Original War

Chapter 55

The weak in the forests are the most vulnerable. Therefore, Shao Xuan has been paying attention to his surroundings all the time. He is just an underage child. In the eyes of the wild beasts and the fierce beasts, he is one of the weakest two in this team.

When crossing the basin, it was almost evening. Shao Xuanyuan thought that there would be a cave dedicated to rest here. After all, the rule of the hunting team is not to go out hunting at night, and staying outside is too dangerous. There is no cave in this place. I always feel insecure.

To Shao Xuan’s surprise, the cave in the second stronghold was not on this side.

The second hunting ground is on the other side of the mountain, but…

Shao Xuan raised his head and looked at the mountain that could not see the top or the border at all. It was too difficult to turn over. Even with the strong physical strength of a totem warrior, it might not be possible to turn over in a day, let alone it’s too late. There are already many bright eyes in the jungle near the foot of the mountain staring here.

Mai and the hunting team did not stop there, but continued to go up the mountain.

There is indeed a hole near the mountainside. The hole is very large, and it is not naturally formed, nor is it deliberately excavated by the tribe, but a hole drilled by some kind of creature.

To be precise, it was actually a passage. The hunting team would enter from here every time they came over, and could walk to the other side of the mountain and pass directly through the mountain.

On the wall near the entrance of the cave, densely engraved with words. At the last place, Shao Xuan saw Mai’s name.

Every leader who leads the team will write the name of own when they pass here. Therefore, the above names are all written by the leader of the hunting team in the tribe. When Mai can no longer lead the team, the new team leader After being selected, the new boss will also write the name of own when he comes here. In their view, this is a symbol of honor.

Before entering the cave, the hunting team members will hold a small ceremony to thank the ancestors who opened this hunting route.

Mai put the spear in his hand on his feet, knelt on one knee, palms facing inward, hands interlaced in front of his forehead, and bowed down to the cave wall full of names.

“Respect to the ancestors!!”

“Respectfully!”

Shao Xuan also followed other hunting team members to express his gratitude with the same courtesy.

It is said that the route taken by each hunting team was taken by the ancestors. A long time ago, when the tribe was short of manpower, there were not so many hunting teams. Every time they went out to hunt, they changed the route one by one. This one, I will go hunting on that route next time, and change another one next time.

Later, there were more people in the tribe, and several teams were separated. Each hunting route opened by the ancestors had a hunting team going there.

The reason to follow the route is to avoid the unknown and unpredictable factors. What kind of beasts are on each hunting route? How many fierce beasts are there? What is the geographical environment? These can be obtained from the experience passed down from generation to generation of hunting fighters, and if you go too far from this route, you will not be able to respond in time when encountering anything, and you will have greater losses.

Of course, the hunting route is just a general direction, and you can play freely on this basis. For example, Mai’s hunting team’s route is to climb over the mountain where the first stronghold is located, then cross the basin, and then walk over the current mountain to the other side of the mountain.

As for some people in the tribe who have their own ideas and want to open a new route, don’t think about it except for the joint decision-making of the witch and the leader.

What? Want to start a new hunting route?

Are you better than your ancestors?

Absolutely impossible!

The new route can’t be opened casually. Do you think this route is not good?

Outrageous! You dare to doubt your ancestors! Believe it or not to beat you to death? !

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The people of the tribe are always very attached to the things passed down by the ancestors. Even if there are many decisions that Shao Xuan thinks are not suitable, the people of the tribe don’t think it is wrong at all.

In addition to being loyal to the totem, the people of the tribe also worship and trust their ancestors beyond Shao Xuan’s imagination. Even if the ancestors crawled out of the ground and told them that there is only one moon in the sky today, the people of the tribe would not hesitate. Nodding.

This is also the result of the brainwashing education of successive witches, passed down from generation to generation.

The leaders of each generation of hunting teams led the hunt. They always felt that only by following the paths of their ancestors would they be worthy of their ancestors and worthy of the hunting route pioneered by their ancestors. Just look at the names written on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave. The leaders have similar ideas.

After entering the cave, the fire was lit, and the hunting team did not go inside. According to the previous habit, after entering the cave, they would spend the night at the entrance of the cave. Because it is not a straight line.

“How did this hole that leads to the other side of the mountain come from?” Shao Xuan asked Lang Ga while resting around the fire.

“When the ancestors found this place, the hole already existed. It is said that there is a stone insect king worm at the bottom of the mountain, and the winding roads in the mountain were all drilled out by it,” Lang Ga said.

“Stone worms?!” Shao Xuan was surprised. This nearly circular passage was at least ten meters high. Moreover, according to Mai and the others, in addition to the passage connecting the two sides, there are many underground or towards the top of the mountain. It is hard to think that the perforated cave channel of this scale is actually made by stone insects? !

What a big one!

It can’t be compared with the stone insects used as bait!

However, this should be the argument passed down by the ancestors who first came here to open up a hunting route. As for whether there are really stone insects, it remains to be verified.

“Then…has any of the ancestors seen the stone insects under this mountain?” Shao Xuan asked. How many years has passed since the hunting team of the first generation came to open up routes, even if the tribal hunting team didn’t stay here for a long time, has anyone seen it?

“That’s not true.” Lang Ga saw that Shao Xuan was still suspicious, and said: “But listen, there will be a voice coming from the cave, there must be a stone insect king.”

Shao Xuan listened carefully. There were indeed some very small whirring noises, but they were not necessarily caused by stone insects. Since there are many caves in the mountain, the wind blows in from one hole, and then blows out from the other holes. There will be such a voice.

There are still many doubts in my heart, but looking at Lang Ga’s appearance, even if Shao Xuan asks it, he can’t get the answer. No longer arguing with these stubborn people, Shao Xuan turned to ask: “What’s on the mountain side? How is it different from the mountain side?”

Sure enough, Lang Ga’s attention was quickly diverted.

“Different? Actually, the biggest difference is that there are a lot of huge birds on the other side of the mountain.” Lang Ga stretched out his arm and gestured. Although his arm length is limited, Shao Xuan knew that must be the exaggerated expression on his face. It’s really, very, very big.

In fact, after thinking about it carefully, Shao Xuan discovered that from entering the forest to the present, large birds of prey are indeed rarely seen. Although many of them are already very large in Shao Xuan’s view, according to Lang Ga’s description, there are other places in the mountains. On one side, there are larger and more fierce birds of prey. The feathers on the heads of some warriors during the sacrificial ceremony of the Tribal Snow Festival were probably hunted on the other side of the mountain.