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Chapter 205 Darts, Clam Shells, and Poison

The boa constrictor looked at his arm, and found a small tapered arrow needle pierced on his forearm, slightly thinner than a bow arrow, slightly longer than a finger, with an extremely sharp tip and strong penetrating power. The small half didn't go into the meat.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise, if he was shot in the face, even if he couldn't die, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.

The big python pulled out the arrow needle and threw it on the ground indifferently, he didn't pay attention to such a small injury.

The hunters escorted the two aliens back.

After walking a few steps, the boa constrictor felt a little dizzy and began to have difficulty breathing.

He shook his head vigorously, resisted the discomfort and walked a few more steps, and suddenly fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Big python!"

Everyone in the Shepi Tribe exclaimed and rushed out immediately.

"Boa! Boa! What's the matter with you?"

The other four continued to carry out the task of escorting, and Tiger Claw stayed to check the situation. He gently shook the body of the boa constrictor, speaking anxiously.

The boa constrictor breathed heavily, and uttered several syllables intermittently: "I...I can't move...I can't move...Breathe...I can't breathe..."

Tiger Claw's face changed, and he quickly picked up the boa constrictor and ran back. Halfway through the run, the hunters of the Shepi Tribe relayed them, and everyone returned to the temporary camp as quickly as possible, asking Lin Yu for help.

"Lin! Quickly save Brother Big Python!"

Snakeberry almost cried.Boa beat her up a lot before, not because of domestic violence, but the most primitive education method - stick education, the closer the elders were, the harder they beat her, and Boa beat her the hardest, and she was also her closest elder brother.

Everyone in the Shepi Tribe was anxious like ants on a hot pot. They surrounded the boa and Lin Yu three layers inside and outside. The face whimpered in a low voice... There was a lot of noise.

Although the two aliens couldn't understand, they could understand the scene. Even though they were gagged, it didn't prevent them from snorting coldly with their noses.

Tiger Claw and the others couldn't get enough of their popularity, kicked them down with one kick, and got another blow when they rode up.

"My lord priest."

Seeing the sky approaching, everyone stopped their violence and stood up, their faces still full of anger.

Tiger Claw pointed to various sundries scattered on the ground, and said, "These are the things we found from them."

Zhang Tian squatted down to check.

These two people went into battle lightly, and they didn't carry many things with them. The "equipment" that exploded was mostly accessories. Unlike the prairie people who love obsidian, the aborigines here use shells, snails, ostrich egg skins, and bird bones. Material, made by grinding and drilling.

The most eye-catching is a nearly round clam ornament, only the size of a fingernail, made of clam shells, the edges are cut into a gear shape, there is a hole in the center, and small unpenetrated cones are dotted around it. , very delicate.

The level is very high. Such an excellent grinding technique was not practiced overnight. It also shows that the local aborigines are very familiar with aquatic products such as mussels and snails. A large part of their food composition should come from the river.

It is an ethnic group that lives on water.

Zhang Tianxia came to a conclusion.

His eyes swept over the ornaments, and finally fell on a slender tubular wood.

"The big python was hurt by the arrow shot by this thing!"

After Tiger Claw finished speaking, he kicked one of the captives twice.

This is……

Zhang Tian picked it up and looked at it carefully.

There is no doubt that this is a blowgun, made of some kind of hollow plant similar to bamboo, seventy or eighty centimeters long, with a diameter of about one centimeter.

The power of this small-sized blowgun is quite limited. However, the blowgun is not a powerful weapon. Its advantages lie in concealment and precision. Even without the aid of poison, it can hunt and kill some small animals, such as the most common wild animal "Three-piece suit": mouse, rabbit, bird.

But since the dart is not strong enough as a weapon by itself, it is usually smeared with poison.

Zhang Tian remembers watching a documentary that aborigines living in tropical and subtropical rainforests would collect the sap of poison dart wood and the venom of poison dart frogs and smear them on their darts.

These two biological toxins can kill small animals in seconds as long as they scratch the skin, and larger animals only need a few minutes.

The slender tip of the arrow needle has been charred and hardened by fire, making it easier to pierce the skin. There is a layer of brown sticky juice attached to it, apparently poisoned.

There is a high probability that it is some kind of plant toxin, because the preparation of plant toxin is relatively easy.

