We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 8: Creating a Great Trap

Your home is far away.

A woman who had been listening attentively immediately spoke up.

"Very far, very near."

As Xia Minghao answered, he stood up and looked down at the woman and children sitting by the campfire.

Of course, primitive people couldn't understand such a simple answer.

After scanning the room and making eye contact with everyone, Xia Minghao began his first "speech" in this world using a rudimentary, primitive language.

"It's too far, I can't go back. My home, I can't go back."

"But I know how to make this place feel like my home."

"These are the things in my house."

Xia Minghao pointed to the fish cage next to him.

"It lets us eat Reba!"

"You can't go to my house."

“But I can make this place feel like my home.”

"I know what to do. Just listen to me and you'll have Reba, you'll have Chika, and you'll have clothes!"

These words were only partially understood by the group of primitive people.

It wasn't just because Xia Minghao's pronunciation wasn't standard, but also because the meaning of his words was too complicated.

Although these are all words that exist in primitive languages, when combined together, they become difficult to understand.

But at least they understood a little bit.

If you just listen to this man, you can make this place feel like his home.

Everyone lowered their heads and looked at the fish bones.

These primitive people, whose minds weren't very sharp, simply couldn't find any reason to deny this fact.

Because of the food in his "home," they were able to eat their fill of fish for the first time.

The howling of wolves echoed outside the cave again, and the campfire grew dimmer as night deepened.

But inside the cave that night, there were pairs of bright eyes.

This was the first time the primitive people had been unable to sleep; the world Xia Minghao described haunted their minds like a nightmare.

In the end, everyone's eyes fell on the tent, and they just stared at it blankly.

……

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……

The sun rose as usual, and the dim light shining through the tent woke Xia Minghao from his sleep.

Another night of "enlightenment" in the tent, and I figured out the next step of my plan.

The goal remains unchanged, still the "First Five-Year Plan," with the primary objective being to acquire food.

First, there's the fishing plan. Someone must be watching over it, and as soon as a fish is caught, the fish trap must be pulled up immediately.

This not only minimizes cage wear and tear but also increases harvesting efficiency without requiring excessive labor.

Because of his "victory" in catching fish with fish traps, Xia Minghao's thoughts naturally continued to focus on traps.

But the target changed from fish to land animals.

Lasso trap!

This is perhaps the most suitable land trap for catching prey at this stage.

In addition to further expanding food supply, the production of weapons must also be put on the agenda.

Although with more people, they are less likely to be attacked by wild animals.

But what if?
Therefore, such lethal weapons may not be used, but they are absolutely indispensable.

Xia Minghao had already decided what kind of weapon to make.

That is a combination of spears and spear throwers.

This combination is arguably the strongest build in the Stone Age.

If you throw a spear, you're lucky if it reaches ten meters.

But once they have a spear thrower, ten meters is a piece of cake, and thirty meters is no problem at all!

Moreover, the spear thrower is not complicated to make, especially since you already have a survival knife.

After roughly planning his tasks for the day, Xia Minghao prepared to leave the tent.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he unzipped the zipper, he saw a bunch of eyes staring at him expectantly.

No one knew when it started, but all the women and children of the tribe quietly gathered outside their tents.

Upon seeing that Xia Minghao had finally woken up, Hima immediately spoke.

"What we do today will make this place the home you described."

After Hima finished speaking, the anticipation in the eyes of the women and children grew even stronger.

Once he realized what was happening, Xia Minghao was naturally overjoyed.

Sure enough, their initiative is at its peak?

Now all we need to do is provide the objective regularity ourselves.

Stepping out of the tent, under the expectant gazes of everyone, Xia Minghao didn't speak, but instead picked up a vine he had used to thread the fish trap yesterday.

He wanted to teach these primitive people how to make lasso traps.

Once he was sure everyone was looking at him, Xia Minghao slowly tied a slipknot with the vine.

Fearing the women might not understand, he did it several more times.

The women watched Xia Minghao's actions patiently, and no one was in a hurry to collect anything or do anything else.

After demonstrating enough times, Xia Minghao handed over the vine in his hand, indicating that someone should try to tie the same knot.

Shea, who was watching most intently, immediately took it.

The little hands began to manipulate the vines very skillfully, but no matter what they did, they couldn't make it.

His face gradually became more and more frustrated, and his hands became more and more hurried.

This made it even harder to tie a decent slip knot; it looked more like cat's cradle.

"Me." Another voice rang out from among the women.

Xia Minghao looked over and saw a woman who looked very much like Xia Ya.

