Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 187, Part 5

Perhaps because there are so few creatures on the ground that could pose a threat to these birds, they are quite unaware of ground creatures.

In particular, open spaces with unobstructed views make these birds feel quite safe—no matter what wild animals appear, they can take off and leave in time.

These Earth Star Stone fragments, only the size of a few fingers, when shot out with a stone-wood bow, generate enough force to hit these small birds with ease.

If you add some grass seeds to attract these birds and get their attention, it's not much different from picking up prey.

Although the weapons were all developed by the source, the actual implementation, the brutal actions taken against these birds, and the setting of these traps were all done by Shou himself.

Jiang Luoluo was somewhat surprised to hear this. She had thought that such a skillful method of catching birds would be Yuan's idea, but she did not expect that it was Shou's idea.

This might sound a bit unfair to Shou, but it's only natural to subconsciously attribute these things to Yuan, such a brilliant Stone Age genius.

It's not that I think Shou lacks the ability or anything like that, it's just that when one person is too conspicuous, it's easy to overlook the efforts and hard work of those around them.

On the contrary, after thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. After all, Yuan has to make a lot of stone tools every day, design a lot of new stone tools, and occasionally participate in hunting experiments, which already takes up most of her time.

Trapping techniques like these, which require a lot of time and experience to develop, will definitely fall to someone else who has more time and energy to work on.

That is, guarding the body.

Jiang Luoluo suddenly realized that Shou often caught various birds as gifts for Yuan, which was actually a way of trying different trapping and hunting effects every day.

Shou is also trying to explore more possibilities to help Yuan identify the shortcomings of the stone tools she makes and provide better directions for improvement.

Jiang Luoluo nodded repeatedly. She thought to herself, "There's no such thing as love without a reason. Falling in love at first sight is called lust at first sight."

Because they understand each other and are willing to make sacrifices for each other and work hard for each other, they are able to accumulate a deep affection.

As the two were talking, a sharp gust of wind suddenly came from the sky, and Jiang Luoluo and Shou looked in the direction of the sound at the same time.

It was a bird with a dark grayish-black color and its feathers looked dirty.

It was rather large; once it landed, its height was already close to that of an adult member of its race, not to mention how large it would be with its wings spread.

Jiang Luoluo suspected that this bird could pick her up and carry her away easily and effortlessly.

Seeing the black bird, which was noticeably larger than expected, Jiang Luoluo cautiously asked in a whisper, "Shou, there are so many kinds of birds in the sky. How can you be sure that the birds you've attracted are all small birds that you can shoot down, and not big birds?"

Shou also replied in a barely audible whisper, "Did you see those chains made of Earth Star Stones? That will do."

Jiang Luoluo followed the gaze and saw that the thin slices of Earth Star Stone that shimmered in the sunlight were specially selected.

Different-sized flakes of Earth Star Stone reflect different sizes of light under sunlight, and these different sizes of light attract birds of different sizes.

Just as humans wouldn't pay attention to sesame-sized pebbles on the ground, even enormous birds wouldn't be attracted to such a tiny bit of light.

Jiang Luoluo nodded knowingly, "I see."

However, Jiang Luoluo still looked a little confused, pointing to the large black bird that had been attracted to the area, which was over two meters tall, and asked, "What about this one? Is it considered big or small?"

As soon as Jiang Luoluo finished asking the question, she saw Shou calmly put away the slingshot he had prepared.

"This is considered quite large."

Jiang Luolu tilted her head, "Can't we hit this?"

Shou scratched his head. "No, that's not it."

"Then why..." Jiang Luoluo hadn't finished asking.

Shoujiu answered honestly, "Its feathers are not pretty."

Jiang Luoluo was speechless for a moment, unable to refute anything.

She almost forgot that the main reason she was catching birds here was because she admired their beautiful feathers and wanted to collect them to give to Yuan.

Jiang Luoluo took a closer look at the large black bird that was strolling around in the open space. No matter how much she wanted to defend the bird, she had to admit that it was ugly and its feathers were far from beautiful.

“And…” Shou continued.

"Its meat is really hard to eat, Luo."

Jiang Luoluo knew how discerning the tastes of the tribespeople were; if even they could say it was unpalatable, one could imagine that the meat of this large black bird must truly be terrible.

“Also,” Shou said, pointing at the large black bird, “Luo, don’t let its unintelligent appearance fool you. These birds are actually quite sharp. Trying to catch them is a huge waste of time and not worth it.”

It's not that we can't catch them, but as Shou said, what's the point of wasting so much time catching prey that doesn't taste good and is troublesome to catch?

Catching them is not only useless, but also a waste of time and energy, so it's better to just let them go.