The sun was going crazy. Lin Xiao's feet were stepping on the ground as if they were stepping on a stove, and his body was covered in sweat. According to the path pointed by the Nanka tribe's hunting team, after a long journey, Lin Xiao and the three finally arrived at sunset. We recently found the ronin living near the Nanka tribe.
The man's waist was wrapped in a dark animal skin. This animal skin looked as if it had not been washed. The thick fur had begun to harden. He bent down to pick up firewood on the ground, and then took out a round stick. A round stick with an animal skin covering the top half of the stick.
Drilling wood to make fire is a basic skill that primitive people in the wild times mastered. After repeated friction, the wood finally began to smoke slowly, and the hay was instantly ignited. With the help of other companions, the fire finally started.
The firelight does not look hot or blazing under the dusk sky. Only at night will the firelight become as bright as the stars in the dark. It is the only way to bring them light and heat, and it is also the only way to give them light and heat in the dark night. Something that gives them a glimmer of security.
"Ge, there are three ronin coming outside! Come and take a look!" At this time, a companion outside the cave hurried in and shouted to the man, "They said they want to live here with us."
As the leader of these nine ronin, although Ge is not a totem warrior, he has well-defined muscles and is naturally much stronger than the average tribesman. When Ge heard the man's words, he frowned and raised his eyebrows. "Do they want to live with us? Do they want to join us and help each other with us?"
"should be."
Hearing his companion's answer, Ge nodded slightly, handed the fire to another companion, and then walked out quickly.
Seeing the three new ronin Ge showing a scrutinizing look, he couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect that one of the three new ronin was a child, and the other two ronin looked pretty strong. , when we meet fierce beasts, we can protect each other when we are together, but this child... Ge couldn't help but shake his head in his heart.
The nine of them here used to be members of the same tribe. After the tribe was destroyed, they wandered alone. At first, there were about fifty people, including men, women, old and young, but less than one There are only nine of them left among the men and women who flowed together in the same year, and the others died due to various reasons.
Ge's heart couldn't help but ache, including his only sister, but it was really difficult for them to live in the wild without the power of the totem.
A group of them migrated away from the ruined tribe in search of hope of survival. Step by step, they came to the vicinity of the Nanka tribe, but there were fewer and fewer tribesmen. When the tribe was destroyed, the grain stones also remained in the tribe. They no longer had any Hope.
All the way to the Nanka tribe, there were only twelve tribesmen left alive. Although they did not dare to hunt wild beasts, they relied on finding wild fruits and vegetables to survive until now.
They live secretly in this cave at the edge of the Nanka tribe. Once they meet people from the Nanka tribe, they must go around the road and not let the tribesmen discover that they live here, otherwise they will be driven away. The tribesmen would also directly kill these wanderers, but they were lucky. When the Nanka tribesmen found them, they usually just drove them away and would not kill them.
But just a few days ago, a ferocious beast came near this cave within the territory of the Nanka tribe... They had lost three companions because of this. The thing was like a gust of wind, snatching people away in the dark!
That's why he lit the fire now. After the first companion who was keeping watch had an accident, he thought it was all over, but he didn't expect that just three days later, the beast came again, but this time the beast didn't The man was successfully taken away, but in the next few days another companion who was keeping watch did not have such good luck.
With the death of their second companion, they did not dare to let anyone guard the entrance of the cave. Everyone stayed inside the cave. On the day they lost their third companion, they finally saw the killer in the darkness. There is no adult black panther. Although it is not yet an adult, this black panther, which is comparable in size to two people, is no longer something they can resist.
Go pulled himself back to his thoughts and set his eyes on the three new ronin. He noticed that the three new ronin were wearing animal leather pants, strange animal leather clothes, and something he had never seen before on their feet. However, Go recognized at a glance that this thing could protect their feet from stepping on the ground. The three ronin were all dressed very well, and it seemed that their tribe had been destroyed not long ago.
Ge noticed the smile on the face of the child who was traveling with him, and suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart. He couldn't help but let out a sigh. This child didn't know what losing the tribe really meant to them, nor did he know how to become a ronin. What will life be like in the future, "Hello, my name is Ge, do you want to live here?"
"Lei," Lei pointed at himself, then introduced Lin Xiao and Lie respectively, and then said, "We found that there are not many of you here, so we want to live here."
When Ge heard this, there was a trace of sadness in his eyes. There were only nine people left among the fifty people. Among them, only Ya was a woman, and the rest were men. If it weren't for the abundant wild fruits and vegetables near the Nanka tribe, they would have been there long ago. Just starved to death.
"Is there any problem?" Lei frowned slightly and asked when Ge didn't speak for a long time.
Ge shook his head, showed a slightly friendly smile, pointed to the gradually darkening sky outside, and invited the three of them: "Let's go into the cave first. It's not safe outside at night."
