Chapter 45 Focus on Digging for Thirty Years
Wang Yang was a little confused. The area on the left has always been a very active place for small animals. During the winter, they got a lot of food from here. Why is there no movement now?
"Hey~" Wang Yang sighed, he hasn't given up on this place yet, it's only been a few days, it's too early.
He did not use this trap and came to the Bone Forest.
The white bones here are covered with white snow, with only a little bit of the tip showing, and they look a little less ferocious, but the cold atmosphere is still there, and no creatures are approaching.
Wang Yang rubbed his hands and took out the stone knife to dig.
He wanted the barrel to be ventilated to prevent it from heating up due to the seal and accelerating decay.
But after he excavated, he found that he had worried too much, the soil was frozen, and the barrel was not buried deep enough, so it was still heavily affected by the temperature.
No matter what, he still spent a lot of effort to dig out the barrel and put the nuts in it.
He left the squirrel in the snow for a while to make sure it was almost frozen before putting it in.
After burying the soil, it took almost half an hour to check the harvest of the trap.
"Ouch~"
A wolf howl broke the silence nearby.
Wang Yang became alert and quickly looked to the left, only to see that there was no shadow of the wolf there for the time being.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the running sound of wolf claws kicking up the snow.
Wang Yang quickly climbed up the tree and lowered his head to observe carefully.
The wolves did not appear, only a high-pitched scream was heard as a certain animal was knocked down.
After a while, the wolves came.
The fur around their mouths was still stained with red blood. After they ran under the tree, they glanced at Wang Yang, then squatted down and smelled the red snow.
That was the blood of the squirrels from before. Wang Yang frowned slightly, fearing that they would dig up the soil and find the barrel.
But obviously, they didn't have a very high IQ. They glared at Wang Yang fiercely and left quickly.
Wang Yang left here without any danger, muttering constantly along the way: "It seems that I have to be more careful. Those wolves seem to often go down the mountain in winter."
He first looked to the right, but saw no squirrel taking the bait, and then to the left, again finding nothing.
The process of hunting is very boring. In addition to waiting patiently, wait patiently.
He didn't want to waste time, so he dug frantically on the left side, maybe he could even find some fruit.
Most of the digging sites were under trees, and some places where plants had grown before were also dug up by Wang Yang. Generally speaking, this is where food is most likely to be found.
While digging, a piece of soil suddenly became loose and collapsed.
Wang Yang cheered up and stopped digging.
This hole is thirty centimeters wide and less than ten centimeters above the ground. It should be the exit of a small animal's cave. It is dark inside and extends downward.
Wang Yang hurriedly dug down along the entrance of the hole. After about a few dozen centimeters, he took out a wooden spear and stabbed down.
After most of the wooden spear was inserted, it hit the wall, possibly reaching the bottom of the cave.
Wang Yang poked a few times and found that it was very quiet inside, and there was no feeling of being stabbed in the flesh. He couldn't help but feel speechless. Could it be that the little animals haven't come back yet? Or is it an abandoned nest?
He continued to dig. Twenty minutes later, the hole had been dug very large and very deep. Through the sunlight, he could see a turn at the end of the wall, and the hole was still deeper.
A little tree root was exposed on the wall. It seems that the little animal realized that it could not dig any further and fell in one direction.
Wang Yang hurriedly dug again. After more than half an hour, he finally reached the turning point. He took out a wooden spear and poked in hard.
"Jiji!"
The hand holding the wooden spear suddenly felt a force pulling, and there it was!
He pulled out the wooden spear and stabbed it several times in a row. Every time he stabbed the flesh, he could feel it. The screams in the hole became louder and noisier. There was a nest of small animals!
Taking out the bone spurs, Wang Yang stood ready.
Sure enough, a head with a pig's nose appeared.
That guy has three white lines on his head, and his head shape is very similar to that of a wild boar.
"Badger(huan, first sound.)!"
Wang Yang recognized this guy. Badgers are omnivorous animals that eat whatever they can. They like to come out at night.
They can grow to sixty or seventy centimeters, or even larger. The largest one Wang Yang has ever seen was ninety centimeters long. It is simply a small wild boar.
They are very active in the forest, good at digging holes, and begin to hibernate in winter.
It seems that he not only disturbed their sweet dreams, but also brought disaster to them.
Wang Yang, who had been waiting for them to appear for a long time, his eyes flashed with light, and he stabbed down hard with the hand holding the bone spur.
"Puch!"
Without any obstruction, the sharp bone spurs penetrated into the badger's head.
It screamed and twisted around wildly, trying to retreat back into the hole.
But the companion behind it just wanted to escape and kept pushing it out.
Wang Yang seized the opportunity, pulled out the bone spurs, and stabbed them to death with a few more blows.
At the same time, the wooden spear kept thrusting in, intending to kill them all.
He understands that badgers are social animals, and there are many animals in a litter. The reward for destroying a litter is equivalent to a day or two of self-effort.
Two badgers died. The badger inside heard the desperate screams of its companions and no longer dared to come out. It dug dirt inside to find a new passage to escape.
Wang Yang realized this and dug frantically to expand the hole.
Now the competition is about who can dig faster.
Stone knives were flying, soil was splashing, and pieces of frozen soil were dug aside bit by bit.
The cold air almost froze Wang Yang to death. Every time the dirt flew up, there was a splash of ice and snow, and the coldness hit his face and neck. He was shivering and almost lost the feeling in his hands.
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
However, Wang Yang couldn't care about anything anymore, his eyes were red, and only the thought of preying was left in his mind.
His brain issued instructions to speed up again and again, and the blood in his body boiled and rolled, but he couldn't get up to speed at all. The temperature was too low. In his eyes, the waving movements were like the slow motion of a movie playback, and he was powerless.
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In just five minutes, the intense physical exertion caused the muscles in his right hand to cramp, making him sore and numb.
He also pushed the entrance of the hole 20 centimeters crazily.
But at this moment, the snow a few meters away was suddenly turned over, and a badger emerged. It turned around and saw Wang Yang, with extremely frightened eyes, and jumped up and ran away.
Wang Yang quickly climbed out of the pit and rushed over, but another badger escaped.
When Wang Yang got there, there were no more badgers in the cave.
"Fuck!" Wang Yang threw the stone knife to the ground in great annoyance, feeling very regretful.
Even though he used all his strength and dug holes faster than usual, the other party was a master who had been digging holes for thirty years. No matter how good he was, he couldn't be faster than them.
After patting the snow on his body, Wang Yang felt that all the strength in his body was gone. He sat down on the snow and gasped for air.
After a while, he dug a hole again. There were two badgers that he had stabbed in the hole and had to be taken out.
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