Apart from Li Qing, who was constantly on guard, no one in the hunting party knew that the Black Wind Tribe was following them.
For them, the most important thing now is hunting, finding prey, killing it, and bringing it back to the tribe.
The hunting party was led by Big Black, whose nose helped them find prey better and faster. After reaching the other side of the river, Big Black became much more excited. It had been listless before, but as soon as it entered the jungle, it excitedly sniffed around on the ground. Once it had identified a direction, it ran in that direction. The rest of the hunting party was also immediately excited and followed Big Black, running tirelessly in that direction.
Big Black's nose was indeed very sensitive, and it also knew how to lure prey. As it ran, it suddenly slowed down.
"They must have spotted their prey!"
Chu spoke softly to the crowd.
"Keep your voice down. Let's follow Big Black's pace. There should be something like a wild rabbit ahead. These things are very alert and timid. We must not disturb them."
"Does anyone have a bow? I can borrow it for a moment."
Chu turned around and said.
Immediately, someone handed the bow to Chu.
The bow is extremely simple to make. The bow itself is made from a branch with a very good degree of curvature, and the string is made from a rope similar to a grapevine. After all, the bowstring itself should not have elasticity, because the bow's strength comes from the wood, not the rope.
The arrowheads appeared to be made from the teeth of some kind of wild animal; they were crafted to be extremely sharp, gleaming brightly in the sunlight.
For animals like rabbits, whose first reaction upon seeing an enemy is to run, using a ranged weapon is much better than charging in with a stone axe. At least if the hunter has good aim, it will save a lot of effort in the chase.
After all, this thing is not like a wild boar. When it sees someone trying to kill it, it will not only not run away, but will fight to the death. Moreover, it is very small, so using melee weapons will be very troublesome.
Everyone else knew that when fighting such a small creature, one must not speak or make too much noise. They all quietly stood at the back, allowing Chu and Dahei to advance cautiously.
After walking another five or six meters, Chu stopped, raised his bow, and took an arrow.
Chu only brought one bow and arrow.
However, for an experienced hunter, one bow and arrow is more than enough.
He nocked the arrow and, without pausing, aimed and fired in one fluid motion. The arrow whistled through the air, followed by a screech and then the sound of something falling to the ground.
"It's done!"
Chu emerged from the bushes.
After a while, Chu let out a disappointed sigh.
"Alright, it's dead. You all come here. This guy was a rat... It was quite fat and edible, but I guess it didn't taste very good."
Li Qing went closer and looked down. Sure enough, there was a mouse lying on the ground. However, the mouse was very large, about the size of an ordinary rabbit.
Chu walked up to the rat, pulled out the arrow, wiped the blood off the arrowhead, and said with a regretful expression, "We'll just eat this thing ourselves later. Anyway, even if we take these little things back, they won't solve any big problems. We might as well let you eat them first to fill your stomachs and give you more strength to hunt the big guys later."
Chu said he would eat, and he took out a stone axe and began to squat down to remove the fur from the dead rat.
This scene made Li Qing feel nauseous.
Dead rat...
Li Qing could tolerate eating raw meat. Since coming to this world, he had eaten raw meat twice. Although the taste wasn't great, it didn't seem to be any strange meat. When eating it, Li Qing had the mindset that he was eating a top-quality raw steak feast, so he wasn't too uncomfortable. But dead rats... that was a bit disgusting to eat.
Li Qing's stomach started to reflux acid, but it wasn't from hunger; she just felt genuinely nauseous.
Several level-two warriors in the hunting team were tempted after seeing Chu take a piece of the fattest meat from the rat and start chewing it. They all said to Chu, "Don't eat it all by yourself, leave some for us, okay?" Big Black, in particular, ran up to Chu, sticking out its tongue and looking at him, hoping Chu would share some meat with it. However, the remaining level-one warriors, like Li Qing, were not so excited...
"Is this edible? It doesn't look very appetizing. Will it cause poisoning if I eat it?"
"I was quite hungry at first, but after seeing this dead rat, I didn't feel hungry anymore."
Chu Zheng tore off a piece of meat and put it into the mouth of Da Hei, who was "waiting anxiously." Upon hearing this, he became displeased. He frowned, glared, and cursed, "A bunch of idiots who have barely appeared in the tribe? Do you know why you are only level one warriors? The reason is that you all have too many faults! You don't eat anything and are always picking and choosing. How can you become strong?!"
Chu cursed and said, "If you don't want to eat it, fine, we'll eat it. Anyone else who wants some, hurry up and come over while there's still some meat left on this rat. Otherwise, if you come too late, all that'll be left is its head and its butt. Don't blame me then."
Upon hearing this, many level-two soldiers rushed over. The amount of meat a rat gets isn't much, and each person might only get a small piece, but they were all hungry. Even just a piece of meat would be a lifesaver.
One of the level-two soldiers was kind enough to say to the group of level-one soldiers who were still hesitating, "If you feel disgusted, just close your eyes and swallow it."
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