Chapter 79 Centaur
“Damn! Centaur?!”
Although Zhou Xu has long accepted the reality that this is a magical world, what he has seen so far is, after all, All are human.
Even these skeletons were human after all, right?
Suddenly, such a group of special creatures that were obviously not human broke into his field of vision. The impact on him was quite big. He couldn't hold it back and uttered foul language.
[After all, what race do centaurs belong to? Orcs? No, this should be regarded as a mythical creature...]
While Zhou Xu was thinking this, the centaurs, who were obviously hunting, had already maintained their running posture and quickly bent their bows and nocked arrows.
The next second, an arrow was shot. The arrow cut through the air and sank directly into the hind leg of an antelope!
This arrow obviously had an impact that cannot be ignored on the running antelope, but the pressure of survival made it still run all the way there, not daring to stop at all.
For this situation, the centaurs chasing behind seemed to have expected it.
While continuing to maintain their running posture, they swiftly pulled out an arrow from behind and bent the bow again.
While running wildly, the antelope's wounds were constantly torn, and the blood that continued to overflow soon completely stained the entire hind leg of the antelope.
Gradually, the speed of the antelope began to slow down, and it was unable to continue to keep distance from the centaur hunters chasing behind.
Almost at the same time as they completely caught up, several centaurs holding spears on the side thrust out the spears in their hands.
A few powerful thrusts with momentum easily penetrated the antelope's skin and flesh, and at the same time forced the antelope to the ground.
At this moment, the antelope, already covered in blood, was still struggling to stand up from the ground, but the passage of life quickly deprived it of all vitality.
Looking at the antelope's body, one of the centaurs moved quickly and stabbed the antelope's body with a spear, picked it up, and put it on his horse.
Watching this whole process, Zhou Xu was horrified.
It’s not because the centaur hunts the antelope so ferociously and terrifyingly. In fact, he has already adapted to this type of scene.
What really shocked Zhou Xu was the strength shown by the centaurs!
[Due to its special shape, the centaur possesses strong mobility and can be said to be a natural cavalry unit. 】
[In addition, judging from the hunting performance just now, this centaur seems to have no shortcomings in speed, endurance, and even strength. It is indeed a mythical creature. 】
Of course, if it is just cavalry, Zhou Xu can also choose to increase the length of the bone spear and use spearmen to contain the cavalry.
But the problem now is that they not only have cavalry, they also have bows and arrows!
The combination of archers and cavalry, isn’t that a cavalry archer with the ability to ride and shoot? !
Good guy, in this era and environment, just having a cavalry is already very buggy, but in the end, it also has the combat capabilities of a cavalry? Isn't this a proper dimensionality reduction attack?
Following this line of thinking, Zhou Xu really had no clue when facing this group of centaurs.
At the moment, his first reaction is to avoid it. He doesn't want to have an armed conflict with these centaurs at all. If they really fight, he feels that the chance of winning is slim.
Fortunately, the group of centaurs were probably just chasing the antelope herd passing by.
After completing the hunting, they carried the prey in another direction and had no intention of approaching Zhou Xu and the others.
Keeping a safe distance is not a big problem. Of course, the more important reason is that if they give up this resource-rich land, the development of their tribe will be restricted.
At the same time, what is even more fatal is that with limited land and limited resources, even if they invest more development time, it will be difficult for them to make new breakthroughs.
Take the stone tools in front of him as an example. If he can't find copper and iron ore, how can he advance from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, or even the Black Iron Age?
And if he wants to find these ores, he has to keep exploring outside to find precious resources hidden throughout the world.
"Jinghong, have you found a suitable camping site nearby?" According to Ye Jinghong's work efficiency, he must have explored the surrounding environment before returning to Black Moon Camp to report to him.
Now facing Zhou Xu’s question, Ye Jinghong quickly said...
“There is a river near here.”
You don’t need to say too much, you know this That's enough.
In this era, the only hard condition for setting up a camp in the wild is that there must be drinkable fresh water resources nearby.
On this basis, other resources are additional.
Of course, the more additional resources, the better. After all, who would dislike this?
Let Ye Jinghong lead the way, and the group quickly moved to the river.
Their arrival surprised some small animals that were drinking water by the river. They quickly ran into the nearby grass and disappeared.
Zhou Xu and the others have no interest in pursuing him. At the same time, in this situation, it is generally impossible to pursue him.
"Everyone, let's take a rest."
Zhou Xu has not yet made any plans to set up a camp here, but they have traveled a long way and they really need to stop and rest for a while.
During this rest process, Zhou Xu habitually relied on his 'eye of insight' to observe the surrounding situation.
With the blessing of the power of the mantra, his powerful insight allowed him to notice some little guys hiding in the grass, and then chose to ignore them.
These little guys have already noticed their arrival, and Zhou Xu is sure that as long as they make the slightest movement, the bodies of these little animals will immediately burst out at astonishing speed and escape from their eyes.
It is unrealistic to capture them without any preparation, no advance deployment, and no corresponding hunting tools.
“It’s almost time to rest, we should set off.”
Under the observation of the ‘Eye of Insight’, there were no special discoveries nearby.
Originally, if the centaurs had not appeared before, then this area would have been a qualified camping site, but now...
In order to ensure the safety of their camp, Zhou Xu just wants to stay away from the group of centaurs that may appear!
Even the further away the better.
Confirming the direction where the centaurs left at that time, after everyone rested, Zhou Xu led everyone in the opposite direction along the river without hesitation.
Before the sun sets, we found a suitable spot...
“Well, this is it, we will camp here!”
In After going deep into the grassland, the surrounding environment was actually mostly monotonous. The reason why Zhou Xu chose this location was because there was a nice mound nearby.
After the camp is set up, this mound can be used as a watchtower to warn enemies who may approach their camp. It can also be regarded as an innate security facility.
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