Falling into the Cretaceous

"What exactly happened?" Zhou Jian lay on the back of the mother dragon, still feeling the excitement of riding the dragon.

Hearing Shen Ye say this, everyone else looked at him, wanting to know what the even more terrifying thing he was talking about was.

Shen Ye held the reins with one hand and patted the tendon dragon's back with the other.

"You see, when humans were able to domesticate herbivorous dinosaurs, they might also have been able to domesticate other small omnivorous dinosaurs, such as Troodon."

Shen Ye said.

"But we didn't see them carrying a Troodon just now," Sergei said as he walked below.

"They came out to transport grain, not to go hunting. It's possible they didn't bring any, or they might not have been domesticated at all," Shen Ye said.

"We can only pray that they didn't tame any Troodon, otherwise we'll be in big trouble!" Zhou Jian sighed.

Shen Ye did not speak again.

He was thinking about the Russian scientists' silver fox domestication experiment, a 60-year domestication experiment that used targeted breeding to select docile and obedient genes, eventually resulting in the "foxdog" with droopy ears.

These savages have been in the Stone Age for an unknown period of time, but it certainly hasn't been short. They only needed a few hundred years to tame the Troodon.

Troodon was highly intelligent, omnivorous, and social.

All three of these conditions are met for domestication: high intelligence allows it to understand some commands, omnivorousness allows it to eat some human food, and social behavior proves that it has a sense of social hierarchy and will recognize humans as its masters.

The only problem is that dinosaurs are fast-growing animals, reaching adulthood in just a few months. They might not have developed an emotional bond with their owners before their wild instincts took over.

Of course, these are all things that can be overcome.

As long as the time for targeted breeding is long enough, and the wild people have that time.

Of course, the fossil of Troodon has always consisted of only one tooth, and all the speculation about Troodon comes from its close relative, Scyphodon.

Even if these two dinosaurs appeared before him, Shen Ye would have a hard time distinguishing between Troodon and Scyphodon.

Before long, they finally crossed the hill.

Upon seeing the pile of suitcases they had gathered, Shen Ye immediately jumped off the back of the dinosaur and had his men tie the suitcases one by one to the backs of the two dinosaurs.

Shen Ye also saw his survival toolbox.

The sturdy aluminum alloy casing protected it well. I opened it up and saw that all the tools were inside.

The equipment includes saw blades, wire saws, axes, survival knives, flint and steel, thermal blankets, waterproof tarps, metal water bottles, water purification tablets, flashlights, first aid kits, slingshots, and specialized fishing lines.

These tools gave Shen Ye a strong sense of security.

Blacksmith Li also carried his green toolbox. He patted his toolbox at Shen Ye and chuckled.

"With this, I can forge even more weapons for you!"

"That's what blacksmith Li said."

Shen Ye nodded: "Forging weapons takes time. Today we'll be making javelins and bows and arrows. These things can quickly enhance our combat capabilities!"

Shen Ye said.

Blacksmith Li nodded, stroking his stubble.

He examined the wreckage and found that the luggage rack had an aluminum alloy frame. He could simply cut the composite material open and remove the alloy frame to make at least five powerful bow arms.

"Brother Ye, I'll take the bow arm, but you'll have to handle the bowstring!"

As blacksmith Li spoke, Shen Ye picked up a bundle of special fishing line from the box and waved it around.

"It's no problem to weave a bowstring from fishing line."

Blacksmith Li snapped his fingers.

"That would be perfect! I'll get you an alloy bow arm when we get back!"

While the two were talking, the others had almost finished tying up the suitcases. They didn't need to tie them too tightly; they just needed to thread the rope through the handles of the intact suitcases to distribute the pressure evenly on both sides of the dinosaur.

After half an hour.

They strapped twenty suitcases to the backs of the two dinosaurs. Most of the other suitcases were broken, and many items were scattered in the forest, making it impossible to collect and transport them all back for the time being.

Shen Ye ordered Sergei and the others to collect and arrange the supplies together, and to come back and move them when they had free time.

Shen Ye and his group, however, led the dinosaur back to the camp first.

After returning to the camp, Shen Ye handed over the supplies to Ning Yan's logistics and construction team, instructing her to distribute them as needed.

Blacksmith Li didn't rest either; he immediately took his chisel and hammer into the cabin to dismantle the aluminum alloy frame of the luggage rack.

Mike and Jack also came to help.

Meanwhile, Cui Zhengxi, Zhou Jian, the reporter, the photographer, and others took turns using axes to cut down the surrounding bushes and ferns, giving the sentries in the camp a wider field of vision and preventing the cannibals from getting close and attacking.

If we can maintain distance and detect them in advance, their sneak attack will fail.

Shen Ye and the engineer were preparing to take some small tree trunks to make spear throwers. The spear throwers were not complicated; all that was needed was a tree trunk that was 60 centimeters long, 3 or 4 centimeters in diameter, and had branches.

It looks like a tree hook.

Use a knife to trim it so that it resembles an "L".

Simply place the spear on the spear-throwing slot, and the spear thrower grabs the spear-throwing device. The action is the same as throwing a spear, except that the spear thrower grabs the spear-throwing device. The inertia of the throw will accurately throw the spear out of the slot.

With the spear thrower, beginners can quickly get started, and the increased arm lever length allows for a much greater and more accurate throw than using only the arm.

The women weren't idle either.

They used the stainless steel pot that blacksmith Li had found to boil water and deliver it to the men.

In addition, the task of patrolling the surrounding area was assigned to several young people, including Zhang Qiming, Wang Hao, and the young man with braces.

Although they may not be very serious or obedient in normal times, after experiencing the death threat of the savages, these cowardly people will be more careful than the bold when conducting reconnaissance.

Under Shen Ye's arrangement, the camp started operating smoothly.

Half an hour later, Sergei and his men sorted out the scattered supplies and returned with some clothes, shoes, and water bottles instead of empty-handed.

The task of feeding the dinosaurs and getting to know their habits was entrusted to Lan Yanyan.

The kids in Ningbo also really love dinosaurs, so they kept pestering Lan Yanyan to let them feed the dinosaurs together.

Even when that enormous creature lay down, it still gave people a sense of awe.

The three children fed the giraffes like they were feeding them at a zoo, putting bushes into their mouths and feeling the dinosaurs biting and tearing at the bushes with their hands.

Lin Ruochu and her team members took bags of tree pith to the top of the cabin and spread them out to dry in the sun.

The roof cover gets extremely hot in the sun, but it only takes one day to dry 50-60% of the moisture, and three consecutive days of sun exposure will basically dry it completely.

Two hours later, blacksmith Li came over with a metal bow arm.

This thing was more difficult to work with than he had imagined, because the frame was made of a copper-aluminum-nickel alloy, which has shape memory properties.

He heated the bow arm until it was red-hot before hammering it into shape.

The bow arm shape is similar to that of a recurve bow.

Shen Ye took it and looked at it.

"Great! With this, I can make a pretty powerful bow."

Shen Ye was excited. If he could make four more of these, he was confident that he could make those savages tremble with fear!

"Brother Ye, as long as you're satisfied, I'll go get the arrowheads!"

The blacksmith laughed.

"Go and rest if you're tired. You didn't sleep well last night."

Shen Ye glanced at him and noticed that he was very tired, with his eyelids twitching constantly.

"It's alright, I can manage. I don't want to be chased and killed by those savages again. I must get ten arrows before sunset!"

"That's what blacksmith Li said with a determined look."