The vegetation on the central island is extremely peculiar. There is only one kind of tree on the entire island, an extremely tall, strong and straight tree called redwood.
There are an extremely large number of them, densely distributed throughout the central island, and the bottom of the trunk of the tree is bare, and the branches and leaves are concentrated on the top of the tall tree.
This redwood tree, even as an immature sapling, is more than ten meters tall and can be surrounded by two or three people.
Not to mention those giant trees that have grown to maturity!
Some of them are thick and sturdy, with a diameter of only seven or eight meters! If they are thick, forty or fifty adults can barely encircle them, holding hands!
When I looked up, I couldn't see the sky at all. All I could see was the lush branches and leaves, which blocked the sky and the sun, blocking the entire sky.
Only a few rays of light emerged from the gaps between the leaves and hit the ground, illuminating a small light and shadow on the ground.
This central island is indeed the place with the most species of creatures. As Li Xiao glanced around, he discovered several creatures that he had never seen before.
Those with these huge bony horns are big-antlered deer, which look similar to ordinary deer. They are herbivores and basically harmless.
That huge, orangutan-like creature is a giant ape. It is also a herbivore and has a gentle personality. However, if it is accidentally provoked, it will become an extremely aggressive creature.
That leisurely, bear-like creature is an ancient dire bear, and its size and appearance are similar to those of an ordinary brown bear.
Like Therizinosaurus, it has a strong sense of territory. If you don't enter its territory, it is basically gentle and harmless. But if you stray into its territory, haha... The Revenant has seen it!
While observing the creatures on the island, four strange-looking birds came into Li Xiao's eyes.
These strange birds are somewhat similar to ostriches, and they also walk on two legs. However, upon closer inspection, they are quite different from ostriches.
It looks like it is good at running with its thick legs, and there is a pair of small wings on its side. Judging from the proportions, this big bird should not be able to fly.
Their heads are not small either, and they have a sharp and huge beak!
After these four creatures appeared, they immediately began to attack the harmless herbivores nearby...
The huge and sharp beaks easily pecked through the flesh and blood of a Parasaurolophus, and these four big strange birds killed and devoured a Parasaurolophus in the blink of an eye!
The blood-stained heads raised their heads, as if they still had some unfinished thoughts. They glanced around and spotted Li Xiao and the others here at a glance.
At a pace slightly slower than that of the velociraptor, these four big birds rushed towards the side very quickly!
"It's broken! These terrifying birds have discovered themselves!" Li Xiao was shocked and hurriedly prepared for the attack.
Li Xiao, who is familiar with the Arkworld, knows that this creature called the Horrible Bird is a very aggressive predator.
This creature can best be described in one word: reckless!
This terrifying bird is a very aggressive creature. Any creature it sees, whether it is herbivorous or carnivorous, smaller or larger than it, it will rush towards and strike hard!
It dares to bite even a brontosaurus that is much larger than it, and its head is extremely strong!
The most irritating creatures mostly go out together, so even dire bears often don't want to provoke them.
Li Xiao's first thought was to escape, but he immediately knew that was not possible. His five raptors had already been exhausted and injured after crossing the swamp twice a day.
The speed is definitely not as fast as these terror birds that are ready to go!
All we can do is fight!
Although the Terror Birds are ferocious, they still have the upper hand in terms of numbers, and their Velociraptors are no weaklings either!
Li Xiao kept cheering himself up. "We happened to have lost two raptors and had nowhere to vent their anger, so I will use your four terrifying birds to sacrifice the souls of my two raptors in the sky!"
Li Xiao pointed the metal spear forward with one hand and shouted loudly: "Velociraptor, charge at me!"
The raptors who obeyed Li Xiao's orders immediately took steps and rushed towards the four terrifying birds!
The velociraptor that Li Xiao sat down on was the least injured, and it was also the fastest running. It was seen that it ran quickly with Li Xiao and rushed to the front!
The four terror birds advanced together, but Li Xiao's formation was like a knife-tip.
Gradually, the distance between the two parties is getting closer...
Finally, these two torrents collided!
Li Xiao thrust his spear forward, using it as a lance, and rushed into the group of terror birds!
His spear directly hit the body of a terrifying bird, impaling the terrifying bird! The raptor's running momentum was not reduced, and it pushed the terrifying bird back for a long distance.
Stopped.
With one charge, Li Xiao directly killed a huge terror bird!
When he turned around while riding the raptor, he saw that the remaining terror birds were already fighting with the raptors.
Li Xiao rode the raptor and rushed into the battlefield again, waving his spear and stabbing at the terrifying birds!
His current appearance is like that of Zhao Zilong who took the head of an enemy general among thousands of generals!
