Chen Yang exchanged contact information with Lini; he needed to observe for a while longer.
Foreigners' ways of thinking are very different from those of Chinese people, so he had to make sure that Lini's ideas wouldn't clash too much with those of Chinese people.
Xiao Qi and Ye Wu were no longer as attentive as they had been at the beginning; they didn't have the habit of taking what others liked.
After finishing their barbecue, it was already afternoon. Benny and his daughter inquired about Chen Yang's accommodation and then booked the same hotel as them.
Although they carry tents, they can't live outdoors all the time. They still need to stay in hotels every few days because things like showering and charging are quite inconvenient outdoors.
An SUV carrying everyone to the hotel was definitely overloaded, but luckily there were no traffic police checking on the road.
"What? You guys go to bed at eight o'clock?"
When Benny invited Chen Yang and his group to a bar, he was shocked to learn that they all went to bed at eight o'clock.
“We’re quite disciplined,” Chen Yang said with a smile.
He turned to Xu Meng and said, "Remember what I said, click to enter at eight o'clock, and make sure you're in bed."
Chen Yang said this to Xu Meng, and Xu Meng nodded curiously.
She wondered, could this really be an online gathering of some mysterious organization?
At eight o'clock, Xu Meng, having finished washing up, obediently lay down on the bed. With anticipation and trepidation, she clicked to enter the micro-world, and drowsiness instantly overwhelmed her.
Inside the micro-world, Xu Meng stared blankly at the words carved on the wooden sign in front of her: "Please don't be surprised. This is not a kidnapping, and you haven't been drugged. Please put on some clothes first."
On the bamboo bed was a garment woven from animal fur, which looked like deerskin. There was also an outer coat and a pair of trousers, but they seemed to be made of plant material.
She felt unsafe without any clothes on, and she was already feeling very cold.
After putting on clothes and feeling much warmer, she pushed open the door and was immediately dumbfounded.
Before them stood a group of people also dressed in furs; it was Chen Yang and his group, and Chen Yang was even wearing a tiger skin.
The surrounding scenery gave her the illusion of returning to ancient times.
Wooden houses and fences, pottery jars piled in the corners, several horses tied to the fence, and white snow everywhere—if the person in the animal skin clothing in front of her were a stranger, she would be quite certain that she had traveled through time.
Next, the group led Xu Meng into the cabin. Since it was still morning, Xu Meng was wearing thin clothes and it was too cold outside.
The task of explaining was left to Li Su'er. After Xu Meng exited into the real world to confirm once, she had no more doubts.
Then Chen Yang explained the current division of labor in the micro-world to Xu Meng. As expected, Xu Meng chose to tame animals with Hou Yu and Li Ye, which was something she was good at.
"This horse is in great shape, but it seems to run very little; its muscles aren't very developed. Where did you find it?"
"On the island in the big lake in front."
"Wow, there's an island here! That's amazing. No wonder, it's normal for horses raised on islands to be underdeveloped."
Xu Meng was curious about everything and kept asking questions. Chen Yang knew that too much talk would lead to mistakes, so he left it to Li Su'er and Xiao Qi, two chatterboxes, to handle, while he and Wang Bing rode around to check the surroundings.
The snow has stopped, and although there is still some snow, it is not thick. However, the snow line has covered the entire Cang'er Snow Mountain in the north, which is particularly spectacular.
To his surprise, the traps were very successful; half of the dozen or so traps he set caught prey, including one that even caught a weasel.
Chen Yang immediately decided to organize most of the people in the camp to go hunting, as this was the best opportunity.
He overlooked one crucial point: in winter, not only do they lack food, but many animals also struggle to find sustenance, which explains the immense success of their traps. This is precisely the opportune time for them to hunt and prey on animals.
They split into three teams. Chen Yang and two archers each led one team. Although Chen Yang's team didn't have any archers, they had the lucky one.
Grandpa Yun, Li Ye, Xiao Chenliu, and Jiang Bo continued to take measures to protect the shed from the wind and cold inside the camp, while everyone else went out, including the newcomer Xu Meng.
If the little black bear wasn't sleeping, Chen Yang would even take it with him.
They headed east, west, and Yebolin respectively, with Chen Yang's team heading east.
Chen Yang has never truly explored the east, and the great river to the west has been named the Western Boundary River. On the other side of the river lies an endless desert. As for the east, Chen Yang has not yet explored it for various reasons.
Their own infrastructure is currently inadequate, so even if they explore, they lack the capacity to develop it, just as they currently lack the ability to cross the turbulent Western Border River.
This hunt wasn't a long trip, so Chen Yang went purposefully to several woodlands and ponds in the east, places where animals were likely to gather. He and Wang Bing had also seen a tiger in the vicinity from afar.
The trip went fairly smoothly; we caught a nest of rabbits in the first hour.
The rabbits were found after Chen Yang blocked all the exits, smoked them out, and dug them out. There were five rabbits in total. Then they continued on with the rabbits, and along the way, they caught a fat rat.
"Chen Yang, you're really good at lying. I actually believed you when you said Ethiopia."
Xu Meng happened to be on the same team as Chen Yang, and on the way, he said to Chen Yang.
"I made up the name of the town, but it's in Africa, so it's hard to look it up," Chen Yang said with a smile.
Xu Meng was speechless. Thinking about how depressed she had been that night, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
She picked up a stone and threw it at a bird in the tree. The giant miraculously hit it, and the bird fell to his feet.
"This..." She was dumbfounded.
Chen Yang laughed and said, "It seems you have the talent to join a hunting team."
"Woof woof!" The European Emperor noticed something and quickly ran off in one direction, with Chen Yang and the others chasing after him.
A pack of hyenas appeared in the forest, numbering at least a dozen.
Chen Yang called Ou Huang back, then tightened the formation. The fighting power of more than a dozen hyenas was no joke, and he wasn't confident he could handle them. Ou Huang had been reckless this time; his recent smooth sailing had lowered his guard.
The European King growled as it faced a dozen or so hyenas. Chen Yang noticed that the hyenas seemed hesitant. Not far from the hyena pack lay a fresh cow carcass, already quite partially gnawed on.
This is a good sign; at least these hyenas aren't hungry.
"Woof!" The European Emperor roared at the pack of hyenas, who confronted him and growled in response.
At that moment, Chen Yang slowly squatted down behind Ou Huang, took out the hand-operated fire starter, dry wood, and tinder he was carrying, and quickly started a fire within a minute. During that minute, Ou Huang and the others confronted the hyena.
After the fire was lit, Chen Yang lit a piece of dry wood and threw it into the pack of hyenas.
The hyena pack scattered, watching the burning wood with apprehension; the leaping flames and the heat emanating from them instilled in them an instinctive fear.
Finally, the hyena pack retreated, and Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Having learned his lesson, he knew that acting recklessly without adequate preparation could easily lead to his death.
Only Xu Meng, Wang Bing, and Hou Yu accompanied him this time, and they were all secretly relieved. If a dozen or so hyenas had attacked, it would have been almost impossible for them to escape unscathed, especially since there were no archers in the group.
"This cow has only been bitten in part, but its leg is almost intact. We can use the tendons to make bows and arrows. The hide and horns are also very useful. This is enough for us. Let's hurry up and process it and leave. The smell of blood will attract other carnivores."
After cutting with stone axes, the group quickly left, like kids who steal money from home to play video games.
(End of this chapter)
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