Chapter 82
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Chapter 82: Little Fox, A Research Maniac
Looking at the bustling tribal camp, Luo Ji smiled, clearly happy to see such a situation.
However, he did not join in.
After taking a couple of steps, he happened to meet Liu Shu, who had come out to join the fun.
Luo Ji casually asked.
“Where is Little Fox?”
“She seems to still be researching bows and arrows…”
As Liu Shu said this, he was clearly a bit embarrassed.
As the minister, he had come out to join the fun, while Little Fox, a newcomer, was fully engrossed in researching bows and arrows.
This inevitably made him a little awkward, so he quickly added.
“Tribe Leader, I just came out for a quick look, and I’ll go back to researching right away!”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Proper rest is also necessary.”
Luo Ji patted Liu Shu’s shoulder, clearly not bothered at all.
On the contrary, Little Fox seemed to be completely uninterested in anything other than weapons and equipment.
Thinking of this, Luo Ji simply went to the Armament Department’s tent to take a look.
Inside the tent, various materials were piled all over the ground.
Little Fox sat cross-legged on a piece of animal hide, her hands forcefully bending the newly made bow, seemingly testing its toughness.
After she had bent it enough, Luo Ji calmly spoke.
“How is the bow and arrow research coming along?”
“Still experimenting.”
Luo Ji’s identity as the leader did not seem to have much of an impact on her.
Little Fox replied without lifting her head, then pointed to the lumber piled in a corner.
“All of these pieces of wood have to be tested one by one.”
These pieces of wood were collected by the reconnaissance and hunting teams at Luo Ji’s instruction while they were on missions after the bow and arrow research began.
There was a considerable amount of it.
Testing all of these pieces of wood was undoubtedly a tedious process.
However, Little Fox seemed to be quite happy with this tedious process.
“There’s a celebration going on in the camp. Aren’t you going out to see it?”
“No, I’m not interested.”
Luo Ji spread his hands and did not insist.
Since staying in the Armament Department to research bows and arrows made her happier than participating in the celebration outside, why force her to join the festivities?
In this regard, Luo Ji himself was the same.
Next, he also needed to return to his tent to draw the leather armor designs.
Due to the need to collect resin and process animal hides, the various preparatory tasks in the early stages were quite time-consuming.
So, his task of drawing the leather armor designs had been delayed several times.
However, this time, it could no longer be put off.
He honestly returned to his tent to draw the designs.
Spreading out a piece of animal hide, Luo Ji already had a clear idea about the structure of leather armor, having previously researched information in the real world.
Originally, the earliest leather armor styles were very simple, basically just protecting the vital organs around the heart, and at most, adding two armguards.
However, at this moment, Luo Ji wanted to make it a bit more extravagant and design a full-body leather armor set.
After all, their tribe had an advantage in this matter, and that advantage was their small population, specifically, the small number of warriors.
Including the ten new warriors who had just started training, Luo Ji had a total of twenty nine soldiers.
This meant that he could devote all of his tribe’s military resources to these twenty nine soldiers.
Luo Ji was quite confident in making twenty nine sets of leather armor before the end of the novice protection period.
He easily and happily finished drawing two sets of leather armor designs.
After all, the armor for ranged and melee units needed to be differentiated.
Ranged units like slingers and archers clearly needed to prioritize flexibility, while melee units, who needed to charge into battle, required greater emphasis on defensive capabilities.
However, just as Luo Ji was about to take these designs to the Armament Department, Luo Yong came looking for him.
“Tribe Leader…”
“Is something wrong? Why aren’t you participating in the celebration?”
Luo Ji asked, somewhat puzzled.
“It’s actually those hyena corpses…”
As Luo Yong said this, his expression was full of subtlety.
Luo Ji decisively followed him to take a look.
Before he even got close, a nauseating stench assaulted him, causing him to immediately retreat two steps.
“Damn it! Have the corpses started to rot?”
Luo Ji’s tone was filled with disbelief.
Although these corpses had been left overnight, it was still winter.
They should not rot so quickly!
After understanding the situation from Luo Yong, Luo Ji finally figured out the whole thing.
In short, they were in the process of skinning the starved wolves and hyena corpses.
After all, animal corpses rot easily if left for too long after death, and everyone wanted to process the meat quickly.
However, when it came to the four hyena corpses, they had barely processed half of them before everyone could not stand it anymore.
It was normal for wild animal flesh to have a strong odor, but the problem was that the hyenas’ smell was not just strong, it was foul!
The overwhelming stench made them doubt whether the meat was edible, so they quickly sought out Luo Ji, the tribe leader, to make a decision.
Pinching his nose, he walked over and looked at the four hyena corpses.
Just by looking with his eyes, he could not really see any difference.
Afterward, he retreated a distance, found a spot with relatively fresh air, and seriously recalled the research he had done before.
A few minutes later, Luo Ji slapped his forehead.
“I remember now, hyenas are scavengers.”
“Scavenger meat shouldn’t be edible, right?”
“They’re full of parasites and can cause illness.”
“But throwing them away like this would be a bit of a waste…”
He weighed the uses of the four hyena corpses in his mind and finally made a decision.
“Anyway, skin these hyenas and give the hides to the Armament Department.”
“These guys have thick hides, so they should be good for making hardened leather armor.”
“As for the meat and bones, they can’t be eaten as they’ll just cause illness.”
“Find a place to burn them.”
If it were people from other tribes, they would definitely think their tribe leader had gone mad upon hearing this.
In this era, it was good enough to have something to eat, who would be picky?
However, the Mirror Tribe was a special case.
Their daily food problems were basically solved.
Under this premise, everyone naturally had no strong attachment to the four foul-smelling hyena corpses.
Although it felt a bit wasteful, since the tribe leader had said to burn them, they should burn them.
Luo Ji felt that this matter should be taken more seriously.
He did not want someone to get sick or even cause an epidemic.
That would truly be life-threatening.
To prevent anyone from acting foolishly, he directly ordered Luo Yong and Zhao Pan, both of whom had full loyalty, to supervise together.
After skinning, they were to personally witness the four hyena corpses being burned to ashes before reporting back to him.
As for himself, he followed his original plan and took the leather armor designs to the Armament Department.
Armor was also a part of military equipment.
Regarding this new design, Little Fox changed her previous indifference towards Luo Ji and enthusiastically looked at the design, confirming a large number of detailed questions with Luo Ji before turning back to continue her research.
