Chapter 12: The Hurdles That Must Be Overcome
At this moment, Zhou Xu himself was also extremely excited.
After all, when he grew up, he never did this again.
Holding the basket, he could feel the mouse rushing around inside. After a brief moment of excitement, Zhou Xu's body visibly tensed up when he realized what he was going to do next.
Exhaling a long breath, Zhou Xu opened the basket slightly.
Noticing the mouse opening here, it naturally rushed over here and was caught by him! During this process, he was quite skillful in holding the mouse's head with his thumb and index finger.
"Look, if you catch it like this, it will not bite you when it gets desperate. Then, ..."
Zhou Xu paused when he said this.
It was impossible for them to carry a living mouse with them, so the best way was to kill it immediately after catching it.
Under this premise, he certainly would not feel pity for a mouse, but as a city dweller who had never killed anything except cockroaches and insects, now that such a living creature was in his hands, he really had to prepare himself mentally if he was going to kill it.
In fact, he had other options.
That is to hand the mouse over to Feique next to him, or any other member of the tribe to deal with.
I believe they will be very efficient.
But Zhou Xu knew in his heart that doing so was, in fact, an escape.
Now that he is in this primitive world, he must overcome this hurdle if he wants to survive!
[Don't hesitate, just break its neck, it only takes a moment.]
As soon as he thought of this, Zhou Xu's other hand had already grabbed the mouse's head and made a twisting motion.
During this time, the mouse seemed to realize what was going to happen and began to struggle violently, making squeaking sounds continuously.
The mouse's violent struggle made Zhou Xu involuntarily nervous, and at the same time he realized that he could not hesitate any longer.
He took a deep breath, made up his mind, and exerted force with both hands! At that moment, he clearly heard the sound of the mouse's neck being broken by him, and at the same time, the spasms and twitches of the mouse's body were constantly fed back to him through his hands.
In his previous life, he was a normal citizen and had never broken a living creature's neck with his bare hands.
The feeling made his scalp tingle, and even his stomach and intestines became uncomfortable, and he felt nauseous.
But he quickly suppressed the feeling.
Because he knew that he was now the leader of the Salt Lake Tribe, and his subordinates were all watching him.
As a leader, he must maintain sufficient dignity.
"Okay, just break its neck like this."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu, who had already adjusted his mood, calmly spread out his palms and presented the dead mouse to the tribal members.
"This matter is very simple. What is needed is patience and a good grasp of timing. I think you all understand, right?"
Faced with the question, the tribal members nodded one after another.
"We have eight traps now. If we concentrate them all in one place, the efficiency will be too low. So, we need to spread out around this area."
As Zhou Xu spoke, he handed the dead mouse in his hand to Feique and asked him to hold it.
"Today I will confirm the locations of the traps for everyone, and every day thereafter..."
Having said that, Zhou Xu paused and his eyes fell on Feique.
“Fei Que, after you distribute water to everyone in the morning, you can directly bring the hunting team here to set traps and hunt. There is no need to wait for me to come out and make arrangements one by one. I will tell you if there are other arrangements later.”
"yes!"
After setting up the eight traps, Zhou Xu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling like he had accomplished something big.
I looked up at the sky and saw that it was already completely bright.
Today is not as gloomy as yesterday. Through the clouds, you can vaguely see the sun hiding behind.
Calculating the time, it is estimated to be around nine o'clock in the morning.
After all, they got up early today, and the day has just begun.
However, Zhou Xu did not plan to stay in the Black Forest any longer. According to his own plan, he still had a lot of things to do.
At this moment, he has to rush back to the tribe.
This place is not far from the tribe. After walking for a while, we soon saw the outline of the tribe.
The tribal members who were assigned by him to patrol and guard around the tribe at that time hurried up to salute him when they saw him.
"You've arrived just in time. The other team will continue patrolling. The three of you can come with me and help."
"yes!"
With a response, Zhou Xu led them directly to the salt water lake.
[If there were fish in this lake, at least half of the food problem would be solved.]
Looking at the lake in front of him, Zhou Xu thought so in his heart.
He currently has two guesses about this saltwater lake.
The first guess is that the bottom of this salt water lake is connected to the sea and was formed by the influx of seawater.
If this is the case, fish from the sea will definitely swim in, and then they can increase their food smoothly.
As for the second guess...
That is, this saltwater lake was formed by the gushing out of groundwater.
The reason why the lake water is salty is because there are salt mines under the ground.
For Zhou Xu at this moment, he certainly hoped for the former.
"Have you ever caught any fish?"
Faced with the problem, the three tribal members who followed over all looked at each other in confusion.
Obviously he had no idea what he was talking about.
“It’s the one that swims in this water.”
Zhou Xu spoke and gestured at the same time, trying to make them understand what he meant.
However, the three of them still shook their heads, which made Zhou Xu basically confirm that they had no concept of fishing.
[It seems I have to do it myself. ]
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu walked to a place where the lake water had submerged his calves, then reached out and scooped up a handful of mud.
The mess had a slightly sticky feel, which basically met his expectations.
"You three, dig some of this mud up. I'll go take a look in the lake and come back in a moment."
When he was a child, he often went to swim in the village pond or river in the summer. Now he dived into the lake without any fear, but he confused the three tribal members standing beside him.
At the moment, Zhou Xu obviously had no time to care about them. After holding his breath and diving for a while, he poked his head out from a position nearly ten meters away from the lake surface.
"call--"
After wiping the lake water off his face, he quickly took a breath of fresh air and then dived again.
After two consecutive rounds of diving, Zhou Xu swam slowly back to the shore. Then, as if he had lost all his strength, he collapsed on the shore, gasping for breath.
[Ah, it should be groundwater. ]
(End of this chapter)
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