We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 59 Unexpected Discovery
The first spear pierced right through a giant wolf, pinning it to the ground, where it could only utter its final, mournful howl.

The wolf king howled, and the pack seemed to hear a command and began to retreat rapidly.

But the second spear had already arrived, grazing right past the wolf king's right hind leg as he was covering the rear.

Blood flowed out, but the wolf king seemed unaffected by the pain and quickly caught up with the main force.

"Fortunately!"

Seeing this, Xia Minghao felt relieved. As long as there was an injury and blood, the traces left would be enough for Wangcai to track him down.

The wolf pack vanished in the blink of an eye, and the boat slowly approached the shore.

He leaped up, first driving in wooden stakes and then attaching the wooden boat. Xia Minghao didn't even bother to deal with the giant wolf's corpse that had been nailed to the ground by Sheila's spear.

The most important thing now is to mobilize everyone to search for the wolf pack; there are no extra personnel left to support the following fleet.

With the giant wolf and the moored wooden boat, they should know what happened even if they didn't find anyone upon arrival.

"Wangcai, smell this, look for it."

After a few commands, the training that had been done in his spare time finally paid off. Wangcai's CPU processed the information and immediately got into the zone, starting to sniff around.

"We won't wait here. Let's go find the wolf pack right now and kill them."

Xia Minghao turned to look at everyone and spoke.

The flagship was filled with core members, and none of them expressed any opposition to Xia Minghao's decision.

Only Bald Liba hesitated before slowly speaking.

"Chief, could I have a wooden spear?"

Looking at Liba, Xia Minghao thought for a moment, then took a wooden spear off his back and handed it to him.

Previously, everyone except the members of the Xi tribe hunting team was required not to carry weapons such as wooden spears.

Not only was it unnecessary under Xia Minghao's division of labor, but it was also because of the fear of accidents.

Although it is true that you can feel a lot of simplicity when you get along with these primitive people.

But what if someone really stabs you in the back? How would you deal with that?
This is a special case, so we'll have to deal with it specially. After all, we'll be fighting soon, and we don't know what will happen. Giving Liba the spear will definitely increase our fighting strength.

Besides enabling Liba to protect himself, it might also come in handy at crucial moments.

Wangcai had already identified the scent and barked twice. When it saw Xia Minghao looking over, it immediately wagged its tail and started circling around.

"set off!"

Having understood Wangcai's meaning, Xia Minghao led everyone to follow Wangcai's steps.

As he walked, Xia Minghao observed the environment of this new area.

The most immediate impression is that the trees here are quite dense, and there are more species than in the previous locations; there are several types of trees that I have never seen before.

Moreover, the bushes were very dense, and in some places, one had to use a survival knife to clear a path.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Xia Minghao suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The first part of the road was fine, but the second part always felt familiar.

"Stop!"

Frowning, Xia Minghao looked around and used his knife to carve obvious scratches on the trees around him.

After thinking for a moment, he piled up a small mound of stones on the ground before continuing on his way.

After a long time...

Without Xia Minghao needing to say anything, everyone stopped in their tracks simultaneously.

Because everyone saw that small pile of stones, wasn't that what the chief had just piled up?

Everyone looked surprised, while Xia Minghao narrowed his eyes.

Did I encounter a ghost wall in broad daylight?
Of course not. Rather, the pack of wolves that had fled deliberately circled around here to confuse us about tracking them.

It has to be said, this wolf is quite intelligent; it even knows how to counter-track...

Stroking his chin, Xia Minghao pondered for a moment, but couldn't come up with a good solution.

"Forget it, let's go around one more time. If there are no obvious traces, we'll have to give up."

After everyone carefully observed for any traces left by the wolves, Wangcai continued to lead the way.

Under Xia Minghao's orders, they had only walked a few steps when they unexpectedly made a discovery.

"Here, Chief! Here!"

Una screamed, and everyone rushed over.

Xia Minghao looked at the spot Una was pointing to, and sure enough, there were some dried bloodstains on the leaves.

The bloodstains were very fine and difficult to spot without careful searching.

After observing the direction of the bush leaves where the bloodstains were left, Xia Minghao analyzed the wolf pack's movement trajectory in his mind. It was clear that they left the bloodstains in a direction that led them out of the circle.

"Everyone, search here." The crowd that had been gathered together immediately dispersed and began searching.

