Spore Story

Chapter 175

PS: Thank you Yi Yitian, Shui Yi Wu Yuan, Interstellar Travel Dust for their support O(∩_∩)O.

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"Gone with the wind~~Gone with the wind~~ It's so beautiful outside"

"Hey, is there something wrong with Konghuan?"

"This, I don't know either."

"Hey, you two, if you have time to talk nonsense, why don't you help me out?"

"Tch, I heard it."

Fifty meters above the sky, Void Phantom was flying slowly, and there were handfuls of plants of various colors floating strangely under his body, but without exception, they were all slender shapes with a bunch of small seeds.

This is the harvest of the six days of empty fantasy, a total of eleven kinds of harmless plants.

While Unreal doesn't know which of them will eventually be cultivated as crops on a large scale, at least these are edible.

And what Kong Huan is happy about now is not the harvest of plants in the past six days, but his spiritual power has finally condensed and purified into thought power. According to the current progress, he should be able to fuse the energy core like Chu Jie in a short time, and become a capable person. Another half-solid life form that once again sends out powerful lightning strikes.

In order to distinguish it from the physical animal and the void consciousness body, Emptiness named it the energy body.

"Hey, what's so good about these things? The seeds are small and tasteless, and they will break if you step on them lightly. I doubt they can be farmed."

Lingyue stared at the eleven clusters of plants under Kong Huan with distrustful eyes. She was unable to act alone these six days, so she could only follow Kong Huan to wander around this small plain called Pingling Territory. There is nothing interesting, which annoys Lingyue, who is already active.

Moreover, no matter how much you love to do, if you do too much in a row, you will be physically and mentally exhausted even if you don’t get tired. Therefore, while Chu Dian has breathed a sigh of relief these days, Lingyue has become depressed. Comfort her.

"These are very important things. It is now between summer and autumn, and many plants have not yet reached harvest time, so we can only find a few early-maturing ones. When we go back, we will plant them separately, and compare them through experiments. Don't think too much about it. , we will be able to obtain usable crops as soon as next year, which is the key to solving the food problem!"

Speaking of this, Kong Huan recalled the scene when several flying-wing quack apes submitted the "Food Warning Report" to him.

"Didn't you say you came to help solve the problem? Now, we have a big problem."

"what is the problem?"

"Eat." Ping Shi stared at Kong Huan and spat out two words heavily.

"Food? What's the matter?" Kong Huan looked around at the bacon hanging from the branches, as well as the seeds and fruits piled up in the surrounding tree holes, and a bunch of question marks appeared above his head.

Judging from the surrounding situation, the food in Pingling's lair didn't seem to be a big problem, but the empty illusion on his face didn't show anything, and he was waiting for the other party's follow-up explanation.

But at this time, Ping Ling said nothing, nodded to Ping Shi and then looked at Kong Huan.

"Oneiroi, let me explain this."

Seeing the leader speak, Ping Shi also knew that the other party must know more than himself, so he consciously closed his mouth, but he still looked deeply into the vigilant eyes with a trace of anticipation hidden in his eyes.After Konghuan appeared and was confirmed by Pingling, Pingshi also knew that the strange quack ape in front of him was the creator of several important things to the lair. Therefore, Pingshi became less vigilant and more expectant about Konghuan .

"Our lair only had more than 20 members when the Oneiroi came last time, so hunting a large dinosaur at a time is enough for us to eat for two or three days. But as more and more members join, those who are alone Dinosaurs can't feed all of us."

Speaking of this, Pingling looked around at the flying-wing quack apes. Obviously, everyone knew that the food intake of flying-wing quack apes was three to four times that of ordinary quack apes. At least sixty quack apes, which is already equivalent to one-fifth of the flat-collar lair today.

Moreover, there may not be all the number of flying-wing quack apes here, so the flat collar nest should consume four hundred quack apes in terms of food consumption.

But hearing this, Kong Huan was a little confused.

"How could it not be enough?"

The hunting range of the Gashan Tribe is an area with a radius of about [-] kilometers, but so far, Konghuan has not found any problem of food shortage.Even after experiencing the last beast tide, when he left, Kong Huan could still see that the number of animals around the tribe had not dropped much, and the Zangashan tribe's current consumption rate would not cause a food crisis.

And according to the scope of his mental power when he first arrived at the Pingling territory, this large lair of more than 300 quack apes has a hunting area of ​​at least [-] kilometers, and this is a conservative estimate.

But the empty fantasy did not consider a very important aspect, that is - the difference in life between the two quack ape groups:
The first is the difference in food.

Members of the Gashan tribe cook in clay pots, including salt, pepper and several special seasonings, plus vegetarian dishes and meat. The food is rich and nutritious.

