Survive in the beast world

There were fewer restless single males in Howling Valley, and it seemed a lot quieter for a while. Maybe this is why Bai took them away?

You can tell when you see Aman jumping happily again. Now he has joined the team of females. Without those single males circling around him and fighting in the shape of beasts in front of him, his little life is back to happy. .

The males are led by Li and Xiao to take turns to patrol twice a day, probably because of the previous cleaning, the situation is good, very smooth, except for occasionally seeing Miss Brachiosaurus alone, not long-term All is quiet except for the raiding predators.

It's a pity that even Ms. Brachiosaurus is surrounded by many traps, and the secret of Ms. Brachiosaurus not stepping on the trap is... Always be loyal to your stomach and follow the sweet taste ╮(╯-╰) ╭So the incoming predators are defeated by the fact that they don't eat sweets.

The females had already had experience in taking care of corn seedlings before, but the marshland could not be planted for a while and needed to be dried for a while. Li Shizhen led the females to reclaim and level some land on the hillside, and fill in fertilizers by the way. of.

The reclaimed land on the hillside was planted with the wheat, vegetables and fruits that were raised later. These seeds were not many, and the land was already surplus. The main source of food in Howling Valley is still meat. The livestock they brought before and the continuous The hunted carnivores filled the temporary shortage of food.

Occasionally when it is safer outside, the females also go to the woods outside to collect some vegetable and fruit roots to enrich the recipe. Li Shizhen will also investigate which plants with higher yields are suitable for transplanting into Howling Valley. Of course, Miss Brachiosaurus prefers sweet The females of plants such as sweet grass have planted a large area, and all the open spaces in Howling Valley have been sprinkled with seeds of various sweet grasses. Although they cannot be used as staple food, they can be used as snacks for Miss Brachiosaurus. no problem.

This is probably the benefit of being a mascot, even if Bai is the leader, the females in Howling Valley did not raise a whole valley of piglets to accommodate his appetite.

After seeing Li Shizhen's crude iron knife, Muapa became deeply interested in various ores. Now, in addition to closing the small black house, he also cultivated the hobby of picking up stones, and even mobilized the mines in the valley. The males help him collect various stones. These stones can be exchanged for good weapons with him, which greatly stimulates the enthusiasm of the males to collect stones. Therefore, it is strange that there is no shortage of various ores at the old man’s place. Let Li Shizhen go there if there is nothing to do. He looked at the stones there.

It is true that a lot of red stones with extremely high iron content have been discovered, but what Li Shizhen finds very strange is that these stones not only have very different colors, ranging from red to grayish black, but also grow in different environments. Some are found directly in solid rock, while others are exposed in the wilderness.

Not only that, it seems that the stones collected by the males also have very different compositions. Li Shizhen tried to refine red stones with charcoal before, but the very red ore in the Xuefeng Valley can be easily melted. It is not necessarily the gray-black or even gray-white ores. It can be seen that the melting points of these ores are not exactly the same.

Without the corresponding equipment in hand, Li Shizhen could not determine the specific composition of these stones one by one, but one thing is certain, those iron ores that are not red are likely to be some kind of alloy.Li Shizhen even once thought that these stones should be meteorites from the sky, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the purity and high melting point. Unfortunately, the males did not find meteor craters nearby, and these stones were not concentrated in a certain place. It was discovered in one place, but scattered all over the place, which is puzzling.

But Li Shizhen didn't bother to pursue this kind of problem of tracing the source, and only let the males collect these special-colored ores for future refinement.

These experiments are all exploratory, and Muapa watched with great interest, asking Li Shizhen difficult questions from time to time. More realistically, how to process these easy-to-refined ironware into various utensils, such as molds, is a problem Therefore, we need to return to pottery making.

However, Li Shizhen thought that there should be no coal mines under the swamp. Originally, he speculated that if this place is a lake with a long history, then the corpses of plants and animals deposited hundreds of millions of years ago should be able to produce coal mines. In leveling the swamp, he found nothing but a thin layer of peat.

Whether it is making pottery, extracting ore, or even burning bricks for building houses in the future, a lot of fuel is needed. There is no coal mine, only logging. Many glorious civilizations in human history later proved to be destroyed by this civilization. Overcutting in progress.

In the short term, they don't have to worry about this issue, after all, they are surrounded by dense forests, but in the long run, they still need a strategy.

