Chapter 64: The Legend of the Endless Earth

  Half a day later, the noisy Blackrock tribe calmed down again. The corpses of those dead apemen were also burned one after another. Those seriously injured apemen could only slowly close their eyes in pain. In this era, serious injuries were equivalent to slow death, and there were not many medicines that could be used.

  More than a hundred Bird Mountain Ape-Men warriors, in the end only thirty or so were able to survive, the others either being trampled into meat paste or shot into honeycomb coal, the remaining ones all died from excessive blood loss due to intense pain.

  The captured Black Rock tribe members also returned from their surprise, they did not find the great leader of the Black Rock in the familiar faces around them, and even after a closer look, many familiar people were gone, less than half of the people who could return.

  After a hunting party leader followed Chen Xu's orders and recounted the events, of course also mentioning the death of Hei Yan's leader and the surrender situation of the Hei Yan tribe, the crowd of apes finally understood the truth. It turned out that they could not escape their fate as captives after all.

  However, perhaps because they were rescued from the Toriyama clan's hands, or perhaps due to the influence of their familiar tribesmen's attitudes, the Kuroiwa clansmen in the core area quickly accepted their fate and soon adjusted their mindset.

  From then on, they became members of the Fire God tribe. Beside the bonfire, their movements gradually became smooth and no longer stiff. Soon, they began to chat with the surrounding members of the Fire God tribe.

  As for these changes around him, Chen Xu naturally saw them in his eyes. However, at this time he didn't have the time to be happy about it. After a night of questioning, he also got a lot of information from that bird ape with an obviously not low IQ, many of which were top secrets in this Stone Age.

  This information, even the original Blackrock leader knew very little about it. Perhaps it can be said that only a few people in this jungle area know about it, and only those who are close to that vast land can learn more.

  At this point, Chen Xu completely understood from the bird's mouth.

  The bird mountain tribe where the bird feathered ape man is located is about eight or nine days away from the black rock tribe, and it's also about eight or nine days away from that endless land in the middle of the bird feathered ape people, but the distance between these two is not the same.

  The road to the Blackrock Village is winding and bumpy, with few straight paths. It's mostly walking along animal trails, while avoiding the territories of many terrifying overlords. Sometimes you even have to make a big detour. Although there are eight or nine days of time, the straight-line distance isn't that frightening.

  The road from Toriyama Village to the vast land, as told by Toriha Saru, is a mountainous path mixed with open forests, where gray ridges lie in the forest like the back of a giant beast, standing upright in the middle of the forest.

  Although there is vegetation on it, due to the barren soil, the vegetation is extremely sparse, and only many herbivorous small animals can survive. Larger animals like the Tibetan antelope and the Himalayan tahr cannot survive at all. Moreover, due to the mountainous terrain, water sources are scarce, making it completely unsuitable for large carnivores to survive.

  As a result, there are no terrifying beasts lurking in this region, and due to the sparse vegetation, walking is almost all straight lines. In this case, it's easy to imagine how fast the apes can move forward. It takes eight or nine days, which shows just how much farther they are from the so-called boundless continent than the Blackrock tribe.

  The Toriyama tribe is already on the edge of the vast continent, so from time to time they have to face some dangers that are wandering around the mainland. The situation is much worse than that of the Kuroiwa tribe in the deep mountains and forests.

  However, as the saying goes, good fortune depends on disaster and disaster lurks beneath good fortune. Of course, due to the location of the Toriyama tribe, they not only harvest danger but also many things from outside, which are the main items they exchange with the Kuroiwa tribe and other forest tribes.

  After understanding and combining with what he saw from the Bird Mountain tribe, Chen Xu had some of his own views on that so-called boundless world.

  Among the traded items, there were some unknown block-shaped objects with rich starch, some polished stone tools, and many bone-made weapons. The most eye-catching ones were some unknown medicinal herbs.

  The varieties of these herbs are exceptionally complete, and it seems that they can hardly be found in this mountainous forest. Moreover, the majority of them are occupied by highly toxic substances with a strong fishy smell, while the good medicines for treating diseases and saving people are not many.

  "I suppose the so-called boundless land is a vast grassland, or perhaps a wide plain, where there lived the most powerful ape tribes of the Stone Age. It seems that according to evolutionism, apes were able to slowly evolve into humans because they left the forests and came onto the grasslands."

  "Although it is not certain that humans originated in this way, the correctness of this theory cannot be denied. The grasslands are indeed more suitable for human survival than the forests."

  With a stalk of unknown grass in hand, Chen Xu ordered his men to take the Bird Feather Ape away, looking up at the twinkling stars in the sky, turning various thoughts over in his mind.

  It has to be said that the words of the Bird Feather Ape about the boundless continent shocked him a bit. If what the Bird Feather Ape said was true, then on the boundless continent, the ape tribes were completely in a state where big fish eat small fish, small fish eat small shrimp, and small shrimp eat mud.

  The tribes that cannot adapt to the crazy competitive life are driven into the jungle, in other words, tribes like Blackrock and Birdsong, when placed on that so-called boundless continent, are just small shrimp, being driven into the outer jungle as losers.

  It can be imagined that on that vast and boundless land, how strong the tribes could become. Perhaps, even if some other civilizations appeared there, Chen Xuan would not be too surprised.

  According to the Bird Feathered Ape, the range of this jungle seems to be boundless, and at both ends of the vast land are such jungle areas. In the jungle live all kinds of ferocious beasts, and every time a fixed period arrives, these ferocious beasts will enter the vast land under the urge of a signal. At that time, there will be a bloody battle involving everyone.

