CHAPTER 498: CHAPTER 489: THE BIG BOSS 7

Compared to the aforementioned, what Yan Shuangshuang is most proud of is that she created the Fire Stick, a magical item she often heard about in storytelling sessions during her modern childhood.

As for the method of making the Fire Stick, Yan Shuangshuang didn’t originally know it, but being a modern person, she understood the basic principle of the Fire Stick. So after a period of hard research, Yan Shuangshuang eventually managed to create the Fire Stick.

Now, everyone in the Power Tribe has a Fire Stick in their hands and a few storage baskets. These two items have become essential for the tribe’s people.

Usually, the Hunting Team doesn’t take storage baskets when they go out because the prey is brought back whole, but this time everyone brought a storage basket because they were accompanying Yan Shuangshuang to explore edible resources. So, the Hunting Team members carried storage baskets to hold the items Yan Shuangshuang found.

Although they brought many storage baskets, no one expected to fill them. Surprisingly, not far from the cave entrance, they discovered salt, which is more precious than food, and filled all the baskets without even picking all the salt fruit!

Among the thirty-something members of the Power Tribe, more than twenty are the elderly, the young, and the female warriors responsible for protecting those inside the cave. Only twelve people are strong enough to join the Hunting Team, of which two are women, and the rest are men.

With the unique energy warriors possess, their strength is immense. Yan Shuangshuang estimated that a single basket of salt fruit weighs over two hundred pounds, but all of them, including the two female Hunting Team members, easily lifted the baskets and swiftly ran back.

Yan Shuangshuang walked out, but on the return journey, everyone was eager to hurry back and naturally had to run. Her stamina was fine for walking, but she couldn’t keep up running, so Tie placed his precious daughter Yan Shuangshuang into the basket on his back, carrying her along with the salt fruit as he ran back.

Sitting in the basket, Yan Shuangshuang hugged her dad’s neck, feeling the strong wind blowing against her face as Tie ran, filled with excitement. She had never been carried so fast before.

All the Hunting Team members ran at an incredibly fast pace. Yan Shuangshuang carefully felt and estimated that their speed could easily outrun the fastest cheetah on Earth.

Not only was their speed fast, but their endurance was also stronger than Earth’s cheetahs. They had been running for at least half a day, but Yan Shuangshuang hadn’t heard her dad breathing heavily, and his forehead wasn’t sweaty at all.

Carrying nearly three hundred pounds of salt fruit and herself, running so fast, Tie still had energy to spare, making Yan Shuangshuang marvel at their unscientific physical fitness.

Because they encountered the salt fruit shortly after leaving, everyone picked the fruit and returned, making the round trip incredibly fast. They left in the morning and were back before noon.

So, the people inside the cave looked puzzled at the Hunting Team who had just left and returned, completely unaware of why they suddenly came back.

Only Yu observed the baskets filled with the ugly yet full salt fruit and cast a curious gaze towards Yan Shuangshuang, still sitting in Tie’s salt-laden basket.

The Hunting Team’s goal today was to protect Yan Shuangshuang in finding new food, and now they returned so early with so much abundance, clearly it was Yan Shuangshuang’s decision, so Yu directly inquired with her eyes.

Yan Shuangshuang, hugging her dad’s neck, didn’t say much but directly tossed a salt fruit to Yu, playfully saying, "Master Witch Doctor, try this fruit, there’s a surprise!"

Yu, always indulgent and doting toward Yan Shuangshuang, didn’t mind her cheeky attitude, casually caught the salt fruit Yan Shuangshuang threw, peeled it, and bit into it.

It wasn’t that Yu didn’t recognize the salt fruit. She knew that the juice-filled fruit was too unpalatable to swallow even when starving. But Yu trusted that Yan Shuangshuang was a smart and sensible child, especially as a Divine Favored; it was impossible for her to lead so many people into nonsense.

However, what Yu didn’t expect was that Yan Shuangshuang indeed didn’t plan to fool around, but she forgot to remind Yu that salt fruit shouldn’t be bitten into large chunks. So, Yu, unwittingly pranked by Yan Shuangshuang, took a big bite, which equated to holding a mouthful of salt!

At the moment the salty taste hit her tongue, Yu’s eyes widened, her face a mix of shock and joy, but soon, tears welled up in her eyes, stung by the salt!

Just like Ben and the Hunting Team’s reaction the first time they tasted salt, Yu couldn’t bear to spit it out. But the Hunting Team members had taken smaller bites, so they could use water to dilute the salt and swallow it.

However, Yu’s bite was too big, almost enough to cook a meal, making it impossible to dilute with water and swallow. But if she didn’t swallow it, she’d have to spit it out, and Yu really couldn’t bear to waste the salt in her mouth.

For a moment, she was caught between spitting and swallowing, standing there foolishly with a mouthful of salt. Yan Shuangshuang, watching Yu’s situation, felt both guilty for not warning her beforehand and somewhat amused and sympathetic, knowing how precious salt is to the Power Tribe.

However, she couldn’t really let Yu swallow all that salt, which could cause issues. She patted the basket full of salt fruit beneath her, generously telling Yu, "Master Witch Doctor, spit out the salt in your mouth. I discovered loads of salt fruit this time, we’ll never run out of salt again, so just spit it out!"

Of course, Yan Shuangshuang didn’t mention that if Yu held the salt any longer, her tongue might really get salted. Even now, Yu had held the salt for quite a while.

Though Yu finally listened to Yan Shuangshuang and reluctantly spat out the salt from her mouth, her tongue and mouth were left numb by the salt, making it difficult to speak. As she opened her mouth, she spoke with a heavy tongue.

But Yu no longer cared; she held up the salt fruit, her face full of excitement, and with a thud, knelt on the ground. The sound was so loud that Yan Shuangshuang felt knee pain just hearing it.

Kneeling on the ground, Yu didn’t care about her knees but began to worship the sky, speaking a stream of words of gratitude to the Heavenly God, thanking the Heavenly God for favoring the Power Tribe, allowing them to discover the lifesaving salt fruit, promising the Power Tribe would never forget the God’s grace, and so on.

As Yu knelt to thank the Heavenly God, all the Power Tribe members followed suit, kneeling around Yu, sincerely thanking the Heavenly God’s favor while chanting along with Yu, thanking the God for favoring the Power Tribe and granting them hope for prosperity.