Chapter 36 Chapter 35: The First Step to Leaving Humanity

This night, the dreams continued. I dreamed that Green joined the wolves and learned to hunt and survive under the protection of the wolves.I also dreamed that Green was still by my side, playing naughtily and biting my fingers like when I was a child... Suddenly I dreamed that Green was not tolerated by the wolves because of his human breath, and was chased by the wolves to the cliff, with a bang The muffled sound fell into the valley like a stone, and fell heavily into my arms... No!The heavy muffled sound was so real, and so was the pain.I screamed "Ah", my head was covered in cold sweat, and I opened my eyes in horror!Yifeng was also awakened, only to find that the two of them had slept by the window all night.The windows were left open, and the hair was covered with hoarfrost on the eyebrows.A wolf's head fluttered on the window, its tongue outstretched, and it was breathing happily. It turned out to be Green who disappeared last night.

"Why is this guy back again?" Yifeng was happy, and picked up the Morning Call that Green threw into the window, which was the biggest stone ever.Yifeng shines the stone on the rising sun: "Where did you find it?" Green's pink tongue was trembling and stretching happily like a rose petal, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he squinted his eyes and gave a wolf smile, very proud.He took a few steps back, jumped in through the window, hugged us and kissed and bit us. "Stinky boy, I thought you were gone. What happened? Didn't pass the interview?" I rubbed Green's back with both joy and worry, checking for any wounds this time, and everything seemed to be fine.This guy's wolf mane is getting longer and longer, and he always likes to roll and brush his fur on the snow, shaking like a lion when he's fine, so cool!

"Look, look, it's really a good thing!" Yifeng fiddled with this golden stone, "It looks like a mountain, yes, it looks like a wolf mountain, here is a wolf cave, and there is a tree next to it, it's so similar !" I leaned over my head to look, and it really meant something. The whole stone was in the shape of an irregular triangle, with the texture of an oval cave at the lower left, and a long forked texture on the right, like a lone tree next to the cave. Abstraction, the more you look at it, the more flavorful it becomes. "Hey, after throwing so many stones, this one is the most classic!" I admired from the bottom of my heart.Green was triumphant, he hugged our faces and kissed madly, and couldn't push them away. The white frost on our hair was wiped off by his tossing, and the two people with gray hair instantly regained their "youth" ".Yifeng kneaded Green who was lying on the ground like a big dough, and Green was also very happy to enjoy this kind of rough love, and shivered when he kneaded it comfortably.

After making out, Green turned around in the room, then jumped out of the window with a hula.Yifeng and I were as happy as seeing a child we had not seen for a long time. We wiped the slobber from our faces, quickly packed up a few of our personal equipment and followed out. The dead sheep I dragged back a few days ago has only skeletons left, covered with a layer of frost and snow, and the intricate wolf paw prints and a few scattered wolf dung beside it show that the wolves had dinner here last night.Before Green came to the dead sheep, he sloppily chewed two bites of the remaining ribs and swallowed them, and walked straight to Wolf Mountain, like an office worker who had hurried on his way earlier.

On the snow outside the window, there was a clear paw print left by Green last night. This paw print ran forward for nearly two hundred meters, and when it reached another big paw print, it spun around a few times in a messy manner.This should be the paw print of the old wolf who called him last night.After that, the two paw prints ran towards Langshan one after the other.We decided to follow the wolf paw prints to reconnaissance to see where they went last night, so we followed the traces all the way. The two rows of wolf footprints move and stop, the old wolf's footprints are slow and slow, Green's footprints jump excitedly, rush forward many times and then turn around to wait for the old wolf's footprints, sometimes the two rows of footprints are like a ballroom dance Turning around a few times in the same way, sometimes a large trace of rolling and playing is left on the snow, and the footprints quickly submerge under the snow line and can no longer be tracked.What the hell happened here last night?Where are these mysterious wolf companions who only hear voices and refuse to show themselves?What is the attitude of the wolves towards Green, and why did they let him come back alone?Did the wolves drive him away, or did Green get used to being around people?If so, wouldn't it be troublesome!We went through all kinds of hardships to accompany him to find the wolves, and the wolves found them and assembled, but Green could not be released.Is this joy or sorrow?What should we do next?

