CHAPTER 601: CHAPTER 574: CHIEF LEADER 92

However, Yan Shuangshuang was disappointed. Chacha, although he listened to Yan Shuangshuang’s words, looked around seriously for a long time. Perhaps the view from high up differed too much from the ground’s perspective, so despite his careful observation, Chacha failed to find a familiar place.

Yan Shuangshuang could only helplessly jump down from the big tree, deciding to stay the night before making a plan. She put Chacha down and let the Earth King Beast sit beside him, also placing the kitten in his arms.

Pointing at the Earth King Beast, Yan Shuangshuang softly instructed Chacha, "Chacha, hold the little kitten and sit obediently next to Little Brother. Don’t run around. Little Brother is very powerful and can protect you. Sister will go get some dry grass."

Chacha softly responded, cradling the kitten, coy and snug next to the Earth King Beast’s leg. Then, with one hand, he held onto the Earth King Beast’s thick thigh, even though it had shrunk.

Suddenly held by a little dumpling-like child, the Earth King Beast dared not move, fearing it might accidentally hurt this human’s young offspring.

Though Yan Shuangshuang went out, she was worried about Chacha and quickly and efficiently returned with a bundle of dry grass. Seeing Yan Shuangshuang return, Chacha promptly ran over, holding the sleeping kitten, clinging tightly by Yan Shuangshuang’s side.

Yan Shuangshuang soothingly patted Chacha’s small head and began to spread the dry grass to make a bed. The tree hole was quite dry, with only some fallen leaves. Yan Shuangshuang spread the dry grass and laid beast skin on it, completing the simple bed.

Fishing, hunting, making fish soup, roasting meat, Yan Shuangshuang fed the two little ones until their bellies were round. After playing for a while, Yan Shuangshuang coaxed Chacha and the sleepy kitten to sleep.

Watching them sleep, still clinging to her, Chacha, and the kitten who loved to doze off cuddled up to her, Yan Shuangshuang felt this was somewhat wonderful.

Speaking of the kitten clinging to her, Yan Shuangshuang could understand, because she herself was a cat lover and enjoyed all felines. Since she could hunt, she had never hunted any feline animals, like tigers, lynxes, or leopards.

Moreover, since people’s combat power increased in the tribe, hunting became simpler. She influenced people in the tribe not to hunt feline creatures intentionally or unintentionally. Now, the safest animals near the Yanhuang Tribe are those like tigers, lynxes, and leopards.

No one knows whether all things possess a spirit, but since the Yanhuang Tribe doesn’t hunt these felines, they don’t attack the tribe’s people either.

Especially Yan Shuangshuang, she was most adored by feline creatures. During her time in the Yanhuang Tribe, she could occasionally pet the nearby big cats.

As for children, Yan Shuangshuang had always disliked them, even to the point of being annoyed, especially seeing those spoiled brats in modern society. Seeing these children, Yan Shuangshuang would feel quite distressed.

Maybe because Yan Shuangshuang didn’t like children, none dared to approach her. Even those who knew her behaved properly before her, like she was some scary monster.

Although there are many children in the Yanhuang Tribe now, numbering in the hundreds, and due to the world’s conditions, there can’t be spoiled brats like in modern times. But arguably due to Yan Shuangshuang’s stern demeanor, none of these children dared to approach her.

Chacha was truly the first child to be so close and dependent on her. Could it be because she saved him? Yan Shuangshuang pondered in confusion.

Perhaps because Chacha was very well-behaved, despite him clinging to her, Yan Shuangshuang surprisingly did not find him annoying or feel impatient. This even surprised Yan Shuangshuang herself.

After thinking about Chacha, Yan Shuangshuang contemplated the little kitten on her. This little kitten was doomed if she didn’t adopt it. She wanted to adopt it, so Yan Shuangshuang decided to raise it, and since she was to raise it, it needed a name.

Yan Shuangshuang thought of several names but was not satisfied. The fundamental reason was that Yan Shuangshuang was inept at naming, like how she spent several days only to name the Earth King Beast "Little Brother."

As Yan Shuangshuang racked her brains, the kitten on her stretched lazily and waved its four snow-white paws. Yan Shuangshuang suddenly got inspired; four paws as white as snow—a name like "Ta Xue" would be fitting. Thus, she named the kitten Ta Xue, which delighted her instantly.

After a night’s sleep, early the next morning, Yan Shuangshuang woke up and made grilled meat and fish soup as usual. To avoid eating too much roast meat, she made some wild vegetable wraps with grilled meat, providing a way to cleanse the greasy feel of eating grilled meat.

However, Chacha still clung to eating grilled meat, ignoring the wild vegetable wrap method entirely. Yan Shuangshuang didn’t insist, letting Chacha eat a few pieces of wild vegetable leaves with a grimace and leaving it at that.

After breakfast, Yan Shuangshuang held Chacha and Ta Xue, leading the Earth King Beast to continue the previous day’s path, moving upstream along the river.

Yan Shuangshuang thought, since Chacha floated along with the river, unless the river forked, they should be able to find the place Chacha jumped into the river. Once they found that spot, Chacha should be able to recognize the way back to the Crocodile Tribe.

Yan Shuangshuang’s guess was correct. After walking along the river for half a day, Chacha finally excitedly pointed at a grassy riverbank ahead filled with purple wildflowers, exclaiming to Yan Shuangshuang, "Sister, that’s it! That’s where I jumped into the river to escape!"

Yan Shuangshuang hurried over to the grassy area covered with purple wildflowers and asked Chacha, "Chacha, can you recognize the way back to your tribe?"

Chacha nodded confidently, saying, "Sister, don’t worry. I know the way. When I used to play with my brother, we came here to play many times."

Yan Shuangshuang then followed Chacha’s directions, carrying him through winding paths until she vaguely saw a cluster of stone houses in the distance.

Yan Shuangshuang was stunned, as this was the first time since arriving in this world she encountered a tribe living in stone houses rather than caves.

It’s known that unless it’s a Super Tribe with many warriors and people capable of self-defense against numerous top predators, they wouldn’t dare to leave mountain caves, as stone houses, no matter how solid, couldn’t compare to caves integrated with mountains.

Yet, Yan Shuangshuang understood why the Crocodile Tribe resided in stone houses, because throughout their journey, Yan Shuangshuang discovered that the surrounding mountains mostly consisted of earthy hills, lacking suitable stone caves for a Great Tribe to reside in.

The Crocodile Tribe probably had no choice but to live in stone houses, which explains why the Cave-dwelling Cannibal Clan could dig tunnels to capture the Crocodile Tribe’s people.