Unexpectedly, after leaving the cave, it started to rain lightly, and Li Xiao could only move forward despite the rain.
After riding for a long time dragging his wet and injured body, he finally returned to the courtyard of the central island...
The first thing he did when he came back was to limp to the kitchen to light a fire and prepare to boil water.
The boiled water is not only used for drinking, but more importantly, it is used to clean wounds.
The boiling water in the stone pot gradually cooled down, and Li Xiao sat next to it and treated his wounds.
"hiss--"
Li Xiao took off the bandage on his body and sucked in the cold air from the pain.
He had been very careful, but the bandage was already stuck to the wound, so he had to force it off.
Throwing the wet and blood-stained bandage aside, Li Xiao was covered in cold sweat.
Holding back the pain, he wiped the wounds on his shoulders and thighs with a clean cloth dipped in clean water.
After wiping, pour the medicine, and finally wrap it with a bandage.
This move was very familiar to Li Xiao. After all, this was not the first time he had been injured.
The bandage on the wound was loosely wrapped, but Li Xiao could only force himself like this.
After all, there was no one else who could help him on this lonely Ark Island.
After treating the wound, Li Xiao lay on the bed and summarized the battle.
Being able to survive this time is just a matter of luck!
"I didn't expect that this volcanic cave is so much more dangerous than the caves in the south!"
Li Xiao found that he had made a mistake again.
Thinking about it carefully, I only walked one-third of the way into the volcanic cave this time before I encountered a dangerous place like a spider lair.
For the remaining two-thirds, I don’t know how many dangers are waiting for me!
It seems that it is time to improve your combat power. Next time you explore the volcanic cave, you must have the strength to crush the cave!
To improve combat effectiveness, one is to tame more combat creatures, and the other is to improve one's own combat effectiveness.
This time, although he relied on a sneak attack to kill two carapace spiders, once he faced them head-on, he was no match for the carapace spiders.
In terms of attack, my long-range attack and melee attack are all good.
But in terms of defense - it's terrible!
Although the animal skin clothing on his body is of high quality, after all, the animal skin clothing is just clothing, not armor, and its defensive power is limited after all.
The problem is that we are still several levels away from unlocking the first set of armor - the carapace suit.
To increase his combat power, Li Xiao could only increase the number and strength of his bodyguards.
It seems that in the future, I will have to tame a few more powerful creatures!
Speaking of taming powerful creatures, the creature saddle I unlocked this time came in handy:
Among the three blueprints unlocked in this upgrade, the Sabretooth Tiger Saddle is very suitable for Li Xiao’s current needs.
The saber-toothed tiger has a higher combat power than the velociraptor, and the saber-toothed tiger is small in stature, so Li Xiao can ride it in the cave.
By leading this creature to explore the cave, Li Xiao's combat effectiveness will definitely increase!
"The decision is yours! Sabretooth Tiger!"
Li Xiao clenched his fists excitedly, already imagining the scene in his mind of riding a saber-toothed tiger and killing him through the cave.
An excitement caused another burst of pain in Li Xiao's wound, and he quickly relaxed his body again.
"But you have to wait until you recover from your injuries to tame the saber-toothed tiger..."
…
The drizzle kept falling for two days, and it stopped only in the early morning of the third day.
Li Xiao also lay in bed for two days.
After a night of rain, there is a bit of freshness in the air.
Li Xiao was in good spirits after lying down for two days. After getting up, he came to the yard.
While feeding food to the creatures in the pen, Li Xiao scanned the yard.
Everything in the yard looks so harmonious.
The green plants in the field are covered with dew and are growing vigorously in the morning light...
The creatures in the pen were leisurely eating the food fed by Li Xiao...
The dodos in the aviary are also preening their feathers in the rising sun...
The only unsightly thing is that the ground in the yard is soaked by rain and becomes muddy after being stepped on.
"How about paving the entire courtyard with a stone foundation?"
Unable to bear the mud in the yard, Li Xiao thought of a solution.
…
Paving the yard with a stone foundation must be a large and time-consuming project, but Li Xiao is recovering from his injuries, and the most important thing is time.
Although this workload is large, it does not require much effort on Li Xiao's part. The star-tailed beast does the collection work, and the production is done by hand. Li Xiao only needs to raise his hand to place it.
Li Xiao was not in a hurry. He only took some time to work every day, and spent most of the rest of his time recuperating from his injuries.
As you can see, the ground of the courtyard is covered with stone foundation day by day...
Half a month later.
Li Xiao put the last piece of foundation in place and let out a sigh of relief.
Looking around, the entire courtyard is a flat stone ground.
Yard paving is finally complete!
Arriving in front of the Dodo birdhouse, Li Xiao stretched out his head and looked inside...
As usual, he saw two bright eggs in the nest again.
Being familiar with the road, Li Xiao took out some berries from the inventory and threw them directly into the fence.
After a while, the dodos in the aviary swarmed up and started fighting for the food.
Li Xiao took this opportunity to sneak into the shed and took away the eggs.
"How should we eat today's eggs?"
Li Xiao ran straight to the kitchen without stopping.
Speaking of which, during the time when Li Xiao was injured, the dodos made great contributions to his nutritional supply.
Every two days, Li Xiao would find a few dodo eggs in the aviary.
At first, Li Xiao still grabbed directly as before, but after being injured, he couldn't even get past these dodos.
So, he changed his strategy and used food to lure the dodo away every time before taking the eggs.
