Chapter 29: Man-made trap, the first lucky person to try it?

Fortunately, the smoked meat stored in the tree hole was not discovered.

Based on these remaining traces, Chu Xu determined that this group of thieves should be a small theropod dinosaur with feathers covered on its body. The number of them was probably more than 10, and the size of the cluster was not small.

It's too late to chase the thieves now.

But Chu Xu was not going to let it go. He would make this group of hateful thieves pay the price no matter what!
Using smoked meat as bait, the thieves will surely come back again.

The problem is that Chu Xu can't just stay here and wait for them to fall into his trap.

So Chu Xu changed his mind and decided to show off the special skill of the terrifying upright apes in later generations when hunting - traps!
Chu Xu did what he said. He found a piece of Feng Shui treasure land nearby and started digging a hole in the ground using his hands and feet.

In a short while, a two-meter-deep hole had been dug.

It is certainly not enough to just dig a hole. Even if the thieves accidentally fall into it, they may still be able to escape.

So Chu Xu broke off some thick and sharp dead branches from the nearby bushes and inserted them deeply into the bottom of the pit.

Once the thieves fall into it, they will surely be pierced through by these dead branches, and they will be unable to escape even if they have wings.

One pit was not enough, so Chu Xu found two places not far from each other and dug two more pits, completing the layout of the death trap in the same way.

After setting up three traps, Chu Xu continued to lay dead branches of shrubs at the entrance of the trap and covered it with a thin layer of soil, disguising it so that it was no different from the land next to it.

Finally, use a few pieces of smoked meat smoked in the hole of the sycamore tree as bait and gently place them at the mouth of the trap, and everything will be done.

In this dinosaur era when even ancient humans did not exist, the appearance of artificial traps was undoubtedly the first time. I wonder which dinosaur was the lucky one to be the first to try it?

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After the trap was set, Chu Xu left the secret base and waited until tomorrow to check the results.

Soon, night fell quietly, painting a pure and rich starry sky in this era without industry and light pollution, as deep as ink, yet as bright as flowers.

Throughout the long Cretaceous and even Mesozoic Era, due to the ecological niche squeeze of dinosaurs and other powerful sauropods,

Various small mammals were forced to adaptively evolve burrowing and nocturnal characteristics, and developed keen and well-developed senses of smell, hearing and night vision, and lived a cautious life of hiding during the day and coming out at night.

This is also because most lizards, including dinosaurs, have poor night vision, so for mammals, the dark night is a rare opportunity to catch their breath.

However, even at night, small carnivorous dinosaurs were still active, becoming a nightmare for mammals.

At night, one after another, Troodon came out from their secret nests, gathered together, and communicated with each other with hoarse and low calls.

Because of the arrival of the dry season and food scarcity, the Troodon, which used to act alone or in pairs, began to act in groups, often forming small groups of more than 10 in order to hunt larger prey.

Troodon, a small carnivorous dinosaur of the family Troodontidae, was named for its triangular, strong, sharp teeth with hooked serrations on the cutting edges.

They have forelimbs that form full wings and slender hind limbs that are good at running. They have sickle-shaped toe claws that can be freely retracted like many dromaeosaurid dinosaurs, and their appearance is quite similar to that of the Styxraptor.

It is 2 meters long, 1 meter tall, and weighs 100 kilograms, which is slightly higher than the lightweight Styxraptor.

In fact, Troodon was much more dangerous than Styxraptor, mainly because it had a higher brain capacity, a brain-to-body ratio very close to that of modern birds, and particularly developed senses, so it is considered the dinosaur with the highest IQ.

Some paleontologists in later generations even believed that if the dinosaurs had not become extinct, then the Troodon would have most likely evolved into an animal that replaced humans - "Dino-Homo" and became the ruler of the earth.

“Chi~~”

Suddenly, a Troodon seemed to smell some special fragrance coming from afar, and it stretched its neck high with its nostrils flaring.

It’s that scent again!

This Troodon smelled this special fragrance that it had never smelled before last night, so it led the tribe to investigate and found a lot of meat roasted and smoked.

Although there was still the smell of Tyrannosaurus Rex in the area, the hungry Troodonts didn't care about that and ate up all the meat in one breath.

What the Troodon didn't expect was that there would be such a pie-in-the-sky food tonight?
"twitter!!"

The Troodon shouted and impatiently led his companions to the scene where the fragrance came from.

Sure enough, there were pieces of fragrant meat placed on the ground, within easy reach.

However, the Troodonts were still very cautious and did not rush forward. Instead, they carefully explored the surrounding environment until they confirmed that there were no other animals nearby.

After confirming that there was no danger, the Troodontosaurs were extremely excited and rushed forward to grab the food that was given to them by heaven.

But when a few Troodonts just came to a piece of food, they suddenly felt that they were stepping on empty air. Without even time to react, their small bodies fell into the trap.

"twitter!"

In an instant, screams of these Troodonts were heard from the trap. In the darkness of the night, their bodies were directly pierced by the dead branches inserted upside down at the bottom of the pit, and a large amount of blood flowed like a river.

At the same time, the Troodonts approaching the other two food sources were also hit one after another and fell into the traps at their feet. Their bodies were instantly pierced by sharp dead branches, blood spurted out, and they were in excruciating pain.

Only a few Troodonts that were a little slower managed to escape with their lives. They were all shocked when they saw this scene. They gathered around the trap, looking at their companions screaming below, at a loss as to what to do.

No matter how smart they are, they can't think of any way to rescue their companions.

The Troodonts, struggling in severe pain, broke off the dead branches beneath them, but the parts of the dead branches that were inserted into their bodies remained in their bodies, and their violent movements instead accelerated the loss of blood.

“Chirp!! Chirp!!”

The Troodonts let out shrill howls one after another and jumped up with all their might, trying to escape the trap, but they couldn't.

Before long, the Troodon in the trap had lost all their strength. They no longer struggled or shouted, but collapsed at the bottom of the pit, waiting for death with their breath barely alive, with only their chests still rising and falling slightly.

It was late at night, and the few Troodonts that had been lingering at the entrance of the traps had already lost their fright and fled. As for the seven or eight Troodonts in the three traps, they were completely dead.

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(End of this chapter)