Chapter 15 Trap (Part 1)

At noon, a strong frog lay in the dense reeds.

With a rough back and a pair of big eyes staring ahead, as a gust of wind blew by, there was a rustling sound of leaves in the reeds.

A withered reed leaf floated over the frog's head. On the green reed leaves, an inconspicuous black shadow flashed past under the sunlight at noon.

If it were a human being, it would be difficult to detect this subtle difference in this dense patch of reeds.

But the frog that has been waiting here for a long time is different. Following the swaying reeds, the frog's bright round pupils have already locked the insect hidden on the young leaves. But the next moment, when the frog is about to capture it

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In an instant, the frog moved.

However, it did not directly prey on the insects. Instead, it sensed the threat and ran deeper into the reeds without looking back.

Gu Qingshan: "..."

Sure enough, the surrounding resources are different, and the vigilance of the animals is also different.

Previously, in Crocodile Mother's territory, Gu Qingshan had always caught food like frogs, but in a strange place, he found that the frogs that used to look silly and cute were now smarter.

Of course, it could also be because this is an old frog.

After all, it is very rare to find a frog that can grow to more than one pound these days and is not a bullfrog.

Looking at the prey that disappeared from his sight in an instant, Gu Qingshan shook his slender tail, like an experienced hunter, and quietly dived into the water again.

Half an hour later, in a turbid water area, under the impact of thirty square meters of air, Gu Qingshan successfully caught this carp weighing one and a half kilograms, and even unexpectedly harvested a few wheat fish.

Putting away all the prey, his body lurked under the water, and Gu Qingshan swam quietly through the calm reeds.

On the fifteenth day after leaving the crocodile mother, the body's growth rate dropped significantly.

Under normal circumstances, Gu Changqing's current body length can reach at least 40 centimeters. If there is enough food, it can even reach more than 45 centimeters.

But now his body length is up to thirty-seven centimeters, and this includes the improvement brought about by two high-quality meals.

Judging from the current situation, half a month has passed and Gu Qingshan's first overseas business venture has failed.

But nothing is absolute. As the dark and hard carapace cut through the calm water, Gu Qingshan returned to his lair.

Compared to the first meeting eight days ago, there have been quite obvious changes here.

The lakeshore, which was originally covered with gravel, has now been dug into a trench, which is 11 meters long, 2 meters wide and 1.5 meters deep. It feels like a trench has been dug. On the side close to the lake, there is a strip of dirt.

Earth dam mixed with reeds.

Although it looks a bit ugly, you can clearly feel that the producer put a lot of thought into it.

The earthen dam is compacted, and there is a layer of fine crosses on it. Its main function is to prevent rainwater from washing away the soil.

Looking from a distance, it looks like a very rubbish surgical operation was performed on the originally beautiful lakeside.

The khaki earthen dams and ditches are simply ugly, but they are the result of Gu Changqing's hard work for more than a week.

He gets up at seven o'clock every day and works until noon, during which he will have an hour to rest and hunt, and then works until sunset.

This is also something that can't be helped.

The weight of soil itself is heavier than water. One cubic meter of soil has a mass of at least 1.3 tons.

Judging from the size of the trench that Changqing is currently digging, he has to carry at least 42.9 tons of soil, and the system space can only help him deal with 40 kilograms of soil at a time. Moreover, activating the system space is not without cost.

Every time it is used, a part of Gu Changqing's mental power will be consumed. Although the amount consumed each time is very small, the cumulative effect is very scary. After long-term training, Gu Changqing's mental power has actually increased from 1.1 to 1.12. This

It's also an unexpected gain.

Compared with digging ditches, building earth dams is actually more troublesome.

I dare not say anything else. Every inch of soil in this ugly-looking earth dam was tamped little by little by Gu Changqing with his claws. Every reed was stirred together with the soil with great effort, and even just

Even the pebbles were specially selected by him to better withstand the erosion of rain.

For this reason, Gu Changqing's sharp claws were worn bare. The scales that once reflected the luster of gemstones in the sunlight were now like a mobile phone screen that had been used for a year, with tiny scratches all over it.

As for whether all this is worth it?

Because the trap has not been officially completed, Gu Changqing doesn't know what the final result will be, but the ditch has been dug and the dam itself has been compacted. You can't give up at this time, right?

He took a deep breath and ignored the few wheat fish in the system space. He still had use for these small fish.

Gu Qingshan swallowed the carp, which weighed one and a half kilograms, and turned to look at the half-woven reed pole not far away. The emerald green reeds were like a mat, entwined one by one.

In the first half of the reed mat, there is a two-meter-long wooden stick inserted in the gap between the reeds. Looking at the unfinished second half, Gu Changqing's cold and cunning vertical pupils can't help but reveal an eye-catching look at this moment.

Heartbreaking pain.

In fact, from the beginning, he had planned to dig a fishing trap.

The inspiration comes from a senior time traveler.

However, the senior who was also named Qingshan was luckier. He traveled through time and became a bear. He had a mother bear to protect him since he was born. It didn’t take long for him to have his first adventure in life. Although he was later driven away by his mother, at that time

He already has the strength to tear apart a pack of wolves with his bare hands.

Gu Qingshan was in a worse situation. He also had a mother, but the crocodile mother ate two of his brothers as soon as he was born. She even ate one of his brothers when he left, although she didn't kill him with her own hands.

But look at the crocodile mother?

This poor brother must smell delicious.

Therefore, we cannot generalize between people. The gap between European emperors and African chiefs was even greater than the gap between humans and dogs.

But what can we do? Life is still going on, so we can’t give up now, right?

Just looking at his short hands, Gu Qingshan felt very tired.

For Gu Qingshan, weaving reeds is not difficult, he just needs to prepare the reed strips.

But the problem is that because the crocodile's hands are too short and its head is too big, Gu Changqing has to recheck one side of the reed every time he weaves it. Only after making sure that there are no problems can he proceed to the next step of weaving.

This means that he has to work repeatedly, and a large part of his working time is ineffective work.

But there is no way, who made him a crocodile?

Regarding this situation, Gu Qingshan couldn't help but think of the time when he was still a human being. He once saw a group of gangsters discussing on a reptile forum about why powerful and cunning animals like crocodiles have not evolved into intelligent creatures for hundreds of millions of years (here

refers to being good at using tools).

At that time, Gu Changqing looked at it quite seriously because what the other party said was reasonable and convincing.

From the environment to the ethnic group, and then to genes and body structure, as well as lifestyle and other aspects were analyzed, one can't help but feel the other party's erudition.

Now, Gu Changqing can clearly tell the other party that there is only one reason why crocodiles can't use tools - crocodiles have no hands. Even if you give crocodiles tools, crocodiles can't use them.
Chapter completed!