Ye An

Ye An, Bauhinia and a group came to the west side of the highland, and in front of them were low shrubs soaked by rain, and a large number of collapsed stone houses, which proved that there were people living here, and not for a short time.

The structure of these stone houses reminded Ye An of what he found by the fruit forest, he signaled Zijing and others to stay where they were, checked the surrounding environment, and went up to check alone.

As early as when Ye An and Xiao Yun went to the fruit forest, the hunters had already checked around the highland, so naturally they would not let the ruins go.However, Ye An was still a little worried, and activated his supernatural powers while walking to detect any danger that might be lurking in the dark.

The stone houses are large in size and there are many in number.Judging from the remaining foundations, there are at least 300 residents here, not including the submerged part.This is no longer the category of homeless people, it is more like a small settlement.

Why such a settlement suddenly disappeared, Ye An couldn't figure it out for the time being.

Approaching a collapsed roof, Ye An grasped the broken eaves and lifted it up vigorously. Suddenly, a few black shadows appeared in front of his eyes, which were a nest of hares making their home in the ruins.

Bauhinia and the others reacted very quickly, without waiting for Ye An to warn, they immediately blocked the hare's way.The distance was close enough, without using bows and arrows, they each grabbed stones and wooden sticks, and threw them straight at the hare.

More than ten hares ran out, none of them fell, and all of them were knocked unconscious on the ground.

The women's strength was well controlled, and while knocking the hare unconscious, it didn't cause any bigger wounds.

"My lord, there are more over there!" Bauhinia bent down and picked up a hare, and suddenly saw a black shadow flashing by on the left, and immediately signaled to Ye An.

Ye An picked up a stone, weighed it, crushed it into several pieces, and threw them out together.

The target was hit by a stone, and instead of falling to the ground immediately, he rushed towards Ye An ferociously.

Unlike the previous wild rabbits, these rabbits had very long hind legs, and they couldn't be noticed when squatting. Once they stood up, they could immediately recognize that they were not ordinary rabbits, but a group of mutated snow rabbits.

"nice one!"

When wandering in the snowy field, Ye An specialized in this mutant beast for a living.At that time, he didn't have much fighting power, and it was extremely difficult to catch one.

Since he left the snow field and settled on an isolated island, he hadn't tasted a snow rabbit for a while.Seeing the target rushing towards him, he licked his lower lip, drew out the short knife at his waist, turned sideways to avoid the deadliest attack, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped the snow rabbit to the ground.

Snow Rabbit was frightened by the death of his companion, so he didn't dare to continue to charge, so he turned around and fled in all directions.

"Watch out for their teeth! Also, they kick people!"

After reminding Zijing and the others, Ye An kept an eye on the biggest one and quickly chased after it.

Seeing Xuetu's ferocity, Zijing and the others did not try to be brave, they drew their bows and crossbows during the pursuit, and all but two arrows missed, all of them hit the target.

The rabbits caught add up to more than [-], which are tied into a string with ropes and hung on the shoulders, which is heavy.But for Ye An, Zijing and others, this weight is not a problem at all, and they feel joyful because they have gained a lot.

The purpose of their trip was to catch fish. Unexpectedly, the fish had not found it before they had this harvest.

"Look for it again, maybe there are more." Ye An said.

Plans are dead, people are alive.

The prey is right in front of you, so naturally you have to learn to be flexible.

Leaving the woman behind to guard the prey to avoid being snatched by other predators, Ye An, Zijing and the others split up and searched the ruins for possible hiding places for small animals.

It didn't take long for everyone to find three rabbit nests one after another. However, there are underground passages connecting them. Unless they escape, otherwise, it would be unwise to dig hard.

"It can't be ignited, otherwise they will be smoked out." Bauhinia said.

Ye An raised his hand to brush away the wet hair on his forehead, squatted at the entrance of a hole, held the short knife behind his back, and tapped the stones piled up in front of the hole with the handle of the knife, but there was no response from inside, presumably the target was hidden deep.

There was a certain element of luck in catching those rabbits before.

Ye An checked the places where the snow rabbits appeared, and it was obvious that they were looking for food, and two of them still showed signs of fighting.

"Do you want someone to guard them, maybe they will come out." Bauhinia asked Ye An.

"No need." Ye An stood up, put the knife back into its sheath, clapped his hands and said, "There are not only hares here, but also other prey."

While speaking, Ye An's eyes shifted to a stone house not far away.

Compared with the surrounding buildings, the collapse of this stone house is not too serious, and there is a well beside the moss-covered wall.