It was Shia's mother, Shifa.

Seeing that someone else wanted to try it, Xia Minghao was naturally happy to oblige and immediately handed it over.

Hifa's hands moved slowly as he tried, seemingly recalling Xia Minghao's demonstration in his mind as he worked.

Everyone watched Shifa's hands, observing the changes in the vines.

Finally, a slipknot appeared!

Hiphat became the first person to learn it.

Under her lead, the women became even more eager to try, and Shia immediately went to Shifa's side, wanting to learn exactly how to tie this slipknot.

The remaining vines were divided among the women into several groups, and they began practicing.

For a moment, Xia Minghao felt like he was hallucinating. How could this situation be so similar to the so-called "group discussions" he had experienced when he was in school?

More and more women learned how to tie slip knots, and they all came to Xia Minghao to show off their skills.

Before long, all the women had learned the key to this rope trap.

It's time to take these women to the riverbank.

Why choose the riverbank?

Not only because the women guarding the fish traps could be looked after on the riverbank, preventing them from being attacked by wild animals while alone.

More importantly, the riverbank is where the most animals frequent.

Water is the source of life; all animals, regardless of species, need to drink from the river.

Along the way, under Xia Minghao's arrangement, they collected all sorts of vines as they walked.

Along the way, I collected more than fifty in total.

When they reached the riverbank, they didn't immediately set up snares. Instead, the women began peeling bark from the trees to mend the old fish traps.

Xia Minghao, on the other hand, was dividing Teng Man into groups.

Put the fine ones in one pile and the coarse ones in another.

The snare for the former will be made smaller, suitable for catching small animals.

The latter will be made larger to catch medium-sized animals.

As for the bait, it's fish, of course.

With just over twenty people, repairing and reinforcing the fish traps would be much faster.

Fish traps were quickly thrown in.

Under Xia Minghao's arrangement, the women once again began collecting vines.

Dozens more vines were sent to the riverbank, bringing the total to over a hundred.

We've set up hundreds of lasso traps along the pristine riverbank; surely we can have a feast today!

The women would pull the fish traps every now and then, and finally, one of the fish traps responded.

The woman in charge of guarding the fish trap shouted, and several women worked together to pull the fish trap up.

There were no blackfish, only small, unidentified fish lured by earthworms.

These small fish aren't meant to be eaten; they're used as bait.

A small fish was left in the fish trap as bait to attract the snakehead.

The remaining ones were all taken out and cut into three pieces; these were the bait to lure the wild beasts.

In addition, there are berries from bushes that can be barely gathered in the forest, used to attract the "vegetarians" in the forest.

All of these things combined are enough to set up twenty or thirty lasso traps.

Under Xia Minghao's arrangement, the women were divided into two groups.

Start setting lasso traps in two directions.

With many people, there is great strength. It didn't take long for all twenty or thirty lasso traps to be set up.

They regrouped on the riverbank, and Xia Minghao instructed the women to observe the locations where the traps had just been laid.

After waiting for a long time, the snare traps remained inactive, but another fish trap caught a small fish.

Just as they were pulling up the fish trap and preparing to lay out the second wave...

A woman ran up to Xia Minghao and shouted excitedly.

"There's food! Food!"

Eat?

Hearing the woman's words, Xia Minghao was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted.

Eating chicken is like eating chicken.

I actually managed to catch a chicken!

Upon hearing this woman's words, the other women also showed expressions of excitement.

"Let's go catch chickens!"

Xia Minghao smiled faintly and waved his hand.

Cavemen, move out!

The group quickly arrived at the location of the trap the woman had mentioned.

It was indeed a chicken. Its plumage was quite vibrant, and it looked slightly different from other chickens I'd seen before, but not by much.

The slipknot was tightly around the chicken's neck. The chicken struggled desperately, but little did it know that the more it struggled, the tighter the slipknot became.

Just as he was about to go over, Xia Minghao suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that the bushes next to the chicken trembled.

"Don't go there!"

Upon seeing this, they hurriedly shouted, and everyone obediently stopped in their tracks, also noticing the unusual appearance of the bushes.

A hint of fear appeared on everyone's faces, and they gathered around Xia Minghao.

Such a small bush couldn't possibly be the saber-toothed tiger, but it's still best to be cautious and not act rashly.

Amidst the noisy crowing of roosters, Xia Minghao waited silently.

Finally, a long-nosed, black-haired face emerged from the bushes, making grunting noises.

It was actually my second senior brother!
(End of this chapter)