Ye An

Below the waterfall is a deep pool. Due to the injection of a large amount of underground river water, even in the dry season, the water level in the pool does not drop. A small river meanders out and flows over the channel exposed to the scorching sun. the only source of water.

Ye An fell into the water, a large number of air bubbles gushed out of his mouth, and his whole body was surrounded by water, but it was not as cold as in the dark river, but rather warm.

When floating on the surface of the water, the sun shines from the top of the head, and the hot feeling hits instantly.

Ye An wiped off the water droplets on his face, looked up and looked around.Suddenly returning to the light from the dark environment, he was still a little uncomfortable, and his eyes felt a sharp pain, so he had to temporarily sink under the water, and opened them carefully after the burning sensation slightly improved.

He was in a strange plain, the rainy season should be full of water and grass, and the dry season should be full of dry grass and sand.

The wide river channel is exposed to the sun, and only narrow water flows through it, which becomes narrower as it goes downstream, and may stop at any time.The bones of several mutated beasts were scattered on both sides of the river, some of them had broken flesh, rotted and dried up in the sun, and some of them had been fragmented, and the species before birth could not be distinguished.

There is a low bush at the end of the water stream, and behind the bush there are a few tall coconut trees sporadically growing. Huge leaves spread out from the top of the trees, and blue coconuts hang from under the leaves. It can be seen from Ye An's position. It was very real, but it also made him lick his lips unconsciously.

During the time of rafting in the dark river, he ate raw fish and drank the bloody and earthy river water.The coconuts on the tree, if edible, would be the best food he could get for a few days.

The sun is scorching hot, and the fire umbrella is high, as if it is about to evaporate the last trace of water vapor from the earth.The temperature keeps rising, the heat waves keep coming, and the light and shadow in the sight are distorted.

The drops of water on Ye An's hair were quickly evaporated, and his cheeks, neck, and shoulders were all reddened by the sun, and there were bursts of stinging pain.

There is no sunscreen ointment around.Ye An dived into the water again, dug up the wet mud at the bottom of the river, then surfaced, and applied it on his body while the wet mud was still wet. The effect would definitely not be as good as ointment, but at least it could provide him with a layer of protection.

"Short knife, fish bone, rope."

After landing, Ye An began to check his tools and weapons.

The short knife has been tied to his leg all the time, and the blade has a gap, but it does not affect its use.

The fish bones are obtained from underground rivers, are as long as an arm, and are sickle-shaped.After grinding, the edges become very sharp.A cloth strip is wrapped around one end as a handle, and the sharpness is no less than that of a short knife.

The medicine bottle tied to the rope was empty, and Ye An was going to use it to fill it with water.Plug it with a cork and wrap it with a cloth strip to ensure that the water in the bottle will not leak out.In addition, Ye An also has a fish tendon, which is tough and elastic, and can be used instead of a rope.

After counting the things that can be used, Ye An untied the cloth strip tied around his neck, and poured out the dimmed spar.

Most of the energy in the spar poured into his body, the surface was still smooth, but the flowing light spots disappeared and could not be gathered into light beams. At first glance, it was no different from ordinary pebbles.

Ye An clenched the spar tightly, and could feel a little residual energy, but he was not sure whether the mutated beast would detect this energy.It's a pity that he is not on an isolated island, and he doesn't even know where he is. Otherwise, no matter whether it is a mutant python or a ferret, he can give him the answer.

"Forget it, it's important to find something to eat first."

Ye An rewrapped the spar properly, wrapped it around his neck, then picked up the dagger, carried the fishbone on his back, carefully observed the surroundings, and walked towards the bushes while being alert to possible dangers.

The shoes on his feet were lost when he fell into the underground river, and they didn't have much effect in the water. Now he got ashore, Ye An had to walk barefoot.

The ground was scorching hot, Ye An walked for a while, the soles of his feet were blistered, he had to stop temporarily, cut a lot of dry grass and tied it to his feet.

"good."

Stepping on the ground, Ye An rejoiced that the surrounding area was mostly mud and fine sand.If it is a large rock, it is probably not a problem of a few blisters if it is exposed to the sun, and the whole person may be roasted.

