Chapter 529 (2/2)

Even if they could jump quite hight, it was still tedious to kill the insects. It was quite a frequent occurrence for two warriors to bump into each other mid-air without killing any bugs.

Someone had the idea to catch them with nets but the farmlands were too large for it to work efficiently. Unless they were using nets with extremely small holes, the bugs could also fly through the holes.

After much effort and this large team of warriors, the bugs were finally exterminated.

“Someone went to cover the lands with the nets but this won’t solve the problem,” said Mai as he looked at the holes on the leaves.

Shao Xuan was thinking about the problem too.

The nets they were currently using to cover them had very tiny holes which blocked the sunlight going through. It could block some bugs but this solution can only be used temporarily.

What about pesticides?

For one, they haven’t discovered one safe for consumption yet. What they needed was highly specific and the tribe didn’t have the resources for that kind of research.

“Just use us for now,” said the exhausted Ke Ke. He was sweating buckets. Not only did the warriors need to eliminate the bugs, but they also had to be careful to not step on the crops too. It was a tough job.

Some tried to whack the insects with planks of wood but they had various degrees of success.

“Make some small holes on the plants then make the lower part of the plants thinner to make it into a handle, it’ll be easier to hold,” sais Shao Xuan.

The warriors holding the planks faces immediately brightened up, they then went to chisel the planks.

Some started to gather the carcasses to compost. The Dumb Birds didn’t eat this kind of bugs, the other beasts they had were mostly herbivores too.

Shao Xuan looked around his surroundings and headed towards the casting room.

The cabbages in the field weren’t a secret anymore so the security in the area was slightly looser now. After the big fight during the day, the guards were tired when night came.

A figure snuck in, moving as if it was floating. He landed on the ground without making a sound.

The figure listened to the surroundings and made sure no one noticed them. He “floated” once again. Just like a butterfly landing on a flower, he landed on one of the cabbages.

No one had yet to noticed him.

He hid behind a cabbage taller than a human and took a whiff of the leaf he sliced off. The took a leaf closer to the centre of the vegetable, he heard from the Flaming Horn tribesmen that the more central the leaf was, the tastier and crunchier it was. He had observed the plants for a few days and he finally got the chance to taste it.

He always liked vegetables over meat. The leaf tasted fresh and crunchy.

Staying hidden for so long paid off.

The land wasn’t brightly lit from the two moons that night. It was rather cloudly, causing the guards to not notice the man hidden behind that large vegetable.

After he finished his little tester, the man scanned the area. He remembered there was a larger cabbage here. With a little jump, he spotted it.