Lin Qiu was surrounded by fur and slept very comfortably all night.
When she woke up, she found herself sleeping in Song Mu's arms. Song Mu curled up his body, holding Lin Qiu completely in his arms, and pressed his soft belly against her.
"Song Mu, good morning." Lin Qiu stretched out his hands and hugged Song Mu's huge tiger body. The fur outside the big tiger's strong muscles was soft. Lin Qiu rubbed him again and again.
"Can you tell the difference between me and Ling Yun's beast forms?"
Song Mu and Ling Yun look so much alike that there is no difference in the direction of the patterns on their animal forms, and even the number of black and white eyebrows is exactly the same.
He didn't say anything and didn't make any movements, but Lin Qiu still knew it was him.
Song Mu was so happy that he touched Lin Qiu's head with the tip of his nose.
"Of course I can tell the difference."
Lin Qiu patted Dahu's head. Some things may look the same to the naked eye, but they will be different if you feel them with your heart.
Apart from the fact that Lin Qiu discovered that Song Mu liked to wrap his tail around her ankles, even if two tigers sat in a row in front of her and made the same movements, she could still recognize which one was Ling Yun and which one was Song Mu.
Ling Yun prepared food outside, and then moved the unused wood from the previous house construction stored in the cave to the living room, so that he could teach Lin Qiu how to make a bow and arrow when he woke up.
Hearing the conversation between Lin Qiu and Song Mu, Ling Yun went to the kitchen to cook the meat. Now that the weather was cold, the meat would become cold if it was delayed for a while. Not only would the taste be slightly worse, but it might also make one's stomach uncomfortable.
But in this cold season, it is already very good that everyone can have enough food to eat.
After eating meat so early in the morning, Lin Qiu felt a little irritated. Lin Qiu also stocked up on some dried vegetables, but they didn't taste very good.
The only thing she likes to eat now is potatoes. Ling Yun and Song Mu are reluctant to eat them. Of the potatoes that the three of them are given, Lin Qiu only steams one a day, and it won’t last until the end of the cold season. Lin Qiu also said that he wants to save some for seeds.
Seeing that Lin Qiu was not interested in eating, Ling Yun said, "How about I go find the location of the Rat Tribe and trade some potatoes with them? I know the general direction of their tribe."
"No need. The weather is getting colder and colder. I think it will snow in a few days. It will be difficult for you to come back then. It's okay. Next time, stew the meat a little softer. I won't eat dried meat for the time being. It has caused my teeth to hurt."
The heavy snow would cover up footprints and smells, and the vast expanse of white would make it impossible to see anything, so it would not be easy for Ling Yun to return.
Lin Qiu touched Ling Yun's tiger head and stopped him from running around.
After dinner, Lin Qiu began to discuss bows and arrows with Ling Yun and Song Mu.
Based on Lin Qiu's description, Ling Yun carved the tree trunk into the shape of a bow, and Song Mu was using animal bones to make arrowheads.
They had a lot of animal tendons left at home for tying animal skin bags, and Lin Qiu chose a thin one to make a bowstring.
It only took them half a day to assemble a bow and arrow. Lin Qiu imitated the movements on TV to show Ling Yun and Song Mu how to shoot the arrow, but her strength was too weak and the animal tendons were so taut that she couldn't pull them apart at all.
"Let me do it."
Ling Yun took the bow and arrow from Lin Qiu. Song Mu lifted the animal skin curtain for him. A cold wind blew in from outside. Ling Yun drew the bow and imitated Lin Qiu, pulling the animal tendon to the most extreme position.
"Aim at the pillar outside." Lin Qiu pointed to a wooden pillar in the middle of the wooden fence outside.
Ling Yun looked in the direction Lin Qiu pointed, took aim, and then let go of his hand. The rain arrow flew out, piercing through the rain curtain, and with a "clang" sound, it hit the wooden pillar that Lin Qiu pointed at.
"It's a little off." Ling Yun said.
Tiger orcs are the most advanced hunters. They have always had excellent accuracy. If they don’t have the ability to hit the target with one shot, they will probably starve to death.
"That's pretty good, Ling Yun, and this is your first time using a bow and arrow."
Lin Qiu looked at Ling Yun with admiration, thinking that this was truly a talent.
Song Mu snatched the bow and arrow from Ling Yun's hand, took another arrow, easily put it on the noose, and the moment he let go, the feather arrow shot through Ling Yun's original arrow.
Lin Qiu's eyes widened: "Song Mu, you are so accurate!"
"This distance is not difficult." Song Mu said with a smile on his face.
"Come again, Xiaoqiu, I'm definitely more accurate than him this time!"
Only two feather arrows were made, so Ling Yun had to go out to collect them. When he came back, he said to Song Mu, "Song Mu, look, you've gotten into trouble again. This arrow is broken and can't be used anymore! Xiao Qiu, look at him!"
"Hurry up and wipe the water off," Lin Qiu saw Ling Yun coming back, all wet. She put down the animal skin curtain and found a dry animal skin for Ling Yun to wipe clean. "Don't go out to pick it up. Pull open the animal skin curtains in both rooms, and then practice aiming from one room to the other. You can work on the feather arrows later."
"This feather is hard to come by now, so we have to pick it up."
Ling Yun shook the feather dry and handed it to Song Mu.
Ling Yun dried himself and said to Lin Qiu, "This bow and arrow is indeed very powerful. If I can hurt the enemy without getting close, then I won't get hurt. As long as I shoot this arrow into the beast's head, I can kill it instantly."
In other words, as long as he has enough feather arrows, he can kill as many wild beasts as he wants in the distance.
It would be more helpful if he could rely on the high terrain of the mountain wall to overlook the oncoming beasts when resisting the beast tide.
There are more than 200 strong male orcs in the tribe. If each of them shoots one arrow, they can kill 200 of them. If they shoot ten arrows, that's 2,000!
The more Ling Yun thought about it, the more frightened he became. This was just one of the tools in the second line of defense that Lin Qiu mentioned.
That includes the catapult...
Ling Yun glanced at the bow and arrow in his hand.
"It's raining these few days, so don't go out. Wait until the winter season, when the snow stops and the sky clears up, then go and talk to the tribe leader about the whole tribe making bows and arrows together." Lin Qiu saw Ling Yun's excitement and grabbed his wrist to tell him not to get too excited.
"Okay, once we've built the catapult, let's go find everyone else to make it together."
Ling Yun touched the bow in his hand and thought to himself that he should make more feather arrows.
It’s just that there are not enough feathers in the tribe. I wonder if other females would be willing to contribute the feathers allocated to them by the tribe like Xiaoqiu.
Ling Yun and Song Mu used the rest of their time to make feather arrows with all the feathers in the house.
Ling Yun was tidying up the living room and wanted to move another piece of wood from the cave. Lin Qiu said that the catapult was too big, so they should make a model first. When the model test was successful, they would enlarge it proportionally and make a real catapult that could be put into use.
He had just returned from carrying the wood when he saw Teng Ning running through the tribe. He was a little surprised, so he stopped him and asked, "Teng Ning, why are you out at this time?"
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