Nature was balanced in many aspects. If it wasn't, wouldn't all species have gone extinct? Every species had their own way of survival. When there were a lot of them, they were easy to capture. When there were a lot of them, they were easy to capture. When there were a lot of them, the chances of them being captured would be greatly reduced. This way, the species would be able to reproduce and not go extinct.
Of course, the extinction of species had always existed. Every moment, some species would disappear from the world. However, this was still a minority. Most species could survive tenaciously.
In the jungle, wild beasts would prey on hares and other prey, but hares and other prey would not go extinct because of the hunting of wild beasts. Instead, they would survive tenaciously, and their numbers were not small. No matter how many years the wild beasts hunted hares, they would not go extinct. As long as there was a large amount of wild grass, hares would not go extinct because of the hunting of wild beasts. Similarly, when humans hunted these small animals, they would not kill all of them. As long as the forest and wild grass were not destroyed, and the hares had enough food, they would not go extinct because of hunting.
The higher the density of wild rabbits, the easier it would be to hunt. When the number of wild rabbits decreased to a certain extent, it would become very difficult for hunters to hunt. Thus, they would passively reduce the amount of hunting, allowing the wild rabbits to continue to reproduce. Then, when the number of wild rabbits increased, it would become very easy to hunt again.
Along the way, the most common prey they encountered were birds in the sky. However, these birds were too small and had no value at all. Moreover, birds flew very fast and were not easy to shoot. Even if they were shot, it was very likely that they would fall into the dense grass and cliffs, which would cause a lot of trouble to find prey. Therefore, Ang Lee and his group were not willing to hunt small birds. At least birds as big as rabbits were worth hunting.
"This Jie Mountain is really barren. There is not much prey at all!"
Ang Lee sighed. After walking for a while, they did not encounter much prey.
A member of the Zhan Clan said, "It's mainly because the livelihood of the Zhan Clan is too difficult. Therefore, during the slack time, everyone likes to come to the Jie Mountain to hunt. The more prey we hunt, the fewer there will naturally be. It's also harder to find satisfactory prey."
The prey that the Zhan tribesmen were talking about was naturally the more precious and large prey that could be sold for money, such as deer, goats, bears, and so on. These were all relatively valuable, while small prey like hares were relatively cheaper and more common.
The life of the Zhan Clan was very poor. Other than farming and gathering herbs, they did not have many ways to earn money. Going to the mountains to hunt became an inevitable choice. In the years when there was a lack of food, many of the Zhan Clan relied on hunting to get through the difficulties. Hunting became the survival of the Zhan Clan. Therefore, many of the youths of the Zhan Clan were proficient in hunting. When there were more people hunting, the number of prey in the Jie Mountain would naturally decrease greatly, especially large prey, which were easily discovered by hunters. Once all of them were hunted, this species would become extinct and would never be seen again in the future.
The result of the relatively barren prey in the Jie Mountain was completely caused by the Zhan Clan themselves. It was their indiscriminate hunting that led to this ending. Of course, the Lang Clan next door was also responsible for this. They would also come to the Jie Mountain to hunt. The slack time in the mountains was very long. Young people who had nothing to do would not go hunting in the mountains. There was nothing else to do. Frequent hunting would inevitably lead to a large reduction in the prey in the mountains, making the prey appear somewhat barren.
For example, in the plains where the human population was very large, slightly larger wild animals did not exist. Only wild animals such as pheasants and wild rabbits could survive in small numbers.
In the surroundings of the village where Ang Lee lived during his childhood in his previous life, there were no mountains. There were only fields outside the fields. Of course, there were also many villages. In such an environment, there was no soil for large wild animals to exist at all. Therefore, no large wild animals could be seen. Even small wild animals such as pheasants and wild rabbits could only be seen occasionally. With the expansion of the city, wild rabbits and pheasants could no longer be seen in the countryside as they grew older. One reason was that the expansion of the city and the expansion of the roads made it harder for wild animals such as wild rabbits to survive. Another reason was that the later generations had invented too many hunting tools and poisonous bait. These hunting tools and bait could greatly increase the success rate of hunting. As a result, wild animals with strong vitality like wild rabbits could not survive and could only completely disappear from the human residential area.
Sometimes, thinking about it, humans were really cruel. For their own benefits, they cruelly slaughtered wild animals, forcing them to go extinct. In this way, humans would be the only species left in the world in the future. How lonely would that be?
In ancient times, humans could see many wild animals in the natural world. Later generations could only see wild animals in cages in safari parks. They could only watch animals that were artificially bred. What was even more tragic was that they could only look at some fossils and models to remember the wild animals that had gone extinct.
Although the later generations would be sad about the extinction of many wild animals, the predecessors were limited by their living conditions and sometimes had to do things that hurt the wild animals. After all, the predecessors also needed to survive. When food was insufficient, they naturally had to hunt. As for the prey in a forest that had been hunted clean, many of them had gone extinct. They would not think so much about it. First, they would first fill their stomachs or improve their living standards. For example, the Zhan people. When their lives were poor, their people would go into the mountains to hunt to supplement their family. Why would they think about the extinction of species? This was not a problem that they could think of, nor did they have the material conditions to think of this problem.
"That's right! The life of the Zhan people is very hard. However, the prey in the Jie Mountain is even harder. It's not easy for them to not go extinct after being hunted by you every year! "
Ang Lee said.
"The Jie Mountain is big enough. There are too many caves and valleys and too many trees. There are also some dangerous places that humans can't enter. Therefore, there will always be fish that escape the net. The number of prey will only decrease because of hunting, but they will never go extinct."
