On the twentieth day of crossing the continent, Ye Zi's food finally changed; it was no longer antelope meat, but wildebeest.

When Ye Zi first met this species, she felt nothing but awkwardness.

It looks like a horse, but it's not as tall as a horse, and especially with its pair of horns, it looks more like a cow, but that's why it's called a wildebeest.

Moreover, wildebeests are unique to the continent of Black Continent and cannot be seen elsewhere.

Although wildebeests have a pair of horns, they have almost no ability to fight back against carnivores except to run away.

Before coming here, Yezi had done some research and found that wildebeest, who live on the continent of Black Africa, are the main food source for all carnivores.

The population is enormous, numbering in the millions, more than that of the wild buffalo, but it lacks the fighting prowess of the wild buffalo. One becomes a food reserve, while the other becomes one of the five fierce beasts of the continent.

That's the difference.

The wildebeest herd in front of Ye Zi was enormous; based on her grazing experience, there were at least five or six thousand of them.

Wildebeests, lacking fighting ability, generally sacrifice their own interests for the greater good.

To put it bluntly, it's all about luck. When these carnivores like lions, hyenas, leopards, crocodiles, and wolves hunt, whichever one gets caught is unlucky, and the rest of the wildebeest can escape.

Ye Zi naturally wouldn't let such an opportunity pass by; with over a hundred kilograms of meat already within reach, there was no reason for her to let it go.

However, Ye Zi had other ideas. Since these were food reserves from the Black Continent, he could also store a few.

This is how I've been getting by these past few days. Whenever I encounter an antelope, I try to knock it out if I can. If I can't knock it out, I can only shoot its legs and then save them to eat slowly.

Encountering wildebeests now is no exception.

Lying prone on the ground, Ye Zi slowly approached the wildebeest herd, bringing them within a hundred meters. She aimed at one of the wildebeests and then threw a pebble.

A wildebeest collapsed to the ground with a thud, and Ye Zi immediately asked:

"Is he dead or not?"

"Dead," the system replied.

Ye Zi immediately understood that she had become stronger.

When its companion suddenly collapsed, the surrounding wildebeests immediately retreated, only slowly approaching after they could no longer see the predator.

Ye Zi carefully controlled her strength and threw out another pebble.

Another wildebeest swayed a few times and then collapsed, causing the surrounding wildebeest to hurriedly retreat.

"Is he dead or not?"

I'm dizzy.

Upon hearing the system's reply, Ye Zi grinned, realizing that the intensity was just right.

Before the commotion could be quelled, Ye Zi swiftly made her move, sending three pebbles flying from her hand. Only two wildebeest staggered and fell to the ground, while the third wildebeest, having turned its head, was struck by a pebble.

No serious damage was caused; the wildebeest was startled by the attack and immediately went into flight mode.

One wildebeest ran away, and the rest of the wildebeest also began to flee for their lives.

Fortunately, Ye Zi attacked from the outer edge of the wildebeest herd, so the unconscious wildebeests wouldn't be trampled into mincemeat by their own kind.

Ye Zi stood up, holding a pebble in her hand, walked to the wildebeest, and then took out a leather rope to tie three of the unconscious wildebeest together.

Then he waved to Tongtong.

Tongtong drove the oxcart over, unfazed by the sight of the three bound wildebeests; Yezi had done this many times before.

Tongtong then skillfully started a fire, while Yezi began processing the wildebeest carcass.

Soon, the wildebeest, gutted and skinned, was lifted up. Ye Zi weighed it in her hand and laughed:

"About 100 kilograms, enough for our food needs for two days."

Tongtong smiled sweetly, then took the slices of meat that Yezi had cut off and hung them on the rack next to the fire.

This rack is for dehydrating meat. The sun exposure and the fire roasting can remove some of the moisture, allowing it to sit for an extra day.

Meat treated this way can only be boiled; grilling it will make your teeth ache.

As long as there's food, that's fine; being too picky isn't appropriate.

After dinner, the three wildebeest had woken up. After struggling in vain, they could only stare at Ye Zi and the other person in fear.

Ye Zi was too lazy to pay attention to them. While tanning the wildebeest hides, she took the opportunity to check on the wildebeest meat that was dehydrating.

On the morning of the twenty-first day, Tongtong got up and cooked a pot of meat soup. Yezi tied the horns of the three wildebeests with leather ropes and then untied the leather ropes from their legs.

Once their legs were free, the three wildebeests' first instinct was to run away.

But the other end of the rope was still in Ye Zi's hand, so it couldn't run away. Then Ye Zi punched them one by one and walked to Da Hei's side, pulling the leather rope.

Wildebeest, despite having "horse" in its name, are actually bovine animals, and when they migrate, they often travel with wild buffalo.

Although conflicts often occur when competing for food, it is basically a one-sided crushing by wild buffalo.

Upon seeing their close relatives, the three frightened wildebeest relaxed somewhat.

Then the rope was tied to Big Black's horns, and the water buffalo pulling the cart became one of Big Black's wives.

Since conquering his two wives, Big Black would occasionally have them pull his cart for him. Fortunately, nothing went wrong, otherwise Ye Zi wouldn't have been so lenient.

Then, the caravan consisting of three wild buffalo, three wildebeest, two humans, and a cart set off.

Big Black's wife has already learned to follow orders, and Ye Zi is also an experienced driver, so there's no problem with the direction.

"Ye Zi, do you think Da Hei will keep looking for a wife?"

"Definitely. This guy isn't one to stay put. If he hadn't been beaten up so badly, he probably would have started his own faction long ago."

"So we're just going to keep going like this?" Tongtong asked, pointing to the animals around them.

"Isn't this kind of travel good? We can store food, pull the carts and livestock, and just control the direction."

"No, what I mean is..." Tongtong didn't know how to describe it, and couldn't finish her sentence.

Ye Zi joked:

"You don't want me to pull the cart, do you?"

"No, it's just that it feels weird to be traveling like this."

Ye Zi casually said:

"You're not used to it yet? It doesn't feel like we're doing wilderness survival?"

“Yes, that’s exactly what I meant,” Tongtong immediately chimed in.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We have the ability to capture wild animals and the strength to tame them. We created this situation ourselves. The production team hasn't said anything, so you can rest assured."

"What you call taming? It's clearly violent suppression."

"Submitting to force is taming, just like Big Black. If I can beat it to a pulp, it has to behave and obey, otherwise I'll keep beating it."

"Is there any other way besides beating it up?"

"Yes, put a nose ring on it. Even if Big Black is just an ordinary African bison, even the Bull Demon King would have to pull my cart obediently if he wore a nose ring."

"Isn't a nose ring a bit cruel?"

"No, humans also wear nose rings, it's the same as wearing earrings, right?"

"That's how our ancestors domesticated cattle, right?"

Ye Zi nodded and said:

"That's right. Just give it a dose of sleeping potion, and while the cow is unconscious, put a nose ring on it. If it doesn't behave, just pull off the nose ring. When it hurts, it'll know what to do."