Sure enough, I hadn't been watching for long when one of the animals lowered its head. As it lowered its head, I saw its distinctive long horns and immediately knew what it was.

The animals that came here are the wildebeest, which we've dealt with several times. They came here for the same reason we did: to obtain salt.

Moreover, herbivores like these even-toed ungulates need more salt than carnivores, so they may come here regularly or daily to replenish their daily salt requirements.

However, since herbivores come here regularly, predators are naturally also present. They come here not necessarily to obtain salt, but to obtain food.

A few minutes later, Dante and I met up again, and Dante told me what he had seen.

Dante's tree was in a better position than mine, with fewer branches obstructing his view. He naturally saw the wildebeest licking the ground as well.

Moreover, he also saw downwind of these horned wildebeest not far from the horns, where at least three different kinds of predators were eyeing them.

Perhaps due to concerns about the number of wildebeest, they waited for an unknown period of time before taking action.

However, these predators lurking in the shadows pose a threat to us. While the wildebeest might not dare to attack us, a starving beast has no such psychological reservations when it comes to dealing with us.

Generally, the process of animals obtaining salt shouldn't last too long. I thought I should just wait here for a while. Animals can't eat too much salt, and they should leave once they've had enough.

With that in mind, I returned to my people with Dante and told them about the situation.

Everyone agreed to wait, since it was still early and avoiding conflict was the best option.

So we began a long wait on the outskirts, which lasted for an hour. Top had already found a dry spot and started to sleep.

During this time, Dante and I would take turns checking every now and then to see if the wildebeest had left.

But to our surprise, these wildebeests lingered nearby, seemingly with no intention of leaving.

Even more remarkably, some of the wildebeest, perhaps having eaten too much, had already compacted the weeds on the spot and then lay down to doze off.

The other wildebeest followed suit and lay down as well. Seeing their blissful expressions, Dante and I felt our blood pressure spike by several percentage points.

These guys are really despicable. They ate the salt and still want to keep occupying this place. Do they really think this is their own salt field?

We valued harmony above all else, but we encountered a rogue. Since you refuse to leave, then I'll come over.

Dante and I devised a plan to teach these scoundrels a lesson. I asked Susu if she had brought any salt with her.

Su Su nodded, then handed me the small bamboo tube I had given her from a leather pouch hidden under her grass skirt.

Salt has always been Su Su's most precious possession, and she always carries it with her. Now it just so happens that it can be used.

I got some more from Dante, those blowguns with cotton-filled tails that he had made himself.

Dante was very curious about this, so he asked,

"Sir, what do you need my blowgun for? My blowgun can't travel as far as yours, and it's not very accurate at long range."

I smiled and didn't say anything. I had already sifted the cotton upwards with my hands, bringing it all up to almost the position of the arrow.

Then, he added a tail fin that matched his blowgun to the previous tail fin, a process somewhat similar to the situation when dealing with the Upper Hydney.

However, this time we shouldn't anesthetize them, as that would only give predators an opportunity to take advantage, and then our situation would become even more passive.

Herbivores' schedules are unpredictable; if a carnivore were allowed to squat down and eat its fill here, would it be willing to leave?

Hunting is never easy. These wild beasts usually devour their prey before leaving, and if they can't finish eating, they will stay in one place for a day or two.

They will only leave quietly once all the meat has been consumed.

I picked up a leaf and folded it into a cone-shaped cup. I put a small amount of water in it, then poured in a pinch of salt that was obviously more than the amount of water and stirred it well.

Soon I had a supersaturated concentrated salt solution. Because the amount of water added was limited, the solubility limit had been reached, so there were still some undissolved salt particles mixed together in the solution.

This is exactly what I wanted. I then used a knife to carve reverse fish scale patterns below the arrowheads of these blowguns and wrapped cotton around these carved fish scale patterns.

I am now replicating a type of blowgun made from poison wood by Native Americans.

When this type of blowgun, which is engraved with reverse fish scale patterns, hits its prey, it will embed itself firmly in the prey's flesh like the barb of a fishhook and will not easily fall off.

This ingenious structure was a method they developed while hunting monkeys.

At first, their blowguns were no different from those used by Dante, with cotton for the tail and a smooth, streamlined nozzle.

These blowguns are fine for hunting ordinary prey, but if used on monkeys, the monkeys will pull the blowguns out of their bodies the moment they are hit.

Because the monkey removed the blowgun in time, the amount of toxin that entered its body was much less than before the blowgun was removed.

While the poison of the arrow poison tree is indeed potent, the monkey's ultimate fate is inevitably death. However, the dosage can determine how far the monkey can run after being shot.

If the monkey is lucky enough to only suffer a minor scratch and treats it promptly, the proportion of toxins remaining in its body won't be too high. Even if it dies, it will still cause the natives on the ground to chase it for quite some time.

Such a chase in the jungle is extremely exhausting; the prey that falls after a long chase may not even provide enough energy for everyone to run.

So they made further improvements to the original blowgun. This ring-engraving technique was simple, and adding some cotton not only increased the amount of poison, but more fatally, it made the tip of the arrow unstable.

When the blowgun strikes a monkey or similar prey, the monkey will instinctively reach for the blowgun dart. However, the dart is embedded in the monkey's flesh and cannot be easily removed.

Using brute force will only intensify the pain. If you're not careful, these already deeply cut scales can easily break off along with the arrowhead and remain embedded in the prey's flesh.

In this way, the toxin can continue to work rapidly in the prey's body. The improved blowgun is a death sentence in the hands of the local indigenous people. Once they target you, you are almost guaranteed to die.