As for the Pingling Nest, its members still use the fire-pit barbecue that the Gashan tribe has eliminated in breakfast and dinner. There is no seasoning, and the vegetarian food is basically eaten raw.

In this way, in terms of meat consumption, the same quack ape in the Gashan tribe only needs to eat an arm-sized piece of meat a day; while in the Pingling nest, it needs two to three arm-sized pieces of meat.

The second is the difference in hunting mode.

The Gashan tribe adopts a sustainable hunting mode, that is, infants and pregnant individuals are not killed at ordinary times; during the breeding season, all individuals except the elderly are not killed, and other individuals are not killed. In addition, there are some caring measures.

But the flat-collared nest is a destructive hunting mode: kill all (regardless of size, male and female), eat all (regardless of meat or other edible parts), and drink all (blood).

As a result, the species around the Gashan tribe maintained a virtuous cycle, and even grew slowly; while the species around the flat-collar nests declined rapidly, or there were a large number of clusters and single dispersion.

Another is the difference in social model.

The Gashan tribe adopts a division of labor model. Usually, the most active groups are the rotating hunting and quarrying teams. Calculated, on average, only four teams consume the maximum amount of food every day, and most of the others are half-value.

The flat-collar lair is a full-scale soldier mode. Every time you hunt, no matter how many prey there are, except for the female ape with young children, all the rest will come and go. The consumption during this process can be imagined.

Therefore, in comparison between the two groups, these differences in details continue to accumulate, which eventually lead to differences in the food needs of the two ethnic groups.

But it is a pity that Kong Huan has not realized this for the time being, and the model of the Gashan tribe is not suitable for a long time. It will gradually lose its feasibility as the number of ethnic groups continues to increase.

"It's true that there are very few dinosaurs alone or even in groups." Scanning the surrounding area for a few kilometers again, Kong Huan was also thinking about the reasons, "But what's going on, there are fewer dinosaurs in the plain area than in the hilly area, no doubt Should it?"

While continuing to think in his heart, Kong Huan listened to the explanation of the flat collar.

"Up to now, most of the dinosaur groups that are suitable for hunting in the surrounding area have been hunted clean, and the rest, apart from the large dinosaur groups that will cause great casualties, are only single dinosaurs that need to be hunted many times. It’s not worth the loss to attack them.” Speaking of this, the flat-collared expression became even more helpless, but the reactions of the flying-wing quack apes around them were a bit intriguing, and they all turned back and forth between the flat-collared and empty illusions with complicated eyes.

"Oh," ignoring the strange movements of these apes, he fantasized about the situation of scanning the area with mental power. There are at least seventy or eighty dinosaurs in a group, but although the distribution of individual dinosaurs is scattered, it seems that it is not difficult to send a small group to hunt. Can it solve the consumption for a period of time?

However, most of what Ping Ling said was the truth, and Kong Huan didn't raise any questions of his own.

"So, now we have to go hunting or run a long distance, or face a large group. Recently, I am thinking whether to take everyone to move to another place." Speaking of this, the flat collar looked helplessly not far away There is a big tree, which sticks out of the bushes tall, and looks a bit outstanding.

Regarding the movement of the flat collar, the empty fantasy side thought it was a random act and didn't feel much about it, but Pingshi and the others knew the meaning very well.The movement of the flat collar reminded the flying-wing quack apes of something: If they hadn't been stubbornly waiting for the Oneiroi's response, the current flat-collar group might have moved to other places, so why would they be here for a while? Worried about the prospect of food scarcity?

But when Kong Huan heard about Pingling's plan, he was startled and blurted out the word "nomad".

"Nomads?" A group of flying-wing quack apes whose curiosity had not been weakened immediately looked at Konghuan.

Kong Huan nodded to Ping Ling, and after a few words of praise, he explained to Ping Shi and other apes under the impatient eyes, but these were all mixed with Kong Huan's own understanding.

"Nomadism means that when you bring your group to a place, the food is abundant and the environment is stable, so you settle here temporarily. When the food here can't meet your needs at that time, you start to pack things. Move, and then find another place with abundant food to resettle... So, you slowly maintain the survival of your own group in this repeated cycle."

"That's it!" Just after the empty explanation was over, the flat collar exclaimed in surprise.In Pingling's mind, there was already a vague concept, and the nomadic model was much longer-term than the method he thought about himself. Before that, all he thought about was finding a new place to settle down, and he never thought about moving this kind of house. Make normal.

But in fact, in such an environment, it is already very good for him to be able to come up with this point, because it is only with the backing of a civilization's development memory that Wu Huan can say these things.As a result, Kong Huan's evaluation of the flat collar has improved a lot.

"I said that Oneiroi must be able to solve our problems, this nomad is very good."

