Chapter 24 Strategic Divergence
By the time Lin Yuan and the others returned to the Yan clan base camp, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
Because of the large number of wounded and the fact that there were more than a thousand newly rescued prisoners to take care of, the pace of the troops was not fast.
Although Lin Yuan's mood was very heavy, he still tried his best to do a good job of commanding the troops.
He arranged for Daya and Houyi to be in charge of the outpost, trying to avoid the possible Jiuli sentinels, as well as the difficult roads such as high mountains and steep slopes, and pick the most suitable way home.
Then he also arranged for a large number of members of the Suiren clan of karma and eggplant to serve as the queen of the palace, and at the same time was responsible for finding ways to cover the traces of their walking, so as not to be found by the pursuers.
Fortunately, it happened to be raining heavily all night last night, and most of the traces of the troops' walking and movement were washed away, coupled with the masking movements of the personnel behind the palace, basically, their movements were difficult to identify.
Under the light of the setting sun, Lin Yuan saw several fence walls of the Yan tribe, the scenery that was very ordinary in the past, but at this time, it seemed very kind to Lin Yuan.
"The Flame King is back!! The Flame King is back!! ”
The primitive people standing guard on the fence wall shouted excitedly, and a large group of primitive people appeared on the fence, and everyone happily watched the returning procession.
When they set off, Lin Yuan only brought 15 people, but when he came back, he brought back more than 1,000 people, a large area of black pressure, standing outside the wall.
"Open the door!" Anna shouted inside, and a rudimentary gate made of tree branches was opened, and Lin Yuan and the others entered.
"Ye, quickly take the blade to the cave to rest, Big Tooth, you and Hou Yi are responsible for assisting the captives of the Suiren clan." Lin Yuan ordered tiredly, and then he saw Anna, and slowly continued:
"Anna, you and Zheng pass by, I have something to say......"
"Zheng Jing !??" Anna found Zheng Jing standing at the back of the team, she pounced excitedly, and after the two exchanged a few words, she suddenly noticed Lin Yuan, who had been looking solemn, and walked over and asked cautiously, "Lin Yuan...... You okay? ”
Lin Yuan shook his head and led Zheng Jing and Anna to the periphery of the wall, where there was a team of more than a dozen people, all bald, they were Zheng Jing's people.
At this point, the men carried a humanoid object wrapped in leaves...... It was Qiao Jing's corpse.
"...... you guys? What's wrong? …”
Anna looked at Lin Yuan suspiciously, and then looked at Zheng Jing.
Zheng Jing sighed and looked away.
Lin Yuan said bitterly:
"This is Qiao Jing...... I couldn't get her back safely......"
"Ah...... Qiao Jing!! ”
Anna suddenly rushed over, trying to lift the leaves, hesitated, and stopped.
"Qiao Jing, ah......"
Anna still couldn't hold back, tears welling up in her eyes.
Zheng Jing patted Anna on the shoulder and comforted:
"It's okay...... We've all been there, and she's going to come back to life eventually. ”
"But...... I wonder how long it will take? Chances are we'll never see her again...... With such a little girl here, what can I do when I am alone......"
Anna said with tears in her voice.
Lin Yuan raised his watch and said flatly:
"It's okay...... The next reincarnation, I will take care of her. ”
"Huh?!" Anna asked, surprised.
……
More than an hour later, Lin Yuan had already told Anna everything that had happened in the past few days, and she also understood the "synchronization" situation on Lin Yuan and Qiao Jing's watches.
As night fell, Anna and Lin Yuan lit a large bonfire on the grass outside the cave, and took out all the prey reserves, so that all the people who survived the catastrophe could feast themselves.
"So...... Your synchronization is automatically initiated by this bracelet? ”
Anna asked in a low voice, she sat on a tall wooden stake with Lin Yuan and Zheng Jing, looking at the blazing bonfire, and asked faintly.
"I think so......" Lin Yuan raised his head and looked at the starry sky.
"But...... How did this happen? I mean...... Zheng Jing and I have met many partners before...... Gone, but their bracelets didn't emit any strange flashes, and they didn't synchronize much......"
Zheng Jing leaned over and said:
"Well, yes, when the other traversers die, their bracelets disappear out of thin air...... It's as if it's time and space, going to a different timeline, and even at that time, our black bracelet is nothing unusual...... Can you tell us what happened at that time? ”
Lin Yuan shrugged his shoulders, and then said:
"No, it's just that my watch vibrated a little bit, and then it prompted some brain wave frequency or something, and then that's it."
Anna and Zheng Jing glanced at each other, as if thinking something, but did not continue to speak.
"Well...... By the way, Lin Yuan, I want to discuss with you what we should do next......"
Zheng Jing said tentatively.
Lin Yuan took a breath, closed his eyes, and tried to clear out all the things that were lingering in his mind, then took a few deep breaths and sat up.
Let him go and look forward!
A voice sounded in Lin Yuan's head.
When he opened his eyes, Lin Yuan, who had just been in that sorrow, had disappeared, and was replaced by the confident Yan chieftain.
