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There is strength in numbers. It was only afternoon when Wu Yue and his men finished building the kiln.

He let everyone who had been busy for half a day take a rest, but he couldn't sit still, so he found a shady place and took out the clay from the space.

Anyway, I have to burn lime tomorrow, so it would be convenient to burn some pottery at the same time.

He wanted to make some pickle jars.

Among the crops he brought, radishes, cowpeas and peas are all suitable for pickling. Pickling some and storing them will come in handy when there are no vegetables in winter.

Besides, he also missed the taste of pickled vegetables. The orphanage's conditions were poor, and they couldn't afford expensive greenhouse vegetables in the winter, so the director's mother would make several large jars of pickled vegetables every year to eat with rice when vegetables were scarce.

Later, as they grew up and started working, the director's mother still pickled the vegetables every year, and then packed them in small cans and sent them to them.

Wu Yue swallowed his saliva, remembering that he still had half a jar of pickled vegetables and half a jar of pickled tofu in his dormitory. If he had known he would travel to such a primitive society, he would have taken those two jars of good stuff with him.

It's been a while since he arrived on Earth. Even though his body hasn't been found, he's confirmed dead. His family and friends should have already held a funeral, right? I hope they've gradually gotten over their grief, especially the director's mother. She's been in poor health these past few years, and being too heartbroken would be detrimental to her health...

Although he was thinking about various things in his mind, Wu Yue's hands did not stop moving. He first made the shape of a jar, and then added a circle around the outside along the mouth of the jar.

At the same time, a lid must be made to ensure that the pickles are sealed and prevent bacteria from entering the jar and causing the pickles to deteriorate.

I carefully made two small jars of pickled vegetables. Just as the sun was setting, the hunting team came back. They didn't get much prey today, and everyone looked unhappy. There were obvious bite marks on the vine armor on several of them.

Wu Yue was startled and went up to them and asked, "Did you run into those crazy wolves again?"

Xiao nodded. "I encountered them again today. They pounced on us and tried to snatch our prey. They seemed even crazier than the last time I saw them. Their eyes were bloodshot. But I think there are several wolves missing from the pack. Maybe some of them are dead."

Pointing behind him, he said, "We all paid attention to it. No one was injured. We even killed one. We wanted to drag it back for Xia and the elders to see."

Hearing that another wolf had been killed, Wu Yue said, "Let me take a look first." He asked someone to drag the wolf's body to the corner. After thinking for a while, he took out a pack of disposable masks from the space and put one on. He told everyone who had come into contact with the wolf to wash it quickly, and then he slowly approached.

Although the mountain bitten by the wolf has not shown any abnormality, it is still an abnormal situation, so it is better to be cautious.

This wolf must have been hacked to death by Xiao with a Tang sword. There was only a large knife wound on its abdomen. It was very thin, and its fur was dirty, messy and dull.

Using a branch, he pried open the wolf's eyes and saw that they were indeed red and swollen as Xiao had said. He then pried open its mouth, and a foul odor immediately emanated. Even though Wu Yue was wearing a mask, he still frowned from the smell.

It was hard to tell what was going on from the outside, but luckily Xiao's knife hit the wolf's abdomen, and some of its internal organs were exposed. He used the branch to pull out the internal organs. Wu Yue was about to take a closer look when he saw something wriggling in the internal organs.

Upon closer inspection, they were actually several long, thin white worms.

Parasites? This disgusting thing made Wu Yue's scalp tingle and goose bumps immediately appeared on his arms.

Xia and several experienced hunters also came over, but they couldn't figure out what was going on. Finally, at Wu Yue's suggestion, they dug a pit, found firewood, and burned the wolf carcass.

"I saw parasites in the wolf carcasses, but they're also common in wild animals. We can't be sure if the wolves' madness is related to parasites," Wu Yue said to Xiao. "But if it's due to these parasites, we can't just sit back and watch. You also said you suspect several wolves are dead. If other animals ate the wolf carcasses, they'd most likely be infected as well."

He had read in the news that people had contracted tapeworms from eating undercooked meat. If this parasite had gotten into their food and been accidentally ingested, it would have been fatal in this primitive society with its abysmal medical conditions.

Xiao also thought of this, and his face turned serious: "We should go kill those wolves and dispose of the bodies!"

This is the best solution. Wu Yue nodded and asked, "How many wolves are left? Do you know where their lair is?"

