He got down from the tree, put the barrel on his back, and began to follow the traces of the small animals.

Tracing is a profound knowledge. The simplest thing is that when a footprint appears on the ground, you have to determine whose footprint it most likely belongs to.

This requires systematic learning. Of course, the most important thing is experience. Nothing is more important than experience.

Wang Yang has never studied, but he has been with adults for so long, so he has some judgment.

But the current situation is not optimistic, with white snow covering all traces.

The disadvantages of ape-men in this regard are obvious. Their sense of smell and hearing are not developed enough, and they do not have other functions, such as the heat sensing of snakes and the ultrasonic device of bats.

You can only spend more time looking for it. This inefficient method is really helpless.

Wang Yang was not in a hurry and searched patiently.

Based on his past experience, he mainly observed whether there were any fallen fruits on the ground.

If not, it means it was eaten by small animals or hidden.

The less fruit there is, the more likely it is for small animals to live there. Food is always eaten close to home first. The principle that rabbits do not eat grass near their nests does not apply to most animals.

Of course, there are also many animals that migrate with food.

Wang Yang made two preparations, planning to bury one barrel in an area without food, and then bury another barrel in an area with food.

He came to the right side of the fruit tree "One". This area is the territory of bears. Basically, he has not explored it seriously, and he doesn't know whether the food is rich or not.

He is not afraid of the big bear. There is white ground everywhere. It is easy to find and has enough time to escape.

At this time, the sky finally stopped snowing and I felt much more comfortable.

Wang Yang walked and walked and found a pine tree in front of him and two unburied pine cones on the ground.

"This should be considered a place with food."

He ran under the tree, set up a trap in the snow, and put one of the pine cones and a fruit into the barrel.

The other pine cone was placed outside the barrel so that the little animals could see it.

After finishing it, he looked at the trees around him and suddenly felt a little hesitant.

Many small animals like to hide in tree holes, dig holes under trees, or hide in some hidden places.

If you dig around and look around now, you might be able to find some small animals.

But it is possible that they were not found, but instead alarmed them, affecting the trap.

After much consideration, he decided not to look for them. If they were nearby, they would be attacked sooner or later, so there was no need to look for them himself.

If they are not there, searching for them is in vain.

He turned around and left quickly.

He came to the left side of the fruit tree "One". Needless to say, the food in this area is rich. There are many snakes, many are eaten by snakes, and many eat snakes.

Except for fruits, there is a lot of everything here.

Wang Yang arranged one, then left and walked forward.

He came near the fruit forest and looked for traces of small animals everywhere.

In other words, he was looking for traces of those civet cats.

He found a place next to the big tree and began to dig down. After digging for thirty or forty centimeters, he found that there was no movement at all, so he found another place to dig.

After digging more than a dozen times, he found nothing, but he found another edible plant.

This type of plant is the tree we saw that time with a smooth appearance and sap in the trunk. Its roots will produce a fruit the size of an apple.

The fruit is white, with a rough skin. After peeling it off, it turns out to be white flesh, similar to a white radish.

When you take a bite, it tastes like eating watermelon and has no taste. After swallowing, there will be a bit of astringent feeling in your mouth, which is not delicious.

Wang Yang dug a dozen in a row, filled the bag and left.

He didn't like to eat fruit in modern times. I don't know if this kind of fruit is still sold in modern times. I guess no one eats it. It doesn't taste good.

Or is this fruit poisonous?

Probably not, I'm not that bad.

Wang Yang watched with suspicion for more than half an hour, but found no adverse reactions and gradually felt relieved.

He wandered around and dug everywhere, hoping to find more surprises. Unfortunately, he was not very lucky and found nothing.

He searched some more places in this area, but still found nothing. He didn't plan to search anymore, and returned to the original route to see if there were any harvests from the two traps.

The traps in the left area don't yield much, as the little animals rarely come out, and there is a possibility that they are tired of the trap and no longer fall for it easily.

Carrying the barrel on his back, he came to the area on the right and saw from a distance that the barrel had fallen over and was knocked aside.

"If I go, I will definitely be pushed away by that big black bear!"

Wang Yang had black lines all over his forehead and was heartbroken. Unexpectedly, a small animal finally fell into the trap, but other animals got there first.

But when he walked over, he let out a soft "eh".

"Why is there a hole in the snow..."

There is a small pit next to the barrel. The pit is not big, just the size of the palm of your hand. There are no footprints of large animals nearby.

However, one can clearly see a row of small paw prints.

The claws are very small, with five toes in the back row and only four toes in the front row. Moreover, the marks on the back row are obviously deeper than those on the front row. It should be an animal whose back paws are feet and the front paws are used like hands.

When I looked at the ground, there were no pine cones, so it was almost certainly a squirrel.

Wang Yang put the barrel back on the pit and immediately understood what was going on.

After the squirrel was covered by the barrel, he dug out the soft snow on the edge of the barrel, quickly dug a small hole, stretched his head, and pushed the barrel open.

Wang Yang rubbed his head in embarrassment and blushed a little. It turned out that it was because he set a trap in the snow that he gave the little squirrel a chance.

You will make progress only if you fail, and you will gain wisdom every time you suffer. Just sweep the snow away before setting traps in the future.

Wang Yang was still very happy because the little squirrel left footprints and could be traced.

The footprints go upwards, according to the position of "one" of the fruit tree, on the upper right.

There is also a cliff of a mountain, but one thing is different from the one on the left.

When facing this forest, the mountain on the left slowly goes downhill, and facing the original forest is a cliff.

The one on the right, facing the forest, is a cliff, and the one facing the left should be downhill.

Wang Yang has never seen the cliff here, and the squirrel's footprints are not close to the cliff, otherwise he should take advantage of the winter time to see it.

He walked and walked, and about sixty meters away, the squirrel's footprints stopped abruptly in front of a tree.

That tree is not like other trees. Although all its leaves have fallen off, its trunk and branches are still clean.

This tree is obviously dead, dead, with gray skin and signs of dryness and cracks.

There is a gap as big as a basketball three meters away from the tree trunk, and it is a dark hole inside.

Wang Yang was a little surprised. It turned out that this was the tree hole where the animals lived. Instead of looking for live trees, he only picked dead trees. As a result, he couldn't find it anywhere.

(Chapter 2 will be later, you can read it tomorrow morning.)
Chapter completed!