Yifeng looked up at Green who was climbing over Wolf Mountain. Yifeng really wanted to climb to the top of Wolf Mountain to see the footprints of the Wolf King to relieve his doubts from last night.But I focused on Green and followed him all the way to the back of Wolf Mountain.I think it's easier to spot wolves by following Green. I have been in Langshan for so long and haven't turned to the back of the peak to see it. I didn't expect the scenery here to be so good!Standing on the top of the peak, the view is excellent, and any disturbance cannot escape the eyes of the wolf king.Yifeng set up a camera to take pictures of the scenery of Wolf Mountain.Green, on the other hand, waited intently on the top of the hill. He seemed to have come here today for something.His concentrated demeanor seemed to be hunting, but when the ice and snow were frozen, what prey would there be?

The sun rose above the horizon, we waited silently for a long time, and the herd of yaks at the foot of the mountain gradually approached.Green stared at the foot of the mountain and licked the wolf's mouth, then turned his head to look at us, this glance made my heart shudder, and Yifeng and I suddenly had an ominous premonition—this kid won't have an idea for a yak, right?He should go to the wolves!How did you put on an unprecedented hunting readiness for the yak herd?I stared at Green.Green has been fascinated by yaks for a long time, and he has bravely confronted the herd, but he has never been so serious in observing and planning step by step since he descended the mountain.Even the breakfast lamb chops before leaving are not too much, not too little, which can convert a little energy without affecting the speed due to satiety.The more I thought about it, the more delusional I became. If I was dealing with a lone yak, there was still a slight chance of winning. What was in front of me was a herd of up to a hundred yaks, and the calves were all under the strict protection of the cows.A wolf attaches great importance to its own life and will never take risks easily, but what is this child thinking?Waking us up early in the morning just to get one last look at us and go on an adventure?

Green began to head down the mountain. He chose a circuitous and concealed route down the mountain. The goal was indeed to go to the yak herd. This is a meadow covered by thin snow. The yaks are earnestly and hard to find grass roots. Seeing Yifeng and I approaching with the camera, the yaks are not afraid, but just raised their heads and calmly chewed the dry grass and looked at us.Green was extremely cunning, taking advantage of the opportunity when the yaks were paying attention to us, he quietly approached the herd, hid under a slope, and stretched his head to watch.Usually, before attacking, wolves will measure the strength of the opponent and find out the details of the prey to determine whether to attack and whether there is a chance to attack.Although yaks are one of the prey of wolves, there is a disparity between the strength of a lone wolf and a herd of cattle. I still hope that Green can assess the situation and dispel this crazy idea.Yifeng said: "Let's take Green back..."

Before the words were finished, Green jumped up from behind the hidden slope, ran to the nearest calf that had left its mother, and bit the calf's hindquarters.The calf was shocked, and it jumped up with a cry of "moo", and kicked its hind legs high to get rid of the wolf's bite. Green took advantage of the force of the calf's kick to tear off a piece of flesh and swallowed it immediately.The herd panicked, and a cow with a white forehead raised its horns and ran towards Green. "Oops!" Ye Feng yelled.Green quickly jumped away, dodging the deadly collision with White Forehead, rubbing the cow's hooves, leaping backwards, biting the cow's tail, and throwing it aside like a swing.This move was miscalculated, and the back leg raised his white forehead, and he kicked hard. Green screamed, and flew across the distance like a sandbag for more than two meters. With a muffled sound, he landed on the snow and rolled several times, splashing the snow flakes on the ground. fly.White forehead charged forward, Green twisted his wolf face in pain, turned over, gritted his teeth and ran out of White forehead's attack range.I was so scared that I couldn't scream, it was really a bad start.

At this time, the panic of the yaks calmed down a bit, and they quickly formed a circular cattle formation, covering all the calves in the inner circle to protect them. The cows were on the second floor, and the bulls were on the outermost circle. , snorted angrily, and stood ready.The bulls looked into the distance to prevent other lurking wolves from pounced. Green was kicked enough, and his body was bent into a "C" shape in pain. He barely moved to a place more than 30 meters away from the cattle, and took a big breath to calm the pain.I hurried forward to see if he had broken his ribs.Green collected himself, turned his head and looked in the direction of Wolf Mountain, thoughtful.Does he have backup?I froze for a moment, and looked back, but didn't see anything.The herd of yaks looked around nervously as well.After standing on the sidelines for more than 20 minutes, Qun Niu was surprised to find that there were no other "ambush soldiers". Qun Niu turned his head to guard against the little wolf in front of him, and was very surprised—this kid dared to go to the meeting alone? !

