Chapter 85 The Long Journey (8)
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I don’t know if the sufferings I encountered have passed, but after working all night, Chen Nuo and the others did not encounter any attacks from monsters. But it doesn’t mean there are no wild animals around the lake. In fact, after careful observation, Chen Nuo and the others found that there were not many animals coming to drink water around the lake.
Not only are there a brigade of herbivores, but there are also a large number of carnivores. It’s obvious that this is a very safe place, even herbivores and carnivores will drink water here safely.
Although the two sides of drinking water are clearly distinguished, they obviously regard the lake as a non-combat area. So Chen Nuo also stopped the hungry refugees from trying to hunt the bison with lasso, but instead placed the hunting area outside the lake.
Three days allowed Chen Nuo and the others to understand the situation a few kilometers around the lake. The island in the center of the lake was also confirmed to be the original ore of Havata Steel, just like the Goukouren Mine.
However, for Chen Nuo and others, these raw ores are useless. They cannot turn the ore into real hawata steel. First, they do not have any conditions for smelting steel. Second, the raw ore of Hawata steel and hawata steel are completely two different things. It takes many processes to turn from raw ore into real steel ingots, which they know from copper slag.
Of course, even so, Chen Nuo and the others still spent some time to catch all the ores they could collect from the water. Fortunately, there were only some not very ferocious fish in this lake. Although they were not ferocious, they were not small in individuals. These fish were basically the best food supplements for Chen Nuo and the others to hunt for the time being. After all, the bullets were almost exhausted, and it was impossible for Chen Nuo and the others to support hundreds of people by doing it themselves.
However, the number of fish in the lake is limited after all. Although this lake covers a large area, it is impossible to feed hundreds of people. So Chen Nuo and his team are still very difficult during this period, and wild vegetables and mushrooms are basically the standard in fish soup.
For most refugees, such food can only make them unable to starve to death, and by the way, they can accumulate some vitality bit by bit by bit. However, it is basically unlikely to recover to a very healthy life. Of course, Chen Nuo and the others are definitely different.
After a month, everyone recovered from their already amazing body and ripple effects, with basically the injury.
Of course, Chen Nuo and his team's camp has gradually improved from the simplicity of the past. Although there are still few houses, some refugees can only shrink under the eaves when it rains. To be precise, most of them can't hide under the eaves, so they can only hide under the trees or simply cover them with some leaves.
Fortunately, there was no thunder when it rained during this period, otherwise the situation would be worse. In fact, there was no worse situation for them than before. At least during this period, refugees did not lose a large amount of time, and only less than twenty people died intermittently in a month.
Yes! Only twenty people died. After experiencing the situation where seventy or eighty people died of venison after eating a meal. In a month, only twenty people died of diseases, poisonous snakes and even poisonous mushrooms. This is good news for everyone.
However, Chen Nuo and the others did not plan to stay here, because if they continued to stay, it might be difficult for them to leave.
"There are not many fish in the lake, and recently because of our hunting, the bison and elk are no longer here to drink water. So we may either be starved to death or be attacked by carnivores." Chen Rong said while biting the jerky in his hand.
"You mean it's time for us to leave here?" Chen Nuo was holding a wooden stick in his hand, and a rabbit he had hunted himself was stuck on it.
"That's right! If we continue to stay, our salt will be exhausted." Chen Rong couldn't help but say as he looked at Chen Nuo carefully sprinkled with salt flowers.
"..." Chen Nuo looked at the salt flowers in his hand helplessly, then used his fingers to grind the salt flowers into smaller powder and sprinkled them on the hare.
"Can the direction of Hurta be roughly determined?" The sizzling oil dripped on the flames, and the smell of roasted rabbits kept stimulating the noses of the refugees around them, but everyone endured their green eyes and lowered their heads and drank the basically meatless fish soup.
"The general direction can be determined. We found some traces of the original official road mentioned by Eld Road, such as the poured wooden stakes, etc.." Chen Rong also lowered his head and looked at the rabbit in Chen Nuo's hand. Where is the fresh roasted rabbit meat delicious?
"Just be sure!" Chen Nuo tore off a leg from the rabbit and handed it to Chen Rong, and then tore one leg himself, and took the rest to Cheng Kai and the others for a few points.
"I inform Elder Road and the others tonight and we will set off tomorrow." Chen Nuo said with a bite of rabbit meat.
"So fast?" Chen Rong didn't expect Chen Nuo to decide to leave here so soon. He thought that he would always give the refugees time to collect food.
"I guess most people are unwilling to leave if I keep staying there." Chen Nuo looked at the refugees and said, everyone wanted to have a safe place, and for those refugees, it was at least stable for the time being. Although they couldn't eat enough, they couldn't starve to death, but once they embarked on a journey, they might not be sure, and they might starve to death halfway through the journey.
"If I don't leave, I'm worried that those people will drag everyone here and not leave." People are lazy. When they can barely get enough food and clothing as long as they don't move, Chen Nuo probably thinks that some people would rather drag everyone here than embark on a road that would starve to death.
"That's right!" Chen Rong actually heard some voices, basically those lazy bugs who were unwilling to hunt, thinking about staying here.
When Chen Nuo and the others announced their departure from the camp, they naturally encountered great opposition. After all, most refugees failed to save much food, so it would be nice to be able to eat when they were hungry and full.
Compared to walking on an unknown journey while hungry, squatting in this place with water and food obviously combines the psychology of most people. After all, why should I die while I am alive? It’s just that my arms can’t resist my thighs.
When most of the prey was captured by Chen Nuo and the others, the refugees actually didn't have much say. Because even if they didn't leave, Chen Nuo and the others would leave alone.
No one knew how Eldro finally told the refugees to follow, and no one paid attention to what the dozens of refugees they chose to stay were thinking.
Chen Nuo walked in front with his head down, and the long knife on his waist kept shaking with the swing of his legs. From the weather, the weather they chose to set off was quite good. The breeze brought a lot of fresh air, perhaps because it was already May, which is the moon of flowers. Many wild fruit trees were in full bloom.
If time is pushed back for a few days, maybe Chen Nuo and the others can harvest some wild fruits, of course it will take one or two months. It will take one or two months to wait for the fruits to mature, and Chen Nuo will never do such a thing. Because there are too many uncertain factors for such a long time, this vibrant wilderness is not a kind place.
When Chen Nuo and the others were few, they could run wildly and explore many places in a short period of time. However, when the large army marched, it took them a full day to reach the official road ruins from Senta to Hurta.
Yes! The erected wooden stake is the so-called remains. The remaining wooden stakes have been half-lost on the ground. The weeds are growing under the stubbornness, and there are no traces of roads around them. If it weren't for the remaining signs on the stakes, Chen Nuo and the others would not be able to identify whether this is a road sign.
Finding the road sign means that they finally returned from a lost state to a normal road, but this does not mean that Chen Nuo and the others will arrive at Hurta very quickly. Returning to the right path is just to prevent them from going wrong paths, but according to their current course, it still takes more than two weeks to go to Hurta.
Even though Chen Nuo and the others prepared some food and drinking water, they were still a little hesitant when facing such a journey, let alone those refugees.
Chapter completed!