Urban Sims

Chapter 392 I can farm and hunt!
The business of the cooperative is gradually on the right track, and Zhou Ming has more free time.

As for the cultivation, he has not stopped in the past few months, and the system provides an "automatic cultivation" mode, which helps Zhou Ming absorb the spiritual energy in the air all the time. Only when the realm is improved, does he need to calm down and sit on the bed meditate.

As for the realm, he can share Ye Kong's insights in the process of cultivation.

So in general, Zhou Ming's cultivation speed is not slow.

Two days ago, it broke through to the early stage of Qi refining.

This level of cultivation is only a starting point in the practice world, but to ordinary people, it is the tremendous strength of ten cows combined on one person, and it is a strong opponent that even a hundred ordinary strong men cannot defeat.

Most of the strange beasts in the forest are only close to this level.

"Uncle Xia, take me to the mountains to hunt tomorrow, I want to learn how to hunt."

At the dinner table that day, Zhou Ming suddenly said something to Uncle Xia.

"You want to go hunting too?"

Uncle Xia was taken aback, and then shook his head, "You should stay at home and farm, your cooperative is doing well, you don't need to go to the mountains."

Xia Xiaoyan turned pale, quickly put down the bowl, took Zhou Ming's hand and said, "Shanhe, you have done a good job in the cooperative, why are you going hunting in the mountains? The mountains are dangerous, so don't go there!"

Her younger brother Xia Hu, a 15-year-old young man, rolled his eyes at his sister and said, "Sister, my father and I have been hunting in the mountains for two years. The mountains are not as dangerous as you said, but there are many interesting things." , I like hunting the most!"

"Fun things, what are they specifically?" Zhou Ming's eyes lit up, and he turned to ask Xia Hu.

"That's too much, for example... ah!"

Before Xia Hu could say anything, he let out a terrifying scream, but it was his sister Xia Xiaoyan who pinched his waist hard, and he yelled in pain, "Sister, let go!"

Aunt Xia also criticized him: "You idiot, don't talk nonsense, there is no danger in the mountains, but once you encounter it, you won't be able to come back!"

Then he turned his head and said gently to Zhou Ming: "Shanhe, there is really nothing to do in the mountains. With your ability, it is best to stay in the village and run the cooperative well!"

"There are not many things going on at the cooperative. I want to follow the hunting team into the mountains a few times to learn about hunting." Zhou Ming said, and a new plan was brewing in his heart.

"Stop messing around!"

Uncle Xia knocked on the table twice, and said with a serious face: "Zhang Shanhe, do what you are best at! Hunting is not as simple as you think. Walking into the mountains and forests for ten miles, the pheasants and hares you hunt are not hunting at all! We hunters You have to go hundreds or thousands of miles deep to catch the prey you want most, injuries are common, and many people never come out again, this is not farming, this is a matter of life!"

Aunt Xia and Xia Xiaoyan also persuaded Zhou Ming to give up his thoughts and not to take risks in the mountains.

Seeing so many people objecting, Zhou Ming didn't say anything, just immersed himself in his meal.

On the second day, however, Zhou Ming put on a set of strong clothes, holding a big bow in his hand, a quiver hanging on his waist, and a package on his back, and followed the hunting team into the mountain.

Uncle Xia didn't object either. On the contrary, when other hunting team members questioned, he said to the hunters: "Take him, he won't hold us back. If he really can't, we'll throw him aside and give He arranges chores."

Uncle Xia is the vice-captain of the hunting team, quite prestigious, and the hunters no longer objected.

This dramatic change is very surprising.

How did Zhou Ming settle Uncle Xia and make him nod in agreement and stop objecting?
Archery, yesterday's demonstration of his various and infallible archery made Uncle Xia, the old hunter, open his mouth wide, and he never expressed any objection.

After entering the mountain, Zhou Ming didn't worry any hunters. Instead, he displayed many special survival skills in the wild. Instead, some old hunters who had been hunting for half their lives opened their eyes and learned and imitated them one after another.

For example, quickly set up tents, set up camp warning traps, set up hunting traps, how to make wild food, etc.

The most popular among them, of course, is the various wild delicacies he cooked through various simple ingredients combinations. Those old hunters did not expect it at all, but they just hunted a few ordinary prey, and then got them. With a few handfuls of wild vegetables, mushrooms, and some spices, the barbecue can be so delicious, and the broth can be so delicious, it is simply a magical skill.

But what shocked the hunters even more was just the beginning.

Especially when there are more prey in the forest, the prey that was not so easy to catch in the past, due to the existence of Zhou Ming, the difficulty of catching has dropped several levels.

At this time, Zhou Ming also discovered several important problems.

One, there are a lot of prey in the forest, much more than he imagined. Walking a little distance, you can encounter a large number of deer, sheep, wild boars and other animal groups, and the density is very high.

