Chapter 27: Reform

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

  It was hard for him to believe that he had been starving for several days and nights without killing Wang Yang.

  "Hmmph!"

  It let out a symbolic last cry, then turned around and dragged its tired body into the woods.

  It should sleep first and then go hunting.

  Wang Yang's eyes lit up brightly, and after waiting for a while, he nimbly climbed down the tree, cautiously observed his surroundings, and ran back and forth.

  Less than two minutes later, he arrived at the border and turned back to gaze at the forest that had stunned him for several days. He left without any sentiment.

  He returned to the valley mouth and saw the last faint glow of fire in the cave, completely relaxing himself.

  "After all, it's back again."

  Adults fully equipped with stone tools and small animal skin pouches hanging from their waists walked out of the cave one after another, standing at the entrance in surprise looking at Wang Yang.

  It was unclear who shouted, but with a loud noise, they all surrounded him.

  According to their past experience, staying in the depths of the forest for so long would normally mean they wouldn't be able to return, but unexpectedly, Wang Yang was still visible, and it was only natural that they were very happy.

  Wang Yang casually responded with a couple of perfunctory words and headed towards the mountain cave. He didn't want to do anything now, just wanted to eat some meat properly, drink some water, and then take a nap.

  Back in the cave, his little friends were also stunned. His sister Wang Yunyun was the first to rush over and grab his arm, jumping up and down with excitement.

  Zhang San also grabbed his hand, still with a silly expression on his face, and pulled him inside with force.

  "What are you dragging me for? Wait a minute, I'm going to roast some meat first."

  Wang Yang had just picked up a branch to string some meat for roasting when he was pulled by Zhang San into the depths of the cave.

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

  All that was seen was a wooden bucket placed neatly on the stone pedestal.

  Wang Yang took two steps forward, brought his own wooden bucket to compare, and found that the difference was not much. He couldn't help but laugh, turned his head to Zhang San and said: "Not bad, good kid, has a future!"

  Zhang San didn't understand what he was muttering about and stared at him blankly.

  Wang Yang also didn't know how to express his appreciation, should he give a thumbs up? What nonsense!

  He patted his shoulder and didn't care if he understood or not, turned back to the bonfire, added a few dry firewoods, cut off a piece of leftover meat and started roasting it.

  He ate his fill and drank enough, then fell into a deep sleep.

  After waking up, it's still not too late, probably around 3 or 4 o'clock.

  He went to the creek and took a bath, looking at his reflection in the water with hair all over his face, he shook his head back, and finally had some rock star style.

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

  There are some shortcomings, such as the practicality of wooden barrels still needs to be verified.

  It's fine for some animals that are not vigilant enough, but once they encounter very cautious animals, it's still a bit difficult to deal with.

  It's just like that mole, if it wasn't for the weasel suddenly appearing halfway and making it flustered, causing it to knock against the tree branch, it wouldn't have been caught by the wooden bucket.

  Moreover, after the wooden barrel covers it up, one can't see the situation inside and can't confirm whether it's dead or not, waiting will waste a lot of time.

  If there was a way to quickly take down the prey, it wouldn't have given the wolverine a chance to fight back and entangle with that saber-toothed tiger for so long, to the point of exhausting all its ammunition.

  So the trap is set, but how to quickly take down the prey after it has been ambushed is what needs improvement.

  This didn't stump Wang Yang, who compared the thickness of the wooden spear and drew three circles at the bottom of the wooden bucket.

  Each circle is about three centimeters in diameter, roughly the size of a large mineral water bottle cap.

  Then start digging immediately.

  After one day, these three round holes were dug out.

  This wooden barrel is no longer a water-holding wooden barrel. There are three holes at the bottom, distributed in a triangular shape. Wooden spears and bone spurs can pass through the holes and move freely.

  After turning it over, you can clearly see the situation in the bucket, and the efficiency of killing prey has increased by a whole lot.

  Wang Yang also improved the branches.

  Before that, he was throwing stones to knock down branches. However, if he encountered a slightly more cautious animal, it would completely see Wang Yang's movements and have the opportunity to escape immediately, so this method is not feasible.

  He had been stuck on the rope problem all along, thinking that without a rope, it was impossible to tie up the branches.

  He doesn't think so now.

  He had deliberately left some wild boar skin and wolf skin, all the wolf fur was worn away by everyone, only the wild boar skin remained.

  After drying in the wind, wild boar skin becomes hard and has poor toughness. It will break when bent, making it impossible to make a real rope.

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

  He cut the wild boar skin into two-centimeter-wide strips, then pressed down on the head and tail of each strip with a small pointed branch, turning two short strips into longer ones.

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

  These strips are very hard and when connected together they look like a super long ruler.

  The front end of the skin strip was tied to a branch that supported the wooden bucket, so Wang Yang only needed to pull gently on the other end, and the branch would be pulled away.

  However, due to its poor elasticity, it is impossible to carry a 10-meter-long thing in the forest. Wang Yang then disassembled them and turned them into strips of 60-70 cm long fur, which are easy to carry. When needed, they can be strung together in two minutes.

  After the improvement, he had the idea of entering the depths of the forest again. After all, it is autumn now, and in less than a month, winter will arrive, and at that time, everyone can discover that food storage is insufficient.

  I have to do more things in order to get through this.

  Zhang San saw Wang Yang making a hole in the wooden bucket and followed suit. Wang Yang stopped him after taking a look.

  This wooden barrel trap, he didn't want to popularize its use, because with such a large group of people, they completely had the ability to occupy a place in the depths of the forest, at least they wouldn't end up so miserable.

  Moreover, wooden barrel traps can only catch small animals, with no guarantee, and catching one is not even enough for oneself to eat.

  To put it bluntly, it's like watching the sky and eating, when the old heaven feels good, it sends you one or two heads as a snack, when the mood is bad, there's nothing, so it's not reliable at all.

  Zhang San didn't go to dig holes, and instead chopped trees near the valley entrance, planning to make wooden barrels again.

  Wang Yang thought for a moment and didn't stop him. Anyway, Zhang San was idle after training, so he might as well let him continue. Who knows, maybe after practicing, he'll become the ancestor of carpentry.

  Moreover, a good wooden barrel is not useless everywhere, it can hold a lot of water, now it's not needed, but who knows when it will be used in the future, being prepared for any situation.

  So Wang Yang went deeper into the forest.

  This time his purpose was no longer simply catching small animals, but more importantly picking wild fruits. (Seeking collection, seeking recommendation votes!)

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