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These rats are not afraid of light, even yearn for light in the dark, and have quite complicated triumphal rituals.

In addition, Chu Ge also found traces of oil paint on many mice.

This shows that their degree of "civilization" is higher than Chu Ge estimated.

The size of the entire group of rats is about three to four hundred. Judging from the uniform triumphant dance, they have a certain degree of sociality and organization. However, independent residences and class symbols that divide each other have not yet been born, and they are still A gregarious "primitive tribe".

Chu Ge was meditating, when there was a commotion in the depths of the group of rats, and a big fat rat with a round belly came out solemnly.

This mouse has a shuttlecock tied to its head, and colorful feathers are scattered around it, like a proud crown, adding a bit of power.

The fat and strong body was covered with a colorful plastic packaging bag, and clusters of feathers picked from badminton were stuck to it with double-sided tape. When walking, they rattled and rattled, making them look more and more High-sounding.

The strangest thing is that on top of its fat head and big ears, there is a mask carved out of the bones of many small animals. At first glance, it looks like a monster with teeth and claws. A cat face.

Rat King with a cat face mask?

Chu Ge was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The mouse's temperament was already wretched enough, but this pretending mouse actually showed a bit of a charlatan.

Well, this is probably the "priest" in the fierce rat tribe, at least, the prototype of the priest.

Seeing it appear, all the ferocious beasts in the hunting team, including the huge red-haired ferocious rat, all lay down neatly, resumed crawling on all fours, and crawled towards the priest.

Only then did Chu Ge realize that the priest was holding an oil paintbrush for children to learn to paint.

Every ferocious rat placed the trophies it had hunted by its side respectfully.

And it used an oil paint pen to draw a circle in the center of the forehead of each "rat hunter".

Depending on the amount of trophies, the circles are different in size, and if a Rat offers double the trophies, it will also put a smaller circle inside the larger circle.

The ferocious mouse that got the circle stood up again, with its head held high, looking overjoyed.

The ferocious rats all around also screamed very cooperatively, as if they were envious and jealous.

This is probably some kind of medal, in recognition of the bravery of the hunting team, which has the same meaning as the human honor ceremony.

Finally, it was the turn of the red-haired ferret to offer the skull of the honey badger.

The priest looked at it for a long time, but instead of drawing a circle on its head, he turned around, grabbed a thin and long stick, and solemnly handed it over.

Chu Ge saw that it was...a birthday cake candle.

"Crack!"

In the hands of the priest, the cheapest disposable lighter appeared by magic.

But looking at the expressions of it and other ferocious rats, it looks like it is priceless, even treasures bestowed by gods and demons.

With a holy face, the priest carefully pressed the lighter, and a small flame burst out immediately.

"ah……"

Hundreds of ferocious rats uttered emotional cries and stared fascinatedly at the flames.

Such a scene made Chu Ge even more amazed - he knew that mice were not necessarily afraid of the light, and it was not uncommon for mice to stalk the market in broad daylight.

But mice that aren't afraid of flames, or any wild beasts, are, uh, rare.

The priest lit the birthday candles for the red-haired rat.

The beast instinct of the red-haired ferocious mouse makes it fear the flames, but the pride of its wisdom makes it cling to the birthday candles tightly.

The priest turned off the lighter and nodded to the red-haired ferocious mouse. The red-haired ferocious rat held up the birthday candles high, letting the faint flames shine on all the trophies.

Then, waving birthday candles, it circled the entire "rat city".

The scene that is both serious and funny, or in other words, looks funny because of its seriousness, reminds Chu Ge of the Olympic torch relay ceremony before the Calamity Era.

However, the attitude of these ferocious rats towards the "torch" is much more pious and fanatical than the Olympic audience.

Chu Ge saw that they all rushed towards the red-haired ferocious rat holding the birthday candle aloft, scrambling to raise their tails and sticking the tip of their tails into the flames.

"Squeak!"

The flames hurt, and they quickly pulled out the tip of their tails, looking "painful and happy".

