Falling into the Cretaceous

Zhou Jian raised the signal gun and fired a shot into the sky.

The signal flare, trailing a bright red glow from the burning strontium compound, hissed as it climbed into the sky. With a deafening roar, the heat-resistant parachute was launched, and magnesium and aluminum powders, under the influence of the oxidizer barium nitrate, ignited with a blazing light reaching thousands of degrees Celsius before slowly descending.

That loud bang was loud enough for all creatures in the area to hear clearly. At night, the brightness of 20,000 candela would be enough for people within a seven-kilometer radius to see.

If there were any savage tribes nearby, they would have seen them too.

However, there is no need to hide now. The escaped savages will take the camp's information back to their tribe, and there is a high probability that they are the only savage tribe in the vicinity. Since the tribes are too close together, war is inevitable.

This kind of situation often occurs among the primitive tribes of the Amazon plain, let alone during the Cretaceous period.

While waiting for the survivors to return, the men and women in the camp all gathered around the two dinosaurs, staring at them. No one could resist the interest in such novel creatures; it's basic human curiosity.

Because of this, the negative emotions they felt, such as fear, when they were captured by the savages were somewhat alleviated.

This victory also made Shen Ye the true leader in everyone's hearts.

Not the partners they depend on!

Shen Ye covered his nose and sized up the savage leader, then kept comparing him to another savage warrior who had been killed by Cui Zhengxi.

Their physical structure is exactly the same; they are not from any other race.

The reason for such a large difference in body size is probably due to genetic differences.

Just like the comparison between ordinary people and basketball players, no one would think that athletes are not human.

"Shen Ye, there shouldn't be any humanoid beings in this era!"

Cui Zhengxi squatted down beside him and asked a question.

"But it certainly exists. In the prehistoric times of our universe, there were as many as twenty-one species of humans. There must be more than one species in this universe. I wonder if other races of savages might be even stronger than this!"

Shen Ye said with great concern.

He could tell that these savages, who resembled beastmen, possessed intelligence, weapons, and such formidable physical abilities. It wasn't surprising that they coexisted with these giant beasts in the same era.

If even a highly intelligent dinosaur like the Troodon, which was the size of a dog, could find a place to survive, then humans will only have an even greater advantage!

"Can this thing even be considered a human? I think it's just a gorilla!"

Zhou Jian kicked the savage leader and said with a look of disgust.

Shen Ye shook his head.

"These are hominins. Gorillas, also known as great apes, belong to the hominidae family. The next subclass within hominidae is the genus Homo. For example, lions and tigers belong to the felid family, but within a smaller subclass, they belong to the genus Panthera. Reproductive isolation exists between members of the same genus, which is why these wild animals leave behind these females; otherwise, they would all die!"

Shen Ye said.

The women around them got goosebumps upon hearing this.

Chen Yue, this bold woman, used a stick to lift the animal skin off the savage chieftain's leg.

The women around them all glanced at it curiously.

After reading it, I immediately felt a chill.

I imagine some extremely cruel images are already etched in their minds.

"What's going on with these walkie-talkies?"

Someone pointed to the walkie-talkie and asked Shen Ye a question, to which Shen Ye rolled his eyes.

Damn it, I'm just a PhD student studying paleontology, not a detective!

"Did he find it in our camp that you didn't notice?"

Zhou Jian asked the people around him.

Zhang Qiming shook his head.

"No, the walkie-talkie was already there when he appeared, and we even heard his voice before. However, judging from the walkie-talkie, the battery is low."

Cui Zhengxi examined the walkie-talkie.

"If this kind of walkie-talkie works normally for ten hours, it will run out of power. The savages wouldn't use it. If it's in standby mode, the power limit is three days. In other words, if the walkie-talkie was fully charged, he probably got it three days ago."

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise after hearing what Cui Zhengxi said.

"Does this mean that someone's plane crashed three days ago and was also discovered by these savages?" Wang Hao said excitedly. "Could this have been left behind by the people who came to rescue us?!"

Everyone felt heavy-hearted after hearing Wang Hao's statement.

If that's the case, then the people who came to save you have all fallen into trouble, so what's the point of saving them?

"Shen Ye, how about you take a look at these supplies?"

At this moment, Ning Yan pointed to the Mother Dragon sitting on the ground and said.

Its supplies were covered by a dinosaur skin, and no one had touched the contents inside yet.

Just as Shen Ye was about to go and take a look, Ningbo discovered that Sergei and the blacksmith Li had returned.

"They're back!"

Ningbo called out, and Shen Ye quickly looked over, worried that something had happened to blacksmith Li.

Because Shen Ye doesn't know how to forge iron, the iron smelting and knife-making in the video are all fake; he did it purely for the sake of the show.

In the future, we will still have to rely on blacksmith Li to forge iron and manufacture weapons.

Seeing that blacksmith Li was alright, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you all alright?!"

Shen Ye went up to ask, and the blacksmith Li nodded in shame.

"We're really useless. We failed to defend the camp and now you have to come back to save it!" said blacksmith Li.

Sergei was also ashamed. He lowered his head and went to talk to Mike and Jack.

The others also returned one after another.

The people who returned told Shen Ye that the savages had all retreated quickly after hearing the horn, but they still dared not come back, thinking that the savages had all returned to their camp. They only dared to return after seeing the signal flare.

Fifteen minutes later, all the survivors outside returned.

As the crowd talked, they all knew how brave and desperate Shen Ye had been in the camp, saving everyone's lives.

Shen Ye's image in the hearts of the people is becoming increasingly lofty and prestigious.

In addition to what happened when Shen Ye went to fetch water, he became a hero in the eyes of everyone in the camp.

In fact, Shen Ye already understood.

Cui Zhengxi definitely knows how to use a gun, and he's quite skilled, yet he let himself take the limelight.

They clearly weighed the pros and cons.

This was to help him establish the image of a leader, and this sense of the big picture made Shen Ye look at him with new respect.

"Most of the personnel should have returned by now. Let's take a count of the survivors."

Shen Ye said to Zhang Qiming.

Zhang Qiming, Lin Ruochu, and Lan Yanyan went to take inventory.

Before long, a new list of survivors was released.

Shen Ye held it in his hand and looked at it, his heart heavy.

Of the 27 healthy men and 17 healthy women, none were injured or killed. Of the 11 women, 9 suffered minor injuries (such as broken hands or ribs). Of the 11 women, only Sun Ranran survived with a broken leg; the rest were all killed.

The three children were unharmed.

There was also a dog.

There were a total of 68 people, including 36 men (including those with minor injuries), 29 women, and 3 children.

"Brother Ye, these three women have diabetes. Two of them have type 1 diabetes and have developed ketoacidosis. The other has type 2 diabetes and is currently in relatively normal condition."

Zhang Qiming reported.

Shen Ye nodded, knowing that the two women with type 1 diabetes would die soon, which would lead to further staff reductions.

At this moment, Sun Ranran, leaning on a stick, came up to Shen Ye.

"Shen Ye, could you give me some medicine? I'm the only seriously injured person left."

Sun Ranran said that she wanted to fight for it, because even a dog has medicine, but she doesn't. The old man who said he would provide her with the pills yesterday is dead.

Fortunately, I wasn't taken advantage of.