Chapter 73 New Discovery
The sky is getting dark. Although they have not slept in the wild for a long time since the arrival of the leader, after all, this experience has long been integrated into their bones.
Before it got dark, they had found a suitable foothold nearby.
After having a simple dinner and making arrangements for the night watch, I rested early to recharge for the next day's action.
Early the next morning, before dawn, Ye Jinghong and the others were already ready to go.
In this era, if you want to increase your chances of catching prey, you have to set out before dawn, so that you are more likely to encounter animals that come out to look for food in the early morning.
Of course, there are also nocturnal animals that come out to look for food at night.
But the almost invisible environment at night is really too dangerous for humans in this era.
As for raising torches for lighting...
Of course they can do that, but the cost of doing so is that the animals will run away before you find them, leaving you all alone Actions at night turned into a pure waste of time.
The sky was gray in the early morning, which was the best time for them.
Breathing the air with the heavy smell of morning dew, Ye Jinghong asked each team to disperse and start taking action, and he himself led a team to explore the surroundings carefully.
After walking for a while, Ye Jinghong, who seemed to have discovered something, took two steps forward gently, and then squatted down.
A string of animal tracks were found on the dirt ahead.
Ye Jinghong stretched out his fingers and touched the soil.
"The footprints are about two fingers wide. It shouldn't be a large animal. The footprints are still very new. They probably haven't gone far yet."
Ye Jinghong didn't need to say anything next. The team members behind him had already tacitly lowered their voices. He straightened his body and took a step closer at the same time, taking a lighter step to reduce the probability of disturbing the target.
Following the footprints, they moved forward carefully.
In the process, they gradually discovered that there were more and more footprints around them, and they also became chaotic.
The width of these footprints ranges from three to two fingers, which shows that they do not come from the same animal.
This situation made Ye Jinghong's heart beat faster.
Because this often means that there is a large group of animals living nearby.
With excitement, Ye Jinghong and the others continued to move forward, pushing aside the grass that almost reached their chests. Soon, a group of animals came into view.
These animals are almost half a person tall, 160 centimeters long, and covered in brown fur with some black stripes.
The most conspicuous feature among them is undoubtedly the pair of extremely conspicuous long horns on their heads, which makes it impossible not to notice.
If Zhou Xu were here at this time, he would definitely be able to recognize these animals, which are very similar to the antelopes in his original world.
These animals are in groups. At a glance, there are twenty or thirty animals, and they are grazing scattered around.
Although Ye Jinghong had never seen such animals before, animals that eat grass are relatively not ferocious in character. He still knew this common sense of survival.
But this time, he had no intention of attacking these herbivores.
They are an exploration team, not a hunting team. Their mission is to discover these things, not to carry out hunting operations.
This area is most likely the living area of the group of herbivores in front of us.
If he takes action rashly, he will 100% scare these herbivores. Just like the leader of the Black Moon tribe originally tried to capture the animals that went to the lake to drink water, over time, the nearby animals realized that there was danger here and no longer easily approached the lake.
If their actions keep this group of herbivores away from the area, it will be more of a loss than a gain.
In this way, rather than acting without authorization, the safest thing at the moment is to hide in the dark and observe, and then bring the news back to the tribe and let the leader make arrangements.
Of course, before that, what he has to do now is to continue observing to obtain more intelligence.
During this period, with his excellent eyesight, Ye Jinghong keenly discovered that there was a herbivore that was different from the similar animals around it that were grazing. It put its head into a bush and seemed to be eating. Wearing something.
This move undoubtedly attracted Ye Jinghong’s attention.
Before setting off this time, their leader also mentioned that they should pay more attention to the plants along the way and see if they can find anything.
Just when Ye Jinghong was thinking this, in the grass in the distance, a burly beast with ferocious teeth suddenly rushed out and pounced on the person closest to it at the time. Head herbivore!
The opponent's explosive power was so fierce that the herbivore didn't even have time to react before it was bitten by it.
The huge and ferocious sharp teeth easily broke through the flesh and bit through the opponent's fragile neck. Blood continued to flow down the sharp teeth, dyeing the beast's jaw and neck hair red.
The terrifying and fatal scene made the entire animal group in front of them start to flee in panic, and they were completely gone in the blink of an eye.
The beast that had successfully caught the food obviously had no interest in chasing it. It bit the prey's body and turned away.
During this process, Ye Jinghong and others, who had witnessed the entire process, held their breath the whole time, lying in the grass and not daring to move at all, for fear that the beast would discover their existence.
In terms of speed, their explosive power is obviously not comparable to that group of four-legged herbivores. Once they are targeted by the beasts, they will probably be dead.
Maintaining this state, they hid for a while. After making sure that the beast was completely gone, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was only then that Ye Jinghong and the others realized that their entire bodies were drenched in cold sweat.
"Minister, let's leave quickly. Who knows if there are any monsters like that around here?"
Obviously, the terrifying posture of the beast has made his subordinates feel uneasy. Retreat.
But Ye Jinghong quickly calmed down after taking a long breath.
“Wait a minute, I have to confirm something.”
While speaking, Ye Jinghong glanced at the direction where the beast left, and then quickly approached the bush with light hands and feet. Cong.
After walking in, he quickly discovered that there were scarlet fruits growing in the bush. Each fruit was about the size of a finger, and there were a lot of them.
Needless to say, the herbivores at that time were eating this fruit.
Animals living nearby will eat the food, so there is a high probability that there will be no problem. This is also their common sense of survival.
After confirming this, Ye Jinghong looked around again.
There is no doubt that this is a new discovery.
"Hurry up and find out if there is anything like this nearby. Let's dig it out by the roots!"
Update is here, thanks to book friend 'A Dazai' for the tip~
(End of this chapter)