Author: flying de lazy cat

After getting closer, Zhou Xu quickly discovered that these strange-shaped trees were different from what he had imagined.

He originally thought that these charred trees should be dry and dead trees, but this was not the case.

The branches and bark of these trees are quite tight, and they are obviously not lacking in water. However, for some unknown reason, they all look strange and dark.

[In such a wasteland environment, if the trees can grow like this, there must be a water source nearby!]

Just when Zhou Xu was thinking this, there was a sudden exclamation from the crowd.

He followed the sound and saw an animal that looked like a mouse scurrying over quickly in the dark woods. One of the tribe members tried to rush up and catch it, but the mouse ran so fast that he jumped on it.

Empty.

At this time, the tribe member was sitting on the ground with an annoyed look on his face, and his eyes were still scanning the surroundings. It seemed that he was not planning to give up yet.

At the same time, there were many tribe members there catching insects on the trees.

At first, Zhou Xu didn't realize what they were doing, until one of the tribe members couldn't help but stuff a newly caught insect into his mouth.

"..."

Zhou Xu, who saw this scene in his eyes, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

For him, this scene was not uncomfortable at all. After all, in his original world, he had eaten fried silkworm chrysalises, fried cicadas, and ant fried rice.

It's just that as a modern person, I'm still a bit repulsed on a psychological level by stuffing freshly caught bugs into my mouth without saying a word.

But Zhou Xu soon realized that putting his own thoughts as a modern person on these tribe members seemed a bit too naive.

These tribe members stuff the bugs directly into their mouths, not because the bugs are delicious, but because they want to survive!

Looking at the surrounding environment, they have no choice in order to survive.

At the same time, this is also a problem that he must face next.

If he can't find suitable food, he will soon join the ranks of eating bugs and chewing tree bark.

Thinking of this and looking at the tribe members who were catching bugs and even stuffing bugs directly into their mouths, Zhou Xu quickly reminded...

"Before eating those bugs, everyone should pinch off the heads and dispose of the internal organs. But it is best not to eat them yet and focus on processing them later."

Zhou Xu had no experience at all when it came to eating bugs in the wild. After all, what serious person would spend his free time looking for bugs to eat in the wild while also studying this?

However, since he usually has nothing to do and has watched some survival programs, he still knows that when eating this kind of food, the head and internal organs must be disposed of.

Even according to Zhou Xu's idea, it is better to cook it before eating it, which is safer.

But these tribe members may not cooperate. He can see that food is still very tempting to them.

Different from the previous time when he asked everyone to follow him, this time there was obvious hesitation on the faces of many tribe members.

After all, in this era, they live to find food, and to find food is to continue living. The two form a terrible endless cycle.

They have no extra time and energy to think about other things, and constantly looking for food to survive is everything to them.

Even if they just pinched their heads, they felt it was a waste.

It was under this situation that Dashan took the initiative to stand up.

"Listen to the leader! Don't eat yet! The most important thing now is to determine the location of the camp!"

Among this group of primitive people, Dashan should have a high status. Those primitive people who were still hesitant stopped their movements one after another.

Zhou Xu seized the opportunity and quickly said...

"Let's go around the periphery of this dark forest and search first. There should be a water source nearby. After you find the water source, don't be in a hurry to drink water. Wait for me to come over and confirm."

If a person doesn't eat, he won't die in a short time, but if he doesn't drink water, he won't live for more than three days.

Although these tribe members did not know this, they did know that they were thirsty. Their lips had been chapped with thirst long before.

When they can't find a water source, they can only obtain trace amounts of water through the body fluids of insects or by eating fresh tree bark.

Now when they heard from Zhou Xu that there was a water source nearby, even though they were half-convinced, they still followed the order and started looking for it seriously.

In this process, a series of small things gave Zhou Xu a new understanding of his position here.

[As the summoned 'Chosen Sons', although these primitive people are in awe of me and obey my orders to a certain extent, they will hesitate once my orders conflict with 'survival'

.]

[To put it bluntly, I am new here and have not accumulated enough prestige.]

Outside the dark forest, Zhou Xu was thinking as he looked at the dark forest.

[It should be getting dark now. If we can find a water source nearby, this area should be the best place to camp. These primitive people don't have much food on them, so taking them around is not a wise decision.

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Following his own train of thought, Zhou Xu had already begun to think about the issue of survival here.

In this dark forest, the strange-shaped trees are all bare and not densely grown.

He looked around and found that except for the insects and the mice he had seen before, he really didn't see anything alive in this area.

[Damn! Are you afraid that you will have to live by eating rats, insects and bark and roots? 】

As this thought arose, Zhou Xu inevitably had the idea of ​​'it's better not to travel through time'. He could simply let him die in the car accident, instead of traveling back through time and suffer the same fate!

Just when he was melancholy about this, the flying sparrow trotted over in the distance again.

"We found the water, we found the water, chief! There is really water over there!"

It was certainly a good thing to find a water source, but at this time, Zhou Xu was more concerned about the flying bird in front of him.

Ever since he took the initiative to take over the task of exploring the path, this boy's performance had always surprised him.

Take the search for a water source this time as an example. Through observation, he blindly guessed that there was a high probability of a water source nearby, but he was able to find it in such a short time and come to report to him. This in itself is a highly efficient action.

kind of performance.

And this flying bird seems to respect him more...

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu immediately reached out and patted Fei Que on the shoulder.

"Well done, lead the way."

Zhou Xu's compliment made Fei Que grin. After following him for a while, his sight passed through a part of the bare black forest, and a lake soon came into Zhou Xu's sight.

At the same time, many tribe members had gathered around the lake before him, and they all looked very excited.

Now when they saw Zhou Xu coming over, all eyes fell on him one after another.

Compared with before, the reverence in the eyes of these people looking at him was obviously stronger than at the beginning.

There is a water source nearby, which Zhou Xu came to through reasonable inference.

But these tribe members don’t understand this.

In their opinion, their leader knew there was water nearby without even looking at it. This was simply a divination!
Chapter completed!