Chapter 19 This camp is untenable.
"Butterfly, how are the bark bags here?"
I taught Butterfly and the others how to make bark bags after dinner yesterday. Almost before bedtime, Butterfly and the others had finished making the first bark bag.
To put it bluntly, the next step is to see how efficiently they improve their proficiency.
To be honest, under the premise of no knowledge threshold, he believes that primitive people's learning efficiency is higher than that of many modern people.
Take Butterfly and the others for example, when I was teaching them how to make things, their seriousness was visible to the naked eye.
Moreover, their seriousness is completely different from that of modern people. Their seriousness carries with it a sense of "going all in".
There is no way out for them in this matter, it is directly related to their life and death.
So every time they do something, they put their whole heart into it!
Taking a bark bag made by Butterfly and her friends, Zhou Xu gave it a rough inspection.
Simply put, it is a little rougher than what he made, which is a problem of manual technique, but there is no problem with basic usage.
"Well done, everyone has learned it, right?"
In response to the question, the five members of the handicraft team, including Butterfly, all nodded.
"Very good. From now on, you two will be responsible for continuing to make this bark bag. Butterfly, you three, come with me and learn something new."
Polishing a stone axe undoubtedly falls within the scope of manual work, and this work is more time-consuming and labor-intensive.
According to Zhou Xu's idea, everyone in their tribe should have at least one sword, right?
Under this premise, stone axes are typical consumables. Even if a polished stone axe is more durable, its durability is limited, and spare stone axes must also be taken into consideration.
In this way, Zhou Xu roughly estimated that forty stone axes would be needed in the initial stage.
If only one or two people do the work, the efficiency cannot be improved.
"Let's do it step by step. Let's start by picking stones. Let's pick this kind of stone..."
No nonsense, the whole teaching begins directly.
Sharpening a stone axe is not a difficult task in itself, but in terms of complexity, it may not be as difficult as weaving bark bags.
But this is more important now, so after having a certain number of bark bags, Zhou Xu directly asked the handicraft team to focus on polishing the stone axes.
One afternoon is enough time for each of them to complete one.
I don’t know if it was Butterfly’s natural dexterity that came into play, but after being unfamiliar at first, Butterfly quickly got the hang of it, and the stone axe he finally polished, upon closer inspection, was even better than the ones he had polished before.
If it weren't for my shortcomings in strength and stamina as a woman, I would probably have surpassed him in terms of production efficiency.
"hiss--"
This made Zhou Xu feel complicated.
In the long run, it would certainly be a good thing to have such a good hand to solve the equipment problems of their tribe.
But as the leader of the tribe, he was surpassed by Butterfly right after making the stone axe. Wouldn't that undermine his dignity as the leader? Thinking of this, Zhou Xu coughed dryly.
"Butterfly, you did a great job. From now on, this task will be handed over to you!"
Although escaping is shameful, it is useful!
[Damn it, we can’t stay in this camp anymore. ]
The next morning, Zhou Xu simply followed Dashan and the others to the Black Forest to carry out the exploration mission.
They had basically explored this outer area. After separating from the hunting team led by Fei Que, they headed directly into the depths of the black forest.
During this period, including Dashan, the five members of the gathering team have been equipped with the latest polished stone axes. Only Zhou Xu, the sixth person, is still holding a bone spear in his hand.
At this point in time, there were only five polished stone axes, and this was just one of the reasons.
In Zhou Xu's opinion, the emergence of stone axes cannot completely replace the status of bone spears.
After all, the former is a short-handled weapon and the latter is a long-handled weapon, and their positioning in combat is completely different.
As a modern man without much combat experience, he still feels more at ease with the attack range provided by long-handled weapons compared to dangerous short-handled weapons.
At this moment, walking in the dark woods, Zhou Xu, who was protected in the middle, could feel that Dashan and the others were still relatively relaxed.
Just a few days were enough for them to have a preliminary understanding of the area.
There was wasteland all around, and the strange-shaped black trees in the woods were bare and lifeless.
Although there is a lake nearby, it is a saltwater lake and it is impossible for animals to come here to drink water.
There was nothing but hardy bugs and rats.
It is safe to some extent, but it is not very suitable for long-term human survival.
According to Zhou Xu's thinking, if the tribe wants to develop, it must first obtain stable food. Hunting alone is definitely not enough.
Not to mention that here you can only eat rats and bugs.
What does he need? He needs to farm! To start a farming civilization! But looking at the barrenness of the land nearby, you can tell what crops he can grow in this broken place?
After all, he hadn't found any crops yet! So his tribe would definitely not stay here forever, and in order to survive, they had to move.
But certainly not now!
Their main task now is to store a certain amount of food, and at the same time, to explore as much as possible within their capabilities and find a suitable transfer location.
Instead of just transferring without thinking.
【Eye of Insight】
Looking at the black forest in front of him, Zhou Xu remembered that he discovered the existence of the mantra through the "Eye of Insight" at the altar yesterday. With a try-it-out mentality, he directly activated the mantra and began to observe.
Although he didn't see any strange balls of light at first glance, a scene in the dark forest that passed through the dense black trees did catch his attention.
[That is…]
"Dashan, let's go over there. There seems to be something over there."
Zhou Xu used the mantra and did not avoid Dashan and the others. Therefore, Dashan and the others believed in his instructions and moved in the direction he pointed without saying a word.
After going about two or three hundred meters deep, gradually, a huge crack in the ground began to appear within the field of vision of Dashan and others.
"leader?"
Dashan and others who discovered the crack in the ground were obviously nervous. At the same time, they subconsciously looked back at Zhou Xu, waiting for his orders.
"Don't be nervous. This kind of crack doesn't seem to be man-made. It should be caused by crustal movement."
Although they didn't know what their leader meant by "crustal movement", these words had a certain soothing effect on them.
As he spoke, Zhou Xu seemed to have discovered something and waved his hand, motioning Dashan and the others to follow him.
After getting closer and closer, Zhou Xu found the right direction and looked towards the crack in the ground with the power of the "Eye of Insight".
The dark environment of the crack did not have much impact on him.
As his sight deepened, huge silk nets soon came into his sight, giving him an ominous premonition.
And it was at this moment that a huge and ferocious figure on one of the silk screens directly broke into his field of vision! Update sent, thanks to the book friends 'Ci Yu Bu Tu Gu', 'Xiu Yu Lei', 'Shi Shang Xian Ren Ye', 'Yan You Fan Xing' for the reward, please vote after reading it, my friends~ (End of this chapter)
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