The flat-collar looked around with a feeling of elation, and most of the flying-wing quack apes nodded in agreement.

As far as Pingling is concerned about these subordinates' doubts about his priest, even though he doesn't mind on the surface, he is under a lot of pressure in his heart. He could only compromise with the flying-wing quack apes and move the nest.

"Isn't this just like those large dinosaur groups? What's so great about it." A flying-wing quack ape said sourly, but it was obviously ignored by the flying-wing quack apes who are not stupid. Today's flying-wing quack apes just lack It's just experience.

But what works for flat-collar nests is problematic for another group.

"If this method is used, wouldn't the temples and houses that have been built so hard be useless? Besides, wouldn't it be troublesome to carry those pottery and books?" Chu Qin pointedly pointed out that nomadic Infeasibility of implementation in the Gashan Tribe.

"The temple?"

"house?"

"Crockery? Books?"

These brand-new words obviously aroused the curiosity of several flying-wing quack apes again, but Kong Huan shook his head and ignored them.

"Indeed, nomads have nothing but food and apes for flat-collared nests... oh, and a skirt can be added."

Ignoring Xiao Lingyun's laughter and the embarrassment and glaring of the leading members, Kong Huan continued: "But for a group like the Gashan tribe, which has stone houses, utensils, and many things that are inconvenient to move, nomads can't move. It is very difficult to achieve.”

"Besides, Chu Xia, do you think the life of the Gashan tribe is better, or the life of the Pingling tribe?"

"It's needless to say, of course..." Xiao Lingyun seemed to penetrate forcefully, but was defended by Void.

"You be quiet, let Chu Xia talk." Gazing at Xiao Lingyun who was speechless, Kong Huan nodded to Chu Xia with a calm expression.

Looking at the flying-wing quack apes around, Chu Xia hesitated and said: "The Gashan tribe, because of the hard work of you and everyone, it took a long time to become what it is now; and the Pingling tribe, they didn't For a leader like you, Kong Huan, it is very good to have such a scale now, you must know that they have more than 300 quack apes, more than 100 more than the Gashan tribe."

Faced with Chu Xia's explanation, the members of the Pingling tribe looked a little better, but they were a little bit aggrieved that their tribe still received a bad review in the end, except for Pingling.

"This is the limitation of nomadism," but Kong Huan still ignored their dissatisfaction: "If Pingling's nest uses nomadic methods, for the convenience of nomads, even if domesticated animal power, it will not be able to reach the level of the Gashan tribe. Therefore, I do not intend to Use this in flat-collar nests to solve food problems."

Hearing Kong Huan's words, Pingling became a little anxious: "Oneiroi, what should we do if we can't use Nomad? This food is related to our survival. Is there no way?"

This is just a fan of the authorities. Most of the flying wing quack apes here have heard the words of the emptiness, so they are not anxious, but waiting for the explanation of the emptiness with anticipation.

Pingming beside Pingling slightly pulled Pingling's tentacles, and whispered a few words to dispel his leader's worries.

These flying-wing quack apes trust Kong Huan very naturally. As long as Kong Huan does not do anything that makes them overly vigilant and suspicious, they will gradually reach the level of the quack apes of the Gashan tribe under the influence of intimacy from the depths of their consciousness. That level of trust.

"It seems that Pingling is really responsible for this lair, not bad." Pingling's evaluation added another point.

"Nomadism can only enable predator groups like us to basically survive, but it is difficult to develop a better future. Therefore, we need another more advanced model, that is-farming."

"Farming means that we take the initiative to plant a large number of plants that can produce edible seeds." Without waiting for other flying-wing quack apes to ask questions, Kong Huan said the content, but in fact everyone was waiting for Kong Huan's explanation, and there was no Whoever is asking. ╮(╯▽╰)╭

"These damn smart guys." Kuan Huan discussed.

"Tch, are you talking about these things? They don't taste enough to fit between the teeth, and you still grow them on your own initiative. Why? Plug your ears?"

"Your sister, Sinai!" Kong Huan looked at the poisonous-tongued female quack ape depressedly, but she couldn't vent her anger. Although her words were a bit harsh, at least she was thinking about the problem.

"One or two is just enough to fit between the teeth, but think about it, what if there is a pile, two piles, or even a pile as big as a hill? Are your teeth so big?" Clearly, Kong Huan still couldn't swallow this. tone.

"Hahaha, even if the gaps between your missing teeth are flush with yours, they won't be able to fit in." Facing his companion's teasing, the flying-wing quack ape bared his teeth in embarrassment and stared at the other party. At this time, Kong Huan Notice how her mouth is missing a few teeth, which must have been knocked off during the fight.

