Du Yu lowered his bow and stood, his gaze sweeping over the crowd. "For the next period of ti, I will lead you on hunts. Anyone with objections, speak now."
Wang Sheng remained silent for a mont, his Adam's apple bobbing as he forced a smile onto his face. "I have no objections."
He Biao's face turned pale. Although Du Yu had only glanced over him briefly, he felt that gaze linger on him for an instant. Suppressing the unease in his heart, his voice tightened. "I... have no problem."
The others were even more silent, not daring to utter a word.
Those who had witnessed Du Yu's skills were naturally convinced, while those seeing him for the first ti were secretly astonished.
Du Yu said, "Good. Next, we'll first search the vicinity for a place to set up camp, then send a group of people to transport the water back."
After so searching, the group found a platform to the east. The platform was about seven or eight ters high, with a path up the side that was relatively simple for those with climbing skills.
Those four-legged beasts and two-legged dinosaurs would find it very difficult to get up.
The only real threats would be overly massive beasts, like the Tarbosaurus, or flying creatures like the Pterosaurs.
Although the terrain wasn't particularly great, near the Oasis, this was the relatively most suitable place that could accommodate several hundred people.
Furthermore, from the platform, they could observe the movents around the Oasis.
Their arrival drew the attention of many animals in the Oasis, though most just glanced their way before looking away.
Due to the massive sandstorm, many animals from a large surrounding area had all gathered here.
Qin Ziwen noticed sothing very interesting.
Around the edge of the lake, it seed as if there was an invisible hierarchy among these animals, dividing them into different zones.
The pri area with the best location, the most lush water plants, and the most convenient access to water was monopolized by that herd of Hadrosaurs.
Next were the social groups of Gobi Desert Ankylosaurs and Paraceratheriums.
The Gobi Desert Ankylosaur was relatively small, only six or seven ters long, but its appearance was the most ferocious. It had the standard ankylosaur form, clad in heavy bony plates covering it from neck to tail, densely studded with many thick black spines. The most prominent feature was the bony tail club at the end of its tail, resembling a massive round warhamr.
The Paraceratherium beside it looked like a living hill, with rough, thick skin full of ravine-like folds. They moved slowly on all fours.
The more powerful the creature, the more superior the geographical position it occupied.
Various different animals each occupied a section of the watering area. Sotis, for greenery or water, friction occurred between them, but it was generally kept within certain limits.
"ROAR!"
Suddenly, a sky-shaking roar reverberated throughout the entire Oasis.
At the edge of the lake, so gathered groups made uneasy noises.
Everyone turned sharply. On the crest of the sand dune to their east and rear, a tall, domineering, ferocious figure was walking down step by step.
"Tarbosaurus!" He Biao's teeth chattered.
Because the Tarbosaurus's descent path actually overlapped with the location they had chosen to gather!
The Tarbosaurus slowly passed by the side. The height of its head was exactly level with the platform. With just a slight turn of its head, it could see the people on the platform.
As it passed by, its head tilted. The mont its eyes t theirs, countless people felt as if they had fallen into an icy abyss.
Everyone held their breath. On the bottom of this Tarbosaurus's left eye was a vicious scar that had nearly split its eyeball.
As it passed the platform, it suddenly paused its steps for a mont.
It turned its head, its large nostrils flaring slightly as it sniffed.
It seed to be familiarizing itself with their scent.
Perhaps because it had never slled humans before, a low growl rumbled in its throat, like a roaring engine.
Qin Ziwen tightened his grip on the longbow in his hand, his hand on the arrow, ready to shoot at any mont.
The Tarbosaurus turned its head back and continued plodding slowly down the slope.
Watching its retreating back, who knows how many people simultaneously let out a sigh of relief.
The Tarbosaurus continued walking all the way down. Wherever it passed, animals along the way scrambled to get out of its path.
The Hadrosaur herd roared. The adult individuals among them walked in front of the Tarbosaurus, forming a row to shield the juveniles behind them.
The corners of the Tarbosaurus's mouth twisted into a snarl, revealing sharp teeth. It glanced at this group of Hadrosaurs, then slowly ambled to the side.
The Gobi Desert Ankylosaurs ford a circle, turning their backsides toward the Tarbosaurus, constantly swinging their hamr-like tails.
The Tarbosaurus continued forward. It suddenly stopped.
It turned its head to look at the cals not far away.
Then it moved. It charged into the cal herd like a storm.
With one bite, it snatched up a cal, its massive maw engulfing the upper half of the cal's body before clamping shut.
The cal was like a furry little yellow cake, bitten to pieces in one mouthful.
Red juice dripped down from the corners of the Tarbosaurus's mouth.
The remaining cals didn't dare to counterattack at all. They fled in panic.
The Tarbosaurus proceeded to feast on the cal in front of the many beasts. After devouring it in a few bites...
It seed satisfied. It then swayed its steps, walked to the lakeside, and drank large gulps of water.
But suddenly, its movents halted.
It turned its head to look beside it.
"ROAR!!!"
Almost at the sa ti, from the hillside, ca another roar of comparable volu.
"Damn, there's actually a second Tarbosaurus," Cao Biansheng couldn't help but curse.
Because from the direction they had co, another Tarbosaurus was now standing atop the sand dune, staring across the distance at the Tarbosaurus by the lakeside.
"One mountain cannot contain two tigers, unless it's a male and a female. These two Tarbosaurs... they wouldn't be a male and a female, would they..." Qin Ziwu murmured to himself.
Wang Yun stared intently at the two seemingly confrontational Tarbosaurs. "Hard to say. At least for now, it doesn't look like it. Looking at them like this, ready to fight, it probably doesn't seem like they're here to court each other."
He Biao's face was deathly pale. Sothing more terrifying than one Tarbosaurus in the Oasis was having two!
One was already hard enough to kill. How were they supposed to deal with two?
Qin Ziwen looked up as the Crowned Eagle descended from above.
He patted the Crowned Eagle's head, took the phone from its neck, and checked the recorded video.
Dragging the progress bar, he discovered from the Crowned Eagle's footage a Pterosaur roosting site further east of the Oasis. It was on a high cliff platform to the east, not very far from the Oasis, maybe just five or six kiloters away.
Suddenly, he paused. Because in the Crowned Eagle's video, he actually saw traces of the Tarbosaurus.
Due to the aerial shooting angle, the Tarbosaurus's movent path was captured extrely clearly.
Could that be its nest?
Qin Ziwen's eyes flickered. This was actually good news. If they could truly confirm the specific location of the Tarbosaurus's nest, they could go set traps there in advance. Whether it was poisoning or fire attacks, both were excellent thods.
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