Getting closer to the bushes, he could clearly see the coconuts hanging on the tree, and there was a faint salty wind blowing in. Ye An subconsciously accelerated his speed, not wanting to step into the sandpit, half of his legs sank went in.

Terrible suction came from the sandpit, Ye An tried his best to turn sideways, put his hands on the ground, trying to pull his legs out.In the end, instead of being successful, he sank into the sand with his arms.

Trapped in the bunker, Ye Anneng felt that he was sinking. Although the speed was not fast, half of his body was firmly locked, so that he could not break free.

At this moment, a small group of mutant antelope suddenly appeared on the other side of the river.

The leading male antelope has a strong physique, with large branch-like horns on its head, and shakes from side to side when walking, warning predators hiding in the dark that it is not easy to mess with.

Behind the male antelope were five female antelopes, and three duikers.These mutant antelopes gather together, with the male antelope as the center, forming a small group.

For the vast majority of mutant beasts, finding a stable water source during the dry season is quite difficult.Not even the most ferocious predator can monopolize water alone.

The pool under the waterfall will not dry up all year round. In the dry season, many mutant beasts will come to drink water, making this place extremely dangerous.

Every time animals gather, some mutant beasts will lose their lives.Some were hunted and killed by predators, and some were torn to pieces in conflicts between species in order to occupy a better position.

This group of mutated antelopes is not low in combat effectiveness, but the number is too rare. In addition, they have to protect their cubs, so they lack the confidence to fight against other groups.Unable to compete with opponents when the temperature is slightly lower, you can only choose to drink water during the hottest time of the day.

They arrived at noon, just in time to meet Ye An who was trapped in the bunker.

Seeing the mutated antelope, Ye An couldn't help being overjoyed, locked on to the leading male antelope, assimilated the other's thoughts and emotions, and pulled it closer to the sandpit.

The distance was about the same, Ye An untied the fish tendon wrapped around his waist, bit one end with his teeth, pulled out the fish bone on his back with one hand, tied the two together, and threw it towards the mutant antelope.

The male antelope was very cautious, stepped on the ground with hard hooves, approached and sniffed the fish bones on the ground, and after a while, followed Ye An's lead, bit the fish bones in his mouth, and with strong strength, Ye An Little by little out of the bunker.

During the dragging process, the fish tendons are constantly stretched, pulled to the limit, and may break at any time.

Almost at the same time as Ye An got out of the predicament, there was a blunt sound, the fish tendon broke from the fish bone, and almost hit Ye An when it rebounded.

Even after being assimilated, the male antelope was still wary, spat out the fish bones in his mouth, stepped back a few steps, and carefully looked at Ye An who stood up from the sand.

Ye An released more peaceful emotions, and slowly approached the male antelope, staring at every move of the male antelope, stopped nearby, slowly squatted down, stretched his arms as far as possible, and picked up the fish bones that fell on the ground.

The antelope's mood was very wrong. Although he saved him, he was hostile towards him. It was not aimed at a predator, but more like a competitor. This made Ye An very puzzled.

During the whole process, Ye An never took his eyes off the male antelope. When the other party gave a signal and suddenly lowered his head and rushed towards him, he quickly took two steps back and used the fishbone to block the attacking antelope's horns.

There was a local sound, like the clanging of iron tools.

Ye An blocked the male antelope's attack, and used his arm in the opposite direction to push the antelope's horns away, forcing the male antelope to retreat, and quickly turned around and ran towards the bushes.

The male antelope helped him just now, but Ye An didn't want to do it.However, the male antelope followed closely behind him, attacking again and again.While running, the cloth wrapped around Ye An's neck was pierced by the antelope horns, and the spar rolled to the ground.Attracted by the spar, the female antelope and the duiker surrounded him one after another, showing their sharp horns and teeth to Ye An.

In order to recover the spar, Ye An had to rush to the herd of antelopes.

The fish bone was broken during the attack, and half of it was trapped in a female antelope, and the remaining half was thrown away. The only weapon Ye An could use was a short knife.

