After leaving the beach, there is another huge rocky beach, but the rocks here are much neater and larger than the rocky beach next to the tribe. The rocky beach is covered with moss and mussels, but because it has been washed by the lake for a long time, this The side was too slippery, and the cloth shoes the two of them wore were not good at anti-slip, so they bypassed the rocky beach and walked along the foot of the rocky mountain.
The old salt mountain that A Xu mentioned before is located at the end of the rocky beach, and the two of them walked there for about half an hour. There were white crushed salt rocks scattered nearby, covered with mud, and looked extremely dirty. There is also a huge stone cave entrance on the Salt Mountain. It is hard to tell whether it was formed naturally or was mined artificially for a long time.
"This is the old salt mountain that A Xu mentioned, right?" Chen Qi looked at the surrounding situation, only this mountain was bare without any plants, only white salt rocks.
"Do you want to go in and have a look?" Looking at the dark hole, Aze asked a little worried. If he was the only one who was fine, he would never want the other party to encounter any danger with Chen Qi.
The cave in this salt mountain is obviously much deeper than the other one. Even though the entrance of the cave is opened wide, the sunlight cannot penetrate into the depth at all, and the situation inside cannot be seen clearly from outside the cave entrance.
Chen Qi pondered for a while, "Let's make some torches before going in."
They made a lot of torches when they were in Qize City. The two of them skillfully made five or six torches in a short time. A torch can burn for about fifteen minutes to half an hour. Chen Qi didn't want to burn it in the cave. After staying in the cave for too long, he lit the torch and walked into the cave.
Aze walked beside him, reached out to hold Chen Qi's other free hand, raised his five senses to the highest level, and was always paying attention to the surrounding situation. Chen Qi turned around and smiled, inserted his fingers into the opponent's, and clasped his fingers tightly.
This cave has been abandoned for too long and no one has taken care of it. The gravel is scattered everywhere. The ground is not wet, but it is not easy to walk. It is possible to see some reddish-brown sandstone mixed in it. Compared with the other salt mountain, the salt stone here has more impurities. No wonder the orcs will abandon this place.
The cave was very deep and the space was very large. There was nothing special about it except for the unchanging stone walls. When the second torch was lit, Chen Qi noticed a little light in the distance.
"Is this cave connected to the whole mountain?" Chen Qi was slightly surprised.
"Be careful." As soon as Chen Qi finished speaking, Aze suddenly stepped forward to block Chen Qi, and then Chen Qi heard the sound of flapping wings, and quickly raised the re-lit torch, looking in the direction of the sound When I went there, I saw that the top of the cave wall was densely covered with dark bats.
Although Chen Qi didn't have any intensive phobia, he couldn't help getting goosebumps all over his body when he saw this scene. He bent down slightly, pulled Aze up and walked quickly towards the light source in front of him, "Let's get out of here quickly, Be careful not to be bitten by a bat." This thing seems to contain rabies virus. There is no vaccine in this world, and it will be troublesome if you are bitten.
Receiving Chen Qi's reminder, Aze's movements became more careful, and only when the bat rushed towards the two of them did he slap each other to the ground.
Although the light source seemed far away, the distance was not that long. The two of them arrived at the entrance of the cave not long after, but the bats in the cave did not come out. Chen Qi nervously checked whether there was any wound on A Ze's body, and made sure that the other party was really He breathed a sigh of relief when he was unharmed.
Seeing that Chen Qi was worried about him, A Ze pursed his lips and smiled, "This kind of little thing can't hurt me."
"Of course, my family, Aze, is the best." Chen Qi never hesitated to praise his partner, which made Aze's ears redden awkwardly.
The hole here is more than half smaller than the one that came in. It looks like it was purposely opened for light transmission. The hole is facing a rocky mountain. There are many green plants growing sparsely on the rocky mountain. It seems that this bare salt mountain is particularly conspicuous.
After looking around, he didn't find anything special. Chen Qi was a little puzzled, "Where are the transparent salts that A Xu mentioned? We walked all the way and didn't see them."
"I seem to have seen it just now."
"Where is it?" He walked with Aze along the way, it's impossible that Aze saw him but didn't.
Aze pointed to the dark cave, "It's where we met the bat just now."
"..."
Thinking of the densely packed bats on the top of the cave wall and the unpleasant smell just now, Chen Qi really didn't want to go in and have a look again, but he was already here, and he felt a little unwilling not to go in and have a look.
Chen Qi sighed, "Let's go in and have a look."
Of course, Chen Qi didn't intend to just go in like this. He found some dry branches and some green leaves nearby, tied them together, lit them together with a torch and threw them into the cave, intending to use fire and smoke to burn the inside of the cave. The bats disperse first.
