Chapter 55: Knocking Out a Big Tooth

  The end of winter always makes people anxious, looking forward to the day when spring will arrive.

  I believe many animals think so too.

  By this time, everything that could be eaten had been eaten and anything that could be caught had been caught. Whether it was large animals or small ones, the difficulty of finding food had increased greatly.

  Some hibernating animals are relatively comfortable, they eat a lot of food in the first three seasons and grow a lot of fat, which is equivalent to saving food in disguise, essentially no different from squirrels and Wang Yang.

  Wang Yang wished he could hibernate too, but the human body's system is somewhat different from that of animals.

  For example, if apes eat a lot like black bears and grow a layer of fat to survive by decomposing fat in winter, they will die soon.

  What's the reason? The reason is that while decomposing fat, a toxin will be produced. After long-term accumulation, it will become a deadly poison.

  Black bears have a function that can convert these toxins into non-toxic substances and absorb them.

  The essential difference determines different ways of survival.

  Of course, there are also typical poikilothermic animals like snakes, no need to elaborate.

  It is precisely because of this that the apes must obtain food in winter as well.

  Wang Yang's stored food is enough for everyone to eat their fill for more than a month, and they can completely get through this period of time.

  He looked very relaxed and walked close to the White Bone Forest with his equipment on.

  The forest is quieter than it used to be, that saber-toothed tiger has abandoned this territory and gone to a farther, less competitive place to survive, only returning when spring arrives.

  The reason is simple, it realizes it's not strong enough.

  In the late winter, often accompanied by a lack of food, many animals will expand their hunting range.

  The most typical is the wolf pack.

  The wolf pack has excellent hunting ability, good team awareness, cunning tactics, sensitive senses, and fierce fighting is their innate advantage.

  The most powerful place is that they are gregarious animals, one charge is a swarm of bees, like a hurricane sweeping over the broken wall and scattered debris.

  They naturally cherish their lives and dislike fighting with powerful beasts.

  But as the saying goes, a desperate dog can jump over a wall, and a desperate rabbit will even bite people.

  They starved quickly and could cause terrible casualties.

  As long as their food is insufficient, besieging a solitary saber-toothed tiger isn't too difficult.

  One fist is no match for four hands; a good tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves.

  The amount of it is related to the survival rate.

  This is also why the invincible lion can only sneak away with a sullen face when it encounters a pack of wild dogs.

  There are powerful herds and timid herds, whether they are plains zebras or mountain zebras, all are very gentle.

  They move in large groups and are powerful, but when they encounter large predators, they can still be easily driven away, giving other animals the opportunity to catch isolated individuals.

  According to Wang Yang and modern people's concept, they would think that these animals are quite stupid. With such a large number of them, even without sharp claws, if they rush forward together, they can trample the predators to death.

  The current mentality of the apemen is somewhat similar. Long-term low status in nature makes them very cautious, neglecting a very important point.

  If they had a bit better logical reasoning ability, they could have completely figured out that if they killed off the lone beasts in the nearby area, their territory would be theirs and resources would be abundant.

  As for this point, Wang Yang is not too worried, after this winter, they will definitely expand their territory.

  He's quite excited that he doesn't have to worry about being both a father and a mother, and can put his time into broader fields.

  The adults went with him to the boundary deep in the forest.

  Everyone let out a few "hums" and suddenly turned their attention to Wang Yang.

  They were getting more and more desperate as they couldn't find food, and it was very likely that they would choose to fight the wolf pack.

  There's no need to doubt this point, as it can be seen from their now gaunt faces, crimson eyes and taut muscles.

  A white gas heavily exhaled from their mouths, Wang Yang took a step forward first and stepped across the boundary.

  They followed Wang Yang and left.

  Feeling their movements, Wang Yang turned around and let out two "Wu Wu" cries.

  "Don't follow me, no need to follow me."

  But the crowd did not understand what he meant and followed him anyway.

  He helplessly waved his hand and pushed them around, pointing in the direction of the cave and making "woo woo" noises.

  After pushing him several times in a row, they finally realized Wang Yang's idea and stopped in their tracks, silently watching him leave.

  He arrived at the White Bone Forest and started digging earth.

  After a long period of freezing, the frozen soil has become very solid and is particularly laborious to dig. After digging for three hours, only 30 centimeters were dug out, barely opening up the soil layer.

  The wooden bucket was opened, and the fruits and meat inside had already turned into ice blocks.

  Wang Yang did not plan to bring the whole barrel back. A barrel plus food weighed up to one hundred catties, which was no big deal.

  Such a large volume is placed on the shoulder, affecting flexibility, and encountering a wolf pack is equivalent to being finished.

  So he carried a lot of pockets, loaded half a bucket on his shoulder, and quickly buried it, rushing back the way he came.

  He didn't want his own people to rush towards the wolf pack because he had wasted time.

  When he returned to the cave, it was already very late. The adults had empty hands and arrived home early, hanging their heads low in silence, lost in thought.

  The children leaned against the bonfire, depressed and speechless. They had been hungry for a long time too. Zhang San also learned from Wang Yang not to eat, and divided the food among others.

  When Wang Yang walked in, they were distributing food - roots and tree bark.

  Wang Yingying pouted, happily took a piece of bark, opened her big mouth like eating a pancake, and bit into it. Suddenly, she frowned.

  Zhang San picked up a stone and crushed the bark into small pieces, threw them into his mouth, and immediately furrowed his brow.

  The adults anxiously took a thick tree root, biting into it like sugarcane, and pulled off a strip. Instantly, their brows furrowed.

  Wang Yang looked at their appearance and suddenly... furrowed his brow...

  "Don't eat! I'm going!"

  Wang Yang ran in front of Wang Yingying, grabbed her "big pancake", pulled it back and forth, wanting to snatch it away.

  But Wang Yingying refused to let go, staring at him with a resentful gaze, as if saying: "Brother, this is mine, you can't have it even if you're not full."

  Wang Yang was speechless, and he quickly poured out all the food in his pocket.

  "Knock knock knock~"

  The frozen fruit fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, and rows of hungry eyes all turned over.

  They stared at the long-unseen fruits and meats, dazed on the spot, their mouths stopping the action of chewing, completely stiff.

  A flame of unprecedented proportions burned in their eyes, as if igniting a massive fire that swept across the plains.

  Wang Yang saw them standing there in a daze, and angrily stamped his foot, shouting: "Eat! Why are you all staring blankly like fools? Even gazing at plums to quench thirst shouldn't be done this way!"

  As Wang Yang shouted loudly, they finally came to their senses and rushed over frantically, grabbing food wildly, taking bites with a crunching sound.

  Wang Yang was speechless again. Those frozen fruits were as hard as rocks. With one bite, how many teeth would be knocked out...

  But they just think about eating food, who cares about so much else.

  Then a dramatic scene unfolded, amidst a dense "Ka Ka" sound, waves of wailing rose and fell, accompanied by their staring eyes and covering their cheeks in madness.

  What's more, Zhang San had an fruit in his hand, wanting to eat it, but there was still tree bark in his mouth, so he thought of swallowing the tree bark quickly and then eating the fruit.

  Crazily gnawing on tree bark.

  Wang Yang was in a hurry, rushed over and slapped his back with a palm, using the unknown inner force he had cultivated for many years to slap out the poison from his body. Well, he spat out a piece of tree bark...

  "I'm going, don't rush."

  Wang Yang was busy to death, constantly picking out tree roots from their mouths and preventing them from knocking out their big teeth, finally splashing watermelon.

  "Whatever, forget it!"

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