Falling into the Cretaceous

Chapter 92 Camp Supplement

"Are there many more? Then we've done a great service today, how many work points should we get?" Ningbo said excitedly.

"This cannot be counted as an individual contribution, but as the material contribution of the entire group. On average, each person will receive corresponding work points. The exact amount will depend on the calculation and arrangement by the administrative team."

Shen Ye said.

"Hey bro, do you have any bags?"

Mike asked, "Shen Ye saw Zhou Jian carrying bags before, and now he's learned his lesson. He always carries bags when he goes out, and not just one, but ten animal skin bags."

"Take it. Look around, you should be able to find more," Shen Ye said.

Shen Ye and Jack needed to be on guard, so they didn't participate in the egg-stealing.

The fun of egg-catching fell to Mike, Ningbo, and Wildman A-K.

They quickly unearthed the first clutch of eggs, which totaled twenty. These eggs were shorter and longer than ostrich eggs, about 70% the size of ostrich eggs.

Shen Ye guessed that these were probably hadrosaur eggs.

The two of them packed all the eggs into five animal skin bags. They then searched several other places and indeed found them.

Another nest has been discovered.

There are only eighteen chicks in this nest.

After filling all the bags, Shen Ye stopped them from searching further. He told them to come back next time to search again. He figured they could just empty the bags in one go, and they probably wouldn't come back here to lay eggs next time.

The morning passed quickly.

Shen Ye and his group began their return journey. Ningbo was extremely excited, feeling like a great hero in the camp, given how many dinosaur eggs he had brought back this time.

"This eggshell is so hard and beautiful!"

Ningbo was holding and playing with a dinosaur egg.

"These dinosaur eggs have very hard shells, three times harder than ostrich eggs. Even if Mike steps on them, they won't break. We can keep them to store water," Shen Ye said.

"Is it that amazing?"

Ningbo was a little incredulous.

"Of course, being buried in the ground makes it even less likely to be crushed. Even if a dinosaur walked over it, it wouldn't break," Shen Ye said.

"Why is it buried in the ground? In the movies, it always grows on piles of rocks, doesn't it?" Ningbo said.

"That situation does exist, but the conditions here are better. Buried in humus, they can absorb heat during the day for incubation. Even on cloudy days, the decaying plants in the humus will generate heat," Shen Ye said.

When Shen Ye and the others returned to the camp, the camp had already started serving meals. Everyone was starving, and Ningbo's stomach was rumbling loudly.

However, he didn't care at all. Instead, he grinned at Ya Ya, who was running over, with a triumphant look on his face.

"Ya Ya, look what we brought back!!"

Ningbo threw a dinosaur egg down to Ya Ya, who caught it, and an excited smile finally appeared on her face.

Seeing Ya Ya laughing happily, Ningbo immediately jumped down and unloaded the other eggs one by one.

Cui Zhengxi also came over.

Where did these dinosaur eggs come from?

Zhou Jian ran over at this moment, with Li Zimei behind him.

"This was discovered by the savage A-K; he'll be rewarded with a big piece of meat and a tree pith cake later!"

Shen Ye said.

Hearing that there were dinosaur eggs here, the survivors all gathered around, picking up the eggs and examining them closely.

"Let's have a snack today! Miss Lin, you and Xiao Chao can use these to make fried eggs. Keep the eggshells to hold the water, and just make a small window on top to pour out the egg mixture."

Shen Ye said.

The survivors became excited upon hearing this.

Shen Ye's actions can be seen as winning people's hearts.

After all, the system has just been improved, and most people are probably not in a very good mood. Using dinosaur eggs to divert their attention and reward them is a good way to change things up.

Deng Chao came over and took all the dinosaur eggs.

Blacksmith Li brought Deng Chao cutting tools: a chisel and a hammer.

Everyone gathered around to see what was new.

Lin Ruochu and her group went out this morning and brought back thirty catties of tree pith. They thought they had made a good achievement, but Shen Ye's savage A-K suddenly discovered thirty-eight dinosaur eggs.

In comparison, she felt embarrassed to be proud.

Ning Yan and her group were mainly responsible for finding firewood today, which was also their main task.

This task is not difficult, because there are many broken and dead trees in the surrounding area. The main problem is that burning the corpses requires a lot of firewood.

The unburnt remains, soaked by the rain, will be burned again, and the remaining charred corpses no longer make them feel nauseous.

After all, they had been in the same camp with these corpses for eight days, burning them every day except when it rained. The smell of the burning corpses had even become a habit for them.

These smells also serve as a protective barrier for everyone.

Most predatory dinosaurs ate raw meat and wouldn't be interested in the burnt taste of protein.

Apart from some slightly more intelligent omnivorous dinosaurs such as Mesostracodile, Deinonychus, and Troodon.

However, they haven't been seen again in the past eight days.

I don't know if they went somewhere else.

Shen Ye sat on the stone slope and lit the half-smoked cigar. He didn't know when it started, but he found that he also liked smoking.

