Gray Eagle nodded: "Luck is indeed good, the baboon demon pounced, these two knives can be said to have hit it by itself, and it happened to be inserted into the vital point." ”

Flying Arrow frowned, a little confused. These two knives couldn't be more accurate, Haruka's hunting knife was not long enough, and even a long knife couldn't pierce the heart through the baboon's thick chest.

There was a dent in the baboon's sternum, only there was the thinnest skeleton, barely enough for the tip of the knife to pierce the heart, but only a little puncture. This is arguably the most hidden weakness of the baboon, and only the most seasoned hunters will know about it.

And not only this knife, but also the one that stabbed the red hair in the neck. It seems that two key points were stabbed at the same time, which instantly incapacitated the baboon.

The weakness of the neck, even the arrows do not know. Naturally, it's useless for him to know now, the baboon demon moves like the wind, the power is infinite, and if it encounters it, it will be a death nine times out of ten, and it takes a very weak probability to just attack the vital point?

Gray Eagle said: "Don't be stunned, it's a rare opportunity to kill a baboon, hurry up!" ”

Arrow also came to his senses, drew his hunting knife, and dismembered the prey with the gray eagle.

A fierce beast like a baboon demon is full of treasures all over its body, and with this hunt, the entire camp can live a good life. And they will be safe for the time being, with the breath of a baboon, ordinary beasts will not approach here.

Yao's physical exertion was too great, and his hands and feet were still weak, so he didn't go to clean up the prey, but sat down next to Huang Quan, resting, looking at him, and thinking in his heart: "It's really just luck?" ”

Huang Quan sat quietly, his face like water, and he didn't feel the girl's gaze at all.

But he is calm on the surface, but in fact, in his heart, he is repeatedly comparing the baboon demon to a little monkey.

During the Imperial period, the baby monkey was a very common species on the home planet, feeding on fruits and grains, no more than half a meter long, timid and timid, and was called a baboon monkey.

Baboon monkeys are inconspicuous and not very lethal, but they are extremely adaptable, move like electricity, and are extremely sensitive to danger, so when the Imperial army goes to an unfamiliar star field, they often bring a group of trained baboon monkeys to use as natural sentinels.

Gradually, this species gradually spread to various star fields as the empire expanded.

The size of the baboon demon is much larger than that of the baboon, the weight difference is hundreds of times, and the defensive strength of the fur is incomparable. But if you ignore the body size, in terms of appearance, except for an extra ring of red hair on the neck, the baboon demon and the baboon monkey are almost identical. What's more, they're exactly the same thing.

Is there really any connection between the baboons here and the baboons of the empire?

Huang Quan looked at the extraordinarily tall blades of grass and the incredibly huge ancient trees around him, and thought in his heart.

After half a day's work, the gray eagle and the flying arrow finally finished harvesting the prey.

What Huang Quan couldn't understand was that the gray eagle cut off the entire head of the baboon demon and carried it on his shoulder. The head of the baboon demon is large and heavy, and with such a big guy on its back, it can't carry anything else.

Judging from the costumes of the three people, it is likely that the tribal community to which they belong is still in a semi-primitive and semi-artisanal state. Judging from this, the most important thing for the survival of the entire community is safety and food.

The baboon's flesh and blood should be an excellent source of nutrition, but the gray eagle and the flying arrow didn't take much.

Most of the gray eagle's weight-bearing capacity is used to carry the baboon's head, while the arrows collect organs such as the heart, liver, and even some lung lobes, and only a few pieces of torso flesh are cut, in addition to half of the hind legs.

In Huang Quan's eyes, the heart is an ordinary muscle, and it is not much better than breast and leg meat. And the livers of many xenomorphs tend to be highly toxic, and even if they are not poisonous, there is no need to take that risk.

The same is true for other organs, which have no apparent purpose at all, but the arrows have painstakingly taken away. On the contrary, it was quite a useful hide, and neither of them paid attention to it.

Most of the baboon's corpse was still untouched, and the gray eagle's eyes were full of pity. He glanced at Yao, and saw that the girl helped Huang Quan up, so he didn't say anything. The current harvest is still relying on the good luck blow of Huangquan, so even the gray eagle is not easy to attack.

When the prey was gathered, the girl had fully recovered, which made Huang Quan look at her again.

This level of recovery is quite outstanding and is one of the most valued qualities of the Dragoon Battalion. When hunting in the wild, the quality of recovery often determines the life and death of both parties.

The Gray Eagle and the Flying Arrow were the first to clear the way, and Haruka carried Huangquan on his back and followed behind them.

This time, Huang Quan did not refuse, and grabbed the girl, let himself cling to her, and adjusted his posture slightly. In this way, if the two of them are one, she can save a lot of energy while running.

The three of them trotted all the way, and in the blink of an eye, more than an hour passed. Because of the baboon demon aura in his body, the road was very smooth, and he did not encounter any beast harassment.

After running for a while, the girl said, "Hold on a little longer, the camp is not far away." Are you okay? ”

"Okay, can you hold on?" Huang Quan asked rhetorically.

The girl's breath was short, sweat was rolling down, and her body was trembling a little. But her speed did not slow down at all, like a cheetah, running fast through the rainforest. Branches, trunks, vines, and even the stems of some giant grasses can become objects of her strength.

Huang Quan felt every contraction and relaxation of her muscles, and felt the flow of power inside, which turned out to be a kind of primitive and wild acumen.

She was quite tired, but still said, "It's okay, you have to run fast on this road so as not to leave too much smell." ”

"Why don't you go back with no meat and skin, just the head and entrails?"

"We have never killed a baboon demon in our settlement, and this head must be brought back to be made into a totem and kept forever. In the future, when those big settlements send people again, they will dare to look down on us. The heart and liver are sacrificial treasures, especially the heart and liver of the baboon, which are rare and precious. Sacrifice with them, and the souls of the ancestors will definitely appear! We can get the legacy and make the tribe stronger! ”

The girl said excitedly, but she didn't notice the difference in Huang Quan's face.

The word sacrifice has not only been extinct in the Imperial Era, but also dates back to the Second Federation and the First Federation before the Empire, and it has not been included in the general dictionary, and it only appears in the classics of ancient culture, and ordinary people will not encounter it at all.

It is said that in the era of the home planet, when civilization has not yet been fully civilized, and technology has not yet ruled people's hearts, there will be such a thing as sacrifice.

In the vast star field, many races were encountered during the Great Expansion of the Empire, and some of them still retained their sacrificial traditions. But most of them were primitive races that had not yet been fully civilized, and they were not known how many thousands of years away from leaving the star field.

I didn't expect that 10,000 years later, I would meet people who kept the sacrificial tradition. From the girl's words, it can be seen that they worship their ancestors in particular, and it seems that the ancestors will also appear in a certain state to impart knowledge and make their descendants stronger.

This was obviously beyond Huang Quan's common sense, and besides, he didn't understand what kind of knowledge could not be passed on through the wisdom brain or old books, rather than through some obviously unreliable way of ancestor sacrifice?

The girl and the two hunters both spoke the imperial Chinese, even if the grammar was a little strange and the pronunciation of individual words was different, but it was indeed the lingua franca of the empire. How can you be influenced by the culture of the empire, but how can you live like this primitive tribe?

With doubts in his heart, Huang Quan lay on the girl's back and followed the three of them all the way. He didn't ask any more questions, talking in the middle of the line would unnecessarily consume the girl's physical strength, and he had a hunch that these doubts might not be able to be clarified in a few words.

After running for about a few kilometers, the three of them stopped, and the girl pointed ahead and said, "Look, that's the camp of our settlement." ”