The Triceratops and the Dodo were not very fast, and it took Li Xiao and the others a day to return to the central island.
Pushing open the courtyard door, when Li Xiao saw the scene in the courtyard clearly, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Fuck! Giant Eagle, fuck%￥#..."
Obviously, after Li Xiao left, the giant eagle came to the yard again, which can be seen from the extremely damaged yard.
Fortunately, the buildings in the courtyard are all made of stone, and the giant eagle has not yet been able to destroy the buildings.
After arranging all the tame animals into the new enclosure, Li Xiao immediately started preparing to make the crossbow tower.
After the crossbow tower is made, if the giant eagle still dares to come, Li Xiao will definitely let it taste the power of the crossbow!
But the problem now is that the materials needed to make this crossbow are really too much...
Basic materials such as wood, fiber, animal skin, and thatch are not difficult to obtain, but it just takes a little more time.
What is difficult to obtain are two relatively advanced materials, cement and metal ingots!
As for cement, Li Xiao took out the chitin he found in the southern cave last time and counted it, and he was able to collect enough cement.
And 100 metal ingots - a far cry!
Smelting 100 metal ingots requires 200 metal ores, and 200 metal ores require mining of at least two huge metal ores or a dozen small metal ores!
Before taming the load-bearing dinosaur, Li Xiao could only use his own inventory to transport 200 pieces of metal ore, but even if he emptied his inventory, he could not carry so much metal ore at one time.
Looks like I have to make an extra trip back and forth!
If Li Xiao wants to collect metal ore, there are currently only three places to go:
The flat-topped mountain in the southeast, the underground cave in the south, and the central peak of the central island.
Pingdingshan is the least dangerous place. Basically, Li Xiao is not in danger as long as he doesn't encounter the Therizinosaurus. However, the problem is that the distance is too far. Li Xiao would have to walk for three days to go back and forth depending on the Velociraptor.
If two people go back and forth... six days!
What a waste of time!
Moreover, the metal reserves in Pingdingshan are too small. It would be okay for Li Xiao to make some metal picks, metal axes, etc., but this would require a crossbow with such a large amount of metal...
Choose to abandon this route to Pingdingshan!
The underground caves in the south have a lot of metal ore reserves, but like Pingding Mountain, they are too far away from Li Xiao.
And there are probably spiders, bats and other creatures inside, which are still a bit dangerous.
Going to the southern cave is also abandoned...
Li Xiao raised his head and looked at the central island peak not far away.
It seems that the only option is to venture there to collect ore!
Compared with the first two options, the peak of the central island is very close to here, and the ore reserves are equally rich.
But the danger here is also the highest!
The ferocious saber-toothed tigers and oxen roaming at the foot of the mountain;
the giant carnivorous dinosaur Allosaurus that haunts the mountainside;
The Argentine giant eagle commonly seen on the top of the mountain!
However, although the central mountain peak is dangerous, there is less vegetation on the mountain, the field of vision is wide, and Li Xiao is protected by raptors. As long as he stays away from these dangerous creatures, it is not dangerous.
With a wide field of vision, any creature can be spotted from a distance, which is why he dares to go up the mountain to mine.
In order to increase the distance at which he could observe, Li Xiao specially made a telescope——
The slender wooden tube is hollow inside and inlaid with two crystal lenses polished until clear.
One thick and one thin wooden tube is put together and can be lengthened or shortened to adjust the focal length.
Although this simple single-tube telescope has a simple structure, its performance is comparable to that of expensive precision telescopes!
This provides Li Xiao with greater safety when mining in the mountains.
Without further ado, Li Xiao took the triceratops that could carry his weight and headed straight for the central mountain peak...
The central mountain peak is in the shape of a sheet, with gentle slopes from east to west and steep cliffs from north to south.
Li Xiao's yard is on the east side of the mountain, so he doesn't need to take a detour and plans to climb the mountain directly from the east slope.
Not long after marching, Li Xiao and the others arrived at the foot of the central peak.
Taking out his telescope, Li looked at the dangerous creature on the east slope.
No dangerous creatures were found at the foot of the mountain, only a few ankylosaurs covered in bone spurs were grazing leisurely.
Although Ankylosaurus collects iron ore with twice the effort, it should be tamed next time. This time Li Xiao was in a hurry to make a crossbow and could only use metal pickaxes to collect ore.
On the mountainside, he saw three wandering Allosaurus.
The appearance of the creature Allosaurus is somewhat similar to Tyrannosaurus rex, but its size and stature are much smaller than Tyrannosaurus rex.
However, this kind of creature travels in groups, and usually three or four hunt together. With their numerical advantage, they are as dangerous as a lone Tyrannosaurus rex.
Li Xiao planned the route, bypassing these Allosaurus far away, and headed towards the top of the mountain.
Compared with the last time Li Xiao climbed a steep rock wall, climbing this mountain with a low slope was like walking on flat ground.
Walking briskly, you can see that you are about to reach the top...
Suddenly, a giant eagle flew up from the top of the mountain and roared over Li Xiao's head!
Li Xiao directed the Triceratops to lower its body in a hurry, for fear of being discovered by the giant eagle.
Fortunately, the giant eagle didn't notice them at all and flew directly into the distance...
