Chapter 73 New Discovery
The sky gradually darkened. Although they had not camped outdoors for a long time since the arrival of the leader, this experience had long been integrated into their bones.
Before dark, they had found a fairly suitable place to stay nearby.
After a simple dinner and arranging the night watch, they went to bed early to recharge their energy for the next day's action.
The next morning, before dawn, Ye Jinghong and his team were already ready to go.
In this era, if you want to increase your chances of catching prey, you have to set out before dawn, so that you are more likely to encounter animals that come out to forage in the early morning.
Of course, there are also nocturnal animals that come out to look for food at night.
But the pitch-dark environment at night is too dangerous for humans of this era.
As for holding up torches for lighting...
Of course they can do that, but the cost is that the animals will slip away before you find them, making your entire night's activities a pure waste of time.
The sky was gray in the early morning, which was the best time for them.
Breathing the air with a strong scent of morning dew, Ye Jinghong ordered each team to disperse and carry out operations, and he himself also personally led a team to carefully explore the surroundings.
After walking for a while, Ye Jinghong seemed to have discovered something. He took two steps forward and then squatted down.
A series of animal footprints were found on the mud ahead.
Ye Jinghong stretched out his fingers and touched the soil.
"The footprints are about two fingers wide, so it's probably not some large animal. The footprints are still fresh, so it probably hasn't run far."
There was no need for Ye Jinghong to say anything more. The team members behind him had already lowered their bodies tacitly and took lighter steps to reduce the probability of disturbing the target.
Following the footprints, they moved forward carefully.
During this process, they gradually discovered that the footprints around them were becoming more numerous and more chaotic.
The width of these footprints ranged from three fingers to two fingers, which clearly showed that they did not come from the same animal.
This situation made Ye Jinghong's heart beat faster.
Because this often means that there is a large animal population living nearby.
With excitement, Ye Jinghong and his team continued to move forward, pushing aside the grass in front of them that was almost as tall as their chests. Soon, a group of animals came into their sight.
These animals are about half a person's height, 160 centimeters long, and covered with brown fur with some black stripes.
The most striking feature of them is the pair of extremely conspicuous long horns on their heads, which makes it impossible not to notice them.
If Zhou Xu were here at this moment, he would definitely be able to recognize these animals. They are very similar to the antelopes in his original world.
These animals came in groups. At a glance, there were probably about 20 to 30 of them. They were now scattered around grazing.
Although Ye Jinghong had never seen this kind of animal before, he knew that herbivorous animals were relatively non-ferocious. This was common sense of survival.
But this time, he had no intention of attacking these herbivores.
They are an exploration team, not a hunting team. Their mission is to discover these things, not to launch hunting operations.
This area is most likely the living area of the group of herbivores in front of us.
If he acted rashly, he would definitely scare these herbivores.
Just like the original leader of the Black Moon Tribe tried to capture animals that went to the lake to drink water. Over time, the animals nearby realized that there was danger here and no longer easily approached the lake.
If their actions caused these herbivores to move away from the area, it would be a loss.
In this case, compared to acting on one's own, the safest thing to do right now is to hide in the dark and observe, then bring the news back to the tribe and let the leader make arrangements.
Of course, before that, what he has to do now is to continue observing and obtain more intelligence.
During this period, relying on his excellent eyesight, Ye Jinghong keenly discovered that there was a herbivore that was different from its peers around who were busy eating grass. It put its head into a bush, as if eating something.
This action undoubtedly attracted Ye Jinghong's attention.
Before setting off this time, their leader also mentioned that they should pay more attention to the plants along the way to see if they could find anything.
Just as Ye Jinghong was thinking this, a burly beast with ferocious sharp teeth suddenly rushed out from the bushes in the distance and pounced on the herbivore that was closest to it at the time!
The opponent's explosive power was so fierce that the herbivore didn't even have time to react before it was bitten.
The huge and ferocious teeth easily broke through the flesh and bit through the opponent's fragile neck. Blood continued to flow down the sharp teeth, dyeing the beast's jaw and neck hair red.
The horrifying and deadly scene caused the entire group of animals in front of them to flee in panic, and in the blink of an eye they had completely escaped.
The beast that had successfully caught its food obviously had no interest in chasing and killing it. It turned around and left, biting the carcass of its prey.
During this process, Ye Jinghong and others, who witnessed the entire process, held their breath and lay in the grass, not daring to move at all, for fear that the beast would discover their presence.
In terms of speed, their explosive power is obviously not as good as that of the four-legged herbivores. Once they are targeted by the beasts, they will probably be dead.
They kept hiding in this state for quite a while, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that the beast had gone completely far away.
It was not until then that Ye Jinghong and the others realized that they were drenched in cold sweat.
"Minister, let's leave quickly. Who knows if there are any more monsters like that around here?"
Obviously, the terrifying posture of the beast had made his subordinates want to retreat.
However, Ye Jinghong quickly calmed down after letting out a long breath.
"Wait a minute, I need to confirm something."
As he spoke, Ye Jinghong glanced again at the direction the beast had left, then quickly approached the bushes with light hands and feet.
After walking in, he quickly discovered that the bushes were full of scarlet fruits. Each fruit was about the size of a finger, and there were quite a few of them.
Needless to say, the herbivores at that time were eating this fruit.
If the animals living nearby will eat the food, then there is most likely no problem. This is common sense for their survival.
After confirming this, Ye Jinghong looked around again.
Without a doubt, this is a new discovery.
"Hurry up, go find out if there are any more things like this nearby, and we can dig them up with their roots!"
Updated, thanks to the book friend 'A大宰' for the reward~ (End of this chapter)
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