This method never works!
A creature like the dodo is an absolute foodie than myself!
As for Li Xiao's injuries, they are almost healed.
It turned out that the ferocious wounds had basically healed after such a long period of recuperation. After scabbing off again, only light pink scars were left on Li Xiao's shoulders and legs.
The only problem is that although the injury on his leg has healed, it still affects the activity of the muscles in Li Xiao's leg, which also causes him to limp when he walks.
Li Xiao was helpless and could only accept his fate.
"Anyway, the next time you die, your body will be refreshed and you will become the same body without any scars!"
Li Xiao could only comfort himself in this way.
After all, he knew that there would be more dangers in the future, and it would be impossible not to die even once from now on.
…
Now that the injury is healed, Li Xiao can start his plan to tame the saber-toothed tiger.
However, taming the saber-toothed tiger is not a simple task, and Li Xiao needs to plan it in detail.
Sabre-toothed tigers are distributed on this central island, which saves Li Xiao the trouble of traveling far away.
Once you find a saber-toothed tiger, you have to plan how to knock it out!
The first thing to determine is that the meteor rope will definitely not work. The saber-toothed tiger is running on all fours and the chassis is low, so the meteor rope cannot be attached at all.
Led to the trapped dragon room? Nope, the saber-toothed tiger has excellent jumping ability and can easily cross the wall.
And it can even use its sharp claws to climb walls!
Li Xiao thought about it and looked at the small animal traps and line-mixing anesthesia traps in the production column.
"It's time to use this new tool that you haven't used yet!"
…
A small animal trap is, to put it bluntly, a metal trap.
The design of this animal trap is very clever - there is an iron chain under the base, and the iron chain is connected to a long nail, both of which are used to fix the animal trap to the ground.
Moreover, the clip of this bear trap is different from the usual bear traps. Its jaws do not have saw blades, but instead have fine protrusions.
It's a little less lethal, but a little more confining.
In the center of the clamp is a mechanism that is triggered by weight. Li Xiao tried it with a wooden stick and it was very sensitive.
As for the tripwire anesthesia trap, it is a needle-shooting device filled with anesthetic liquid.
This device can be connected to a thread and placed on the ground. As long as the thread is touched, the needle shooting device will shoot a fine needle soaked in anesthetic liquid towards the animal that touches the thread.
Li Xiao made a lot of these two things and tried them all one by one.
The result made Li Xiao very satisfied.
"Xuns, it's time to get to work!"
Li Xiao packed up his things and greeted the raptor...
…
The process of searching for a saber-toothed tiger was nothing to say. Li Xiao walked around the eastern part of the central island a few times and found a saber-toothed tiger at the foot of the central peak.
Li Xiao stood on a huge rock and observed the saber-toothed tiger with a telescope from a distance.
This saber-toothed tiger has a very fierce appearance, with strong muscles and hair like steel needles...
Coupled with the unique long teeth in its mouth, this saber-toothed tiger looks full of fighting power!
"This is the mount a man should ride!"
With a sigh, Li Xiao climbed down from the boulder and scanned the surroundings.
He needs to find a good terrain, a place suitable for an ambush.
It is best for this place to be in the shape of a corridor, so that Li Xiao's tripwire anesthesia trap can play a great role.
Li Xiao observed for a while but couldn't find a suitable place to go.
So, he decided to create one of his own.
He first selected a place with many trees, and then blocked it with thatched walls between the trees, forming two long walls.
The gap between the two walls is the corridor created by Li Xiao.
Then, he placed a tripwire anesthesia trap every two or three meters in the corridor, and placed some obvious reminders next to the trap.
He also deliberately placed two raptors at the end of the corridor, just in case.
After thinking about it and finding that there was nothing missing, Li Xiao rode on the Velociraptor and headed towards the foot of the mountain where the saber-toothed tiger was just found...
There was no surprise. A few minutes later, he rode the Velociraptor and ran back again.
And behind him, as expected, followed a saber-toothed tiger!
The saber-toothed tiger was not as fast as the velociraptor, so Li Xiao didn't panic.
I saw him controlling the Velociraptor to the corridor, slowing down a bit.
"Jump!"
The raptor rushed toward the end of the corridor, and before it reached a trap, Li Xiao shouted a chant, making the raptor jump to avoid the tripwire anesthesia trap.
"Jump-jump-"
One person and one dragon cooperated well and easily avoided the first few anesthesia traps.
"Jump-jump-oh! Don't!"
However, when it came to another trap, the Velociraptor made a mistake. After Li Xiao shouted "jump", its movements slowed down a bit.
As a result, the trap was triggered by the Velociraptor.
There was a sound of a mechanical spring, and several green-lighting metal needles appeared on the Velociraptor's legs.
"Oh, why are you so stupid!"
Li Xiao slapped his forehead, his face full of helplessness.
Fortunately, the single anesthetic agent in this tripwire anesthesia trap is not enough to stun the raptor.
Seeing that the saber-toothed tiger behind him was about to enter the corridor, Li Xiao quickly urged the raptor to continue moving forward.
"Jump...yeah, that's it, jump!"
I saw the Velociraptor once again jumping forward like a kangaroo...
"Hey! Stop! It's too late!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiao screamed - this time the anesthesia needle shot into his butt!
Quickly taking out a portion of the stimulant and swallowing it, Li Xiao looked at the raptor on his crotch with a speechless expression.
"If I had known this, I would have tamed a short-faced kangaroo first!"
