C20 Stealing Honey!
"Uh, let's go home first." Wu Xiaoming looked at Dong and Shitou, who were covered in the stinky beehive liquid, awkwardly.
Dong and Shitou nodded without a word. They would unconditionally obey any orders from the Human Emperor. Even if they were to die now, they would not even frown, and there was no need for the Human Emperor to explain anything to them.
Wu Xiaoming realized that the most important problem was that even if they found the honey, there was no container to store it. "Ah, what a mistake!" Wu Xiaoming sighed heavily. If only Uncle Di was here. After all, he was very familiar with the forest, and he could always find a container to store the honey.
After returning home, it was still very early. Xiaobai ran over to welcome Wu Xiaoming and the others from afar, but when he smelled the stinky smell on his body, he turned his head away with a look of disdain. Chang'e also frowned and distanced herself from them. She was actually being disdained.
After Wu Xiaoming took a shower, he immediately mobilized his clansmen to make bamboo tubes. The bamboo tubes that were as thick as his thighs were made more than a hundred of them. Hmm, these should be enough. Wu Xiaoming did not intend to transport all the honey away. After all, the bees needed the honey to survive. He could not fish in the troubled waters. Wu Xiaoming planned to learn how to use the Violent Bear's honey base as his honey base. However, he did not expect that when he reached the hive and saw a large amount of honey, he regretted not bringing more bamboo tubes over.
At night, they ate roasted snake meat and snake soup. Although the milky white snake soup did not have any spices, the original taste made Wu Xiaoming and the other clansmen eat until their stomachs were round. Even the Xiaobai ate a whole stone pot by itself. To be honest, every time Wu Xiaoming saw the Xiaobai's appetite, he would hold back the urge to dissect it and study how this little fellow could have such a big appetite like the clansmen. The strange thing was that his weight did not increase at all. He really did not know where his food went.
The next day, when Wu Xiaoming and the warriors were about to set off, he found out that he had forgotten another important thing. He had not brought the bee's corpse back yesterday, and even if he went now, he might not be able to reach the inside of the bee's nest. Thinking about the terrifying bee cloud, his scalp still felt numb when he thought about it.
In his previous life, the people who raised bees would wear special protective suits. However, in this primitive society, ordinary protective suits would not be of any use at all. The Violent Bear's armor-like thick fur could not even withstand it. Ordinary protective suits would probably be worn off.
The clansmen all looked at Wu Xiaoming, who was standing on the huge turtle shell, stunned. They did not understand why he was suddenly stunned when he was talking. "Human Emperor, are we going to hunt today?" Uncle Di was still heading out to hunt. Yesterday, they had only hunted a giant python, which was not enough for the clansmen to eat. They had also eaten up the last bit of meat. If they did not hunt anything today, they might be starving.
"Uncle Di, leave four warriors and women to fish together. The rest of you will go into the forest with me." Wu Xiaoming jumped down from the huge turtle shell and carefully looked at the remains of the giant turtle. It was very suitable, but it needed to be modified.
When they arrived at the hive again, Wu Xiaoming dragged the huge turtle shell. The tail and the head of the turtle shell were wrapped in dense bamboo. Through the gaps between the bamboo, they could see the bees flying around the hive. There were countless bees flying in and out of the hive. It was a spectacular sight.
The turtle shell was still too big, so it was impossible to enter the hive. Wu Xiaoming originally planned to use the turtle shell to enter the hive and use the bamboo tube to draw the honey into the bamboo tube. Unfortunately, he couldn't enter. However, the turtle shell was a natural shelter in the forest. If he encountered any dangerous creatures, he could hide inside it. He believed that even ordinary beasts wouldn't be able to break through the thick turtle shell. "Uncle Di, you have to bring this turtle shell with you when you hunt in the future. If you encounter any beasts that are difficult to deal with, you can hide inside the turtle shell and use the javelin to deal with them."
Uncle Di nodded in agreement. With this thing, the people of the tribe could basically hunt in the forest without worry. They had tried using their greatest strength to break through the thick armor, and even the Human Emperor couldn't do it.
However, he still didn't understand why the Human Emperor had to go into the hive. Other than the clouds of bees, there was probably nothing worth going into! The bees could not be used as food. "Human Emperor, are you sure you want to go into the hive? There probably isn't much food inside!"
"You'll know in a while." Wu Xiaoming frowned as he thought of how to sneak into the beehive. Looking at the flying bees in the air, he had no idea how to do it.
One of the bees stopped at the mouth of the turtle shell. A bored warrior pierced it with a bamboo spear through the gap between the bamboo. Fortunately, it did not attract the attention of the beehives in the air.
Wu Xiaoming could not help but be overjoyed when he saw this. After seeing that the turtle shell could not enter the beehive, he had sent his clansmen to the place where the Violent Bear and the beehives fought yesterday to look for the dead beehives. However, other than the traces of battle, there was nothing there. It was as if nothing had happened yesterday.
Wu Xiaoming opened the turtle shell and quickly took the dead beehives back into the turtle shell. His entire body was covered in its juice. Just as he was about to leave the turtle shell, he was pulled back by Uncle Di. "Human Emperor, let me go."
