HCB Chapter 41: Deep in the Mountain of No Return 1
Chapter 41: Deep in the Mountain of No Return 1
Li Mingsheng walked along the long-eared beast's cave. Fortunately, it should be an empty cave, and they did not encounter the long-eared beast, the owner of the cave, along the way.
Otherwise, Li Mingsheng really didn't know if he still had the energy to fight. He felt that the energy stored in his beast source was about to run out after he had just absorbed the beast source.
Now he is not even sure he can deal with a strange beast like the long-eared beast, whose only lethality is its legs.
Li Mingsheng also needs to save energy to maintain Yanli's body size. After all, he is now in a coma, and a smaller size will make it easier for Li Mingsheng to carry him with him.
After crawling for about fifteen minutes, he finally found an exit. Li Mingsheng carefully exposed the little dragon head with one horn broken off, looked around, and when he saw that there was no danger, he used all four claws to crawl out of the cave, carrying Yanli and the animal skin bag on his body. After they were all out, he carefully put down the unconscious Yanli, then lay on the ground and transformed into a human form.
The constant overdraft of energy made it impossible for Li Mingsheng to continue to maintain his beast form.
However, the situation of Yanli, who was in a coma while maintaining his beast body, was different. In Yanli's case, his beast source was continuously providing energy until it was exhausted.
If there is no external replenishment to replenish his beast source with energy, it won't be long before his beast source is exhausted and he dies.
Therefore, the beast essence that Li Mingsheng had stuffed into Yanli's mouth before not only replenished the energy in the beast source so that he had the energy to heal himself, but also to prevent the beast source from depleting.
Li Mingsheng lay down for a while, and when he felt a little better, he got up. After all, this was not a place to stay for long.
He must find a relatively safe place for himself to rest and recuperate, and also provide Yanli with a comfortable enough environment to recuperate.
Li Mingsheng looked at the tall trees all around him. He followed the river with a feeling of disgust, determined to find a place to stay before night fell.
He walked carefully along the way, listening carefully in all directions and keeping an eye on all directions, for fear of encountering any high-level exotic beasts again. Perhaps Li Mingsheng's bad luck for the day had dissipated. When he followed the river and found a temporary residence, he did not encounter any high-level exotic beasts.
Their temporary residence tonight is an abandoned cave, not too deep, with two exits. In front of the cave is a huge stone, and under the stone are some irregular steps that were formed naturally.
After Li Mingsheng climbed up and placed Yanli on the animal skin, he carried a large stone to block the other small hole, leaving only this hole connected to the boulder.
He simply cleared the weeds around the cave, then repaired the stairs leading up from the huge rock at the entrance of the cave, making it possible for an orc to walk normally. Then he stopped repairing the stairs.
Li Mingsheng tried and climbed up to the cave entrance from the bottom. He found that it was much easier and less tiring than the first time he came up with Yanli without any repairs.
He made a staircase like stairs that could accommodate an orc figure to walk on.
The natural advantages of this cave can resist some low-level land and reptile beasts, but it can only serve as a buffer for the beasts in the sky and high-level beasts with absolutely overwhelming strength.
There was a big rock next to the cave entrance, which was exposed from the mountain behind. Li Mingsheng compared it carefully, then transformed into a beast and dug out the stone.
After resting for a while, and after Li Mingsheng swallowed a few more beast essences, his energy was almost restored.
However, because he had a broken horn, his level dropped to the initial stage of a six-star orc warrior, and Yanli was even worse off. Li Mingsheng looked at the glutinous rice dumpling lying on the animal skin in the cave. The glutinous rice dumpling's right arm was still clamped by a wooden board, and then tied with linen and hung around his neck. His right hand was across his stomach, and he was lying unconscious on the ground.
After finding the cave, Li Mingsheng first found a wooden board for Yanli's broken arm, and then tore his linen clothes into pieces to fix Yanli's arm. He checked the other person's arm and found that the broken part was neatly broken without any broken bones. It just needed to be fixed and the bone would grow back automatically.
Speaking of levels, Li Mingsheng only dropped one level, but Yanli was very powerful. He directly dropped to the level of a two-star orc warrior and returned to the state he was when he first met him.
However, for Li Mingsheng, it was a lucky thing that both of them were still alive. As for the drop in level, as long as there was nothing serious with the source of beasts, he could still upgrade it. At worst, he could catch more exotic beasts and dig out their essence to make up for Yanli.
Back to the present, after Li Mingsheng dug out the stones, he used them to block the entrance of the cave, and then went down the stairs. He needed to find stinky grass as soon as possible and spread it around. This could at least block some strange beasts, which was an extra layer of protection for Li Mingsheng.
He also needed to hunt an exotic beast. After all, he and Yanli had not eaten since last night. Li Mingsheng was fine, but Yanli was a wounded man and could not withstand it.
In addition to hunting, Li Mingsheng also had to find some stones to dig into stone pots, and then fetch water back to the cave.
He didn't dare go far, just went to the river.
This cave is actually only a few hundred meters away from the river.
There was a large patch of grass in front of the cave, surrounded by large trees, and the view from this place was also very good. It was the best place for them to stay at the moment.
On the grass by the river, he saw a group of long-tusked beasts, about twenty of them, all five-star level. It was difficult for him to fight against the whole group alone, so Li Mingsheng secretly attacked the thinner beast walking at the end. He transformed into a beast, quietly came to the side of the long-tusked beast, and entangled it with his dragon body. Before the beast could howl, Li Mingsheng broke its spine.
Li Mingsheng secretly took the long-tusked beast away, and then gathered some vines and made a simple backpack far away from the herd.
He processed the tusked beast as quickly as possible, skinning it, removing its internal organs, cutting off its head, and then putting the cut meat of the exotic beast into a backpack.
After burying the internal organs, he crushed the dendrobium flowers he had just picked and threw them at the place where he had just dealt with the strange beast. This kind of flower has a strong fragrance that lasts for a long time, and is most suitable for covering up the smell of blood.
After all, Li Mingsheng had to think more when surviving in the wild. He vaguely knew that he and Yanli should have gone deep into Wugui Mountain.
If they are not careful here, they may end up in the belly of a strange beast.
By the time Li Mingsheng found what he wanted, the sun had already set, and he had to hurry back to the cave.
He had been out for nearly three hours. Li Mingsheng's heart was always on Yanli who was unconscious in the cave. Before dark, he finally rushed back to the cave entrance.
He put down the backpack woven with rattan vines, and then placed the stone pot and a large wooden barrel of water on the platform at the entrance of the cave. This cave was similar to the one where Li Mingsheng lived before in that there was a huge stone protruding above the entrance, which could shelter the platform from wind and rain.
He opened the stone blocking the entrance of the cave, went in and saw Yanli still lying quietly in the same position as before he left. Li Mingsheng breathed a sigh of relief and started to go back to the big platform to drill wood to make fire.