However, the Howling Valley is not always calm. Li Shizhen did not expect that the first thing that happened would be so difficult.

When Xiao found him profusely, he was arguing with Muapa about the possibility of refining the ore to make bows and arrows.

"Ah Chao, come with me... Bu, Bu is not good..."

Li Shizhen was immediately taken aback. You must know that most of the young orcs are in good health, with few illnesses and disasters. This is why Muapa is so relieved to hand over the Howling Valley herbal medicine to the inexperienced Li Shizhen.

"Don't worry, talk while walking, what's going on?"

Xiao said almost as he ran, "Today we were leading a patrol, and suddenly Bu's limbs became weak and passed out. My brothers and I picked him up and came back quickly."

"No other symptoms? What did you eat when you set off? How was he at that time?"

Xiao carefully recalled and said: "We all ate and set off in the valley separately. It should be the meat, nothing else. When we set off in the morning, he didn't have any other reactions, and he looked the same as usual."

Li Shizhen saw that Xiao couldn't ask any useful information here, so he had to check the situation first.

The males arranged Bu in the small tree house where he and Ran lived, and Ran was also notified, and stayed by Bu's side with a pale face.

When Li Shizhen came over, he hurriedly got up to give way, almost tripped to the ground, Li Shizhen helped him and handed it to A Che, who was on the side, and told him: "Look carefully at Ran, don't let him think wildly."

Then he lowered his head to check the state of Bu. It was obvious that he was in a coma now, completely unresponsive to outside voices. Li Shizhen was about to reach out to lift his eyelids to have a look, but found that it was very hot!

The nose is also very dry, and there are no very special symptoms in other places. These conditions are so familiar, Li Shizhen turned around and asked Ran: "What did he eat this morning, and what's unusual?"

Ran's mind was flustered, and he spoke incoherently: "No...#￥%#..."

Hearing that he could even speak the language of the Leopard Clan, Li Shizhen quickly turned around and comforted him: "It's just a fever, it's not a big problem, Ran, you should calm down first, your answer is very important for curing Bu, recall carefully, today , Or was there anything unusual about Bu yesterday? What did you eat? What did you drink?"

Ran finally managed to calm down, and stumbled to make a statement.Li Shizhen frowned when he heard that, Bu didn't seem to eat anything special, just the same barbecue and the like as usual, and the other males also ate the same food, but he had a high fever and fell into a coma.

Ran intermittently said: "He... this morning... is not feeling well... I, he accompany Yun, he is going to patrol..." Yun is the name of the little leopard, so it seems that it is not a sudden symptom.

Li Shixuan asked: "Is there anything special about yesterday?"

Ran thought about it carefully, and shook his head anxiously and distressed.

Li Shizhen pondered for a while, and said: "This is very similar to Bai's situation at that time, and I'm not sure, maybe it's about to change into a human form."

Ran's eyes widened, and he just gestured anxiously: "Will he be okay?" Ran didn't care whether he was a human or a leopard, as long as he was fine.

Li Shizhen wasn't quite sure either. Bai's situation at that time was hovering between life and death, but he still wanted to give him confidence and stabilize his emotions first: "Bai succeeded at that time, you see, he is not doing well now. What?" However, Li Shizhen has to explain the things that should be explained carefully, "This fever will last for a long time, so we should pay attention to cooling down and supplementing nutrition."

Then he carefully told Ran how to apply cold water to his forehead. If the body temperature was higher, he would even cool down the armpits and other places. As for nutrition, when the white fever was at its worst, he couldn't even swallow food, so he could only feed him fluids. food.Li Shizhen thinks about it now, the danger at that time made him feel lingering fear.

The situation in Bu is much better than when they were by the river at that time. After all, there is no shortage of water in Howling Valley, and there is even clean groundwater seeping from the mountain behind, and there is no shortage of food or anything. The males catch some fish by the way, and supplement vitamins, salt and protein appropriately.

After Li Shizhen finished his explanation, he felt that it was not a special case that Bai and Bu were able to change their body shape so late. Only Bai could be said to be accidental, but now Bu is also like this, which is really puzzling.

In the Tiger Clan, Wolf Clan, and even the Bear Clan that came later in the Xuefeng Valley, this kind of situation is very rare, and the whole Leopard Clan, in Ran's description and Li Shizhen's observation at the time, is the same as Bai Shi Case.