Green slowly calmed down the pain, and once again scanned the way back with his eyes, a layer of loss was cast in his eyes.He took a deep breath and limped towards me, looking in need of reinforcement.He anxiously leaned his neck against me, his body trembling because of the excitement of facing the enemy.Frightened, I stroked his sore spots, confirmed that his ribs and leg bones were intact, and repeatedly persuaded him, "Don't go, Green, it's too dangerous!" He looked up at me, as if my answer disappointed him greatly.But how can I help him hunt yaks unscrupulously, who is bound by human laws?I can't explain to Green that his rations are the property of human beings. The herd of yaks used their sharp horns to gather into a forest of arrows and spears. Even people would feel their livers tremble. Who would dare to rush forward desperately when seeing more than a hundred yaks approaching with their sharp horns? "Don't go, please be obedient?" I almost begged Green, he finally realized that I would never be able to help him, his eyes shot out with despair and anger.He gritted his teeth and turned around, shooting himself out like a fired shell, across the snow, across the mounds, and rushed towards the cattle formation.Wherever they passed, the pikas watching on the ground fled into the cave in a hurry.Green's figure shot arrows forward like a shooting star, raising thick snow and sand and rolling them into the distance.He rushed into the cow formation in the blink of an eye, dodged left and right between the gaps in the cow's hooves, and ran straight towards the wounded calf. The herd of cows did not expect a single wolf cub to be so brave. The herd of cows stamped their hooves, their bodies collided with each other in a panic, making a muffled sound, and the horns picked on their companions.All of a sudden, there was the roar of the bull, the call of the cow, and the sound of the calf looking for its mother.Green walked through the herd alone, and was surrounded by danger under the chaotic hooves. I was so scared that I almost lost my breath: "Isn't this courting death?" Yifeng adjusted the camera calmly: "I don't think so, he wants to disrupt the formation so that he can separate the calves." Indeed, Green’s seemingly reckless conflict has a clear goal. The calf is the easiest to panic without knowing the world. Once the middle calf panics and escapes from the inner circle, the cow will involuntarily disperse the protection His own calves and bulls will not be able to form an effective protection circle. Green's trick does work.The circular cattle formation immediately became a mess, wherever Green, who rushed into the cattle formation, ran, the tightly packed herd turned around in a hurry, looking for the killer who rushed into the cattle herd like a ghost.The unbreakable bull wall has become the biggest obstacle for the big bulls to turn around. The densely packed bulls' heads and bodies collide with each other, and the horns of the bulls crackle.The calves were even more panicked under the pressure of their parents, and some were trampled twice by the big cow, screaming in pain and crawling and squeezing to escape the cow pen. The cows hurriedly shouted and chased out to protect their babies. , The Bull saw that the protective formation was out of order, and simply ran into Green. Under the turbulent wind, the bird of prey, the goshawk, looked down at the thrilling hunting scene on the pasture——while the back of the bull was surging, the shadow of a rushing wolf appeared and disappeared from time to time, jumping over the horns of the cow, getting under the hooves of the cow, Under the low sky, stare at the target and hunt hard.Seeing that the wounded calf had been separated from the herd and was running away desperately, Green was chasing after the wounded calf, with White Forehead moaning in despair, struggling to save the calf, but he still couldn't catch up with the pace of the wolf.Green was about to catch up with the wounded calf, when suddenly a majestic black yak ran diagonally and ran towards Green!Startled, Green straightened his hind legs and leaped into the air, dodging the sharp horns of the black yak. ​​He stepped on the back of the yak with his hind paws and jumped away with the force. Extremely embarrassed, the wolf's head was almost crushed by the inertial hooves of the bull. Green rolled over and rushed up the snow slope, still in shock.The heavy bull, unable to climb up, stamped its hooves aggressively down the slope, threatening Green.At the same time, more than a hundred yaks moved forward in unison like a demonstration, stomping their hooves and slowly approaching, the slower the more terrifying, with a suffocating sense of oppression, they gradually formed a semi-encirclement, enveloping me, Yifeng and Green is in the middle.The nearest yak was only two or three meters away from us.Yifeng was uneasy: "Will we be besieged?" I looked around the cows, my scalp was numb, and I put my arm