One day later, Xu Chen led the team into the Wulong River on a raft. The river here was faster, wider and gentler, forming an endless forest plain at the junction of the lake and the lake. Groups of wild beasts were foraging and playing on the plain. Farther east, there was already a vast forest.
There are vast low hills, and only some rolling mountains can be seen in the very far horizon.
The situation downstream is clear at a glance. The river has formed a huge impact plain hundreds of miles away from the Ba people in the southeast. The rivers on the plain are winding, the water network is dense, and there are densely covered virgin forests everywhere. In the future, this place will definitely be
A prosperous land of plenty, waiting for human development.
According to the current living habits and conditions of human beings, it is impossible for humans to live in this impact plain. It is completely primitive and barbaric.
There are still nearly two months until the beginning of spring, and Xu Chen is not in a hurry to return, so after communicating with Lei and others, he decided to take a look down the Wulong River.
So in the next few days, the bamboo raft team stopped and walked all the way down the Wulong River. After going down for nearly three hundred miles, they saw an even bigger river.
The river is no less than ten miles wide, and the rolling waves are like the roaring tide. After absorbing the huge amount of water in the Wulong River, it rushes eastward under the cover of the rolling mountains on both sides.
A green bamboo raft was parked on the bank of the Wulong River, and a group of people stood on the vast river beach. Looking at the unparalleled rolling waves of the river, everyone had a feeling of incomparable insignificance. Compared with the world of this great river, human beings are completely insignificant.
Worth mentioning.
However, a group of hunters who had been full of enthusiasm did not have the courage to enter this big river on this small bamboo raft.
Because it is so big that it makes people despair. When this small raft floats in, it feels like a small leaf.
"Ang~~"
A low and long roar came from the distant river beach, and soon a muffled thunder-like sound came from the ground.
A group of people were immediately frightened and grabbed their bows, arrows and spears.
Xu Chen looked for the sound, but under the cover of the lush grass and thorn bushes, he could hardly see anything clearly, so he looked around and ran to a hill not far away.
A large group of hunters woke up and hurriedly followed. When they climbed up the earthbags in one breath, their eyes suddenly opened up. On the river beach not far downstream of the river, countless wild beasts were running, including a large group of huge long-nosed animals.
The beast is like a hill, with long teeth that shine white in the sun.
Among the running beasts, some flexible humans with spears could be seen, chasing these beasts in the direction of Xu Chen and others.
"Long-tusked beast, scary quack!"
"Wow, someone..."
Seeing the spectacular sight of the galloping beasts and the group of humans hunting the giant beasts, a group of hunters exclaimed and shouted excitedly.
Although we can see it, we are still two or three miles away.
Countless wild beasts, big and small, were mixed together and running wildly in all directions, chased by a group of hunters. The sound of hooves rolled like thunder on the river beach.
Compared with this tide of beasts, the hundreds of beasts Xu Chen drove that day were nothing to mention.
Even the body types are completely incomparable.
Just the group of giant tusked elephants inside is enough to make people frightened, not to mention the hundreds of bison, wild horses, wild donkeys, even rhinos and many large beasts that are not even recognized inside.
While humans are chasing and hunting, you can see a large number of wolves running around chasing the beasts. The numbers are densely packed, and the long-lasting howls of wolves come and go, mixed with the running beasts, forming an extremely grand hunting scene.
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Rivers, grasslands, herds of animals, humans, wolves...
This is the harmonious and cruel interdependence environment naturally formed in this wild land.
"Escape!"
Seeing the terrifying herd of beasts getting closer and closer, some hunters were so frightened that their legs and feet became weak and they shouted with fear on their faces.
"Coward, follow me and kill him!"
Facing so many prey, Lei, as a warrior, suddenly felt an incomparable heroic momentum in his chest. He raised his huge bow as thick as a child's arm and took the lead and rushed down towards the scattering beasts.
Behind him, many bold hunters followed him with shouts.
"Blow the horn, raise the flag, and cheer them on!"
Xu Chen was actually a little high-spirited.
This grand scene makes people excited. Although the beast tide is terrifying, under the pursuit of hunters and wolves behind, as the beasts continue to run, the formation of the beast tide is also spreading to the surroundings.
