It wasn't that Ye Zi couldn't beat the Black Continent buffalo, but rather that she was worried about Tong Tong's safety.

According to the information I researched before coming here, this wild water buffalo weighs over 300 kilograms and is over 2 meters long when it reaches adulthood, but its shoulder height is only about 1.4 meters.

But this wild buffalo is quite aggressive and likes to charge in packs. Whether it's a pride of lions or a pack of hyenas, these irritable guys will go for it.

If the cattle charge at the cart, Tongtong will be in danger.

After much deliberation, Yezi decided to take action, since there was no food available for dinner.

Although there were still about a hundred pounds of beef jerky in the space, it was enough that it wouldn't starve to death even if it didn't eat anything every day, which was quite eye-catching.

"System, how many bison are there in this herd?" Ye Zi asked the system in her mind.

"15 adult water buffaloes and six calves of varying ages," the system immediately reported.

This number looks like a lot, but it's not too difficult to actually do it.

Of course, before taking action, Ye Zi needed to reassure Tong Tong and prevent her from getting into danger.

But after looking left and right, he couldn't find a suitable place, so Ye Zi had no choice but to leave Tong Tong where she was and prepare to run to a location 300 meters away to make his move.

At 300 meters, Tongtong was still within the system's detection range. Even if other animals tried to approach Tongtong, the remaining 200 meters would be enough for Yezi to react.

After telling Tongtong about his plan, Tongtong just told him to be careful.

Ye Zi nodded and turned to leave.

Three hundred meters away from Tongtong, and about the same distance from the herd of cattle, but with the leaf's location as the point, the herd of cattle and Tongtong form an obtuse angle of about 120 degrees.

This will prevent the wild water buffalo from charging at Tongtong and hurting her.

After observing for a while, Ye Zi selected a wild water buffalo on the outskirts of the herd. This buffalo had no calves around it, and judging from its size, it should have just reached adulthood, which was a good fit.

On the continent of Black Continent, food has a very short shelf life, at most a day and a night, and it will spoil after that. Moreover, Ye Zi and her group are not in a fixed place to survive, so they don't have time to make smoked meat.

Therefore, it is necessary to choose smaller prey.

He held a pebble in his hand, aimed, and then suddenly swung it out, creating a sonic boom that was much louder than before.

The wild buffalo, spotted by the leaves in the distance, let out a miserable cry, staggered a few steps, and then collapsed.

Another buffalo behind the wild buffalo also collapsed. Ye Zi paused for a moment, then immediately asked in her mind:

"System, what's going on? Why are two heads dead?"

"The one that took two steps died immediately, while the other one just fainted."

Ye Zi could see clearly that the one that had been hit was quite large, probably ranking in the top three among this herd of wild buffalo.

"Where was I hit? Why am I dizzy?"

"The flying stone passed through the body of the first buffalo in the middle of the horn. Just then, the second buffalo turned its head and was hit in the middle of the horn. The horn was right in the skull, so it was stunned."

The system's explanation was reasonable. Ye Zi nodded slightly, clutching another pebble in her hand, ready to face any further retaliation from the wild buffalo herd.

Surprisingly, the buffalo herd panicked for a moment, a loud moo rang out, and then the herd surrounded the buffalo whose body had been shot through. After a while, they went to the location of the buffalo that had been knocked unconscious.

After another round of commotion, the buffalo herd simply left.

That's right, the largest wild buffalo led the herd away.

Ye Zi stared in disbelief, then asked:

What's wrong with the system?

Ye Zi had originally prepared to deal with the herd of wild buffalo charging. As soon as the herd charged, he would first shoot them with flying stones, and then beat them to death at close range.

There are many wild buffalo on the continent of Black Continent. Some say there are over 100 million, some say hundreds of thousands. Ye Zi thinks both of these numbers are a bit unrealistic, but there must be several million.

Killing a dozen or so is not even a drop in the ocean. If you can't finish the meat, you can still use the hides. You won't lose money no matter what.

"The investigation revealed that the one that had fainted was the second largest wild buffalo in this group."

If you were the leader, and a subordinate who could threaten your position at any moment was either dead or unconscious, and the opportunity to rightfully abandon them was right in front of you, would you leave?

Ye Zi raised an eyebrow, then said:

“There is competition even within animal groups living in the wild.”

"That's inevitable."

Afterwards, Ye Zi ignored the chat with the system and went straight to the two wild water buffalo.

After checking on the two cows, the one whose body had been pierced was already dead, while the other was still breathing and had clearly fainted.

Then he ran back to Tongtong's side, pulled the cart, and went to the body.

"Killed two? That's amazing. But we can't finish them all. Isn't that a bit wasteful?"

Ye Zi pointed at the dead wild buffalo and laughed:

"This head is dead, that head is dizzy, but not dead yet."

"Dazed? Is there a plan to knock it out? Are you going to use it to pull the cart?"

Ye Zi was pondering how to deal with the dizzy wild buffalo when she heard Tong Tong's words and her eyes suddenly lit up. That's right, he already has a cart, why not get a cart-pulling animal? It's much more convenient than being a beast of burden himself.

The data shows that the African buffalo has never been domesticated, so it's unknown whether he can do it.

Although she wasn't very confident about taming the wild buffalo, Ye Zi still gave Tong Tong a thumbs up and smiled:

"Your idea is brilliant! With that kind of physique, he'd be perfect for pulling a cart."

The wild buffalo that fainted was over 2.8 meters long and over 1.5 meters tall at the shoulder. It was definitely in its prime, and could easily be used for pulling a cart or even riding into battle.

"You really intend to use it to pull the cart? But with it pulling the cart, you won't have to work so hard."

"Come on, you only weigh around 100 pounds, but you talk as if you weigh 1,000 pounds. To me, that little bit of weight is practically nothing."

I hadn't planned to use it to pull the cart. I was just wondering how to preserve all this meat. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have killed it by now.

Then Yezi explained why the wild water buffalo had fainted; it was a completely unexpected surprise.

Tongtong never expected that, by chance, the wild water buffalo she knocked unconscious would become the tool for pulling the cart to replace the leaves.

"How can we make it obey?"

Ye Zi thought for a moment, then took out a leather rope and tied up the four cow legs. Then she ignored them and began to deal with the dead wild buffalo.

It seemed like they weren't paying attention, but a question kept running through their minds:

"System, could you, like gold, allow me to establish a connection with this wild buffalo?"

"Yes, but at most it can prevent it from attacking you immediately after waking up."

Ye Zi asked in surprise:

"Why is the effect so poor this time? I've already bound it, so even if it wakes up, it can't attack me. Doesn't that mean all my health points were wasted?"