The Mustang King deliberately slowed down a bit so that the Snow Demon Wolf behind him could keep up with him.
The Snow Wolf, which has been domesticated for countless years, can tell which animals are its companions, so the Mustang King can coexist peacefully with the Snow Wolf.
When the Wild Horse King first came to the tribe, he was still a little afraid of the Snowy Demon Wolf. After all, one of them ate meat and the other was a vegetarian. However, the friendliness shown by the Snowy Demonic Wolf quickly made the Wild Horse King and the entire wild horse herd adapt.
Riding Juechen, ten snow-covered demon wolves followed behind him.
As he galloped towards the tribe, Ye Qiong looked back from time to time to remember the location clearly.
The distance of thirty kilometers was neither far nor close. During the winter, Ye Qiong specially sent a small team of soldiers to explore the surrounding tribes.
The tribe in this dense forest has not been included in the statistics. It belongs to an unknown tribe, and its strength and number are unknown.
As long as they don't come out of the dense forest, no soldiers will specially run in during the winter. After all, after entering, all it takes is a snowstorm to bury the entire outer edge of the dense forest.
It is impossible to walk several kilometers through snow that can bury trees with your legs.
Ye Qiong and Mustang King were trapped in the snow of the avalanche. They dug for several days with the help of two long-tailed bears and more than a hundred people to get him out.
If a normal person or a small team is trapped in a dense forest, the snow will only bury the outer edges of the forest and they will have to wait until the next spring to come out again.
Soon, the team returned to the tribe. Ye Qiong got off his horse, let the horse king go back to the stable, and then returned to the laboratory.
What Ye Qiong is more interested in now is the soil he brought back in his pocket.
Ye Qiong was more interested in this than the tribe and target in the dense forest.
After all, there are so many tribes, not less than one or two. Although towering trees are very rare on Snow Star, there is no shortage of wood, and rare minerals and rare metals are what Ye Qiong wants most.
In Ye Qiong's last life, gold was considered the most valuable metal in the eyes of normal people, but the fact is that any rare metal cannot be compared to gold, especially some that cannot be refined in laboratories and can only be collected in nature. Rare metals are necessary for some experiments that can determine the future of mankind, so their value is unimaginable. Several special rare metals are hard to find, and it is impossible to measure this thing with money.
To put it simply, everything in the periodic table of elements that is valued in grams is very precious.
The most expensive thing is called francium. Calculated in terms of monetary value or collection cost, one gram is worth several billions.
Uranium, for example, used to make atomic bombs, is so expensive that it has nothing to do with ordinary people.
Ye Qiong does not expect to be able to get these rare elements by himself. The thing that Ye Qiong is most interested in now is iron. What he is more interested in than iron is copper ore and magnetite.
Steel is a necessity in the industrial age, and with copper ore and magnetite, Ye Qiong can produce electricity.
After having electricity...
Humanity will accelerate in the direction of bright science and technology.
Ye Qiong took out the soil from his pocket, then took two cups, filled them with water, poured all the soil in, stirred it with a stick, and then stared at it carefully.
Under the stirring of the wooden stick, the entire soil spreads into the cup. According to the law of conservation of energy, nothing in the cup will disappear directly. Only water can be volatilized.
Soil is soluble in water, so things in the soil that are insoluble in water can be easily extracted.
Finding a piece of linen cloth on the shelf nearby, Ye Qiong began to filter. Soon, the water and soil in the cup were filtered into another cup, and the remaining granular things were Something that Ye Qiong was interested in.
This method is simple, crude, and primitive, but it can only filter out a very small amount of metal particles.
For the metal elements that are rich in stones, this method will not work. Without factories and equipment, the only way is to use fire, melt them at high temperatures, and then extract them. The efficiency is very, very low.
Ye Qiong poured all the extracted small particles into a small bottle and prepared to continue research. The amount now is too small and he must go there several times to collect more samples.
These collected small particles were placed on the shelf next to the bottle together with the bottle, and then a marked bamboo piece was placed at the mouth of the bottle.
When I walked out of the laboratory, the sky had already darkened, and today was considered a fulfilling day.
Ye Qiong returned to the small house where he lived, lay on the bed and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, the warm starlight shone on the earth. If Ye Qiong were asked to give a name to the star on the slope of the blue mother star, Ye Qiong would definitely call it the sun simply and crudely.
day!
Warm light begins to cover the earth. The ground where tender grass sprouted just two days ago has turned green. It is unimaginable that if we push forward half a month, the entire planet is still covered in ice. Sealed.
If you don't think about the long eighteen months of winter, just judging from the current scene, Xuexing is really a vibrant planet.
Within the tribe, the ice wall has completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
All that is left are the tall towers on the edges and in the center, which look lonely and lonely.
On each high tower, there are two warriors responsible for maintaining the giant crossbows. They are currently conducting daily routine inspections, wiping them clean to prevent rust, and then making sure there are no other problems before they come down to do their work. Something else.
In winter, there are people standing guard on the tower 24 hours a day, but after spring, there is no need for it.
The beast tide has dissipated, and the mad people will not risk attacking the tribe because they have enough food.
On the contrary, after spring, they are more afraid of humans and will find a corner to hide.
After all, in spring and summer, humans have sufficient supplies and food. If the madmen attack the tribes without a long-sighted approach and take the lead in attacking, the human tribes will run away directly, and then they can unite with several tribes to fight back.
Only in winter, human tribes can only defend themselves against the tide of beasts or crazy crowds. In winter, giving away supplies and food is no different from committing suicide.
After spring, things will be different...
If you want supplies and food, I'll give them to you. Then I'll call people to kill you together.
So as far as crazy people are concerned, after spring, they will find a place to hang out. After all, just find a place without humans to stay. There is no need to worry about food, and there is no need to hoard supplies and food. Eat as much as you can until winter comes. , the supplies and food that humans have worked so hard to store are just for them.
Ye Qiong looked up to the sky and whistled, and the Mustang King ran over immediately. After riding on the Mustang King, Ye Qiong went straight to the coal mine base...