In fact, at this time, Lin Xiao heard the weird "gurgling" sound in the dark, and felt a little fuzzy in his heart. During the time they came from the Bahrain tribe, Lei would keep vigil for them every night when they went to bed. Otherwise, It was Lie Vigil. Originally he said he would also come to vigil, but in the end... because he didn't have a totem, his hearing and vision at night were far inferior to Lei and Lie. The two brothers actually disliked him at the same time and told him to just sleep well.
Sure enough... you still need a small nest to sleep in order to feel safe.
Lin Xiao stared at the burning cave and couldn't help but think in his heart.
"Let's go, come in first." Ge pointed to the cave and walked in with Lin Xiao and the others.
Lin Xiao's mouth twitched as he followed Ge into the cave. Is it too late for him to regret not wanting to live in the cave now?
What a stench is this!
Compared to the cave they lived in before, this cave was so smelly that he could hardly breathe.
Of course, Lin Xiao couldn't understand. Although Lei Helie's cave was very smelly when he first went there, there were only two people living in the cave, but there were eight grown men and one woman living in the cave at the same time. Personally...the number of people is 4.5 times that of Lei Helie, so it's normal for them to be smellier.
However, as soon as they entered the cave, not only Lin Xiao had a tangled expression on his face, but Lei Helie, who had been influenced by Lin Xiao, also frowned, but his endurance was obviously better than that of the two brothers Lin Xiao, and he just frowned slightly. His face was not as white as Lin Xiao's.
Helplessly, Lin Xiao had to choose to sit near the cave entrance, so that he could at least breathe the freshest air, and the smell was not as strong and unpleasant as inside.
Ge, as the leading ronin among the nine people, brought a few people into the cave, but did not get to know the tribe of the three people. He immediately asked: "There is no food in the cave but there is water. Do you need it?" "
Lin Xiao licked his chapped lips. They had eaten a meal before coming here. Although they were not hungry, they had been in the sun for too long and they had finished drinking water. They had not found a place to get water today.
"Yes," Lin Xiao said urgently. After hearing this, Ge smiled and handed Lin Xiao and the others a water bag. Lin Xiao said to Ge, "Thank you."
Ge sat by the fire, shrugged and asked, "Aren't you from the tribes around here? There has been no fighting between tribes in this area."
Lin Xiao nodded and replied: "No, we came all the way from the north of you."
"North?" Ge thought for a while and said, "Then have you heard of the Bahrain tribe?"
"Well, I've heard of it, what's the matter?" Lin Xiao closed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect that they had traveled so far and the wanderers here actually knew about the Bahrain tribe.
Ge said in a deep voice: "A caravan passed by here a long time ago. They said that there was a tribe called Bahrain in the north. They said that tribe allowed the ronin to live in their territory and even allowed the ronin to participate in their blood and fire sacrifices. !Do not know is not true?"
Ge and the others have all heard of this tribe. They heard that the ronin near the Bahrain tribe lived a good life, much better than them. If it weren't for the fact that it was too far away, they would probably die on the road when they walked over. In fact, they I also want to try to walk there.
"It's true." Lin Xiao answered affirmatively.
A flash of light flashed in Ge's eyes, but then he shook his head in despair. Less than half of the fifty people who came here were already less than half. In just over half a year, the clansmen died one after another, and now there are only nine of them left.
If they wanted to reach the Balin tribe, the nine of them would probably die on the way.
Ge thought a lot, looked at Lin Xiao and the others again, and asked a few more questions about the Bahrain tribe. After hearing the answers from Lin Xiao and the others, he showed a puzzled expression, "You three came from the north, so why did you Instead of going north, wouldn't it be better to live in the Bahrain tribe?
"Other tribes will not let strangers live near them. At least they live near the Bahrain tribe. There will not be so many wild beasts! Although the people of the Nanka tribe will not kill us, they will drive us away as soon as they find us."
Lin Xiao was silent for a moment and didn't know how to answer: "..." In fact, we came from the Bahrain tribe!
Unexpectedly, the Bahrain tribe was quite famous on this river, and Lin Xiao couldn't help but sigh.
Look at the IQ and methods of the magician Bahrain Wuzhu. He is a brilliant man. The ronin living near the Bahrain tribe naturally has a good impression of the Bahrain tribe. And the passing caravan heard that the Bahrain tribe treated the ronin like this. In the past ten years, Gradually, the tribesmen near this river became aware of the existence of such a tribe. This unique tribe would always attract some ronin who wanted to change.
Seeing that Lin Xiao and the other three did not speak, Ge was startled for a moment, and he began to guess. Perhaps these three ronin were tribesmen near the Bahrain tribe, and their tribe might be related to the Bahrain tribe?
