Chapter 14: A First Look at the Ark South

The shelter is gone, and the basic survival guarantee is also available. According to his previous experience in playing games, Li Xiao's current job only needs to feed the dodos every day, take care of the plants, and brush the level without anything, so that his novice period can be spent safely and quickly.

Once the velociraptor saddle and pterosaur saddle were unlocked, as long as he didn't die and approached those extremely dangerous creatures, Li Xiao could explore this Ark Island at will.

But Li Xiao couldn't wait, he desperately hoped to meet other "players" on this Ark Island.

After careful calculation, he has been in the Ark World for nearly half a month, and the loneliness of this half month has really tormented him.

It was unknown if he would be able to return home, and his only hope was that there were others on the island.

But if not......

Thinking that he would die alone on this island, Li Xiao's heart was tight!

Man is a social animal, and if he survives alone all his life, it is better to die now.

Although reason told him that it was very unwise to move around the island now, he decided to go out and look for other people's traces.

Packing up, Li Xiao was ready to act early in the morning.

The pterosaur velociraptor doesn't have to follow, after all, this trip is quite dangerous, Li Xiao is ready to be resurrected several times, once the pterosaur velociraptor dies, it can't be resurrected, it is an irreparable loss for Li Xiao.

You can't travel too far, and you have to make sure that you come back every two days to feed the creatures at home.

Therefore, the scope of this trip is at most within his own day's journey, and according to the map in his mind, Li Xiao has a general range.

Bows and arrows, spears, meteor hammers, and cooked meat water bags are all mandatory, as are campfire sleeping bags, and nights are to be spent in the wilderness.

As for the rest of the things in the inventory, Li Xiao put them in the storage box in the house.

Pack light and take a walk-and-go trip!

Along the coast, Li Xiao headed south......

The southern part of Ark Island is less dangerous, so you just need to be careful not to strayed into the territory of the Sickle.

As for the velociraptors, as long as these creatures didn't come together in two or three, Li Xiao could still deal with it.

There are not many species of creatures on the coast, all of them are harmless herbivores, but Li Xiao has seen many animals that are not found on the small plains.

The two huge dinosaurs in the distance with two rows of bone plates on their backs were stegosaurus.

They are grazing leisurely, their thick tails flicking slowly, and they look harmless to humans and animals.

But if you get closer, you will find that they have four long, sharp bone spurs on their tails, which are extremely dangerous if you provoke them, just shake their tails vigorously.

There are also several dinosaurs that resemble horses, which are ornithosaurs, which are on all fours, but whose forelimbs are as nimble as human hands and can easily pick up berries, and they are also herbivores that do not actively attack other creatures.

The weather is clear, and the sea is blue and translucent in the sun, so you can see everything clearly below the surface of the sea, and you have the urge to jump in and take a swim.

However, a few giant jellyfish glowing blue stopped Li Xiao's impulse, don't look at the appearance of the creatures, they are extremely beautiful, but they have highly toxic toxins all over their bodies, and they can kill themselves as long as they touch them.

Continuing southward, the coastal terrain rises to a high cliff.

Li Xiao continued to walk along the beach under the cliff, and after a while, he came to a U-shaped bend in the wall.

It is a large area, with high cliffs on three sides, and only one side facing the sea, making it an excellent place to build a shelter.

Li Xiao knew that this was not a good place, as long as he looked closely, at the bottom of the cliff, there was a cave entrance that could only be passed by one adult.

This is another important area on Ark Island - the underground caverns!

Don't look at the entrance is not big, but there is a cave inside, and the intricate cave leads directly to the ground for hundreds of meters.

A giant scorpion the size of an adult! An eagle-sized clawed bat! Three or four meters long, centipede-like Gumalu ......

It can be said that the underground cave is another extremely dangerous place!

On Ark Island, danger and benefit coexist, and although the underground cave is dangerous, there are many good things. Rare minerals that are hard to see on the ground, high-grade materials unique to caves, plants that can be used to make potions, and high-level blueprints hidden in caves......

Most importantly, in the deepest part of the underground cavern, there is an extremely important artifact in the Ark World!

There are a total of eight caves on Ark Island, and the eight caves have eight artifacts:

The artifact "immunity" of the poison gas cave on the center island!

The artifact "Unity" of the swamp cave in the swamp area!

The artifact "Wisdom" of the volcanic mine cave at the foot of the volcano!

The artifact "Hunter" of the Southern Caves of the Southern Isles!

The artifact of the lava cave under the cliffs of Southeast Beach is "steady"!

