Of course, the loud noise had woken everyone up.
Everyone gripped their weapons and carefully ran over. There was a trace of nervousness on their faces. No one would be able to maintain their composure when they saw a vicious giant bird circling above their heads. It seemed as if it would devour them at any moment.
"What's wrong?" Huang Jiahui quickly glanced at the circling giant bird in the sky and asked in a slightly frightened manner.
"We're in trouble. I've killed its companion." Luo Yuan had nothing to hide from Huang Jiahui. He said, "Be careful these few days. I'm worried that the strange bird has already targeted us."
As the giant bird circled rhythmically, the sun would be blocked by its wings from time to time, causing the brightness of the land below to fluctuate. The strong wind would not stop, causing people to feel great pressure.
Especially the bird's sharp cries that sounded like it was crying blood. Everyone looked upset and the atmosphere was depressing.
"Boss Luo, can't you do anything about it?" Huo Dong asked carefully.
"I can, but as long as it's in the sky, there's nothing I can do." Luo Yuan paused and continued, "Unless we can lure it down."
Perhaps, after circling for a long time, the strange bird had lost its patience. It circled a few times before its body suddenly pressed down from mid-air. It flapped its wings violently, causing a strong gust of wind. Within a radius of one kilometer, it was as if a Level 7 or 8 typhoon had suddenly appeared. For a moment, sand and stones were flying, and dust filled the air, making it difficult for people to open their eyes.
Just when Luo Yuan thought that the bird was about to attack, it suddenly flapped its wings and flew up into the sky. Within a few breaths, it turned into a small dot and disappeared.
"It's finally gone!" Cao Ling sighed and felt relieved.
"It's not that simple. Just like what Boss Luo said, many mutated beasts are very vengeful. Although they run away after being injured, they will come back for revenge once they recover.
What's more, there seems to be a mysterious connection between some high-level mutated beasts. If that happens, we might have to deal with more than one mutated bird, but a group of them. These few days are critical. We have to be careful and not be careless! "Commander Xia said with a gloomy face, as if he had thought of something bad.
Although his personal strength was not good, as a soldier fighting the mutated beasts on the frontline, he was undoubtedly more experienced than Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan nodded and said, "You're right. Although the possibility is low, we have to prepare for the worst. Don't go out for the next few days. Prepare enough water and food."
Luo Yuan never dared to underestimate the intelligence of mutated beasts. They could often do things that humans could not imagine. Moreover, with the existence of a special plant like the Wisdom Tree, Luo Yuan did not dare to believe that the intelligence of humans could surpass that of mutated beasts.
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Although this giant bird had a wingspan of more than 30 meters and looked like a huge curtain when it hovered in the air, it was extremely frightening. However, its weight was only one or two tons, not much heavier than a giant. This was also the natural disadvantage that birds had when compared to land creatures. Between their weight and flying speed, they could only balance each other.
After the giant birds were dismembered by Luo Yuan, they were taken away one by one. Even their feathers were collected for other purposes.
Luo Yuan had just identified that it was a light green level creature. This was the first time he had collected such a high-level bird feather, so it was extremely precious.
However, it was difficult for a creature of such a level to attract the attention of the system. There was not even a notification from the system.
He smiled bitterly as he realized that it was getting harder to level up.
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Everyone looked exhausted and their eyes were bloodshot. However, everyone knew that this was a serious matter. Living in this primeval forest, any slight risk would be enough to cause serious casualties.
After everyone brought the giant bird's carcass back, they took a large amount of water from the pool and poured it into a pit in the middle of the cave. This pit was originally dug by the giant, so there was still a lot of water in it, which saved them a lot of effort.
As for the wood, there was no shortage of it. The wood that the giant chopped was still piled up like a small hill beside the fire pit. After being baked by the high temperature for days and nights, the wood was completely dried and cracked, becoming extremely dry and flammable. As long as they did not use it extravagantly like the giant, they would not be able to use it all up just to cook food.
In just two hours, all the survival supplies were ready. It was enough for them to live for 10 days to half a month without leaving the house. All of them had come from the apocalypse, so they were familiar with this method of storing food like a squirrel during the winter. They were all experienced in it.
