The next morning, after the sun came out, the weather became hot again. If it weren't for the stagnant water in the grass, no one would have noticed that there was a heavy rain yesterday.
Everyone checked their luggage, because a lot of things were cleared out to dry last night, and the animal skin backpacks had to be dried before they could be used. It took a lot of time to put all the things away, so Ah Xu was just in the river A few more fish were caught and brought up, and we settled for breakfast and lunch before setting off.
Ah Yan has returned to normal, Chen Qi saw that his expression was the same as usual, so he didn't bother to explain to him again, who asked him to test himself, maybe the other party misunderstood and could solve a lot of troubles.
The previous straw hats were originally made with weeds to cover the sun, but they fell apart after being soaked by the rain yesterday. At this moment, Chen Qi made two new ones and gave them to A Ze before setting off.
After walking through the unaffected grass a few hundred meters ahead, the surrounding weeds began to show traces of being burned, which was probably wiped out by the rain soon, only some leaves were smoked into charred black, the further we walked, The situation became more and more serious until there were no green plants to be seen any more. All that could be seen was the bare reddish-brown soil and charcoal ash all over the ground, which shows how severe the fire was.
Looking at the scene in front of them, everyone's faces were not very good-looking. They were a little scared and a little lucky. If they walked a little further last night before stopping, the pile of luggage would undoubtedly be lost.
"Let's go." Ah Xu kicked away a blackened stone at his feet, and walked in front of the crowd first, and the others quickly followed.
On the barren plain where no vegetation can be seen, only a group of orcs carrying animal skin backpacks four or five times their size were rushing forward under the scorching sun. As the crowd passed by, a long-lasting dust was raised.
It was almost sunset on this section of the road before finally walking through it completely. Seeing the familiar green vegetation, the depressed expression on the faces of the orcs faded a lot.
After being dried, the charcoal ash would rise up as soon as people stepped on it, and then it would be blown by the wind straight to the orcs. When the orcs found a place to rest, they were almost completely black.
Ah Shu pointed at the few dark fingerprints left by Ah Le because he wiped off the sweat on his face with his hands, and laughed so hard that Ah Le almost wanted to catch him and start a fight.
A Ming came over and knocked A Shu on the head, and helped A Le unload his luggage, "This place is not far from the river, you guys go wash up, and bring some water back by the way."
The two agreed and set off with a pottery plate in their arms.
Because I was traveling, I didn’t bring many cooking tools. There were only two pottery plates and a few pottery bowls. All the others were replaced by lightweight bamboo tubes. The bamboo tubes can also be used as water containers during the day. Much more convenient for those heavy crockery.
Because Chen Qi had been burying his head behind A Ze to catch his sleep, and A Ze was standing in front of him, he was the cleanest of the group, so he found a set of clean clothes for A Ze and asked him to go Washing by the river, he went to the cleared space to help cook and eat. Now there are a group of females taking a bath by the river, so he is too embarrassed to run over there.
"Go and rest, just leave it to us." Seeing Chen Qi approaching, Ah Yan was a little nervous.
Ah Xu, who had just brought over the big bamboo tube with water, glanced at him strangely, and handed the bamboo tube to Chen Qi, "There is not much water left here, you can make some tea first, and wait for Ah Le to pour the water Come back and cook the food."
Chen Qi took the things over and nodded, looking at Ah Xu's face which was also completely dark, he couldn't help but smile, "Go to the river to wash up too."
Compared with Chen Qi, who was fairly clean, Ah Xu's current appearance would be described as light and dusty, and he was a bit embarrassed, similar to the appearance of crawling out after rolling in a pile of carbon. Ah Xu touched his nose in embarrassment, but a fingerprint was left on the touched place, which looked even more ridiculous.
After handing the bamboo tube to Chen Qi, Ah Xu said hello to Ah Yan, then went to get a set of clean clothes and went to the river.
Chen Qi put the pottery plate on the fire, and poured the water from the bamboo tube into it. The bamboo tubes were just half filled with water. After the water boiled, Chen Qi put a bunch of daisies in it. Stretch out in the water quickly, and even though the sun is about to set, a little daisy tea will cool you down a bit.
Seeing the completely empty bamboo tube on the side, Ah Yan hesitated for a moment, walked over, pointed to the diabolo tubes next to it, and asked Chen Qi, "Let me get some water."
Before Chen Qi could answer, a nimble figure suddenly ran in front of the two of them, perhaps because the man was panting slightly because he ran too fast, "Uncle Ayan, there is a corpse of an armored dragon over there."
Chen Qi turned his head to look over, and found that it was the female named Ayu from the Yanshan tribe. Every time Ayan found a place to rest, Ayan would suggest to check the surrounding environment. This is his experience when camping in the wild. You can see if there are any hidden dangers around, and you can also check if there are any edible wild fruits around, and now you can add to see if there are any edible wild vegetables.
Ayu was one of the people who went out to investigate this time. Because he saw the milk fruit, he walked a little farther, but unexpectedly found an armored dragon that had been dead for a long time. There was a bite mark on the neck of the armored dragon. The place is intact, it looks like a fatal blow.
On this kind of plain where there is no trace of biological activity, a dragon that just died not long ago appeared here, and it is still the iron-clad dragon known as the strongest defense of dragons. This has to make people think too much.
Ayan frowned, her face became serious, "Are you sure what you saw was an armored dragon? Are there any traces of other dragons around?"
