I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 840, Natural Selection

Translator: Silavin

Silavin: Best for readers to take this chapter with a grain of salt. Doesn’t really align with the old Chapter 802.

Yan Hua, Sha Lan and their companions piloted the hot air balloon, gradually returning to the Flame Dragon Tribe. They had just completed their mission.

They were retrieving the previously abandoned boxes.

The boxes contained densely packed White Foot Six Legged Insects, which had by now produced a ton of honey.

Yan Hua crouched delightedly within the hot air balloon, examining each box. Due to fear, not a single White Foot Six Legged Insect had emerged from the boxes.

“Each box weighs a lot more than before. There must be a lot of insects and a lot of honey.” Sha Lan anticipated eagerly.

Sha Lan could hardly wait to examine what was inside. More so, she wanted to taste the honey.

“I wonder if they might escape. They are hiding themselves inside. So, I guess not.” Yan Hua muttered.

She looked at the boxes’ condition with concern, fearing the White Foot Six Legged Insects might crawl out.

“They won’t. At such an extreme altitude, even if they run out, where can they go?” Sha Lan smiled.

Sha Lan believed that even should they escape, capturing them would be simple. After all, they were all on the hot air balloon.

“Still, rearing White Foot Six Legged Insects inside the Tribe. How surprising.” Ai’er exclaimed delightedly.

Sha Lan covered her mouth, laughing. At that time, Sha Lan had only considered the Shaman’s concept profoundly shocking, and had never thought of doing it.

Yet, they did it. They managed to rear them. All boxes contained White Foot Six Legged Insects and honey!

“We are going to arrive quite soon. When we get back, we can open them up to check.” Yan Hua anticipated.

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh…*

The hot air balloon advanced gradually for over an hour before the  group returned.

Each box was positioned at the flower field. Sha Lan had specifically visited the Yong’an Building to request for Su Bai.

The flower field now displayed numerous boxes; eight boxes total, each measuring one metre in length, width and height.

When these boxes were positioned in the flower field’s centre, they genuinely resembled Earth’s beekeeping.

Su Bai arrived by carriage at the Tribe’s exterior flower field. These past days, he had remained within the Yong’an Building without going out.

Now, upon reaching the flower field, he suddenly experienced refreshing sensations, particularly after observing the colourful blooming flowers.

“Shaman, we have successfully transported all the boxes back.” Yan Hua immediately rushed forward.

“I just heard from Ah Lan. This was a success, right?” Su Bai smiled.

“I opened them briefly to check. I saw the insides are filled with White Foot Six Legged Insects. But, we have not yet checked for honey or similar substances.” Yan Hua explained.

“Opening them now will reveal everything.” Su Bai indicated they could open the boxes.

Yan Hua had awaited precisely this instruction. She immediately rushed to open the first box.

Upon opening, several White Foot Six Legged Insects immediately crawled forth. Their sizes were uniformly modest.

However, their bodies were visibly covered with a ton of pollen, clearly having just completed their laborious duties.

“Shaman, the inside contains a lot of White Foot Six Legged Insects. But, I don’t see any honey.” Sha Lan also approached to check.

“Did I not previously say we need to extract their nests to check?” Su Bai stepped forward, continuing. “But do not take out too much. Remove only a small portion.”

“Understood.” Yan Hua reached in, extracting a small nest fragment.

She discovered the nest comprised numerous interconnected holes forming a large nest structure, resembling recently crafted fishing nets.

“Breaking it open like this will reveal the honey.” Su Bai extracted a small piece.

The instant the White Foot Six Legged Insect nest broke open, a lot of honey flowed out.

“En! As sweet as ever.” Su Bai sampled the flowing honey.

He found the flavour exceptionally sweet, quite similar to Earth’s honey. Though, minor differences existed between them.

This honey possessed exceptional viscosity. It was thick enough to form small spherical shapes.

Conversely, Earth’s honey was comparatively thinner.

“Shaman, I wish to try it too.” Yan Hua spoke impatiently.

“Shaman, we also wish to try it.” Sha Lan and Yu Ying likewise displayed pitiful expressions.

“Ha ha ha ha…” Su Bai laughed heartily, continuing to break apart the remaining nests.

He distributed small portions of honey to each girl.

“Shaman, it is so sweet. I love this.” Yan Hua nodded continuously with delight.

“We have not tasted this flavour for so long!” Yu Ying swished her fox tail happily.

“I never imagined our Tribe would now possess an abundance of honey.” Sha Lan observed the row of wooden boxes admiringly.

She thought that henceforth, they could consume as much honey as they wanted, never again needing to search through the forest.

“Open each box . See whether the honey quality remains consistent.” Su Bai instructed.

He intended to do natural selection. He was unable to keep inferior White Foot Six Legged Insects.

Not all White Foot Six Legged Insects were hard working. Many were exceedingly lazy, or produced inferior-tasting honey.

They must retain only the best White Foot Six Legged Insects, subsequently expanding their cultivation.

“Understood.” Sha Lan’s group commenced opening boxes.

As boxes opened, those insects crawled forth leisurely. Some even demonstrated resistance.

This occurred because the Queens resided within these boxes. Queens were their only method of reproduction and the White Foot Six Legged Insects would not permit others to endanger her.

“Shaman, everything appears to be the same. No significant differences.” Yan Hua reported.

“Great. Leave them be then. Position them here to continue the honey production. Collect the already produced honey.” Su Bai instructed.

“Okay.” Yan Hua’s group responded.