Ye Qiong raised his head and stared at the ceiling of the cave. After Ronling and the others saw it, they also imitated one by one, raising their necks and looking up.
However, like Ye Qiong, they saw nothing. The light emitted by the torch was not strong enough to reach the forty-meter-high cave roof.
I could only look up in confusion, expecting something to happen, but also afraid that something would happen.
Perhaps this is the mood of human beings exploring unknown territories.
Ye Qiong took off the long bow from his back, then leaned the torch horizontally against the wall, and based on his intuition, shot an arrow towards the top of the cave.
"Whoosh..."
"Ding! Buzz..."
The arrow suddenly shot into the top of the cave, and the tail of the arrow made a buzzing sound that echoed throughout the cave.
Besides the buzzing sound from the arrow tail...
Nothing else happened.
Ye Qiong still held the long bow in his hand, and without putting it down, he immediately pulled out the second arrow from his back.
"Whoosh...ding! Buzz..."
Just like the first arrow, after the arrow was inserted into the roof of the cave, there was a buzzing sound from the arrow tail. Apart from these two sounds, there was no other sound.
Ronling and the others immediately became vigilant and immediately entered a fighting state. They pulled out their personal weapons and looked at the ceiling of the cave with solemn faces.
Ye Qiong immediately shot out the third arrow. At the same time, he closed his eyes and maximized his hearing.
However, the third arrow was still like the first two arrows, and there was no unusual movement or sound.
So I could only give up for the time being, waved my hands towards Ronling and the others and said, "Maybe I felt wrong... there is nothing up there."
After hearing this, Ronling and the soldiers relaxed a little, but did not put away their weapons.
"Let's go back first. Don't explore this cave for now. We'll wait until next spring. I'll get some lighting first. If we continue to explore like this, sooner or later there will be problems." Ye Qiong returned to Ronngling and the others and said.
Ronling nodded and had no objection. After all, every time he brought people in to put in the barrel grease lamp, he couldn't sleep well after going out. In this cave, the spirit will always be in a state of high concentration. Most people are really If you can't bear it, you will easily hallucinate and do some incredible things.
There is no sound in the cave, and humans will not stay in a silent environment for long before the brain will secrete some nerve-stimulating hormones. Ye Qiong has experienced this phenomenon, so before modern equipment enters the scene, Ye Qiong decisively chose to temporarily stop exploring the cave.
Even if there is nothing in the cave, the soldiers can easily develop mental problems if they stay in a claustrophobic environment for too long.
With Rongrong and the others, they slowly walked out of the cave. As the wooden barrel grease lamp was extinguished, the cave became quiet and peaceful again.
After walking out of the cave, Ye Qiong looked back and saw that the Dinglong Mountains were really high. The cave hidden within the Dinglong Mountains didn't know where it led.
Riding on the Mustang King, Ye Qiong arrived at the coal mining base. The living place had been prepared and was very solid.
There are a total of thirty-five soldiers, and they live very spaciously inside. Five of them do not have to work. What they have to do every day is to strengthen the defenses. There is no upper limit to this. The more, the bigger, the better. They have already done it themselves. The plan was in place, so Ye Qiong didn't need to worry about this.
After continuing to wander around the base for a while, Ye Qiong arrived at the location of the coal mine. Before he got there, he saw a black shadow running over.
After Dudai smelled Ye Qiong's breath, he went on strike and rushed to Ye Qiong in a hurry.
It had been a long time since we had seen each other. Ye Qiong jumped off the back of the Mustang King and patted his stupid forehead.
According to Ye Qiong's request, the soldiers did not open-pit mining. Instead, they found a higher location and asked Dakui and Daidai to drill a hole. Then they transported the collected coal out of the hole and placed it in the already established Good storage space.
Thirty warriors, plus Dakui and Daidai, can mine about ten tons every day, which is far from enough for the Ye Qiong tribe, so most of it is stored.
When Ye Qiong came here this time, in addition to checking the coal mining situation here, he also had one other thing to do, which was to take Daidai back.
In the past month, I have been busy working on the repeated crossbow in the tribe. Now the repeated crossbow has been made, but Ye Qiong is very dissatisfied with its power, so Ye Qiong plans to go far away to see if he can find new materials for it. Make a repeating crossbow.
After bidding farewell to Ronngling and the others, Ye Qiong rode on the back of the Mustang King and left the coal mining base, with Daidai following behind.
After returning to the tribe, Ye Qiong continued to walk around. Now the construction of the city wall was on track. The soldiers had also slowly gained some experience, and their efficiency had improved a lot.
Ye Qiong's next plan is to build a pyramid residential area. Because of the coal base, it has been put on hold for the time being. There is no manpower available. Although there are many old, weak, sick and disabled people in the tribe who can do some work, let them do it. Heavy physical work is definitely not possible, but slightly easier work is okay, that is, making arrows and iron tools.
There is a tribe within the tribe that specializes in making weapons. There are some experienced old people and some warriors who do physical work. All the weapons in the tribe come from here.
Ye Qiong put the Mustang King back into the stable and rode Dadai to the weapons department.
"Grandpa Kuang, how is the longbow I want?" The weapons department is more like a blacksmith shop, and the sound of clanking can be heard in the distance.
The long bow on Ye Qiong's back came from here, but the long bow of Sandanli has been deformed by Ye Qiong. This cannot be repaired. At least with the current level of the weapons department, it can only be made again. A bow body, leaving the old one for other archers to use.
The person whom Ye Qiong calls Grandpa Kuang is an old man. His full name is Kuang Baichi. His beard and hair are all white, but his waist is still straight, his eyes are stern, and he is in good spirits. Although his tendons have atrophied, they can be used. When people imagine how young an old man is, how muscular his body is.
Kuang Baichi has been working in the tribe all his life and is proficient in all kinds of weapons. Most of the weapons in the tribe were made by Kuang Baichi himself, including the long bow behind Ye Qiong.
The old man had no children in his life and was obsessed with blacksmithing. For the development of the tribe, Ye Tianlong forcibly arranged for two warriors to be his apprentices. At the moment, the two of them were blacksmithing inside. When they saw Ye Qiong coming, they quickly put down the hammer in their hands. He ran over and bowed to Ye Qiong.
Ye Qiong nodded and continued to focus on Kuang Baichi.
Kuang Baichi was mute and couldn't speak. He gestured at Ye Qiong a few times and walked into the wooden house.
Ye Qiong immediately followed and looked at the bow hanging on the wall inside the wooden house, and his eyes suddenly lit up!
