Chapter 45 Arrival at the Great Falls with Composite Bow and Alloy Crossbow

Lu Xuan said, "Send me the grain when you get back. This is an exception only."

Everyone was overjoyed. "Great! We'll deliver it. We'll give you food when we get back. Quickly, give me a bio-suit; it's so hot!"

"I want one too!"

"Me too!"

Finally, naturally, everyone without a bio-suit should have one.

The moment I put on the biosuit, I felt completely different.

"It's really not hot at all!"

"If I had known this dress was so good, I would have bought it a long time ago. Now I'm covered in sweat, it's really uncomfortable."

Others shared the same sentiment.

They treasure bio-clothes so much, but now they can only wear them under sweaty clothes. It's heartbreaking.

Make sure to wash your clothes thoroughly when you get back!

With the heat gone, everyone was finally able to focus on their exploration.

The first step is to determine which direction to explore.

This isn't their village; there are no proper roads in the mountains, so they have to figure out their own routes by groping their way through the weeds.

They currently have two options.

The first option is to circle all three directions except for the rocky mountain where the large cave is located. The second option is to choose one direction and go as far as possible. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages. The only thing they have in common is that no matter which option you choose, the rewards and the risks cannot be guaranteed.

Li Jing, who was rather cautious, said, "We've already wasted the whole morning. If we don't make any progress this afternoon, the whole day will be wasted. Let's choose the first option."

Several people with similar personalities to Li Jing nodded in agreement.

Li Tuo disagreed, saying, "Brother, you're being too conservative. If we explore all three directions, we can't even cover a mile in an afternoon. What valuable resources can we find in that short distance? We've consumed a lot of food these past few days, and everyone in the village wants to quickly gather some supplies to replenish our food losses."

Lu Xuan: I've been tagged.

Zhang Chengming scratched his head and said, "But if we only choose one direction, we'll just be wasting our time if we don't get any supplies."

Xiong Mao brandished his machete with high spirits and said, "If we're going to leave, let's go somewhere far away. What's there to be afraid of? We have so many of us. If we encounter any wild beasts, we'll just chop them down."

Wei Xiang, the only woman who came along, frowned. "Wild beasts are not so easy to deal with. What if they get injured?"

Xiong Mao scoffed, "Woman's compassion. If you're afraid, you can go back."

The others shared their thoughts one after another. When it was Wu Yang's turn, he said, "I'll listen to my father. He has much more experience going into the mountains than we do."

Everyone looked at Wu Cheng. "Uncle Wu, what do you think we should choose?"

Wu Cheng did indeed have an idea in mind, "It's not that there isn't a way to avoid having the best of both worlds."

His gaze fell on the stream they had been using for the past two days, which was faintly visible in the distance.

“We can follow the stream upstream to find its source.”

"The temperature will continue to rise, and the stream will eventually dry up. We need to find a more abundant water source. The area near the water source is generally rich in resources, and many animals will come to drink water. Whether it is hunting or gathering wild vegetables and fruits, it is a good choice."

Everyone's eyes lit up. "That's right! How come we didn't think of that!"

"Then let's search along the stream!"

Wu Cheng glanced at Lu Xuan and asked, "What do you think?"

Then everyone realized that Lu Xuan, the team leader, hadn't said a word.

Lu Xuan nodded slightly: "Uncle Wu is right, let's follow the stream."

"Then let's hurry up and go!" Seeing that he didn't object, the others couldn't wait to set off.

Before they arrived at their destination, viewers in the live stream eagerly asked Lu Xuan, "Isn't the streamer the team leader? Why didn't he take the lead in the conversation earlier? Doesn't the streamer know which direction has the most supplies?"

Indeed, when we found the large cave, didn't we search the entire surrounding area?

You've been slacking off as team leader.

Lu Xuan said casually, "If I planned everything out for them in advance and made them only follow my orders, do you think they would like it? If it were you, would you like it?"

Live stream viewer: It seems... a little annoying.

Lu Xuan: "Besides, with Wu Cheng here, isn't this already the best choice? I just need to make sure they don't lose any limbs when they encounter danger."

He didn't want to take on everything himself, so that the village would always rely on him to solve problems.

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"Did you hear that?" After walking for about fifteen minutes, Wu Cheng gestured for the people behind him to stop and listened carefully.

The others followed suit, and soon Wei Xiang said, "There's a very deep, rumbling sound, could it be... the sound of water?"

But shouldn't the sound of water be splashing?

Wu Cheng had some guesses in his mind, "Let's go take a look!"

The group quickened their pace toward the source of the sound. After walking several dozen meters, they could see faint white shadows through the gaps in the trees ahead, along with an increasingly deafening sound of water.

As they emerged from the woods, a massive waterfall, over ten meters high and seven or eight meters wide, came into view. White water cascaded down from the top, forming a pool of equal size below.

"So much water!"

"With so much water, we no longer have to worry about the stream drying up and running out of water! That's wonderful!"

The crowd was both amazed and delighted as they looked at the magnificent waterfall before them.

Wu Cheng noticed that Lu Xuan showed no surprise on his face and said confidently, "You knew there was a waterfall here all along, didn't you?"