The Zhan people said.
The terrain of the Jie Mountain was indeed rugged. There were many dangerous valleys. There were indeed some places that humans could not enter. These places were where wild animals could enter, so they could avoid being hunted by humans. It was the last safe habitat for wild animals. Having these safe areas that humans could not set foot in was crucial for the survival of wild animals. It could ensure that they would not go extinct easily and could continue to reproduce.
"Yes! There are also some dangerous places that humans can't set foot in. If we enter these places, there must be a lot of prey and precious herbs. However, it's easy to lose your life! "
Ang Lee looked at the cliff next to him and said.
Obviously, the more untrodden a place was, the more treasures there were. People often walked on both sides of the mountain road, but almost nothing could be found. Prey could only be found in the dense jungle. As for the dangerous places, because no one had ever been there, there were bound to be a lot of herbs that might not be destroyed, as well as precious prey that might be hiding there. For example, many precious herbs liked to grow on cliffs. Some of them could only grow on cliffs because cliffs were more hidden and difficult for ordinary people to reach, so they could survive better. If they grew on the side of the road, they would have been discovered long ago. How could they survive? This was the fundamental reason why many herbs could only be found on cliffs.
Between money and life, which was more important? For most people, life was naturally the most important. Although money was very attractive to people, if they couldn't keep their life, then it would be useless to have more money. The most painful thing in life was to have a lot of money, but if they couldn't keep their life, then what was the use of money? Once a person lost his life, everything that he had fought for while he was alive would no longer belong to him.
People always had too many obsessions when they were alive. They always wanted to fight for too much wealth and too many benefits. The more they had, the happier they would feel, but at the same time, they would become greedier and want more wealth and resources. In fact, all of this was just an illusion. No matter how much wealth one had, it would only be for a short period of time. A person's lifespan was extremely limited. The moment the flower of life disappeared, everything one had earned would become a wedding dress for others. Some people who were unwilling would build an underground palace and put a large amount of wealth they had when they were alive into the underground palace. After they died, these wealth could accompany them in their eternal slumber. They would think that these wealth would always belong to them. This was just self-deception. Many cruel burials were even more terrible. In order to let oneself enjoy life after death, they would strangle the living to death. This was also called obsession.
Although the people of the Zhan Tribe loved money and hoped to improve their poor lives, they would not risk their lives because of their love for money. For places that were not too dangerous, they dared to go. However, for places that were especially dangerous, they did not dare to set foot in easily. For example, they did not dare to explore the especially dangerous cliffs. They did not dare to explore because once the rope broke or they lost their strength, they would lose their lives. There were also many sinkholes in the Border Mountain. The bottom was densely packed with trees. It was impossible to see how big the space below was. Due to the terrain being too dangerous, the people of the Zhan Tribe did not dare to explore. After the brave people went down, they never came back up and died in the valley. Therefore, the people of the Zhan Tribe did not dare to explore the sinkholes casually. They even formed a consensus that all the people would stay away from the sinkholes. No matter how capable they were, they would not try to take the risk.
Although the sinkholes were extremely dangerous, it was nothing to the local wild goats who were especially agile. They could climb up along the cliffs at the edge of the sinkholes step by step. They could also run from the top to the bottom of the sinkholes. They moved very freely as if they were on flat ground. However, for humans, it was really too dangerous. Even if a person walked carefully on it, it was very likely that he would fall down and lose his life, not to mention moving as freely as the wild goats.
Ang Lee came to hunt for entertainment, not to take risks. Since the sinkholes were so dangerous, Ang Lee naturally did not dare to take risks. If he lost Qingqing's life in such a place, it was not worth it. His beautiful wife and concubines at home would also be snatched by others.
"Wild goats."
A Zhan clansman suddenly found the prey and whispered.
Ang Lee also quickly discovered that it was very lucky to find such a big prey like the wild goats. However, the wild goats were found too far away. They were 200 meters away, which was beyond the effective range of most crossbows. Moreover, the farther the distance, the lower the probability of the crossbow hitting. It could even be said that it was impossible to hit at such a long distance. Hunting wild goats at such a long distance was completely an impossible task.
"There's more than one? Quietly go around and surround this group of wild goats. "
Ang Lee said.
The Zhan clansman frowned and said, "The position is not good, I'm afraid we can't surround them."
"The position is not good, what do you mean?"
Ang Lee asked.
"Not far behind this group of wild goats, there is a large sinkhole. The sinkhole is surrounded by cliffs that cannot be walked on. These wild goats climbed up from the cliffs. As long as we surround them, these goats will run towards the sinkhole. I'm afraid it will be difficult to hunt them. Even if we are lucky enough to shoot them, these goats will fall into the sinkhole and we won't get anything."
The Zhan clansman said.
Ang Lee's position could not see the sinkhole at all. Therefore, Ang Lee did not know that there was a large sinkhole not far behind this group of goats. If there was a large sinkhole, it would be really difficult to hunt. Moreover, because the Zhan clansmen often came to the mountains to hunt, these goats also knew that humans would hunt them. Therefore, as long as they saw people appear, they would desperately escape. Not far behind these goats was a large sinkhole, which meant that these goats could quickly escape into the sinkhole. Once that happened, it would be impossible to hunt them. Even if they were lucky enough to shoot them, it would be a gift to the beasts below the sinkhole.
"It seems that there is no way to hunt them."
Ang Lee said helplessly.
The guards who came this time didn't prepare any camouflage clothes, so it wasn't easy to get close to the wild goats quietly. If they weren't careful, they would be discovered by the wild goats and scare away this group of timid guys.
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