Chronicles of Primordial Wars
Chapter 409: Crocodile Catchers
From that little tributary in the hunting area, to the wider river, to find the main river painted on that map, it took Shao Xuan more than twenty days. Moreover, Shao Xuan had been in a hurry for more than twenty days and had not made much pause. He did not expect that it would take so long just to find the main river.
No wonder the Thai tribes say that their ancestors went out looking for medicine plants that year, walked away for a year, and if it was for some seasonal flowering results, the drug collectors would even wait longer because they might have missed the time and could only wait for the next year.
Shao Xuan didn't have to wait, he just had to find a place.
Turning over a tree, Shao Xuan stood on the branches, took out a scroll of animal hide and looked at the map he had drawn and guessed where he was now. There is no positioning navigation, it can only be judged by where it passes and by the general environment.
The surrounding trees are not tall, the ground is wet, there are plenty of pits and lots of aquatic plants.
This area belongs to the swamp area. In order to quickly find the main river, Shao Xuan passed directly through this dangerous swamp and did not walk from the safer mountains. Although mountainous areas are also in crisis, they are better than marshlands.
Now, the surrounding trees are not dense, and the sparkling light shines beneath them. When Shao Xuan stands on the branches of the tree and looks at the map, he must also separate his energies to look around.
“It should be nice here.” Shao Xuan looked at a great river not far away and calculated how long it would take to find Gongjiashan. He only knows some vague geographic information, can't find details, and if it doesn't go well, it will take longer.
I was thinking, Shao Xuan's eyelids moved, couldn't help but put away the beast leather roll in his hand, his legs pressed hard, instantly jumped apart.
At the next moment of Operation Shao Xuan, the calm water beneath the tree broke open, a huge slightly narrow mouth full of pointed teeth, facing up, the direction bitten is where Shao Xuan just stood.
It's a crocodile, huge, more than 10 meters long, and Shao Xuan has no time to speculate. Because of the sudden jump, some aquatic plants and leaves floating on the water were also lifted high.
The slightly cloudy water beads, as the rising waves scattered around, Shao Xuan could even smell the dirt and water grass of the mud, and the smell of killing.
Those cold eyes, without a hint of emotion, looked at Shao Xuan in the air, and opened his big mouth to bite, only Shao Xuan first stepped back, it bit only the branch where Shao Xuan had just stood.
Knock!
The crisp and decisive sound of the fracture suggests that the coarse branch of a man is as easy for this crocodile as biting a biscuit.
Where Shao Xuan was standing, at least seven meters from the ground, the crocodile easily crossed that altitude, even over his entire head. The big mouth of the bite, due to the upward trend, continues to rise, Shao Xuan can see its nasal cavity, which is bigger than the average crocodile.
Without a hit, the crocodile did not give up, but swung his head vigorously in the air, his biting mouth opened again, sweeping towards Shao Xuan's side for a second scratch.
With this crocodile kiss front teeth construction like hooks, they are better at catching prey, and as long as Shao Xuan's body is bitten into place, even if it is just a leg or a corner, it will be tugged away tightly.
However, Shao Xuan reacted too quickly, and even though the crocodile had been captured for a second time, Shao Xuan was still out of its scratch range. It's only a half-body's distance away, but by this time, the crocodile had begun to land, unable to make a third bite.
The closing mouth made a thumping noise, and the jaw epidermis with scaly armor shivered due to the occlusal motion, seemingly releasing the master's unwillingness. Finally, the crocodile crashed into the water, smashing up a lot of cloudy water flowers carrying water grass.
After falling back into the water, the crocodile did not rise again, leaving as the ripples fluctuated towards the distance.
Shao Xuan landed on another tree, but did not stop. Instead, he continued to jump several times. Seventy-eight meters tall branches were not safe at all. He had to find a bigger tree to rest in, so it would always be safer. The water underneath the tree was deeper than he thought, otherwise those crocodiles would not be able to hide their bodies altogether.
As Shao Xuan searched for a taller tree, he encountered another leaping crocodile. At the same time, Shao Xuan bounced off the bronze sword he had been given in the air, twisting his waist and flipping it. His arm held the bronze sword and swayed smoothly. The sword blade was severely chopped on the crocodile's mouth.
Whoa!
The tremor conveyed by the sword shows the stiffness of these alligator scales. However, they were still cut by Shao Xuan, who also broke one of his teeth. If Shao Xuan had more strength, he could probably try to cut the alligator's jaw directly into a gap.
