Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Things have changed, and the world has changed
"Is this the place?"
Mark asked.
After walking and stopping in the forest for more than three hours, the Caterpillar finally arrived at the place in his memory.
The caterpillar looked around and suddenly noticed something. It moved to the bottom of a banyan tree and used its forelimbs to tear off some weeds, revealing a green stone covered with moss underneath.
The Caterpillar has a deep memory of this bluestone.
When it failed in its competition for the position of chief's guard, it fell beside this bluestone.
At that time, it seemed that its head was hit by the stone.
Originally, it was thinking of waiting until it recovered from its injuries before competing for other positions as the leader's guards. After all, a caterpillar leader has several leader's guards.
As a result, it was directly expelled by the victorious leader's guards and forced to leave the home where it had lived since childhood...
The Caterpillar came back to his senses.
It no longer looked at the bluestone, but glanced around.
"Ss ...
Mark asked in confusion, "You mean, there used to be a lot of green caterpillars here, and you don't know why they disappeared?"
The green caterpillar nodded.
It grew up here in the past, and it still remembers a fruit tree with red fruits. The fruits were sweet and spicy, and it liked the taste very much.
Following the direction it remembered, the Caterpillar quickly found the fruit tree.
It was midsummer and the fruits should have been ripe, but when he looked up at the fruits on the tree, they were almost all green and very few in number, as if they had all been eaten.
——Eat all?
The caterpillar suddenly woke up, and the antennae on its forehead smelled a scent, which was the scent of a caterpillar of the same kind.
The tentacles on the caterpillar's forehead opened further and rotated like antennas.
More green caterpillar scents were smelled by it.
Like a frightened rabbit, the caterpillar scurried up to Mark's side and looked around warily.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!"
"You mean those green caterpillars are hiding nearby, hiding, and may be watching us in the dark right now?"
"Hiss!"
The caterpillar nodded continuously.
Mark thought for a moment and said, "No wonder we didn't get any news from the village chief. It seems that neither the village chief nor the insect catchers in the village know that there are wild green caterpillars in the forest. Otherwise, they could just organize people to come here and catch them. Do you know why the green caterpillars here are hiding from us?"
"Hiss." The green caterpillar shook its head. It had been away from the green caterpillar group for several years and could not remember many things. However, it quickly recalled something and said, "Hiss, hiss."
Mark raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean, the green caterpillars hate humans? Why do they hate humans?"
The green caterpillar shook his head.
It doesn't know why it hates humans, it's just what other caterpillars say.
In fact, when it first met Mark, it was also distrustful, but it really had no choice at that time.
Later, as time went by, as the dog gradually got to know Mark and came into contact with the villagers of Qingxi Village, it eliminated its prejudice against humans.
To this day, if Mark hadn't asked it specifically, it would have even forgotten that it once hated humans.
Mark frowned and thought for a while before saying, "It seems that if I am here, these green caterpillars will not show up. I will leave for a while, and these green caterpillars may come out. You wait here, I will not leave too far, and I will come to support you at any time if there is any problem."
"hiss?"
Before the Caterpillar could figure out what was going on, it saw Mark crawling into the grass and running away. In less than two breaths, he had disappeared.
Mark left it here?
The green caterpillar looked around, his body trembling slightly.
For several years, it has been inseparable from Mark, and in some ways, it has come to regard Mark as its support.
At this moment, Mark disappeared from its sight, and the Caterpillar felt inexplicably terrified.
Inexplicably, a terrifying scene of hundreds of green caterpillars attacking and driving it away appeared in its mind.
Then, there was a rustling sound.
Those green caterpillars really came over...
…
One after another, the caterpillars emerged from the grass in the distance and appeared in the caterpillar's sight.
It subconsciously retreated, only to find some green caterpillars crawling out from behind.
It wanted to escape directly, but it suddenly thought of Mark's words.
Mark told it to stay here, it couldn't leave.
The Caterpillar was struggling in his heart, and suddenly he discovered something.
In its sight, an extremely large green caterpillar emerged from the grass in front of it. It was over one meter long, almost one meter and two meters long.
It is the leader of the green caterpillar swarm.
However, he is not the leader of the green caterpillar swarm.
The reason why it is the leader is very simple, because this huge green caterpillar is the real green caterpillar leader.
As for the reason why it is not the Caterpillar leader, the appearance of this Caterpillar leader is completely different from the leader in its memory.
As I recall, the former Caterpillar leader had two majestic black spots on his forehead, and his body was smaller than this one.
The caterpillar leader that appeared at this time looked like an ordinary caterpillar, with no spots on its forehead and nothing special about the patterns on its body. Instead, sharp blades grew at the ends of its four spherical forelimbs.
The Caterpillar did not continue to look at the Caterpillar leader. Instead, it looked at the leader's guards, who were larger than ordinary caterpillars, next to the leader, which were the leader's lackeys as Mark called them.
These chief guards were of similar size to it, about 60 to 70 centimeters, and were looking at it with hostility.
However, these are not the point.
The point is that it doesn't recognize any of these leader guards!
Yes, it doesn't recognize any of them!
The caterpillar widened its eyes, looking confused.
Things have changed, and the world has changed dramatically.
After a few years, the forest is still the same forest as before, but the group of green caterpillars living in the forest has actually changed more than twice.
To the swarm of green caterpillars in the forest at this time, the green caterpillar that appeared at this time was a green caterpillar traitor who succumbed to humans.
"Hiss!" (Betrayer!)
