"Yue, let's go quickly. You must help me this time!"
Xue Wusuan smiled without looking back: "Of course. I hunted a white-ridged beast, then dug out the crystal horn on its head completely, and gave it to you as a gift to Cang, right?"
"Yes! You promised me. And you also said that you have no idea about Cang, otherwise I wouldn't ask you for help."
The native who was talking to Xue Wusuan was called "Ship", and he was the son of the clan leader. He had good cultivation and was considered outstanding. He was also a candidate for the next clan leader in the past, but after Xue Wusuan came, there was no such thing as a candidate. However,
The atmosphere here is such that the concept of what comes to the strong is very pure, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.
Sui's sweetheart is "Cang" as Xue Wusuan calls her. She is one of the many aboriginal women who want to marry Xue Wusuan, and is also one of the ones who are ignored by Xue Wusuan. Sui wants to win Cang's heart, so she asks Xue Wusuan to marry her.
If he were to take him out for hunting, he would hunt down an extremely rare white-ridged beast and use the crystal horn on the beast's forehead as a gift to Cang. This is the most precious gift of native love.
This busy Xue Wusuan naturally needed help, so he took "Broken" with him when he went hunting this time, and searched for traces of the white-ridged beast along the way.
However, just less than a thousand miles away from the tribe, Xue Wusuan and his party discovered some abnormal signs.
The warriors in the hunting team are all good players in the tribe, rich in experience and bold and careful. Especially after these natives learned some tricks from Xue Wusuan, they developed them and became extremely sharp.
"Yue, I feel something is wrong."
"Um?"
"There are too few little beasts around. They are usually the most numerous things and can be seen wherever I go. But this time I didn't find many."
Small beasts refer to beasts that are no more than one meter in size. These beasts are huge in number and diverse, and are the main component of the creatures in this plane. They spread seeds for vegetation, are also food for large beasts, and are also responsible for maintaining ecological balance.
important link.
Under normal circumstances, indigenous people do not hunt small beasts. Their targets are those creatures high in the animal food chain. But even if small beasts are not the target, they have traveled nearly a thousand miles and found that the rate of appearance of small beasts is too low. This
It immediately attracted the attention of the hunting team.
"You are very sharp. This is indeed abnormal, but we need some clues to find out the cause. Our mission also needs to continue. In addition, you also saw that "Shatter" came out this time, so we still need to hunt
There are a lot of things to do when killing a white-ridged beast. We can only investigate the little beast's abnormality and report it to the clan leader after we return."
"Well, it's all up to you, Yue."
Except for the decrease in the number of small beasts along the way, everything else seemed to be normal. The hunting team was also much more vigilant than before. They also killed a lot of prey, but they never encountered a white-ridged beast. The most anxious thing was
"Broken". Before he came out, he boasted so much to his sweetheart "Cang" that he would give her a crystal horn as a gift. A man who breaks his promise cannot get a wife.
"Don't worry, broken. The white-ridged beast walks alone and behaves strangely. Many people have never seen one alive in their lives. How many days have it been here? There is still plenty of time, so there is no need to rush." Xue Wusuan comforted the anxious one.
Broken. At the same time, the mind has actually locked onto a white-ridged beast wandering nearby early, and he has been leading people towards it. This needs to be careful and slow, otherwise the white-ridged beast will easily feel the danger and escape.
However, in the background of this seemingly strange but seemingly stable hunting trip, Xue Wusuan still discovered more information than others: the death bell has sounded.
Not all of those little beasts disappeared without a trace, there were some leftovers, but Xue Wusuan found that they were all very aggressive little beasts that disrupted the layout of the food chain. For example, those little beasts with super reproductive capabilities and omnivores
The number of beasts has not decreased at all. Besides, the surrounding giant beasts seem to have not changed much, but the fluctuations of their souls are much more unstable than before.
Soul fluctuations generally appear unstable when emotions rise and fall violently and when life forms rise and fall. The former "emotion" mostly refers to creatures with high spiritual intelligence, while the latter "life form rise and fall" mainly refers to the rise and fall of spiritual realm. This direction
The same is true for many low-intelligence creatures who rely on their extra energy to enter the realm of demon cultivation.
There is another possibility, that is, some external reasons have directly acted on the souls of these creatures, either persecuting or colluding with them.
Xue Wusuan judged that the instability of these living souls should be caused by external factors. Then there must be a powerful man behind the scenes. This has to be thought of the "disaster" he judged before.
The disaster was a beast tide. Millions of violent beasts rushed at them. There were also a large number of fairy-level monsters. Their attack power and impact were definitely not something that a mere tribe could withstand for a moment.
Therefore, the evil consequences of sacrificing the first place have already begun.
Cleanse, cleanse away all the "tenants" who have the potential to become serfs and sing.
This is an ending that has been decided without any accident, and it was brought about by the tribe itself, or in other words, it was actually brought about by Xue Wusuan. After all, without his intervention, it would have been impossible for this tribe to win the first place in the Grand Sacrifice.
Not to be favored by this disaster.
On the ninth day, the patriarch's son "Shatter" finally got what he wanted. A white-ridged beast that had just grown up was caught and hunted. The half-foot-high crystal horn was dug out and cleaned like a precious piece.
Beautiful artwork.
"Thank you Yue, and everyone. I will treat everyone to a drink this time when I go back!"
"Hahaha, this is what you said, we will definitely drink up all the wine you have hidden!"
"Yes, yes, drink them all!"
The hunting mission was completed, and the help for "Shatter" was also completed. A group of ten people returned to the tribe. Immediately, Xue Wusuan told the tribe leader about the abnormalities discovered along the way. There is nothing to hide, and for these indigenous people
It makes no difference whether you know it or not. It is an abnormal and desperate situation that cannot be avoided and cannot be solved.
Of course, even if the clan leader paid much attention to Xue Wusuan, he would not immediately realize the seriousness of the situation. Because logically, there is no danger around their tribe. And the chance of a beast tide is extremely small, and there is no trace left behind.
The incident was used as a reference. Therefore, the clan leader ordered all hunting teams to reduce the scope of their activities and focus on finding the reason for the sudden decrease in the number of small beasts.
On the other side, Xue Wusuan is speeding up his research. He still lacks a little bit to achieve perfection. On the contrary, it is difficult to turn deliberateness into instinct, but he is confident that when disaster strikes this tribe,
Complete it before.
In just two months, more than ten tribesmen who went out to hunt died, which was several times the number under normal circumstances. And the reason for the large number of missing beasts was not found. A dark cloud has been weighing on the hearts of the tribe leaders and other high-ranking tribesmen.