Xiao counted them in his mind: "There were fifteen before, and today I see there are still eight. This pack of wolves was also in the grassland a long time ago. Later, as our tribe grew in number, they became afraid and moved further and further into the mountains."

After a brief moment of thought, Xiao made up his mind: "Those wolves are very aggressive right now. Tomorrow I'll take a few people into the mountains. When they see fresh meat being delivered to their mouths, they will definitely come out. Then I'll kill them!"

Wu Yue quickly said, "I'll go too!" He needed to make sure Xiao and the others weren't infected with the parasites, and that the wolf carcasses were completely destroyed. He also needed to make sure he could find something useful on the mountain.

After a slight hesitation, Xiao agreed: "Okay, but you have to follow me closely." With the powerful Tang sword in his hand, he was still confident that he could protect Wu Yue.

That was settled. Wu Yue ate something casually and went back to the tent to rest. He needed to conserve his energy for tomorrow.

The next day, Xiao prepared a stone spear for Wu Yue, and Wu Yue also took out some fur to wrap up the exposed arms and legs of several people. Every extra layer of protection is better.

There were too few prey yesterday, so we had to send people out hunting today. The two teams separated at the tribe gate and went their separate ways.

In the team that went to kill the wolves, apart from Xiao and Wu Yue, there were only Yu, Shi, a man named Fox, and a man named Feng. They were all young and strong men with relatively good skills, and most of them were holding the knives brought by Wu Yue.

Although he was placed in the middle, Wu Yue, who had never experienced such a thing, still held the stone spear tightly in his hand and watched both sides carefully.

They entered from the canyon next to the salt mountain and climbed up along the path trampled by wild animals.

The bottom of this mountain range seems to be mainly made of stone, with little vegetation, just some scattered shrubs and weeds rooted in the cracks of the rocks, and no tall trees.

As he walked, Wu Yue checked the weeds, hoping to find some familiar herbs or wild vegetables. Unfortunately, these plants were unfamiliar, and he didn't gain anything except pulling up a few wild onions.

The higher they went, the more vegetation there was, and they could see some small trees in groups of three or two. After about two hours, Xiao slowed down his steps and made a "quiet" gesture, as if something was happening.

Several people bent down and quietly followed Xiao as he slowly moved forward from the downwind side, taking advantage of the cover of bushes.

Soon they heard the sound of wolves biting and swallowing. Through the gaps in the bushes, Wu Yue saw several wolves not far ahead, surrounding the corpse of an unknown beast and gnawing on it. The blood of the beast was all over the ground, emitting a strong fishy smell.

Wu Yue frowned at the unpleasant smell and looked up at Xiao, wondering how he was going to attack.

Xiao happened to be looking at him and lowered his voice to say, "I'll take people up there. You hide here and don't make a sound. This is downwind, and they can't smell you."

Wu Yue nodded.

So Xiao and a few others dispersed and slowly surrounded the wolves. Perhaps because they were busy eating or had health problems, the wolves didn't even notice anything was wrong.

With a loud roar, Xiao jumped out of the bushes with his Tang sword raised, and chopped a skinny wolf that had no time to dodge into pieces.

The wolves were startled at first, and then bared their teeth at the human who suddenly appeared, as if they were about to pounce on him, but they did not notice that there was another person behind them holding a sharp weapon.

Wu Yue hid behind the bushes and watched the chaotic battle. Neither the primitive people nor the beasts had any skills. They just fought, bit, chopped and pounced.

Wu Yue was terrified. There was indeed something wrong with these wolves. Even though they were seriously injured, lame, and blind, they still opened their big mouths full of saliva and wanted to bite humans, as if they were not afraid of death.

Fortunately, they would die eventually. Although they were crazy, their bodies seemed to be no longer flexible and strong. Soon, Xiao killed the injured wolves one by one with his long and sharp Tang sword.

The battle lasted for half an hour until the last wolf was killed by the knife. Wu Yue jumped out and took out the large basin of salt water that had been prepared from the space. He asked them to quickly wash off the places stained with wolf blood and then check for any wounds.

Wounds were inevitable, but none of them were serious. There were scratches on several people's bodies, and Wu Yue applied some medicine to them.

Shan was fine after being bitten, so these scratches shouldn't be a big deal.

Just like yesterday, they dug a hole and found firewood. Then they burned and buried the eight wolf carcasses, finally nipping the threat in the bud.