Ye An

The cave was so full of grain that it was impossible to count how much was left inside without removing the grain bag at the entrance of the cave.

Ye An and Laqiwa worked together, moved the cut grain bag aside, carried the intact one to the camel, and asked the other three to re-tie the bag and put it on the camel's back.

For people living in the wilderness, food is more important than anything else, far better than gold and silver treasures.The latter circulates between cities and is also collected by some people in power. It is not as good as a handful of beans for ordinary city residents, residents and wanderers.

After discovering the food in the cave, Ye An changed his plan again. In any case, the food must be taken away.If the transport capacity is not enough, put down some cages.Anyway, the cave was deep underground, except for the gangsters, they were the only ones who found it here.

Without human interference, the mutated beasts living underground are not interested in things like pearls at all, but food is not the case. If they are found, they will be looted soon.Because of this, the bandits scattered pearls all over the ground at will, but here they carefully camouflaged and even blocked stone slabs to seal the cave firmly.

Ye An and Rachiva passed by. The former was covered with flour, while the latter had pods hanging in his hair.

Although they looked a little embarrassed, both of them were full of joy.

In any case, so much food was transported back, enough to feed the people on the island for more than half a year.

With the efforts of several people, most of the cave was quickly emptied. Ye An walked into the cave and found two bags of potatoes deep in the wall.Probably because it was not stored properly, the potatoes had already germinated, and the bluish-white stem buds passed through the loose mouth of the bag, climbed a certain distance on the ground, climbed up the gap between the grain bags, and penetrated into the cracks in the rock wall, absorbing the seeds hidden in the bag. Drops of water across the gap.

Sprouted potatoes cannot be eaten, but they can be grown.

Ye An didn't intend to waste it. After a quick look, he re-tied the bag and handed it to a woman who followed, telling her to deliver it separately and not to mix it with other food.

In addition to potatoes, Ye An found sweet potatoes, corn, yams and some unnamed roots one after another.

In a bag with a broken bottom, he also found two water chestnuts, each comparable to Rachiva's fist, with a dark purple skin that had obviously mutated.

"It should be edible, right?" Ye An grabbed one and weighed it.

According to common sense, since it is piled up with grain, it should be able to be imported.After all, bandits are not stupid enough to put inaccessible things in the granary.

"Bring it back to Lily of the Valley, I must know whether it is poisonous or not."

Following the water chestnuts, Ye An found several bags of vegetable seeds one after another.He can recognize not many, and most of them can't tell what type they will grow into.

There is no way to tell the difference, so I simply put them together and wait until I get back to the isolated island.

Racheva picked up five bags of food in one breath, the muscles of her arms and thighs swelled, sweat dripped down her back, her steps were still fast, and she didn't feel strenuous at all.

The camels lined up outside the cave. To save time, the women led the camels to the entrance of the cave, hung the bags full of grain between the humps, and when the camels reached the load limit, they would drive them forward and pull the other ones. The camel followed.

This saves time and greatly increases efficiency.

With the mutated tiger by his side, even if the camel walked a little far away and temporarily out of sight of the few people, there was no need to worry about accidents.

After half a day, the cave was finally emptied.

The cave is no longer full of food, it looks empty.

There is a long and narrow crack on the rock wall on the inside. Two tiny geckos crawled out of it. Seeing the changed cave, they froze for a moment, as if they didn’t understand that they were just out hunting, how did they come back like this? ?

Ye An found the geckos, sensed their emotions, looked around the cave, and found a well-disguised nest near the corner, with a few white eggs inside.

Not wanting to disturb the family anymore, Ye An quickly backed out of the cave, motioned to Laqiva, moved the bluestone back, and blocked the cave again to ensure that no large mutant beasts would take the opportunity to break in.

"My lord, where are you going next?"

It took less than a day to gain a lot. Laqiva and the others were very excited and didn't feel tired at all. They just wanted to set off as soon as possible to find out all the remaining strongholds.

"Rest for a while and eat something." Ye An said, "Don't you feel hungry?"