Of course, it might just be that he was thinking too much, because Lin Xiao and the other three were not hostile when they mentioned the Bahrain tribe, and they did not have any reluctance when talking about this tribe. Ge did not know the reason why the three of them went south. He scratched his head. , changing the topic directly in a blunt way, "Forget it if you don't want to say it. My name is Ge, and this is Ya..."
He introduced the remaining nine people present to Lin Xiao and the others one by one, and then said: "The nine of us used to be members of the same tribe. About a year ago, our tribe disappeared, and only the more than fifty people who escaped were left. There are nine of us, and if you want to live with us, you have to look for food with us."
Ge did not mention the name of their tribe, because it was a name that had been forgotten. Once, when they still had 50 people, they thought about reestablishing the tribe, but without the totem warriors, it would be difficult for them to survive even. The most important thing is It's because they don't have grain stones!
A tribe can lose everything, but it can only lose its grain stone. A tribe without grain stones will have no totem warriors. Without totem warriors, it means extinction, and their grain stones have long been obtained by the powerful tribe that destroyed their tribe. Theirs The grain stone might have been destroyed long ago.
Ge thought of this sadly, and couldn't help but feel a trace of loneliness in his eyes. If they could have hidden the pattern stone earlier, their tribe would still have hope, but... the pattern stone is gone.
"No problem." Lin Xiao nodded. He glanced at the nine pitiful ronin in front of him. Anyway, with Lei and Lie here, food was not a problem. The three of them couldn't finish the meat from the previous hunting, so Lin Xiao would directly tell the Nanka tribe that they didn't want the bison after he killed it with lightning today. If he just joined these nine people, he would still be able to kill a random prey and still not be able to finish it.
"Yeah." Ge nodded slightly. Seeing that Lin Xiao and the other three were in good spirits, he felt more sympathy for these three people for some reason. These three young people who had just become Ronin didn't know what they were about to face. .
At night, twelve people sat around the fire. Ge looked outside the cave where he couldn't see his fingers. It was completely dark. He put the weapon on the ground in his right hand, frowned and looked at Lin Xiao and the three of them and asked: "You guys Are there any weapons?"
Lin Xiao touched a stone knife on his waist and replied: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"There is a black panther here..." Ge thought for a while and told Lin Xiao and the others about the beast outside the cave during this period. He said in a deep voice: "So it's best to cheer up at night. I'm worried that it will come back. Although It doesn't come with any pattern."
Lin Xiao listened to Ge's words and lamented that these ronin were too miserable, right? There is actually a black panther that uses them as food reserves?
Lin Xiao estimated that the black panther must have discovered this place accidentally. It was hunting outside, and when it really couldn't catch prey, it would come here to catch people to eat, using these wanderers living nearby as its own food reserves.
In contrast, Lin Xiao found that he was actually very lucky. The place where the plane crashed was not close to the Bahrain tribe. He also met two brothers, Lei and Lie, who took him home. You can't even smell the meat, but there is still food, and there are almost no ferocious beasts near the Bahrain tribe. The safety factor is very high. Although life is hard, they will not be used as food reserves by ferocious beasts.
If he had been left near here before that, he would have been cold.
Lin Xiao couldn't help but sigh, suddenly feeling that the old and cunning Bahrain Wu Zhu was still a little bit cute.
Lin Xiao did not directly invite the nine people to join Yanhuang. There are only three people in their tribe now, and there will be more and more people in the future. Before that, he has to examine the character of these people, and he cannot give them tattoos just by themselves. Use the totem to get the opponent to join Yanhuang. At least he has good character!
He has just wanted to establish a tribe now. It will be impossible to conduct such inspections when there are more people in the future, but it is still the first time, so he still wants to see what kind of people these people are.
Seeing Lin Xiao and the others sitting near the door, Ge Ge couldn't help but remind him: "You'd better not sit near the entrance of the cave, otherwise it will easily be captured by it. It just captured us five days ago." A companion, I don't know if it will come today..."
Lin Xiao, a weakling, didn't even think about it and moved directly into the cave. His nose seemed to have become accustomed to the smell inside, and he could hardly smell the smell in the air.
Lei Helie naturally changed positions with Lin Xiao.
Twelve people sat by the fire. In fact, most of them were not very sleepy because there was nothing to do during the day except making food. They used this time to sleep. However, it was different for Lin Xiao and the other two.
Lei Helie was okay, but Lin Xiao was very sleepy. Lin Xiao quickly fell asleep leaning against the mountain wall. He could still dislike it before. After these few days of long journey, Lin Xiao didn't dislike it anymore and just wanted to sleep. A sleep.
Seeing Lin Xiao sleeping, Lie took out a thin piece of animal skin from his back basket and covered Lin Xiao's legs. Lin Xiao was not in good health and sometimes caught a cold. Although he also knew what a cold was, but... Xiao has to cover himself with a quilt when he sleeps, he and his brother both know that.