It seems that the sting of the tail being burned by the flame symbolizes that they also fight side by side with the hunting team, bear the pain together, are honored, and can also receive the blessing and strength of "warriors" like the red-haired ferocious rat.

On the edge of the flames, Chu Ge also accidentally discovered that there were many strange pictures painted with oil paint on the ruined walls around.

That's certainly not the graffiti from before the Doomsquake.

Because the ink is very fresh and clear, and the strokes are too rough and even childish, it reminds Chu Ge of the murals of primitive people that he saw on the Internet and found in a cave somewhere in Europe.

really--

The red-haired ferocious rat returned to the middle of the open space after circling the field.

It has a few very clever mice under it, waving the bones of honey badgers, and telling everyone vividly, no, it is the mice who tell how they "defeat the strong with the weak" and defeat the honey badgers.

During the whole process, the red-haired ferocious mouse kept holding the birthday candle high, and the candle oil inevitably dripped on it.

But it regards the scorching pain as another form of glory. It looks proudly and confidently at the ferocious rats around, and screams out of fright at the vivid performance of its subordinates.

The story of the hunters is over.

The priest screamed again, curling up the pastel with his tail.

The red-haired ferocious rat personally illuminated it, and all the ferocious rats surrounded the priest together, finding a relatively flat and spacious wall.

The priest flicked his tail, dabbed and daubed, and quickly drew a mural of "Warriors of the Rat Tribe Fighting the Honey Badger" with a few strokes.

It's just that it didn't see the appearance of the honey badger when it was alive, and the drawn one didn't look like a honey badger, but a black cat with a grim expression.

Well, a mouse that can draw.

No wonder other mice respect it so much. If similar things happened on the ground, many foolish men and women in the market would probably come down to worship it as a great immortal!

The priest carefully sketched the last stroke of the mural, and the candle in the red-haired rat's hand was just about to burn out.

Hundreds of mice surrounded the mural, admiring, dancing and falling into ecstasy.

The priest ordered a few little mice to "crack, blah, blah" and dragged out a clay idol from the darkness.

Chu Ge watched intently, and it turned out to be a beckoning cat.

This golden beckoning cat seems to be the guardian of the fierce rat tribe. Even the priests want to lie down and kiss its toes, thanking it for blessing the hunting team's triumphant return.

Then, under the witness of the beckoning cat, the priest prepares to distribute the trophies brought back by the hunting party.

Of course, before the distribution, the most important thing is to present their carefully prepared sacrifices to the lucky cats.

I saw that the priest carefully selected the fattest pieces from the strips of meat and offal brought back by the hunting team, and placed them respectfully in the recruiting area together with two broken bones with delicate structures that looked like natural works of art. At the foot of the fortune cat.

At this time, the red-haired ferocious rat stepped forward and whispered something to the priest, and the eyes of the two rats shot at Chu Ge at the same time.

The priest flicked his tail, and the two ferocious mice carried Chu Ge to the front of the beckoning cat.

"Wait, hello—"

Chu Ge had a bad premonition.

The priest came up and looked at Chu Ge curiously. The shuttlecock feather on his head scratched Chu Ge's nose and made him want to sneeze.

"Actually, what, I also have wisdom, and I have become a spirit. Everyone is a monster. Can you save face?"

Chu Ge really wanted to say this to the priest.

But in the thin and long throat, there can only be a scream of "creak creak".

This is a "language" that is a hundred times more advanced than that of the Rat Tribe, full of subtle pauses, transitions, and overlapping sounds. Only professionally trained soul movers can recognize the rich information contained in it.

To the priest's ears, it was just a meaningless noise.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

It sniffed Chu Ge for a long time, and suddenly looked like a "ghost upper body", accompanied by a convulsion, pointed at Chu Ge and screamed.

Immediately, three more ferocious rats stepped forward, plus the two in front, firmly grabbed Chu Ge's limbs and head, and pulled them out forcefully, forming a "big" character, as if five horses were dismembering a corpse.