Chapter 33: Crossing the Jungle

Duan Mo felt that he was about to faint, as if there was a fire in his lungs, burning his body.

The lack of oxygen made his consciousness blur, and his hand gradually let go of the spear, swinging helplessly in the water.

Suddenly, a cold touch came from Duan Mo's fingertips, as if he had touched something slippery. He tried to keep his eyes open, and he saw a creature in front of him—a creature that resembled a dolphin?

This creature kept shuttling in front of Duan Mo, pushing Duan Mo with its body, it burrowed under Duan Mo's body, and forcefully pushed him to the surface of the water.

Duan Mo seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, he hurriedly wrapped his hand around the body of this big fish, and this big fish was also very human, and he even took Duan Mo directly to the surface of the water!

The big fish swam fast in the water, and a single undulation brought Duan Mo out of the water, throwing off all the ferocious piranhas behind him. Then, it turned out to be familiar with human nature, and swam to the shore with Duan Mo.

A few seconds later, Duan Mo had already crossed the river and reached the shallow water on the bank, and until this time, he hadn't understood what had happened.

But he at least knew that he was out of danger, so he quickly slipped off the big fish, and then his body went limp, and he fell directly to his knees on the shallows.

In the few seconds just now, Duan Mo almost concluded that he was going to die, but this big fish was like falling from the sky, and it actually took him out of danger!

He snorted and panted, pouring all the sweet air into his lungs, and after wheezing for a long time, Duan Mo slowly recovered.

He raised his wet head and looked stupidly at the big fish in front of him, and the fish actually stopped in the shallow water, not afraid of Duan Mo at all, but swam around a little affectionately.

"Thank you......" Duan Mo tentatively stretched out his hand, trying to stroke the big fish's head, but the big fish didn't dodge, letting Duan Mo's hand on his head.

Duan Mo felt the wet and slippery touch on his hands, and suddenly remembered that he had had close contact with dolphins in the aquarium, and the big fish in front of him had many similarities with dolphins in terms of appearance and touch.

In a trance, he looked at the long kiss of the big fish and thought of its name.

It seems to be an ichthyosaur.

The ichthyosaur is very similar in appearance to dolphins, and it is an aquatic reptile and a close relative of dinosaurs.

It seems to have a natural intimacy with humans, and it is rubbing Duan Mo's body affectionately at this time. In the distance, the piranhas were still circling, but they didn't dare to get any closer to Duan Mo.

These hateful piranhas are actually not very strong in combat, they only dare to bully some land animals that have strayed into the water and have poor water properties, as well as some small fish. In the face of big guys like ichthyosaurs, they will never dare to provoke.

Duan Mo patted the fish dragon's head and said gratefully, "Thank you, brother." ”

After the ichthyosaurus was touched by Duan Mo, he immediately wagged his tail, and then stopped staying, and turned around and left contentedly. Duan Mo watched its white body disappear into the water, and suddenly felt that not every animal on this island was so annoying.

"By the way, what about Dandan and Wuqi?" Duan Mo patted his head, and he suddenly remembered that there were still two dinosaurs waiting for him.

After struggling in the water for a long time just now, he had been swept out of the water for hundreds of meters, and now he hurriedly chased him upstream along the river bank.

After running for more than a hundred meters, Duan Mo finally saw Qiuqiu and Wu Qi, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

After the two dinosaurs swam across the river, they found that Duan Mo had disappeared, and they searched for a long time, but they couldn't find Duan Mo's shadow at all, so they could only stand in place obediently, waiting for Duan Mo to come back.

The Triceratops ball stopped calmly in place, but the velociraptor Wu Qi couldn't be idle, while it was waiting for Duan Mo, it actually caught a new elephant by the way, and when it saw Duan Mo, it immediately pounced with a mouth full of blood.

"Don't don't ......" Duan Mo didn't want to be stained with blood, he pushed away the enthusiastic Wu Qi, and reassured him again and again: "Don't worry, I'm not back......"

After such a small episode, the sky also completely darkened. Duan Mo carefully observed the surrounding environment and found that after crossing the river, the number of small animals here was simply amazing.

Dodos, Emerging Elephants, Musk-footed Beasts...... These weak animals walked along the riverbank in groups, and Duan Mo's eyes lit up when he saw this scene.

These animals are enough for Duan Mo and Zhu Xingxing to eat for more than half a year......

This unexpected discovery made Duan Mo worthwhile for his trip, and he recorded this hidden food warehouse in detail in case he came to hunt when there was a shortage of food in the future.

