Chapter 1: The Sacred Wood Tribe
This is a primeval forest, called the Odin Forest, which is more than 10,000 miles in circumference, and is the largest wild jungle on the planet.
I don't know how many years this forest has grown, moss covers the earth, and the canopy blocks the sun. Both the mountains and the ravines are covered with lush forests.
The most amazing thing is that this forest grows in the Arctic continent, the coldest zone on the planet, which is supposed to be covered with snow and no grass, but even the rocks here will be full of trees and life! Even the river that runs through the jungle will never freeze.
The jungle has not seen sunlight for many years, and it is located in the extremely cold land in the north, and when you walk into this forest, you will have a cold and piercing feeling, and there is moss everywhere you see, which adds a bit of mystery and weirdness to this forest.
There are many legends about this forest, no one has ever reached the depths of the jungle, let alone penetrated this mysterious place, and none of those who want to venture through this forest will return alive.
There is a primitive tribe living in the southern edge of the forest, called the Shenmu tribe, the tribe is not large, only more than 2,000 people, the tribe has lived here for tens of thousands of years, and still maintains the most primitive living state.
They drank water from mountain springs and rivers, wore sackcloth and straw sandals, hunted wild game from the mountains, and lived in wooden huts and grass huts. Strange to say, no matter how good or bad the forest is, the population of the tribe will not increase or decrease, it will always be more than 2,000 people.
They are not born and old, sick and die like ordinary people, but suddenly disappear out of thin air, and the disappeared people will never come back. There are people who have never disappeared, they are all old and not what they look like, they are still alive, even if they are sick to the point of misery, even if they are too old to walk and eat, they are still alive. No one even remembers how long those people lived.
The Shenmu tribe is very self-contained, the people in the tribe have never left the forest, and they are reluctant to interact with the outside world, they are full of yearning for the outside world, and full of fear!
From time to time, people from outside came to the tribe, and before, some restless people in the tribe were moved and plucked up the courage to go out of the tribe to the outside world, but it didn't take long for bad news to come. There is such a legend that the Shenmu tribe has been cursed by black magic, and those who leave here will not live for more than a year!
"Grandpa Eton, I've heard from people outside that there's a big castle outside the forest, there's endless food there, and there's never going to be hungry, and I really want to go out into the world!" a little girl squatted on the ground, trying to communicate with an old man.
The little girl was fifteen or sixteen years old, not tall, thin, with long black hair draped over her shoulders, two big eyes that seemed to be able to speak, a high nose, and a small mouth. It's not beautiful, but it's cute!
The old man's beard and hair were all joined together and fluffy, except for his eyes and nose, and the rest was covered in hair. This old man doesn't know how long he has lived, and he is also one of the old monsters of the Shenmu tribe.
"Eva, I know you don't have enough to eat every day, you are a kind child, give me the only food you have. Ten years......" The voice was old and weak, and he coughed heavily, then gasped for breath.
The girl named Eva pounded the old man's back.
"I know you want to take me out of here, but no one who left the village lived for more than a year, and that dark magic curse was real!" Eton looked thoughtfully, helplessly, and looked into the distance with his eyes exposed.
"I don't believe in dark magic, I just know that people will be hungry if they don't eat, and I don't want my friends to suddenly disappear into thin air. "The girl is stubborn, she wants to try.
"Do you know what the people from outside are doing in our tribe?" Eaton asked a question that everyone knew.
"Of course I'm here for an adventure!" replied Eva, somewhat unexplained.
"Yes, they're here to explore, but what are they looking for?"
"Who knows, everyone's purpose is different!"
"No, they all have the same purpose! The northern radius of our tribe is the densest place with the most trees. But in fact, there is only one tree in a radius of 100 miles! The main trunk of the tree is more than ten meters thick, and the branches grow and take root in patches, forming the terrible Black Forest, which is the place of their exploration!"
"Impossible, right? So the Black Forest is a tree, why has no one ever said that?"