Li Shizhen couldn't figure it out, and always felt that there was a clue that he hadn't grasped.However, at present, it is still necessary to pay close attention to Bu's physical condition. Although he reassures Ran that Bai is fine now, the danger of Bai's original transformation is still vivid in his mind, and he cannot be negligent.After all, it is far more painful for their adult bodies to experience such drastic changes than to experience such changes in childhood, and the body's reaction is also stronger.

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Here, Bai, Yong and a group of single males trek east. Although Bai has not been to the east a few times, Yong has been there every time, and the road shape is quite familiar.

The things Li Shizhen gave them for trading were prepared according to Bai's instructions, and there was nothing special, they were all animal skins, animal bones, and herbs that were not used in Howling Valley.Even the quantity of these things is not much. According to the experience in the past, Yong once felt that these things could not be exchanged for much salt, but Bai seemed to have a plan in mind. Yong always obeyed his orders, but he did not openly question them.

In previous years, they exchanged a lot of things for salt. During the middle journey, they took a raft down a relatively gentle river, and then brought salt back by land.According to the experience of the Tiger Clan in previous years, in this season, the water flow is abundant, and the predators in the water have enough food. Generally, they will not easily attack large rafts. There will be some minor troubles on land, but the waterway is still relatively peaceful.

Bai didn't plan to change the itinerary this time, even if there were fewer things, those who should travel by water should still go by water.

Most of the males on the raft were wading down the water for the first time, and they were very nervous. They just clung to the raft firmly so that they would not be thrown off, but nothing happened. There were huge black shadows on the water beside the raft from time to time. The next flash passed, but retreated silently because of the size of the raft. There will never be fewer animals coming to drink by the river. If it is not in the dry season, these predators will rarely challenge prey bigger than themselves. For predators in nature, if they can take less risk, they will never take more.

When at last they docked the raft had only been afloat for a day and a night.

When they arrived at the docking point, the other males were busy moving things off the boat. Finally, Yong couldn't hold back and asked quietly, "Bai, do you know how to change the salt?"

Bai looked very surprised: "You haven't changed it yourself?"

Yong was stunned: "No."

White:……

Yong explained: "In the past years, Yu'am led the females to change them. We and Qing Apa waited for them to discuss it. We just went to move the salt."

Bai was quite surprised: "You really don't know how to change?"

Yong shook his head: "I really don't know." He had watched from the sidelines, but he himself had never participated in it.

Bai pondered and said: "Anyway, let's go and have a look first." He hadn't even been here before, and of course he didn't know.Before communicating with Yong, he even thought he was going directly to Beicheng to exchange salt, but he didn't know that Apaam and the others went to a small salt exchange point.

They followed the direction led by Yong for only a day or two, and the beasts became less and less rare, and they gradually found traces of the orcs' activities.

However, Tian Bai and Yong suddenly stopped in their footsteps, and they looked at each other, their expressions became serious at the same time, and even the orc males following behind suddenly became agitated.Because all the males smelled a smell - the smell of blood.

There are traces of orc activities around here, and there are no wild animals at all. How can there be such a strong and fresh smell of blood.

Bai waved his hand to stop the team, and made a few gestures. The well-trained males immediately dispersed, each looking for a place to hide and smeared the fruit to eliminate the smell.

Bai also smeared the fruit himself, and quickly walked towards the place where the smell came from under the cover of the surrounding bushes and big trees.But when he arrived at the place where the smell of blood was the strongest, seeing the scene in front of him, even Bai, who was used to bloody slaughter after many fights, couldn't help frowning slightly.

Obviously, this was a massacre. The slaughtered party was a group of orcs. The corpses on the ground were all males. Those wounds were caused by arrows passing through their vital organs. There was no one alive at the scene. Some of these males were in human form and some in animal form. The farthest one hid under a big tree far away but failed to escape the fate of being killed, and was nailed through the throat by a long arrow branch.

Bai picked up a piece of gray feather on the ground, looking thoughtful.

At this time, the sky was already quiet, but the corpses on the ground seemed to be still warm.

These should not be the residents living nearby. Judging by the posture of these orcs staying here, they are preparing to cook here. The bonfire has just been set up, and they bring a very complete set of things, such as cooking utensils and sheds. It should be a long-distance journey. Come on, Bai even saw a thick pile of messy animal skins, sun-dried fruits turned around in a mess, and the like.

These people... have the same purpose as them, they are here to exchange salt.

Moreover, Bai bowed his head and found a lot of fruit in the basket beside him. Males generally don't eat this kind of thing. So, killed the male and took the female?