It seemed like making a mountain out of a molehill, but in everyone's eyes, it was perfectly normal. People who lived in peace could not understand the psychology of the apocalypse. To use an analogy, it was like a bird that was startled by the mere twang of a bow. It was a psychological state of extreme insecurity.
Even the slightest sign of trouble, regardless of whether it was dangerous or not, they would first protect themselves instead of watching. This kind of behavior was almost ingrained in their bones, and there were very few exceptions.
This was because most people who did not have this kind of mentality had already died in the apocalypse.
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At this time, Luo Yuan finally had the leisure to carefully look at the newly occupied camp with the attitude of a victor.
The cave was very big, but because the giants lived in it, it seemed very spacious to them.
This was the biggest cave among all the caves. The giants who lived here (every cave was inhabited by a large number of giants) obviously had a high status. It was very likely that there were tribal leaders among them.
It was about six meters tall and had an area of thousands of square meters. The entire space was supported by 24 huge stone pillars that were about three to four meters thick. It looked primitive and magnificent.
Around the walls, there were traces of axes and knives. It was hard to believe that a giant who was less than two years old could dig out such a magnificent building.
There were some simple graffiti left on the walls. Perhaps it was a mural, or perhaps it was some primitive text. As it was too crude, he could not tell what it was. There were some patterns that looked like a ball or a crescent moon, which gave him some guesses. However, he did not have the leisure and interest to guess what it meant.
Other than that, he also found a lot of primitive tools, mostly made of wood and stone. There were also some animal teeth and the like. Due to the limited strength of the giants, the level of these materials was not high. They were at most light green level, which was not very attractive to him.
The exploration ended here. To the humans, the shallow foundation of such a simple civilization could be seen at a glance. There were no secrets to speak of.
"Hey, come and see what this is!" Wang Xiaguang suddenly said in surprise.
Luo Yuan deliberately adjusted the pace of his footsteps and walked over slowly, but his speed was still faster than an ordinary person's.
It was a grayish-white rock that was about half a meter tall. Its surface was densely packed with crystal-like particles. One side of it seemed to have been rubbed a lot, as it was extremely smooth.
Before Luo Yuan could identify it, Wang Xiaguang had already used her dagger to pick up a marble-sized grayish-black particle. She licked it with her pink tongue and put it into her mouth, to Luo Yuan's surprise.
"Spit it out! Do you want to die?" Luo Yuan's expression changed. He stood up and grabbed her mouth, trying to make her spit it out.
"Let me go! You're hurting me! It's salty, it's salty, it's salt!" Wang Xiaguang was waving her arms and legs. She pushed hard, but she did not spit it out. Luo Yuan was afraid of hurting her, so he did not use too much force.
"What? Salt! "
Luo Yuan quickly squatted down and used his identification technique.
"Salt ore, also known as rock salt."
"Material: Sodium Chloride 70%, Magnesium Chloride 15%, Calcium Chloride 11%, Calcium Carbonate 3%."
"Rarity: Gray."
"Weight: 355kg."
"Attributes: None."
"Remarks: This is a piece of rock salt with a lot of impurities!"
While Luo Yuan was appraising it, the crowd had already gathered around him.
"It's salty, it's really salt!"
"It's such a big piece of salt!"
Some of them could not wait to dig out a piece and put it in their mouths.
Luo Yuan stood up and saw the scene. He did not know what to say. Not only Wang Xiaguang and the others, but even Huang Jiahui, who was usually the most cautious one, also took a piece and put it in her mouth. Luo Yuan wanted to grab a piece and taste it to see what it tasted like.
The lack of salt had been going on for almost a week. Usually, people could drink large amounts of mutated blood to replenish their salt, but these days, as the temperature had risen sharply, people were sweating all the time, which caused a lot of salt to be lost. Drinking blood to replenish salt was like trying to put out a cart of firewood with a cup of water. As the concentration of body fluids decreased, some people had started to show signs of dehydration and extreme thirst for salt.
Now that they saw such a big piece of salt, they were like beggars who had not eaten for a few days and suddenly found a piece of steamed bun. How could they continue to ignore it?
Only Luo Yuan, who did not sweat much, could maintain his basic calmness.
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