around Green's neck to protect him and backed away slowly.Green, however, did not accept my protection. Shaking Wolf Mao resolutely rushed out of the cattle herd and fought with several big yaks walking in front.The circle of cattle turned quickly, approaching Green.Green quickly retreated and ran up a steep slope, looking down at the cattle from a high position, and continued to use the fatigue tactics that wolves are best at.For more than an hour, the bulls guarding the calves were exhausted by rushing down the snow slopes. After all, they are domestic animals raised by humans, and their lives have always been peaceful and leisurely. Dou's huge physical exertion. There were human voices and dog barks in the distance, and Yifeng and I were afraid of meeting the herdsmen, so we hurried forward and clamped the wolf's neck, and dragged Green away from the scene.Panting heavily, Green stared at us both complainingly, then crossed the frozen river unwillingly and disappeared into a winter meadow.Yifeng broke into a cold sweat: "It's dangerous! It's a pity that he doesn't have a companion to help him, otherwise he will definitely be able to win." Wolves are really fighting with their lives for a meal.I sighed, Green was indeed too lonely, from the Tibetan mastiff friends who were sold off one by one in the mastiff farm to the territorial dogs that no one would accept him, Green was always alone.From me and Yifeng, who couldn't help him hunt, to his wolf companions who refused to show up, how urgently he needs companions and help.So why didn't he go with the wolves?Why didn't the wolves help him?Why on earth is he charging the herd alone?I feel like I'm getting more and more confused about Green and the wolves. As soon as we returned to the observation point, we found that a "visitor" had come: the house was full of wolf paw prints!Backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, and a lot more were left with signs of wolves' inspection.We left in a hurry with Green in the morning, leaving the windows open, and the window frames and walls were covered with claw marks from wolves.There were wolf paw prints on the snow around the small house.We carefully identified the clear footprints of at least three wolves, and the rest could not be seen clearly due to repeated trampling. It is impossible to accurately determine how many wolves there are.The most shocking thing is that there are two lines of paw prints that have been following the footprints of Yifeng and me, but we didn't notice it at all, and we were in a cold sweat thinking about it.In other words, what did we and Green do today, the wolves know. Today, Green's abnormal behavior of attacking a yak has always puzzled us. Does he regard this as a "rite of becoming a wolf" that proves his courage and courage?When Green bit the calf, he also looked back at Wolf Mountain, as if he was expecting the help of his companions, but I didn't think deeply about it at that time.As soon as Green took us away, these wolves came to visit the camp, two followed us, and the rest came to search the house, as planned in advance. "This group of wolves are too dishonest, leaving Green to deal with the herd alone, leading us away, and checking our background?!" Yifeng was a little angry. "Wolves are inherently suspicious." I was very entangled in my heart, trying to think from the standpoint of wolves, "Sometimes we can't get the other party's understanding with good wishes. Sending Green back to the wolf pack is not a normal human behavior. You have been fighting wolves for thousands of years, how can you ask people to accept your friendliness immediately? It takes a process of understanding, and now everyone is testing each other, so we should see more of your friendliness." Yifeng snorted: "They watched Green rush into the herd of yaks, but they didn't help. Is this friendly? Green is still a baby!" "For wolves, he is no longer a baby. Only people can hold big children in their hands. I think the matter of rushing to the herd is also a sublimation and test of Green's courage. He wants to be independent. Sooner or later, I will face it." I touched the wide open window, and suddenly felt relieved, as if I had touched a little feeling, "Think about it, this is in the territory of wolves, we slept with the windows open last night, they If you want to act against us, you acted last night, do you need to wait until now? This is just a curiosity and group protection exploration, which cannot be explained by human righteousness. I guess they also want to see more about our purpose. If I'm not mistaken, maybe they were going to help Green in the morning, but seeing that we followed Green, it was inconvenient for them to show up. And they must also wonder why this little wolf keeps returning to people. "I thought of this and smiled knowingly: "Speaking of which, if Green didn't even have the guts to cross the herd of cattle alone, he would also drag the wolves back in group hunting. The