CHAPTER 505: CHAPTER 496: THE BIG BOSS 14

Tie raised his hand and patted Yan Shuangshuang’s head. Although his body was weak and powerless, he laughed heartily and said, "Shuangshuang, don’t worry about your father. I’ve just exhausted my inner strength, but after resting and recharging, I’ll be fine again."

Looking at the already dead giant ape, Tie sighed slightly, "If your father became a Second-level Warrior, I could kill this monkey by myself. When I was a child, our tribe had a very powerful Second-level Warrior, who would always hunt more prey alone than the entire Hunting Team. It was really impressive, and your dad always envied him."

Yan Shuangshuang looked at the dead giant ape, hugged Tie’s arm with a smile, and said, "Dad, you will definitely become someone stronger than a Second-level Warrior in the future, and I will become even more powerful too."

"Haha! That’s for sure. My Shuangshuang is a Divine Favored and will be far more powerful than a Second-level Warrior someday!" Tie rubbed Yan Shuangshuang’s head with a smile, showing no sign of modesty.

Yan Shuangshuang couldn’t help but laugh, looking back at the enormous body of the giant ape, estimating its weight to be calculated in tons! With only a little more than thirty people in the tribe, this giant ape would ensure enough food for a whole warm season.

Giant apes are top-tier predators, having encountered the tribe countless times, but they are rarely killed by the tribe members. You could say the Hunting Team might not succeed in killing one throughout the entire year.

In the previous life, Yan Shuangshuang had encountered a situation where the tribe hunted a giant ape only three times. The reason is simple: these creatures are not only powerful fighters but also cunning by nature. They usually turn around and flee if things go awry.

The running speed of giant apes is extremely fast, making it impossible for the Hunting Team to catch up. Therefore, encounters with these apes often leave the Hunting Team at a disadvantage, and sometimes they end up injured or even suffer casualties.

If it weren’t for the fact that this giant ape went crazy for some unknown reason, refusing to flee despite being injured, giving Ben and Tie a chance to jump onto its head, it would have been very difficult for the Hunting Team to kill a giant ape.

Yan Shuangshuang previously could not accept eating giant ape meat, whether it be eating it herself or seeing others eat it, because the ape’s body resembled a human so much, especially the bones once the meat was removed, looking like an enlarged human skeleton!

Moreover, Yan Shuangshuang always thought that apes were vegetarians, harmless to humans, but that’s not the case.

Although Yan Shuangshuang never saw it personally, she heard from the Hunting Team that two members were caught by a giant ape, torn into pieces, and eaten raw right then and there.

Yan Shuangshuang knew those two, they were young boys who liked her and always acted as her older brothers, bringing back sweet fruits to coax her into eating whenever she went out.

Yan Shuangshuang was fond of those two who doted on her, always smiling warmly, letting her ride on their backs to play, and willingly giving her their precious food.

Yan Shuangshuang never imagined that once on a hunt, those high school-aged boys would be gone, dying in such a gruesome way in the jungle, their bodies consumed by the giant ape.

That incident plunged the whole tribe into mourning, and from then on, Yan Shuangshuang no longer resisted seeing others eat giant ape meat. In fact, she felt a sense of satisfaction when they did, as she no longer equated giant apes to Earth’s monkeys.

However, Yan Shuangshuang herself still dared not eat giant ape meat, regardless of how much she hated them for killing the Hunting Team members. Unless she faced starvation, she couldn’t bring herself to consume something so similar to humans.

Yan Shuangshuang felt that eating giant ape meat was akin to eating human flesh, especially since these apes might have eaten humans. The thought of humans eating them made her sick to her stomach, as it was a psychological barrier she couldn’t overcome.

Despite not eating it herself, Yan Shuangshuang couldn’t stop others from eating it. In this primitive society, starving tribes often attacked each other and saw defeated enemies as food, sometimes even eating their own members in extreme hunger.

The Power Tribe, however, never had the tradition of cannibalism, which is why Yan Shuangshuang felt a strong sense of belonging to the tribe.

Don’t underestimate the importance of not practicing cannibalism. In a world where life is risked for every meal, with the danger of starving during both cold and warm seasons, not eating humans is nearly risking one’s life to uphold human dignity!

With the unexpected acquisition of the giant ape, the problem of food for the warm season was solved. Nevertheless, Yan Shuangshuang’s mind was set on the large trove of edible plants just a few hundred meters ahead, and she was determined to collect them.

Yan Shuangshuang decided that if the edible plants were easy to store, she would keep them as they were. If not, she’d dry them and preserve them for later, no matter what the circumstances were. She was determined to store this food!

The giant ape’s body was carried by four Hunting Team Members as they continued forward. Yan Shuangshuang watched as the ape, weighing tons, was carried away, once again marveling at the strength of humans in this world!

The distance of a few hundred meters was quickly covered. Her mind buzzed with excitement, indicating food was just ahead, and she saw a sprawling forest of vine-like plants the size of trees!

These vine plants each required three or four people to wrap their arms around them. Although not comparable to the towering trees, they were quite impressive in size for vines.

The vines did not intertwine with trees but grew supported by each other, with numerous thick vines twisting together, often surpassing the large trees in height and size. In fact, the intertwining vines made them appear even taller and sturdier than the giant trees!

Unlike the trees, these vines bore not only large leaves but also huge fruits. The big package indicated that these fruits were edible plants.

The fruits crowded the vines densely, and the ground was covered with the crisscrossing net-like vines with countless fruits growing on them.

Yan Shuangshuang excitedly rushed forward, picking up a large fruit to feel its weight. Each fruit weighed over ten pounds! With so many fruits, if they were taken back, they could possibly provide enough food for storage until the cold season. It was indeed a delightful surprise.