Whoosh!

The fish scale arrow shot by Zhao Xinqing made a soft sound in the air, but in the end it failed to hit the target and fell to the ground slumped.

Although she had been practicing diligently these days, she was still a little behind in her firepower. Coupled with the range limitation of the simple bamboo bow itself, the arrow failed to achieve success...

Zhao Xinqing sighed with some disappointment, and then laughed again:

"Two such tender gray-necked bustards are enough for us to eat."

Zhao Xinqing turned to look at Su Bai and asked:

"Then, let's set up camp here?"

"How about sleeping here tonight?"

Su Bai did not comment, but first pulled out the fish scale arrow from the body of the gray-necked bustard, checked the condition of the arrow, and found that there were some damages on the fish scale.

But the Gray-necked Bustard is a bird after all, and its bones are not heavy, so this arrow can still be used.

Retracting the arrow, Su Bai took a look at the small lake and found that the water was indeed very shallow, more like a pond than a real lake.

"Look there, there are quite messy footprints..." Su Bai pointed to the slightly muddy ground on one side of the water bank and said with a frown:

"This small body of water is probably the only source of water for the surrounding beasts."

"It will be dangerous if we stay here at night."

"Now that we have two Gray-necked Bustards, the food problem has been solved. If we continue to stay here, it will easily cause unnecessary trouble."

"Let the snack guy drink some water. Let's leave here, return to our planned path, and find a more suitable camp location."

After hearing Su Bai's judgment, Zhao Xinqing also noticed the footprints on the water bank.

She leaned over and looked at it for a while, her face became more serious, and she whispered:

"There are many footprints of large beasts..."

"You are right, it will be very dangerous here after nightfall."

"Since you can't catch any big fish in a small body of water, let's forget it."

"Replenish the water and leave quickly."

The two took the weight off the snack guy and let him drink water.

Before leaving the camp, the two of them drank enough water, but after half a day's journey, they started to feel thirsty.

You're welcome to eat snacks, and you can drink "tons and tons" of cows by the water.

Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing also opened the water-storage bamboo tubes they carried with them, drank all the cold drinks they brought from the camp inside, and then filled the bamboo tubes with raw water from the small lake.

For safety reasons, the two of them did not plan to drink the raw water directly. Instead, they planned to boil it over a fire before drinking it after setting up camp.

While the foodie continued to drink water, Zhao Xinqing used a bamboo blade to disembowel the gray-necked bustard and clean the abdominal cavity.

While bleeding, all the internal organs were removed and thrown into the shallows of the small lake.

She explained:

"After emptying out the internal organs and draining the blood, the bloody smell of these two gray-necked bustards will be greatly reduced."

"Plus the smell of guts from the lake."

"It will further reduce our risk of being hunted by predators..."

After hearing Zhao Xinqing's words, everyone in the barrage took a deep breath:

【No? Is there still a risk of being hunted???】

【Is it too late to leave now?】

Zhao Xinqing looked a little serious, shook her head and said:

"There are risks."

"Predators have a very strong sense of smell. We left with the carcasses of two gray-necked bustards, which will leave more or less traces."

"I just hope it doesn't attract their attention."

Listening to Zhao Xinqing's analysis, Su Bai thoughtfully asked:

"There are many Gray-necked Bustards here. Why would those predators turn to chase us?"

"If you want to eat it, wouldn't it be a quicker way to directly hunt the Gray-necked Bustard?"

Zhao Xinqing explained:

"No Gray-necked Bustard nest found here."

"They should leave this small lake at night and go to roost in their own nests."

"The nests of gray-necked bustards are usually on the ground, but if the surrounding environment is dangerous, they will also choose to build their nests in high places."

"Other predators may not have favorable conditions for hunting the Gray-necked Bustard, otherwise it would be difficult for these Gray-necked Bustards to roam around leisurely."

"As humans, we do not have the scent of powerful beasts. We can easily be judged as weak by other predators through our scent."

"So, for some hungry predators, hunting us is also a very cost-effective option."

Zhao Xinqing looked at Su Bai and said:

"I'm afraid we need to set some traps around the camp tonight."

Su Bai nodded calmly:

"I'll keep watch."

"It'll be okay, don't worry."

After the snacker finished drinking the water, the two of them, one cow and one bird, immediately left the area of ​​the small lake and turned back the way they came.

The mountains in the distance are still faintly visible.

Under the guidance of the reference objects, Su Bai, who had a good sense of direction, quickly took Zhao Xinqing, Snacks and Maomao to rediscover the previously planned path.

This time, although we got food and water supplies, it took a lot of time. It was already past five o'clock in the evening, and the sun began to set in the west.

The two could not continue on their way and quickly looked for a suitable camp location nearby.

In the end, Su Bai only found a small clearing in the forest surrounded by several large trees. It was not an ideal location, but in a hurry, he had no choice.

The sun will set soon. Once it gets dark and the two of them are still unable to set up camp, the danger will increase exponentially.

"We don't have much time, we have to hurry."

Su Bai's face was serious, he turned to Zhao Xinqing beside him and said:

"You're responsible for lighting the fire."

Zhao Xinqing nodded quickly and found a semi-enclosed bamboo tube from the snack basket.

The green smoke continued to drift out from the bamboo tube, and it was never extinguished along the way.

The bamboo tube was opened, and inside was a smoldering fungus.

Zhao Xinqing found dead grass in the nearby forest as tinder and some broken branches as fuel, and immediately started to light a fire.

She placed the fungus on a dry stone slab, covered it with tinder, and placed some small dry branches on top of the tinder.

Then she opened her mouth and blew gently.

The moment the airflow increases, the smoke on the fungus becomes smaller.

But the smoldering part suddenly brightened up, blooming with an orange-red dark fire light.

The hot energy contained in the dark fire quickly ignited the dry tinder.

The flames rising in the tinder further ignited the small branches.

Zhao Xinqing added firewood to the small flame to make the fire bigger and more stable, and at the same time pulled out the fungi from the bottom layer of the wood.

Seeing that the fire was gradually stabilizing, Zhao Xinqing quickly dug up the soil and covered the fungus.

This fungus is only half burned, so it is now extinguished by cutting off the air, and it can continue to be used as a fire tomorrow.

While Zhao Xinqing was lighting the fire, Su Bai arranged a dew collection device in the forest clearing.

But to everyone's surprise, Su Bai's speed in setting up the device was very slow...
Chapter completed!