Chapter 114: Searching for Food

After that, we have to worry about their food.

Qi Yuan knew that there was a high probability that there was food for bamboo rats nearby.

So, he sent a large number of tree bees to look for bamboo forests or other plants suitable for bamboo rats to eat around the shelter.

But soon, Qi Yuan considered the issue of safety.

A large number of tree bees running rampant in the forest will inevitably cause dissatisfaction from other powerful beasts.

More importantly, it is easy to expose the location of the shelter and attract the attention of powerful beasts.

So, for the sake of safety, Qi Yuan changed another way.

Let the guarding thorns lock the range of bamboo rats through the underground passage, and then find out which direction they came from.

After a careful search by the guarding thorns, several passages leading directly to the outside of the foggy area were found underground.

"This is... north of the shelter?!"

Qi Yuan muttered to himself.

The passage for bamboo rats to enter the foggy area comes from the north, which is opposite the stream.

Qi Yuan has never explored that direction himself, so it is not that he does not understand it.

However, after using the mist beads, the range of the shelter expanded a lot, and a small half circle was drawn opposite the stream.

After finding the direction, Qi Yuan did not hesitate to arrange the tree bees to search at a fixed point.

In this way, the efficiency immediately became much higher.

Just over ten minutes later, the tree bee queen ran back and said that she had found the bamboo forest.

Qi Yuan's eyes lit up, and he called the black tiger bee swarm to protect himself, and then went to the north of the shelter to check.

Under the leadership of the tree bee queen, Qi Yuan really found a bamboo forest 3 kilometers north of the stream.

The bamboo forest is very large, lush and very lush, and it doesn't seem to be affected by the cold current at all.

The types of bamboo are different. Regardless of the height, they are slightly smaller than Yunxi bamboo, the color is yellow-green, and the texture is extremely hard. The quality is much worse.

In this bamboo forest, ordinary bamboo is generally used, but there is still a small part of good bamboo, but the proportion is very small, and the overall quality is not high.

And Qi Yuan found that for some reason, the quality of the bamboo shoots here is extremely poor!

Qi Yuan dug out a bamboo shoot and found that even the newly emerged bamboo shoots had very old fibers, comparable to the fibers of adult bamboo.

They are inedible!

Moreover, the geology here is dry and hard, which should be alkaline soil.

But under normal circumstances, bamboo forests prefer acidic neutral soil, and alkaline soil will greatly reduce the life cycle of bamboo.

This is a bamboo forest that is not very reasonable.

"No wonder bamboo rats don't want to stay here. Bamboo shoots are so hard and the soil is not suitable for survival."

Qi Yuan looked around and finally understood why bamboo rats moved away.

The rare Yunxi bamboo forest and rare soil are simply heaven for them!

But it's a pity that even if they live next to the Yunxi bamboo forest in the future, they can only eat this hard yellow bamboo every day.

It's good to have something to eat, and they can still choose?

However, this place is three kilometers away from the shelter. How can these bamboos be transported back?

Could it be that the guardian thorns spread directly and occupied them all?

Although this method is feasible, Qi Yuan does not intend to expand the scope of the shelter too much.

The current foggy area is already large enough for Qi Yuan's daily survival. The next thing to do is to make the best use of the land in the foggy area instead of continuing to expand.

Of course, if this is an excellent or even rare bamboo forest, Qi Yuan will definitely not give up.

Unfortunately, this is only a good bamboo forest, and most of it is still ordinary.

This kind of bamboo is not really valuable, and the plant energy is relatively small.

Whether it is Qi Yuan, the guardian thorn, or the bamboo rat, they all despise it.

After some ideological struggle, Qi Yuan decided to migrate some of the guardian thorn vines to survive in this bamboo forest.

On the one hand, it can help cut the bamboo for later transportation.

On the other hand, although this bamboo forest is ineffective for the guardian thorn mother vine, it is still a rare plant energy for the ordinary guardian thorn.

Maybe this bamboo forest can cultivate a few more good-level guardian thorns.

So, Qi Yuan selected two good-grade guardian thorns and more than 100 ordinary-grade guardian thorns from the shelter and moved them to the bamboo forest.

Because they were too far away from the guardian thorn mother vine, they had no backup energy support and could only rely on themselves.

With two good-grade guardian thorns shaking the field, some common problems could be solved.

After putting down the guardian thorns, Qi Yuan's first order was to let them collect a batch of good-grade bamboo and bamboo shoots.

As long as they come to collect a batch occasionally, it will be enough for the bamboo rats to eat for a long time.

Soon, the guardian thorns began to work.

A few hours later, there were more than 30 bamboos more than ten meters high and more than 50 small bamboo shoots piled in front of Qi Yuan.

Because the bamboo was too long and the dimensional backpack could not fit it, the guardian thorns were cut into small pieces.

Even so, Qi Yuan had to transport this batch of bamboo many times before it was all sent back to the shelter and piled in the bamboo rat breeding ground.

Food! Place! After everything was ready, the bamboo rat breeding plan was finally on track.

At first, the bamboo rats were trembling and hiding in the circle of protective thorns.

But not long after, they began to explore around and dig holes in the ground.

However, there is not much space left for them under the ground, just enough for them to live.

32 bamboo rats, 30 square meters of breeding area, about 1 square meter per person, not too crowded.

When the number of bamboo rats expands in the future, the breeding area can also expand accordingly.

Anyway, the fence is made of guarding thorns, which is very convenient to adjust.

Qi Yuan observed silently, and found that they could not break through the siege of guarding thorns whether on the ground or underground, and then left with peace of mind.

After half a day of tossing, it was already late at night.

But in the foggy area, there is no difference between day and night.

After all, the entire foggy area is Qi Yuan's territory.

Walked back to the shelter and kicked the mother vine of guarding thorns standing aside.

The guarding thorn shook its trunk reluctantly, and then slowly emitted a faint green light.

The green light was just bright enough. It can illuminate the yard of the shelter, but it will not penetrate the fog and attract the attention of other creatures.

Qi Yuan returned to the shelter, and dinner had been ready for a long time.

Qi Yuan's dinner was simple.

A crystal rice, a piece of golden giant eel meat, a few slices of Yunxi bamboo shoots, a grilled prawn, and a bowl of Qingyue algae soup.

The quantity of each item was not much, but the quality was generally good. Sprinkled with excellent rock salt, the flavor was greatly improved.

Even if Qi Yuan finished eating these things, he would need to exercise for a long time to digest them.

As for Chu Wenxi and Zhou Yue, they ate good-grade steaks with noodles.

They were also good-grade, but they were weak and could not eat too much.

So, they could only share a steak.

When the three of them were eating.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside.