Chapter 99: Trap

Ba Ke Er and Zhang Fan, the couple, the next morning after breakfast, took each other's hands and left the house, leisurely walking towards the Tribal Office. They didn't seem to have any major matter to discuss; rather, it was like a post-meal stroll.

Although they walked slowly, since the Tribal Office wasn't too far from their home, they didn't take long and soon arrived.

After entering, they discovered that Fei Er and Mo De had already arrived, sitting solemnly on the benches beside the large round table in the council hall together with the Tribal Chief and the Elders, staring at them. Zhang Fan also roughly guessed what was going on, and silently exchanged a glance with Ba Ke Er.

Upon seeing Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er arrive, Fei Er immediately changed his expression, stood up, and with a cheerful grin said, 'Oh dear! Fan Fan! You've finally come! Everyone's been waiting for you a long time! Come, come, come! Quickly sit down!'

Saying that, Fei Er rushed over, pulled Zhang Fan to sit on the bench in front of the large round table, then returned to his own seat. Ba Ke Er also sat down beside Zhang Fan's seat.

Tribal Chief Fei Ji, seeing that everyone had arrived, no longer remained silent. With a solemn face, he gently said to Zhang Fan, 'Divine Envoy! I heard that yesterday you made something called a trap? I also heard that you caught quite a lot of game together with Fei Er? Is this really true?'

Zhang Fan had already guessed that Fei Er and Mo De couldn't hold back and had told everyone about this, so he stopped pretending. He directly admitted it and listed many benefits of the trap for everyone.

The Tribal Chief and the Elders, having heard Fei Er and Mo De's words, still found it hard to believe—how could females possibly catch game? That's no joke! They'd rather believe wild boars climb trees than believe females could catch game on their own!

Moreover, as Fei Er said, one only needs to dig a few pits and break a few branches to catch a huge amount of game! Now, hearing Zhang Fan personally describe this method, the Tribal Chief and the Elders felt an indescribable shock.

At this point, they no longer doubted what Fei Er and his spouse said. After all, Zhang Fan's status as Divine Envoy stood there—he was an emissary chosen by the Beast God! They had the right to doubt anyone, but they dared not doubt the Beast God!

Now everyone became curious about that trap—what kind of tool could it be? It actually allows frail females to single-handedly catch so much game! If beastmen could also learn it……?

At that moment, Zhang Fan had no idea that his casual action would cause the tribal leaders to imagine so much. He was merely focused on promoting the trap's practicality and safety, as well as its specific usage guidelines and safety precautions.

The Tribal Chief and Elders watched Zhang Fan talk incessantly, and they found it hard to follow. After all, the content he spoke unconsciously brought in some very widely used terms from Earth; although those terms are broadly applicable, they are familiar to Earth people, but completely alien to those living on this primitive beastman planet still in the Stone Age.

After speaking for a while, Zhang Fan finally noticed that everyone in the council hall had slightly furrowed brows—even his constant companion Ba Ke Er showed the same expression. He then realized that, without realizing it, he had said so much that they couldn't understand……

Indeed, habit is terrifying! No choice— to accommodate everyone, Zhang Fan lowered his head in thought for a moment, then began to restate what he had just said using words that even the young beastmen on Beastman Planet could understand.

After Zhang Fan finished restating what he wanted to say and paused, the entire council hall suddenly erupted in thunderous applause, which made him feel somewhat overwhelmed! Aside from his companion and friends, the rest were all tribal leaders! For a moment, Zhang Fan actually began to panic.

Ba Ke Er sensed that Zhang Fan's emotions were a bit unstable, quickly reached out to pull him into his embrace, and kissed the top of his head. At that moment, Zhang Fan regained his composure, gave Ba Ke Er a faint smile, and everything was understood without words.

……

After finishing the theory, Zhang Fan thought it would be better to take everyone to see the actual operation. This would let them more directly experience the trap's various benefits, and also allow the tribe's hunting experts to try improving its shortcomings based on the original design, maximizing its utility!

Having thought it over, Zhang Fan directly said to the Tribal Chief: 'Tribal Chief Uncle, I feel that just listening to me won't let everyone directly sense the trap's function; I still think we should go out of the tribe together to test the trap's power in the wild! This would also let everyone more directly feel the trap's various benefits and some shortcomings. Everyone also knows I'm not a hunter.'

