Chapter 383: The River Under the Mountains

At night, some of the wild beasts roamed around, probably because they were afraid of the fire, but they did not come to harass the expedition, and on the whole, the night was peaceful.

Early in the morning, everyone packed their bags and began to move in the direction of the goal.

It may be a semi-arid area, the vegetation on the mountain is very sparse, the mountain seems to have collapsed not far away, and there are large landslides in some places, the rocks are exposed, and some horned antelopes shuttle between the cliffs.

The team members cautiously climbed up the hill along the sloping cliff.

Standing on the hillside, I can see the undulating mountains for miles ahead, and you can even see the snow on the top of the high mountain, and you can faintly see the river flowing slowly down the mountain.

This discovery is undoubtedly good news, as long as there is a water source, everyone basically has no worries, and in terms of food, as long as a few people are sent out to hunt.

"It should be there." The captain said in a deep voice.

"That mountain is so high, it looks even higher than the mountain on the west side of the capital." One person sighed.

"Let's go, it's still some way from here, and we'll get to the river at the foot of the mountain before dark." After the captain finished speaking, he took the lead down the hill.

Seeing this, the rest of the people followed.

The vast expanse of savanna below the mountain range, where animals of all shapes live, has remained the most primitive undisturbed land.

The grass here is not high, just below the knees, and some small snakes or small animals can occasionally be seen crawling in the grass.

The team members vigilantly observed the surroundings, the number of beasts here was a bit too much, but after a while, everyone found that there were several large beasts, did they look here, which made everyone feel a little pressure.

After walking for a few hours, in the afternoon, the group finally came to the river at the foot of the mountain, but it was not safe.

As soon as they approached the river bank, Zhou Yu saw that a huge figure in the river had dived into the river, and it was obviously wise to swim over at this time.

The river is wide, and there are some aquatic plants several meters high growing in the river, and it is not easy to cross the river.

"What are we going to do?" Asked Friday.

The captain looked around, and the river flowed from quilt to man, and the river in the south could not be seen at a glance, while the rumbling sound of water could be faintly heard in the north.

"If we look north, there seems to be a waterfall over there, and we might be able to pass through there."

The group nodded, and walked along the river bank towards the north with their weapons in hand.

After everyone left, a body like dead wood appeared on the surface of the water.

The two yellow eyes looked in the direction of the group's departure, and once again dived into the river, as if they had never appeared.

After walking north for more than half an hour, the sound of the waterfall became louder and louder, and after everyone bypassed a river bay, they saw an incomparably magnificent scene.

I saw that on the cliff of more than ten meters Gaode Mountain, the river water poured down, and the turbulent river water fell heavily in the waterhole below, and its sound was like thunder.

Above the waterhole, a rainbow can only be seen after the rain across the cliffs, such a strange scene, everyone who sees it is fascinated.

"What a beautiful place."

This thought couldn't help but be born in everyone's hearts.

As the leader of the expedition, the captain only glanced at the waterfall lightly and began to look for a route to cross the river.

The mountains here are steep, and it is obviously impossible to climb them.

There is a green pool below the falls, where the flow is relatively gentle, and the only way to cross the river seems to be from here.

"Let's set up a raft and go over that waterhole, the mountain is too high, it's too dangerous to climb over." The captain said slowly.

"Captain, I always feel that this water is very dangerous, why don't we find another way?" Zhou Yu suggested.

The captain shook his head, "No, you can't see the north and south of this mountain range, if you go further to the south or south, I don't know how long it will be delayed, this is just a small waterhole, it should be fine, let's explain the raft a little." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Okay." ”

There are not many trees near the waterhole, but there are enough to make rafts.

But now it's getting late, plus a day's time, the team members haven't had a good rest, and their tired bodies can't do the tiring things here at all.

The expedition set up camp near a jutting boulder on the edge of a cliff, where weeds were sparse and sheltered from pesky mosquitoes.

The fire was lit, reflecting the shadows of the people on the cliff, and it looked a little twisted as the flames danced.

The team members ate bacon with a strange taste, and chatted without a word.

"Do you think there will be humans here?" One said.

"Probably not, the humans of the Shenzhou Continent should all be in the Xia Kingdom, this place is so remote, no one will live here."

"Not necessarily, no one has been to this place before, the army only roughly searched the west, it is impossible to find every place, maybe we will meet those barbarian tribes here."

This topic aroused the interest of everyone.

Zhou Yu said: "If there are really tribes, it will not be those cannibals, I heard that there were cannibal tribes in the north before." ”

One of them smiled indifferently and said, "What bullshit cannibals, those savages who only know how to scream with wooden sticks, if we meet them, they will definitely beat them down and snatch their women over." ”

"You kid, don't you miss a woman?" Everyone laughed obscenely.

The man laughed twice and said, "We don't know how long we will stay in this place where birds don't, if we don't meet those wild people, we won't see women for several years, I see, let's ask the gods to bless, there are beautiful little ladies waiting for us in this place." ”

Speaking of this, the man looked at the crowd with a lewd look on his face. "You know, no, those wild people are probably unclothed."

After his reminder, everyone immediately reacted, clothes are already an indispensable thing in their lives, but with clothes, this also makes men more curious about women's bodies, thinking of a group of women with bare butts appearing in front of them, the picture is simply beautiful.

Zhou Yu fantasized about that picture and grinned and smirked.

At this time, the captain's voice was remembered in everyone's ears.

