After tying up the coconut crab, which weighed at least seven or eight pounds, the two turned and headed back to the camp.
Coconut crabs are not social animals, and their foraging times are irregular.
Therefore, catching one was already quite a feat.
"Captain, why can this coconut crab grow so big?"
Liu Shi Shi looked at the coconut crab in her hand, asking with a curious expression: "It seems much larger than the crabs in the sea, is it because they eat coconuts?"
"Yes!" Tang Chen chuckled and joked, "Eating coconuts every day, how could it not be big?"
"Ah..." Liu Shi Shi was startled and looked up, asking, "Eating coconuts can make you bigger?"
As she spoke, she unconsciously lowered her head and glanced at her chest.
Seeing her gaze, Tang Chen smiled and said, "I'm not sure if you can get bigger, but it definitely can..."
"You're mean..."
Liu Shi Shi's face turned red, and she said with a wry smile, "Captain, even you've learned to tease people. I admit that I'm not as big as Sister Mi Mi, but... I'm not small either!"
After finishing her words, she tried to straighten her back, as if afraid of being compared to Yang Mi.
“Whoosh…”
As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a rustling sound from the bushes beside them.
Liu Shi Shi was startled and quickly huddled next to Tang Chen.
Tang Chen made a shushing gesture to her and whispered, "Wait for me here, I'll go take a look!"
"Captain..."
Liu Shi Shi's delicate hands grasped Tang Chen's arm tightly, as if unwilling to be separated from him.
"It's okay, just wait for me!"
Tang Chen gave her a wink, turned, and darted into the jungle.
From Tang Chen's experience, the sound just now sounded like the flapping of wings against leaves.
Judging from the force of the flapping, it was very likely a wild chicken.
It was probably foraging outside just like the coconut crab.
It was startled by their conversation and flew into the nearby bushes.
Tang Chen walked through the bushes, squinting through the moonlight to see ahead.
Sure enough, a wild chicken was standing on a treetop, looking ahead with great vigilance.
This wild chicken had a very long feather at the end of its tail.
It must be the legendary Indian long-tailed chicken.
This wild chicken usually lives only in tropical jungles, and its meat is very delicious. When stewed with wild mushrooms, it is considered a delicacy.
However, this kind of wild chicken is very alert and very difficult to catch.
Some Indians have specially developed many different traps to catch this kind of wild chicken.
But for Tang Chen, it was not that complicated.
A fishing net would suffice!
Thinking this, Tang Chen took out the fishing net from his backpack and climbed to a slightly higher position along the trunk.
Before the long-tailed chicken could react, he quickly threw the net.
The fishing net spread out a circle in mid-air, instantly enveloping the long-tailed chicken.
The long-tailed chicken reacted quickly, immediately flying into the air when it heard the sound.
Unfortunately, the net had a large range.
The net instantly blocked the long-tailed chicken's escape route, trapping it firmly inside.
Before the long-tailed chicken could react, Tang Chen had already rushed forward and tied it up with a five-flower tie.
At this time, Liu Shi Shi was standing outside, looking nervous and glancing inside from time to time.
When she saw Tang Chen walk out with a wild chicken in hand, Liu Shi Shi quickly rushed over.
"Captain, are you okay?"
Liu Shi Shi looked Tang Chen up and down, her eyes filled with concern.
"I'm fine, it's just a wild chicken!" Tang Chen raised the wild chicken in his hand and said to her, "Now, we can add another dish to our meal!"
"Ah? A wild chicken?"
Seeing this, Liu Shi Shi finally let out a long sigh of relief: "You scared me, I thought it was some kind of wild animal!"
She paused and said, "I asked you to come out tonight, what if you had encountered a wild animal? How could I explain it to Sister Mi Mi?"
"Where are there any wild animals?" Tang Chen chuckled and shrugged at her, "You think this is the Great Migration?"
"That's true..."
Liu Shi Shi nodded, then shifted her gaze to the wild chicken beside her.
"Huh, this wild chicken is so strange!" Liu Shi Shi said with a puzzled expression, "This is the first time I've seen a wild chicken with such a long tail!"
Seeing her puzzled look, Tang Chen said to her, "This is called an Indian long-tailed chicken, a very rare breed!"
After finishing his words, he picked up the wild chicken in his hand and said to Liu Shi Shi, "Let's go, let's head back to the camp, today's harvest was pretty good!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Liu Shi Shi responded, quickly following behind Tang Chen, and the two of them walked back to the camp together.
...
When Tang Chen and Liu Shi Shi returned to the camp, Yang Mi and the others were already awake and sitting by the camp waiting for them.
Seeing Tang Chen's figure, Yang Mi and Liu Tian Xian immediately ran towards them.
"Captain, are you okay?"
Yang Mi leaned in to look at Tang Chen, asking with a concerned expression.
"I'm fine, why are you all out here?" Tang Chen looked at Yang Mi in front of him, asking with a puzzled expression.
It wasn't dawn yet, so they should still be asleep theoretically.