Zhang Tian leaned closer and sniffed, there was a very faint spicy and pungent smell.

There are countless poisonous plants in the wild, and it is difficult to determine what kind of poison the boa constrictor is poisoned with such little information.

Zhang Tian gave Lin Yu the "crime tool", but Lin Yu couldn't see why.

But she still made a judgment based on the boa constrictor's reaction and the plants she saw while collecting along the way.

"It should be aconitum." Lin Yu said, "There are a lot of aconitum growing in this area. I saw many on the way here."

Zhang Tian's face changed slightly. People who often go on field adventures are familiar with this plant. In fact, all Ranunculaceae plants are more or less poisonous, and Aconitum aconitum is one of the most poisonous.

Lin Yu knew more details.

Aconitum aconiti is a temperate plant, and wild Aconitum aconiti is most common in Inner Mongolia and northern Hebei.

Aconitine is contained in Aconitum, which can paralyze sensory nerves and motor nerves. Appropriate dosage can be used as a tranquilizer and analgesic. Once overdose, it will cause vagus nerve excitement, dizziness, palpitation, shortness of breath and other symptoms. Excessive poisoning or untimely rescue may lead to cardiac paralysis and death.

Back then, Hua Tuo scraped the bones of Guan Erye to cure the poison, and what he cured was the poison of aconitum.

The local aborigines apply poison to the darts to hunt wild animals, not to kill people, so the dosage is not too large.

The boa constrictor was poisoned, his body was paralyzed and he couldn't move, and his breathing became difficult. His panic also exacerbated the symptoms to a certain extent. Although it looked serious, it was not life-threatening.

However, it is still necessary to detoxify as soon as possible to appease people's hearts.

Seeing that the wizard opened her medicine bag and took out some kind of dried plant that they couldn't name, the people present gradually became quiet, and the expressions of anxiety and worry on their faces turned into anticipation.

They believed in Lin, and believed in the wizard who had inherited all the knowledge of Shennong. She had cured their illnesses, and she would definitely be able to save the python this time!
Zhang Tian recognized the plants that Lin Yu took out.

In the traditional concept, everything follows the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint. This view is also applicable to plants. In other words, there must be plants that can detoxify near poisonous plants.

The climate and environment in this area are not only suitable for the growth of Aconitum aconitum, but also another "king of medicine", which is said to be able to cure the poison of hundreds of medicines, has also taken root here - licorice.

Lin Yu boiled a bowl of water with licorice, and said calmly: "Don't worry, it's okay, drink this bowl of medicine, and you will get better."

Master Wizard's demeanor and tone made everyone feel at ease.

After she finished cooking the licorice water, the symptoms of the boa constrictor had already been alleviated, and now she drank a bowl of sweet and refreshing potion, the effect of the medicine might be delayed, but the psychological effect can be said to be immediate.

The boa staggered up, moved its still numb hands and feet, and said excitedly, "I'm much better!"

Everyone's hearts fell back into their stomachs completely, and the crying women burst into laughter, and the men chattered, asking about the detailed situation of the big python one after another.

"I don't know what's wrong, but I was stabbed by a small arrow made of wood. Look, the wound is here..."

The python exposed a mung bean-sized blood hole on its forearm.

"It doesn't hurt very much, but after walking a few steps, I feel dizzy in my head, and then I can't use any strength in my whole body...My lord wizard, what's going on?"

Lin Yu said, "You are poisoned, that little wooden arrow is coated with poison."

"Poison? Is it poison in plants?"

"Is it still possible to do this?"

"Despicable stranger!"

The crowd exploded.

All the people present were honest people, and they would stay away from poisonous flowers and plants when they saw them. Even though the Dahe Tribe had seen the power of poisonous flowers and weeds when they tasted herbs with hares, they never thought of turning them into weapons.

It is also because they live in the cold north, facing giant beasts such as mammoths, woolly rhinos, and big-horned deer, ordinary poisons do not work at all. In fact, mammoths consume a lot of poisonous weeds every day , taking poison is like playing, maybe you still like the taste of poisonous weed.

As the primate of all things, people's learning ability is abnormal, and someone immediately suggested: "We can also apply poison to the arrow!"

However, this proposal was not accepted by most people.

