King of the Wilderness

Chapter 322: Chapter 210: No Waste of the Prey

Lin Yu’an glanced at the sky. The sun had already crossed the highest point of the day and was beginning to slowly descend towards the western ridge.

The light was no longer so glaring, but the temperature in the air was dropping at a perceptible rate.

”Alright, folks, time for reflection is over.”

He immediately sprang into action, his tone becoming urgent and focused: ”The temperature of my current environment is about minus twenty degrees.”

”This means that this wolf’s carcass will freeze rapidly within the next hour. I must complete all the decomposition work before it becomes completely frozen solid.”

”Otherwise, once the muscles and joints freeze hard, my little Hunting Knife will become as useless as a nail clipper. This is a race against time.”

He began the initial decomposition of this trophy, and the first thing to do was to drag the wolf’s body into a side-lying position with limbs extended, optimal for operation.

Then, he used accumulated snow to lift and stabilize the body and back of the wolf, preventing it from sliding during the process.

”In field decomposition of large animals, stability is paramount. A stable operating platform can make your cuts more precise and safer.”

Once the preparations were ready, he drew his Hunting Knife, but didn’t immediately start skinning the animal; instead, he first performed ”bleeding” and ”organ treatment.”

He accurately pierced the wolf’s chest cavity and neck arteries with the knife tip, then forcefully pressed on the wolf’s abdomen.

Warm, dark red blood gushed from the wounds, quickly freezing into blackish red ice crystals on the snow.

Perhaps it had lost quite a bit of blood from previous injuries, so the blood that flowed out was far less than that of a robust adult wolf.

Next, he began extracting the organs, using the knife tip carefully to cut a long incision from the end of the sternum down along the midline of the abdomen to the pelvis.

He cut very shallowly, only severing the skin and fat layer, without damaging the stomach and intestines below.

”When handling organs, especially for carnivorous animals, the biggest taboo is puncturing the digestive system.”

As he operated, he explained to the camera with a focused expression: ”Once the contents of the stomach or intestines are released, the bacteria and digestive fluids inside will immediately contaminate the entire abdominal cavity. Then this piece of meat is basically ruined, and it will take more time to deal with work that should have been unnecessary.”

He reached into the warm abdominal cavity, able to clearly feel the slipperiness and temperature of the internal organs.

First, he located the diaphragm, using the knife to separate it from the chest wall, then grasped the esophagus and trachea with one hand and cut them off with the knife.

After completing this step, he could extract the entire set of organs from the chest cavity to the abdominal cavity, placing them whole and intact into the snow beside him.

A steaming mass of various colored organs was thus presented to the camera.

”Alright, now it’s time for a biology dissection class.” He showed no disgust, rather, like an experienced teacher, he started sorting and explaining the pile of trophies.

”First, the most valuable parts: the heart and the liver.” He used the knife tip to separate these still-warm organs from the connective tissues.

”The wolf’s heart is pure muscle, high in protein, low in fat, and its texture is excellent. Thoroughly cooked, it is one of the best sources of high-quality protein for quickly replenishing energy.”

Then, he lifted that enormous, deep reddish-brown liver, its surface smooth and elastic, looking like a massive blood tofu.

”And the liver, this thing, is both ’paradise’ and ’hell.’”

”It’s a natural vitamin, rich in vitamin A, B complex, and loaded with iron, copper, and essential amino acids.”

”In situations of prolonged lack of vegetables and fruits, regularly eating liver is the best method to prevent various vitamin deficiencies, especially scurvy and night blindness.”

”However...”

He shifted his tone, his expression becoming exceptionally serious, even to the point of solemnity.

”Here is a deadly piece of knowledge that anyone wishing to survive in the wilderness must engrave in their mind.”

”Carnivorous animals, especially those at the top of the food chain, store unimaginably high doses of fat-soluble vitamin A in their livers.”

”Our human bodies need vitamin A measured in ’International Units (IU),’ and adult males need about 3000 IU daily.”

”Yet just 100 grams of seal or polar bear liver can contain vitamin A levels reaching several million IU! Far exceeding the acute toxic dose for humans.”

”Ingesting an excessive amount of vitamin A at once will lead to acute vitamin A toxicity. The symptoms are terrifying! Severe headaches, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, skin peeling...”

”Your body will start to collapse from the inside, and this process is irreversible. In the wilderness, once it happens, it’s basically a death sentence!”

”Therefore, remember one principle: never, ever, ever touch the livers of any marine mammals like seals, walruses, whales, and bear family animals such as polar bears, brown bears, and black bears!”

He looked at the wolf’s liver in his hand, continuing to explain: ”So, can the wolf’s liver be eaten? The answer is yes, but it must be done with extreme caution and using the correct processing method.”

”Because wolves are also high in the food chain, the vitamin A content in their liver is also very high, far exceeding that of herbivores.”

”So, I would never treat it like a steak and fry it in large pieces. What I need to do is dilution and dosage control.”