Chapter 86 Emergency
Picking up the thing called the ‘coronagraph’, Zhou Xu walked towards the camp while talking.
During these days, while polishing the coronagraph, he made gestures against the movement of the sun in the sky. He had already found a suitable deployment location and immediately placed it there.
“I divide the day into twenty-four hours, each hour has sixty minutes, and the numbers from one to twenty-four are engraved on the coronagraph, which represent various time periods of the day. "
"After the coronagraph is put down, as the sun rises, the sun will shine on the bone needle of the coronagraph, and a shadow pointer will be formed."
Standing next to the coronagraph, Zhou Xu gestured with Zhuang Mengdie as he spoke, telling each other the function of this thing.
"Wherever this shadow pointer points, it is roughly what time it is, for example, now..."
While speaking, Zhou Xu confirmed the position of the coronagraph's shadow pointer.
“Now the sun has reached the west, and the shadow pointer points to the middle position between fourteen and fifteen o’clock. In other words, the current time should be half past fourteen.”
"And we usually prepare to light a fire for cooking after 16:30, which means that there are still two hours left in today's working time."
Listening to Zhou Xu's detailed explanation, Zhuang Mengdie nodded frequently, his eyes were highly focused, and his face was full of unconcealable interest.
The structure of the thing called the coronagraph made by their leader was very simple, but the doorway inside was much more complicated than she expected.
The most important thing is this amazing idea!
In fact, in this era, primitive people were already able to judge how much time there was until dark based on the position of the sun in the sky.
But who would have thought that their leader could actually think of using the shadows illuminated by the sun to make a more accurate judgment!
To Zhuang Mengdie, this idea was simply amazing.
Currently, the people in their tribe, influenced by Zhou Xu, have at best a concept of time in the morning, noon and afternoon.
Limited by their original knowledge, once this specific setting of 24 hours is added, it will be a little complicated for many tribe members.
Of course, there are also people like Zhuang Mengdie who quickly mastered the trick during Zhou Xu's explanation.
If you want to establish a clear concept of time, this is a hurdle that must be overcome.
After having this coronagraph, tribe members will probably be able to better arrange their working time and rest time when working in the future.
It’s no longer like it used to be, it all depends on feeling.
One will be arranged for one at the Salt Lake Camp. As for the one at the Prairie Camp, he will take it there himself.
From the time we left until now, it has only lasted eight and a half days. Due to the special situation in the grassland camp, there has not been much change, and there are only two more rejected horses.
Assembling this Juma thing is not complicated as the equipment department has helped them handle the parts.
After assembling it twice under Zhou Xu's command, the tribe members themselves learned it, and Zhou Xu naturally didn't need to worry about the next thing.
Now, many rebel horses have been deployed outside the grassland camp. At a glance, it really looks like a military camp stronghold.
Back at the grassland camp, Zhou Xu immediately installed the coronagraph he brought over.
After confirming the time, he handed over the task of popularizing this knowledge to Ye Jinghong.
It is still early ten in the morning. It is not an exaggeration to say that the day has just begun. Just when Zhou Xu is thinking about what to do in the next time.
On the mound, Zhou Zhongshan ran over with a solemn expression. "No, there's a lot of dust rolling up in the distance. The situation is exactly the same as when the antelope herd ran past!"
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed obviously.
Not because of the antelope herd, but because of the group of guys who are likely to appear with the antelope herd!
Without time to think about it, Zhou Xu quickly rushed up the mound, occupied the high point, and looked into the distance.
At this moment, the antelope herd was still quite far away from them. According to Zhou Chongshan and his team's eyesight, they could basically only see the sand that was constantly rising up due to their wild running.
But Zhou Xu is different...
[Eye of Insight! 】
As soon as the power of the mantra was activated, Zhou Xu's vision suddenly became clear.
Looking through the rolling dust, he saw the antelopes running wildly.
On the dangerous prairie, running like this takes a lot of energy. Under normal circumstances, wild antelopes would not do this unless their lives are threatened!
The facts are positive. Chasing further behind the antelope herd, the expected figure soon broke into Zhou Xu's field of vision. It was the group of centaurs he had seen before.
[These guys really make a living by hunting antelopes! 】
Their hunting methods are still as sophisticated as ever.
With their excellent archery skills, they quickly brought blood to two of the antelopes. At the same time, this was also how they locked the target.
The injured antelope will continue to bleed faster and faster during the violent running process, become weak, run slower and slower, and will eventually be stabbed to death by a spear from the centaur chasing behind!
Zhou Xu has witnessed such a 'performance' with his own eyes before, and he thought there would be no surprises this time.
The only thing that makes Zhou Xu and the others feel nervous at the moment is that the wild antelope herd is escaping in the direction they are heading.
If those centaurs catch up nearby, there is a possibility of discovering the existence of their camp!
This is undoubtedly what Zhou Xu doesn’t want to see now.
However, just as he was thinking this, the speed of the two antelopes that were bleeding from the arrows obviously began to slow down.
When the centaur spearman chasing behind saw this, his first reaction was to rush forward quickly and give his prey a fatal blow.
I never thought that at this moment, burly figures suddenly rushed out from the lush grass nearby!
Two of the figures moved quickly, knocking down the two injured antelopes, and with the help of their sharp claws, they tore open the fragile abdomen of the antelopes, completely exposing their internal organs to the air.
At the same time, several other figures stood directly between the two antelopes and centaurs, and at the same time they let out menacing roars to warn the centaurs that were charging forward.
This unexpected situation was completely unexpected, and Zhou Xu couldn't help but blink his eyes twice, and then opened his theater eyes even wider.
At this moment, the person who came out from the road and intercepted the centaur's prey was actually a humanoid beast standing on its two feet!
They are covered in tan fur, covered with dirty-looking dark brown spots.
It has thick legs, a slightly ugly dog head, and ferocious fangs on its lips, exuding a dangerous aura in the sun.
Looking at this group of guys who looked so special, Zhou Xu felt dazed for a while, and three words subconsciously appeared in his mind.
[Hyena man? 】
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(End of this chapter)