The fast-running wild horses and wild donkeys have escaped several miles away, and many have even stopped to eat grass and watch.
As for the slower-moving bison, elephants, rhinoceros and other animals, they were running away and gathering in different directions in groups here and there.
The hunters were chasing a herd of bison, not elephants and rhinos.
The wolves had the same goal, and they intercepted from the front and outflanked them from the left and right. They seemed to have formed an extremely tacit understanding with humans, and they actually gradually began to surround a group of huge bison.
It seems that humans domesticated wolves into dogs not without reason.
This cooperation is so tacit and perfect.
Seeing the scene of humans and wolves hunting together from a distance, Xu Chen couldn't help but feel deeply in his heart.
He has always wanted to train the two little wolves at home into dogs, but unfortunately the progress has been slow, and it can even be said to be hopeless. At most, they are used to getting along with humans and will not attack humans, but they are still far away from guarding the house and helping with hunting.
The difference is huge.
The group of wolves in front of us, which cooperate with humans in hunting wild beasts, actually have a considerable auxiliary function for humans. There is already some interdependence between the two groups.
There are many wild animals in this large river basin, and humans do not need to hunt wild wolves in large numbers to compete for food. These wild wolves may not be afraid of humans. Therefore, gradually the two populations developed this tacit understanding and continued to develop. Eventually, wolves turned into dogs.
It becomes the best helper for hunters in hunting.
"Woo~~~~"
A low and long horn sounded on the mountain, and at the same time two flags fluttered and fluttered in the wind.
The horn is the command and the flag is the direction.
As the horn sounded, except for a group of Ba hunters who were closely protecting Xu Chen, the remaining hunters all shouted and followed Lei and others towards the oncoming herd of beasts.
At this time, a group of hunters and wild wolves in the distance had surrounded the bison herd and began to attack.
But the sudden sound of horns frightened the two groups. When they saw the flag on the mountain and the humans rushing down, the hunting formation instantly became chaotic. This group of strange humans seemed to fall from the sky, coming from nowhere. Not only
The hunters surrounding the hunt looked confused and frightened, and the wolves howled in protest and began to retreat.
The huge sound of the horn appeared in this world for the first time, carrying a unique and terrifying atmosphere.
The group of wild beasts that had dispersed and stopped to look for food began to run away in panic again. A group of elephants raised their long trunks and roared, calling for their companions to turn around and run back. A group of rhinos following the elephants also had to turn around.
Direction, a group of elephants slapped the body with their trunks, poked their buttocks with their tusks and ran wildly.
Under the impact of the elephants and rhinoceroses, the huge bison herd became completely chaotic and turned into several different groups, large and small, running wildly, breaking up the encirclement of hunters and wolves in one fell swoop.
Seeing the pack of wild beasts turning around and charging towards them, the surrounding hunters exploded their nests in an instant. They didn't even care about their companions running away frantically with howls and cries of ghosts and wolves. The wild wolves also howled and fled away.
This group of strange human beings have no martial ethics and actually want to take advantage of the situation.
But the situation suddenly changed, and those who stayed would only be trampled into mud by the frightened beasts.
Whether it is a herd of bison or an elephant or a rhinoceros, with its huge body and terrifying strength coupled with its huge hooves and feet, the ground will be filled with absolute blood.
So there was no other way but to escape.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Lei took the lead and rushed into the herd, shooting wildly at the scattered bison.
The bison that had been hit by an arrow fell to the ground with a scream as it ran, rolling and plowing deep traces in the grass half a man deep.
"Damn it!"
Lei rushed in front of a struggling bison, abandoned his bow and pulled out a sharp wolf bone dagger, roaring and stabbed it into the bison's neck.
Warm and strong blood spurted out from the end of the dagger like a fountain, covering his head and face.
Several hunters who followed also pounced on it, and several wolf bone daggers were inserted into the body of the bison. The bison struggled and screamed for a while, but then made no sound anymore.
And this scene happened almost simultaneously on the river beach with a radius of several hundred meters.
In less than ten minutes, all seven or eight bison lay silently on the grass. The blood spread in the river wind and soaked through the weeds and sand.
By the time Xu Chen arrived with his men, a group of hunters had already begun to cut the skin and get the meat.
