At this time, the two had returned to the cave.
Bai Yingying was stunned when she saw the snake corpse.
There were clearly no insects in the cave when she left.
Now, the snake's corpse is covered with small insects, which looks very disgusting.
Lin Xia grabbed the snake's tail and said quickly, "Yingying, you eat first. I'm going to drag the snake carcass out to deal with it."
"...Well. Go quickly and come back soon." Bai Yingying said with a faint smile.
Only after Lin Xia left the cave did her face fall.
She forgot.
Here, corpses would attract insects, and she dragged the corpse into her "home" because she was worried that her prey would be stolen.
In the apocalypse, all living things except aliens and humans disappeared, and she had no experience in this area at all.
Her memory was still stuck on buying food and preparing it in the kitchen at home, but she forgot that the conditions were not there at all.
The bugs on the ground wandered around for a while without a target, and then gathered together to crawl onto the bloodstains left behind.
Bai Yingying knew that these bloodstains had to be dealt with properly, otherwise they would attract insects in the future.
She thought for a moment, went out to find a handy stone, and smashed all the bugs to death. Then she went out to collect firewood.
Fortunately, she only dragged the snake corpse to the cave entrance, so it is easy to deal with now.
Bai Yingying deftly moved several larger stones in the cave back to their previous positions, half-enclosing the area full of insect corpses, leaving only a gap.
Then place flammable dry firewood on the insect corpse, and after the fire is successfully ignited, direct the fire into the dry firewood.
Bai Yingying watched the flames dance and the smoke drift out of the cave.
After a while, a crackling sound was heard.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't have a good way to cover up the smell, so she could only use fire.
It’s just right, I can eat something hot.
Although the stone pot was not yet ready, today's hunting mission had been completed, so Lin Xia could start working at home.
When Lin Xia came back, he saw Bai Yingying picking up firewood outside the cave, with smoke rising from the entrance.
He felt so distressed when he saw Bai Yingying's face was covered in sweat.
"Yingying, you go and have a rest. I'll collect some firewood." Lin Xia said, and hurriedly went into the cave to put down the processed snake meat.
He removed the head, tail, internal organs and skin of the entire snake, leaving a whole section of the snake body that was about one meter long. He wrapped it in leaves, tied it tightly with vines and carried it back.
It doesn't matter if you put it directly on the ground at this time.
After putting down the snake meat, Lin Xia also saw that the mole meat she brought back had not been touched.
He couldn't help but frown and walked out quickly.
He happened to bump into Bai Yingying who was holding some dry firewood.
“Cough cough cough…”
The two men collided at the entrance of the cave, and they were both out of breath and coughing because of the thick smoke.
Bai Yingying hurriedly pushed Lin Xia into the cave.
She asked helplessly: "Ahem...what are you doing in such a hurry...ahem...?"
Lin Xia had stopped coughing and quickly put her arm around her shoulders, asking, "Yingying, are you okay? It's my fault. I saw you hadn't eaten yet, so I was a little anxious and wanted to go out and look for you."
"Cough...it's okay. I wanted to wait for you to come back and eat together." Bai Yingying covered her mouth and coughed lightly.
The smoke just now made her tears flow, and she looked so pitiful.
"Don't wait for me next time. Fresh meat tastes better. Just leave the rest to me."
Lin Xia patted her back, pursed her lips, and said carefully: "Next time you have prey, don't bring it back. Find a place to cover it with branches and leaves, and wait for me to come back to deal with it."
"Well. I was too careless this time." Bai Yingying walked towards where Lin Xia placed the mole meat.
"No, Yingying is already very capable." Lin Xia frowned, "I will teach you some basic knowledge of surviving in the wild in the future."
Lin Xia also returned to the cave entrance, bent down to pick up all the dry firewood that had fallen on the ground, and put it in the corner.
Bai Yingying was already eating the mole meat that Lin Xia brought back.
Seeing him return, he tore off a piece of meat from the stick and handed it to him, saying with a smile: "Now you can teach and eat at the same time."
The mole meat that Lin Xia brought back was pure meat cut with sharp claws and could be eaten directly.
Lin Xia dusted off her hands and smiled even brighter: "Okay. Let's eat together."
"Um."
Bai Yingying and Lin Xia sat on the ground, each biting the piece of meat in their hand.
Lin Xia explained what had just happened while eating: "Generally speaking, small prey don't have much blood, and the smell of blood will dissipate quickly, hardly attracting other wild animals. We can dispose of the carcass on the spot, as long as we take the meat."
"You can't take unprocessed prey home and leave it on the ground. The smell it emits will attract certain insects, even if you've sprinkled insect repellent powder in the cave."
"Don't underestimate these bugs. There are so many of them, and over time, they can steal a lot of meat."
"Also, the witch said that eating meat that has been eaten by too many insects can easily make you sick. It shouldn't be eaten unless absolutely necessary."
"So, when the hunting team brings back prey, they are extremely careful to avoid letting the dead prey touch the ground."
"Hunting team?" Bai Yingying was very interested in the hunting team.
Lin Xia nodded, "Yes. Generally, high-level orcs in hunting teams don't kill their prey. They try to keep it alive so that it can be brought back to the tribe fresh."
He felt a little ashamed, "I still can't grasp the right balance."
Catching prey alive is a technical job unless you have overwhelming strength.
If you are too light, the prey will not only run away, but you may also be killed.
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