Suddenly at this moment, Xu Shiying looked at the sparkling water in the distance. If he looked carefully, wasn't it the source of water?
Xu Shiying's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Gritting his teeth, he took Xiao Qi and ran all the way.
Hunting was out of the question today, and the water source was his ultimate goal.
As he got closer, a river as big as a football field appeared in front of him.
"Great, let me tell you, there is water here!"
Xu Shiying came, held a little water in his hand, tasted it and spit it out immediately.
"What's riding on the horse is actually salt water!"
Xu Shiying looked disappointed. After searching for a long time, he only found salt water, not even a trace of fresh water.
Suddenly, he reacted and realized something was wrong.
This is a plain area, how could there be salt water?
Is this an island? Did this salt water fall into the pit during high tide and form the current salt river water?
Xu Shiying frowned slightly. If the area he was in was an island, it would be a big problem.
High tides, tornadoes, waves, etc. are all problems.
Any one of these would ruin him and the shelter.
Don’t think that there is no shortage of food and drink when living by the sea. There are countless seafood to eat.
That's a big mistake. If you really cross the sea, you will know how much effort it takes to harvest a large pot of seafood.
It's not just crabs or lobsters that you can see everywhere.
After eating a mapao melon, the taste of salt in his mouth was gone, and Xu Shiying fell into deep thought while looking at the river in front of him.
The ability to store seawater here means that it is very close to the sea. The distance from the shelter to here is at least fifteen kilometers. This means that the shelter is on the high ground of the island, and there is no need to consider high tides for the time being. Questions like that.
However, what puzzled him was that from the look of the place where he lived, it clearly felt like a plain.
Even if his shelter is high up on the island, when the wind blows, the air will contain the salty air of the seaside.
But he didn't smell anything special.
Is there another possibility?
Because of the special climate here, under certain conditions, will the river water turn into salt water?
"Xiao Qi, do you know what's going on?"
Xu Shiying looked down at Xiao Qi who was holding a Ma Pao melon and eating it with relish and asked.
Xiao Qi stopped and looked at him with her head tilted, wondering what he was talking about.
Xu Shiying rolled his eyes, yes, he asked in vain.
But this matter has always been a knot in his mind.
From a survival point of view, he prefers this to be a plain area.
If it was in a plain area, then he would encounter fewer dangers, such as tornadoes and high tides, which he would not encounter.
At present, he only needs to face the arrival of cold air.
But if it is an island, then it has to be taken seriously.
Regardless of whether the cold air comes or not, the rising tide is certain and so are the huge waves.
Then his shelter would be very dangerous.
One high tide is fine, but two or three times?
Being an excellent survivor requires long-term strategic thinking.
Because of the discovery of salt water, he was not in the mood to continue exploring.
He took Xiaoqi back to the shelter along the way he came. On the way back, he brought back all the wild fruits and plants he had discovered before.
He did not pull out the dogtail grass, but saved it for the next time he came back.
He now has to go back quickly and ask Zhuge Dali, the top student, for some relevant knowledge.
But on the way back, Xu Shiying found a dead sparrow, picked it up and smelled it, and his body stunk.
It looks like it's been a while.
I wanted to throw it away and continue on my way, but I accidentally noticed that this sparrow seemed to have some small yellow particles on its paws.
The more he looked, the more familiar he felt. After a long time, he became excited.
This is actually a rice seed.
I have heard before that sparrows like to wander around in plants and woods, and sometimes go to fields to steal food. When they fly away, they sometimes carry one or two seeds in their paws without paying attention.
If seeds fall on the ground during flight, there is a certain chance that rice will grow.
Sometimes when we walk on a muddy road, one or two wheat or rice will occasionally grow in the grass on the left and right sides, thanks to the sparrows.
It just depends on luck whether the seeds survive.
But being able to discover the rice seeds is already a possession of the European Emperor for him.
As long as this seed can be allowed to germinate, it will be possible to grow continuous rice, so that he can eat delicious rice.
The mood that was not very beautiful at first became happy because of the discovery of rice seeds.
At the same time, he also figured out that the boat would be straight when it reached the bridge. Even if he was too worried to eat, it would not solve any problems.
Moreover, he is still in the novice protection period, so there will definitely be no problems in the next few days.
And these few days are enough for him to explore the real situation here.
With this kind of thinking, Xu Shiying returned to the shelter.
I tapped the things I brought back, including twelve wild strawberries, fifty horse melons, and a crotch of woolen grass. Twenty snail shells.
A rice seed.
This is all the gain today.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak..."
Xu Shiying was about to sort out and plan these things, but Xiao Qi suddenly called out to him, looking quite excited.
Not knowing why, he came to Xiao Qi, who led the way, as if he wanted to take him somewhere.
When they came to the animal pen, Xiao Qi pointed at the animal cage with excitement on his face and squeaked in his mouth.
Xu Shiying immediately understood that something good had been caught in the animal cage.
So he quickly checked and found that there was a weasel in the cage, and not only this one, but also one in the four cages he placed.
And the weasel is not small, so it should have a lot of meat on its body.
"It looks like today is a good harvest day!"
Xu Shiying looked at these weasels and smiled. No wonder Xiao Qi was so excited. Catching a weasel meant that it would have meat to eat.
But how do you eat this thing?
This puts him in a bit of trouble!
He remembered that weasels smelled bad and would be troublesome to handle.
If the body has a smell, does the meat also have a smell?
At least in his memory, he had never heard of anyone eating a weasel.
Firstly, this thing is unpalatable, and secondly, it has the title of Great Immortal, so it can be said to be a life-saving talisman.
But he is now in a difficult period of survival, and he can't care about anything else now.
If it tastes bad, then it tastes bad!
At least the weasel's fur can be sold to Zhuge Dali in exchange for some wood and stones.
He carried the four traps back into the house, opened the traps, and caught the weasels from inside.
The moment he was captured, the weasel kept struggling, and Xu Shiying winked at Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi understood in seconds and quickly climbed onto his shoulders, hoping to make a surprise attack on the weasel.
However, at this moment, the weasel's anus was loosened, and a stream of yellow mist floated out.
Xun's Xiaoqi rolled her eyes and fainted.
