Ye An

The dry season came quickly. In just half a month, the dark clouds in the sky cleared, the temperature rose sharply, the flood water level continued to drop, and the flooded delta gradually showed its original appearance.

The river receded around the isolated island, revealing large pieces of broken rocks and rotten mutated plants.Scattered among the crevices of the rocks were a large number of skeletons, both mutant beasts and mutant fish, as well as broken crocodile skulls.

The merchant ship ran aground on the west side of the isolated island, the hull was out of the water, covered with mutated snails and unknown shellfish.A shallow layer of muddy water accumulated in the cabin, and inside were crabs that had no time to crawl away.

The bottom of the bilge is covered with green moss, and there are large clumps of mutated aquatic plants swaying on the rotten ship planks. The roots are firmly planted in the gaps in the wood. Crumble the hard snail shell to wrap around the snail meat inside.The plump snail meat quickly dries up and loses all vitality.

As the water level of the river dropped, a large area of ​​highlands and dense forests appeared around the isolated island, as well as a bare long strip of stone forest, which at first glance looked like a man-made stone wall.There used to be a large group of small animals to build their nests in it, but unfortunately they were submerged by the flood, and now they are all buried by sediment accumulation.

The scorching sun hung high, and the hot wind evaporated a lot of water vapor. Before the hottest time of the day, the temperature was already astonishingly high.

Ye An's head was shaded by a grass ring, and he was smeared with lily-of-the-valley ointment on his body. His skin was still stinging from the sun. Every time he took a step forward, a lot of sweat would cover his forehead and back.

"What the hell is this weather?"

According to Lily of the Valley, the vicinity of the delta is not bad. After all, the river has not stopped flowing, and the water vapor will take away part of the heat.In the merchant city where she lived before, once the dry season came, the rivers and creeks inside and outside the city would be cut off, and people could only draw water from underground wells.When the dry season lasts for a long time, people will inevitably die in the city, and they will die from the heat.

Ye An raised his head and drank a few sips of water, crossed the stone platform as quickly as possible, and came to the river bank where the merchant ship ran aground.

A huge shadow fell from the hull, and Ye An couldn't wait to walk in to get a brief refreshment.

The mutated snails and shells attached to the wood retracted into their shells one after another, and the crab wielding its tongs quickly crawled over, seeming to regard Ye An as its prey.

Wiping off the hot sweat that covered his sight, Ye An took off the grass ring on his head, pulled out a long rope with a hook from it, and hung a sack on the broken ship plank, with the mouth of the bag open.

His goal today was a mutated fish, but he didn't expect to meet a crab.Compared with going into the water to catch fish, these prey that take the initiative to come to your door save energy.

Wrapping the animal skin around his hands, Ye An dodged the crab's pincers while picking a big and plump one and stuffing it into the bag.The carapaces of these mutated crabs are diamond-shaped, with sharp spikes protruding from both sides. The crab claws are almost as long as the body, and can easily crush stones.In order to prevent the sack from being destroyed, Ye An had to twist off their pliers before putting them into the sack.

The mutated crabs have tenacious vitality and are quite irritable. Even without crab claws, they would attack each other in the bag. However, they are all in hard armor, and they can only hear the sound of collisions, and none of them will really die.

The crab was almost caught, Ye An bit the dagger in his mouth, climbed onto the deck with bare hands, stabilized his body on the edge of the deck, and began to pry the mutated snail attached to the wood.

Mutant snails vary in size and shape, the larger one is nearly half a meter, and the smaller one is less than half of Ye An's palm.

Ye An struggled to pry off a mutated snail, and was almost pierced by the thorny wrist.Throwing away the mutated snail in a hurry, a flat arm protruded from under the shell, and crawled forward at an astonishing speed.

"Want to run?"

Ye An broke a piece of wood and threw it at the mutant snail.

With a click, the board shattered, and the mutated snail paused for a moment and began to crawl again. It quickly squeezed to the side of its kind, retracted its soft arms and legs, and used the hard shell to defend itself.

Ye An learned his lesson, and was careful to watch out for the prickly arms and feet when he started, and successfully pried off a slightly smaller mutant snail.

He has eaten mutated snails, which were fished from the pond.Dig out the snail meat with a knife and boil it in water. It is crispy, tender and refreshing, with a hint of sweetness. The taste is quite good.

Except for the mutated snails, Ye An pried off a few shells, opened the shells, and found that there was not much meat inside, so he didn't continue to grab them.

