Chapter 1022 - 41: Stealing Food
However, using solanine for poisoning might still be worth a try. This stuff is very bitter, but the general vegetation animals consume is far more bitter.
Weakening animals with poison is still useful.
Chen Wen thought as he gobbled down the potatoes.
With the delicious roasted potatoes and wild boar innards in his stomach, Chen Wen felt he was pretty satisfied.
He picked up a large boar thigh bone and began gnawing on it.
The meat from the thigh bone is more flavorful than regular meat.
Chen Wen gnawed off the meat from the bone; it wasn’t hard to chew off, given that it had been boiled for the entire day and the meat was already soft.
"Delicious!"
Beside him, Fred was also eating the meat from the boar bone and couldn’t help but praise it.
Upon hearing this, Gaston and the others each took a piece of thigh meat as well.
After the meat was finished, there was still the marrow.
Chen Wen took the cleaned axe and used the handle to strike the thigh bone with force.
As the bone cracked, the marrow inside was revealed.
The marrow of wild boars is somewhat different from that of domestic pigs; it’s less fatty and has a heavier gamey taste.
Chen Wen tasted a bit of it; not considered delicious, but definitely not bad.
Coupled with its relatively high-fat content, overall it was somewhat better than wild boar meat.
So, shortly after, everyone revealed satisfied smiles.
A dinner had passed.
Chen Wen had intended to have a meeting to discuss today and future situations.
But everyone was just too tired and decided against it.
The night watch continued according to the original rules.
However, given everyone’s fatigue today, there was a certain degree of slackness while keeping watch.
At least when it was Chen Wen’s turn, he found Roland and Fred already fast asleep.
Especially Fred, lying spread-eagle on the ground, completely unaware that his foot was about to reach into the fire pit.
He woke the two up and sent them to sleep bags for proper rest.
Chen Wen and Hua Yun, who was startled awake, sat by the bonfire together.
The two initially kept alert through low whispering.
But as time passed, Chen Wen felt a wave of exhaustion rising from deep within his body, constantly invading him.
This was an unprecedented feeling.
Is it because these days have been too exhausting?
Half-dazed, Chen Wen pondered wearily.
Yet, soon, amidst such chaotic thoughts, he did not persist for long.
Soon, Chen Wen felt his body becoming very light, very light.
He closed his eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Beside him, upon seeing Chen Wen fall into deep sleep, Hua Yun hesitated for a moment but didn’t wake Chen Wen.
This group of people had been busy today for too long; their bodies had reached their limits and desperately needed sleep to relieve their fatigue.
So she still planned to let Chen Wen rest.
She herself would keep watch.
However, after Hua Yun guarded alone for a while, a wave of weariness also arose from deep within her heart.
Gradually, Hua Yun’s head tilted, and she too dozed off.
On the treetop.
The Snowy Owl watched this scene, feeling somewhat helpless.
Humans really are unreliable!
It thought while taking a big bite of the meat strip.
This was its special midnight snack, prepared by Chen Wen before its watch began.
The Snowy Owl ate while remaining vigilant.
But it didn’t notice that at the same time it was having its snack, a small shadow emerged quietly from behind the Snowy Owl in the bushes.
Its movements were light, its pace slow, but there was virtually no sound.
It walked out of the shadows and headed straight toward the place where Chen Wen and the others stored food.
Quietly, the shadow grabbed a piece of bear meat and leisurely dragged it from the food pile, eventually pulling it out.
The shadow was filled with glee.
Just as it was about to leave with the meat.
Ooh~ ooh~ ooh~ ooh!
A somewhat hoarse yet very sharp call sounded, startling the shadow into dropping the meat from its mouth to the ground.
The shadow lifted its head, looking toward the direction where the sound came from, and soon noticed the source of the sound.
It was a white-feathered owl!
The Snowy Owl, that is!
The Snowy Owl looked at the shadow, more accurately at the wolf mink that had once prowled around the camp, eyes gleaming with disdain.
Thought you’d sneak past me at the back and I wouldn’t notice, huh?
The Snowy Owl thought, staring fiercely at the wolf mink.
The wolf mink bared its teeth, emitting a threatening growl, seemingly telling the Snowy Owl not to meddle.
But the Snowy Owl issued another sharp cry, even rhythmically clacking its beak to make a clicking noise.
The Snowy Owl’s alert managed to wake Chen Wen up.
He abruptly sat up from the ground, breaking into a cold sweat.
Damn!
Fell asleep, almost missed a big event!
Chen Wen thought, immediately grabbing his spear.
Following the Snowy Owl’s sound, he looked over. Soon, Chen Wen’s pupils contracted; he saw the wolf mink!
This is... the wolf mink that once spied on the camp!
Chen Wen thought, a hint of surprise flickering in his eyes.
This little creature is quite clever!
It actually knew to act on a night when all humans were fatigued; without the Snowy Owl adjusting its biological clock these last few days to diligently keep watch at night.
Who knows how much food would’ve been stolen by this little guy tonight!
After all, these wolf minks are known as camp killers; if they’re let loose to steal, hundreds of pounds of food could be whisked away by them overnight.
The stolen food they don’t immediately eat but hide away.
Even what they can’t steal, the wolf mink will urinate on.
Not only saves the food, but predators also tend to abandon food once they smell its stench.
Truly despicable.
This wolf mink faced with the encroaching Chen Wen, attempted to flee.
But before it could get far.
On Chen Wen’s side, Wolf Mink King Kong quietly positioned itself in the direction that the wild wolf mink was fleeing.
Before the wild mink could react, King Kong pounced, pinning the retreating wild wolf mink to the ground.
The two wolf minks engaged, instantly igniting a fierce battle.
Their cries were ferocious as they each aimed for the other’s vulnerable spots to tear.
With its larger size and strength, King Kong overwhelmingly dominated this smaller wild wolf mink.
For wild animals, size and weight equate to power, and sheer force to overcome a hundred tactics is without doubt a technique every wild animal masters.
Therefore, within seconds.
King Kong viciously pinned the wild wolf mink to the ground, its teeth stained with a fair amount of blood.
Clearly, all from that wild mink.
"Little thing, still think you can beat me?"
King Kong emitted a disdainful cry, eyes brimming with dominance.
In contests among peers, it fears no wolf mink.
Watching this unfold, Chen Wen couldn’t help giving King Kong a mental thumbs up.
King Kong’s move not only intercepted this wolf mink but directly subdued it — quite impressive!
But this wild wolf mink...
Is somewhat special.