This marshland, like traveling through crocodile teeth, is very dangerous, and that's why the ancestors of the Thai tribe focused on this marshland, and if the people of the Thai river are going through here, be very careful.
This swamp is so vast that Shao Xuan, after finding taller trees, tried to find land, and not all the river banks were swamped. But there is no land, Shao Xuan doesn't know, even the ancestors of the Thai River left no notes or maps. Shao Xuan can only find it on his own.
Close the map, Shao Xuan continues to jump over the marshland, he is not good enough to leave in the direction away from the river, far from the river bank, can indeed leave this wet marshland more quickly, but then Shao Xuan does not know whether the position of the main trunk tributary can be determined, after all, the main tributary has been bent several times, not along a straight line.
After a half day of marshland next to the great river, Shao Xuan saw the large forest ahead, the taller and more lush forest, and the mountains.
The swamp is coming to an end. Shao Xuan thought.
The number of crocodiles around is much smaller. The rivers that have passed before, there is always a lot of crocodile activity on the banks of the river, and the swamp area often shows the figure of the crocodile, but the further this way, Shao Xuan rarely sees one.
Like the beasts in the mountains, a huge crocodile needs to occupy enough area to get food for its survival. Within such a large range, few crocodiles have been seen... This is not yet out of the dangerous area circled by the Thai ancestors, it should still be the crocodile's land. Something abnormal must have happened for a reason. Shao Xuan was more vigilant in his heart.
As he rushed towards the woodland, Shao Xuan's afterglow glimpsed what was floating on the river.
After jumping to the tall tree, Shao Xuan looked at the river.
There was a swarm of water grass on the river, but after careful observation of the structure, Shao Xuan sensed a slight discord.
The grass floats on the surface of the river as it ripples up and down.
Boom!
That group of aquatic plants shook, floated a little louder, and there were splashes of water flowers from inside. At the same time, Shao Xuan felt that the sound of the impact was very strange. At that time, there were more than one sound, which seemed to carry the sound of metal collision.
What the hell is that?
Shao Xuan stared at the herb. There seemed to be something in it.
Crocodiles trapped in aquatic plants?
No, take a closer look, that bunch of water grass is square, and the two sides of the water grass are... wood?
Due to several severe vibrations, there is a bit of looseness on the sides of the aquatic plants, and the exposed areas on both sides can be seen as trunks.
It's not aquatic! That's a cage!! A trap!!!
Shao Xuan's heart tremor, if it was a trap, meant that there was human activity around it, and he also made a trap, look at the size, it should be to catch prey in the water.
Some fishermen fish by netting, some by fishing, while others catch by water traps. However, the third one is rare, and this is the first time Shao Xuan has seen a crocodile trap.
Boom!
The crocodiles trapped in it struggled to crash again, making the grass covered looser and allowing Shao Xuan to see the trap more clearly.
It was a metal cage. People from the Flaming Horn, Thai River and other tribes were reluctant to make a trap out of metal. Although the copper apparatus had begun to spread, the use of copper apparatus had always been very economical, even if it was a trap, it would not be worth so much to make one. How big is the crocodile in the river? How much metal does such a cage have to be at least 15 meters long?
The further away from the six cities, the less copper should be used. When Shao Xuan came here, he also saw people from other tribes. He recently met a tribe. He also used very little copper when hunting.
Shao Xuan was very surprised to suddenly see such a large metal cage.
At the same time, Shao Xuanshi measured, is it possible that he is close to Gongjiashan? Others use less copper, but the craftsmen can be different, and besides, those who can create such a crocodile trap are certainly not ordinary tribesmen.
Shao Xuan was also anxious to leave. He found a suitable tree, stood up on the branches and hid, waiting. Now that the trap has caught its prey, it is believed that those who set the trap will soon arrive, and if the struggle continues with the crocodile in the cage, the trap will suffer even more.
Indeed, without much conference, Shao Xuan heard someone approaching quickly, the voice was not loud, the other party was very good at walking through the jungle and listening to the noise, the other party should know the area very well, when acting decisively, without hesitation to pause, quite confident.
The roaring noise quickly reached not far from the bank of the river. Shao Xuan looked over and then stunned.
I didn't see the front, but at first glance, I thought it was a small crocodile moving, but then I saw that it was actually a human figure, and it revealed human hands.
It's like a crocodile, and even when the clan of clans totem, it doesn't look like one.
However, going on to observe, Shao Xuan found that this was actually a man in alligator skin.
When the people of the tribe used the force of totem to totem, it was a change in the five officials, bones, etc., and this person, only wearing a layer of alligator skin, still looks almost the same as the average person.