Chapter 144: Loss
At that moment, Zhou Xu, who felt a life being born in his hands, couldn't help but smile.
But after realizing some subsequent troubles, he quickly became gloomy again.
For example, how do they feed the newborn cubs that are still suckling?
At the same time, given the nature of the hyena people, the reason why they suddenly started to find trouble with this ferocious beast was undoubtedly clear at this moment.
Most likely it was because the beast had become weakened by pregnancy.
While Zhou Xu was thinking about this, the four little claws of the young animal had already begun to scratch at his body.
My goodness, even though it only weighs five or six pounds, it really hurts when its claws scratch the skin.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu simply took off the animal skin he was wearing as a top and wrapped up the baby animal.
This weather makes people want to shed a layer of skin so that they don’t feel cold at all even if they are shirtless.
On the other hand, the young animal, wrapped in the animal skin, could not stretch its four legs freely, and it became obedient all of a sudden.
During this time, with the sound of "humming", the young animal's eyes slowly opened, and looking at Zhou Xu who was holding it in his arms, it stopped crying, and its pair of big round blue-gray eyes just stared straight at Zhou Xu, and no one knew what it was looking at.
After staring at him for a while, Zhou Xu shifted his gaze and looked in the direction they were coming from.
He saw several members of the transport team pushing wooden carts and appearing in his field of vision.
Although he was not sure whether he could find the beast, he still asked the members of the transport team to follow him in order to be prepared.
And now, it undoubtedly comes in handy.
Let Zhou Chongshan, Ye Jinghong and others go up to help. They must take the body of the beast back directly.
After all, judging from the hyenas' previous behavior, there might be something fishy about this corpse.
Otherwise, when the beast fell into their trap, it could have just left. There was no need to stay here and fight them to the death.
The purpose of the fight to the death is most likely for this corpse.
As for what is so special about this corpse...
We can only wait until it is transported back to the camp and then study it slowly.
The beast was so huge that it was difficult to push it with a cart. By the time they returned to the camp, the sun was about to set. After the trip, everyone was sweating profusely from exhaustion, even Zhou Xu was no exception.
The baby animal that he had wrapped in animal skin was tied in front of him and was sleeping soundly, which made Zhou Xu smile.
[I really want to slap it to wake it up. ]
Of course, he was just thinking about it casually. Even if he was exhausted, he would not really go to such lengths to make things difficult for such a little guy.
At the camp, Zhou Xu had already roughly arranged the tasks before setting off. With Li Ce in charge of the dispatch, some post-war work is now being done in an orderly manner.
And they, carrying back the carcasses of the wild beasts, undoubtedly attracted the attention of everyone in the tribe.
Since the hyena people had been chasing this beast, most of the tribal members at the grassland camp had seen this beast before.
But the distance was far before, not like it is now.
Although the beast had turned into a corpse, its huge size still gave the tribal members a strong shock.
"Chief, what should we do with the body of this giant beast?"
After returning to the camp, Li Ce, who was now the person in charge of the camp and dispatching personnel, quickly stepped forward to inquire.
Zhou Xu naturally understood what Li Ce meant.
It is midsummer now and the weather is hot. A corpse like this will soon rot and stink if it is not dealt with for a period of time.
"Find a few good fighters in the camp, speed up the process, and deal with it. Be careful when dealing with it, as the corpse of this beast may have some special features..."
Having said this, Zhou Xu paused.
"Forget it, I'll just watch from the side."
Even though he had just delivered this baby from the beast's belly, it didn't mean that he would show mercy to the beast.
If nothing unexpected happens, this beast will most likely become their food.
Zhou Xu didn't feel any psychological burden about this. After all, this was the way things were in this era. Such a huge pile of meat and a large area of leather could not be wasted.
As for the baby beast still in its infancy...
To be honest, he still hadn't figured out how to raise this cub along the way. At this critical juncture, where could he find milk for this little guy?
At this moment, Zhou Xu was thinking, could he crush the fish or some other food into a paste and see if the little guy would eat it.
If the little guy doesn't eat, or is accidentally killed, then he can only add another dish for himself.
If it were before he traveled through time, he might have felt a little sympathy for the cute baby animals, but now, he has almost none.
After all, this is the reality. Sometimes people have to learn to accept reality instead of always being at odds with it.
While Zhou Xu was thinking, he looked at the expert in charge of handling the bodies and asked the transport team to help move the bodies to an open space nearby.
During this time, Li Ce was not idle either. He stood by and quickly reported the casualties here to Zhou Xu...
"Most of the fifteen soldiers who came with us were injured, but no one died. Four of them were seriously injured and are now receiving treatment."
"Of the thirty people at the grassland camp, eight died, six were seriously injured, and the rest were injured."
Li Ce said this in a heavy tone. In this era, serious injuries are basically equivalent to death, especially in the grassland camp, where nearly half of the troops were directly killed. This time, their losses are serious! After listening to the report, Zhou Xu took a deep breath.
At this moment, whether from an emotional perspective or from the perspective of their tribe's losses, this report was enough to make him feel heavy.
In previous battles between tribes, situations like this would basically not occur due to the limitations of weapon strength.
This was also the first time that Zhou Xu suffered such casualties.
Zhou Xu slowly exhaled, adjusted his mood and spoke in a deep voice...
"Pile up the bodies of our brothers who died in battle outside the tribe."
Having said that, Zhou Xu turned his head and glanced at the coronagraph placed in the camp, then spoke again.
"After two quarters of an hour, everyone except those who have lost their ability to move will gather there to cremate these bodies."
"Chief, cremation?"
"It means burning the body. Once the body rots, it is easy for germs to grow. Burning it is the best burial method."
Although Li Ce and his companions did not know what "cremation" was, they knew something about "germs" because their tribe had established a medical department a long time ago and had also proposed the concept of "disease".
Under this premise, they don't seem to have much objection to burning the bodies.
After understanding what 'cremation' was, Li Ce nodded and ran to make arrangements.
(End of this chapter)
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