Chapter 1799 Trap Tutorial

?    By the pond.

"Kean, this is not a place for hunting!" The mouse carefully poked its head out from the green weeds, vigilantly checking the surroundings, and said in a low voice, "The golden butterfly larvae are in the drier area on the other side. It's a bit dangerous here, and there are often very scary large beasts..."

"That's why I brought you here." Jia Zhengjin stood on the road and carefully checked the traces under his feet, "Come out! I'll teach you to identify footprints and the movement routes of prey, and find the best place to set traps!"

"Are you kidding? All those who appear here are hunters, and I can't beat them." The mouse shook his head desperately and hid in the bushes and refused to come out.

"I didn't ask you to confront him head-on," Jia Zhengjin turned back helplessly and dragged it out of the bushes, "Look carefully, are there many footprints on the ground?"

"Hmm~" The mouse looked around absent-mindedly.

"I told you to look at the ground!" Jia Zhengjin stretched out his hand and pressed its head, forcing it to divert its gaze.

"I see, I see..." The mouse nodded.

"Can you tell what the footprints are?"

The mouse shook his head.

"Forget it, let's keep it simple!" Jia Zhengjin was helpless, pointing to the largest number of footprints, "Based on the footprints, we can roughly infer the size of the creature passing by here."

"How to infer?" The mouse asked curiously, "What's the use of knowing it?"

"Knowing its size, we can dig a trap that can accommodate it and prevent it from escaping!" Jia Zhengjin explained seriously, "Look, based on this footprint, it should be a creature with webbed feet. Then its footprint shape is a bit strange, probably a reptile like a lizard."

"Can you tell from this?" The mouse was very curious, "By the way, what is a lizard?"

"Don't worry about it!" Jia Zhengjin waved his hand to interrupt it, "Although there are other footprints mixed in, the largest number is still this kind of lizard footprints, and the traces left by the tail sweeping across the ground. According to these traces, the target is very large, enough for your family to eat for more than a week."

The mouse blinked and stared at Jia Zhengjin seriously: "But even if you want to catch it, it's not here?"

"Do you know why I chose the pond?"

The mouse shook his head vigorously.

"Do you want to drink water?"

"I drink when I'm thirsty." The mouse replied.

"Yes! You need to drink water when you are thirsty, and there are many creatures in the pond, which is also a place for large predators to hunt." Jia Zhengjin pointed to the footprints on the road and said, "So, the pond is equivalent to a natural canteen, attracting various creatures. Creatures have memories and often like to take familiar roads. For example, when you hunt, you also go to the direction you are familiar with, right?"

"Yes, yes!"

"The road is walked out." Jia Zhengjin pointed to the obvious road under his feet, "and this is the passage where several creatures often go back and forth."

"Wow~ You are so smart!" The mouse's eyes lit up, "You are worthy of being an alien."

"......" Jia Zhengjin didn't know what to say, this is all common sense.

"Then what? Then what?" The mouse asked eagerly.

Although speechless, Jia Zhengjin still patiently explained: "This is the best place to dig a trap, because the soil is soft and there is no hard rock layer. What we have to do is to dig a large enough hole as soon as possible and arrange it a little. You can dig a hole, right?"

"Yes!" The mouse raised his paw excitedly and said, "Digging holes is the strong point of our tribe."

Guessed it, after all, you are a mouse. Jia Zhengjin said in his heart.

"Well, watch!" Jia Zhengjin found a small stone and drew a huge circle in the soil layer based on the size of the creature he inferred. "You start digging here, based on the circle I drew, dig five meters deep!"

"What is five meters?" the mouse asked.

"You don't even know this?" Jia Zhengjin held his forehead and thought for a while, "Wait for me."

"Hey! Where are you going? Don't leave me alone here~" The mouse saw him turn around and run to the side, and hurriedly chased after him.

Jia Zhengjin ignored him and quickly searched for a few small stones around, then picked up a few dead branches, and pulled out a few plant seedlings to get fiber.

"What are you doing, Keen?" The mouse followed him, curiously watching his every move.

After collecting the basic materials, Jia Zhengjin opened the skill interface, spent a skill point in the tool option to activate [Stone Tool Manufacturing], and then found [Tool Mastery] and added all the remaining 4 skill points.

The stone tool formulas such as stone axe, stone shovel, stone knife, stone spear, and stone arrow immediately appeared on the production interface.

[Tool Mastery] (4/10): Upgrading this skill can improve the quality of the tools made. (Level 1 can make inferior tools, level 2 can make ordinary tools, level 3 has a small chance of making exquisite quality tools, level 4 must make exquisite quality tools, level 5 has a small chance of making excellent quality tools, level 6 must make excellent quality tools, level 7 has a small chance of making perfect quality tools, level 8 must make perfect quality tools, level 9 must make legendary quality tools, level 10 must make epic quality tools.)

After adding points to the skill, Jia Zhengjin used the materials he had just collected to make a stone shovel.

Level 4 Tool Mastery directly synthesizes blue exquisite quality stone tools.

"Huh!" Seeing a stone shovel appear out of thin air in Jia Zhengjin's hand, the mouse was very surprised, "What is this? Where did it come from? How did it suddenly appear?"

"Don't worry about it, just watch!" Jia Zhengjin directly chose a point in the circle he drew and started digging down.

Although it was the most basic stone tool, the soil beside the pond was very soft, and he soon dug about five meters. Then he dug a road diagonally back to the top and looked at the mouse: "Do you see the depth I dug?"

"I see!" The mouse nodded.

"Just dig this deep, understand?"

"I see!"

"Then let's get started!" Jia Zhengjin retreated outside the circle, "I'll keep an eye on you."

"Oh!" Although the mouse felt confused, it still followed what Jia Zhengjin said and used its flexible and sharp claws to start digging frantically.

Don't say it, its digging speed is really fast.

In less than half an hour, it successfully dug a huge pit, and then climbed up and looked at Jia Zhengjin excitedly: "It's done!"

"Very good!" After a careful inspection, he felt very satisfied. Jia Zhengjin nodded immediately, "Next, do you see the huge thorn tree over there?"

"I see it!" Following the direction pointed by Jia Zhengjin, the mouse's eyes fell on a giant plant covered with thorns not far away. Those spikes are bigger than it and Jia Zhengjin. "

"Come with me to cut some spikes, and then lay them at the bottom of the trap, and then get some branches and leaves to cover the hole, and our basic spike trap is complete!" Jia Zhengjin said, "Next, all we have to do is wait!"