Everyone was covered in blood and their faces showed extreme joy.
This harvest came violently and suddenly, but as they had rich experience in surviving in the wild, this was also an act of picking up holes. After all, it was the local strangers who launched the hunt, and they needed to dispose of the trophies as soon as possible and leave.
By this time, the herds of animals had dispersed, and calm slowly returned to the river beach.
Many beasts that had seen the hunter succeed had stopped running and continued to eat. Even the bison herd reunited a few hundred meters away. They seemed to have become accustomed to this massacre. Occasionally, some adult bulls wanted to get closer to see if their companions could still be saved.
For a moment, but soon they all fled far away.
Judging from experience, all my companions are hopeless.
A mile away, the hunters and a group of wild wolves, who had escaped the attack of the elephants, rhinoceros and bison, slowly began to gather again to patrol and observe, but they did not dare to get close.
The attack power of this mysterious tribe that suddenly appeared was so powerful that they didn't even know what was happening while they were running away. When the beasts dispersed and stopped, they discovered that the opponent had succeeded, and the harvest was huge, and they had already started skinning them on the spot.
Take the meat.
Seven or eight bison, large and small, weighed several tons in total. It was impossible for Xu Chen and others to take away all the flesh and blood, so they only took the hide and the fresh meat from the back and thighs, and discarded the rest.
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More than 50 people worked together, and seven or eight bison were dissected and riddled with holes in less than half an hour. Then a large group of people carried the bloody cowhide beef, blew horns and held flags and drove away, only to leave them where they were.
The bloody buffalo carcasses lay all over the ground.
There are vultures and goshawks circling in the sky.
After Xu Chen and others disappeared around the mountain, a group of frightened hunters who were hiding and observing from afar then boldly approached slowly, and finally found that except for the skin and some of the best meat of several bison, they had only the flesh and blood left behind.
It turned out to be more than what they usually harvested from hunting, enough to feed the entire tribe for several days.
So a group of hunters howled excitedly and rushed forward to cut the beef. At the same time, they arranged for people to rush back to the tribe to summon more companions to help carry it.
There were also a few bold hunters who followed the traces of Xu Chen and others towards the mouth of the Wulong River, but what they saw made them even more frightened and confused.
I saw these people carrying cowhide beef onto a few strange things floating on the river, and then paddling upstream, talking loudly and laughing all the way. Although the speed was not too fast, I could only observe them for more than ten minutes, and these people had disappeared.
In the thick reeds on the river bank, no trace could be seen anymore, only a long and terrifying sound could be heard occasionally.
And they had already seen the thing that made the sound, it was a golden curved thing in the hand of a young man.
After Xu Chen and others completely disappeared, these hunters cautiously approached the river bank. They saw that in addition to the fallen weeds and the bloody water on the messy river beach, there was also a spear stuck on it, and there was a rope tied to it.
A piece of animal skin and a small cloth bag.
Inside the small cloth bag are crystal clear salt crystals.
There was a winding picture painted on the animal skin with black paint. Several hunters looked at it horizontally and vertically, their eyes wide open and they were completely confused. Finally, they decided to take it back with the spear and give it to Ruizhi.
The great witch wants to see what mysteries are there.
Soon, this tribe began to spread a mysterious and powerful tribal story.
They came from the northwest along the river, riding magical water beasts, carrying golden artifacts that could make terrifying sounds, and holding mysterious and powerful weapons. They had salty stones and books of gods, which must have come from a powerful witch.
tribe.
However, once this magical tribe left, there was no trace of it, so the legend about the most powerful witch in the northwest became a mysterious legend in the river basin, causing the nearby tribes to be frightened, awe-stricken, longing for and looking forward to.
Because this tribe came like falling from the sky and left like mist. They didn’t know where they came from and where they were missing. It was a mysterious mess. However, they didn’t seem to have the slightest hostility. Except for a sudden glance, they killed a few bison and took them away.
In addition to some skin and flesh, there were also some salty crystal stones that had never been seen in the area and a mysterious animal skin pattern, which seemed to convey some kind of goodwill communication.
It's a pity that no one can understand this picture, and it has become a mystery that the great witch will never solve until his death.