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MTL - I Rely on Wilderness Survival Live Broadcast to Become Popular Across the Stars-Chapter 292 Hoarding money to raise cubs Day 292
Hoarding money to raise cubs Day 292
The night in the jungle is a paradise for all hunters. Without the heat and humidity during the day, the slightly cool night is the hunting time for many top predators in the jungle.
Before the sun went down completely, Lu Liran and Ke Ji borrowed a boat from the Akryu tribe and arrived near the river on foot.
Achilles asked Salius to lead them to this fishing ground. Salius was a young man who was lying on the bed the day before and almost died after being bitten by a poisonous snake.
Lu Liran said that these aboriginal people's physical fitness is not aimless, like Salius, who was on the verge of dying the day before, that is to say, the poison and inflammation were cleared, but the next day he almost recovered and could be alive and kicking.
There are not many people in the tribe who can speak the common language of the planet, so Achilles can only let the patient Salius take the top.
Saryus's lingua franca was not as fluent as Achilles', but he could barely communicate through stumbles.
"We're here." Salius said, and the three of them faced the sparkling Sana River. The half sun that was about to sink completely would almost dye the river surface red.
"When it's completely dark, you'll be ready to go fishing and harvest." Salius said, pushing the boat into the water, "I'll lower the net first."
This is the largest boat in the tribe, it can accommodate seven or eight people, and there is also a sinking tank dedicated to storing fish. Although it is simple, it is fully equipped with internal organs.
The three got on the boat, rowed the boat to the middle of the river, and drifted with the current.
"These are baits." Salius took out a ball wrapped in banana leaves, and loosened the leaf stems tied to it, revealing what was wrapped inside.
A bunch of twisted earthworms.
When the rainy season is approaching and there is plenty of rain, the children in the tribe will dig earthworms. Even if there are no young and middle-aged people who have the time to go fishing, the children will press these earthworms with the clay pancakes they made and bake them on red-hot stones. , as an extra meal.
But the earthworms are all caught in the fishing nets. The fishing nets made by the Kugwa tribe are tied with dozens of thin, barb-like hooks made of the bones of wild animals. If the fish bite the hooks, it is difficult to escape.
It was the first time for Lu Liran to see such a fishing net, so he didn't know how it would work.
Salius hung all these earthworms on fishing nets, and then sank the nets into the river.
"How many fish can a fishing net usually catch?" Lu Liran asked.
Salius scratched the back of his head and thought for a while before answering: "If you're lucky, half of them will be hooked, but you have to be careful when you pull them up, or they will be torn off."
"If you're unlucky, there may be two or three fish that bite the hook."
After Zarius finished speaking, he added after a few seconds: "Usually, luck is not very good."
Lu Liran: "..."
I think so, earthworms making erbium is not very attractive in itself. The Sana River itself is a river rich in resources, and only the most basic earthworm erbium can only lure some small grass carp.
Salius said: "So in most cases, we still rely on this kind of bow to catch big fish."
As he spoke, he took out three bows from the cabin, and demonstrated how to use them for Lu Liran and Ke Ji.
Lu Liran's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately became interested.
I saw that the bow and arrow looked the same on the surface, but the arrows were completely different.
After the arrow hits the target, the barbs on both sides will spread out to completely open the wound, and they cannot be pulled back. They can only be pulled hard. In this way, serious lacerations or even fatal injuries are bound to occur.
This kind of arrow was banned by international law a long time ago, and I didn't expect to see it in the primitive tribe of Aiken.
In addition to the special arrowhead, the arrow itself is also different. The arrowhead and the arrow body can be separated, and a tough thread is buried in the middle, so that the prey can be pulled back.
It is very practical and embodies the wisdom of primitive tribe hunters.
"You can try a few more times to practice your hand feeling." Salius handed the two bows and arrows to Lu Liran and Ke Ji.
Salius started to light a fire, and put torches on all four sides of the boat. The fish eyes would glow under the firelight, which was an important means for them to find fish schools.
"How much prey can this strand pull back?" Lu Liran asked Saryus after trying his head a few times.
"The hunters of our clan once used it to bring back a wild boar, at least seventy to eighty kilograms." Salius said, that was the biggest prey they had ever brought back.
Lu Liran was very surprised, he didn't expect the string tied to the bow and arrow to be so strong and tough.
He nodded: "I see."
Quite eager to try.
But at present, it is obviously not feasible to use these earthworms as bait and rely on firelight to find fish schools. God knows how long it will take for the prey to take the initiative to come to the door.
Before the sun had completely set, Lu Liran rowed the boat out of a shallow beach.
There are always some small fish and shrimp hidden among the shoals full of boulders. If you are lucky, you can even catch crabs.
But apparently the goddess of luck did not patronize them this time either. Lu Liran and the others went into the water to search for ten minutes, but they didn't find any living things. Instead, they saw many fish and shrimps flicking their tails and slipping away in the clear water.
Saryusi found nothing after touching for a long time, and looked at Lu Liran in puzzlement: "It's a waste of effort here."
Even if crabs can be found, they are still small in size, and the same goes for fish and shrimps, which are not enough for them to consume.
Lu Liran shook his head: "It's not for us to eat, but for the fish to eat."
