Chapter 3 Black Forest
After getting closer, Zhou Xu quickly discovered that these strange-shaped trees were different from what he had imagined.
He originally thought that these trees that looked like burnt trees should all be dry and dead trees, but this was not the case.
The branches and bark of these trees are quite tight, and they are obviously not lacking in water. However, for some unknown reason, they all look strange and dark.
[In this kind of wasteland environment, for trees to grow like this, there must be a water source nearby! 】
Just when Zhou Xu was thinking this, there was a sudden exclamation from the crowd.
He followed the sound and looked over, and saw an animal that looked like a mouse quickly running over in the dark woods. One of the tribe members tried to rush up and catch it, but the mouse ran very fast. , and he immediately missed it.
At this time, the tribe member was sitting on the ground with an annoyed look on his face, and his eyes were still scanning the surroundings. It seemed that he was not planning to give up yet.
At the same time, there were many tribe members there catching insects from the trees.
At first, Zhou Xu didn’t realize what they were doing, until one of the tribe members couldn’t help but stuff a newly caught insect into his mouth. .
"..."
Zhou Xu, who saw this scene in his eyes, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
For him, this scene was not uncomfortable at all. After all, in the original world, he had eaten fried silkworm chrysalises, fried cicadas, and ant fried rice.
It’s just that as a modern person, I am somewhat repelled from a psychological level by stuffing freshly caught bugs into my mouth without saying a word.
But Zhou Xu soon realized that putting his own thoughts as a modern person on these tribe members seemed a bit too naive.
These tribe members stuffed the bugs directly into their mouths, not because the bugs were delicious, but because they wanted to survive!
Looking at the surrounding environment, they have no choice in order to fill their stomachs and survive.
At the same time, this is also a problem that he must face next.
If he can't find suitable food, he will soon join the ranks of eating bugs and chewing tree bark.
Thinking of this and looking at the tribe members who were catching bugs and even stuffing bugs directly into their mouths, Zhou Xu quickly reminded him...
"Everyone should pinch off the heads and dispose of the internal organs before eating those bugs, but it is best not to eat them yet and deal with them later."
As for eating bugs in the wild, Zhou Xu He has no experience at all. After all, what serious person would spend his free time looking for bugs to eat in the wild while also studying this?
However, he usually has nothing to do and has watched some survival programs, so he still knows that when eating this kind of food, the head and internal organs must be disposed of.
According to Zhou Xu's idea, it is better to cook it before eating it, which is safer.
But these tribe members may not cooperate. He can see that food is still very tempting to them.
Different from the previous time when he asked everyone to follow him, this time there was obvious hesitation on the faces of many tribe members.
After all, in this era, they live to find food, and to find food is to continue living. The two form a terrible endless cycle.
They have no extra time and energy to consider other things. Keep looking for food to survive, which is everything to them.
Even if they just pinched their heads, they felt it was a waste.
It was in this situation that Dashan took the initiative to stand up.
"Listen to the leader! Don't eat yet! The most important thing now is to determine the location of the camp!"
Among this group of primitive people, Dashan should have a high status. Those who were still hesitant at first The primitive people all stopped what they were doing. Zhou Xu seized the opportunity and quickly said...
"Let's go around the periphery of this dark forest and look around. There should be a water source nearby. After you find the water source, don't be in a hurry. Drink water and wait for me to come and confirm.”
If you don’t eat, you won’t die in a short time, but if you don’t drink water, you won’t survive for three days.
Although these tribe members didn't know this, they knew they were thirsty. Their lips had been chapped with thirst long before.
When they can't find a water source, they can only obtain trace amounts of water through the body fluids of insects or by eating fresh tree bark.
Now that Zhou Xu said there was a water source nearby, even though they were dubious, they still followed the order and started looking for it seriously.
During this process, a series of small things gave Zhou Xu a new understanding of his position here.
[As the summoned 'Chosen Sons', although these primitive people are in awe of me and obey my orders to a certain extent, once my orders are related to 'survival' If there is conflict, they will hesitate. 】
[To put it bluntly, I am new here and have not accumulated enough prestige. 】
Outside the dark forest, Zhou Xu thought as he looked at the dark forest.
[It should be getting dark now. If we can find a water source nearby, this area should be the best place to camp. These primitive people don’t have much food on them, so they run around with them and Not a wise decision. 】
Following his own thoughts, Zhou Xu had already begun to think about the issue of survival here.
In this dark forest, the strange-shaped trees are all bare and not densely grown.
He looked around and found that except for the insects and the mice he had seen before, he really didn't see anything alive in this area.
【Damn! Are you afraid that you will have to live by eating rats, insects, and bark and roots? 】
With the rise of this idea, Zhou Xu inevitably had the idea of 'it's better not to travel through time' in Zhou Xu's heart. He might as well just let him die in the car accident instead of traveling over again to suffer this crime. ah!
Just when he was melancholy about this, the flying sparrow trotted over again in the distance.
"I found the water, I found the water, chief! There is really water over there!"
It was certainly a good thing to be able to find a water source, but at this time, Zhou Xu was more concerned about the flying bird in front of him.
Ever since he took the initiative to take over the task of exploring the path, this boy's performance has always surprised him.
Take this time's search for a water source as an example. Through observation, although he blindly guessed that there was a high probability of a water source nearby, he was able to find it in such a short time and come to report to him. This in itself It is a manifestation of high efficiency of action.
And Fei Que seemed to respect him more...
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu immediately reached out and patted Fei Que on the shoulder.
"Well done, lead the way."
Zhou Xu's compliment made Fei Que grin. After following him for a while, his eyes passed through a part of the bare black forest, and soon a lake appeared. It caught Zhou Xu's eyes.
At the same time, many tribe members around the lake had gathered here before him, and they all looked very excited.
Now that I saw Zhou Xu coming over, all the eyes fell on him one after another.
Compared with before, the reverence in the eyes of these people looking at him was obviously stronger than at the beginning.
There is a water source nearby, which Zhou Xu came to through reasonable inference.
But these tribe members don’t understand this.
In their opinion, their leader knew there was water nearby without even looking at it. This was simply a divination!
(End of this chapter)