survival of wolves is realistic and harsh. Wolves are never allowed to be slow, cowardly, cowardly, or run away from the action. Green is not an ideal hunting partner if he has no courage or is brave enough to get in and out when charging the bulls. , then even the same kind or blood relatives cannot accept a black wolf." When I said this, Yifeng immediately felt relieved. "I didn't expect that it would not be easy to go to Langshan to join a group. You have to take an oral test first, then an interview, and finally you have to accept a real investment certificate?! Shuibo Liangshan... is strict enough!" He laughed, turned and went out Go, "We have to investigate them too. I'll go and investigate where these wolves come from and where they're going! Our son is not easy to entrust!" Green ate up the remaining dead sheep from last night, including the skin and bones, and went back to the house to sleep in a corner.He is very tired this day. I slowly cleaned up the mess in the house - the moisture-proof mattress and sleeping bag were thrown aside, the air mattress was moved directly under the window, and it had already leaked. I flattened the crumpled mattress and found that it was covered with dense The big wolf paw prints, there are two clear wolf tooth holes in the middle of the mattress.I checked carefully, and there were still many wolf paw prints jumping down on the window sill, and these paw prints jumped out of the mattress happily and ran out of the door, circled back outside the window, and continued to jump up the window and into the house.I laughed, and immediately remembered Green's novelty when he saw the air mattress for the first time. These big wolves and Green are just as good.The wolves must be thinking about it, but people really enjoy it.I imagined the rare energy of the big wolves bouncing around on the mattress, the silly bouncing was not enough, and they had to take turns climbing up the window and jumping on the bed, these guys are very good at playing!I vaguely recovered the frolicking shadows of the Tibetan mastiffs back then, and a sense of warmth rose in my heart.Although wolves are ferocious predators, they still have a pure, kind and childish side in their nature, a group of curious and playful big children.The two cavities in the middle might be some stupid wolf who got carried away with jumping and licked his mouth and let everyone have no fun. The horseshoe bag I collected for Green was taken out by the wolf, and the bleeding powder was rubbed all over the ground, as if someone had rolled on it.I remembered that Tashi told me before that when wolves in the wild were injured, they would look for this kind of horseshoe bag to stop bleeding and rub it on their bodies.If what Tashi said was true, could it be that a member of the wolf pack was injured and came looking for medicine this time?I am most worried about our rations being looted, but the compressed biscuits in the box in the corner of the room have not moved at all. I don’t know if it is not to the taste of the wolves or because the tin foil packaging has a metallic smell... I analyzed the interesting traces in the room, feeling The more you know about wolves, the less you know about wolves. After tidying up the house, I carefully mended the mattress until the sun went down, and Yifeng came back with a tired face: "Those wolves are too cunning, they messed up their footprints, I followed them all the way to the winter pasture below, and made a big circle Back to the starting point, finding them is even more difficult than finding the Heaven and Earth Society." I laughed, I knew it would be this kind of result... At sunset, the earth is gradually shrouded in darkness, only the white snow makes the ground a white light.Above the snow and darkness is the blue of the night sky.Occasionally, a string of firecrackers and barking dogs came faintly from the direction of the distant village.Yifeng and I remembered in a daze that today is New Year's Eve, and this is also the coldest time in Zoige Grassland. Under the window of the hut, Green was snuggling in front of us, with his head resting on my lap, and I gently rubbed the roots of his ears: "Green, do you know? You don't belong to a Tibetan mastiff, you don't belong to a territorial dog, and you don't belong to a human being. It's a wolf—the freest and most magical wolf in the wilderness." Grinther licked my wrist affectionately, her ears trembling. Night shadows whirling, night wind lingling... At midnight, Green got up slowly, the back of the wolf slid past my fingertips, and he walked out of the hut silently. In the desolation and silence, when the first wolf howl sounded from the window, our hearts suddenly became desolate.Green's voice today is full of loneliness and sadness... He has experienced a life course that other wolves have not experienced, but he has not experienced many tests that wolves should experience. He has come to this day alone.It is said that wolves have