Evolution from the crocodile

After comforting himself, Lu Chen carefully returned to the shore and restored the destroyed trap.

In fact, there was another layer of worry in his mind: after grabbing food twice in a row, the clouded leopard might develop a habit and appear more often in the future.

If this is the case, there will be big trouble.

In the final analysis, you still have to strengthen your strength as soon as possible.

Otherwise, things like frustration will definitely happen one after another.

Lu Chen's guess came true... Not long after the trap was set up the next day, the clouded leopard appeared again.

Damn, I really think this is a free kitchen!

Lu Chen was completely angry.

Yesterday he was planning to imitate Xiao Yan's patience, but today he completely changed his mind and transformed into Old Demon Han.

If I can't beat you, I'll find a way to kill you!

If you don't have enough strength, you need IQ.

When facing powerful enemies, Lu Chen prefers to use human wisdom instead of relying solely on brute force. This is also the reason why he was able to kill the giant black carp before.

As for how to do it, it is still a trap.

It's a pity that there is no sticky net here, otherwise it would save a lot of trouble.

But even so, Lu Chen quickly thought of a way to set up a trap.

When he was exploring the environment along the river, he discovered many wild mulberry trees at a corner.

Mulberry wood has a hard texture and can be used to make furniture. The branches are soft and tough and can be used to weave baskets, the mulberry bark can be used as raw material for paper making, and the mulberry leaves can be used to raise silkworms. The fruit produced is called mulberry, which is red-purple in color and can be used for food, wine making and medicine.

In short, the mulberry tree is full of treasures.

What Lu Chen wanted to use were the branches of the mulberry tree.

With the help of sharp teeth, he quickly obtained enough branches and then transported them to the puddle.

Then, peel the mulberry branches.

It would naturally be very difficult for the crocodile boss to do such delicate operations.

For Lu Chen, it was not a difficult task.

Mulberry trees have a characteristic: there is a layer of smooth mucus between the bark and woody parts, which tastes sweet. It is the presence of this layer of mucus that makes the bark easy to peel off.

Lu Chen first knocked several times along the surface of the mulberry branch with a stone to get a pile of loose bark. At this point, although I was stumbling, I could barely complete it.

Then, he planned to tie the bark to each other into long strips of two to three meters. As long as the long strips are combined, they can be twisted into a strong mulberry bark rope.

In Lu Chen's imagination, weaving rope could be done easily.

As long as this, this...and this...

However, the imagination is beautiful, but the result is a series of the brain can see, but the hands can't.

For many humans, twisting a rope is an out-and-out technical job.

What's more, the crocodile's toe claws are naturally very weak in flexibility. Even if Lu Chen worked hard these days, he still couldn't be as flexible as a primate.

After several hours of busy work, he had no choice but to give up... He really couldn't do it!

According to Lu Chen's original design, the mulberry bark rope was made, and some bamboos were obtained to make simple bamboo arrows, which were assembled into a swinging bow trap.

The so-called swing bow looks very similar to a traditional bow. However, it is not intended to launch arrows from a long distance, but to use the elastic force generated by twisting the bow string to kill prey at close range.

The most important components of this kind of trap are the bow arm and bow string, which are used to store energy and eject. In particular, the tighter the bow string is, the greater the rebound force will be after the prey is triggered.

The best bow string is of course steel wire, but Lu Chen didn't have any on hand, so he could only use mulberry bark rope instead. The previously peeled mulberry branches can be made into bow arms.

All the swing bows are distributed and fixed around the puddle traps and connected with a rope to form a large ring. As long as the clouded leopard enters the trap and touches the rope, the bowstring will bounce up, causing the bamboo arrows to flip over and stab down.

This method of setting traps was learned by Lu Chen from his grandfather when he was a child in his previous life. In the past, rural hunters used it to kill hares or pheasants.

Unfortunately, by the time Lu Chen learned it, even geckos and frogs had become three protected animals, let alone pheasants and hares, so he never had a chance to show off.

He originally thought that it would be useful in this world, but he overestimated his ability... The crocodile's toe claws really couldn't perform such subtle operations.

After working for a long time, looking at the pile of mulberry bark on the ground, Lu Chen had no choice but to give up even though he was very reluctant. Re-adjust your thinking and make the simplest pit trap, so that you will definitely not tip over again.

However, deep pit traps also have disadvantages, that is, they must be set on the only path that clouded leopards must pass.

If this guy bypasses the trap and passes somewhere else, all his efforts will be in vain.

So the first step Lu Chen had to do was to choose a suitable location.

This is actually not that difficult if you know the ropes.

Wild animals, like humans, prefer flat, unobstructed roads. This not only makes it easier for them to move, but more importantly, their line of sight will not be blocked, making it easier to detect the presence of natural enemies in advance.

Because of this, when Grandpa Lu Chen used to set up swinging bow traps, he would always choose mountain trails. Moreover, branches will be blocked around the trap, so that the prey can only follow the planned route.

After choosing the location, Lu Chen led the three crocodile cubs to start digging a hole.

The riverside is a silt land with loose soil, so it doesn't take much effort to dig.

In just one hour, they dug out to a depth of more than half a meter. By the time it got dark, a square pit measuring two meters by two meters had almost taken shape.

Next, Lu Chen worked hard to retrieve a few round bamboos, smashed them with stones and split them into long bamboo strips half a meter long and one finger wide. One end is sharpened and looks like a javelin.

After inserting bamboo pieces into the bottom of the pit, Lu Chen climbed up along the mulberry branches.

After taking the branches away with his mouth, he pulled more than twenty strips of mulberry bark that he had peeled before and fixed them on the surface of the trap, staggering them horizontally and vertically into a network. Finally, cover it with a layer of bamboo branches and leaves, and the pit trap is completed.

However, Lu Chen did not expect to be able to kill the clouded leopard with a simple pit trap. Moreover, this guy is very capable of jumping and climbing, and a depth of two meters cannot trap it.

According to his idea, the clouded leopard would definitely be stabbed after falling into the pit.

Even if you can barely escape the trap, your combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

He took the opportunity to launch a second wave of attacks... rushed forward immediately, aimed at the hind legs and performed a death roll.

As long as these two steps are completed successfully, even if the clouded leopard can still escape, he can also use the kiting tactic with his speed advantage to kill the opponent forcefully.

The plan is great, but the key depends on whether the guy cooperates.

***

The weather was still fine today. Lu Chen prepared a sumptuous banquet by the river early in the morning, and then hid in the center of the river with a few crocodile cubs.

He was not disappointed, Clouded Leopard arrived as promised.

Looking at the delicious fish in the puddle, the guy couldn't help but sniff, his eyes full of excitement. The past few days have been the most comfortable days for it. It no longer has to work hard to catch prey. It just needs to come over and grab a few reptiles' food.

The clouded leopard's powerful limbs shrank slightly and was about to jump off the big banyan tree as usual.

Suddenly, it stopped again.

(A friend commented on the book that the previous swinging bow trap was too complicated and could not be accomplished with the current capabilities of the crocodile, so it was revised.)