Chapter 211 Exploration

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Just when Luo Chong was intoxicated by this rare natural wonder, a loud eagle cry suddenly came from the sky, pulling Luo Chong back to his senses. It was the warning given by the bazooka to Luo Chong and his group.

It turned out that the spotted hyenas wandering around were approaching Luo Chong and his group.

"Everyone, take your bows and arrows and spears. Don't let go of your weapons, and don't get off the deer's back. Let's go around this salt lake and see."

Luo Chong looked around and immediately gave the order to prepare for battle. Then he took out his own bow and arrow and held it in his hand. The arrow was already on the string, ready to respond to any emergency at any time.

"Yes, chief." Everyone took out their weapons.

More than 20 spotted hyenas were wandering nearby, following Luo Chong and his group all the way. They did not attack immediately. It seemed that they saw humans riding on wild beasts for the first time and were very curious about them.

Luo Chong and his companions began to ride the deer in circles. The salt lake was very large, an irregular oval shape, with the longest part being two or three kilometers, and the narrowest part being about two kilometers, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of acres.

The lake water was green, with only ripples formed by the wind. It looked very calm overall. There were no streams or rivers around, which meant that the salt lake had no water source. As for whether there were springs at the bottom of the salt lake, it was unknown, but at least there was nothing unusual on the surface of the water. This

place should have been formed by rainwater. However, it was not clear whether this was a salt mine or an iron mine. After all, he could not come down to observe carefully, which annoyed Luo Chong. He had to determine the resource situation here this time, otherwise the past few days would not be wasted.

The crowd circled the salt lake, and the group of spotted hyenas followed behind. They had been observing these strange humans, but they did not seem to find anything serious, so they began to prepare for the attack.

But it is not an easy task. Every time humans come here, as long as they start to attack humans, the eagles on the floating island will come down to make trouble, which makes them very distressed. Today is the same.

Luo Chong looked around again. It seems that except for the more than 20 spotted hyenas and the eagles flying in the sky, there seems to be no other carnivores.

"Is this the only kind of beast that eats meat here? Why don't I see others?" Luo Chong asked the guide.

"In addition to this hunchbacked coyote, there is also a group of long-toothed tigers, about four or five, but they are not here today. They may go hunting somewhere else." The guide replied.

"Long-toothed tiger? What is long-toothed tiger? Is it the kind of short-tailed tiger with long teeth and yellow body?" Dali asked the guide.

"Yes, that thing. They are more difficult to deal with than coyotes. One claw can kill people. We have tribesmen who were killed by long-toothed tigers before. Even the eagles in the sky may not be able to beat them." The guide said.

Saber-toothed tiger? Luo Chong had been here for such a long time, but he had never seen a saber-toothed tiger. He had only seen the two saber-toothed tiger teeth hanging on the chest of the beast, but he had never seen a living saber-toothed tiger.

Since there were no other enemies except the spotted hounds for the time being, Luo Chong planned to kill these hyenas, and then go down to carefully explore the ground around, so that he could have a general understanding of the terrain and resource distribution here.

"Let's go, let's turn around and kill those blind hyenas. What kind of thing is it that even wants to eat us? I feel sick when I see how ugly they look. Let's go."

Luo Chong pulled Huishan's big ears and asked it to turn around and go towards the group of hyenas. Dali and his men also hurriedly followed. Although they were a little scared, they must not fall behind at this time. The danger of being alone was still very high.

The bazooka in the sky had been circling, following Luo Chong around the salt lake, which made the eagle leader Rui on the floating island quite confused.

"What are they doing? Aren't they here to collect salt? Why are they circling around here? Can't they just collect the salt and leave?"

"Father Da, those people may not know how to mine salt. It may be their first time here." Rui's son expressed his opinion. "Well, it's possible. Let's wait a little longer. With the bazooka watching from the   sky

, nothing should happen."   As soon as Rui finished speaking, the bazooka hovering in the sky suddenly dived down rapidly. There was a real problem below.   Luo Chong took the lead and shot arrows at the spotted hounds not far away. The two sides were about 60 meters apart. Luo Chong's first shot hit the head of a large hyena, directly hitting its forehead.   But maybe the hyena's skull is harder, or it may be a problem of angle. The bronze arrow did not penetrate its skull directly, but scratched the skull and penetrated the hyena's scalp.   The hyena was shot in the head, and the arrow remained on the top of its head. This sudden blow made it very painful and extremely angry. The hyena rushed towards Luo Chong who was riding an elephant fiercely, but before it could get close, it was knocked to the ground by the claws of the bazooka that fell from the sky, and several deep cuts were also scratched on its neck.   Luo Chong seized this opportunity and quickly shot another arrow. This time he did not aim at the hard head of the hyena, but aimed at the front half of the hyena's torso, which was the position of its chest cavity. There must be many important organs inside, such as the heart and lungs.   With a whoosh, the sound of a feather arrow breaking through the air, the arrow went straight into the chest of the hyena less than 30 meters away. The huge flat arrowhead with a blade broke through the thick fur of the hyena and went straight to the vital internal organs. It instantly lay on the ground motionless.   Luo Chong urged Huishan to continue moving, and he cruised around in the opposite direction, while keeping a distance of about 100 meters, so that the spotted hyena was always within his range.   Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—the other four arrows also flew into the hyena group, and two of them were shot and fell to the ground, bleeding all over the ground. Then, an incredible scene happened.   The hyenas started fighting among themselves, and they began to scramble to eat the bodies of the three dead hyenas.   This situation is actually very normal. Hyenas are very strange. Although they also have good hunting abilities, as long as they encounter carrion that can be obtained without any effort, they will swarm over it.   The bodies of the three companions were looted, and now is the best opportunity.   "Shoot arrows, see how happy they are to eat their companions, now is a good time to take the initiative to attack."   With Luo Chong's order, five arrows flew into the hyena group again at a distance of 80 to 90 meters, but this time only two were knocked down, but this was enough to make the hyenas who like to eat carrion riot again, and the hyenas snatched more fiercely.   At this time, the bazooka in the sky also came down to join in the fun. It swooped down quickly, surrounded by several hyenas, grabbed a hyena shot down by arrows, brought it back to the floating island, and then threw it in front of the eagle leader Rui.   Rui looked at the hyena corpse with arrows stuck in it and seemed very curious. People who came here before usually quickly mined salt under the protection of the bazooka and left immediately. They rarely fought with the beasts below. The people who came this time were just the opposite. Not only did they not mine salt, they also wandered around the salt lake. Moreover, their weapons were the first time Rui had seen them.   Thinking of this, Rui suddenly shouted to the bazooka hovering in the sky.   "Bazooka, take me down to have a look."   (End of this chapter)