souls that are always filled with dissatisfaction and feel infinitely empty, or perhaps, wolves live in solitude all their lives.The extreme living conditions not only forged their iron will, but also shaped the loneliest heart.Therefore, it has become the custom and tradition of the wolf to resolve the inner loneliness, so the wolf often cries to the moon.But Green didn't just cry. Today, he has more confidence and pride. Wearing the pale silver battle robe that Moon Shadow covered him, he stood firmly on the snow, with a tall and straight body, raised his head and howled loudly. The silent mountains and fields seemed to be torn apart by howls like lightning cracks, and the sound of ice and snow cracking rolled across the valley. Listening to the wolf sacrificing the moon, Green's voice was pure and mellow, and he did not stop timidly.He closed his eyes and called out to me, the voice of the wolves told about his loneliness, loneliness and bleak life experience, the howl of wolves flowing in his blood was stronger than the years he had spent and the air he had breathed ancient. Green slowly opened his eyes and waited for a moment to come.A little bit of echo disappeared in the distant grassland, where there was no sound as far as hearing, and no pair of paying attention eyes as far as sight. "Did the wolves leave?" Yifeng was a little disappointed. Not far away, a loud wolf howl suddenly sounded, echoing Green's voice in a close and friendly voice.In an instant, we climbed up to the window as if we were on steroids.This precious echo made Green even more excited. He adjusted his voice and howled loudly, trying to communicate with this companion. "Ow————" A majestic and unquestionable howl was full of air, and the voice was very close. "I've heard this sentence, I've heard this sentence!" I shook Yifeng's shoulder violently. I heard this tone repeatedly in the wolf valley recordings he collected. This is the voice of the wolf king accepting family members.I was as excited as if I had won a test question.Once he understood, Green immediately connected with the voice and responded with a long voice, and Yifeng and I laughed with snot and tears. After the roar of the wolf king, the wolves responded one after another. The sound was very close. On several nearby mountains, wolves from tens of kilometers away gathered here.The wolf king summons all the family members with the unique voice of the family. Different families sing different tones. No wolf will refuse to join the battle song of the group. Every year, new members will come to different wolf families. At that moment, the warriors of the wolf tribe gathered one after another to prepare food for the winter. Yifeng and I walked out of the hut wrapped in thick clothes, and sat in the ice and snow to experience the unique New Year's Eve that is only once in this life. The battle songs of the wolf tribe echoed in the sky from time to time, and their howls in response to Green no longer hesitated last night.Green also sang more and more passionately. Seeing his intoxicated appearance, we couldn't help but be infected by it, and started to learn in a low voice while stroking Green's back.Yifeng learned a few times, and seemed to have found some sense, so he bravely put his mouth together and joined the chorus of the wolf tribe: "Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." Shut up, today the wolves are close, and I can hear the voice here clearly, as if someone in the choir suddenly lost the tune, and some wolves swallowed the "Ou" sound before they dragged it enough. . "Did I say the wrong thing?" Yifeng covered his mouth guiltily, and Green turned his head to look at Yifeng, with tenderness and gratitude in his needle-like pupils.I didn't expect Yifeng's voice to have the effect of clearing the field, I chuckled and said, "Don't test the wolf king's ability to bear it, I just accepted a Green, and today another one is coming. Or, you also Go and accept a nomination certificate?" Yifeng covered his mouth tightly and started laughing. The wolf king's noble voice sounded again, as if he was deeply confused by the "strange sound" just now, Green licked Yifeng, and proudly raised his head to answer the question: "Aw—————" This voice The sound resounded across the wilderness, the whole Wolf Mountain trembled slightly, and pieces of snow fell from the hut one after another. After a while, the howls of the wolves resounded loudly and grandly, the sounds getting closer and denser, gradually converging towards the Wolf Mountain.The harsher the environment, the more the wolves need the collective. This is a test of their life and death, and it is also a nostalgia for the wilderness where they were born and grew up. Green looked back, staring at his former home on the moonlit illusory mountain, his heart was filled with the feeling of parting from life and death. Finally, he pulled out a forelimb from the deep snow and took the first step away from human beings...