Ye An didn't quite understand why a well was drilled when the river was surrounded by it, but he didn't intend to do more research. His goal was the wild birds hidden behind the stone wall.

"Go around and be careful not to disturb them."

Ye An waved to Zijing and the others, signaling them to divide into two teams and approach from both sides of the stone house.According to his observation, there are a lot of wild birds inhabiting the house. If you are careless, not only will there be no harvest, but you may also be injured.

"Follow me!" Zijing understood Ye An's intentions, took a group of people with her, and handed over the rest to Zhizi. According to Ye An's instructions, they all slowed down and approached the target cautiously.

The wild birds in the house sensed the danger, and the aggressive roosters croaked loudly, jumped out of the window one after another, spread their wings and flew at low altitude, rushing towards Ye An, Zijing and others.

These roosters are surprisingly large, over a meter tall, with sharp claws and beaks.The claws are covered with a solid crust that not even the teeth of poisonous snakes can penetrate.

With this layer of protection, they specialize in feeding on snakes and poisonous insects, and occasionally fight with hares living nearby. The winners are arrogant, and the losers are almost impossible to survive. Caught in a stone house and reduced to a delicious meal for another species.

During the rainy season, this highland will encounter floods, most of the large mutant beasts will move away, and snakes are rarely encountered.

In order to make a living, wild birds turned to searching for earthworms in the ground, and even hunted rabbits specifically to rob them of the food they found.However, wild birds can also distinguish the types of rabbits. The snow rabbits with the strongest fighting power are rarely provoked, unless they are so hungry that they have no choice but to take risks.

Food is scarce and life is difficult. What's worse, the females in the group have no fixed breeding season. They lay eggs when they say they want to lay eggs, and brood when they say they want to brood. There is no room for roosters to object.

Right now there are seven or eight hens brooding in their nests, and the rest of the hens are guarding them. They all rely on the roosters to find food and defend their territory.

When encountering Ye An and the others who entered the territory, the rooster would naturally not be polite. It exploded its feathers angrily and rushed up aggressively.

The tail feathers of these roosters are very long, and they float in the air when they take off, dragging a luster no less than that of peacock feathers.

Ye An had no time to pay attention to how beautiful they were. His eyes were completely attracted by the size of the roosters, and he couldn't help but feel joy in calculating the population hidden in the stone house from their numbers.

"Be careful to avoid the claws and beak!"

The rooster can fly, which is a big advantage when fighting the hare.But the flying speed is average, and the altitude is also average, so it doesn't pose much threat to Ye An, Zijing and others.

With the sound of string control, several roosters flying in the front were shot one after another, fell to the ground from mid-air, struggled twice and stopped moving.The rest of the roosters did not retreat, but let out an angry cry, fell from mid-air, and rushed towards Ye An and the others.

After landing, the speed of the rooster increased significantly, and it rushed forward in an instant, almost pecking Zijing and the two women next to her.

Ye An drew out his dagger, avoided the two roosters attacking him, cut off the target's neck with one knife, and helped Bauhinia out of the siege.

Everyone gradually mastered the rooster's attack method, and the battle became no suspense.

Not long after, all the flying roosters fell to the ground, their colorful feathers scattered, and all of them were drenched by the rain.

Everyone rushed into the house, but was intercepted by the hen unexpectedly.

Ye An, Zijing and the others kept their hands on purpose, instead of killing them, they managed to trap them with ropes and fishing nets, put them into bags together with the eggs in the nest, and prepared to take them back to the cave.

"If it can be fed, it can be brought back to the isolated island."

Ye An tied up the mouth of the bag, leaving some gaps, and felt that the trip was about the same, and there was no need to continue fishing.Even if you want to catch it, you have to send the prey back first, so as not to cause complications.

Everyone agreed with Ye An's idea, picked up the scattered arrows, passed a branch through the rope tied to the mouth of the bag, lifted them up in pairs, and prepared to go back the same way.

The reason for doing this is that the hen is too aggressive and keeps attacking while being tied in a bag.In case the bag is torn open, it is easy to cause injury to people.

In order to avoid trouble, it is more appropriate to carry it in the air.

A group of people left the ruins and walked along the road they came from.

Ye An was originally in a good mood, and planned to come out after returning home while the time was still early, but the river in the distance suddenly set off a large wave of water, like a huge wall erected from the bottom of the river, which was still very conspicuous through the heavy rain.

"What happened?" The women were very surprised, and their footsteps stopped at the same time.

Ye An stood on the spot, looking towards the place where the water wall appeared, if he read correctly, that was the direction Xiao Yun planned to go to!