Ge had long noticed the stuffing device that Lei kept by his side at all times, and of course the things under the feet of Lin Xiao and the others. Jian Lie took out the animal skin from it and gave it to Lin Xiao. At this time, he finally couldn't help but asked out of curiosity. Said: "What is this? It can be carried on the back and can also hold things."
Lie: "This is a backpack, made of bamboo."
Ge was stunned for a moment, chewed and said: "Bamboo?"
Ge and his friends had also seen bamboo, but they didn't name the tree. They just knew that the ungrown part of the tree was edible. He stared at the basket again and again, and his eyes fell on the shoes under Lie and Lei's feet again. He felt like a bumpkin. He pointed at the thing under Lie's feet and asked, "What about this? I know it's made of hay."
"Straw sandals!" Lie smiled, "You can make them out of hay!"
Ge hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is this something from your... um tribe?"
After Xiao Lie thought about this question seriously, he nodded and said: "These are from our tribe! But there are other tribes that do this!"
"Oh..." Ge licked his chapped lips and did not continue speaking.
At night, except for Lin Xiao who was sleeping and the two brothers Lei and Lie who were guarding Lin Xiao, the other nine people were huddled together, with weapons around them, ready to deal with the black panther that might appear at any time.
"How about you guys come over and join us?" Ya, the only female among the nine people, hesitated and said to Lei.
Ya's eyes are not big, her skin is dark, there are some freckles on her cheeks, her face is square, but her flaws are not hidden. Overall, Ya looks very attractive, and in modern times, she definitely looks like a supermodel!
Ray shook his head.
The night is getting deeper.
Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps, coming closer and closer. He opened his eyes subconsciously. Like him, there was Lie. They had been living in the wild recently, and they were... Totem warriors have extremely keen hearing, and the slightest movement can wake them up.
Seeing that the people around him were drowsy, Lei frowned slightly. He just glanced at the watch Lin Xiao was wearing. Because Lin Xiao had taught the two brothers how to recognize a watch, he quickly determined the current time. It was already three o'clock in the morning.
The time chosen by this beast was really late at night.
When Lei thought of this, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and they sounded continuously at the entrance of the cave.
Hearing Lei's voice, Ge was startled for a moment. After a moment, he realized what was happening. He subconsciously held the weapon on the ground, called everyone else up, held his breath, bent his legs, and was ready to do anything at any time. Fight as hard as you can.
So hungry.
The black panther, which had not eaten food for several days, was walking around the entrance of the cave. It just caught a two-legged beast from here three days ago. If it catches another one today, these two-legged beasts may move away. It may be difficult to find these Twolegs in the future.
It swallowed its saliva. The hunger in its stomach slowly made it lose its mind with its animal instinct. It was really too hungry.
It is too small to catch prey. Even if it catches prey, it will be snatched away by those damn spotted hyenas. Its mother was killed by these spotted hyenas.
After hesitating for a long time, the black panther finally couldn't resist the attack of hunger. It bent down and rushed into the cave entrance that was larger than its body!
The swift movements are as fast as lightning, like a ghostly black shadow in the dark.
The moment Ge saw the black shadow, he couldn't help being shocked. He threw the spear in his hand, but unfortunately it did not fall on the beast. Its speed was too fast. They who were not totem warriors were not the black panther at all. opponent.
Once, once someone is taken away by it, that person is dead!
Lin Xiao was awakened by the roar of the beast. His eyes could not keep up with the speed of the black panther. He only felt his eyes blurred. He realized that the beast Ge mentioned had entered the cave. This was too fast! Lin Xiao felt so sick, the genes from the other world were so powerful, he was convinced.
"Roar!"
The Black Panther rushed and chose Ge who was closest to him. Ge saw the black shadow rushing towards him and closed his eyes subconsciously, surrounded by the screams of his companions!
But while he was buying the same amount, the pain he imagined did not appear. Ge opened his eyes with difficulty and saw a person standing in front of him. Black mysterious lines appeared on this person's body!
totem!
Totem warrior!
The black panther, whose skull was pierced by Lei's stone knife, fell to the ground. Its golden eyes, which were not completely dead, moved and only saw a strange two-legged beast... Why is there a powerful two-legged beast here... …
Then the black panther slowly closed his eyes and died with a cry.
Ge stared at Lei standing in front of him with his mouth open, and stared for a long time before he stuttered and said: "Tu, totem warrior? Are you a totem warrior?"
Lei pulled out the stone knife from the Black Panther's head and hummed casually.
Ge's brain was a little hard to react. Among the three ronin who came to live with them today, there was actually a totem warrior!
etc! ! !
The Totem Warrior said he wanted to live with them? ! ! !