Chen Qi found a piece of cloth in his backpack, tore it in half, handed one piece to Aze, and took the other piece to tie his mouth and nose, "The smell inside is too bad, it probably contains toxins, you can It would be better to tie up the mouth and nose like me." Those bats don't know how many years they have been here, and the feces on the ground are probably several centimeters thick. Naturally, you have to be fully prepared.
After there were no more bats flying out of the cave entrance, Chen Qicai lit a torch and stepped into the cave. A Ze led the way in front. There was a bifurcated intersection not far from the cave entrance, and this intersection was facing them from the beginning. Chen Qi didn't see it, but he couldn't escape the eyes of Aze, who could barely see in the dark.
After turning into the fork in the road, the bats were completely invisible. Chen Qi looked down at his feet, and found that gray salt stones appeared again under his feet. The surrounding cave walls were more translucent, and the torches could still reflect light. .
"Are these mineral salts?" Chen Qi touched the translucent cave wall in surprise, feeling slightly cool to the touch.
After walking for a short distance, Chen Qi found that besides the mineral salt, there were two other things that Chen Qi could barely identify, gypsum and saltpeter, these two were symbiotic with the mineral salt, and there were some other things that were obviously different the ore, but Chen Qi didn't know it.
Although it is a happy thing to find gypsum, what surprised Chen Qi was the discovery of saltpeter. This thing is simply too useful. This thing can make gunpowder. In this primitive society, there are not many cold weapons. Well, if gunpowder can be produced, what is a mere hyena dragon? If it dares to come, it will be blown up so that it can't go back.
Chen Qi was so excited that he couldn't help himself. He asked Aze to dig out some gypsum and saltpeter, and put them carefully in his backpack. After all, he was still holding a torch, so he didn't dare to stay in the cave for too long. After leaving, when I came out, I encountered bats that started to turn back again, and another battle of dodging was inevitable.
If you want to come here to collect saltpeter in the future, you have to let these annoying guys move their nests, Chen Qi thought while cleaning up a bit of feces on his shoulders while cleaning it up.
After getting the unexpected harvest, Chen Qi didn't want to stay here any longer, he looked at the sky and planned to go back home. On the way back, there was no need to observe the surroundings slowly, so Chen Qi asked Aze to carry him back, but he still made a detour to the place where the turtles laid their eggs.
The sea turtle had long since disappeared, only a pile of newly covered sand was hidden under a tall rock. Chen Qi pulled the sand away and saw that it was full of white eggs, probably larger than ordinary eggs. double the size.
Chen Qi couldn't help but whistled, and signaled Aze to take off his backpack, took out the turtle eggs inside one by one, patted off the soil stained on them, and put them into the backpack, there were as many as fifty or sixty.
"Today's harvest is really good. I will boil eggs for you when I go back." Chen Qi happily helped A Ze carry his backpack, "A Ze, why don't we go to those rocky mountains inside tomorrow, maybe we will There are unexpected surprises." If he can find sulfur, he can get out the gun/powder, but there seems to be no volcano here, so it is not so easy to find sulfur.
Aze looked at Chen Qi's excited expression, and said with a smile, "Okay."
When they went back, the two caught a few giant crabs running rampant in front of them, maybe because they could easily catch octopuses with a jar, or because they didn't find any large hunting creatures when the water receded today. When he came back, he only saw Ale and a group of young females flopping about in the water, and Ale was pointing at the awkward females irritably. Why are these people so stupid? They didn't learn it after pointing it out for a long time. Thinking about Chen Qi teaching him, he found the trick in a short time. A Le couldn't help but feel a little complacent in comparison.
Similarly, Ah Shu, who kept sinking into the water after flopping a few times, was also an impatient person. He flicked his wet bangs, "It must be because your teaching method is wrong. We have already learned what Chen Qijiao said."
A Le crossed his hips and snorted softly, "Obviously you guys are too stupid, that's how Chen Qi taught me."
Ah Shu splashed water on his pocket, and retorted: "I will let Chen Qi teach me tomorrow, and I will definitely learn to show you in a long time."
A Le, who was splashed all over his face, gritted his back molars, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards A Shu, saying every word in a sinister manner: "Chen Qi said that he can learn by drinking two sips of water, I I think it is necessary for you to try it yourself, maybe you don’t have to wait until tomorrow, and you can swim two laps in a while.”
Ah Shu felt his little heart throbbing. It was a hot day but he felt a chill behind his back. Just when the two of them were almost wrestling with each other, a female next to her saw her walking slowly on the beach. The two of them quickly shouted Chen Qi's name.
A Le, who had already pressed Ah Shu's head and wanted to push him into the water, quickly let go, saw Chen Qi looking over, and smiled embarrassingly, "We were just joking." He touched Ah Shu's arm behind him.
Ah Shu rolled his eyes, and nodded reluctantly, he never thought that Ah Le was so afraid of Chen Qi, maybe he could use this matter to restrain him in the future. Ah Shu rolled his eyes, thinking quickly in his mind.