Chapter 25 Competitors in the Ecological Chain

Author: flying de lazy cat

Chapter 25 Competitors in the Ecological Chain

Seeing the back of their leader rushing forward with the 'Fire Spear', the panting Fei Que completely collapsed to the ground.

The brother in the tribe suddenly rushed to the outskirts with the leader's order and confirmed the situation. After knowing that the big spider rushed out, he immediately followed the order and ran to the tribe to get fire.

Carrying two torches and hurrying slowly, he finally caught up.

The tribe member who was caught by the spider silk at that time was obviously almost unable to hold on. Zhou Xu didn't have time to think too much and just smashed one of the torches over.

As a long-handled weapon, the bone spear itself has the advantage of attack distance. Under this premise, a torch is tied to the front end of the bone spear, and the attack distance becomes longer, which adds a lot of confidence to Zhou Xu.

After rushing forward, he immediately waved the fire spear in his hand.

This big spider is indeed afraid of fire. Just sensing the temperature, it started to retreat in a hurry.

Seizing the opportunity, Zhou Xu directly used the fire spear to burn off the spider silk holding his tribe members, and then used the fire to stab the big spider.

The big spider was afraid of fire and did not dare to take the attack. At this moment, it completely followed its biological instinct. It turned around with its huge body and ran away.

The speed was so fast that he immediately distanced himself from them, and Zhou Xu couldn't catch up even if he wanted to.

During this period, Dashan was obviously unwilling to let the big spider run away. After two steps, he suddenly threw the stone ax in his hand.

The power of the stone ax thrown was obviously not comparable to that of stone bullets.

The moment it hit the main body of the big spider, Zhou Xu clearly saw a string of green liquid splashing out!

This scene refreshed his spirit.

This proved that the big spider's defense was not as strong as he expected.

"Okay, don't chase me anymore."

Looking at Dashan who wanted to chase him again, Zhou Xu quickly stopped. The big spider was faster than them. Once it started running, they couldn't catch up.

And although the big spider is afraid of fire, it is not afraid of them.

He held a torch and was able to scare it away, but it was difficult to kill it. The reason was that the opponent was too fast and too flexible.

While Zhou Xu was thinking this, the tribe member who had escaped from death had already rushed in front of him and knelt down directly towards him.

Apart from this, he could not think of any other way to express his gratitude.

This situation made Zhou Xu confused when he came back to his senses, and then he subconsciously glanced at the other people around him.

At this moment, he clearly noticed that the surrounding tribe members, including Dashan, looked at him with obvious changes in their eyes.

If at first, the tribe members only worshiped him as a 'god', then now there was something called 'respect' in their eyes.

At that time, Zhou Xu rushed towards the spider monster with the 'Fire Spear' and forced it back, which was deeply imprinted in their hearts.

To be honest, facing such a monster, 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 the big 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 sling as a long-range weapon undoubtedly occupied a pivotal position, but now it was obvious that the stone projectiles were not powerful enough.

This time, they came back earlier than usual. Butterfly and others who stayed in the tribe inevitably felt a little strange.

Because of what they had just experienced, the team members who were in shock at the moment took the opportunity to talk. Each and every one of them spoke with some vividness.

Invisibly, everyone who stayed in the tribe gathered around, which made them speak more enthusiastically.

Speaking of excitement, they even started to brag about their leader's bravery, causing the tribe members to look at Zhou Xu with changing eyes.

As the protagonist of all this, Zhou Xu, who was sitting by the fire at the moment, had no time to care about what they were talking about, and was completely lost in thought.

The first question in his mind now is...

【Why did the big spider come out?】

As he analyzed earlier, spiders mainly rely on waiting for prey, so why did the big spider suddenly appear?

With this doubt in mind, after some deep thought, Zhou Xu thought of a possibility.

That's because of the food!

To put it bluntly, this dark forest is a shabby place with little food resources.

As far as he knows so far, apart from the rats and some bugs that eat everything and have tenacious survival abilities, the only animals that live here are the big spiders that feed on rats and bugs!

Under this premise, as outsiders, after settling here, they also fed on bugs and mice, and showed good hunting efficiency.

To put it simply, in a limited space, they compete for food resources with each other and directly become competitors in this ecological chain.

The decrease in food and the increase in hunting difficulty forced the giant spiders that had been staying deep in the dark forest, laying out a large array of spider webs to wait and not like wandering around, to start taking the initiative to attack.

In any case, surrounding this dark forest, an extreme situation of 'you without me, me without you' has formed between them and the big spider.

[If you want to deal with that big spider, you must first find a way to curb its speed and dig a trap?]

This was the first thought that flashed through Zhou Xu's mind.

[No, no, no, that big spider is so big, how deep a trap must be dug to make it fall in? How can we have the strength now? And with those eight spider legs, we can easily crawl out of the pit trap.

come out.】

As a modern person, Zhou Xu's thinking is still very open, and he can actually think of many various methods.

However, considering the situation at hand and the conditions at hand, there were not many ways to implement it smoothly, which forced him to think hard for a while.

During this process, their hunting operations naturally had to continue. After all, once the hunting stopped, they would have no food.

Under this premise, in order to ensure the safety of tribe members, each team will now send a member to carry a fire source, and each member will bring a torch.

The weapons in his hands were also replaced from the original stone axes to bone spears.

Once you encounter a big spider, immediately tie it into a 'fire spear' and force the opponent away!

But during this period, the frequency of attacks by giant spiders became higher and higher. Even with the 'Fire Spear' nearby, they could not be 100% guaranteed to be safe.

Invisible pressure forced Zhou Xu to start his plan in advance a week later!
Chapter completed!