed behind him once.
Then he gently sat up from the heated brick bed, his gaze passing through the window, looking at the river beach open space in front, which showed no change compared to before sleeping.
Then he got down from the heated brick bed, walked to the window side, slowly removed the wooden stick propping up the window board, held the window board with his hand, and slowly lowered it.
The wooden board blocked the view, but couldn’t block a beastman’s hearing.
In the room that instantly became pitch black, Gray’s pair of green eyes seemed to glow with fluorescence, startlingly bright.
He stood in place for a short while, then suddenly strode to the main door in the outer corridor, gently moving one door panel after another aside.
Then he stood in front of the house for a good while, suddenly raised his head, and let out a long and resounding wolf howl toward the sky!