But at the moment, Duan Mo's top priority is to find iron ore, and Wu Qi has already captured two emerging elephants for him, and these foods are completely enough for Duan Mo's consumption on this trip.

It was already dark at night, Duan Mo lit a torch, collected some wood, and lit a simple fire. He didn't plan to move on, according to the map provided by Wang Ruoyi, the mountain peak in front of him was where the iron ore was located. The trees on this mountain peak were so lush that Duan Mo didn't want to walk through this lush forest at night.

After lighting the campfire, Duan Mo briefly disposed of the flesh of the emerging elephant and began to fill his empty belly. The flesh of the creature-growing elephant is a little woody, not as tender as the Dudu Bird, but fortunately, the amount is large and full, which is enough to support the calories that Duan Mo needs.

After he was full, Duan Mo did not forget to solve the food problem for the two dinosaurs who had traveled a long distance. Wu Xiao did not refuse all kinds of meat, and it preferred raw meat, so Duan Mo cut off one of the legs of the emerging elephant and threw it directly to it. As for the triceratops, it was even simpler, he whistled and let the triceratops forage for food nearby at will - the plants here were so lush that it was not a problem for triceratops to eat as much as they wanted.

This night was dull and quiet, Duan Mo listened to the sound of various small animals around him, and fell asleep peacefully.

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As soon as it was dawn, Duan Mo woke up. There were too many plants around, and the humidity was extremely strong, and Duan Mo was almost awakened by freezing. When he woke up, he was covered in cold dew, as if he had just crawled out of the water.

The campfire had already been extinguished, and the two dinosaurs, Qiuqiu and Wuqi, nested aside, guarding Duan Mo in the middle. Duan Mo stretched his waist and looked back, only then did he really see the whole picture of the mountain range in front of him.

The mountain range is not steep, but the ground is barely visible. From the foot of the mountain to the halfway point of the mountain, there is a vast forest sea, and the trees are all entwined with thick vines, and there is no way to go.

And near the top of the mountain, the number of plants has decreased significantly, presumably it is where Wang Ruoyi said, where the iron ore is located.

Duan Mo sighed, he walked for two days and two nights in one breath, but he couldn't give up just because he was blocked by these trees, right?

These plants show a strong and vigorous vitality, and the power of nature is fully displayed. Duan Mo's heart was only left with awe and determination to fight at this time. After walking some distance along the forest, he finally found a barely passable path. So he opened the way with a stone axe in one hand, and a spear in the other hand to remove the annoying leaves in front of him, thus opening up a difficult path forward.

Duan Mo's body was smaller, but the reminder of the triceratops was too large. Some thinner trees, the triceratops can directly knock it down, but those intertwined trees, Duan Mo has no choice. He could only take the black horse and Qiuqiu in this forest to constantly change directions, looking for a way forward, and after tossing and turning for most of the day, he was still spinning halfway up the mountainside.

The forest was dark and damp, and the fallen leaves under his feet had become a soft carpet, and if he didn't pay attention to it, he would sink his whole foot into it, Duan Mo's mood became more and more irritable, and he even felt that he would be trapped in this green labyrinth forever.

During this period, Duan Mo also encountered some hiccupes.

When he was concentrating on opening up the road, suddenly there was a "gurgling" sound behind him, Duan Mo didn't react at first, but he immediately remembered that it was the voice of the Dilophosaurus.

Then, he turned to find the source of the sound, and without warning, a large puddle of dark green slime fell on his face.

Dilophosaurus is a small beast that is best at blocking the opponent's vision with slime and then delivering a fatal blow. In this complex terrain, this advantage of the Dilophosaurus was even more magnified - fortunately, Duan Mo was not alone this time, the velociraptor Wu Qi found this little beast at the first time, and then bit it to death with lightning speed.

After this little episode, Duan Mo's mood became even worse. Now he has to face not only endless trees, but also all kinds of dangers in the forest, which is simply a great torture.

Fortunately, no matter how painful the torture is, there will eventually be an end, and as Duan Mo overcame all the way, he finally got closer and closer to the top of the mountain, and those crazy trees gradually thinned out.

The animals around Duan Mo gradually increased, and he even saw a triceratops calmly walking through the woods.

The sunlight above his head was finally shining on the ground, and those trees were replaced by some slender bamboos, Duan Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief. It took him most of the day, but he actually only advanced a few hundred meters. Angrily, he cut down a robe with a stone axe, and when he looked up at the top of the mountain, he suddenly saw a glimmer of light on the top of the mountain.

At this time, it was the afternoon, the sun was scorching the earth, and on the top of the sparsely vegetated mountain, I don't know what it was, but it actually reflected the sunlight, which was very dazzling.