"Wild women are not like those little ladies who often take a bath in our Xia Kingdom, I am older than you, I still vaguely remember the things of more than ten years ago, people at that time were also undressed, dirty, and there were lice in their hair and crawling everywhere, thinking of such a woman, you still have an interest in fart."

"Captain, what kind of woman you care she is, when we went to the barracks, we all heard the instructor say that if we stay in the barracks for three years, we can be excited to see sows."

Seeing that the more everyone talked, the more outrageous it became, the captain said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about these useless things, rest early, there is still work to do tomorrow." ”

After the topic just now, these young men slept tossing and turning this night, and their minds were full of unclothed women throwing hugs towards them.

At ten o'clock in the morning, an accident disturbed everyone's good dreams, and at some point there were huge amphibians near the camp, and the team members on duty called everyone up and told them the situation to their still confused companions.

When people looked not far away, they saw a gray animal lying on a rock.

"Good fellow, this thing is really fat, it seems that we don't have to worry about eating these days." The captain smiled.

Zhou Yu licked his lips and said, "I think the hind legs of this thing must be delicious." ”

"Everyone, get ready, don't let this thing get away." The captain commanded in a low voice.

The crowd nodded, skillfully scattered, grabbed their weapons, and quietly sneaked towards the animal.

Perhaps it was the cold-blooded animals, which were slow to react in the cold wee hours of the morning, and the humans had surrounded them from three sides without noticing it.

When the captain made the gesture of attacking, more than a dozen people rushed out of the ambush at once.

The sudden appearance of the enemy startled the thing, and instinctively wanted to run towards the waterhole, but the temperature of the body was not at the optimal state, and in the face of the attack of the humans prepared, it could run back to the waterhole.

Arrows and spears whizzed in all directions, sharp weapons easily piercing his fragile skin, and a sound like a baby's cry echoed through the valley.

The sword and shield hand that followed nimbly dodged the dying attacks of its prey, and the sharp steel knife continued to pierce into its fragile body.

The battle was over in an instant, and when the last stab was made in its back, with a slight pull, the unfortunate boy who had not yet figured out the situation became a human sword.

Looking at the prey lying on the rocks like mud, everyone was very satisfied with their hunting performance this time, and it took less than five minutes from the attack to the end of the battle, so high efficiency shows that humans have stood at the top of the food chain, and any wild beast may become food for humans.

Amphibians are very common in the land of Zaishenzhou, and some such things of different sizes will be seen in the great rivers of Zaixia Kingdom, especially in the swampy areas of the north.

This species all look similar, with a somewhat sticky skin that is smooth to the touch.

It's just that the prey in front of me is a little big in shape, counting the length of the tail, the body length is close to three meters, and the skin is covered with black stripes.

These black streaks give people a very dangerous feeling, and according to experience, such brightly colored things are often poisonous, and the players naturally do not joke with their own lives.

The skin was not intended to be eaten, and after dismantling this thing in eight pieces, they carried it in batches near the camp, peeled off the skin of the prey and threw it aside.

Peel off the skin, revealing the fresh muscles inside, and it looks very fat.

"If there is another jar of wine, the taste will make my mouth water."

One of the team members swallowed.

The captain smiled and said, "The wine is gone, let's hurry up and finish these, have a good meal, and have the strength to cut down trees for a while." ”

"Captain, I don't know how many of these things are in this puddle, we have to speed up when we pass through the puddle." Zhou Yu said.

The captain nodded and said, "Well, that's right, don't look at this thing has no resistance on the shore, we are not necessarily their opponents in the water, I think this meat is really a little tender, maybe this is not the biggest, when the raft is ready, we must only pass through this waterhole in thirty numbers." ”

Everyone nodded solemnly, there are no fools among these people, although they failed in the imperial examination, they are also rare smart people among the people of Xia Guo.

Everyone skillfully decomposed the prey, and since the fire fold had been used up, the fire could only be made using the most primitive drill wood for fire.

During the training, the team members practiced using the fire bow to drill wood to make fire, although there was no fire fold, but the fire could not stump them.

This time, the team members rarely sprinkled a little precious salt on the meat, and the barbecue with salt was much more delicious than eating blood.

This meal was extremely comfortable, touching the bulging stomach, lying on the rocks and basking in the morning sun, extremely comfortable.

As the sun gradually rose, the crowd began to get busy, some going to make straw ropes, some taking the only two axes to cut down trees, although the progress was slow, but the people were not in a hurry.

The smell of blood from the prey attracted some predators, but it was reassuring to know that these were small predators.

The crowd didn't pay any attention to these uninvited guests, and threw a few stones to drive them away.

To be on the safe side, Zhou covered the ground with blood sprinkled on the ground with mud and threw the entrails and broken skin into the pool.

When Zhou Yu turned around after making these preparations, he suddenly saw a huge figure emerge from the waterhole and swallowed the internal organs thrown into it.

This sudden change startled Zhou Yu, and he took several steps back and sat on the ground.

After recovering from his senses, he hurriedly ran in the direction of the captain.

"Captain, there's a situation." Zhou Yu said in shock.

"What's going on?"

Zhou Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and told him what had just happened.

After hearing this, the captain frowned and said, "Do you see clearly, is that thing four or five meters long?" ”

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "I can see it clearly, although I just glanced at it in a hurry, but I'm sure I'm absolutely not mistaken, the thing in the waterhole is the one we killed in the morning, and the size is too big." ”

When the rest of the people heard this, they all looked worried, if there really was such a big guy in the waterhole, and the danger of crossing the waterhole skyrocketed, the decision to cross the river by raft now seemed extremely unwise.