Shao Xuan slept soundly in the second half of the night. He hadn't dreamed for a long time, but this night, he dreamed of something.
Actually, Shao Xuan didn't know what he was dreaming about. It was a sea of green, flowing green. His whole body was surrounded by this refreshing green. Every time he breathed in the green, Shao Xuan felt comfortable all over, as if every part of his body had been washed clean. It was as if the dusty ground had been washed clean by cool water. His whole body seemed to have been purified.
Shao Xuan didn't feel as nervous and depressed as before. He only felt very carefree, relaxed like never before. The tiredness and all kinds of unhappiness from hunting became negligible. He couldn't wait to raise his head and roar.
All the changes were silent, but they were shocking!
In the morning, when the sun came out, everyone was awakened by all kinds of noises from the green land. However, it was a soldier's hurried voice that woke everyone up.
"Boss! Boss, go and have a look!! " The soldier had just climbed up from under the tree. He leaned against the entrance of the tree hole and said to Ta, who was reading an animal skin roll.
Everyone was still yawning, but they immediately woke up.
The soldier's tone clearly indicated that he had found something very special. Although it wasn't threatening, it should be strange enough.
Not only Ta, but the others also followed him down.
Shao Xuan was the last to come out of the tree hole. He looked down at the entrance of the tree hole. The people in the team who had just hurried down were all gathered around the trap he had set last night.
"What the hell is this?"
"It looks so strange. Are these hands and feet?"
"The hands and feet of a tree?"
"Is this thing dead?"
"I poked it, but it didn't move. It should be dead."
"Take it off and have a look."
"… How do we do this?"
"Ah, just pull it off …"
"Keke, stop! Get away! You don't know how to control your strength! "
There was a circle of people there. Ta asked someone to untie the thing that was tied to the noose, but he found that he had no idea where to start. The thread that was tied to the noose was made of the same white hair as yesterday. It was not easy to cut it, and he had to be careful not to break the thing tied to the noose.
Tuo held the stone knife and gestured for a long time, but he still gave up. He stretched his neck and looked around. When he saw Shao Xuan coming down from the tree, he hurriedly called out, "Xuan, come here quickly. There's something in your trap!"
The people who had been arguing noisily just now suddenly quieted down.
This trap was set up by Shao Xuan the night before, and he actually managed to hunt something tonight. Last night, someone even mocked and ridiculed him.
Ah-Suo glanced at the team leader who was standing next to him. The team leader was expressionless and seemed to be deep in thought. He did not seem to have heard Tuo's call for Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan walked over. The people who had been crowding around quickly moved aside to let Shao Xuan come closer.
Last night, Shao Xuan did not set too many traps. After all, he was not familiar with this place, and he did not have the support of others. In addition, he was pressed for time, and no one would wait for him. Therefore, he only set two at random. He also found that a tree not far away was secreting a very sticky gum, so he got some of it.
But now, there was something stuck to the spot where he applied the resin. It looked like a simple skeleton made of green branches. It had "legs" and "hands", but it didn't have any complicated fingers. It had three "toes" that were slightly longer and looked like claws.
Shao Xuan did not expect this kind of gum to be so sticky after it was slightly dried. When he took it out yesterday, it was just like ordinary glue, but now it was directly upgraded to a special glue. He originally thought that if there was something that ran fast at night, he would first use the gum to stick it. Even if it could run again after being stained with the gum, its speed would be reduced. At this time, the noose would also bind the object that passed by here.
In the other trap, there was a brown ball the size of a soccer ball. A gust of wind blew, and the ball that was originally trapped in the net made of white threads suddenly made a buzzing sound. Then, it flew in the direction of the wind. However, because it was trapped by the net made of white threads, it was pulled back again. Due to the force, it bounced back and forth, causing the white threads to make a vibrating sound.
"So the noise we heard last night was made by this ball!" said the night watchman.
"I heard it yesterday too. I didn't expect it to be a ball like this."
"Boss, what is this thing?" asked Ah-Suo.
Ta moved his gaze away from the strange green skeleton and looked at the ball that was still bouncing on the white threads. He took out the animal skin roll and opened it to the back one-third of the roll.
They would carefully search for the first two-thirds of the animal skin roll every time they came here. Excluding the seasonal factors, they could find most of the things that could be found at this time of the year. The last one-third of the animal skin roll was extremely difficult to find. In the Shaman's words, it was lucky to find it.
Because of this, they did not look for it on purpose. In the past, the seniors rarely found the things listed at the back of the animal skin roll. A few years ago, Guigou, the team leader of another hunting group and a candidate for chief like Ta, found a kind of plant at the end of the animal skin roll. After he presented it to the Shaman, he was greatly praised by the Shaman. Since then, he had a higher position in the Shaman's heart.
Guigou's name was given by the Shaman, and he was the Shaman's grandnephew. In terms of relationship, he was naturally closer to Guigou than Ta. If Ta's father was not the chief, he would not have a chance to compete with Guigou. Especially in the recent two years, Guigou's results had always been better than Ta's. That was why Ta was so anxious to find more curly-tailed plants. He even had to turn his attention to Shao Xuan.
But Ta did not expect that they would really find them. What made Ta feel even more complicated was that these things were all caught by Shao Xuan.
Yesterday, he had thought that these things were small tricks that could only wear down one's willpower. Today, he felt like he had been slapped in the face, loud and clear.
If Ta had known that he could use this method to catch the things listed at the end of the animal skin roll, he would never have despised these "little tricks".
"This is the wind ball, one of the pictures at the end of the animal skin roll." Ta pointed at a round picture near the end of the animal skin roll.
Shao Xuan also moved closer to have a look. The picture on the animal skin roll was very simple, but the holes on the ball were exactly the same as the one they caught.
"Hey! That's great! "Ah-Suo rubbed his hands and said happily. After all, if they found the curly-tailed plants, they would have more achievements recorded in the Shaman's name.
The others also looked happy.
"What about the other one?" Tuo asked.
Everyone quieted down, waiting for Ta's answer. When they were looking at the wind ball, they did not see this kind of plant in the picture at the end of the animal skin roll.
The "foot" of that thing was stuck to the place where the gum was smeared on, and the lower part of its body was entangled by the white thread. Because of this, it could not escape even if it lifted one of its "feet".
In addition, they found that this thing had "arms" and "legs", and a torso made up of several green branches. The only thing missing was the "head".
Ta looked at the bracket without the "head" with a strange expression.
"When I first joined the advance group, the Shaman and the former team leader told us something." Ta pointed at the green skeleton that was tied up, and said, "It looks like a plant that the Shaman once mentioned, the Green Thief."
"The Green Thief?"
"What's that?"
"Is it useful? The Shaman didn't draw it on the animal skin roll. "
The others said.
Ta's smile made people feel creeped out.
"Is it useful? It's useful! It's very useful! If it's really the Green Thief, we'll have made a great contribution! It's said that the medicine made from the Green Thief can make people have better night vision! "
Hearing this, everyone took a deep breath. Then, their breaths became heavier and faster.
Night vision, this was what they had always wanted.
Why were they so afraid of the dark? Because in the dark, their eyesight was greatly reduced. Even the middle-level and senior totem warriors were afraid of the dark. Therefore, the hunting team rarely hunted at night. Instead, they hid in caves or tree holes.
The warriors in the tribe had hunted all kinds of beasts and ferocious beasts, many of which were nocturnal. Some people once said that people could see more clearly at night after eating the eyes of those nocturnal animals. But in fact, it was not true. At least, people who had eaten the eyes of nocturnal animals did not feel much improvement. Maybe it was effective, but the effect was minimal.
If it was really the Green Thief …
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