Today's weather was really clear.
The river was also very calm, very quiet, and there was no wind. A few days ago, the water on the river bank would wash over the shoals, but today, there was no such situation.
It was too calm, and a little strange.
The river was not clear. The shoals were fine, but a meter deeper, the situation under the water could not be seen clearly.
In such a dangerous world that couldn't be judged by common sense, one couldn't underestimate any detail. Neglect meant death. What's more, this river was regarded by the people in the tribe as a high-risk area, just like the black swamp. Fishing in the past few days did not mean it was safe.
Seeing Shao Xuan like this, the excited children stopped their movements and stepped back. They were greedy and not smart, but they were not stupid. Everyone cherished their lives. Besides, the things that happened recently made them trust Shao Xuan a lot more. After stepping back, they all looked at Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan stood on the shore, looking at the calm river in front of him, thinking.
The river was still calm. Except for this, it was not much different from usual. The river did not change color, and nothing suspicious appeared.
Was he too suspicious?
Suddenly, white translucent creatures appeared in front of him. They looked like inverted shuttlecocks, with many whisker-like tentacles. They swam along with the tentacles.
With the previous experience, Shao Xuan knew that this situation would not appear for no reason. There should be such creatures in the water, and they were very dangerous.
Shao Xuan took the straw rope tied to the stone worm and threw it into the water. The stone worm fell into the water less than two meters away from the shore. After the stone worm fell into the water, Shao Xuan did not feel the fierce pull of the piranhas biting the bait through the straw rope.
The black thing floating on the water was trembling slightly. If one did not look carefully, they would only think it was the stone worm struggling below. However, after fishing for a few days, Shao Xuan was very familiar with how a stone worm struggled. But the fact was that the black thing on the water's surface was trembling less than before, and it seemed to be trembling even less.
Shao Xuan pulled the straw rope back. When they saw the stone worm's appearance, the children who had been staring at this side all gathered around.
The stone worm was not bitten off, but its whole body was white and shrunk. It was still stiff, maintaining the twisted state it was in when it struggled underwater.
Putting the changed stone worm on the ground, Shao Xuan used the back of the stone knife to hit the worm's body.
Crack!
After a slight crisp sound, the stone worm broke, completely without the soft body of a normal stone worm.
The children standing next to him were frightened. If a person were to enter the water, would they also become dry, hard, and brittle, and break with a snap?
No one dared to try. They did not even dare to touch the water and stayed far away.
Shao Xuan threw a few more stone worms into the water. Every time, the situation was the same. After a few seconds, they would become brittle dried worms. Even after half a day in the water, not a single fish took the bait.
"Either the fish are not interested in the dried worms, or there are no fish around today. Now that there is something terrible in the water, the fish may have all run away. They will probably only come back after that creature leaves. "Shao Xuan said as he took back the straw rope.
"Then … when will the fish come back?" A child asked. Now they were not afraid of the ferocious piranhas at all. Instead, they were looking forward to seeing them. One day without seeing them would make them panic.
"I don't know. Let's come back tomorrow." Shao Xuan shook his head. He went to the two warriors who were in charge of guarding the river bank and told them not to let the tribesmen go into the water. He left a dried worm for them to study.
"Let's go back. Let's make more straw rope for next time." Shao Xuan advised. If the straw rope was not made well, it would not be strong enough after two uses, so it would consume a lot of energy. Today was a good day to rest. Shao Xuan let them gather enough grass and sat in the cave to make straw rope.
Although the children were scared when they saw the stone worm, they were more unwilling to give up.
If they could catch fish today, how many would they catch? At least four? If Caesar could dig up more stone worms, they might be able to catch even more. For the sake of their lives, they could not catch any today. According to Xuan's words, they would come back tomorrow. But what if it was the same tomorrow? What if they could not catch fish the day after tomorrow, or the day after that?
It was scary just thinking about it!
The children in the cave were anxious. When they returned to the cave to make straw rope, they were absent-minded.
Shao Xuan sat at the entrance of the cave, basking in the sun while thinking about the creature he just "saw" and the coming winter.
On this day, many people who went to the river bank to fish were driven back by the guards.
A few days ago, the people living in the mountain foot district found that the children who lived in the cave only ate and slept, and rarely came out of the cave to steal things, had become more diligent! Those children went out every day and came back from the river bank in the afternoon when it was time for lunch. Every time they came back, they would use straw rope to drag back some strange big-headed fish with sharp teeth.
