The moose hide was only lightly processed, with the grease scraped off, because there wasn't much wood ash near the temporary shelter.
At the same time, moose hide is also an important tool for packaging smoked meat, and it should not be coated with wood ash.
The next morning, Ye Zi woke up and opened the smokehouse; the pine branches that had been put in the night before had already burned.
After being smoked overnight, the moose meat is only roughly processed and has a limited shelf life, but it's enough to keep it from spoiling before the leaves are transported back to camp.
After grilling two pieces of venison, Yezi started packing up the smoked meat.
After the smoked meat was packed up, the venison chops were almost ready. After breakfast, Yezi extinguished the fire, picked up her pack, and left.
Ye Zi, who is over 1.9 meters tall, carries a huge moose skin package on his back, with a moose head on top. If you don't look closely, you might mistake it for a moose.
Moose heads are not very edible, but they make a great decoration, so Yezi decided to take them with her when she left.
If conditions permit, he even wants to take it home when the show ends.
On the way back, we followed the stream for the first half, but for the second half, we had to rely on the marks we left on the way there.
Otherwise, if you only have a general direction, the chances of finding the camp are slim, and it will mainly waste time.
Not long after Ye Zi left, the system suddenly spoke up:
"Host, a pack of wolves is approaching."
Ye Zi was taken aback. A pack of wolves? Were they here to deliver fur? She quickly looked in the direction the system had given her.
This direction is exactly the direction from the temporary camp he just left.
After a moment's thought, Ye Zi realized that the wolf pack must have been attracted by the smell of blood from cleaning the moose yesterday.
Wolves rarely eat carrion, but the smell of blood indicates a fight, which means there will be death, or at the very least, injury.
Wounded animals are the easiest prey to catch, so the wolf pack came.
The moose entrails and unwanted hooves left behind at the makeshift camp became bait.
Ye Zi touched the pebbles in her pocket; there were about ten left.
Then he asked the system:
How many wolves are there?
"Three."
Upon hearing the system's reply, Ye Zi immediately decided to go back and kill them, taking their skins and heads with her.
He turned and walked back to the temporary camp he had just left.
As the distance decreased, the system notification sounded again:
"Host, six wolves from the wolf pack have entered the reconnaissance area."
Ye Zi nodded. This was not surprising. Wolves do not stay together all the time. When hunting, they always disperse, first surround the pack, and then the alpha wolf decides whether to hunt.
It's normal for some parts to not be within the detection range at first, and the system's detection will become clearer as you get closer.
When they were less than 100 meters from the temporary camp, the system did not provide any new information about the number of wolves, meaning that there were only six wolves in the pack.
Ye Zi put down the package on her back, drew a machete with her left hand, picked up a pebble with her right hand, and began to approach.
By the time Ye Zi could see the temporary camp, the wolf pack had also appeared there.
Two were near the smokehouse, three were where the entrails were being disposed of, and one was observing its surroundings; this one was likely the alpha wolf.
Ye Zi didn't think this pack of six wolves was very strong; he believed that taking them down would be no problem.
Since the furs were delivered right to our doorstep, there was no reason to let them go.
Continue to slowly approach, while simultaneously targeting the alpha wolf.
Wolves have a much more sensitive sense of smell than moose. Leaf hadn't walked far when the alpha wolf, which was observing the surroundings, suddenly turned its head to look in Leaf's direction and let out a low growl, calling its companions to join it.
The six wolves immediately gathered and stared at the direction of the leaf.
Seeing that she had been exposed, Ye Zi stopped hiding and quickened her pace toward the wolf pack.
That's right, it's walking, not rushing. The reason for this is mainly because the flying stones from the leaves are not yet at the point of hitting the target while running.
While walking, one has ample time to aim and then kill the wolf with a flying stone.
Seeing that Ye Zi was the only two-legged creature, the alpha wolf growled, and the five wolves around it immediately dispersed and formed an encirclement around Ye Zi.
After aiming, the pebble that had been held in his hand was raised and shot at the alpha wolf.
With the added strength of the leaf, the flying stone, just released from its grasp, moved at a speed comparable to a bullet. The alpha wolf had barely made a dodging motion when the stone struck it, hitting its chest cavity squarely and causing a penetrating wound.
The alpha wolf whimpered and fell to the ground, while the remaining five wolves ignored it and continued to surround Ye Zi.
That's how wolf packs are; casualties within a manageable range won't shake their determination to hunt. Even if they lose the alpha wolf, they can simply choose another alpha wolf later.
Moreover, wolf packs generally hunt according to their strength. After obtaining prey, the alpha wolf eats first, followed by the second-in-command, and so on until the last wolf.
The same applies to battles. If the alpha wolf dies, the remaining wolves will obey the orders of the second-in-command, unless the second-in-command believes the enemy is invincible and issues a retreat order.
Otherwise, the wolf pack will always try, hunting is also a process of revenge.
Having succeeded with his first strike, Ye Zi immediately took out a second pebble, aimed, and fired it.
Having experienced the death of the alpha wolf, when Ye Zi made her second move, the wolf that was being targeted immediately reacted.
Without caring whether the second flying stone hit its target, Ye Zi immediately took out a third flying stone, raised her hand, and shot it.
The third stone was thrown, and a wolf was hit again.
At this moment, the remaining four wolves had completed the encirclement and were pouncing on Ye Zi.
Both legs, chest, abdomen, and neck were attacked simultaneously.
His leg muscles tensed instantly, his left hand swung the machete, directly slashing at the wolf attacking his chest and abdomen, while his right fist smashed down on the wolf attacking his neck.
Maces are usually used in pairs, so attacking two targets simultaneously with both hands is not difficult for Ye Zi.
The machete and fists struck the target in succession, while his legs were also bitten by two wolves.
However, the two wolves attacked by Ye Zi were already dead, but Ye Zi was not injured except for her pants being torn.
Normally, a body that has been tempered would only suffer minor cuts from a wolf's attack, let alone now that the leg muscles are still taut.
For the two wolves biting the leaf, the sensation from their teeth was not much different from biting a stone.
Before the two wolves could react, he swung the machete in his left hand toward the neck of the wolf that was biting his left leg.
Pfft...
Blood splattered, and only a wolf's head remained on Ye Zi's leg, separated from the wolf's body.
The last wolf didn't give Yezi a chance to attack, releasing its jaws and immediately retreating. But before it could even get a clear look at the situation, Yezi had already pulled out a pebble, briefly aimed, and then released it.
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