"Don't worry, Uncle Di. If the beehives attack me, I will quickly return." Wu Xiaoming took off Uncle Di's hand and carefully walked to the entrance of the beehive. The beehives did not attack him. Two of the beehives fluttered by his side as if they were confirming his presence. After fluttering for a while, they flew away.
Wu Xiaoming returned to the edge of the turtle shell and asked Uncle Di to pass him five bamboo tubes that were fastened with beast skins. Then, he swaggered into the world of the beehives.
The beehives in the beehive were busy. Bees with pollen kept flying into the beehive. Wu Xiaoming followed him all the way to the center of the beehive.
Wu Xiaoming secretly glanced at the bees that were entering and exiting the bucket-sized beehive. The beehive in front was basically filled with pollen, and the pollen and honey were split into half. The further he went, the more honey there was in the beehive. When Wu Xiaoming saw that the beehive was filled with honey, he could not wait to fill the bamboo tube he brought with him. Wu Xiaoming did not dare to look at the beehive at the back. He was in the midst of a swarm of bees, and there was a risk of his life at every moment. For example, there was a bee that stopped on Wu Xiaoming's shoulder at this moment. Its round eyes were carefully sizing him up, as if it was wondering why this kind of bee was different from the other kind. After waiting for a long time, the bee flew away in confusion.
After getting out of the danger, Wu Xiaoming tied five empty bamboo tubes with beast skin ropes and went back into the beehive. At this moment, Wu Xiaoming was like a hard-working bee, constantly entering and exiting the beehive. However, unlike the bees, the bees brought the pollen into the beehive, while Wu Xiaoming brought the honey out.
He did not know how many times he went in and out of the beehive, but when Wu Xiaoming went to get the empty bamboo tubes again, he found that all the bamboo tubes were filled with honey.
The villagers quietly stayed in the turtle shell, watching Wu Xiaoming transport the golden yellow sticky liquid over and over again. At this moment, the turtle shell was filled with a sweet and fragrant smell of pollen. Everyone tried their best to use their noses to sniff the smell, but no one tasted it.
Wu Xiaoming looked at the hundred bamboo tubes filled with honey and was secretly annoyed. "If I had known that there was so much honey in the honeycomb, I should have prepared more bamboo tubes. At least a thousand. What a pity."
"Come, everyone, try the taste of this honey." Wu Xiaoming looked at the clansmen who were curious and kept sniffing the bamboo tubes. He almost laughed out loud. Everyone handed a bamboo tube filled with honey to him, and he picked up a big one and took a big gulp. The rich fragrance and sweetness of the honey filled his mouth. It was too delicious. This was not the honey that was mixed with all kinds of things and water in his previous life. It was pure natural honey without any additives. It was so sweet that Wu Xiaoming could not wait to drink it all. At least three liters of honey was drunk by him in a short while.
The clansmen saw their clan leader drinking the golden yellow liquid in big mouthfuls and also drank it. They could not stop drinking until the last drop of honey in the bamboo tube was drunk. They looked at the other bamboo tubes with longing.
The bees that were flying around the honeycomb might have smelled the honey and stuck to the turtle shell's mouth and tail. The buzzing noise woke Wu Xiaoming, who was immersed in the sweetness of the honey. The bees kept flying around, and a few of them were biting the bamboo pieces with their sharp teeth. The bamboo pieces were bitten into holes one after another.
When a bee entered the turtle shell from the hole, Wu Xiaoming and the others finally reacted. Fortunately, Uncle Di had been paying attention to the swarm of bees. When he saw the bee passing through the bamboo net and entering the turtle shell, he shot it to the ground with a javelin.
"Let's go!" Seeing the danger, Wu Xiaoming immediately gave the order to retreat. If they did not run now, they would definitely not be able to return alive after the swarm entered the turtle shell.
Wu Xiaoming and Dong were on the head of the turtle shell and the tail of the turtle shell, respectively. They carried the turtle shell and quickly retreated. The eight warriors held javelins tightly. When they saw a bee enter, they would shoot it with a javelin. The other clansmen used wide animal skins to drag the bamboo tube and moved quickly.
After running for five miles, they finally got rid of the swarm of bees. "I plan to go back and fill up the twelve bamboo tubes." Wu Xiaoming still couldn't forget the King Beehive's honey. Since there was honey, there would definitely be King Beehive's honey. And he let the clansmen drink all the honey in the bamboo tube in order to pour out the King Beehive's honey.
"No, the swarm of bees has already alarmed us. It's too dangerous to go back! If the swarm of bees surrounds us..." "Don't worry, the swarm of bees treats me as their own kind. They won't attack me on their own initiative. I must go back and take a look!" Before Uncle Di could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Wu Xiaoming.
"Human Emperor, let's go with you!" Dong and Shitou took the initiative to cover their bodies with the dead bee juice.
Seeing the determined look on the face of Dong and Shitou, Wu Xiaoming nodded his head emotionally. "Let's go. Even if it's a dragon's lair or a tiger's den, we brothers can still barge in."