  The overlords of the jungle are the leaders of the beasts, like the captain of a hunting party, possessing strong spiritual power and pressure, dominating small-scale battles.

  And like the saber-toothed tiger, the overlord of the jungle, if Chen Xu didn't misunderstand the meaning of this word, it seems that being called a guardian by the Bird Feather Clan, this beast's strength has reached a certain limit, and is generally the leader of a pack of wild beasts.

  Perhaps, in Chen Xu's speculation, a major reason for the outbreak of war was these guardians!

  But this is not something that the displaced Bird Feather Ape people can know, the jungle is full of crises, filled with various jungle overlords, and even the guardians are wandering in the jungle, so unless absolutely necessary, no ape tribe would be willing to enter this jungle.

  This gave these losers a space to survive, but the jungle life was extremely dangerous. It wouldn't take long for the tribe to gradually disappear in the jungle and eventually disperse completely.

  It can be said that these tribes never forget to return to the vast continent, which is also why they value the inheritance crystal so much. It is said that the inheritance crystal is not only the key to ensuring the tribe's survival in this jungle, but also the main key to survival on the vast continent.

  The number of inherited crystal fusions directly affects the situation in daily life and tribal situations during the beast tide. Specifically, the bird feathered ape man doesn't know what it is, anyway, he has a total of not many other crystals that have been fused with his inherited crystal.

  However, legend has it that even the leaders of some large tribes of apemen, because they have merged with a sufficient number of inheritance crystals, can actually command the jungle overlords and even the guardians. In short, the more inheritance crystals are merged, the greater the benefits, and the less likely to encounter dangers in daily life.

  Of course, encounters with ape-man raids are more frequent!

  "Grandma's, in this jungle there are actually four similar tribes, but they are distributed in the east, south, west and north, everywhere, and the roads are extremely tortuous, it is impossible to arrive in a short period of time. According to what Bird Feather Ape Man said, the tribes in the jungle will be attacked at regular intervals, just like the jungle overlords will re-contend for territory every once in a while."

  And the beastly attacks are getting more and more ferocious, unless they occupy some bird-free zones, otherwise they can only let the tribe decline time and time again. To survive, there is no other way but to leave the forest. Now it seems that the so-called boundless land is the true living space for the apes.

  "This jungle is just a hunting ground, a place to cultivate the overlords and guardians of the jungle, of course, perhaps there are other uses that I don't know about!"

  Blinking his eyes, Chen Xu thought about the plan for the future, making some slight changes to the original plan. He thought, "However, up until now, the Fire God Tribe's strength is still too weak, those ideas are still a bit too early. The top priority at present is to quickly expand the Fire God Tribe and perfect the bows and arrows as well as the bamboo spears."

  "Further absorption of surrounding tribes, slowly infiltrating into the vast continent, take a look at the true colors of this world."

  "Of course, we need to take a look at the copper reserves nearby first. As long as we can smelt out copper, everything will be much simpler."

  The night solidified, and the time of one night quickly passed. When dawn broke, the apemen woke up from their dreams, and Chen Xu began to formally receive the Blackrock Ape tribe in this place.

  With a night's buffer, the newly captured Black Rock Ape people showed great cooperation. By the time the sun had just risen, this tribe became the residence of the Fire God.

  Left fifty apes to garrison, preventing the tribe from repeating itself while also watching over the remnants of the Bird Mountain Apes led by Bird Feather Ape. Chen Xu then led the other warriors away from this core area and set off on the road to the other small branch settlements of the Black Rock Tribe.

  Other small branches are not far from the core tribe, and there are many fewer apes than in the core settlement. The bird mountain tribe's apes didn't go to other small branches because it was already late, of course, they may not know where those small branches are.

  However, Chen Xu had the guidance of the Black Rock Ape-Men, so he didn't need to worry about such problems. Before the sun rose to the top of the trees, they arrived at a settlement and completely absorbed one of its smaller branches. Then, leading the newly surrendered captives, they continued on their way to other branches.

  After less than half a morning's effort, thanks to the physical demonstration of the surrendered Blackrock warriors and the intimidation of force, Chen Xu's unified action went exceptionally smoothly. By the time he returned to the Blackrock clan's core territory, his team had grown from its original 150 members to over 300.

  All members of the Blackrock clan were taken to the Core Clan's territory, and with that, the Fire God clan's annexation of the Blackrock clan came to a perfect end.

  When Chen Xu returned, he found that the captured Bird Mountain Apes had already swept away their hostile attitude of the previous day, and were quite calm in demeanor, without any abnormalities. They even showed a hint of joy on their faces when they saw him return.

  The bird feathered ape man is even more outstanding, looking at his enthusiastic appearance, as if he were a member of the fire tribe, without any awareness of being a captive.

  After a moment's thought, Chen Xu understood his idea and knew the reason for this strange scene. It seemed that he had completely figured it out and was carrying what was supposed to be the treasure on himself.

  The corners of his mouth slightly curled up, Chen Xu tacitly approved of the bird feathered ape's actions. He actually had some appreciation for this exceptionally clever ape, and what's more, he currently knew too little about the Stone Age, lacking just such an ape.

  It's rare that with the surrender of this Bird Mountain Ape leader, the remaining Bird Mountain tribe's surrender seems to be much smoother, with a sense of water flowing into the ditch.