The three sacks were full, Ye An carried them on his back to test the weight, tied the mouth of the sacks tightly with a rope, and planned to drag them home together.

The temperature was getting higher and higher, and the sweat on Ye An's body was evaporated under the high temperature, and there were grains of salt hanging on his back.After wiping the back of his neck twice, he felt as if he was locked in a steamer and would soon be cooked.

Eyes began to turn black, Ye An immediately stopped what he was doing, drank three big sips of water, and then walked outside the cabin, while being wary of the danger of being underwater, he poured water on his body.

The river water splashed on the body, bringing a short-term coolness.Ye An brushed his wet hair from his forehead, and was about to embark on the return journey, when his eyes were suddenly attracted by a dead tree in the river.

The piece of dead wood was not far from him, floating on the water, seemingly nothing special.However, Ye An became alert, pulled out the dagger on his body, licked his tanned lips, his whole body tensed.

The dead wood sank suddenly, and large splashes rose from the water surface. Ye An stepped into the water suddenly, pointed the tip of the knife at the center of the vortex, and stabbed hard.

Ye An was quite strong, the blade entered the water, and a large swath of bright red soon gushed out of the vortex.

After a successful blow, Ye An quickly retreated, and almost at the same time, the injured crocodile broke out of the water, opened its huge mouth, and its sharp fangs gleamed coldly, biting Ye An.

Ye An was about to make up the knife, when a gust of wind suddenly blew up beside him, and a huge mutated python appeared by the river, biting the crocodile's neck from the side, the thick python wrapped around it quickly, lap after lap, and fell into the water with a plop , sinking with the crocodile.

The water surface was very turbid, and Ye An couldn't see what was going on underwater, but a large group of mutated fish were scattered.

Ye An put away the dagger and grabbed it with his hands. With sharp eyes and quick hands, he hooked his fingers around the gills of the fish, and caught five or six silver carp in one go, all of which were more than one meter long.

When he caught the eighth one, the mutated python finally dragged the crocodile's body to the shore.

"Wake up, are your injuries healed?"

Ye An passed the rope through the gills of the fish, watched the mutated python devour the crocodile, carefully assimilated the opponent's thinking, no headache, only a moment of dizziness, bear with it and it will pass soon.

"Dry season."

By assimilating with the mutant python, Ye An learned that the dry season on the isolated island would last for about two months.During this period, the migrating deer will stop for a short time, and the mutant pythons will go out to hunt every two to three days to store energy for the snow season.

"Sleeping in the rainy season, sleeping in the snowy season, and only active in the dry season, it is difficult for you to be woken up before."

Ye An skewered the fish and tied them together with the sack containing the mutated snails and crabs.Knowing that the mutant python was not full, he didn't bother it, and returned to the rocky mountain alone with the prey.

Leaving the stone platform and walking into the dense forest, under the shade of the trees, the temperature became slightly cooler.

There are no birds in the forest, but a lot of insects are singing.

Ye An found a tree bearing fruit, the size of a baby's fist, with half green and red skin, much like a plum.Ye An put down the sack, knocked down a few of them with a branch, and planned to go back and ask the lily of the valley, if they were not poisonous, they would pick more.

After passing through the dense forest, there is a large rift valley in front of you. The water level in the valley has dropped, and it has long been turned into a large expanse of dry mud.There were buffalo's hoofprints on the mud, and the footprints of mutant wolves. Ye An glanced at it, and walked forward without stopping.

The water level in the pool is also dropping rapidly, and the mutated snails and mutated fish are nowhere to be seen, probably drifting into the river along the current.Otherwise, Ye An didn't need to go fishing by the river under the scorching sun.

The small river under the rocky mountain has not stopped flowing, but as the dry season deepens and the temperature rises, the water flow continues to narrow, and it won't take long for it to become a small stream.

There are springs on the island, located on the back of the rock.Inconspicuous in the rainy season, it is easy to spot in the dry season.As long as the spring doesn't dry up, Ye An doesn't need to worry about the water source.

Back at the residence, Ye An dumped the crabs and mutated snails on the ground, cleaned up the mutated fish as quickly as possible, leaving two, and sent the rest to the cave together with the cured meat.The ground temperature is too high, and the burrow is still shady, making it the best place to preserve food.

Ling Lan poked her head out of the cave, before the mutant python woke up and left the cave, she was really frightened.When the mutated python found this stranger, it didn't launch an attack. It just poked out its letters in the direction of the tortoise shell and the cave respectively, paused for a moment, and then left the rocky mountain to go to the river.

