Chapter 478

At the very least, he needed to investigate whether there was any danger nearby.

Not only did he carry a dagger, he had also specifically sharpened bamboo spears.

The bamboo spears were sharp and pointed, not inferior to real long spears.

Before going out, worried about the safety of Liu Ruo and the others, he made two bamboo spears for them as well, to facilitate self-defense.

Logically speaking, Su Qiao was not at ease leaving the two women here.

After all, traces of pirates had appeared on the island.

However, this Haidao was not small; Su Qiao was even more worried about encountering poisonous snakes or fierce beasts of some kind, situations where he might not be able to save them.

If they ran slowly and dodged sluggishly, Su Qiao bringing them along would only be more dangerous, and the speed of his investigation would decrease significantly.

It was better to take a slight risk temporarily and have himself quickly and carefully investigate the pirate situation thoroughly.

He took the newly made bamboo spears, the dagger, the bamboo tube, and the small traps he had designed.

Su Qiao traveled quickly, arriving once again at the area where the rabbits he had encountered in the morning were active, and carefully located several rabbit holes.

He placed the nooses at the entrances of the rabbit holes!

It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows; Su Qiao carefully investigated the vicinity and found at least thirteen rabbit holes.

Moreover, they were all very hidden, half-covered in weeds.

If Su Qiao had not previously discovered traces of rabbits here and known this was a rabbit activity area to search carefully.

It would probably not be easy to discover the rabbit holes.

Fortunately, before setting out, he had spent some time making quite a few nooses, which were now perfectly put to use.

There were even two left over.

Hmm, let's put them here too, right next to the tracks where rabbits pass; just in case there are other oversights and someone passes by.

Su Qiao set the traps, looked at the sky, and it seemed quite a bit of time had passed again.

He still had to quickly investigate this Haidao; he had to leave quickly.

Su Qiao got up and hurriedly left the place.

Boom! The weather is unpredictable!

This time, Su Qiao continued to the small stream and filled his bamboo tube with stream water.

This is flowing water; under normal circumstances, it is temporarily safe to drink directly.

There was no time to boil water on the way back, so Su Qiao drank in large gulps, took the water-filled bamboo tube and other items, passed through the bamboo forest, and continued exploring forward.

At present, he only wanted to explore the Haidao in the area where they were located.

As for the other side, they simply had no time to explore it.

After passing through the bamboo forest, Su Qiao saw the king of vegetables.

It was a surprise, and also a kind of food reserve.

At least with bamboo shoots, Su Qiao and the others were temporarily not short of carbohydrates.

Palm trees could only be described as a supplementary product that was better than nothing.

Su Qiao had not yet eaten palm tree hearts; he took out his dagger and chopped off one.

Then he found the edible palm tree heart and took a bite in his mouth.

Crack!

Crisp and refreshing, slightly bitter and invigorating, not bad!

Crack crack, in three or four bites, Su Qiao finished the palm tree heart.

Gugu gugu!

Su Qiao suddenly heard the cry of a pheasant.

Hmm, although he couldn't see what it was, the sound sounded very much like a pheasant.

Holding the dagger and bamboo spear, Su Qiao cautiously crept toward the position where the sound came from.

Pushing aside the bushes blocking his view, Su Qiao's eyes lit up.

It was indeed a pheasant, and not just one, but a pair!

Underneath them seemed to be a pheasant nest; there were eggs in the nest, and they were probably incubating them temporarily.

Heaven is truly helping me!

Su Qiao was truly surprised.

Although he didn't know how long he would have to stay on the island, he very much wanted to catch these two pheasants back to raise.

But he knew clearly that this was not realistic at all.

He was not a pure hunter, had no net, and the pheasants here would definitely fly very high.

They would be very sensitive; he wouldn't be able to catch them!

Killing them for meat was the best choice.

As for worrying about the extinction of pheasants on the island, that was something to forget; Su Qiao felt that such a large Haidao would absolutely not have just these two pheasants.

Furthermore, even if they were eaten to extinction, what did that have to do with him? Staying alive was the most important thing!

Su Qiao held the bamboo spear; he first aimed at the rooster, which he prepared to deal with.

The hen, because of the pheasant eggs, would not fly up, but would instead defend.

So choosing to deal with the rooster first was the correct move.

Even though Su Qiao was being extra careful, the alert pheasants still discovered the danger.

The rooster immediately spread its wings to take flight.

Su Qiao suddenly became anxious and threw the bamboo spear in his hand at once.

Pfft!

The throw went crooked!

But the crooked throw was actually effective — the bamboo spear stabbed straight into the rooster's wing.

Or rather, it pierced clean through the rooster's wing.

With such a long bamboo pole skewered through its wing, the rooster couldn't fly at all, and it flopped and flapped around on the ground for ages.

Right after that, Su Qiao turned to deal with the hen.

Just as he had guessed, although the hen sensed danger, because of her eggs — her chicks — she had no intention of flying off at all, and instead looked ready for a fight.

But facing a human, it was utterly useless!

He hadn't originally planned to catch them alive, but unexpectedly, he ended up catching them alive after all.

What a surprise.

With so much stuff in his hands, Su Qiao's plan to keep exploring Haidao was somewhat dashed.

He looked up at the sky and found it had somehow already clouded over.

Mm, the weather on this island is just like that.

You never know when it'll change.

On top of that, Su Qiao had been out for quite a while now.

He wondered how Liu Rushi and the others were doing.

There were at least ten or so wild eggs in the nest.

Su Qiao found some vines, tied up the two wild chickens, then hurried to gather large palm leaves, overlapped them together, bound them with vines, and made a small leaf tube.

For now, it was more than enough to hold the wild eggs.

Once he finished, the sky had grown even darker, and the sea wind was blowing fiercely.

Su Qiao didn't dare delay, and hurried back with his things.

He had just passed through the bamboo grove.

He instinctively glanced to the left — something moving?

Hm?

A burrow?

Bamboo rat?

Su Qiao was truly delighted.

He had wanted to survey this stretch of Haidao as quickly as possible, so he hadn't examined the bamboo grove carefully.

He'd thought there were no bamboo rats, but unexpectedly there really was a windfall!

Still, he already had the wild chickens and bamboo shoots, and besides, it looked like it was about to pour any minute now — better head back first and talk later.