Two, the hunting efficiency of the hunters is very low. Even if they have very rich hunting skills and seamless teamwork, the prey they catch is pitifully small every time... Even if they are very satisfied with themselves, but in Zhou Ming In the eyes, it is only equivalent to the hunting level of primitive people.

Why does this happen?

The animals are highly alert, fast, and flexible on the one hand; the most important thing is that the weapons and tools in the hands of the hunters are really rudimentary.

Bows and arrows are the most commonly used weapons, followed by hardwood clubs and short spears. Metal weapons are only a few daggers and two machetes... mainly wooden weapons, with weak attack power.

The last is the hunting method. There is a division of labor and cooperation, and the cooperation is relatively tacit. However, due to the backwardness of the tools, traps are rarely used, and there are quite a lot of swarms. The result is that they often fail to catch up with the prey.

"Their way of hunting is a bit like a fisherman standing in a pond full of fish. He doesn't know how to weave a net to fish, and he doesn't know how to make a good harpoon. He simply touches the water with his hands. High talent!"

The shortage of metal weapons is the main limitation, but it does not mean that it is impossible to break through this limitation, because in this vast forest, some types of trees have hardness and toughness comparable to steel, and can completely become metal substitutes.

"The reason for this situation is that the strong physique of the hunters has given them a certain degree of inertia. They are good at tempering their bodies, but short at the use and development of tools. One word to describe them is-simple-minded, Well-developed limbs."

Of course, this is not a problem unique to the professional group of hunters, but a common phenomenon in all walks of life on this continent.

So this is also a very good platform for Zhou Ming to play.

Therefore, in the next few days, in front of these hunters, Zhou Ming showed off what a real hunting operation is.

trap.

Various traps.

Sinkholes on the ground + heavy logs hanging on trees; hanging nets made of bent trees; strong bite traps shaped like crocodile mouths... Get some food and put them around these traps.

Then stay in the camp and wait.

"Ow~"

"Huh~"

"Oh~"

All kinds of screams can be heard every day after the prey falls into the trap.

There are ten traps that can be harvested every day, and there are several well-positioned traps that can harvest several prey a day.

Zhou Ming even made a bet with the more than 100 hunters that he and Xia Hu would catch no less prey than them.

This was provocative and insulting, and the hunters were furious. They tried their best to win the game, and told the young people to speak up, pay attention to a little bit of propriety and manners.

But five days later, when they saw the two piles of prey stacked together on the ground, it was obvious that Zhou Ming's group was piled higher, all the hunters blushed, clenched their fists and couldn't say a word.

"The prey is actually not that difficult to catch. As long as we set up a few traps and put a few pieces of bait on the ground where they must pass, we just need to wait quietly, and we will be able to reap something."

"You...you are cheating! There are people who hunt like this, this is not the way we hunters hunt!" A young man blushed, pointed at Zhou Ming and said, his face was full of dissatisfaction.

"A hunter must hunt like a hunter. If you use a trap, you are not a hunter!" Someone said.

"Yes! You hunt like this, you are playing tricks! You didn't win at all!"

"No no no."

Zhou Ming waved his index finger, shook his head and said: "Our goal is ultimately to be the prey. As long as the prey is caught, no matter what method is used, we can be called hunters."

"It's just that there are two types of hunters, one is the hunter with the brain, and the other is the hunter with the hands. I belong to the former type, and you belong to the latter."

"Everyone can think about it, is it better to harvest inexhaustible prey with a little bit of brains? Or is it better to work hard, chase all over the mountain, and only harvest a small amount of prey in the end?"

"As long as you use your brain more, not only will there be more prey and less time, but the possibility of encountering danger will also be greatly reduced..."

"Don't you think there should be a better hunting method?"

These words caused all the hunters to fall into deep thought, as if realizing something.

Some people are still dissatisfied, but they have to admit that this way of hunting is indeed much easier.

"Boy, do you mean that we hunters have no brains?" Uncle Xia, who was also in deep thought just now, his face was like the bottom of a pot, terribly black.

"Huh~" The others also reacted, and started to stare at him unkindly.

"No, no, absolutely no such meaning." Zhou Ming restrained his smile and waved his hands again and again.

"I think that's what you mean!"

Someone supported him from behind, his expression became fierce, "This guy is really disgusting, let's beat him up!"

"Damn it! Dare to say that we have no brains, come up and fuck him together!" Another person came over with fists clenched.

"Roasted whole lamb, delicious roasted whole lamb! There is also golden roasted pig, plus delicious mushroom and fresh fish soup, and each person comes with an authentic beggar rabbit! Beat me, all of these are gone!" Zhou Ming shouted at the top of his voice.

Everyone stopped immediately.

Someone's throat moved, and he couldn't help swallowing.

The hand on the shoulder was also loosened, the strong man took a step back, and hummed in his mouth: "Hmph! For the sake of the delicious food, let me forgive you for a while."

(End of this chapter)