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From the top of the mountain to the moment they left the tribe, Caesar had attracted a lot of attention.
When they were walking down the Path of Glory, the people on both sides of the road had all their attention on Shao Xuan.
Why did that wolf also want to go out with the hunting team?
Were they crazy?!
This kind of news was enough to make the people in the tribe talk about it for a long time.
When they first went hunting with the hunting team, Lang Ga told Shao Xuan, "You don't need to do anything, just keep up with them." And now, Caesar's first test was also to "keep up".
When people in the tribe went hunting, they relied on the early training and the guidance of their seniors. But Caesar, after following the hunting team into the forest, showed more of his animal instincts.
Relying on this instinct, Caesar was not scared or flinched in the face of the strange environment. Instead, he became more and more excited. Even though he had been locked up in the tribe for two years and grew up in the tribe, when he came out and entered the forest, his wild nature was still aroused. He ran like a free wind. If the hunting team did not forbid him to run, he would have roared.
At first, Caesar was also curious about the surroundings and sniffed around. But after several warnings from Shao Xuan, he restrained himself. Now, under the influence of his instinct, he followed the hunting team closely and did not drag them down.
Sometimes the hunting team directly walked through the trees. Caesar could not climb up the trees, so he stayed below. When he was in the light, he would slow down a little, but when he was in the dark, he would speed up. This was an instinct hidden in Caesar's blood. When he was in the tribe, he did not show it. But when he was in the forest, it was very obvious.
Seeing that Caesar was following them all the time and did not cause any trouble, the hunting team was relieved. On the way, Caesar helped the hunting team to lure away a large beast, and easily returned to the team.
After climbing over the mountain, they arrived at the first stronghold. They rested for the night and started hunting in the morning.
When they went down the mountain, Lang Ga said to Shao Xuan, "Xuan, keep an eye on Caesar. There are traps in this area. Be careful not to let it be …"
Before he finished speaking, Lang Ga saw that Caesar had already walked to the area where the traps were set. He sniffed left and right, seemingly walking around randomly, but he didn't step into any of the traps.
The other members of the hunting group also slowed down their steps and looked in that direction.
In this area, there were very few large wild beasts and ferocious beasts. Setting up traps here was actually mainly to guard against them. If other large wild beasts or ferocious beasts chased up the mountain, these traps could be used to block them.
However, at this moment, Caesar was walking inside, but there were no sounds of traps being activated.
Coincidence?
That was too much of a coincidence. In the area where Caesar was walking, there were more than a few traps. However, until now, none of them had been activated.
Everyone turned to look at Lang Ga. Lang Ga blushed, and his eyebrows twitched. Obviously, the situation in front of him was also out of his expectation.
"I taught it to recognize some traps, so it has a lot of practice in this area." Shao Xuan said calmly. He had already expected that the traps over there wouldn't pose a threat to Caesar. When they were in the tribe, such traps were an essential training task every day.
"It … knows how to avoid traps?" Lang Ga swallowed his saliva, and found it hard to accept.
If even such a wild beast knew how to avoid traps, then who would set traps for them in the future? Would it look good there?
"When I come back in the afternoon, I will change the traps over there." Lang Ga said seriously. Indeed, he didn't put much effort into the traps over there. After all, the chances of them being used over there were not high, and they were only used once a year. Every time he came over, he just checked if the traps were broken, and if there were any small wild beasts that accidentally entered.
Seeing Lang Ga like this, Mai felt funny, "Well, even wild beasts know how to learn. Lang Ga, you have to work harder."
After going down the mountain, Caesar didn't run far. Instead, he followed Shao Xuan closely, and looked around vigilantly.
Three Thorn Black Winds were missing at the foot of the mountain last year, but soon other ferocious beasts would enter this area. Therefore, they still couldn't let down their guard.
"Mai! There's a hole! "Ang, who was in charge of scouting ahead, whispered.
Hearing Ang's words, the others were all delighted.
"Where?!" After confirming that there were no dangerous ferocious beasts nearby, they immediately surrounded Ang.
Shao Xuan and Caesar also went over. Ang pushed aside a bunch of knee-high grass, and a small hole was exposed.
"They're out!" Ang said happily.
The "they" Ang mentioned was a kind of green rodent. The hunting team called them "grass rats", because they looked like a mass of green grass. Their hair was thick, and they were very similar to grass. When they quietly stayed in the grass, it was hard for the hunting team to find them. They would come out during the day and at night.
The reason why the hunting team was so excited was that at this time of the year, there was a kind of plant growing on the grass rats — Rat Wood.
Rat Wood was a kind of parasitic plant in its seedling stage. Its seeds were very similar to a kind of nut that grass rats liked to eat. Every year before winter, grass rats would collect food from all over the mountain, and then store the food in a hole that was several meters deep. They would hide in the hole for the whole winter, eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping.
However, the climate in the basin under the mountain was different from that on the other side of the mountain. There was no snow all year round, and the winter was much warmer than on the other side of the mountain. Even so, the grass rats living in the basin still kept the habit of hibernation.
When it was almost winter on the other side of the mountain, the grass rats in the basin began to store food and hide in the hole for the winter. During the whole winter, they spent most of their time sleeping. When they woke up, they would go to the "granary" to find food, and then go back to sleep after eating.