Bai's footsteps are very light, and he is even very careful. He does not step on the grass or leave footprints on blood. When necessary, he jumps on the tree to change the perspective.After observing all the situation, he quietly retreated back the same way, without disturbing any plants or trees.

The order Bai gave after returning was very simple, the whole group continued to hide and temporarily stopped advancing.He even carefully kept the four outposts monitoring the four directions.

However, everything was calm, as if the faint blood floating on the nose was just an illusion.

As the sky darkened, Bai ordered everyone to start making auspicious suits. Of course, the production process was also required to keep as quiet as possible so as not to disturb everything around them, especially the possible targets in the sky. After the sky darkened, the orcs did not need torches for their vision. They can see things without hindering their production process.

The males dressed in auspicious suits simply ate some dried meat, and after Bai ordered to hide all the goods, they moved forward lightly.

He just briefly told Yong and Mo about the origin of the bloody smell on the way.Yong couldn't help frowning and said softly: "This salt... can I change it?"

Mo also hesitated: "The goods of the orcs are still there. It's not for this reason. Could it be that they just robbed the females?" But in his uncertain tone, it was obvious that he didn't believe that all the males were slaughtered in such a frenzied way just to rob the females.

Bai shook his head: "It's not that simple, let's change the salt point first."

A dozen or so males took advantage of the darkness to reach the destination. It was quiet except for a few torches, but there was no particularly strong smell of blood. The orcs were relieved, at least it wasn't dead silent. fine.

Bai silently waved his hands, and the males withdrew to the high woods, each following orders to hide in the big trees.

The next day was getting brighter, and the appearance of changing the salt point was much clearer than in the night.This should be a small village, with more than a dozen wooden houses, and some plants are even planted around it like Howling Valley, but it is by no means as well-organized as Howling Valley. Take care of it.

There are many people living in the village, and the males hide from high places and can see their activities from a distance, but the males only stay hidden like this all day long, and they eat dry food such as dried meat. Bai ordered Still no change.

The males don't know why Bai didn't give the order to approach the village, but just let them crouch in the trees, but for a long time, whether it's hunting, training or patrolling, they have at least developed a discipline, and everyone will discuss Bai's orders in private , but in terms of execution, it will never be compromised. At least countless times have proved that Bai's decision is definitely not out of thin air.

And this time, there was no exception.

A day later, a group of people ushered in the village. From a distance, there were females and males. All the people in the village came out to greet them. They seemed to be very humble, bowing, crowding and opening the way.

That night, the clouds were overcast, there was no moon, and the stars were very dim.A few black shadows flashed across the sky above the village, and the male on duty quietly informed Bai that the black shadows moving in the sky were unaware of them, and a dozen or so pairs of eyes quietly watched their every move from afar.

Soon, the village was ablaze with flames. Amidst the chaos and crying, more black shadows appeared over the village. It was hard to tell whether it was war or massacre. Looking at the arrows flying up and down at the same time, at least the village was not There is no resistance at all.The males of Howling Dale did not join in rashly, and it is undoubtedly a foolish choice to get involved in right and wrong for no reason.

Who is right and who is wrong on both sides of the war does not know the cause and effect, and only relies on subjective assumptions. It is absolutely impossible for Bai to use his own life as a bargaining chip to gamble on the correctness of his deduction.

But Bai asked Yong a question: "Which direction is the closest to the river?"

Yong quickly thought about it and pointed in a direction.

Bai waved his hand, amidst the flames and the killing sound of flying arrows, the males of Howling Valley silently retreated towards the river bank.

The vertical distance between the river bank and the village is not too far. They trekked in the middle of the night and arrived before dawn. One team of white-collar workers went upstream, and bravely led the other team to search downstream according to Bai's order.

Bai didn't gain much in the upstream, because they found a dangerous shoal not far away, and this dangerous shoal probably explained why Qing Apa and the others chose to stop so far away, which was really helpless.But the appearance of this terrain did not conform to Bai's inference, and the group quickly turned back, and they heard two long and one short crisp birdsong from a distance.

The males looked at this thing by the river in amazement. It is certain that this thing can move forward in the water, and it has the same function as a raft, but it looks much more complicated and advanced than a raft.

Whether it was Yong and the others who were waiting in place, or the people following Bai, everyone looked at Bai with a bit of admiration and admiration in their eyes.