Opponents think that bows and arrows are powerful enough, and there is no need to spend extra energy and time to make poison, and the prey killed by poison must also be poisonous. Who would dare to eat poisonous prey?
This argument is very convincing. It is enough to fool the primitive people. In Zhang Tian's view, it is not tenable, because most of the biological toxins will be inactivated at high temperature, and the prey killed with poison only need to be roasted or boiled. After ripening, there is no risk of poisoning.

The local aborigines are not stupid. If the prey killed with poison could not be eaten, they would have given up this method long ago, and it is impossible to pass it on to this day.

Even so, Zhang Tian also thought it was unnecessary to put poison on the arrow.

Although there are many poisonous flowers and weeds in nature, there are not many that are suitable for refining into poisons, and they are limited by the geographical environment.

The reason why the local aborigines developed the combined skill of blowing arrows and poisoning is purely because there are many grasses and crows in this area, and there is this condition.

Human culture is a result of mutual adaptation and mutual achievement with the natural environment. It is not too late to make calculations according to the local environment and conditions at the destination.

If you are fighting with people, you don't have to go to such trouble, just stir the arrow into the shit, and you will die if you see blood.Bacterial infection was the deadliest poison for people in the barbaric era.

The effect of the medicine gradually took effect, and the boa constrictor felt better, his waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, and he was able to run ten kilometers at a stretch.

"I'm ready!"

The python waved its arms vigorously and let out a hearty laugh.

Seeing this scene, the two tied-up natives couldn't help but look at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

They knew that the poison on the darts would not kill people, it would only numb the hands and feet and temporarily lose the ability to move. Generally speaking, it would return to normal after a while.

How long has it been!

He recovered too quickly!

The two looked at the tall and thin young woman in unison.

This group of aliens found her immediately, obviously thinking that she could detoxify.

She seemed to do it, though the two didn't see her detoxify.

Could it be that... this woman is their witch doctor?
"*%￥#@!"

Several aliens approached with a fierce look on their faces, speaking viciously what they didn't understand.

The two were roughly pushed forward, their hearts pounding.

They knew that they were doomed, and this group of aliens didn't look good at first glance, not to mention that they hurt each other.

But...why not do it directly?
The two suddenly remembered a story they heard from a visitor from a foreign land a long time ago. Some ethnic groups have the habit of cannibalism. They will not kill people directly, because the meat of dead people is not good to eat. They will tie people up like prey , Cut the meat bit by bit with a knife to eat.

Thinking of this, the two of them suddenly turned pale, and their lips turned pale.

At this time, someone pushed hard on the back, followed by a heavy kick on the hip, and the two of them fell to the ground immediately.

His hands were tied behind his back, and he couldn't get up for a long time. He heard chattering and footsteps, and a pair of solid and powerful hairy legs passed by.

The two raised their necks to peek, and they met the bright and deep eyes of the short-haired man.

The two remembered him, had come to inspect their belongings a while ago, and showed keen interest in their trinkets and weapons.

Observing other people's attitudes towards him, this short-haired man must be very prestigious, perhaps a chief or leader.

"Let them sit down." Zhang Tian said.

The tiger picked up the two of them like chickens, and put them down again.

Seeing the size of the tiger's head, the two of them swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva as they felt the strength coming from the rope, not daring to disobey it, and naturally changed into a kneeling posture.

Zhang Tian also sat down, played with the blowgun, and looked at the two expressionlessly.

[Faith value: 1102]

[You consume 100 faith points to use divine magic. 】

[Please choose a group (human or animal), you can master the communication methods of this group. 】

[You choose the riverside tribe. 】

[You have learned the forest language. 】

[Faith value: 1002]

The two dared not speak, nor did they dare to look at the short-haired man in front of them. The stories about cannibals lingered in their minds, making them panic.

The two feel more and more that the other is thinking about how to cook themselves. Is it more delicious when roasted, or more tender when cooked?
Otherwise what is it doing?Obviously the language barrier, unable to communicate...

They are not afraid of death, but death is one thing, being treated as food is another.

Just when the two of them were full of thoughts and anxious, the short-haired man spoke in a flat tone that could not be heard: "Are you from the riverside tribe?"

The two were stunned.

What's going on... I seem to understand?
He raised his head in surprise, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Zhang Tian went on to say: "We come from the far north and intend to go through this forest to the warm south. We are just passing through your territory, and we have no malicious intentions."

(End of this chapter)