Chapter 553, New Countermeasures

Translator: Silavin

 

Yu Ying stood by the window watching their departure, her face clearly showing her worry.

 

She knew that going out during the snow season was rather dangerous, so she stood there watching for a long time.

 

“Don’t worry, they’ll definitely be fine.” Su Bai comforted her, sitting at the table making tea.

 

That tea set was just crafted. During the snow season, brewing hot tea was incredibly refreshing.

 

Yu Ying turned around and slowly walked to the table, worrying: “Shaman, I wonder what the other Tribes will be like during the snow season, and whether they’ll treat Ah’Hua and Ah’Lan well.”

 

Yu Ying was rather worried they would not eat or sleep well, after all they had left the Tribe.

 

Even if they lived in other Tribes, she felt that they could not surpass the Flame Dragon Tribe. Being able to live in the Flame Dragon Tribe was definitely the best.

 

“It certainly won’t be as comfortable for them to live away from the Tribe. But they brought plenty of food, so their meals are covered.” Su Bai calmly said.

 

He had the girls bring a lot of food with them. This way, although their accommodation would not be very good, their meals would still be decent.

 

“I hope they can return safely.” Yu Ying placed her hands on her chest, the worry on her face not diminishing in the slightest.

 

“Don’t think about it so much now. Just wait for their good news and trust them,” Su Bai said.

 

He naturally knew the dangers of the snow season, but rather than worry so much, it was better to trust them.

 

Moreover, everything that could be done had been done. What remained was to see how capable each person was. The Warriors going out this time all had decent abilities, so there probably wouldn’t be any problems.

 

“Shaman, let me prepare some afternoon tea for you.” Yu Ying got up to go to the kitchen.

 

“En, you go ahead and get busy. I need to discuss something with Co Co.” Su Bai nodded lightly.

 

*Step step step…*

*Creak!*

 

Just as Yu Ying turned to leave, a golden-haired girl pushed open the room door, blinking her golden eyes at the Shaman.

 

“Shaman, do you have a new mission to assign me?” Co Co had just come out to get something to drink when she happened to hear.

 

Su Bai put down his teacup and looked up. “I want you to help me make some poison. This poison needs to be extremely potent.”

 

This was another method he had thought of in the past two days that could help the Tribe alleviate the upcoming danger – making poison.

 

Afterwards, he would smear all this poison on arrows, then shoot the poisoned arrows into the Ferocious Beasts’ bodies.

 

This way, they could greatly reduce the Ferocious Beasts’ mobility, providing opportunities for the Totem Warriors.

 

Moreover, this would also greatly improve the accuracy of explosive package detonations. Otherwise, if those Ferocious Beasts moved too quickly, they would dodge the explosive packages’ blasts.

 

But if their mobility began to slow down, they could control the explosive packages’ detonation timing better.

 

“Make poison? What does the Shaman want poison for?” Co Co was stunned for a moment, then continued. “If we use poison to hunt prey, we won’t be able to eat that prey.”

 

Her first thought was using it to hunt prey, but once poison entered prey’s bodies, those poison would spread as well, making it completely useless.

 

“It’s for purely killing, but not for eating.” Su Bai said seriously.

 

He naturally knew this, so he had not planned to eat those maddened Ferocious Beasts either.

 

“Shaman, is this for the eternal night?” Co Co thought of this after her idea was rejected.

 

“Yes, we need to prepare in advance. If iron ore isn’t found, all our hopes will rest on this poison,” Su Bai said word by word.

 

This was the last method he could think of. Although they did not have firearms, poison could still be of great help.

 

“Shaman, I’ll try,” Co Co’s expression also became serious, especially with her newly cut short hair, making her face look even more resolute.

 

Co Co really suited short hair. It could be said that she looked the best in short hair among all the girls in the Flame Dragon Tribe.

 

When others cut their hair short, none looked as good as her. There always seemed to be something missing, though should be said it was not that they looked bad.

 

“These are several sheets of poison formulas. If you don’t understand anything, you can come ask me,” Su Bai handed over those sheets.

 

Actually, what was written was not words at all, but drawing, since Co Co currently knew very few characters. If written as words, she definitely would not understand.

 

So, Su Bai drew them, with each plant drawn with great detail.

 

Co Co took the papers and began studying them seriously, exclaiming in surprise. “Shaman, does making poison require so many plants?”

 

Those sheets were all filled with drawings of plants, and the quantities were not just a few specimens. One sheet had five or six types of plants, not to mention there were six such sheets.

 

“Yes, these plants are all poisonous. I don’t know which poisons combined will have stronger toxicity, which combinations will neutralise the toxins, or what other effects there might be. So, you’ll need to experiment with these.” Su Bai explained.

 

What was drawn were all from a book he had read – the herbal encyclopaedia.

 

The herbal encyclopaedia did not only depict medicinal herbs; the front showed various herbs while the back showed poisonous plants, and there were quite a lot of them.

 

Of course, these poisonous plants could also be used medicinally, but the extraction methods were very troublesome.

 

So, Su Bai had not used these poisonous plants to make medicines at all. Although he had planted some in the greenhouse, they had been left there unused.

 

“I understand. I’ll experiment with these slowly and definitely strive to create the most potent poison,” Co Co’s gaze was extremely determined.

 

There was nothing else to it – whenever doing these experiments, she was extremely serious and very willing to go over and beyond what she needed to do.

 

“All these poisonous plants are available in the greenhouse. If needed, have people harvest them all for you. But when you’re experimenting, you must be careful. Wear the mask and gloves I gave you, and put on the protective goggles as well,” Su Bai instructed.

 

Ever since Co Co began experimenting, he had gradually given her lots of equipment.

 

Things like protective clothing, gloves, and masks – these could all be made in Primitive Tribes. Although most were made from animal hide and linen, it was better than having nothing at all.

 

The protective goggles came from a recently opened System assistance package, which were also good for protecting the eyes.

 

“Understood. I won’t disappoint you,” Co Co nodded repeatedly.