The corners of Kong Huan's mouth turned up, and he couldn't hold back his laughter with great difficulty, but Xiao Lingyun and Lingyue behind him obviously had no worries. The sound is not striking.As for Lingyue, she has no voice, the reason is not explained =. =.

In fact, Kong Huan blamed himself for only thinking about farming at this moment.

Because if he thinks about it earlier, he can plant it directly at this moment, instead of waiting until now to find suitable crops for planting, which requires a lot of time to experiment.

Because, after all, this is not the earth.

For those predecessors who have traveled to the primitive society of the earth, they can rely on the mature knowledge of various crop varieties in human society, quickly find out suitable plants from nature, and immediately sow them in large numbers, and then in the absence of large-scale disasters. Under this condition, it will take a year or two or even less to obtain a stable food supply, and before here, they can still rely on fishing nets to catch fish to meet their nutritional needs.

To be honest, this makes Kong Huan very envious, because this is not the earth, even though it is slightly similar in development, it is different from the earth's biological species in many aspects.

For example, the pungent seasoning chili pepper that Kong Huan found out with great difficulty, it looks like the chili peppers on the earth and other seasonings with similar flavors, and it doesn’t cost a dollar. Relationship.

As for many things that Kong Huan named after the earth, among them, Kong Huan's own nostalgic reasons are far more than the actual relationship between the creatures with the same name on the two planets.

Therefore, in order to find plants that can be planted, Huanhuan has to select edible plants that are suitable for large-scale planting in nature, and then slowly experiment, and finally expand the cultivation in stages.

As far as the cycle is concerned, it is considered a blessing of the system to start expanding production within two years at the shortest.

As for the kind of fantasy event where dozens or hundreds of fish are pulled out in one net, and then raised, transplanted to the double moon star at this time... Well, if you expect to be with the fin dragons in the water, or the piranhas Waiting for other fierce guys, big or small, is still very feasible.

Of course, the experience of the earth civilization is of great help to Unreal. For example, now he has come up with the idea of ​​using farming to solve long-term problems. Dozens to hundreds of years. (PS: Theory is always a reference, and only a reference.)
However, even now, it will take a year or two or even a few years before farming is widely practiced, during which time there will still be food shortages.

After the apes fantasized about the scene of the hill-like seeds, judging from the gradually rosy face of the other party, the induction of emptiness began to have an effect, and the current emptiness did not discourage the other party's fantasy.

"How about it, is it possible?" Kong Huan's current appearance has a strange expression, which makes the team members who know Kong Huan back a little unnaturally.

"Oneiroi, you mean to make a lot of plants that can produce these seeds?" While the other flying-wing quack apes, including the flat collar, were still immersed in fantasy, this flying-wing quack ape named Pingming had already reacted. Let Kong Huan be a little surprised.

"You are right, but... not all plants can be cultivated. Do you know that these seeds can grow plants in the soil?"

"Huh? Can it grow a tree?" He looked at the tentacle-thick seed in his hand incredulously, and then he looked at it for a while, and then turned his head to look at a towering tree with this kind of seed not far away, until My head was dizzy, and I still couldn't understand it.

Seeing Pingming's reaction, Kong Huan could only sigh helplessly, "It's completely painted on white paper. It seems that the civilization of species is still a long way away."

I briefly explained to the apes how plants reproduce, which made people think that plants just grow there, and no one thought about how the other party appeared?How to get bigger?And why the flying-wing quack apes sighed.

Of course, how many apes really understand?Kong Huan didn't think about it either, as long as they knew that seeds could grow trees.

"However," looking at the apes, Kong Huan sucked the seed from Pingming's hand with his thoughts, and in the awe of the apes, separated the seed, took out the core, and threw it on the ground.

"Not all seeds can be used for farming, such as this one."

Pointing to the big tree that bears this kind of seed not far away, Kong Huan continued to explain: "It takes at least four or five years for a seed like this to be planted in the soil until it can produce more seeds. a cold time."

Hearing this, the flat-collar who was a little excited just now showed a disappointed expression again, which made Kong Huan a little annoyed.

"You guys don't know how to be steady, you want to die." The evaluation of the flat collar is -1.

However, the performance of the flat collar is actually because of his dependence on Oneiroi, otherwise he would not have won the support of so many Xiangyi quack apes, and he has been sitting in the leader's position (think of Zheng Shengmu before and after meeting Chu Sanwu Right =. =).

"However, I will solve these problems myself."

"As for another problem with the flat collar—management troubles. You just need to cooperate with Xiao Lingyun to transform the lair into a tribe, and you can solve it quickly."

"Then, let's start to act." Habitually clapping his hands, seeing the still stunned expression on the flat-collar side, Kong Huan announced the disbandment with a few boring words.

(End of this chapter)