"Well, Zheng Jing, I'm also thinking about this matter, just right, what are your plans?"
Lin Yuan replied solemnly.
Zheng Jing's eyes rolled back and forth, looked at Anna, looked around again, and then let out an exaggerated exclamation, and said:
"Oops! I didn't expect you Lin Yuan to be so powerful, originally when I saw you for the first time, I thought that you were just like those other ordinary traversers, coming in a hurry and dying in a hurry...... I really didn't expect you to escape from the mouth of a headhunter and establish such a ...... Such a big cave, it seems to be bigger than the cave before me, not bad! ”
Lin Yuan smiled slightly, and Anna hurriedly said:
"What's more, Zheng Jing, you forgot, if it weren't for Lin Yuan, you might have become a headhunter's meal now!"
"Ahh Yes, hahaha, speaking of which, I really want to thank Lin Yuan! ”
Lin Yuan snorted, he faintly felt that there was something in Zheng Jing's words.
"Let's get down to business, let's not mention the past!" Lin Yuan replied simply.
Zheng Jing was stunned for a moment, then put away his smile and became serious, he said:
"That's right, that Fusilier tribe, what are you going to do?"
"Huh?" Lin Yuan was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the first thing Zheng Jing said would be this.
Zheng Jing still said to himself:
"That's right, the Suiren clan is the one who claims to be the leader of the eggplant, and most of the captives we have returned this time are members of their tribe, except for the Gaoshan clan who obey my orders...... What are your plans? “
"Plans? Of course, everyone lives together, if they want to. Lin Yuan shrugged and replied.
"Hmph...... So what if they don't want to? ”
"Then let them go, I'm not an evil headhunter, I want to eat people or something......"
Lin Yuan seemed to answer easily, but in fact, he had already guessed in his heart what Zheng Jing was going to say next.
"Ahem! Well, I'm relieved, it's better to get rid of those barbarians, I understand this Suiren clan, they are not very obedient, and it is difficult to manage, if you leave them here, it will only cause trouble! ”
Really......
Lin Yuan thought in his heart, but he didn't answer immediately, and after thinking about it for a while, he looked at Zheng Jing's eyes and asked rhetorically:
"Why don't you like the Fusilier clan?"
"Huh? I didn't say I didn't like it......," Zheng Jing said hesitantly.
Zheng Jing's abnormal performance even more surfaced the worry in Lin Yuan's heart.
Zheng Jing and this Suiren clan have some ulterior secrets, or contradictions......
When he was leading the troops before, he found that Zheng Jing and the dozen or so bald Gaoshan clans under him always seemed to keep some distance from the Suiren clan.
However, at this time, Lin Yuan didn't want to show his doubts too early, so let's wait until tomorrow.
After making up his mind, Lin Yuan didn't say anything, after eating what he was doing, he returned to the cave, checked the injuries of the wounded, and rested early.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, when Lin Yuan woke up, the tribe had already entered the busy work of the next day.
Seeing the tribal members working hard to go in and out, Lin Yuan smiled with relief, it seemed that everything in the Yan tribe was on the right track, and there was no need to do everything.
Before he walked out of the cave, he deliberately went to look at the blade lying on the bed resting, his previous injuries were more serious, especially a few terrible scars on the chest and abdomen, shocking, if it weren't for the blade's strong body, if he was an ordinary person, he would have been unable to stand it a long time ago.
But even if it is a strong blade, it may not be so easy to withstand this knife wound.
Lin Yuan knew very well in his heart that in the Stone Age, where there was no medicinal medicine and medical technology, people were injured, and they could only rely entirely on their own resistance, and whether they could recover or not was completely left to God.
Therefore, except for those who are particularly physically strong, most primitive people, once they are seriously injured, can only wait to die.
And Lin Yuan can do it at this time, that is, he can only try his best to arrange people to keep the blade wound clean, as well as sufficient rest and food, and he has no way to do the rest, compare, Lin Yuan himself is not a doctor, and Anna and Zheng Jing do not understand medical skills.
"The stab wound was severe...... The wound is ulcerated...... If you don't suck out the pus and blood, I'm afraid that this person will die soon......"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind Lin Yuan, and he hurriedly turned around, it turned out to be the chief of the Suiren clan.
Realizing that he had scared Lin Yuan, he was a little embarrassed, he took a step back apologetically, lowered his head, and said:
"Good day, respected King Yan, thank you for saving your life, on behalf of the Suiren clan, I wish the great Yan tribe prosperity day by day!"
It turned out that the eggplant had come in specifically to thank them, and because there were too many people in the Suiren clan, Lin Yuan had arranged for them to sleep outside the tribe's cave before.
"Hmm...... You're welcome, by the way, you see the condition of this wound...... Do you know how to heal? ”
Lin Yuan asked tentatively, he didn't know much about this primitive indigenous leader.
"A little bit of it! If Lord Yan agrees, can you let the eggplant try to heal? He replied earnestly.