"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!" (Human, bred, slave!)
"Hiss, hiss!" (Human, bred, slave!)
"Hiss!" (Betrayal!)
The angry hissing sounds of the caterpillars continued to be heard.
The curses were not smooth.
I inexplicably feel that these caterpillars have low intelligence and don't seem to be able to communicate well. They feel a bit stupid.
Although it always didn't understand what Mark said these two days and was a bit stupid, the Caterpillar felt that these caterpillars were even stupider than it.
No overthinking.
"Hiss!" (Quiet!)
The Caterpillar leader growled, and the entire swarm of insects quieted down.
It walked out from the swarm of insects and looked down from above.
Although this green caterpillar is very close to the human, it does not have the smell of being tamed. It is not a slave of humans, nor a traitor. However, the smell on its body clearly does not belong here.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" (Outsider, please leave!)
The majestic voice of the insect leader came, and the caterpillar subconsciously took a few steps back, but soon realized something - it was not an outsider!
"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss..."
The Caterpillar tried to defend himself.
It is not an outsider. It was born here and grew up here. It just left here for a long time, so the smell has changed a little. It still remembers the fruit of that tree. The taste of that fruit is not only sweet but also...
The Caterpillar's defense did not continue.
Because what greeted it was the extremely cold eyes of the Caterpillar leader.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" (Outsiders, get out!)
With another word from the Caterpillar leader, the entire group of caterpillars began to make sounds like a boiling pot.
"Hiss, hiss!" (Outsiders, not welcome!)
"Hiss!" (Get out!)
"Hiss!" (Get out!)
"Hiss, hiss!" (Outsiders, get out!)
"Hiss, hiss!" (Not welcome, leave!)
...
The hostile gaze and words made the Caterpillar retreat unconsciously. Then it saw the Caterpillar leader waving his forelimbs, and dense swarms of caterpillars rushed towards it from all directions!
The Caterpillar stood there in a daze, bewildered, when a blue-white figure rushed out, reached out and scooped it up and held it under its armpit. It was Mark who had left it there not long ago.
Mark ran quickly in the forest with the caterpillars, and behind him, a group of caterpillars had already started to hit and bite Mark's back.
In general, the impact and bite power are not very strong.
Mark felt he could still bear it. As for the coward's backpack, he had already carried it on his chest, so he didn't have to worry about being attacked.
Finding the situation to be alright, Mark also turned his attention to the green caterpillar tucked under his armpit.
Mark said helplessly: "It's like this, why don't you fight back and break through!"
"hiss?"
Mark said: "Yes, you have to fight back. How can you not fight back when you encounter danger?
Moreover, this is only the first step. You have to use the skills you usually practice to hone your [impact].
Don't be afraid, there's nothing to be afraid of. Didn't I say before that at most the two of us will get beaten up, it's no big deal, we can just run away!
Believe me, we can run away, look, haven't we run away now?"
The green caterpillar looked up at Mark.
As Mark said this, his back and thighs were still suffering continuous attacks.
In sight, one of the leader's guards bit Mark's arm.
Mark frowned slightly.
As Mark reached out and tore it open, a streak of bright red blood spilled out and dripped right into the caterpillar's eyes.
Mark is injured! ?
It's all its fault...
The memories of living with Mark and practicing hitting the dead wood together flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern...
The Caterpillar suddenly understood something.
It is no longer the powerless self, it is now its turn to help Mark!
By the time the caterpillar realized something, it had already twisted its body and broke free from Mark's arms.
[Impact (Powerful Attack)]!
Boom!!
In an instant, the green caterpillars turned into cannonballs and blasted out, and more than a dozen green caterpillars were blasted into the sky...
The caterpillar did not stop. After landing, it found the right angle and planned to attack the densely populated area of the caterpillars again. It wanted to make those guys who hurt Mark pay the price! !
However, just as the caterpillar was about to attack again, Mark's voice came from a distance.
"Green Caterpillar, don't let your anger and hatred cloud your mind. I know you attacked me out of anger because I was injured, but this is not the reason for us to fight here.
We came here and were attacked, but it was actually our own fault. We provoked the green caterpillars here, so even if we were attacked, we can't blame them.
Don't forget our purpose.
We need to accumulate experience faster in actual combat, grow and become stronger faster!
Recall and use the [collision] techniques we once practiced together, and then adjust and perfect them over and over again..."
Mark's voice became smaller and smaller, and seemed to be farther away.
The Caterpillar's heart gradually calmed down.
Yes, hone your skills, accumulate experience, and continue to grow.
Mark had said similar words many times before, but it had never fully understood them. But now, it seemed to understand.
In an instant, everything was completely different.
It no longer gets angry when its owner is injured, nor does it get timid when its owner is away.
Suddenly, the caterpillar seemed to have returned to the past three and a half years when it had been ramming against the dead tree stump...
The caterpillar stretched out its front legs and unconsciously imitated Mark's movements, lightly pinching its chin.
The [Impact (Charged Power Strike)] that it had just used in anger seemed to be very powerful, but in fact its power was only average. Because it was too angry, there were some deviations in the power it exerted, and the power consumption was increased by nearly half.
It actually made such a low-level mistake, it really shouldn't have...
While thinking, the caterpillar twisted its head, nimbly dodged the attack of two caterpillars, and looked towards a direction where the caterpillars were more densely packed.
Whoosh——
[Impact (Powerful Attack)]!
The caterpillar adjusted its muscles and the warm current, and after a short period of charging, it flew out again...