'The methods for setting these traps are also things I saw in some documents from my former home. In fact, the place I originally lived no longer has anyone who needs to rely on their own strength and wisdom to hunt in the wild. I suddenly thought of using a trap yesterday purely for fun. I never expected its effect to exceed my expectations!'

'So, I still hope Tribal Chief Uncle can arrange some hunting experts with quick wits to join us in conducting a small field experiment using traps to hunt.'

After Zhang Fan finished speaking in one breath, the Tribal Chief didn't hesitate, waved his hand and approved! He immediately ordered Ba Ke Er and Mo De, the two young beastmen, to run errands and summon all the tribe's hunting experts.

Once everyone gathered, the beastmen all shifted into beast form, even the Tribal Chief and Elders transformed into their beast forms, wanting to together witness this unprecedented hunting experiment.

Zhang Fan and Fei Er each climbed onto the backs of their own beastmen, who then carried them along with the large group as they flew out of the tribe. Along the way, nobody spoke; the air seemed to have congealed.

No one knew how long they had flown when they finally found a riverbank teeming with game.

At this time, it was the third month of the harvest season; the grass on the ground had shed its green garb and donned withered yellow attire. Countless herbivores were scrambling to migrate to places with lush grass. Coincidentally, the spot Zhang Fan's group found was a water source with relatively abundant grass.

This place not only had many herbivores, but also many predators. Just as Zhang Fan's group had just landed, a life‑and‑death struggle suddenly erupted on this unusually calm riverbank.

One saw a strong adult wild bull with two long horns being chased by a carnivorous dragon of utterly ordinary build, almost juvenile. In an instant, the riverbank's tranquility was shattered; all animals fled in all directions, leaving only the bull pursued by the dragon beast. The struggle didn't last long—the bull was overwhelmed by the dragon beast's mighty strength! After the dragon beast bit the bull to death, it carried off the prey and left.

Only Zhang Fan's group remained, silently observing the riverbank's changes. After everything calmed down, Zhang Fan began using nearby materials—unremarkable twigs, stones, and the like—to teach everyone how to set traps.

At first, the beastmen were puzzled why Zhang Fan had them look for stones and twigs. But when Zhang Fan, using only the few stones and twigs he had on hand, crafted a small trap and successfully caught two small antelopes,

everyone, including Ba Ke Er and Fei Er and his spouse, was stunned! They never expected the trap to be so effective! Moreover, the Tribal Chief and Elders saw many insights in it! Then everyone began to pool ideas, improving this newly made trap.

The results that followed were simply unimaginable! Because the improved trap unexpectedly caught an adult herbivorous giant dragon beast! This haul was undoubtedly huge! After this incident, everyone felt that the trap should be promoted in the tribe as soon as possible.

This way, even in the cold season, families with insufficient beastmen or none at all could still successfully catch game! Thinking of this, everyone actually no longer dreaded the arrival of the cold season as they had in previous years.

After repeating the experiment several more times, everyone's morale rose even higher! If it weren't almost noon, they would likely have continued experimenting.

At noon, instead of returning home to eat, they gathered on the spot and made lunch from the first two antelopes caught and several wild bulls. After eating, under the Tribal Chief's direction, they began to divide the giant dragon beast into dozens of pieces, letting each beastman carry one or two chunks, then waved them off to head back to the tribe together.

When everyone flew above the tribe, Zhang Fan's group didn't stop but headed straight for the Central Plaza as the Tribal Chief directed. Upon reaching the plaza, after setting down the brought‑back game, the Tribal Chief again surged into the sky, excitedly howling in all directions around the tribe.

Upon hearing the howl, the tribespeople immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed toward the Central Plaza like a tide. Once everyone had gathered, the Tribal Chief eagerly announced the trap matter.

Hearing this, the crowd erupted in an uproar! Nobody expected that mere stones, branches, and a big pit could catch so much game! Most importantly, they had even caught an adult giant dragon beast! A giant dragon beast! An adult giant dragon beast! What does this mean?!

After again announcing praise for Zhang Fan's selfless dedication, the tribespeople even more reverently lowered their heads toward where Zhang Fan stood and performed the highest‑rank salute to him.

……

In the following days, Zhang Fan's group busily led the tribespeople outside the tribe to begin learning how to set traps. Not long after, everyone in the tribe—female or male, old or young—gradually mastered the method of setting traps.