wild trail

Chapter 387 The River Under the Mountains
At night, some wild beasts wandered around, probably because they were afraid of the fire, but these wild beasts did not come to harass the expedition team. Generally speaking, the night was peaceful.

In the early morning, everyone packed their bags and began to move towards the target direction.

This place may be a semi-arid area. The vegetation on the mountain is very sparse. The mountain not far away seems to have collapsed. In some places, there have been large-scale landslides. The rocks are exposed, and some long-horned antelopes are shuttling between the cliffs.

The team members carefully climbed up the hillside along the sloping cliff.

Standing on the hillside, I can only see the undulating mountains a few miles ahead, and even the white snow on the top of the high mountain, and the faint river flowing down from the mountain.

This discovery is undoubtedly good news. As long as there is a water source, everyone basically has no worries. In terms of food, they only need to send a few people to hunt.

"It should be there." The captain said in a deep voice.

"That mountain is really high, it looks higher than the mountain west of the capital." One person said with emotion.

"Let's go, there is still a distance between here and there. We have to go to the river at the foot of the mountain before dark." After the captain finished speaking, he walked down the hill first.

Seeing this, the rest followed suit.

In the large savannah below the mountains, animals of different shapes live on this land. The land that has not been disturbed by humans still maintains the most primitive appearance.

The wild grass here is not high, just below the knees, and occasionally some small snakes or small animals can be seen crawling across the grass in a hurry.

The team members looked around vigilantly. There were too many wild beasts here. In just a short while, everyone found several large-scale beasts. Did they look here? This made everyone feel a little bit of pressure.

After walking in fear for several hours, in the afternoon, the group finally came to the river at the foot of the mountain, but the river was not safe.

When they were just approaching the river bank, Zhou Yu saw a huge figure in the river dived into the water. It was obviously unwise to swim there at this time.

This river is very wide, and there are some aquatic plants several meters high growing in the river. It is not easy to cross this river.

"What do we do?" Friday asked.

The captain looked around. The river flowed from north to south. The river in the south could not be seen at a glance, but the sound of rumbling water could be faintly heard in the north.

"Let's go north and see, there seems to be a waterfall over there, maybe we can pass there."

Everyone nodded, and walked north along the river bank with their weapons in hand.

Not long after the crowd left, a body like dead wood floated up on the surface of the water just now.

Two yellow eyes looked at the direction where everyone was leaving, and dived into the river again, as if they had never appeared before.

After walking north for more than half an hour, the sound of the waterfall became louder and louder. After everyone bypassed a bend in the river, they saw an incomparably spectacular scene.

I saw the river pouring down on the cliff more than ten meters high, and the turbulent river fell heavily into the pool below, and the sound was like thunder.

A rainbow above the pool can only be seen after the rain across the cliffs. It is such a spectacle that everyone is fascinated by it.

"What a beautiful place."

Everyone couldn't help but have this idea in their hearts.

As the leader of the expedition, the captain just glanced at the waterfall and began to look for a way to cross the river.

The mountain here is steep, and it is obviously impossible to climb up.

There is a green pool under the waterfall, where the water flow is relatively gentle, and it seems that the only way to cross the river is the most suitable way.

"Let's build a raft and go across that water pool. The mountain is too high, and it's too dangerous to climb over." The captain said slowly.

"Captain, I always feel that the water is very dangerous. Shall we find another way." Zhou Yu suggested.

The captain shook his head, "No, you can see that the north and south of this mountain range can't be seen at a glance. If you go further or south, you don't know how long it will take. This is just a small pool. It should be fine. Let's explain the raft. a little."

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Okay."

Although there are not many trees near the waterhole, there are enough trees to make a raft.

But now it's getting late, plus one day's time, the team members haven't had a good rest, and their exhausted bodies can't do these tiring things at all.

The expedition team set up the camp near a protruding boulder on the edge of the cliff, where there are few weeds and can avoid those annoying mosquitoes.

The fire was lit, reflecting people's shadows on the cliff, and as the flame danced, it looked distorted.

The team members ate some weird-tasting bacon and chatted without saying a word.

"Do you think there will be human beings here?" one person said.

"Probably not. Humans in the Chinese mainland should all be in Xia Country. This place is so remote that no one will live here."

"Not necessarily. No one has been to this place before. The army only searched the west side roughly. It is impossible to find every place. Maybe we will meet those barbaric tribes here."

This topic has aroused everyone's interest.

Zhou Yu said: "If there are tribes, it will not be those cannibals. I heard that there were tribes in the north before."

One person smiled indifferently and said, "What shit cannibals, those savages who only know how to bark with sticks, if we meet them, we will definitely beat them to the ground and snatch their women."

"You boy, do you miss a woman?" Everyone laughed wretchedly.

The man chuckled twice and said, "We don't know how long we'll stay in this place where no shit, if we don't meet those savages, we won't see a woman for several years, I see, we'd better Please bless the gods, there is a beautiful little lady waiting for me in this place."

Speaking of this, the man looked at everyone with a lewd look on his face. "You know, those savages probably don't wear clothes."

After his reminder, everyone immediately realized that clothes are already an indispensable thing in their lives, but with clothes, this also makes men more curious about women's bodies, thinking of a group of naked buttocks The woman appeared in front of him, the picture was simply too beautiful.

Zhou Yu fantasized about that scene, and grinned silly.

At this time, the voice of the captain came to everyone's ears.

