Chapter 177 Black Water Pool and Cannibal Tree
Seeing someone sneering, Wang Wei smiled and said, "This has salt and honey. If you dip it, it tastes better!"
In primitive society, there are really not many people like Wang Wei who are willing to use delicious food to open up the situation when they meet.
Therefore, when the two cicada pupa were eaten by Yuru and the other four dipped in honey and salt, Wang Wei's position in their hearts was already tied to the good people.
Next, when Wang Wei asked about their tribe situation, the four of them did not cover up too much.
Their Yu tribe is a tribe that lives in the mountains.
In the nearby mountains, there are several tribes like them, but because they don’t know the numbers, they can’t give Wang Wei an accurate answer.
Their tribes have a wide range of food sources.
Viper snakes, insects, some smaller beasts in the mountain, and bird eggs in the bird's nest on the mountain walls.
In addition, they would also go to the river to catch some crustacean creatures as food, but they never dared to go into the water because there was not much food when diving, and if the water was deep, there would be too many dangers hidden inside.
Moreover, the mountain has abundant resources, wild fruits, mushrooms, or tubers of some plants that can be eaten can be used as food.
Moreover, there is plenty of rain in the mountains. Whenever it rains, land fish will come ashore. At this time, they will catch many land fish and store them in smoke.
If there is insufficient food, they will eat land fish. If they can find food, they will eat food that is difficult to preserve.
When Wang Wei asked how many people they had, they couldn't tell me that, so they could only tell Wang Wei that there were many people.
After asking them, Wang Wei had a certain degree of understanding of these people living in the mountains.
First of all, their food is rich and they should be able to maintain food and clothing.
It was like they had developed the method of smoky storing fish.
If food is not enough, no one will study how to preserve food.
Secondly, their number should not be too large.
Although Yu Ru and the others told Wang Wei that there were many people in their tribe, according to Wang Wei's speculation, this should be a statement that they protected themselves.
Make yourself afraid of their tribe so that you won’t hurt them at will.
After all, the mountains where Yu Ru and the others live are made of stones.
Although resources may be abundant, it is absolutely impossible to raise too many people.
So Wang Wei speculated that Yu Ru and his tribe could only have one or two hundred people at most.
And near them, there should be only four or five tribes known to them at most.
Because there is no road in the mountain, even people who live in the mountain all year round cannot go too far.
Therefore, the radiation range of ordinary tribes should be within the two-day mountain road.
With such a short radiation range, it is naturally impossible for too many tribes to have too many tribes.
During the conversation, Wang Wei noticed that Yu Ru's gaze frequently looked at the white salt in the pottery bowl.
Seeing this, Wang Wei's eyes lit up and he said, "What should you do if you are in the mountains, eat salt?"
After hearing Wang Wei's words, Yu Ru seemed to think of something bad, frowned and said, "Whenever the moon turns round, we will ask someone to go to a black water pool in the forest to carry some black water with a leather bag. After drying, we will eat the black pieces left by the black water to replenish the salt."
Looking at Yu Ru's expression, Wang Wei continued to ask: "Is the Black Water Pool inside the forest? It's not easy to enter the forest. My tribe members went to the edge of the forest to cut wood. There were too many poisonous insects and beasts inside."
Yu Ru nodded with fear and said, "Yes, the Black Forest is too terrifying, but the most terrifying thing is not the venomous snakes and insects, but there are many moving human-eating trees there. There are many vines in the human-eating trees, but there are too many vines in the forest, and you can't find where the human-eating trees are. Once you encounter a human-eating tree, as long as it is tied up by its vines, you will die no matter what. Last time I carried the water, I almost died inside. Those human-eating trees were hidden every day, and I accidentally encountered them. Fortunately, I reacted quickly. As soon as the vines moved, I ran away.
Every time we fetch water, someone will die inside, but if we don’t eat salt, we will not have the strength, so every time the moon is full, our tribes will unite and go to the Black Water Pond to get water."
When Wang Wei heard the man-eating tree, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Does the man-eating tree you mentioned have many vines and strange trees with small red flowers on it?"
After hearing Wang Wei's inquiry, Yu Ru asked in confusion: "The man-eating tree does have many vines, but it does not grow small flowers!"
Just when Wang Wei was disappointed and thought that he had guessed wrong, another Yu tribe next to him said, "There are red flowers. I have seen one time. A man-eating tree grew many red flowers. Then it ran out of the forest alone, not knowing where it went!"
The words of this Yu clan member made Wang Wei's eyes brighter.
It seems that the man-eating tree does not usually have flowers, and once it grows, it will leave the forest.
Wang Wei estimated that the flower-eating tree should have grown seeds. With seeds, it must be necessary to reproduce and survive.
Plants like this that feed on meat gather together and will soon eat up all the animals in a place.
Without the source of food, they may starve to death. Only when they spread and reproduce can they last forever.
After understanding this, Wang Wei immediately felt the idea.
The vines that cannibal trees are almost as thick as arms.
Moreover, the vines are very tough and are covered with small needle tips that can output anesthetics.
This plant is an invincible existence for wild beasts and ordinary humans.
A tough vine, whether you bite your teeth or chop with a stone axe, it will take half a day to break one.
And after this vine is broken, more vines will definitely be wrapped around your body.
Even if you are covered in animal skins, it is useless to destroy the man-eating tree like a fight against a murderous bee.
The vines that cannibal trees are very sensitive and have amazing strength.
It can completely penetrate into the gaps in the animal skin like a snake, and then numb and eat you.
Moreover, in the forest, it is difficult for you to cause fire without a large amount of tincture oil. Even if it causes fire, you may not be able to escape from the fire.
Therefore, over time, the human-eating tree will become even more terrifying in people's hearts.
However, for small tribes, the threat of the man-eating tree is not that great.
Because, in addition to tincture oil, the most important thing about the small tribe is that it has iron tools.
Your vines are tough and if they are not fixed, the stone axe will never be cut off.
But if you put the tofu in the brine, you will get something down. In front of the iron knife, no matter how tough your vines are, they are still woody. If I cut them down, your vines will break.
Cut a few more times and you won't have vines to use to catch people.
Therefore, if you want to catch the cannibal tree, you can cut off their vines bit by bit.
Without vines, they will not harm people.
Squeezing the excitement of receiving the news of the man-eating tree, Wang Wei looked at Yu Ru and continued to ask: "Since man-eating tree is so difficult to deal with, why don't you bypass them or bring some more water back at once?"
Chapter completed!