Although he wasn't addicted, he knew he would definitely run out of cigarettes in the future, and every cigarette he smoked was one less available, which suddenly made him feel a little worried.

There are quite a few people with the same worries, including Zhou Jian. Whenever he has free time, he takes out his cigar box and lights a cigar. It's unclear whether he's afraid of it being stolen or if he thinks that lighting a little bit will make him have more.

Zhou Jian also sat down next to Shen Ye and they smoked cigars together.

"Brother Ye, I've suddenly started to like it here!"

Zhou Jian said with a smile that Shen Ye noticed his gaze was directed at Li Zimei, indicating that they had gotten along quite well today.

"I don't like it, I want to go back! You didn't accumulate a mountain of debt in China, did you? Did you commit fraud?"

Shen Ye asked with a smile.

Zhou Jian shook his head.

"I'm not committing fraud at all. I'm just dating rich women, and they voluntarily invest money in me and transfer it to me to spend—" Zhou Jian said, pausing for a moment, with a self-deceptive look in his eyes.

"Let's be honest!"

Shen Ye didn't really believe that he cheated women out of money, but he must have come into contact with quite a few rich women.

"My investments failed, I owed money to several wealthy women, so I ran away to the United States, thinking I'd come back after making some money." - Zhou Jian

He took a deep drag on his cigar and then slowly exhaled.

"No wonder you said this place is good. People hiding from debtors like to hide here. You are probably the first person in the world who has hidden from debtors so well. If you can't go back, no one will ever be able to find you."

Shen Ye also exhaled a puff of smoke and said.

Zhou Jian gave a bitter smile and didn't mention the matter again.

Although I say that, how can I not go back? What kind of good life can I have in a place like this?

Every meal is a life-or-death struggle.

Whether one can live or not depends entirely on how strong one's birth chart is.

"We're setting off tomorrow morning. Let's prepare well and try to win without taking any damage, taking down the savage tribe in one fell swoop. Then, life won't be so difficult."

Shen Ye said.

"Yes, Li Zimei and I practiced our archery skills very well this morning. Her blowgun technique is really amazing. We have a great chance of winning." Zhou Jian said confidently.

"That's good!"

Shen Ye nodded.

He stubbed out the cigar, saving it for later.

Shen Ye came to Ning Yan's side, and the two smiled at each other. Since that night, their relationship had become very complicated.

Such pure feelings are as precious as gems in such an environment.

At the same time, it allows them to temporarily forget the oppressive feeling brought by the real environment. Emotions are the seasoning for human suffering and loneliness, and no one is an exception.

The two sat down next to each other on a rock.

"Shen Ye, you're going out tomorrow. Remember to wear your armor, and wear that bone mask too, you can use it as a helmet."

Ning Yan was very worried about Shen Ye.

After all, Shen Ye would go with him every time he went out, which was very unfair to Shen Ye.

However, as the leader, he felt that the people's hearts were not yet at peace, so he had no choice but to do this.

Once everything is on track in a month or two, Shen Ye won't need to take such a risk.

"Don't worry, we will definitely return victorious. There are only a dozen or so warriors left over there, the rest are old people, women and children. I will take the savage A-K over there, capture them, and then they will be at my service," Shen Ye said with a smile.

"Savages are savages after all. We can't be kind and leave too many alive. We need to weaken them so they won't think about rebelling and will only be able to rely on us for survival," Ning Yan reminded them.

"That's what I think too."

Shen Ye discovered that his thoughts were actually in sync with Ning Yan's.

At this point, the dinosaur eggs were quickly fried.

The aroma wafted into everyone's nostrils.

The survivors gathered around to collect their eggs. One dinosaur egg could make many pancakes, but they didn't use any oil because there was none. They just used a small amount of fat from the dinosaur meat to coat the griddle.

Ningbo came over with a few egg pancakes and handed them to Shen Ye and Ning Yan.

He plopped down on the rock and ate heartily, a look of satisfaction on his face.

"It's actually quite delicious, but there's not enough salt. We don't have enough salt right now. Once we find a salt mine, we can have salt freedom!"

Shen Ye smiled upon hearing this.

He got up to get food for the savage A-K. This time, the food was all thanks to him; otherwise, it would have been really difficult for these modern people to find dinosaur eggs.

These are all experiences accumulated by the wild people over generations in this primeval forest.

When the savage A-K saw that Shen Ye had brought so much food, he was so excited that he danced with joy.

Shen Ye wrapped it in a palm leaf and handed it over.

Wild Man A-K squatted on the ground and started eating.

Shen Ye had learned the word "salt" from him, but he had never seen this kind of refined salt and didn't quite understand where Shen Ye's salt came from.

Shen Ye was also unable to ask how their tribe obtained salt, because the vocabulary for pointing directions was basically impossible to learn; they all needed someone to lead the way. The savages did not yet possess the abstract ability to express directions through language.

But one thing is certain.

The savage A-K knows where the tribe's salt comes from; we can just have him lead the way.

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