"Wild women are not like those little ladies who often bathe in our Xia Kingdom. I am older than you. I still vaguely remember what happened more than ten years ago. People at that time were also naked and dirty. There are still lice in the hair, jumping and crawling around, thinking of such a woman, you are still interested in farts."

"Captain, you don't care what kind of woman she is. When we were in the military camp, we all heard from the instructor that if we stayed in the military camp for three years, we would be excited to see a sow."

Seeing that everyone was talking more and more outrageous, the captain said in a deep voice: "Stop talking about such useless things, go to bed early, there is still work to do tomorrow."

After the topic just now, these young guys slept tossing and turning that night, and their minds were full of naked women throwing themselves in their arms.

At ten o'clock in the morning, an accident disturbed everyone's dreams. A huge amphibian appeared near the camp at some point. The team members on duty at night woke up everyone and told the confused companions about the situation.

When people looked not far away, they saw a gray animal lying on a rock.

"Good guy, this thing is really fat, it seems that we don't have to worry about food these days." The captain smiled and said.

Zhou Yu licked his lips and said, "I think the hind legs of this thing must be delicious."

"Everyone, get ready, don't let this thing get away." The captain ordered in a low voice.

Everyone nodded, spread out skillfully, took their own weapons, and sneaked towards the animal quietly.

Maybe it's because of cold-blooded animals. In this cold early morning, this kind of animal reacts very slowly. These humans have surrounded themselves from three sides, but they didn't notice it at all.

When the captain made an offensive gesture, more than a dozen people rushed out from the ambush.

The sudden appearance of the enemy startled this thing, and instinctively wanted to run towards the water pool, but the temperature of the body was not at its optimum state at all. Facing the prepared attack of humans, it could run back to the water pool .

Arrows and spears whizzed from all directions, and the sharp weapon easily pierced his fragile skin, and a sound like a baby crying echoed in the valley.

The knife and shield hand following him flexibly dodged the dying attack of the prey, and the sharp steel knife kept piercing into its fragile body.

The battle ended in a blink of an eye. After the last knife pierced through his back, followed by a slight withdrawal, this unlucky guy who hadn't figured out the situation became the victim of the human sword.

Looking at the prey lying on the rocks like mud, everyone was very satisfied with their hunting performance this time. It took less than 5 minutes from the attack to the end of the battle. Such a high efficiency shows that human beings have already stood at the top of the food chain. At the top, any beast may become food for humans.

Amphibians are very common in the land of China. In the big rivers of the Xia Kingdom, you will see some such things of different sizes, especially in the swampy areas in the north.

This species looks similar, the skin on the body is a bit sticky and smooth to the touch.

It's just that the prey in front of me is a bit big in size. Counting the length of the tail, the body length is close to three meters, and the skin is covered with black stripes.

These black stripes give people a very dangerous feeling. According to experience, such brightly colored things are often poisonous. Naturally, the team members will not joke with their lives.

Everyone didn't intend to eat the skin. After disassembling this thing into eight pieces, they carried it in batches near the campsite, peeled off the skin of the prey and threw it aside.

Peel off the skin to reveal the fresh and tender muscles inside, which looks very plump.

"If there is another jar of wine here, the taste will make my mouth water."

A team member swallowed.

The captain smiled and said: "The wine is gone, let's finish these quickly, have a good meal, and have the strength to chop down trees later."

"Captain, I don't know how many things there are in this pool. We have to speed up when we pass through the pool." Zhou Yu said.

The captain nodded and said: "Well, that's how it should be. Don't look at these things that have no resistance on the shore. We may not be their opponents in the water. I think the meat is really tender. Maybe this is not the biggest. When the raft is ready, we must pass the pool within thirty counts."

Everyone nodded solemnly. There are no fools among these people. Although they failed the imperial examination, they are rare smart people among Xia people.

Everyone skillfully decomposed the prey. Since the fire pockets had been used up, they could only use the most primitive drill wood to make fire.

When the team members were training, they all practiced using the fire bow to drill wood to make fire. Although they didn't have a fire tool, making a fire was not difficult for them.

This time, the team members sprinkled a little precious salt on the meat for a rare occasion. The roasted meat with salt was much more delicious than eating blood.

Everyone ate this meal very comfortably, touching their bulging stomachs, lying on the rocks and basking in the morning sun, it was extremely comfortable.

As the sun gradually rose, everyone began to get busy. Some people were making straw ropes, and some people were cutting down trees with only two axes. Although the progress was slow, everyone was not in a hurry.

The bloody smell of prey attracted some predators, but it was reassuring that these were small predators.

Everyone ignored these uninvited guests at all, and drove them away by throwing a few stones.

To be on the safe side, Zhou Yu covered the blood scattered on the ground with soil, and threw the internal organs and the broken skin into the pool.

When Zhou Yu turned around after completing these preparations, he suddenly saw a huge figure jumping out of the pool, and swallowed the internal organs thrown into it in one gulp.

Zhou Yu was startled by this sudden change, stepped back several steps, and sat down on the ground.

After regaining his senses, he hurriedly ran towards the captain.

"Captain, there is a situation." Zhou Yu said in shock.

"what happened?"

Zhou Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and told what happened just now.

After the captain finished listening, he frowned and said, "Did you see clearly, is that thing four or five meters long?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "I see it clearly. Although I just took a quick look, I'm sure I'm not mistaken. The thing in the pool is the one we killed this morning. It's too big."

After the rest of the people heard this, they all looked worried. If there were really such a big guy in the water pool, and the danger of going through the water pool would increase in a straight line, the decision to cross the river by raft now seemed extremely unwise.

(End of this chapter)