It's okay if Ye An didn't say anything, but when he mentioned it, Rachiva and the others subconsciously touched their stomachs, and the five viscera temples began to roar.

"I'll make a fire and get some cobs of corn."

Ye An went down to the dry river, moved the gravel, and found some dry water plants and wood chips.After returning to the shore, surround the city with stones of different sizes, and light a fire in the circle.

The fire ignited, illuminating Ye An's cheeks, bringing some warmth.

The bag containing corn was brought over, the bag was untied, and the corn inside rolled out immediately.

After mutation, these corns have the length of an adult's forearm, and the thickest part exceeds Rachiva's wrist.With the appetite of ordinary people, one stick can eat seven to eight percent full.

The corn kernels on the cob are plump and bright yellow in color.Occasionally, there are a few blue spots mixed in, but Ye Anben didn't care.Put it on the fire and bake, those cyan particles actually moved.

It was a bug disguised as a corn kernel!

The worms couldn't stand the heat and fell from the corn cob, some fell directly into the fire, and some hung on the hot rocks, making a crackling sound.

After the explosion, there was a unique fragrance, which caused Ye An to sniff his nose and move his index finger.

"nice one!"

Laqiwa knew this kind of caterpillar and told Ye An that this kind of caterpillar only eats food, and when cooked, it tastes better than some mutated animal meat.

"In the southwestern part of the wasteland, there are people who specialize in growing corn. Besides feeding themselves, they also feed this kind of bugs." Laqiva took out a cob of corn, looked through it carefully, and picked out a few small blue meat balls from it. Handed it to Ye An with the back of the knife.

"Keeping bugs?" Ye An was taken aback.

"Yes." Laqiva nodded, and simply sat by the fire, recalling, "After the bugs are grown, they will be sold to a special caravan and transported to the southernmost island in the wasteland, where there are people who specialize in buying this kind of bugs." , the price is quite high.”

Before settling on the isolated island, Racheva relied on caravan guards to earn wages to maintain her own life.

She followed a caravan away from the wilderness and arrived at a small island off the coast.

Compared with the brutally competitive wasteland, it is like another world.With abundant resources and no need to worry about large groups of predators, it is no exaggeration to say that it is a paradise on earth.

Rachiva was shocked, and once had the idea of ​​staying.

The caravan leader knew what she was thinking, and shook his head pityingly, telling her that the island was far from being as peaceful as it could be.

"There are poisonous insects, snakes and poisonous plants all over the place. The people on the island are not tall, and they don't look strong enough, but they are covered with poison. Even the ropes used to tie women's hair are poisonous weeds."

Listening to Laqiva's narration, Ye An took the dagger and poured the small meat ball on it into his palm.

On the other hand, recalling the experience at that time, Racheva shuddered.

While on the island, a guard who didn't know the inside story was malicious and wanted to rob a family of islanders at night.In the end, he didn't even break into the door, and fell to the ground in front of the door, howling, and instantly turned into puddles of blood, leaving not even a bit of bone residue.

It was not the elders of the family who killed them, but a half-grown girl.

Knowing what happened, Rachiva immediately gave up the idea of ​​staying, and left with the caravan the next day, never going to that island again.

After listening to Laqiva's narration, Ye An couldn't help feeling curious.He planned to ask Zhao Weng and Xiao Yun if they knew those islanders who were good at using poison after they went back.

When the two were talking, the little caterpillar that Ye An held in his palm felt that there was no danger, and gradually stretched out, from the beginning to the end, it was no longer than Ye An's knuckle.

Ye An observed carefully, and found that the whole body of these little guys was green and smooth, like silkworm babies carved out of emerald and shrunk several times.

Out of curiosity, Ye An tapped the little caterpillar's head.Feelings of grievance came, mixed with a little curiosity.

Ye An was so teased that the corners of his mouth turned up, but he was suddenly stunned the next moment.

These little caterpillars actually have clear thinking and complex emotions, and their level of development is comparable to that of queen ants and queen bees!