Searching for clues took much longer than traveling. As time ticked by, Xia Minghao wondered whether he should give up and turn back.

At this moment, Wangcai suddenly started barking loudly.

The sound came from outside this circle, and it was even quite far away.

Did Wangcai find it?

Xia Minghao hurriedly followed the sound, cutting through the bushes blocking his path. He saw Wangcai wagging its tail vigorously, standing next to a bush about knee-high, looking quite fawning.

Ignoring Wangcai, Xia Minghao squatted down to look and, sure enough, found bloodstains again.

"Okay, okay, you'll get an extra treat today!"

He rubbed Wangcai's wolf head, then stood up and called out to the crowd to gather them together.

Once everyone was confirmed to be present, Xia Minghao issued another tracking order to Wangcai.

However, Wangcai did not continue to lead Xia Minghao and the others forward as before. Instead, it began to look down and sniff frequently, then raise its head and make whimpering sounds.

Stared at by more than a dozen eyes, Wangcai felt increasingly uncomfortable. Its tail wagged more and more violently, even causing its rear end to shake.

what's the situation?
Seeing Wangcai's unusual appearance, Xia Minghao was completely confused.

Has it lost its scent?

Wait a minute, it's impossible that the pack of wolves flew away.

As long as it walks and has injuries, it will leave behind a considerable amount of scent, enough for Wangcai to track it down.

There must be a scent left by the wolf pack, but why did Wangcai stop moving forward?
Could it be that a stronger odor is interfering with Wangcai?
With a suspicion forming in his mind, he walked to the bush with bloodstains and began to sniff the surrounding area from there.

When we got to a spot not far to the left, a peculiar smell entered our nostrils.

Is this the smell?
"Pull them out, pull them all out!"

Pointing to the shrubs that were about knee-high, Xia Minghao said to everyone.

Everyone immediately began searching for the shrub the chief had pointed out, and just as they were about to pull it up, they heard the chief give another order.

"Don't pull them out, collect these things."

Collect them?

Everyone looked at the bush, some with confusion.

Why collect this? Can you eat it?

But no one questioned it. The chief had his reasons for telling them to do it, and they just had to do as he said.

Even if someone asks, Xia Minghao will provide an answer.

Of course I can eat it, and I can eat a lot.

I was so focused on finding the wolf's tracks that I didn't realize what was happening.

However, Xia Minghao immediately realized something.

He plucked a leaf, held it to his nose, and inhaled the spicy aroma of mint mixed with fennel, filling Xia Minghao's nostrils with joy.

There was an unexpected surprise!
The wolf pack originally intended to use this tree with its distinctive scent to erase their tracks, but little did they know that they had inadvertently given the two-legged creatures a great gift.

Although the smell is unfamiliar, I have smelled it before. It is a spice that is not commonly eaten – oregano!
Although I don't like the taste, it's better to have something than nothing, given the current shortage of seasonings.

After all the oregano in the vicinity were pulled up, Wangcai was no longer as confused as before when he smelled it again.

Sure enough, it was this thing that was causing the interference. I couldn't help but be surprised again at how cunning this wolf pack really was.

Led by Wangcai, they set off again, advancing in a battle formation.

The further they went, the more open the area became, and eventually they arrived at the foot of that strange mountain.

The place where we moored the boat was not far from the foot of the mountain. If we had known, we would have just followed the edge of the mountain. Instead, we were led in a big circle by the wolf pack.

"Shifa, take your men over there. Shira, take your men over there."

To prevent the highly vigilant giant wolves from discovering their group and abandoning their den to escape, Xia Minghao made arrangements in advance.

The crowd that had been gathered immediately dispersed into two lines and began searching for traces of the wolf den, following the direction Wangcai had gone.

A moment later, Wangcai suddenly turned around, tiptoed to Xia Minghao's side, and then kept looking up and down in one direction.

Looking in that direction, there was only the mountain, but no cave or giant wolf.

I picked up the binoculars hanging around my neck and looked again; this time I could finally see clearly.

It turned out that a hole had been carved out under a huge rock at the foot of the mountain, and it was hidden by bushes, making it very difficult to notice.

Inside the cave, the silhouette of half a giant wolf could be vaguely seen, licking a gruesome wound on its hind leg...

(End of this chapter)