The artifact "God" in the cave on the northwestern cliff!

The artifact of the snow-capped cave at the foot of the snow-capped mountain is "strong"!

The artifact of the demon cave on Alcatraz Island in the northeast "devours"!

Eight artifacts are scattered in different caverns on Ark Island, and it takes a lot of effort and time to get any of them.

The artifact has two functions, one is to sacrifice, and the other is to serve as a material for summoning bosses.

Underneath the three monuments, there is a huge metal plane with a sacrificial altar in the center.

Placing a single artifact on it will give the sacrifice a few pieces of equipment crafting blueprints that are available in the crafting slot, but with varying degrees of sophistication.

And when several different artifacts are combined to sacrifice, a huge world boss will be summoned!

But that's all for later, and now Li Xiao doesn't even have the ability to explore the lava cave in front of him.

The danger of the cave is also different, and the lava cave in front of you is not low, and you can't enter the depths of the cave without some decent equipment.

Li Xiao couldn't help but be curious, and went into the cave to take a look.

The faintly glowing moss and fungi on the cave walls illuminate the cave passages, making the cave look hazy rather than dark.

The roads inside are intricate, with forks in the road right at the entrance, and the cave would have taken a lot of time to explore without a map.

However, Li Xiao did not have such a problem, it had already remembered the three-dimensional image of this cave in its mind, and it was important to know that he had been to this place more than once in the Ark game.

After looking at the entrance, he stepped back.

If you go any further, you will "kill the cat with curiosity"! Li Xiao is still somewhat self-aware of his current strength, and the purpose of his trip this time is not to explore the cave.

The cave is further south to the "Southeast Cape" at the southeast end of Ark Island, standing on the cape, there is a small island across the sea, which is the "Southeast Paradise" island.

With no boats and no flying mounts, Li Xiao's exploration to the south had come to an end, and the next thing was to move west along the coast.

It was almost evening, and Li Xiao stood on a high promontory and once again saw the grandeur of the sunset......

Unlike last time, this time the scenery is less pterosaur, but the view is more unobstructed, and the beautiful view of the sunset can be seen at a glance.

Standing on the cape in a daze, Li Xiao emptied his brain, and his soul swam to the sky with his gaze......

It wasn't until the sunset completely fell into the sea and the stars appeared in the sky that he couldn't retract his gaze.

Such a beautiful scenery makes people feel refreshed, and the fatigue of many days is swept away, and the loneliness in my heart seems to be reduced a little.

Arrange the campfire sleeping bag, Li Xiao spent the night on this cape, the sky is the quilt, the ground is the seat, and the starry sky is the scenery.

Originally, Li Xiao wanted to enjoy the sunrise in the early morning, but when he woke up, the sun had risen early.

Li Xiao couldn't help but smack his lips and sighed a pity, if the "alarm clock" was by his side, he would never wake up so late.

According to the plan, it was time to return today, but Li Xiao still decided to explore a little more west, yesterday he stopped and stopped, most of the time was wasted in other places, in fact, the distance was not enough for a day, if he returned now, it is estimated that he will return to the small plain at noon.

The bonfire was left here, and Li Xiao decided that he must build a residence here in the future, not for anything else, but because it was a great place to watch the sunset.

Walking west, you will arrive at the southern archipelago where Li Xiao captured the pterosaur last time, although the name is the archipelago, but in fact there are too many rivers, which divides the southern part of the ark into many areas. The "islands" are not separated by oceans, but only rivers.

Sparing the bay at the southeast cape, Li Xiao arrived at the boundary of the archipelago. He decided to explore again in order to find a cave in the archipelago - the Southern Caves.

This southern cave is the least dangerous of the eight caves, and you only need to upgrade a few levels to unlock the animal skin clothes to be able to explore.

The plan is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, looking at the river in front of him, Li Xiao made a difficulty.

The last time I came from the inland, the river I encountered was just a small river, but this river at the mouth of the sea is really a "river"!

Not to mention the width of more than ten meters, the water flow is even more turbulent, which completely dispelled Li Xiao's idea of flowing water in the past.

Come on, I have to go back.

Returning the same way, Li Xiao was familiar with the road, and returned to his home in the small plain in the evening.

After feeding the domesticated creatures one by one, the sky also darkened.

The south has been explored, and the direction of tomorrow's march is to the north!

When night fell, in this world where there was no light and the night was extremely dangerous, Li Xiao could only go to bed early.

Lying on the bed, looking out the window at the night sky, the joy of moving to a new home gradually faded, followed by nostalgia for his hometown......