"Because no one who saw the main tree could come back alive, and the people of the tribe have forgotten their mission!
Eva's mouth was wide open, not knowing what to say, and her parents had warned her that she should never go to the north of the tribe. Her parents also went to the north of the tribe and never returned, when she was only 9 years old.
Eton's grandfather was old and sick, she brought food to his grandfather every day, they were not related, after his parents left, Eton became Eva's closest person, and the two depended on each other.
"Why would the tribesmen guard that unrelated tree?" asked Eva.
Eaton coughed again, "The curse of the tribe has an inexplicable relationship with this ancient tree, many people have disappeared in the ancient tree field, so the people of the tribe are afraid of the ancient tree, and the ancient tree has become a taboo for the clan!"
"What are those outsiders doing over there to the ancient tree?"
"Finding powerful magic. ”
"Eva! I'm going hunting!" shouted Eva not far away.
Eva didn't believe the rumors, and she said to Eton, "These legends are not credible, I'm going to hunt!
"Only the Ancient Tree can break the dark magic and get the people out of here!" said Eaton reluctantly.
"Okay, okay, when I'm full, I'll explore the ancient tree! I'll break the curse for my people, feed them, and keep them from disappearing. With that, Eva ran off into the distance.
"Eva, you're talking to this old madman again! My mom said don't take his word for it, no one in the tribe believes him!"
"Maybe what he said is not entirely wrong, there are fewer and fewer prey around the tribe, and if you don't think about it, the people will starve to death. I don't know if there are really ancient trees, but I think there must be a lot of prey in the northern Black Forest!"
"You want to go to the Northern Black Forest? I heard that only one man made it out of the Black Forest alive and was seriously injured!"
"Who's that man?"
"It's that old madman, my mother says he's as dangerous as the Black Forest!" Chaburo shivered as she looked at the old man in the distance, she seemed to be really scared of Eton.
Chaburo is a year older than Eva, but she is half a head taller, with a graceful figure, slender thighs, red hair and blue eyes, and is one of the best beauties in the tribe. She and Eva grew up together and had a good relationship. Eva was only nine years old when her parents disappeared, and she went hunting with Chaburo's parents.
A long time ago, the people of the tribe went hunting in teams, and the prey became less and less, and there were not enough points at all, and everyone began to have contradictions and disagreements, so they rarely went hunting in teams.
Eva still vividly remembers that one evening seven years ago, a family of three gathered for a meal, each with a bowl of wild vegetable soup, and Eva had an extra piece of dry rabbit meat.
Eva took a few bites and couldn't bite!
"Mom, this meat is so hard!" Then he put the dried meat on the table, lowered his head and drank the wild vegetable soup, as soon as the sour soup was in her mouth, Eva frowned, but swallowed it anyway.
Under the dim oil lamp, my mother's eyes were moist.
Dad took a sip of wild vegetable soup, put the bowl on the table, took a deep breath, and said, "Eva mother, I want to try it in the Black Forest!"
"You don't want to die?" Eva reprimanded with a frightened face!
"It's been a long time since Eva has eaten fresh meat, and besides, I only go to the edge of the Black Forest, so I shouldn't have a problem. Father pretended to be relaxed and smiled slightly, but his brows were still furrowed.
"I'll go with you tomorrow!" Eva lowered her head and ate the wild vegetables, unable to see her expression. Eva's father ate a few bites of wild vegetables vigorously, and then continued to drink the soup without looking up, he knew that his wife was very stubborn, and what she said could not be changed.
"Eva, no matter what happens, never go near the Black Forest!" the father said to Eva very seriously. Eva nodded, and her father stopped talking, picking up the wild vegetable soup and continuing to eat.
Early the next morning, before Eva got up, her parents left for the Black Forest. They thought it should be okay to just go to the edge, but they never came back.
That night became Eva and Mom and Dad's last supper. Eva stayed outside the Black Forest for days and nights and refused to leave, she didn't know what she could do but cry, and finally Chaburo pulled her back.