Chapter 18: Going Out Again

However, Duan Mo is just thinking about it, the difference between the dodo and the Tyrannosaurus rex is bigger than the difference between a kitten and a tiger, if you want to tame the Tyrannosaurus rex, I'm afraid only God can do it.

Even so, Duan Mo was quite happy now, he and Zhu Xingxing kept circling around the dodo, carefully looking at this little baby, but the dodo didn't pay attention to Duan Mo, and only Zhu Xingxing was in his eyes.

Zhu Xingxing couldn't close her mouth with a smile, and suddenly remembered something, she ran away quickly, then pursed her mouth and blew a loud and crisp whistle.

The dodo immediately chased after Zhu Xingxing ran away, but when it heard the sound of a whistle, it actually stopped again and stood motionless.

"Can you control it?" Duan Mo's eyes were full of surprise.

Zhu Xingxing smiled: "Yes, when I activated the profession, a way to control these creatures appeared in my mind, and I could make them do anything with a whistling sound." ”

"Can you let it attack me?" Duan Mo asked cautiously.

"I'll try ......" Zhu Xingxing was obviously a little unable to hold it, she pursed her mouth lightly, and whistled again, but this time the voice was very different from just now, and Zhu Xingxing whistled while pointing at Duan Mo with his finger.

The dodo received the order, turned its head to look at Duan Mo, and then rushed wildly, trying to peck Duan Mo to death with its beak. It was the first time Duan Mo had seen that the dodo could show such a strong aggressiveness, and this posture frightened Duan Mo and hurriedly took a few steps back.

Fortunately, Zhu Xingxing gave the order to "stop" in time, and the dodo immediately stopped and glared at Duan Mo angrily. Duan Mo hurriedly went up and touched its furry head, which dissipated the dodo's anger.

This scene made Duan Mo a little puzzled - even if the Dudu Bird was domesticated, it would not have such a high level of intelligence to be able to get instructions from the whistling of humans. Because its brain capacity is limited after all, it is impossible to be smart to this extent?

But what happened in front of him was indeed happening, Zhu Xingxing was able to make this dodo, who had an IQ like a chicken, understand so many complicated instructions, and even allowed the dodo to overcome his cowardly instinct and launch an attack on Duan Mo, an impossible opponent......

Duan Mo could only attribute these things to the Ark system. It seemed that this system was even more powerful than Duan Mo had imagined, and he was even more curious about what strange professions there were besides developers and beast tamers......

Duan Mo was a little envious of Zhu Xingxing, he suddenly felt that the profession of a beast tamer was better than that of himself as a developer-if Zhu Xingxing domesticated dozens of velociraptors, even if he Duan Mo really made iron tools, he would not be an opponent at all.

However, as Duan Mo's career level increases, his future potential is immeasurable - now that he has unlocked iron weapons, he may be able to develop firearms next?

The next step may be modern heavy weapons and even tanks, aircraft, and artillery......

This is not Duan Mo's fantasy, after all, the Ark system has shown its powerful power beyond logic and reality, if Duan Mo really created these things on this desert island, then no matter what ancient creatures are, they will be wiped out in front of the cannonballs.

Thinking of this, Duan Mo's saliva was about to flow out, and he secretly made up his mind that he must make the refining furnace and the blacksmith table as soon as possible.

Although the dodo has now been tamed, it is obviously a fantasy to survive by eating dodo eggs, and food is still the biggest problem Duan Mo is currently facing.

As the joy of taming the dodo gradually calmed down, Duan Mo decided to explore the depths of the island. His injuries were not healed, so naturally he would not venture into the dense forest - in the east of the camp, there was a big river, Duan Mo and Zhu Xingxing had crossed that big river to come here at the beginning, and now Duan Mo planned to explore upstream along that river, trying to find some harmless freshwater fish from the big river.

Zhu Xingxing didn't quite agree with Duan Mo's idea, she said that her injuries had healed and she could go out hunting instead of Duan Mo, but Duan Mo thought about it and still didn't agree.

I don't know when Duan Mo has regarded Zhu Xingxing as his own, his attitude towards Zhu Xingxing has become more and more gentle, and he is worried about her safety all the time, and he is no longer like before, he will drive her away at every turn.

And Zhu Xingxing also took care of Duan Mo as always, reducing his rations as soon as possible when there was a shortage of food, and letting Duan Mo eat his stomach no matter what. A man and a woman depend on each other on an isolated island, and such a day is also comfortable.

Duan Mo refused Zhu Xingxing's request to go out, but he wouldn't joke with his life. He armed himself with all his might—three sharp spears, a bow and arrows of his own making, a water bag sewn from animal skins, a pocket for small pieces of meat and berries, and something more important, a coat of animal skin.