Lu Xuan remained noncommittal.

Upon hearing his father's words, Wu Yang looked at Lu Xuan in surprise, "Why didn't you say so before?"

Others chimed in, "Yeah, what if we chose a different direction and wasted even more time?"

Lu Xuan: "Even if you choose other places, you'll still have to come here sooner or later. Besides, how can you be so sure that other directions don't have abundant supplies?"

How could the refuge he chose, which even satisfied the audience, only have resources available near a water source?

Everyone was speechless.

Wu Cheng said, "Alright, since we're already here, let's not say anything more. Everyone check your weapons and make sure they're okay. Then spread out and look for any valuable resources nearby."

After hearing this, the group stopped worrying and quickly dispersed in twos and threes to begin their search.

Li Tuo slyly approached Lu Xuan, grinning as he asked, "Brother Lu Xuan, since you've been here before, you must know what's around here, right? Tell me about it!"

Lu Xuan glanced at him. "There's no real danger to your life. Go find out for yourself."

Li Tuo: "That's it?"

Lu Xuan: "Otherwise?"

Li Tuo was a little disappointed, but the fact that there was no life-threatening danger at least proved that there were no ferocious beasts like jackals, tigers, or leopards nearby. He quickly cheered up, greeted his brother X, and then joined the others to explore.

Before long, the group made their first discoveries.

To be honest, the resources near the water source are really abundant.

Wild vegetables and mushrooms were found in almost every team. The wild vegetables were not as old and inedible as they had thought; they looked quite tender.

Wu Cheng speculated that the waterfall's presence lowered the temperature in the vicinity, and the shade provided by the trees created an environment different from the plains, resulting in some differences in crop growth cycles.

In short, whatever the reason, the result is that they found a lot of edible resources!

Besides the vegetarian food, they also found pheasant feathers, and some even found the henhouse and took several wild eggs from it.

Seeing this, the others became even more excited and explored even further apart. Before long, they found even more wild eggs, and picked two baskets of wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Looking at their harvest, everyone couldn't help but marvel at how abundant the resources were in the deep mountains!

In less than a quarter of an hour, they had already found so much food. There were still several hours before dark, so they had to find something good.

Next, they searched the area around the chicken coop and, as expected, found traces of pheasants.

On their way here, they had actually spotted some wild rabbits darting through the grass, but they refrained from moving in order to find their destination first. Now, however, things are different.

The real hunt has begun!

"Quick! It's over there!"

"I saw it!"

"superior!"

The group, eager to fight, charged menacingly at the pheasant that was leisurely foraging for insects in the grass.

Hearing the commotion, the clever pheasant flapped its wings and ran away before they could get close, letting out a strange clucking sound as if mocking their overestimation of their abilities.

Everyone: "!!!"

How dare a mere chicken mock them!

After that, it was almost always the same process: spot a pheasant, pounce on it, let the pheasant escape, and so on.

A sharp machete might be useful against wild boars, but pheasants are small and agile, and they always escape before anyone can catch them, so the machete is useless.

Only Wu Cheng and his son Wu Yang managed to shoot one of them, thanks to their bows and arrows.

The others returned empty-handed after a long time of searching.

"……"angry!

Lu Xuan, who had been watching from the sidelines: How embarrassing.

Li Tuo, who was the most determined, and Xiong Mao, whose expressions clearly showed some embarrassment and annoyance, were clearly more embarrassed than annoyed.

Seeing that the pheasant they had spotted was about to disappear, Lu Xuan said, "Since it's not working well, let's switch to a different weapon."

Without waiting for anyone to ask, he quickly bought more than a dozen composite bows and alloy guns from the system shop.

Exhausted and with little to show for their efforts, the group gathered around the strangely shaped weapon that had appeared out of nowhere.

"Could these be weapons used by gods?"

Wu Cheng, being a hunter, had a good eye. "Is this a crossbow? It's not quite the same as the ones I've seen before."

Traditional bows and composite bows look quite different, and the Covenant's composite bows have undergone significant changes from the modern version. It's quite bold of Wu Cheng to be able to distinguish them as bows.

Lu Xuan said, "'Immortals' have better weapons. These are obsolete and few people use them. However, they are all good and suitable for hunting."

People in the interstellar era are more accustomed to using thermal weapons such as energy guns, superpowers, and energy cannons, while cold weapons are mostly daggers. As a result, cold weapon weapons were fully unlocked very early on.

Since weapons like knives, spears, clubs, and whips were unsuitable for the current situation, he only bought bows and crossbows.

Lu Xuan picked up one of the alloy crossbows, loaded the matching bolt, drew the string back, pressed his finger on the trigger, aimed the alloy crossbow at a tree in front of him, and fired!

With a clear whooshing sound, the crossbow bolt shot out and pierced through the entire trunk of the first tree, embedding itself in the second tree behind it. A small hole was left in the trunk of the first tree, allowing sunlight to filter through.

"hiss--!"

"So strong!"

Gasps and exclamations erupted from the crowd, their eyes filled with shock.

Wu Cheng's gaze towards the alloy crossbow in Lu Xuan's hand also underwent a noticeable change.