A shrill scream came from his side. Li Xiao turned around and saw a bloody velociraptor being bitten on the neck by a terrifying bird!
The powerful beak of the terror bird directly tore off the flesh and blood from the raptor's neck, including the skin!
After one sip, the velociraptor whimpered and fell down...
The combat power of the Terror Birds is inherently higher than that of the Velociraptors, and these raptors were exhausted after crossing the swamp twice, so it was normal for them to lose to the Terror Birds.
Even with the numerical advantage, the raptors were still at a disadvantage.
Li Xiao's eyes were splitting when he saw another raptor was broken. He jumped off his mount and let the raptor under him join the team fight. He took out his bow and arrow and quickly retreated!
At this moment, he changed from Zhao Yun who used the spear to Huang Zhong who used the bow.
The spear turned into a powerful bow, and the killing speed did not slow down at all, harvesting the lives of the remaining terror birds!
call out--
The arrows flew, piercing the air and piercing the head of the last terror bird with great force!
Watching its figure slowly fall, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, after paying a heavy price, Li Xiao wiped out these four terrifying birds!
Li Xiao rushed forward and threw himself in front of the raptor that fell just now.
If you look closely, you will see that the Velociraptor has numerous wounds of various sizes all over its body, and blood is constantly flowing out of them.
And on its neck, a large piece of flesh and blood was torn off by the sharp beak of the terror bird, revealing the broken trachea - this was a fatal injury!
This velociraptor was not completely dead yet. As it breathed intermittently, blood foam continued to gush out from its broken trachea.
Li Xiao lifted its head and placed it on his lap.
When one person and one dragon looked at each other, Li Xiao's eyes immediately turned red, his eyes were moist, and tears flowed out.
Even at this dying moment, the raptor looked at Li Xiao with an expression of loyalty and intimacy in addition to the fear of death!
When Li Xiao saw such a look, his heart was like a sharp knife piercing his heart.
"Why? Why? You are just a beast that I tamed by relying on the system. Why are you so loyal to me!!"
Li Xiao's voice was choked up and he was holding back tears, but the tears still dripped onto the raptor's face.
Seeing the velociraptor lingering and gasping in pain, Li Xiao couldn't bear it.
"Xiao Xun, let's go!" Enduring the tearing pain in his heart, he pierced the tip of the metal spear into Xiao Xun's eyebrow, ending its pain.
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect……
The raptor that died this time was the first raptor that Li Xiao had tamed, and it was also the one that stayed with him the longest...
Li Xiao now hates the Ark system very much and why it treats Li Xiao like this.
"Why? Why should I make them willing to die for me!? What have I done? I just fed them a full meal! What is it worth for them to be so determined!?"
Li Xiao looked up at the sky, bursting into tears.
"I just want them to be forced to obey my orders!"
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After treating the injuries of the remaining injured raptors one by one, Li Xiao stood up and looked at the remaining raptors.
He stood upright, his eyes full of love for these raptors.
Not far away from the central island, Li Xiao found a good place to build a shelter.
The terrain of this place is flat and open, just right for building a large courtyard.
"This is the place we have decided." Li Xiao took out the materials carried in the inventory and the Velociraptor saddle, and began to build this shelter.
The first thing to do is to ensure the safety of this place. This is simple. Li Xiao made a lot of horses when he was in Xiaopingyuan. As long as he surrounds himself with these horses, this place will become a very safe place.
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Then, there are the buildings inside.
Li Xiao did not plan to use wooden buildings for the shelter here. After all, heat storms pose a great threat to wooden buildings.
As for the stone house - light a stone for me and try it!
Stone buildings are not afraid of being washed away by heavy rains or the high temperatures of heat storms, and they are strong and durable, making them the best building materials.
Moreover, there are huge stones everywhere on Ark Island, and there is no shortage of materials to build stone houses.
With a quick glance, Li Xiao saw no fewer than seven or eight huge stones that were as tall as a person.
Taking out the pickaxe, Li Xiao walked up...
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At night, in a courtyard surrounded by horses.
One person and four raptors are sitting around a campfire.
Li Xiao took out some raw meat from his backpack and fed it to several raptors.
After a tiring day, the velociraptors were already extremely hungry and ate up all the raw meat in just a few mouthfuls.
Li Xiao immediately took out a lot more.
"Eat slowly, there's more." Li Xiao affectionately touched the head of a velociraptor.
The dead have passed away, but the living remain. Li Xiao is not a sentimental person, he has already let go of Xiao Xun's death.
After all, Xiao Xun No. 2, 4, 5, and 7 are still accompanying him.
Li Xiao knew that he would never be able to compensate these raptors for what he owed them. All he could do was treat the remaining raptors well in the years to come...
