Chapter 24: A First Exploration of the Ark West

After more than ten days of hard work, the yard once again returned to the stable and peaceful appearance before the heat storm.

What made Li Xiao sigh even more was the tenacity of plant life on Ark Island - after more than ten days of growth, the vegetation on Ark Island had completely changed back to the lush appearance before the heat storm!

Li Xiao's travel plan is once again on the agenda.

Last time, because of a heat storm, the exploration was abandoned halfway, and this time I must make up for it.

Whether he can find someone else is no longer hopeful for Li Xiao, he has accepted the reality.

And this trip is all about exploration for the sake of exploration......

Driving the raft and following the route of the last time, Li Xiao set off early in the morning and arrived at the stone forest last time in the afternoon.

Without stopping too much in the Stone Forest, he continued to move west......

In the distance, as far as the eye can see, the figure of a peninsula is revealed.

Behind that peninsula is the red ark hanging high in the sky!

The raft rode the wind and waves towards the peninsula, and when the raft came to the peninsula not far away, Li Xiao looked to the right and saw a mountain peak on the island.

Compared with the five peaks in the north, this mountain is like a child and an adult, and the difference in height and volume is more than a star and a half.

It has a name that fits its appearance - Pingdingshan.

Despite the fact that the mountain is not tall, it also has rare resources such as metals and crystals.

Although the reserves of rare resources here are pitifully small compared to the five peaks, the consumption of the early stage of the supply to the players is sufficient.

The raft turned and headed towards the mesa mountain.

This time to explore the southwest of Ark Island, this Pingdingshan is the first stop. The metal ore collected in the southern cave last time has been almost consumed, and it is time to go to Pingdingshan to collect some more.

Although it is a mountain peak, for Li Xiao, who has climbed the steep cliff of Yuanfeng Mountain, this flat-topped mountain is just like a big mound......

With a vigorous pace, he climbed to the top of the mountain without much effort.

As far as the eye can see, except for scattered ores and stones, the entire terrain of the summit is a huge flat platform.

Sure enough, it deserves to be called Pingdingshan......

There are a lot of creatures on the top of the mountain, but they are all common herbivores.

Under a stone, Li Xiao also saw a dinosaur's lair, and looked into the nest, where several dinosaur eggs were being placed.

Li Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up! He swallowed unconsciously, remembering the last time he tried his best to eat a dodo's egg......

The eggs in the nest were not small, they should have been under a creature of the size of a parasaurus or a triceratops.

Seeing that there were no creatures around the nest, Li Xiao had the intention of stealing the eggs......

But this egg stealing is a dangerous job, you must know that all dinosaurs will fight desperately to protect their offspring-

Even creatures like the Parasaurus and Water Dragon, which are usually cowardly and only know how to flee in case of trouble, will be aggressive when it comes to protecting eggs, and they are the kind of attacks that risk their lives and never die!

Li Xiao was a little worried that the owner of this egg would come back at any time, but after taking a look at the few not small eggs here, Li Xiao still obeyed the call of appetite......

"Don't be a triceratops egg!" Li Xiao cautiously touched the lair.

However, he had only taken a few steps when he saw an uninvited guest emerge from the grass not far from him, also aiming for the lair.

If you look closely at this uninvited guest, it is a dinosaur about the size of a Dilophosaurus.

The body is emaciated and also walks on the hind legs......

Unlike Dilophosaurus, this creature had no fangs, a beak-like beak, long forelimbs, and two claws that looked sensitive.

Li Xiao recognized this creature as an oviraptorosaur that specialized in feeding on the eggs of other dinosaurs.

It was so fast that it rushed into the nest in the blink of an eye!

Before his eyes, Li Xiao watched as it pecked open the shell of an egg with its sharp mouth, and then put its head into the egg liquid and feasted on it......

"Oops?! It was actually the first to be climbed by this egg-stealing dragon! ”

Li Xiao did not show weakness, and also ran towards the nest with fast steps.

However, as soon as they reached the mouth of the lair, an angry scream sounded behind the lair!

Looking in the direction where the voice came from, it was a vice-ctenophorosaurus, and at this moment, its eyes were full of burning flames, staring at Li Xiao deadly!

The oviraptorosaurus in the nest also stopped hearing the cry, and saw that it quickly picked up an intact parasaurus egg with its forelimbs and ran out.

Its speed was so fast that it ran past Li Xiao in the blink of an eye and disappeared into the jungle......

Li Xiao watched the egg stealing dragon disappear, and then turned his head to look at the deputy ctenophorus who rushed towards him, with a helpless expression.

