Chapter 25: Capturing the Triceratops
With such worries, Duan Mo grinded all the black berries into green anesthetics in one go. This work continued until midnight, until Wang Ruoyi and Zhu Xingxing had both fallen asleep, and the sound of Duan Mo pounding medicine echoed in the room.
As the sky in the east turned white, Duan Mo finally prepared enough anesthetics.
In his previous spare time, Duan Mo had sharpened a lot of hollow stone jars, at which time he smeared part of the anesthetic on the arrowheads, and the other part of the anesthetic was put into the jar and carried with him.
Although he had been busy all night, Duan Mo's mental state was still good. The thought of being about to fight such a huge beast made his heart get excited.
When Duan Mo went out on an expedition before, he had already seen a triceratops, and although he only glanced at it from a distance at that time, Duan Mo still had a general understanding of it. The triceratops was about seven meters long, 2.5 meters high, and weighed five tons on the delta at the mouth of the great river. This data is already very amazing, but according to Zhu Xingxing, such a huge triceratops can only be regarded as a juvenile.
A truly adult triceratops could reach a length of ten meters, a height of nearly three meters, and a weight of a terrifying ten tons, which is simply a modern rhinoceros that has been strengthened dozens of times.
Now, Duan Mo decided to take Zhu Xingxing and Wang Ruoyi to the delta to find this young triceratops.
Wang Ruoyi and Zhu Xingxing were even more excited than Duan Mo, they woke up early and packed everything they could use, including spears, food, water bags, ropes, and some berries.
The berries were fed to stun the triceratops, and the ropes were used to subdue the triceratops - the thin rope seemed non-threatening, but it was better than nothing.
After packing up, the three of them hurried to their destination while the island was still hot.
The delta was not very far from the camp, and Duan Mo followed the route he had taken the last time he went to the swamp, first following the lake all the way south, climbing down the gentle slope on the side of the small cliff, and then came to the side of the big river, and on the other side of the big river was the delta.
If they want to reach the delta, they have to swim across the river, but fortunately, the day on the island is very hot, and the temperature of the river is gradually rising, so they don't have to worry about being frozen and fainting like Wang Ruoyi before.
The three of them swam across the river with great ease, and soon stood on the soft sand of the delta.
The sand here is fine and clean, not even stones are seen, and there are a few ferns, oaks and some palm trees growing on the beach.
The area of this delta was even larger than Duan Mo had imagined, about the size of four football fields. Surrounded by seawater, there aren't many creatures here, except for a few dodos scribbling to feed.
Without those crazy plants blocking his view, Duan Mo quickly found the triceratops. Its large size is very conspicuous, and it is pacing leisurely at this time, and it looks very comfortable.
It seems to have been washed here by the river, but when it came ashore, it found that the food was still sufficient, and there were no other predators, so it settled here with peace of mind. It doesn't know yet that several humans have set their sights on it.
Since the character of the triceratops was quite docile, Duan Mo and the three of them did not deliberately hide their figures, they slowly approached the triceratops, and leaned over with courage, intending to observe first.
The triceratops soon saw the three strange creatures, it shook its huge head and glanced at Duan Mo lazily. Duan Mo's size was pitiful for it, and the triceratops almost instantly concluded that the strange creature in front of him could not pose a threat to him.
Duan Mo approached the triceratops step by step, staying about ten meters away from her. As he got closer, he became more and more suspicious - could he really subdue such a large dinosaur?
Before, Duan Mo had been watching from a distance, so he didn't have an intuitive understanding of the triceratops, but now, he really felt how huge this guy was.
It was bigger than the elephants in the zoo, and the ground shook with every step of its multi-ton body. Behind its skull grew a huge head shield, and a horn protruded from the left and right of the head shield, and the horn was almost as long as Duan Mo's legs. It also has a shorter, thicker horn near its nose that curves upwards and can easily pick up its opponents. Its mouth is hard and curved like a chicken's beak.
All in all, this big guy has simply used all the potential of evolution in defense, and ordinary carnivorous dinosaurs will never have any thoughts of hunting when they see it.
It's like a tank, bulky but stable.