This time of day is the most difficult time for Li Xiao, and he has no time to think about his busy work during the day, but in his spare time, he has repeated thoughts in his mind.

"Raise your head to look at the bright moon, bow your head and think of your hometown!" It's a pity that there is no moon in this ark world, otherwise this poem is definitely suitable for Li Xiao.

Then Li Bai is just leaving his hometown, but what about himself? I left that world and came to this deserted game world alone, not to mention a comfortable life, and even basic survival became a problem.

"You say, can I go back? Am I going to live the rest of my life alone? ”

After two consecutive days of exploration, no trace of anyone else was found, and Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

A strong sense of loneliness came from the bottom of his heart, Li Xiao touched the "alarm clock" next to the bed, and poured out the loneliness in his heart to it......

The "alarm clock" felt Li Xiao's touch, squinted his eyes in enjoyment, and made a soft "cooing" sound in his mouth.

It's a pity that it is not a human being, and it can't understand Li Xiao's words, let alone make any answers......

It was late at night, and the entire Ark Island was plunged into darkness, except for the glow of the three sparet towers hanging high in the sky.

In the wooden house, a man and a bird fell asleep......

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Familiar will not be unfamiliar, the next morning, Li Xiao was woken up by the "alarm clock" at regular intervals.

He found that he was used to being woken up by it every day, just like he was not used to it yesterday.

Touching the head of the "alarm clock", Li Xiao got up and prepared for today's trip.

Although no human tracks have been found to the south, exploration to the north is unknown.

In case of...... Just in case...... Others were found...... How nice would that be......

Li Xiao didn't dare to have too many expectations, he was afraid that the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Li Xiao gave himself a little encouragement and embarked on the journey to explore Ark Island again.

The northern part of the small plain is a swampy area, and Li Xiao's current strength is not strong enough to cross the swampy area, so he can only go west first and bypass the swampy area.

Shortly after walking along the border of the marshy area, the sound of water was heard in the distance, and over a small hill, a waterfall cascading from the edge of the cliff was revealed.

This waterfall has a drop of more than 10 meters, and the water flow is not small.

At the bottom of the waterfall is a huge pool, not very deep, but not small, basically a smaller lake.

The water of the lake flows to the east, connecting with the marshy area to the east.

In the shallows of the lake, several amphibians roam leisurely......

From time to time, I heard a few frog cries from a devil frog the size of a table.

A creature with a head that resembles a flat arrow is a newt.

Swimming in the water was a huge coelacanth, and looking at that size was enough for Li Xiao to eat for several days.

Turbulent waterfalls, crystal clear lakes, and lush greenery around –

This place is also a place with extremely beautiful scenery, Li Xiao is also familiar with this place, and he has not been to the game a lot.

But he didn't notice that the scenery here was so amazing.

Thinking about it carefully, Li Xiao was relieved:

With the development of science and technology, the picture of computer games is becoming clearer and clearer, and the scenery in the game is becoming more and more beautiful.

There are countless games with better scenery than the Ark game, and Li Xiao has long ignored the scenery in the game when playing the Ark game.

But when he came to the game world in person and saw Ark Island with his own eyes, Li Xiao realized how charming the scenery on Ark Island was.

Unconsciously, he had already planned in his mind the style of his house to be built here.

He had decided that he would build himself a dwelling in any place on the island where the scenery was great, so as not to waste this unappreciated beauty......

After spending a lot of time beside this waterfall, Li Xiao remembered the purpose of his trip, hurriedly collected his thoughts, and prepared to continue exploring.

Before continuing north, Li Xiao decided to go to one place first, and that was the green monument hanging in the sky and clearly visible as soon as he looked up.

This place is already very close to the green obelisk, and when you look up, the lines on the stele are clearly visible, and the entire stele can only barely be seen.

After walking towards the monument for a while, Li Xiao completely came to the monument.

From a distance, you can see that the pillars of light on the monument go straight to the ground, inserting into a towering place.

When you get closer, you can see that this towering ground is not a mountain, but a few sharp towering boulders!

Each of these boulders is curved inwards and sharp upwards. It's like holding a pillar of light with your palms up and your fingers slightly bent.

The distribution of the boulders is also extremely regular, like a formation neatly around a circle.

It seems that most of these boulders are incomplete, and the falling stones reveal metal-like, intricately textured objects, which also emit a faint green light, corresponding to the monument in the sky.

These boulders must have been here for an unknown number of years.

The terrain under the monument is generally too high to climb at all, except for a winding path that intersperses it through the gaps between the boulders......