"I'm taking the blame for it!"

As soon as the words fell, the head of the deputy ctenophorus fell on Li Xiao's stomach, knocking his body backwards and flying out......

Li Xiao's ass fell heavily on the ground, but before he could stand up, he saw the deputy dragon rushing towards him again!

"Don't target me, your eggs were eaten by the one who ran away just now, and I didn't do anything!"

Li Xiao shouted, hoping to make this vice-ctenophorus give up the attack.

It's a pity that this vice-ctenophorus only thinks that Li Xiao is an egg stealer, and he stepped forward and used his head to resist Li Xiao's body!

It bit Li Xiao's clothes on his chest with its mouth, lifted him up, and then began to shake its head frantically, trying to hurt Li Xiao.

"Stop! Put me down! If you do this again, I'll fight back! ”

This herbivorous parasaurus, with low attack power, is pitiful, it has exhausted its strength, and it is not just painless for Li Xiao.

But the problem is that this ctenophora seems to really want to fight Li Xiao endlessly, it threw Li Xiao to the ground and pushed it up with his head again!

"Alas, trouble!" Li Xiao took out the wooden stick and struck it on the head of the ctenophorosaurus......

Looking at the fallen figure of the Parasaurus, and then seeing the few intact eggs left in the nest, Li Xiao sighed again.

"You defend your children like this, how can I bear to eat your eggs again? That's it, that's it! ”

He said, looking at the metal ore to the side......

The sound of ding-dong-dong was endless, and it took Li Xiao two hours to fill his inventory with metal ore again.

During this period, the deputy dragon woke up once, but was knocked unconscious by Li Xiao again.

The sky was getting dark, and Li Xiao's stomach was constantly screaming, so he sat down and built a bonfire, preparing to spend the night on the top of this mountain.

Li Xiao took out some raw meat from the inventory and prepared to roast some meat to satisfy his stomach.

The aroma of barbecue was pervasive, but Li Xiao had no appetite at all, and he was tired of eating this barbecue for a long time.

Subconsciously, he looked at the lair of the Parasaurus......

"There are three more intact eggs in the nest, I'll eat one, it's not too much!" Li Xiao muttered, drooling all over the ground.

"I don't know what roasted dinosaur eggs taste like, are they delicious?"

As he spoke, he involuntarily took out a ctenophor egg from the nest.

Baking eggs is a technical job, especially if there are no tools in it!

However, this did not bother Li Xiao, he opened the upper part of the eggshell of the parasaurus, and then used the lower part of the eggshell as a container.

Put the eggshells filled with eggs into a campfire, sprinkle with salt, and wait for the eggs to be cooked......

The crackling sound of the bonfire continued, and Li Xiao extinguished the open flame and used the cooler charcoal ash to bake the egg mixture.

Gradually, the smell of eggs wafted in......

The egg of the parasaurus was not small, but the extremely hungry Li Xiao wiped it out in a few bites.

Although it is only seasoned with simple salt, this egg still has a unique flavor......

Putting the last bite of baked egg into his mouth, Li Xiao threw away the eggshell and smacked his mouth.

"I feel a little unsatisfied!" Li Xiao looked at the nest again, "Do you want to get one again?" ”

"No, no, no! There are only two eggs left in the nest. He immediately threw the thought out of his mind.

But when he sat there and was about to rest, the saliva at the corner of his mouth couldn't help but flow out again.

"Roast another one?"

"No, no, no!"

……

Just as Li Xiao hesitated, he heard the deputy dragon on the side move!

The parasaurus is waking up!

Li Xiao, who was a thief, hurriedly rushed to it, and took another blow to the head of this vice-ctenophoro!

The parasaurus fainted again......

"That's me, don't kill you sooner! You should be thankful for my kindness not to kill. Li Xiao put away the wooden stick and continued, "Speaking of the grace of not killing, can't you thank me with an egg?" ”

Such a bright reason to eat eggs urged Li Xiao, and Li Xiao hurriedly took out another egg from the nest.

With ease, he roasted the eggs again......

"Oh mom, it's so fragrant!"

……

When this egg entered his stomach, Li Xiao still felt a little dissatisfied, and his evil eyes looked at the nest again-

"Anyway, there is only one egg left, and the probability of the parasaurus hatching a baby dragon is not high, so just ......"

He got up and ran to the lair!

"Alas, the vice-ctenophorosaurus, the next nest of eggs, must be protected!" Li Xiao said earnestly to the unconscious deputy dragon not far away.