Duan Mo observed near the triceratops for a long time, and finally retreated, pulled Wang Ruoyi and Zhu Xingxing away a bit, and decided to renegotiate tactics.
Wang Ruoyi and Zhu Xingxing's performance was similar to Duan Mo's, after they saw the true body of the triceratops, the previous excitement disappeared without a trace. They all felt that trying to capture this guy alive was completely fanciful and a dream.
"Don't be discouraged. Duan Mo smiled reluctantly, he tried to cheer up his teammates, "This guy is indeed very powerful, but as long as we tame it, won't life be easier in the future?" Think about it, with such a helper following us, will those carnivores still dare to provoke us?"
Zhu Xingxing snorted in embarrassment: "But, even if you really knock it out, I don't think I may be able to tame it......"
"I believe in you. Duan Mo replied quickly: "It's just a herbivorous dinosaur, even if we really can't do anything about it, we can completely escape, it won't fight with us." ”
"I don't think it's necessary to fight with you. Wang Ruoyi rationally analyzed: "It only needs to press on you, and you will become a puddle of meat." ”
"Ahem......" Duan Mo was a little embarrassed, he had to admit that what Wang Ruoyi said was very reasonable. "But! We are human beings! We are the spirits of all things! Dinosaurs, no matter how powerful, they are just animals, we are wise, this is the greatest evolution!"
"Intelligence is not necessarily the optimal solution to evolution. Wang Ruoyi poured cold water again.
Duan Mo felt that it was time to show his authority as the leader of the tribe and the master of the camp, he waved his hand and said, "In short, no one is allowed to retreat today, you two women can just watch me perform for a while, I will definitely be able to subdue the triceratops!"
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Zhu Xingxing and Wang Ruoyi finally dispelled the idea of running away, and they looked at Duan Mo quietly, ready to listen to Duan Mo's battle plan.
"My plan is simple, just hit and run. Duan Mo pointed at Wang Ruoyi and Zhu Xingxing, "This triceratops has such a big body, it will definitely not be able to run fast, there are three of us, take turns to fight, and if we are tired, we can exhaust it half to death." When the time comes, slowly use *** to stun it, and it will definitely not be able to resist. ”
"But......" Zhu Xingxing glanced back at the triceratops in the distance, the triceratops was still eating slowly, completely unaware that these filthy humans were discussing ways to deal with it. "However, I'm still a little scared of ......"
"There's nothing to be afraid of, that's it! I'll go and fight it for a while, and when I can't run, you will take my place, I don't believe that this stupid big guy can be smarter than us?"
Duan Mo dropped this sentence, stood up and walked towards the triceratops. As he walked, he removed the bow and arrow from his back and put *** on the bowstring.
When he was about twenty meters away from the triceratops, he stopped, he bent his bow and aimed at the butt of the triceratops, and after pulling the bowstring full, he released the first arrow.
This *** accurately pierced into the buttocks of the triceratops, and the arrows of the stone arrows completely sank into its flesh, and the triceratops felt a sharp pain in its buttocks, and immediately stopped eating, raised its head and looked around.
There was a big doubt in its small eyes, and with its intelligence, it really couldn't understand such a thing as a bow and arrow. But as Duan Mo's second and third arrows were fired, its butt became more and more painful, and it spun in circles, looking extremely angry. Gradually, it began to suspect that the pain in its ass was related to the human in the distance, so it stared at Duan Mo stupidly, observing his movements.
When Duan Mo's fifth arrow pierced it again, it finally understood-the reason why it was in so much pain must be a good thing done by this human! Its eyes were full of anger, it lowered its head, and aimed the two horns on the bone shield at Duan Mo.
Duan Mo saw that the situation was not good, so he ran away. The triceratops held its horns forward like spears and rushed straight at him.
"Plan begins!" Duan Mo roared and ran into the distance, while the triceratops followed like a rampaging tank.
"Oh my God......" Zhu Xingxing saw this scene, and he was already stupid. She rarely participated in hunting, and spent most of her time collecting berries near the camp, so she had never seen such a thing - and now she realized that fighting wild beasts was such a dangerous thing.
With a weight of several tons, sharp horns, and extremely high speed, even the Transformers will be overwhelmed by it!