The small episode did not affect Li Xiao at all. Seeing that the giant eagle had left, he once again led the triceratops and set off towards the top of the mountain.
While walking, Li Xiao suddenly stopped and looked in the direction where the giant eagle disappeared just now with a puzzled look on his face.
"No, why does that giant eagle look so familiar? And the direction it's going -"
Li Xiao suddenly woke up and said loudly, "Isn't that the giant eagle that keeps running into my yard?! Damn it! This thing that has been stabbed a thousand times is going to my yard again!!"
"I%￥*$#!" A piece of dirty words came out of his mouth.
After greeting the elders of Giant Eagle for a few times, Li Xiao turned his anger into motivation and hurried towards the top of the mountain.
He must quickly collect enough metal ore, go back and make a ballista, and kill this hateful giant eagle!
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Climbing up the stone platform in front of him, Li Xiao finally reached the top of the mountain.
What you see is full of scattered metal ores and crystals!
No giant eagles were found around Li Xiao. Only a few flying figures were seen in the sky on the other side of the mountaintop, but they were too far away from Li Xiao and there was no threat.
There were no giant eagles, but there were quite a few eagle nests. At a glance, Li Xiao found more than four or five huge giant eagle nests made of branches and weeds...
However, no eaglets were seen in this giant eagle's nest.
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking around, the entire central island is completely covered by the lush green branches and leaves of the redwood trees.
Looking to the north, you can see the tall volcanic peaks across the shore!
Vaguely, Li Xiao still saw the figure of the northwest monument at the end of his line of sight...
The sky is clear, with only a few clouds on the horizon, making the scenery on Ark Island even more beautiful!
But Li Xiao didn’t come to see the scenery!
After confirming that there was no danger around him, he hurriedly rushed to a piece of ore that reflected the metallic light, took out a metal pick and struck it.
The metal ore that was knocked off was immediately stuffed into the inventory.
The tinkling sound continued, and Li Xiao filled the inventory in a short time. After knocking down the metal ore again, Li Xiao turned around and stuffed it into the Triceratops' saddle package...
after an hour.
There was no huge redwood tree on the top of the mountain to block the sun, and the scorching sunshine directly hit Li Xiao.
He was sweating profusely and his arms were extremely weak, but he didn't dare to stop. After all, this was the nest of giant eagles, and they might come back at any time. He would do whatever he could while it was safe.
When the Triceratops' saddle package was also filled, Li Xiao stopped.
After doing the math, the metal ore collected is enough to make a ballista.
After wiping his sweat, Li Xiao knew that he had no time to rest, so it was best to go down the mountain before the giant eagles came back.
Turning around, Li Xiao walked towards the way up.
However, he stopped as soon as he took a step and looked at an eagle on the side in disbelief.
His heartbeat kept accelerating and his hands trembled!
"That's?! That's?! An Argentine giant eagle egg?!"
I saw a smooth white object leaning diagonally at the bottom of the eagle's nest.
Li Xiao walked up carefully and saw the details of the egg clearly.
The size of this egg is as big as a table! It is as tall as Li Xiao’s chest when standing up!
The egg looks completely white, but as long as you touch it, you can find that the eggshell is full of fine and beautiful patterns.
Such a big egg, I didn’t even notice it just now!
Li Xiao's face was full of intoxication as he rubbed the giant egg, and he thought of several ways to eat the egg.
"Oh, that's not right!"
But soon, he thought of a better idea - hatch the egg!
You must know that with your current strength, you have no ability to tame an adult giant eagle.
As long as you hatch it, you can skip taming it and have a giant eagle as a pet at such a low level!
Hatching a young giant eagle...hehe, I'm so excited just thinking about it!
After discarding several pieces of metal ore in his backpack to free up an item compartment, Li Xiao touched the dome and silently recited the word "collect" in his mind.
The next second, the dome disappeared into the lair, and the inventory was filled again.
"Hey hey hey! Let's go!"
With a silly smile on his face, he led the Triceratops down the mountain.
However, he stopped laughing immediately——
After walking down the mountain for a while, Li Xiao saw three huge Allosaurus wandering halfway up the mountain.
It’s the three I found when I went up the mountain!
When Li Xiao was collecting iron ore on the top of the mountain, these three Allosaurus actually wandered here!
"broken!"
Li Xiao quickly turned around, preparing to climb to the top of the mountain again and descend from the other side of the mountain to avoid these three dangerous creatures.
It's a pity that fate is such a twister.
The next second, the sound of an eagle's cry came from far away, from far to near!
Along with the cry of the eagle, the figure of a giant eagle also appeared.
It's the red-haired giant eagle! It's back!
The giant eagle's figure flew overhead and flew straight back to the top of the mountain.
Li Xiao's footsteps stopped again, and his face looked as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.
"Damn, I won't come back sooner or later, but I'm coming back at this time!"
His steps were hesitant, sometimes facing the road down the mountain, and now facing the road to the top of the mountain...
"There are dangerous birds going up the mountain, and wild beasts going down the mountain! What should we do? We can't just stay here!"
Just when he was hesitating, a shrill cry of an eagle came down from the top of the mountain, and Li Xiao's thoughts suddenly became much clearer.
No need to worry anymore!
With a determined look on his face, he walked down the mountain with steps ready to die...
