Chapter 376: Cao Geng was discovered by Flying Snakes Tribe

Chapter 376: Cao Geng was discovered by Flying Snakes Tribe

Cao Geng lifted his face, chapped by the cold wind, and wiped away the frozen snot with hands that looked equally worse for wear. He followed the sound and saw a companion excitedly pointing at a tall pine tree.

Cao Geng and the other two quickly ran over, and about two meters high on the pine tree, they found a fist-sized hole.

Seeing this hole, Cao Geng also grinned, happy for his companion's stroke of luck.

They first found a not-too-large stone nearby and leveraged it from the ground with a stick. After preparing another stone on another rock, the person who first discovered the tree hole took it. He climbed up with Cao Geng and the other two pushing him up the tree.

The cold and hunger had made their bodies stiff and weak. Otherwise, they could have climbed up the tree alone without assistance.

The person climbed up the tree, stood on a horizontal branch with both feet and held the slightly prepared stone in one hand. He continuously chopped and smashed at the hole in the pine tree.

After enlarging the hole, he switched the stone to the hand wrapped around the tree trunk and reached in with a smile to retrieve something.

Amidst the squeaks of some animals, he pulled his arm out of the tree hole, holding five or six sizable chestnuts.

With a smile and a hint of pride, he shouted down to Cao Geng and the others wrapped in animal skins, then threw the chestnuts down.

Then he continued to reach into the tree hole.

No one paid attention to the protests of the two squirrels, who ran out and jumped on the branches, squeaking loudly. If possible, Cao Geng and the others even wanted to catch these two squirrels and bring them back.

The tree hole was full of stored goods, including chestnuts, pine nuts, and acorns, all hopping about.

They filled nearly half of the animal skin bundle.

The person in the tree continued to smash at the tree hole with the stone for a while. After confirming that it couldn't be enlarged further, he reluctantly gave up on the remaining food in the tree hole and climbed down.

With Cao Geng and the other two carrying their sticks and bountiful harvest, they headed back towards the cave.

It's strange. The shaman, who isn't very interested in primitive women, is fond of this frightening little monster.

So, when the weather gets colder, and snow is about to fall, they leave the tribe and head to a previously conquered tribe's location to harvest this grass.

It's better to kill for meat, and its fur is warm when worn.

Of course, this is just a thought in his mind. In their tribe, few dare to question the shaman's decisions or disobey his commands.

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After walking for a while like this, the three leaders of the Flying Snakes tribe take out something wrapped in layers of animal hide from a smaller grass basket hanging from their waist.

They unwrap the layers of hide, revealing something resembling a skull.

Inside the skull are some white solids, resembling frozen human brains.

The three leaders of the Flying Snakes tribe use their fingers to scoop out some of the white solids and apply them to the hands of the people who have stopped following their commands.

These people of the Flying Snakes tribe cherish the white solids on their hands and evenly spread them on their faces and exposed skin.

After scooping out more, the three leaders of the Flying Snakes tribe wrap the skull carefully and place it back in the grass basket around their waist.

These things are the Flying Snakes tribe's most significant reliance for venturing out in the depths of winter.

With these, they won't fear the cold north wind. Even if their bodies freeze, their hands and faces won't crack open.

The shaman gave them this. Only the shaman knew how to obtain such precious things in the entire tribe.