The thick tree trunk was utterly insignificant in the face of the terrifying mammoth. A few leaves fell like withered flowers, and the trunk began to sway, its center already unstable and on the verge of collapse. This gave the mammoth a sense of satisfaction, so it immediately rammed the poor tree trunk again. This time, the already teetering trunk could not withstand the terrifying impact and crashed to the ground with a loud thud!

But this clearly did not appease the mammoth. It raised its head high, let out another frantic bellow, and crashed into a tree behind it.

This tree wasn't as lucky as the previous one. It was a newly grown sapling, completely powerless to resist. After the impact, it was uprooted and about to fly away—the mammoth used its mouth to bite the trunk as a way to vent its anger. It gripped the trunk tightly and shook it back and forth. Finally, after the fourth shake, the tree was forcefully flung away.

A few leaves remained near the mammoth's mouth. After hesitating for a few seconds, it ate all the leaves.

But as soon as it put the food in its mouth, before it could even chew it, the mammoth suddenly spat out a large amount of green, the few leaves it had chewed up. Then it shook its head in pain, as if it had eaten something disgusting.

"Tch, you have pretty picky tastes. I thought you ate everything."

Not far away, high up in a tree, Li Qing looked down at the mammoth making a fool of itself, and thought to himself with amusement.

"If you don't like the leaves, try this instead."

Li Qing picked a banana from the banana tree, swung his arm, and threw it at the mammoth.

The throw was quite accurate, hitting the mammoth right away.

The mammoth immediately used its trunk to grab the banana, and without much thought, it put the banana in its mouth and swallowed it whole.

“Looks like you really like eating bananas,” Li Qing said to himself as he picked another banana. “I thought liking bananas was a baboon’s prerogative.”

This time, Li Qing deliberately threw the banana with less force, leaving it a distance in front of the mammoth. He intentionally made the mammoth take a few steps forward, causing it to bend its head, pick up the banana with its trunk, and put it in its mouth.

The third time, the distance was even greater.

The mammoth was quite obedient. Li Qing threw the banana there, and it walked towards it without even thinking about why there was a banana there.

Clearly, it was so hungry that it wouldn't even consider such simple questions.

Of course, the most likely explanation is that it believes no one in this territory would dare to deceive it.

The mammoth, without any discernible difference, gradually approached the banana tree where Li Qing was staying.

"We're almost there. Hmph, it has such a big appetite. Bringing it here, it shouldn't be following me around or getting in the way for a while."

Li Qing thought to himself.

He chose a place full of banana trees, and the bananas were all very large. This way, once the mammoth was lured there, it would surely be attracted by the other banana trees there as well. Given the mammoth's appetite, it probably wouldn't be satisfied until it had eaten all the bananas on several of the trees.

By controlling the frequency of throwing bananas to a slow pace that wouldn't alert the mammoth, after a long time, the mammoth finally got closer and closer to Li Qing's banana tree.

Picking up a banana, Li Qing tossed it a little closer, thinking that the place was almost at the banana grove. He believed that once the mammoth ate the banana, it would definitely discover the banana grove ahead, and before that, he would have to... run away.

The mammoth may be a bit slow, but once they get closer again, even if the mammoth finds a banana that's more attractive to it, it might not necessarily ignore Li Qing.

"Great, the plan is going smoothly."

Li Qing jumped down from the banana tree and just then saw the mammoth eat a banana and begin to look around in confusion. Soon, its gaze focused on the front of the banana grove.

He then began to walk towards the banana grove.

"Hmph, go eat by yourself. You'd better eat your fill this time and don't bother me!"

Li Qing muttered to himself, and just to be on the safe side, he decided to slip into the bushes and take the back path.

...

The final destination was not far from where Li Qing was. After crawling through a thicket of bushes, Li Qing soon saw a sloping earthen mound in the distance.

"Beyond the earthen slope is the cliff."

Li Qing glanced back, but he could no longer see or hear the mammoth. He figured the mammoth was completely absorbed in the bananas and had no time to care about him, a mere shrimp.

Taking a deep breath, Li Qing no longer hesitated. With a running start, he lightly leaped forward, landing on his bottom on the earthen slope, and slid down like a slide.

"I'm really destined to be with earthen slopes in this life, but luckily, this time the earthen slope took me home!"

As Li Qing was mentally complaining, he suddenly noticed that what lay ahead were no longer just some faint wildflowers growing in the harsh environment.

"Blue sky!"

"cliff!"

Just as Li Qing was about to react, he felt a cold wind blow into his mouth.

Almost involuntarily, Li Qing looked down. Amidst the whistling wind, he saw a vast expanse of clouds stretching to the horizon.

"It's unbelievable that there's another world down there."

Li Qing sighed inwardly. The cold air high in the sky made him shiver, but it also cleared his head considerably. He shook his head, covered his mouth with his hands, and shouted, "Big bird, save me! I don't want to die!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing saw a familiar figure flying upwards from beneath the "sea of ​​clouds"—it was the strange bird Li Qing had seen before!

"I'm here!"

Li Qing waved and told the strange bird his location.

The strange bird flew very fast; almost instantly, it reached Li Qing's side and caught him steadily.

"Thanks to you, strange bird, you helped me and our tribe a lot. Without you, we really don't know what we would have done!"

Li Qing patted the strange bird's back gratefully and thanked it.

In less than a day, Li Qing noticed that the strange bird's aura had undergone a tremendous change. Its feathers were more vibrant, its eyes were sharper, and its two wings, which were constantly flapping in the air, were stronger. After hearing Li Qing's words of thanks, it raised its head high in response to Li Qing.

Li Qing stretched his arms into the air and laughed loudly, "Let's go home!"