Ayu shook his head, "Even if there were other dragons who stayed around here, yesterday's rain washed away their traces. I only found the body of the armored dragon, and I didn't go deep to investigate. I plan to Come back and talk to you first."
Ah Yan patted him on the shoulder in admiration, "You are guarding near the camp first, I will call Ah Xu and the others back and see how to deal with it."
After finishing speaking, Ayan walked towards the river, and took those diabolo tubes with her in a hurry.
Chen Qi looked at A Yu who was still a little out of breath, and poured him a cup of freshly brewed daisy tea, "You should drink some tea first."
Ah Yu gratefully took it, and took a big sip from the pottery bowl, but it was scalded, so he could only gently cool the tea inside while holding the pottery bowl, while vigilantly paying attention to the surrounding situation.
There are several other females guarding the camp, and there are females on alert on the acacia tree next door. Even if a dragon suddenly attacks, they can climb up the tree immediately.
It didn't take long for Ah Yan to come back with Ah Xu and his group. Everyone's hair was wet and dripping water droplets. The camouflage clothes on the shoulders were darker than other places, obviously because of the water droplets on the hair. Wet. The cloth here does not absorb water very well, and it takes a long time to wipe to dry the hair. It seems that the whole group was called back by Ayan before they could dry their hair.
A Ze handed a towel to Chen Qi, the towel had been washed in the river, even if it wasn't covered with charcoal dust, the sweat from a day in the hot sun would make people feel sticky and uncomfortable Aze knew that Chen Qi would not go to the river to wash for the time being, so he wet a towel and planned to let him wipe his face.
Seeing that Ah Xu and the others put down the newly caught fish and water and wanted to leave, Chen Qi hurriedly asked, "Can I go with you to have a look?"
Iron armored dragon, if he remembers correctly, the back of this kind of dragon is covered with a layer of hard iron armor, and since there is a word iron in the name, even if it is not the metal iron he is familiar with, Chen Qi can't help but want to take a look. Yes, it would be even better if the opponent has something related to iron.
Ah Xu looked back at him, then at A Ze who was standing beside him, nodded, and said to A Ze, "You protect him." Then he stopped talking and led everyone away.
After walking for about ten minutes, several people arrived at their destination.
Iron armored dragon fell in a thicket of white grass, its tall body overwhelmed a piece of white grass, and because of the strong wind brought by the heavy rain yesterday, a large piece of white grass outside was also blown down, so Ah Yu found it, otherwise According to the usual growth of Imperata praecox, if you don't walk in, you won't see anything here.
Iron armored dragons are black-brown in color and look a bit like a rhinoceros, but they have no horns. There are several layers of black armor on the back that glow with cold light.
Ah Xu checked the armored dragon, and after confirming that the armored dragon was completely dead, he scattered around with others to investigate. Although the armored dragon's attack speed was not as fast as that of the hyena dragon, it was also a carnivorous dragon, and the orcs dared not In general, after all, only orcs are the only native creatures that are still active on the plains. Even if the armored dragon is not a dragon that must eat orcs, they will attack orcs if they are hungry.
Chen Qi asked Aze to let him down, walked to the armored dragon, reached out and touched the armor plate behind the armored dragon, he didn't know whether it was because the opponent was dead that it felt cold to the touch or because the armor was originally cold.
He took out the sword horn knife from his pocket and tapped it lightly on the armor, "Dang", a clear and familiar sound of metal impact came into Chen Qi's ears.
As if he couldn't believe it, Chen Qi tapped it a few more times, "Aze, is the iron armor of the armored dragon metal?"
Aze had never seen metal before, so he shook his head in a daze when he heard Chen Qi's question.
At this time, Ah Xu and the others who had gone to investigate the surroundings had already returned. As soon as they came back, they saw Chen Qi and A Ze squatting beside the armored dragon, disassembling the corpse.
"What are you doing? You can't eat the meat of the armored dragon. I've already caught some fish." Ah Xu asked strangely as he stepped forward. The meat of the armored dragon is not only sour, it will make people uncomfortable to eat, and the hardness of the meat is almost as strong as its iron armor. Without sharp teeth, it is impossible to chew. Ah Xu does not think that Aze will not know about this. .
Chen Qi tore off the separated iron armor. The iron armor was about half a finger thick and a bit heavy. Chen Qi struggled to hold it. Hearing Ah Xu's question, Chen Qi explained: "I don't want to eat it, I want this armor."
"Iron Armor? What do you want this thing for?"
Aze also tore off the other two pieces of iron armor, which were still covered with flesh, but he didn't mind, so he took the piece from Chen Qi's hand and carried it on his shoulders, "Chen Qi said that this thing can be used to make tool."
"Yes, although I don't know if it can be made, but at least I met it, and it might be useful to take it back to see." Chen Qi said with a smile. Even if it is not 100% sure that these pieces of iron armor are metal iron, it may be useless after taking great efforts to bring them back to the tribe, but this unexpected harvest is still very attractive to Chen Qi, after all, it may be metal Oh something.
Ah Xu nodded knowingly, without asking any more questions, asked A Ze to hand over the things to him, and motioned him to carry Chen Qi back. There is a certain distance from the camp where they rested, and at Chen Qi's speed, he might have to leave A lot of time.
Even though no traces of other dragon activities were found nearby, the people did not dare to be careless. They did not gather together to spend the night on the ground like yesterday, but dispersed, and a group of several people found a tall tree to rest .