Chapter 8: The Pioneers

"Are you sick?"

Xiao Ning rubbed his chest and turned his head to stare at Chen Ling, who was screaming.

Chen Ling was frightened and screamed because he saw the skeleton in the room.

Chen Ling hid behind Xiao Ning and stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.

"Didn't you say you'd stay down there?" Xiao Ning shook his head speechlessly.

"I'm curious!" Chen Ling argued.

"Are you still curious?" Xiao Ning pointed to the skull.

Chen Ling's head suddenly shook like a rattle, and he turned around and walked down the steps made of tree branches.

Xiao Ning no longer paid attention to Chen Ling, but instead focused on the skeleton on the chair.

Xiao Ning poked out half of his head and looked at the rest of the room, this treehouse didn't look big from the outside, but the space inside was really big.

In the northeast corner, there was a bed, also made of wood, on which a straw mat was laid, and a lot of dust fell on the straw mat.

Xiao Ning wasn't sure if the straw mat was woven here by the owner of the treehouse, or if he had brought it with him when he was here.

In the middle of the room, there was a wooden table with an oil lamp on it, which was a rarity on a desert island.

In addition, there are many paintings hanging on the walls, which seem to have been drawn with charcoal, and I don't know what they are drawing.

All that's left is what looks like a desk, and the chair under the skull's buttocks.

Although the house was full of dust, it could be seen that the owner of the house was a very clean person during his lifetime, and all kinds of things were placed in a neat and orderly manner.

Xiao Ning bowed to the skull as a sign of respect, then walked into the room and explored it carefully.

Xiao Ning's gaze fell on a book on the desk.

Saying it's a book is actually more like a stack of scratch paper.

Xiao Ning walked closer, only to find that the dead state of the skull seemed to have died suddenly when he was writing, and he was still holding a pen in his hand, maintaining a writing posture.

This one, made of a wooden stick, has some unknown creature hair at the end of the pen.

Xiao Ning carefully picked up the stack of papers, and although he was really careful, he still touched the end of the pen.

The hair on the tip of the pen suddenly turned into a pile of dust, and when you think about it, the chain is rusted, and of course this hair will be corroded by the years.

It's just that the room has not been ventilated, so the hairs on the pen have been preserved.

Xiao Ning squinted, some of the words on this scratch paper are traditional characters, it seems that this person may really be an ancient!

"...... I don't know how many days, I'm sixty-three years old, and most of my body has been buried in the loess, maybe I will ...... at any time."

On the top page, what is written is basically the same meaning, and it is clear that it has not been finished yet.

Xiao Ning touched his nose and was writing that he might burp when he was going to burp, but he burped when he wrote, which is really ...... It's embarrassing.

Xiao Ning took off the first piece of paper and his eyes fell on the second chapter paper.

"Today, Ah Mao borrowed three of my birds' eggs, and he said that he would return them in three days, and he probably broke his promise again. However, I was grateful for his life-saving grace at that time, and I was still willing to give him the eggs. ”

There was no useful information recorded on this piece of paper, and Xiao Ning skipped it directly.

Xiao Ning rummaged through them one by one, hoping to find some information about the island.

After about dozens of pages, Xiao Ning finally found some useful information.

"The wild people of the North Island are here again today, and after some negotiations, we will give them a wild boar every month, and they will no longer come to harass us. ”

Xiao Ning squinted, North Island?

In other words, there are other humanoids on this island!

Xiao Ning's nerves tensed up all of a sudden, which was not very good news for them, because these "wild people" mentioned on the paper did not seem to be friendly.

Xiao Ning continued to look down.

"Today is our third year on the island, and we decided to explore the surroundings, after all, we are running out of resources. ”

Xiao Ning flipped through the pages and found that the records behind were a little messy, as if the paper had been scrambled.

Xiao Ning searched for a long time before he found a few pieces of paper about the content of the exploration.

"On the first day of exploration, we took enough water and food with us, and walked about five kilometers north to find some edible wild fruits. ”

"On the fifth day of exploration, we have reached the northernmost part of the island, where we have found traces of human activity!"

"On the seventh day of exploration, we were sure that the island was inhabited by savages, who were of low intelligence, but who had developed a sense of herdity, and formed a simple tribe. ”

"We had a tough deal with them, and they seemed very hostile to us. ”

"On the eleventh day of exploration, we had our first clash with the Savage Horde, which ended in our defeat. ”

"But instead of killing us, they expelled us from the northern part of the island and told us to promise never to come back to the northern island again. ”

"On the thirty-sixth day of exploration, we encountered pirates in the western part of the island, and we were glad that we escaped relatively quickly......"

"On the eighty-second day of exploration, the eastern part of the island seems to be the most resource-rich, but it is also the most dangerous, and we have three of our companions killed there. ”

After reading these records, Xiao Ning had a rough idea of this deserted island in his mind.

The island should be large, divided into five areas: southeast, northwest, and middle.

The eastern part of the country is the most abundant, but it is also the most dangerous.

The north is the most savage, and there are also aggressive "savages".

In the south and west, the property is okay, but the danger is greater than in the east.

Therefore, Xiao Ning concluded that perhaps they should go to the east side of the island, where they would be able to survive better!

"It's a pity, because of the years, the handwriting on a lot of the paper is blurred or even disappeared, and it is impossible to distinguish at all, otherwise you will be able to get more useful information!"

Xiao Ning sighed, secretly feeling pity, but he was also satisfied.

The diary-like record left by this pioneer is an invaluable asset for Xiao Ning and his group today!

It's a simple survival guide!

Xiao Ning put away the papers, and when he walked to the door, he turned his head to look at the skeleton, hesitated for a moment, walked back again, and left the tree house with the skeleton in his arms.

"Xiao Ning, what are you carrying it down?"

Chen Ling saw Xiao Ning coming down with the skull in his arms, and he was immediately frightened and hid behind Chen Xue.

This little girl is usually very aggressive, but she didn't expect to be afraid of skulls.

Tong Yiyi and Chen Xue also subconsciously took a few steps back, and the girl was not afraid when she saw the skull.

"We in Huaxia pay attention to entering the soil for safety, and this senior has also given us a lot of useful information, so I will regard it as doing a good deed. Xiao Ning said.

Moreover, Xiao Ning plans to use this tree house as a temporary base, so this skull must be removed.

After all, it's a shame not to take advantage of such a good place!