Ling Lan's hands were shaking all the time, and when she came down from the cave, she almost couldn't hold the rope.Seeing Ye Anjin enter the cave where the mutated python appeared, his face turned pale, without any trace of blood.

"What's the matter?" Ye An came out of the cave, and seeing her like this, he was taken aback for a moment, and soon his expression turned into astonishment.

He didn't explain to Lily of the valley his relationship with the mutated python, nor did he guarantee that with him, the mutated python would never hurt Lily of the valley.He only told the other party to be more careful and not to approach this hole.

"I see."

Ling Lan sat on the ground with a pale face, and picked out the snail meat together with Ye An.She had to find something to do for herself to calm herself down.

The snail meat can be dug out and dried in the sun, but the crab cannot be kept for too long. Ye An plans to salt some of it, and eat the rest as soon as possible.

After processing the snail meat, Lily of the Valley gradually calmed down, broke open the fruit that Ye An handed her, and smelled it under her nose. The fruit was rich in aroma, but it was very sour and a bit astringent after biting.

"These fruits are not poisonous and can be eaten."

Ye An endured the sourness and ate one, it tasted really bad, but it was quite refreshing.Recall the location of that fruit tree, and prepare to go around and pick more next time you hunt.

After processing today's prey, Ye An lit the fire to boil the water, put the crab claws and snail meat in, and inserted a few branches obliquely beside the hearth, with thinly sliced ​​fish meat skewered on them.

Soon the aroma filled the room, causing people to twitch their index fingers.

Lily of the Valley left behind two bottles of freshly prepared ointment, picked up half a bag of crab claws and a mutated fish and walked to the door, but was suddenly stopped by Ye An.

"Let's stay and eat together." While speaking, Ye An took out a bottle of medicine he found in the cave. He remembered that he found it in Qiluo's cabin. There was only half a bottle left and it was placed in the corner of the box. It was only found today when he was looking for a hook. Discover.

Seeing the medicine bottle in Ye An's hand, Lily of the Valley's face changed slightly, and her mood changed drastically.Ye An stopped moving, his eyes gradually turned black.

"Why, what's wrong?"

Lily of the Valley took a deep breath, struggling in her heart, but she had to tell the truth: "This medicine can enhance the physical strength of ordinary people, and it is also good for mutants. It can stop bleeding and pain, and increase explosive power in a short time. Mutant grapes plus Rabbit bone marrow, with the addition of three kinds of xenograft and xenograft bones, the medicine made will be more effective."

"That's all?" Ye An snapped off the crab claws, and the ferret crawled over from the table and leaned lazily on his lap.Since the dry season, these little guys have become less energetic.

"It will be addictive." Lily of the valley lowered her gaze, staring at the texture of the snapping turtle's plastron, digging her fingers, her voice was tense, even trembling, "Change the ratio, add more grape seeds and vines, it will change It is a psychedelic drug. Taking a small amount will be fine, but if you take it too often, it will make people addicted or even crazy. The owner of the merchant city once used it to control the merchant city."

Except for the most trusted pharmacist of the city lord, no one knows this secret, and Ling Lan only got a glimpse of it with her natural ability.

Ye An stopped his movements, and as his mood changed, the ferret exploded its fur all over its body, making a sharp and vicious cry.

Ling Lan knew that her thoughts had nowhere to hide, so she could only struggle and said: "I thought about it before, but I didn't do it!"

"Because you know the consequences, don't you?" Ye An took out the crab meat and handed it to the ferret. Under Lily of the Valley's disbelieving eyes, he broke open another crab claw and said, "If you want to live, I will Think. You're upset, I understand. But your upset isn't an excuse. This is the first and last time, see what I mean?"

With a clicking sound, the crab claws fell apart in Ye An's hands.

Ling Lan subconsciously pressed her neck, she had a hunch, if she hadn't said it out, if she had really put it into practice, it would not be the crab claws that were broken, but her neck.

On the bank of the river, the mutated python finally had enough to eat and returned to the rocky mountain contentedly.

Shortly after it left, the wolves chased a wounded buffalo to the river.

The buffalo was seriously injured and fell to the ground, and its throat was bitten off by the wolf king.The wolves were about to feast, when suddenly there was a vibration under their feet, and a huge herd of deer appeared on the horizon.

After a long rainy season, deer return to the delta.

With the return of the deer, predators such as wolves will start a feast, and hunting teams and wanderers will also flock.With the arrival of outsiders one after another, the isolated island is destined to no longer be peaceful.