Unknowingly, ten days had passed, but Linlong's research had not made any progress, and his mastery of runic tools had not improved much.
This morning, just as he was pondering whether he should change his method, Huo Yi came and said that the Huo and Liu families were going out to hunt together. Although the two of them were not strong enough, as a member of the Huo family, they had to go out together.
Linlong nodded in agreement, and then followed Situ Feng out.
After being here for so many days, Linlong also knew that the main source of food for the people in the tribe was the powerful ferocious beasts outside.
Therefore, the people in the tribe would often go out to hunt, usually with a family as a unit. If it was necessary, or if they found a place with a large number of crystals, and if there were powerful ferocious beasts guarding it, the warriors in the tribe would basically go out.
Situations like the day when Huo Yi's son went out alone were basically rare.
The group of ten people quickly walked out of the tribe. Just as Linlong was wondering how they could avoid the large number of ferocious beasts outside, a young man from the Huo family suddenly walked out of the group, and then blew a few strange whistles at the pile of boulders in front of them. After that, a squirrel-like creature suddenly drilled out from under a boulder in front of them.
This creature's eyes were extremely intelligent, not as violent as the other ferocious beasts Linlong had seen.
After coming in front of the young man, it immediately stood up on its two hind legs and looked at the young man eagerly.
The young man took out a potato planted by the people in the tribe from his pocket and placed it in his palm. After the creature picked it up, it immediately chewed on it.
Before Linlong could ask, Huo Yi already smiled and said, "This is the Stone Forest Rat. It is the only creature in this place that is different from the other ferocious beasts. The other ferocious beasts will definitely rush up to eat us when they see us, but they are different. They are the only creatures in this place that can get along with us peacefully."
"Is that so." Linlong nodded.
"They are not strong, and it seems that because of this, their numbers are extremely limited. In this place, it seems that there are only three of them." Huo Yi sighed.
Seeing Huo Yi like this, Linlong could not help but ask, "Is there something special about them?"
"What's special about them is that they can sense the existence of large groups of fierce beasts from far away. With them, we won't be besieged by those fierce beasts," Huo Yi explained.
Hearing Huo Yi's words, Linlong understood. Seemed like the Stone Forest Rat played an important role in this place.
"Uncle Yi, in that case, why don't you take it back and raise it?" Situ Feng said.
"We also want to, but these Stone Forest Rats have no way of surviving in the tribe. Once we bring them back, they'll become sickly after a few days. Only by returning to the outside world can they recover their energy," Huo Yi said.
Next, the Stone Forest Rat that had eaten its fill led the way in front, while the others slowly followed behind it.
Unknowingly, the group had been walking for an hour. During this time, they encountered many fierce beasts, including some at the beginner stage of the Martial Overlord Realm. However, as there were not many of them, they were easily dealt with by the group.
The fierce beasts that they dealt with were all chopped up into pieces, and the edible parts were all stored in the bags that they carried with them.
After walking for a while, seven or eight fierce beasts that looked like Spirit Monkeys suddenly appeared in front of them. However, the strange thing was that they did not attack Linlong and the others. Instead, they headed straight for a pile of boulders that was on a higher terrain.
Before Linlong could ask what was going on, the surrounding people immediately shouted excitedly.
"Usually, these fierce beasts will definitely attack us when they see us, but now they're ignoring us. This means that there's something more important than us," Huo Yi said with a smile.
"What's more important?" Linlong could not help but ask.
"Of course there is. Crystal stones. Hence, the places that these Spirit Monkeys go are most likely to have crystal stones," Huo Yi said.
The group immediately followed behind these fierce beasts.
After arriving at the high terrain of the boulders, the fierce beasts drilled into a big hole one by one and soon disappeared without a trace.
Two young men from the Huo Family immediately followed, along with the Stone Forest Rat.
After the two of them went down, they quickly came back up and said that there were three tunnels below. They had no way of finding where the fierce beasts went.
After thinking for a while, Huo Yi let everyone go down together. When they reached the bottom, Linlong found that the tunnel below was actually very wide, allowing three or four people to pass through at the same time. However, looking at the structure of the walls, these tunnels were obviously dug by some kind of fierce beast.
After carefully looking at the few tunnels, they found that there were actually traces of those fierce beasts passing through each tunnel. Hence, Huo Yi finally made the decision to split a dozen people into three teams and enter these tunnels.
Linlong and Situ Feng were in the same team as Huo Yi. There were also three other young men from the Huo Family.
The few of them walked along the tunnel. The tunnel was not straight. After walking for a cup of tea's time, they heard the roars of fierce beasts and the sounds of fierce battle ahead. The few of them immediately slowed down and walked closer to take a look. They found that there was a relatively large cave in front of them. Three fierce beasts that looked like Spirit Monkeys were fighting with a strange fierce beast whose entire body was covered in a hard shell.
In the corner of this cave, there was a small pile of that kind of green crystal stones.
Seeing these crystal stones, the few of their eyes lit up. Huo Yi signaled them not to be anxious and to wait for these fierce beasts to fight more or less before taking action.
The fierce beast with the hard shell on its back was obviously stronger than the other party. However, due to the difference in numbers, it could only fight to a draw with the other party.
Although it was difficult for the four fierce beasts to determine the winner for a while, if this continued, they would definitely be the ones to benefit.
After a period of time, when the four fierce beasts were almost done fighting, Huo Yi then ordered them to take action. After the few of them appeared, they easily killed these exhausted fierce beasts.
Then, Huo Yi walked to the corner and found that there were actually more than twenty crystal stones.
This was a big harvest, so Huo Yi immediately revealed a smile on his face.
At this moment, loud bangs suddenly came from the cave wall. Before the few of them could understand what was going on, the cave wall was already smashed by a group of fierce beasts with hard shells. There were at least a dozen of these fierce beasts, and they immediately surrounded Huo Yi, Situ Feng, and the other two people.
Due to the strength of these fierce beasts, Huo Yi and the others were directly forced into a corner.
If it was not for Linlong and the other person who happened to be a little bit outside, they would definitely be directly trapped inside.
This situation caused their faces to change greatly.
"Quick, Huo Ying, Linlong, quickly go out and call for reinforcements!" Huo Yi shouted loudly.
After looking at that person, the two of them immediately broke into a run.
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