In the past few days, Duan Mo has worked hard to build his hut during the day, and at night he has sewn animal skin clothes out of straw rope and the skin of a titan python.

The animal skin coat was unlocked along with the grinder, but Duan Mo had not had time to make it, and now after a few days of sewing, he finally made a complete set of clothes. Compared with the coarse linen clothes made by Zhu Xingxing, this animal skin coat is obviously much stronger.

The skin of the Titan Python is extremely tough, and it is difficult to pierce it directly with a spear, but at the same time, it also greatly increases the difficulty of sewing, if there is no blueprint in his mind to guide him, Duan Mo is afraid that he will waste all these precious animal skins.

Fortunately, with this set of clothes, Duan Mo finally no longer looked weak when he faced the teeth of the beast.

The skin of the Titan Python is very large, it can make two sets of clothes, and the leftover scraps can also make some pockets, with these things, Duan Mo's heart is a lot more steady, as long as he doesn't encounter large beasts, he can deal with any trouble.

Zhu Xingxing very thoughtfully put all the food in the camp into Duan Mo's pocket, for fear that Duan Mo would be so hungry that he would have no strength on the road. Duan Mo originally wanted to refuse, but seeing Zhu Xingxing's firm eyes, he had no choice but to accept her kindness. It's just that in this way, Duan Mo must find enough food for this expedition - otherwise Zhu Xingxing, a poor little girl, will have to stay in the camp and starve.

After cleaning up, Duan Mo didn't waste any time, said goodbye to Zhu Xingxing directly, and left the camp and walked in the direction of the big river. After walking far away, Zhu Xingxing was still standing at the door of the hut and watching Duan Mo, which made Duan Mo's heart swell with a trace of warmth. Maybe he will be much less stressed if he survives alone on a desert island, but it won't be long before he will definitely go crazy because of loneliness - with a gentle and lovely girl like Zhu Xingxing, even if he is hungry, he feels that life is not so difficult.

The camp is not far from the big river, and the lake next to the camp is connected to the big river, and a small stream extends to the south of the lake, and a small cliff is a short walk south along the stream. From here, the stream rushes down and continues southward, eventually joining the great river.

There is a gentle slope on both sides of the cliff, and along the gentle slope, Duan Mo can easily reach the side of the big river.

The surface of the big river is full of twenty or thirty meters, but the river is not deep, and the deepest place is only about three or four meters, Duan Mo stood by the river, and he could clearly see the fish swimming in the river.

At the mouth of the big river, there was a delta that had been impacted, and some ferns were sparsely growing on the delta, and Duan Mo vaguely saw a triceratops foraging there.

Of course, Duan Mo would not fight the idea of a triceratops, this creature weighed two or three tons, and it also had a hard bone shield and horns on its head, and the horns were a meter long, which could easily penetrate Duan Mo.

Standing in the shallows of the river, Duan Mo first tried to stab the fish with the spear in his hand, but soon found that this method did not work very well—the fish did not approach the shallows easily and swam very fast. If Duan Mo went into the water himself and entered a deeper place to stab the fish, maybe the success rate would be higher, but unless it was a last resort, Duan Mo really didn't want to go into the water.

He once encountered a piranha in the river, which was a meter long, with a mouth full of teeth like a meat grinder, which could easily tear meat off its prey. And the piranha is very sensitive to the smell of blood, Duan Mo still has a wound on his leg at this time, if he attracts a piranha underwater, that Duan Mo will definitely die.

So Duan Mo decided to walk upstream along the river first, in case he found a coelacanth fish entangled in aquatic weeds, then he would pick up a big bargain for nothing.

The coelacanth is a goofy fish that swims very slowly and does not have any means of attack, and is the dodo of fish, which is simply a natural food. Duan Mo knew something about this fish because it had four fins on its body, like the limbs of a reptile - it was said that this fish had climbed onto land but somehow retreated into the water, which is why it looked so strange.

It's just that Duan Mo walked along the river for a full hour, but he didn't find a single coelacanth. He did come across a dodo loitering by the water's edge, so Duan Mo unceremoniously stabbed it to death with a spear, and after a little treatment, put it in his pocket.

Most of the day had passed quietly, Duan Mo had only harvested a little bit of food, this dodo could not fill the stomachs of him and Zhu Xingxing at all, he had to find a medium-sized beast.

However, as he walked farther and farther he went, the terrain around him gradually changed. The flow of the river has slowed down a lot, and the banks of the river have become tidal flats instead of sandy areas.

The ground had begun to muddy, and the dense ferns had disappeared in favor of more luxuriant calamus. These calamus were very suitable for weaving straw ropes, and Duan Mo picked them as he walked, and before he knew it, he found that he had come to a swamp.