Traveling through ancient times: Savages are hungry for food

The group had just returned to the tribe when they happened to meet the tribesmen that Lei had sent out overnight to monitor Meng and his group's hunting.

The tribesman who returned was called Feng. He was the youngest hunter in the No. 16 hunting team and was just years old.

He is undoubtedly the fastest member of the tribe, just like his name, he comes and goes without a trace.

It moves at lightning speed, like an agile cheetah.

He was usually the one who lured the prey in the tribe. He could keep himself safe and sound while also making the prey run around in circles. Usually, he would play with the prey for too long, causing them to go crazy...

He was sweating profusely from running, and he lay down by the river and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water.

"Chief... Chief, Xu and I tracked them down. They later reported to their leader at a place half past sunset.

The males of the Mountain Tiger Tribe and the Spear Tribe camped there, and the males of the Spear Tribe were concentrating on making spears.

We also heard that leaders from the Mountain Tiger Tribe and the Spear Tribe said that they would set out tonight and arrive at noon tomorrow.

They still haven't been caught in the dark yet. We'll catch them off guard tomorrow. Their tribe has no idea what's going on. They've been pulling in piles of prey these past few days. Now it's all ours.

We’ll find a solution then, and we won’t have to worry about this snow season…” Then Xu stayed behind to continue monitoring, and I hurried back to report.

"Based on their distance, they must be our Tianlang tribe. The two tribes are actually colluding to invade us...

"How shameless! A bunch of males are so treacherous... relying on the food that other tribes have painstakingly stored to help them survive the snowy season. They're pushing us to death!" Hai said.

"It's okay. Fortunately, we knew their plan in advance. It's not too late to start preparing defensive facilities now."

"Yeah, thank goodness everyone knew about it. Otherwise, we wouldn't have any chance and would just be robbed..."

Sang Tian already had his own plan, which was divided into two parts: attack and defense.

First, for the attack part, she needs to make a bow and arrow.

The bow and arrow is a long-range weapon with a long history, consisting of two parts: the bow and the arrow.

Bows and arrows were originally used for hunting, helping humans to kill animals efficiently from a distance. As human society developed, they were used for long-range attack and defense.

The principle of making a bow and arrow is very simple. As long as you have the materials, you can make it.

It just so happened that I had hunted a bison yesterday, so I used a pair of buffalo horns to make a bow.

Use a thin and tough bamboo strip as the bow bone, and then stick ox horn pieces on the back of the bow bone.

The glue used for bows can be made from animal skins. It is highly sticky and not easy to crack.

On the outside of the glued horns, you also need to glue beef tendons to the outside of the horns to fix them. The beef tendon joints must be firmly fixed.

There are two grooves on both ends of the bow for tightening the bowstring.

This way the bow is complete.

As for the bowstring, Sang Tian decided to use beef tendon, which has good toughness and high tensile strength. He simply tied it firmly to both ends of the bow.

Unfortunately, there are only a dozen cows in the tribe, so we can’t do much.

These dozen or so bows have great killing power, so they are placed in the front row to kill the enemy.

The rest can only be made into the simplest bamboo bows. The bamboo used in ancient tribes is different from that used today.

It is hard and tough, and does not break easily when bent. It is also good for making bows.

Use a carving knife to carve a groove in the middle of the bamboo. Then slowly roast the groove with a flame, while gently bending the bamboo in the direction of roasting with both hands to form an arc.

Prepare another short bamboo section with the same shape as the groove. Use animal glue to stick the cut short bamboo section to the groove of the bow handle.

The two sides of the bow handle are shaved into thin powder with a carving knife, and then bent while being roasted to form an arc for restraining the bowstring.

As for arrows, due to limited conditions, they could only sharpen bamboo and carve a groove at the tail for drawing the bow and releasing the arrow.

But it's not enough. Sang Tian has another way to make this arrow extremely effective...

After Sang Tian explained the method to everyone, although everyone didn't quite understand what it was, Sang said it was a weapon, and what Sang said was definitely useful.

After Sang Tian demonstrated the process of making ox horn bows and bamboo bows, everyone started to work in a division of labor. Some boiled glue, some cut bamboo, and some sharpened bamboo arrows.

Sang Tian found Cang and asked, "Cang, are there any longworms around here? Is there anyone in the tribe who can catch them? I need a lot."

“There are definitely longworms. Most of the males in the tribe dare to catch them, but they are not active very often in autumn. Moreover, it is still difficult to catch many of them in such a large area.

However, I know someone who might have a solution."

After Cang said that someone had a solution, Sang Tian's eyes lit up.

"Take me to him quickly, this will be very useful."

The long worm is actually a snake, and this is Sang Tian’s secret weapon.

Since bamboo arrows have little killing power, they can be poisoned on the tip. If one isn't enough, use two. If two aren't enough, use three...

A mixture of various snake venoms, I don't believe it won't be poisonous to you primitive people...

Cang brought Sang to a cave in the far corner of the first floor of the tribe. Inside sat a boy about ten years old. He didn't turn around, but squatted in the corner with his back to them, his head down, playing with something...

This cave is extremely damp and cold...

"Cang, it seems that the person we are looking for is not here yet. Only his child is at home."

"Sang, he is the one you are looking for."

Ha! Him?

Does he have a way to get a lot of snakes? It's not that Sang Tian is age-discriminatory, but he is still a child. How can he catch those snakes for Sang Tian? What if he gets bitten?

Seeing Sang Tian's puzzled expression, Cang explained, "His name is Yin. His mother died after giving birth to him, and his father was killed by a saber-toothed tiger while hunting when he was three years old. He has been growing up alone all these years.

From then on, he stopped speaking easily.

There were many children in the tribe who bullied him. At first, he was often beaten black and blue, with wounds all over his body. Those kids were very cunning and would always find a hidden place to bully him. When we found him, he would always come back with injuries.

The parents of those little brats hung their children on trees and beat them, thinking that this would teach them a lesson. However, they unexpectedly took their grudge against Yin and bullied him again when no one was paying attention.

However, Yin's injuries gradually became fewer and fewer, because the kids who beat him would always suddenly have stomachaches, headaches, faint, vomit acid, etc. while bullying him.

The tribe felt something was amiss, and after investigating, they discovered that Yin was playing with poisonous insects and had apparently figured out a way to control them. They included worms, scorpions, toads, centipedes, geckos, and more.

The children in the tribe were no longer afraid to bully him. The leader knew that he was doing it to protect himself, so he told the tribe not to mess with him.

But even the adults themselves did not dare to approach him. When Yin came to collect food, everyone immediately avoided him.

He was always alone, but I don't think he was lonely, because the poisonous insects he raised were his friends. Sometimes I would pass by and sit with him for a while. At first, he wouldn't even look at me, as if I didn't exist at all.

Two years later, when he saw me coming, he would pat the spot next to him and ask me to sit down. This time, it was because of you that he returned to his old self.

Sang Tian was about to pee. He had lost his mother again, and then his father when he was just beginning to remember. He had lived alone since he was three years old. Even if that was okay, at least the tribe distributed his food equally so he wouldn't starve to death.

But since childhood, he has been ridiculed and bullied by his peers, and his body was covered with wounds.

He probably started playing with insects because he was lonely and had no one to play with, so he could only play with the little bugs on the ground to relieve his boredom. In the process, he also found that these friends could help him fight back and prevent him from being bullied.

He only uses these poisonous insects when others bully him, but never uses them on those who don't bully him.

What a pitiful and kind child.