Chapter 25 Competitors in the Ecological Chain
Watching their leader rushing forward with the 'Fire Spear' in hand, Fei Que, panting, collapsed to the ground.
The brothers in the tribe suddenly rushed to the outskirts with the order of the leader and confirmed the situation. After knowing that the big spider had rushed out, he immediately followed the order and ran to the tribe to get fire.
With two torches, he hurried and finally caught up with him.
The tribe member who was caught by the spider silk at that time was obviously about to collapse. Zhou Xu didn't have time to think about it and directly threw one of the torches at him.
As a long-handled weapon, the bone spear itself has the advantage of attack range. Under this premise, by tying a torch to the front end of the bone spear, the attack distance becomes longer, which gives Zhou Xu a lot of confidence.
After rushing forward, he immediately swung the fire spear in his hand.
This giant spider was indeed afraid of fire. Just by sensing the temperature, it began to retreat in panic.
Seizing the opportunity, Zhou Xu used a fire spear to burn off the spider silk that was holding his tribe member, and then used fire to poke the big spider.
The giant spider was afraid of fire and didn't dare to fight back. At this moment, it completely followed its biological instincts, turned its huge body around, and ran away.
The speed was so fast that he quickly distanced himself from them, and even if Zhou Xu wanted to chase him, he couldn't.
During this time, Dashan was obviously unwilling to let the giant spider run away like this. After two steps forward, he suddenly threw the stone axe in his hand.
The power of the flying stone axe was obviously not comparable to that of a stone bullet.
At the moment of hitting the main body of the giant spider, Zhou Xu clearly saw a string of green liquid splashing out!
This scene cheered him up.
This proved that the big spider's defense was not as strong as he expected.
"Okay, stop chasing."
Seeing Dashan still wanting to chase him, Zhou Xu quickly called a halt. The giant spider was faster than them, and once it started running, they could not catch up at all.
And although the big spider was afraid of fire, it was not afraid of them.
He was holding a torch and was able to scare it away, but it was difficult to kill it. The reason was still the same, that is, the opponent was too fast and too agile.
Just as Zhou Xu was thinking this, the tribal member who escaped death had already rushed in front of him and knelt down in front of him.
Apart from this, he couldn't think of any other way to express his gratitude.
This situation made Zhou Xu, who had just come to his senses, look confused, and then he subconsciously glanced at the other people around him.
At this moment, he clearly discovered that the way the surrounding tribal members, including Dashan, looked at him had changed significantly.
If at the beginning, the tribe members just worshipped him like a 'god', then now there was an extra thing called 'respect' in their eyes.
The image of Zhou Xu holding the "fire spear" and rushing towards the spider monster and forcing it to retreat has been deeply imprinted in their hearts.
To be honest, faced with a monster like that, none of them dared to rush forward.
Even Dashan was inspired by Zhou Xu, which led to his subsequent actions.
"Okay, send someone to keep an eye on that giant spider. I'm afraid we need to change our plan."
As Zhou Xu spoke, he helped up the tribe member who was kneeling on the ground.
"Let's go back to the camp first."
In his original plan, the slingshot, as a long-range weapon, undoubtedly occupied a pivotal position, but now it was obvious that the slingshot was not powerful enough.
This time, they came back earlier than any other time, which inevitably made Butterfly and others who stayed in the tribe feel a little strange.
Because of their just experienced experience, the team members who were still in shock at the moment took the opportunity to talk about it, and each of them spoke very vividly.
Invisibly, all the people who remained in the tribe gathered around, which made them talk even more excitedly.
They were so excited that they started to brag about their leader's bravery, which made the tribal members look at Zhou Xu with different eyes.
As the protagonist of all this, Zhou Xu, who was sitting by the fire at this moment, had no time to care about what they were talking about. He was completely lost in thought.
The first question in his mind now is...
【Why did the big spider come out? 】
Just as he analyzed before, spiders mainly hunt by waiting for prey, so why did the big spider suddenly appear? With this doubt in mind, after some deep thinking, Zhou Xu thought of a possibility.
That's because of food! To put it bluntly, this black forest is a barren place with very little food resources.
As far as he knew, the only animals living here, apart from the mice and some insects that ate everything and had strong survival abilities, were the giant spiders that fed on mice and insects!
Under this premise, as outsiders, after settling down here, they also fed on insects and mice, and showed good hunting efficiency.
Simply put, in a limited space, they compete with each other for food resources and directly become competitors in this ecological chain.
The reduction in food and the increase in hunting difficulty forced the big spiders, which had been staying deep in the black woods, laying down spider webs and waiting for prey, and not liking to wander around, to start taking the initiative.
No matter what, around this patch of black forest, an extreme situation of "either you or me, either me or you" has been formed between them and the giant spider.
[If we want to deal with the giant spider, we must first find a way to slow down its speed and dig a trap? ]
This was the first thought that flashed through Zhou Xu’s mind.
[No, no, that big spider is so big, how big and deep a trap would it have to be to trap it? How could we have that much strength now? And with those eight spider legs, it can easily crawl out of the pit trap.]
As a modern man, Zhou Xu has a very open mind and can think of many different ways.
However, considering the current situation and the conditions at hand, there are not many methods that can be successfully implemented, which forced him to fall into deep thought.
During this process, their hunting activities naturally had to continue. After all, if hunting stopped, they would have no food.
Under this premise, in order to ensure the safety of the lives of the tribal members, each team will now send a member to carry a fire source, and each member will carry a torch.
The weapons in their hands were also changed from stone axes to bone spears.
Once you encounter a big spider, immediately tie it up into a 'fire spear' to force it back!
But during this period, the frequency of the giant spider's attacks became higher and higher. Even with the "Fire Spear" on hand, they could not guarantee their safety 100%.
Invisible pressure forced Zhou Xu to implement his plan ahead of schedule a week later!
(End of this chapter)
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