The male antelope was very angry when the members of the group were injured. It lowered its head and kept pawing its front hooves. It didn't look like an antelope, but more like an angry bull.

Ye An quickly took back the spar. During the process, he had to be careful not to fall into the sandpit again, but also to deal with the mutant antelope rushing up.

Soon, the short knife in his hand was also broken, and the sharp antelope horns were in sight.

Ye An decisively threw away the handle of the knife, held the antelope's horns with both hands, stepped hard, his calf sank half into the sand, forcibly blocked the male antelope's attack, and began to wrestle with the opponent.

The male antelope swung its neck, but couldn't break free from Ye An's grasp.

Ye An firmly controlled the opponent, and when the male antelope stomped violently, he suddenly exerted force and knocked a mutant antelope weighing six to seven hundred kilograms to the ground.

The moment the male antelope fell, the herd of antelopes also stopped attacking. They were no longer as vicious as before, let alone trying to rescue the leader. Instead, they retreated one after another, watching Ye An's movements and waiting for what was about to happen.

Every time the leader of the antelope herd changes, it has to go through a similar process.

Ye An's unique assimilation ability made the antelope herd regard him as the same kind.Even though the appearance is different, the whole herd of antelope feels that something is wrong, and is driven by instinct to put him in the same group.

This is very similar to the mutant python.

It's just that the mutant python clearly knows that Ye An does not belong to his own group.These mutant antelopes were not the case. If Ye An won the battle with the male antelope, the antelope herd would immediately accept him as a new member who defeated the former leader.

Having roughly understood the antelope's thinking, Ye An continued to use both arms to firmly press the male antelope on the ground, strangled the antelope's neck with one arm, and put the other arm over the wrist. The arm kept pressing down, and the antelope's neck was locked tighter and tighter. Almost unable to breathe.

At first, the male antelope was still struggling, with its limbs swinging and its antelope horns shaking, trying to break free from Ye An.However, Ye An's strength was astonishing, half of his body was pressed against the antelope's neck, and he put his whole body weight on the antelope's body. His arms kept tightening, making the antelope feel the feeling of dying again and again.

"Continue to fight, or cooperate?"

Ye An suppressed the antelope, and passed his thoughts as simply as possible.

The male antelope was irritable and struggled even harder. Ye An couldn't get a response, so he had to change his strategy and directly asked the male antelope to yield.

"Dead, live."

While expressing his will, Ye An cooperated with his wrists to tighten and relax, and finally let the male antelope understand what he wanted to express. His mood was still irritable, but he no longer struggled desperately.

"Alive and cooperate."

Ye An relaxed his arms slightly, grasped the antelope horns with his fingers, and further expressed his meaning clearly.

In the face of absolute power, the male antelope finally bowed his head. After Ye An let go of his arms, he stood up from the ground and did not attack again.

At this moment, a large flock of birds hula-la descended from the sky, each of them was small in size, with red feathers on their backs, a chubby belly, and looked very round and cute.

After the birds arrived, they went to the pool to drink water in batches, and soaked the feathers on their chests, making them look much bigger than before.

Ever since the flock of birds appeared, the mutant antelope became extremely nervous.The female antelopes gather together, keeping their cubs behind, wary of these uninvited guests.

The birds found the cubs in the herd of antelope, but did not attack them. On the contrary, the spar on Ye An's body attracted them even more.

Learning from the lessons of the antelope herd, Ye An grasped the spar the moment the bird appeared, and absorbed the energy within it as quickly as possible.With the loss of energy, the spar quickly turned off-white, losing its previous luster.

The flock of birds flew around Ye An circle after circle, unable to feel the energy, they fluttered their wings and flew away one after another, returning to the habitat of the group.

The flock of birds left, and the alarm was temporarily lifted.

After the antelopes drank, Ye An grabbed the male antelope's long horns and jumped onto the antelope's back.

The male antelope was not used to it at first, but after being assimilated by Ye An's thinking and covered by the palm of his neck, he felt the energy pouring into his body, so he shook his neck and walked reluctantly.

The herd of antelope followed the leader through the sand, jumped over the bushes, followed Ye An's lead, and flew straight to the swaying coconut trees.