However, the seeds of Rat Wood that were brought back to the hole of the grass rats began to germinate after being eaten. They broke out of the grass rats' skin and grew into a seedling that was similar to the fur of the grass rats. The energy needed for the growth of Rat Wood all came from the grass rats, because there was no Yang Guang in the hole underground.
After a whole winter on the other side of the mountain, when the grass rats came out of their holes again, the seedlings of rat wood were almost fully grown. At a suitable time, they would detach from the grass rats and begin to lignify and grow independently. And that time period was within fifty days after the end of winter.
Shao Xuan had seen the Rat Wood in the forest. It was a very huge tree. It was hard to imagine that such a huge tree, from the germination to the seedling stage, was actually a parasite on the grass rats.
The Rat Wood before lignification was very beneficial to people. The children who ate the seedling of Rat Wood would be physically strengthened, and the time of awakening would be earlier. Of course, there was also a role of quantity. The more they ate, the more obvious the effect would be. Even if the time of awakening could not be shortened, it could still strengthen the body.
Many people in the hunting group had children who had not yet awakened. For them, if they could awaken a year earlier, there would be one more warrior in their family, and they could go out hunting a year earlier, with more food. For the awakened warriors, the seedling of Rat Wood also had a certain detoxification effect, which was better than the medicine they usually used.
The people on the mountain might not care about it, but for the people at the foot of the mountain, the seedling of Rat Wood was indeed very attractive.
What was more difficult was that the grass rats were not easy to catch. They were very good at hiding. After they left the cave, no one knew where they would go. There were many entrances to the cave, so even if one guarded one, it could still come out from another one, unless all the other entrances were blocked. Secondly, they had to hurry. If the Rat Wood had already separated from the grass rat, it would be useless even if they found it.
Mai carefully looked at the soil at the entrance of the cave, and calmly said, "Look at the soil, they should have come out for at least half a day."
Hearing that it had already been a day, everyone's excitement was cooled down a lot. They had been out for so long, how could they still find it?
"Can Caesar find it?" Ang looked at Caesar, and asked Shao Xuan.
"We can have a try." Shao Xuan said.
Hearing this, everyone's excitement was rekindled.
"Can it really find it?"
"How can it find it? It has never seen a grass rat."
"Well, let Caesar try first." Mai stopped the others from asking more. His two children had already awakened, so they didn't need the help of the Rat Wood seedlings. However, for its detoxification effect, they could try their best to find it.
Under Shao Xuan's signal, Caesar went to the entrance of the cave and sniffed. It walked around the cave and seemed to confirm something. It had never seen a grass rat, but there was a smell around the cave, and that was a grass rat.
Caesar walked a few steps in a direction, and then looked back at Shao Xuan.
"Uncle Mai, it might be over there." Shao Xuan said.
"Follow it!"
Everyone followed behind Caesar. They were not very fast, and sometimes they would warn each other when they encountered ferocious beasts.
Caesar, who was tracking, seemed to be very excited. As it sped up, Shao Xuan knew that they were getting closer and closer to the grass rat.
Whoosh!
Caesar shot out like an arrow, jumped high, jumped over a row of bushes in front of it, and drilled into the grass that was taller than a person.
"Caesar!" Shao Xuan was a little worried. He was afraid that Caesar would be too excited and overlook some dangers hidden in the grass.
The bushes were very dense, so it was impossible to see what was hidden inside. Nobody knew what was going on inside. After Caesar rushed in, there was a rapid rustling sound, and then a squeak. After a while, Caesar rushed out of the bushes again.
Seeing Caesar, everyone's tense muscles relaxed, but soon, their attention was attracted by the green furball in Caesar's mouth.
"It's a grass rat!"
"Quick! Xuan, see if there's any rat wood on that grass rat! "
Everyone suddenly became excited.
Caesar held the grass rat in his mouth, but he didn't bite it to death, nor did he bite it.
Shao Xuan pulled the grass rat out of Caesar's mouth. Without the green fur, the grass rat was about the size of two fists, but with the green fur, its size had increased by three times.
However, when he held it in his hand, Shao Xuan could feel that the grass rat was thin, which was the result of the rat wood parasitism.
He didn't see any bald spots. After looking carefully, Shao Xuan's eyes fell on a "hair" that was slightly thicker than the other green fur. He put the stone knife back on his waist with his other hand and picked up the green "hair" with his free hand. Seeing a thin brown circle of wood at the root of the green "hair", Shao Xuan said with certainty, "It's still there!"
He handed the grass rat to the people next to him and asked them to cut the seedling of the rat wood. He then looked around.
When Caesar went in, he had a bad feeling. Fortunately, Caesar came out quickly. Now, not only did that bad feeling not disappear, but it also became more intense.
He glanced at Caesar. The wolf that was excitedly holding the grass rat in its mouth just a moment ago now had the hair on its back standing up.
"Uncle Mai!" Shao Xuan whispered.
Mai, who was watching his team cut the rat wood, saw Shao Xuan's reaction and realized that something was wrong. He made a gesture to the others. (This is a good activity where a pie falls from the sky. Cool phones are waiting for you! Follow ~ Click on the Chinese website's official account (WeChat friend – add official account – type qdread) and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize. Follow qdread's official WeChat account now!)
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