Some curious people followed them to watch. They also wanted to learn how to fish, but first of all, it was difficult for them to dig out stone worms, and they couldn't use other things to replace them. They couldn't catch fish just by throwing straw ropes. Secondly, even if they caught stone worms or used other things to replace them, it was difficult to catch fish as easily as Shao Xuan and the others. There were a few times when they caught unknown creatures, and their bodies swelled up after being pricked.
Finally, those people noticed that Shao Xuan used a black thing that floated on the water. Compared with Shao Xuan's fishing equipment, they only lacked that thing. When they did not use that thing, the harvest was not ideal.
Shao Xuan analyzed the reason. It was probably because those piranhas did not like to live underwater. When they threw the bait with straw rope, it sank. Floating objects such as wooden blocks did not last long, and soon the bait would be dragged down by the creatures in the water. And once the stone worms came into contact with the soil and stones, they would easily escape. These two factors together led to the poor harvest.
These days, Shao Xuan asked Caesar to help him catch some insects in the black swamp. He made a lot of small black pieces and used them to exchange for some meat and furs from the people in the mountain foot district. There was not much meat, so he distributed it to the children in the cave on the day of the exchange. As for the furs, even if they were not of good quality, it would make them feel better in the coming winter.
Therefore, in addition to the children in the cave, some people in the mountain foot district who did not go out to hunt were also fishing. No one would complain about the lack of food. Winter was coming, and they would feel uneasy if they did not store more food.
But today, they were all disappointed.
Shao Xuan looked at another group of people who came back from the river with their heads down. He sighed.
Suddenly, Caesar, who was lying next to him, stood up and stared in one direction.
Shao Xuan looked over.
There were a few big rocks about twenty meters away from the cave. Usually, if the weather was good, some children would lie on the rocks to bask in the sun. But now that there was something to do, no one would go there. At this time, there was no one on the rocks, but Shao Xuan saw a little bit of animal skin on the side.
Even if it was just a little bit, Shao Xuan could recognize it. It was Sai, who used to rob Shao Xuan's things. A few days ago, he was beaten down by Shao Xuan at the training ground. Usually, Ye and Zhan would be with Sai. But today, they were here again.
The day before yesterday, when Shao Xuan and Caesar went to the edge of the Black Swamp to catch insects, the three of them blocked Shao Xuan at the gravel field. They wanted to snatch the small black pieces that could float on the water surface. Both sides had a fight, but at that time, there were children in the cave, so the three of them quickly ran away. Today, the three of them did not give up, and wanted to steal something from here.
They did not dare to rob the fish, because the tribe had a rule that no one was allowed to rob the children's food. But other fishing tools were not included in the food.
Shao Xuan touched his chin and patted Caesar, telling him to wait for a while. He turned around and went into the cave.
"Kids," Shao Xuan said to the people in the cave, "You have done well recently, and have hunted a lot of prey. That's good. If this goes on, and with the food distributed by the tribe, we won't be hungry this winter. But, what if someone wants to rob us at this time? "
At first, when they heard Shao Xuan's voice, they thought they could go out to fish, and their eyes lit up. But after hearing the whole sentence, they realized it was not the case, and their eyes dimmed again. But after hearing the whole sentence, their dimmed eyes were replaced by anger.
Rob?
Beat!!
Not the fish, but only the tools?
Even the tools were not allowed!!
But what was "steal"? What? You said that taking without asking was stealing? Wasn't that the same as robbing?! Beat them all!!
Shao Xuan once said that for these little brats, "eating" was the most beautiful word in the world, and food was the specific interpretation of this word. Whoever wanted to steal their food was the thing they cared about the most, and they would fight with their lives on the line.
At this time, he and his two followers were hiding behind a big rock outside the cave, discussing how to take the black pieces and leave when the people in the cave were not paying attention. While they were talking in a low voice, Caesar suddenly jumped down from above and threw himself at the three of them.
It was so sudden that the three of them were scared and jumped away reflexively.
Sai, who had dodged, was still in shock. He held the stick in his hand and stared at Caesar, thinking that if the wolf took one more step forward, he would wave the stick.
Sai was so absorbed in his thoughts that he did not notice the surroundings until Ye and Zhan poked him.
"What are you poking me for? Can't you see that I'm … "
Sai turned his head and roared. But before he finished his words, Sai looked at the direction where Ye and Zhan were pointing and saw more than 20 little bastards standing at the entrance of the cave. They were holding wooden sticks, stones and other things, and were glaring at them with ferocious eyes.
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