Then, once again, his mouth was stuffed with delicious baked eggs.

"Oops, it smells so good!"

……

The next morning, the Vice-Tenosaurus woke up slowly, its eyes rolling, but it did not notice the egg stealer from yesterday.

He staggered back into the nest.

A few seconds later, the lair was filled with the angry roar of the Parasaurus!

……

And our protagonist Li Xiao has come to the southwestern tip of Ark Island - the Southwest Peninsula at this moment.

On the southwestern peninsula, he discovered a dinosaur that looked very similar to the triceratops, Pachynose.

It was a docile herbivorous dinosaur that was smaller in size compared to Triceratops and did not have the long horns of Triceratops on the bony plates on its head.

In addition to the thick-nosed dragon, Li Xiao also found that there were many monkey-like creatures inhabiting this peninsula.

This kind of monkey is called the middle monkey, it is one of the few small animals on Ark Island, they are docile, and extremely afraid of life, as long as Li Xiao gets close, these middle monkeys will escape.

This creature has little practical use in the Ark world, and can only be kept as a pet.

Li Xiao didn't have the heart to tame one, after all, having an alarm clock at home was enough for him to take care of......

Without staying too long on the southwest peninsula, he went straight to the red monument.

The scene under the red monument is similar to the scene under the green monument, with huge stones neatly surrounding the interior.

However, unlike the green monument on land, the platform under this red monument is on the sea.

You don't have to walk on a stone bridge to get inside, you just need to drive the raft to the metal platform in the center.

The appearance of the metal platform is almost exactly the same as that of the green obe, except that the pillar of light cast by the sky obeli has turned red, and the entire sacrificial platform is also shrouded in the red pillar of light.

After seeing the green monument, there is nothing to see under the red monument, Li Xiao drove the raft, walked out of the Stonehenge again, and headed for the next stop.

This red monument is already the westernmost part of Ark Island, and if you continue to explore, you can only go north, and if you go north, you will reach the jungle in the west of Ark Island.

Li Xiao left the raft on the shore and went ashore on foot......

The western jungle has similar vegetation to the eastern jungle, but with a lot more creatures.

Interspersed in the jungle, Li Xiao saw many small flying creatures in groups of three or two, two-toothed pterosaurs.

Although this creature is also called a pterosaur, it is much smaller than the toothless pterosaur, and is about the size of a normal eagle.

In appearance, the creature is covered in feathers and almost identical to a bird, but with a dinosaur-like head and an elongated tail.

They fly extremely nimbally, although they are carnivorous, they will not actively attack the player, Li Xiao just got closer, and these creatures flapped their wings and left.

As he continued to advance in the jungle, a huge flying creature flew over Li Xiao's head!

The air currents stirred up by its wings blew the plants around it to the ground.

Li Xiao looked up and saw that the figure of the creature gradually disappeared into the distance......

It looks a little similar to a toothless pterosaur, but the difference is that it is much larger than a toothless pterosaur, and its two wings are almost seven or eight meters wide outstretched!

Its head is elongated, and what is even more peculiar is that it also has a wing-like meat fan on its head.

Looking at the appearance of this meat fan, it should be used to adjust the direction of its flight, and its function is similar to that of a ship's rudder.

"Ancient God Pterodactyl!" Li Xiao muttered its name.

This ancient pterosaur is also an excellent mount, although it does not fly as fast as a toothless pterosaur, its weight carrying capacity is quite high, and it is an excellent transport functional dinosaur mount.

And it has a very special ability - it can climb cliffs or tree trunks at 90°!

With four long, sharp claws, it can easily cling to rock walls and tree bark, and players can ride it like Spider-Man on cliffs by fastening it to the saddle on its body!

However, it is not easy to tame this creature, they usually live alone, and the number is scarce, and Li Xiao is lucky to see it today.

What's more, this creature is large and has a lot of strength, and if the meteor cord is not tied strongly, it will easily break free.

But this is not the most difficult, the most difficult thing is that if this creature wants to be tamed, ordinary raw meat is not enough, it only eats the most delicious part of the body of large and medium-sized animals, that is, high-quality raw meat.

Of course, if Li Xiao can make a feed that suits its appetite better, it will be much less difficult to tame it.

However, Li Xiao has no conditions to make this thing now, so he can only give up.

He could only tame an ancient god pterodactyl as a mount, and this intention was pushed back further......

Moving on, the density of plants in front of him gradually became sparse, and gradually, Li Xiao walked out of the dense forest.

He reached the center of the west coast of Ark Island - the Western Corridor.