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Chapter 27 Improvement

On this day, it put away its attack and wore out its patience.

It even found it hard to believe that it had been hungry for days and nights but still couldn't kill Wang Yang.

"Ho~"

It gave a last symbolic cry, then turned around and dragged its tired body into the jungle.

It should take a nap first before hunting.

Wang Yang's eyes widened. After waiting for a while, he quickly got off the tree, carefully observed his surroundings, and ran back.

In less than two minutes, he arrived at the junction, looked back at the forest where he had stayed for several days, and turned to leave without any emotion.

He returned to the mouth of the valley and saw the last faint firelight in the cave, and he completely relaxed.

"Finally it's back."

The fully equipped adults gradually walked out of the cave. They were holding stone tools and small animal skin bags hanging on their waists. They stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at Wang Yang in surprise.

I don't know who screamed, and everyone gathered around with a bang.

According to their past experience, after staying in the depths of the forest for so long, they would usually not be able to come back. They didn't expect to see Wang Yang again, so they were naturally very happy.

Wang Yang just hesitated and walked to the cave. He didn't want to do anything now, he just wanted to eat meat, drink water, and then sleep.

Back in the cave, the friends in the cave were also shocked. His sister Wang Yingying was the first to rush over, grabbing his arm and jumping hard.

Zhang San also grabbed his hand, still with a dumb look on his face, and dragged him inside with force.

"Why are you holding me back? Wait a minute. I'll grill a piece of meat first."

As soon as Wang Yang picked up a branch and went to skewer some meat for roasting, he was pulled deep into the cave by Zhang San.

As soon as he entered, Wang Yang was stunned for a moment.

I saw a wooden barrel placed upright on the stone platform.

Wang Yang took two steps forward and compared his barrels. He found that they were almost the same. He couldn't help but feel happy. He turned to Zhang San and said, "Not bad, a good boy, he has a bright future!"

Zhang San couldn't understand what he was mumbling and looked at him blankly.

Wang Yang doesn’t know how to express his appreciation. Thumbs up? Nonsense!

He patted him on the shoulder, and regardless of whether he understood it or not, he turned back to the campfire, added a few dry firewood, and cut off a piece of leftover meat to roast.

After eating and drinking enough, he fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, it was not too late, probably around three or four o'clock.

He went to the creek to take a bath, looked at the reflection of his hairy body on the water, and shook his hair back. Not to mention, he finally looked like a rock singer.

Returning to the cave, he began to summarize the experience gained from this trip.

There are some shortcomings, for example, the practicality of wooden barrels has yet to be verified.

It is really good for some animals that are not vigilant enough, but once you encounter a very cautious animal, it is still a bit difficult to deal with.

For example, the mole wouldn't have been covered by the barrel if the lynx hadn't jumped out of the way and knocked off a branch in its haste.

Moreover, after the wooden barrel covers it, you can't see what's going on inside, and you can't be sure whether it's dead or not. Waiting will waste a lot of time.

If there was a way to kill the prey quickly, the lynx would not be left with a chance to start a fight, and the saber-toothed tiger would not be entangled for so long, to the point of running out of ammunition and food.

So there are traps, but how to quickly kill the prey after it is ambushed is what needs to be improved.

This did not trouble Wang Yang. He compared the thickness of the wooden spear and drew three circles on the bottom of the barrel.

Each circle is only three centimeters in diameter, almost like a large mineral water bottle cap.

Then excavate immediately.

After one day, the three round holes were dug.

Now this wooden barrel is no longer a wooden barrel that can hold water. There are three holes at the bottom, arranged in a triangle. Wooden spears and bone spurs can pass through the holes and move freely.

After turning it upside down, you can clearly see the situation in the barrel, which greatly improves the efficiency of killing prey.

Not only that, Wang Yang also improved the branches.

In the past, he would throw stones to knock off branches, but if he encounters a more cautious animal, it will completely see Wang Yang's movements and have the opportunity to escape immediately, so it is not advisable.

He had been struggling with the problem of ropes before, wondering how it would be possible to tie the branches without ropes.

Now he doesn't think so.

He once deliberately kept some wild boar skins and wolf skins, but the wolf skins were all worn away, leaving only the wild boar skins.

After the wild boar skin is dried, it becomes hard and has very poor toughness. It breaks when bent, making it impossible to make a real rope.

But Wang Yang is not making ropes, he is making rulers.

He cut the wild boar skin into strips two centimeters wide, then pressed the head of one strip and the tail of the other up and down, and strung them together with a small pointed branch. The two short strips of skin became longer strips.

Then he repeated it again and again, making a leather strip ten meters long.

These leather strips are very hard, and when connected together they look like an extra-long ruler.

The front end of the leather strip was strung with the branch supporting the barrel. In this way, Wang Yang only needed to pull gently on the other end and the branch would be pulled off.

However, due to the extremely poor toughness, it was impossible to walk around in the forest with such a ten-meter-long thing, so Wang Yang took it apart again and turned it into strips of sixty- to seventy-centimeter fur, which were easy to carry and needed.

At that time, it took two minutes to string them together.

After the improvement was completed, he had the idea of ​​​​entering the depths of the forest again. After all, it was autumn now, and winter would come in less than January. Only then would everyone realize that the food storage was insufficient.

I have to do more to get through it.

It is said that Zhang San saw Wang Yang piercing the barrel and followed suit. Wang Yang took a look and stopped him.

He doesn't want to popularize this kind of barrel trap, because such a large group of people are fully capable of occupying a place deep in the forest, and at least they won't do so poorly.

Moreover, the wooden barrel trap can only catch small animals, so there is no guarantee. Catching one animal will not be enough for you to eat.

To put it bluntly, you just eat by watching the sky. If God thinks you are in a good mood, he will give you one or two as a snack. If you are in a bad mood, you will get nothing, so it is too unreliable.

Zhang San did not dig a hole, but cut down trees near the mouth of the valley, planning to make barrels again.

Wang Yang thought for a while and did not stop him. Since Zhang San was too busy after training, he might as well let him continue working. Maybe practice makes perfect and he would become the originator of carpentry.

Moreover, a intact wooden barrel is not useless. It can hold a lot of water. It may not be used now, but it may be used someday in the future, so be prepared.

Just like that, Wang Yang entered the depths of the forest again.

This time, his purpose is no longer simply to capture small animals, but more importantly, to pick wild fruits. (Please add it to your favorites and vote for recommendations!)
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