Chapter 329: Distress

It's a pity that no matter how worried Chen Shouyi is, there is nothing Chen Shouyi can do.

I don't know how many kilometers away from the island!

Even if you want to save those believers, you can't do anything about it.

He looked at the brightest star in the sky, and in a trance, he saw a kneeling figure praying sincerely,

She was not a priest of the tribe, nor a patriarch, but an inconspicuous and aging female barbarian, with a dry face carved with wrinkles left by the years.

As an old and frail woman who could no longer reproduce, she was almost at the bottom of the tribe.

Yet he was the most devout of all his followers.

......

As soon as the sacrifice was over, preparations for battle soon began.

The young men of the tribe picked up their spears and quickly hid in the cellar, ready to rely on the cellar for defense.

It's a pity that the barbarians who came over this time were not one canoe, but more than thirty of them, and the barbarians who came over were not just a few, but eight or nine hundred, and each canoe was crowded with people.

Children, women, young and strong, except for the absence of old people, these barbarians are completely dragging their families and migrating rhythms.

In fact, it is.

The tribe hails from another small island hundreds of kilometers away and drifts along the way in search of a new habitat.

It stands to reason that the sea is not like the land, and the whole tribe can go on a migration at any time.

Sea monsters, storms, and huge waves can swallow this tribe in the sea at any time, and even if you are lucky enough to encounter it, it is a matter of little luck to find a small island to migrate to in the vast sea.

Not to mention in this kind of winter when everything is depressed.

If it weren't for the desperation of the entire tribe, it wouldn't have migrated at all.

Since more than ten years ago, the totem of the tribe tried to provoke a stranded sea beast, but was bitten to death by the other party.

The situation of the tribe is getting worse and worse.

The island's natural spirits began to flood and become more and more rampant.

The whole island has become gloomy, and often a small illness can take the life of a clansman.

Of course, if there is only this extent, it will not be enough to risk the destruction of the entire tribe and flee to the sea to fight for that glimmer of life.

As long as life can barely get by, just endure it and suffer it.

However, a year ago, after devouring countless souls, a certain powerful nature spirit finally broke through a certain boundary and became a terrifying existence, and it even began to devour life directly.

First the insects die, then the weaker animals.

Small islands are small, fragile ecosystems that are interconnected and indispensable.

The so-called big fish eat small fish, small fish eat dried shrimp, with the extinction of this layer of dried shrimp, the entire ecological chain will completely collapse.

Soon the tribe would no longer have much to eat, and would have to survive on a limited catch, but that was not enough.

In just one year, the entire tribe of more than 1,300 people remained, and only more than 900 young people and children remained.

There is not a single old man left!

Why death, it is self-evident.

Seeing that winter was approaching, but there was still not much food in reserve, the tribal patriarch finally broke through the cauldron and began to flee the island in search of that glimmer of life.

......

Canoes ran aground on the beach, and a large number of barbarians excitedly landed on the island.

It didn't take long for the group to discover traces of the island's barbarian activity, and soon found a hiding place, seeing that a battle for sovereignty over the island was approaching, until they found a statue of a god.

All the invading barbarians suddenly hesitated.

The reason why a god is considered a god is because it has its own realm of faith, otherwise it is just an ordinary statue.

The power of the realm of faith is quite weak, which drives out some weak natural spirits, making the believers in it become more religious, and it is difficult for ordinary people to even feel its existence.

But for the unbelievers, especially the infidels, they can feel the majesty and rejection that emanates from the realm of faith.

In this other world with mysterious powers, the reverence for gods and the fear of gods has been imprinted in the bones of barbarians.

The gods and the tribe are, to some extent, interdependent, with the gods (including divine beings or powerful supernatural beings) protecting the tribe from development and reproduction, driving away the spirits of nature and powerful enemies, and the tribe providing for the gods.

Invading a tribe protected by gods or powerful creatures is entirely self-defeating.

Then came the drama.

After some temptation, threats, and negotiations.

The two tribes quickly merged, and according to the size of their fists, the patriarch was re-elected.

The patriarch of the original island tribe was defeated without any suspense, and even cowered in the face of the opponent's strong physique, not daring to fight at all.

At the beginning, the entire tribe was killed by Chen Shouyi, and there were no decent strong men, and the new patriarch was only selected by the tallest of the shorter ones, and he was just an ordinary barbarian.

The barbarians have long been accustomed to the respect of the strong, and there is no concept of racial honor and disgrace, and in this case, the change of power is unusually smooth, without setting off the slightest wave.

For the ordinary barbarians of the original tribe, life should be how to live or how to live. Even the newly elected powerful patriarch made them more or less happy in their hearts.

And in this change of power, the only thing that has not changed is the priesthood.

Because the priest communicates with the gods and is the spokesman of the divine right, not everyone can replace it.

......

Chen Shouyi watched in a daze, and a sacrifice that was grander than the previous one was in full swing.

The power of faith, which was originally not left, has gradually become stronger.

The number of stars in the sky representing believers has quickly changed from more than 200 to more than 300 and more than 400......

His mind couldn't turn for a moment.

Didn't you run into a strong enemy?

Isn't the tribe about to fall?

In just half a day, the number of believers not only did not decrease, but multiplied.

And even because of the beginning.

As faith grows, believers grow rapidly.

Chen Shouyi looked at it for a while, and then retracted his gaze speechlessly.

He found it too easy to spread his faith in another world, and it seemed that he didn't need to spend any effort at all, just stocked it, and it would grow savagely on its own.

After a while, he withdrew from the Book of Knowledge space.

"Good giant, you're finally awake?" said Shell Girl, jumping off his shoulder.

"There was a bug trying to eat you just now, but fortunately I was brave enough to kill you. She said coquettishly with a look of praise on my face.

"Where?" asked Chen Shouyi.

"Here!" Shell Girl quickly pointed her little finger.

He recognized it for a long time, and then he saw that there was a small insect the size of an ant pinched by a shell girl under his feet.

"Thank you so much!" Chen Shouyi said with an eyebrow raised.

When the shell girl heard this, she immediately smiled and said coquettishly: "Because you are a good giant, I want to protect you." ”

Chen Shouyi was speechless.

Don't you understand the tone of my words?

How did this stupid creature survive, he suspected that if she hadn't been born on a deserted island with no natural enemies, she would definitely not survive a day and die.

He ignored her, patted his ass, and got up to his feet.

Push away the rocks blocking the hole.

Picked up some dry firewood and began to prepare the delayed breakfast.

However, today is destined to be unpeaceful, only half of the barbecue, one of the female warriors who passed by here before, ran towards this side in embarrassment, her clothes have been torn by the thorns on the road, her body is covered with blood, and her face is frightened.

As soon as she saw Chen Shouyi, she was relieved, she didn't know that she had fallen, she quickly stood up, and shouted excitedly: "...... General Counsel, Please...... You, save me...... Companions!"