I can't bear the fact that the child can't catch the wolf, so how can I get a good fish to catch the bait just by feeding the earthworms.
It's just that it's really too inefficient for them to search like this, and the sun is almost gone.
Lu Liran straightened up, suddenly thought of something, and dug out a small bottle of poisonous tree sap that had been saved under the ditch.
Under the identification of the system, the toxicity of this sap can volatilize in a short time and will not remain, so it is not considered to cause harmful pollution to the environment and ecology—but it can indeed poison a small piece of fish and shrimp.
Lu Liran found a small puddle surrounded by stones. He had already seen a few thumb-sized fish in the shadow under the boulders, but they were too agile to catch them.
He called Ke Ji and Salius to come out of the water, and then carefully poured two drops of milky white sap into the pool.
Milky white, slightly congealed sap swirls in the bottomless pool.
Salius stared curiously and eagerly at the sap. He knew that the terrible wound on Akeliu's waist was stained with this sap, but he heard from Lu Liran and the others that as long as the venom was exposed to the outside, , It won't be toxic after a while, so don't worry about it.
He vaguely guessed what Lu Liran was going to do, but he didn't know if it would work or not.
For the next few minutes, the three of them waited until a small, nearly transparent fish slowly floated up in the clear water, slowly surfaced, and opened its belly upwards.
If you look closely, you can still see the burnt appearance around the gills and mouth of the fish.
Salius opened his eyes wide, and it worked! Just two small drops will do the trick!
After a while, two, three...a total of six small fishes floated up from the shadows of the cracks in the rocks, and three small shrimps that were as long as fingers.
Lu Liran picked up a branch and poked it into the water. Seeing that it was not corroded and burned, he entered the water carefully and fished out all the fish and shrimp.
These amounts were far from enough, so Lu Liran found several other depressions in the same way, and did not fill a small bucket until dark.
"Okay, let's go back to the middle of the river." Lu Liran said.
Salius was in charge of paddling. He was strong and a skilled worker. Not long after dark, they returned to the middle of the Sana River.
Lu Liran had already processed all the fish and shrimp in the bucket, cut them into pieces and put them in the bucket. The fishy smell filled the whole boat.
"The water here is deep, there should be fish." Salius stopped and said.
Lu Liran nodded upon hearing this.
They have also traveled along the Sana River before, but the scenery on the bank is completely different from the scenery in the middle of the river.
Lu Liran could even see pairs of bright eyes flashing by from time to time in the jungle on both sides of the bank, turning around and disappearing before anyone could see what it was.
"There are crocodiles here, and if you see a pair of yellow eyes floating on the water, it's probably it." Salius said, "Don't be afraid when you see it, what you should be afraid of is when it disappears."
When a crocodile attacks, it dives underwater first. If the eyes suddenly disappear, it will be disturbing.
Lu Liran nodded slightly, knowing that what Salius said was based on experience, he looked around and said, "Then we're here to bait?"
"Can."
Lu Liran scooped out the shrimp and fish pieces in the small bucket with a spoon, and vigorously sprinkled them into the waters around the boat.
After throwing out less than half a bucket, the surrounding water surface has been dyed a faint red, and there is a strong fishy smell.
Not long after, I heard Salius whisper excitedly: "Look! Fish are coming!"
Pairs of fish eyes slowly approached the boat, shining brightly under the light of the fire, faintly separated from the scarlet water surface, looking extraordinarily weird.
The fish swam close, and Salius didn't use a bow and arrow, but directly took a long harpoon, puffed out his strong and sturdy muscles with one arm, and plunged into the water violently!
With a "swish", a splash of water directly penetrated the gills of the fish, causing the fish to wag its tail vigorously, causing waves of spray.
The attracted fish scattered immediately, while Lu Liran and Ke Ji stood at the stern of the boat, drew their bows and arrows, took aim, and then shot.
There were two sounds of breaking through the air, and the arrow instantly sank into the water. Lu Liran immediately felt his hand sink, and it must have hit something.
He quickly stabilized his bow and tried to retract it, but found that there was a lot of force on the other end of the string.
"Hey! It's a big red herring!" Salius' slightly cheerful voice came from the bow, and he had successfully thrown the fish on the harpoon into the fish hold.
"How are you doing?" Salius asked again.
Ke Ji had also taken back the string, but the arrowhead he took back was only a red-eyed trout, which was about the same length as a shoe and weighed two or three catties, not big.
On Lu Liran's side, it is obvious that the bow has collapsed to the limit. Lu Liran put the line to the farthest and wrestled with the fish, but he never saw it weaken.
Seeing this, Salius also walked over quickly, his pupils shrank slightly, and he was a little excited: "It's a big guy!"
Lu Liran responded in a low voice, frowning slightly, a little worried about whether the bow and arrow in his hand could hold up.
"Don't worry, this can move a wild boar." Salius said, but he planned to take it from Lu Liran, "Let me do it."
Lu Liran didn't hesitate, and directly passed it on to Salius. He was still a student fishing with this kind of bow and arrow, and he was afraid that such a big fish would let him go.
Seeing Salius clenched his teeth, his face gradually turned red, and under the light of the torch, his veins were even more exposed.
The bow was bent so exaggeratedly that Lu Liran's heart skipped a beat suddenly, and he heard a "pop"!
The bow is broken.