Throne of Vientiane Civilization

At this moment, Zhou Xu himself was extremely excited.

After all, when he grew up, he never did this kind of thing again.

Pressing the basket, he could feel the mouse rushing around inside. After a brief moment of excitement, Zhou Xu's body tensed up when he realized what he was going to do next.

Exhaling a long breath, Zhou Xu opened the basket slightly.

Noticing the mouse that opened here, he naturally burrowed towards it immediately, and was caught by him!

During this process, he clasped the mouse's head with his thumb and forefinger fairly neatly.

"Look, grab it like this, lest the mouse open its mouth to bite someone in a hurry, and then..."

Zhou Xu paused when he said this.

It is impossible for them to bring a live mouse with them. The best way is to catch it and kill it directly.

Under this premise, of course he would not feel pity for a mouse, but as a city dweller who has never killed anything except cockroaches and insects, now that such a living creature is in his hands, he wants to kill it , he really had to do some psychological construction for himself.

In fact, he could have other options.

That is to hand over the mouse to Feique, or any member of the tribe.

Believe that they are absolutely agile.

But Zhou Xu knew in his heart that doing so was, to put it bluntly, an escape.

Now in this primitive world, if he wants to survive, he must pass this hurdle!

[Don't hesitate, just break its neck, that's a matter of an instant. 】

With this in mind, Zhou Xu's other hand had already grabbed the mouse's head and made a twisting motion.

During this period, the mouse, which seemed to realize what was going to happen, began to struggle violently, and kept making 'squeak' sounds.

The rat's violent struggle made Zhou Xu involuntarily tense, and at the same time realized that he could no longer hesitate.

Taking a deep breath, he bent his heart, and exerted force with both hands!

At that moment, he clearly heard the sound of the mouse's neck being wrung by him, and at the same time, the spasm and twitch of the mouse's body were constantly fed back along his hands.

In his previous life, as a very normal and good citizen, he had never broken the neck of a living thing with both hands.

That feeling made his scalp numb, even his stomach felt uncomfortable, and he felt a sense of nausea.

But he quickly suppressed this feeling.

Because he knows that he is now the leader of the Salt Lake Tribe, and his subordinates are all watching him now.

As a leader, he must maintain sufficient majesty.

"Okay, just break its neck like this."

While speaking, Zhou Xu, who had secretly adjusted his emotions, calmly spread his palms, and presented the lifeless mouse in front of all the tribe members.

"This matter is very simple. What is needed is patience and a good grasp of the timing. You should understand everything, right?"

Facing the question, the tribe members nodded one after another.

"Now we have eight traps. If all of them are concentrated in one place, the efficiency will be too low. Therefore, around this area, everyone must be scattered everywhere."

While talking, Zhou Xu handed the dead mouse to Feique and let him hold it.

"Today I will confirm the location of the trap for everyone, and every day after that..."

Having said that, Zhou Xu's voice paused, and his eyes fell on Feique.

"Feique, after you distribute the water for everyone in the morning, you can bring the hunting team here to set traps and hunt. You don't have to wait for me to come out and make arrangements one by one. I will tell you about other arrangements later. "

"yes!"

After arranging the eight traps separately, Zhou Xu heaved a sigh of relief, feeling like he had accomplished a great event.

Looking up at the sky, at this moment, the sky is completely bright.

Today is not as gloomy as yesterday, through the clouds, you can still vaguely see the sun hiding behind.

Calculating the time, it is now estimated that it should be ninety o'clock in the morning.

After all, they got up early today, and the day has just begun.

But next, Zhou Xu didn't plan to stay in the Black Forest any longer. According to his plan, he still had a lot of things to do.

At this moment, he had to rush back to the tribe first.

This side is not far from the tribe. After walking for a while, I soon saw the outline of the tribe.

The members of the tribe that he had arranged to patrol around the tribe at that time hurried up to salute after seeing him.

"You guys came just in time. The other team continued to patrol. The three of you came with me to help."

"yes!"

In response, Zhou Xu led them directly to the salt water lake.

[If there are fish in this lake, then the food problem can at least be solved by half. 】

Looking at the lake in front of him, Zhou Xu thought in his heart.

Currently, he has two guesses about this saline lake.

The first guess is that the bottom of the salt lake is connected to the sea, which was formed by the influx of sea water.

If this is the case, there will definitely be fish from the sea swimming in, and then they will be able to increase their food smoothly.

As for the second guess...

That is, this salt lake is formed by the gushing of groundwater.

The reason why the lake is salty is because there are salt mines under the ground.

For Zhou Xu at this time, he certainly hoped for the former.

"Have you ever caught fish?"

Facing the problem, the three tribe members who followed looked at each other in dismay.

Obviously didn't know what he was talking about.

"It's the water that swims in."

Zhou Xu made gestures while talking, trying to make them understand what he meant.

However, the three of them still shook their heads together, which made Zhou Xu basically confirm that they had no concept of fishing.

[Looks like I still have to do it myself. 】

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu walked to a place where the lake was submerged up to his calf, and then reached out to dig up a handful of mud.

The pulpy and sticky texture basically met his expectations.

"You three, dig some of this mud up. I'll go to this lake to have a look, and I'll come up in a while."

When he was a child, he often went to swim in the pond or river in the village in summer, and now he was not afraid to plunge into this lake, but it made the three tribe members standing beside him stunned for a while.

At this moment, Zhou Xu obviously didn't have time to take care of them. After holding his breath and diving for a while, he poked his head out at a position almost ten meters away from the lake surface.

"call--"

Wiping the lake water from his face, he quickly took a breath of fresh air, and then dived down again.

After diving for two consecutive rounds, Zhou Xu swam back to the shore slowly, and then, as if he lost his strength, he slumped on the shore, panting heavily.

【Oh, it should be groundwater. 】