Lu Xiao told Yongzhen and Alethea about his encounter with humans through Focus.

Alethia, who stayed at the base, immediately mobilized some drones to reinforce in the direction of Lu Xiao, and Yongzhen, who was sorting out materials in the base, also hurriedly came to the main control room.

With his powerful eyesight, Lu Xiao hung a distance of about two kilometers behind the tribal warriors who had withdrawn to the village.

Although these tribal warriors were very vigilant, they were unable to detect Lu Xiao's traces with their perceptual abilities.

The warriors who have been out hunting all year round are all strong and strong, and they seem to have come here to rid them of saboteurs.

Having completed the task, the leading black warrior quickened his pace and strode away with everyone.

In the process of Lu Xiao's tracking, Altheia analyzed: "Compared with other relatively docile mechanical beasts, the damage caused by the saboteur to the surrounding ecology will be more troublesome. ”

"For example, the watchman and the walker can be compared to herbivores, while the destroyer is a full-blown carnivore."

"Herbivores don't necessarily attack humans when they see them, and there is a chance that they will be driven away by intimidation, but carnivores are different."

"Saboteurs will definitely attack as soon as they see humans, and the biological energy that animals can provide is far superior to that of plants, and saboteurs who are infused with predator characteristics in their design will definitely give priority to attacking humans."

"Trample, Sawtooth, Windback, Lightning Hawk, and Toothmouth are the same, and Thunderfang and Stormbird are no exception."

Lu Xiao said with some emotion: "It's really a shame that the humans in this world can survive in this harsh environment, in other words, these mechanical beasts should not be those war machines that got out of control in ancient times." ”

"That's right, the restored materials at Base 53 mentioned that humanity was not dealing with automatons, but real war machines. ”

"They will only follow the programmed 'predator' instinct and attack human habitation in large groups."

"The current automatons are pretty mild compared to the war machines recorded in the data."

'Sure enough, the automatons and the war machine are not from the same source, so who made these automatons? ’

Following the tribal warriors deep into their territory, Lu Xiao never saw a mechanical beast as ferocious as a saboteur again.

Walkers, Watchers, and Herbivores are the dominant automatons in this territory, and as long as they are not provoked, these herbivorous automatons can barely get along with humans.

In the process of continuing to track, Lu Xiao even found some traces of hares and raccoon cats in remote mountain forests.

Because of the ravages of automatons, animals in this world are very rare.

The larger animals became the "food" of the automatons, and only these smaller creatures survived by hiding in the mountains.

Even so, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen did not find such blatant animals when they searched near Vault 53, which also shows the ecological environment in this territory, which is obviously the result of long-term maintenance.

Through a stone tablet with unknown words engraved on the surface, Lu Xiao could see some tribesmen who had gone out to hunt and gather berries on the road.

These men were dressed in much the same way as the tribal warriors, except that no pieces of armor were sewn on the outside of their clothing.

The tribal residents all used English when they communicated, which did not make Lu Xiao feel strange.

According to the "ancient" map found by Aletheia, the land where Lu Xiao and Yongzhen descended was the American continent nearly a thousand years after the destruction of mankind last season.

There are many whites among the tribesmen, as well as a certain number of African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians.

The Beacon of Freedom used to be in trouble because of racial discrimination, but after the destruction and reorganization of the human race, there was no discrimination, and different races within the tribe could communicate with each other amicably.

Seeing the tribal warriors climbing along the mountain road, Lu Xiao temporarily stopped.

As far as the eye can see, there are many villages scattered throughout the mountain, which are defending the largest village and town close to the top of the mountain.

Yes, the tribe's largest human settlements are only the size of a village.

Alethea roughly estimated that the unnamed tribe would have a total population of less than 10,000 people, based on drone scanning.

According to the data left behind by Vault 53, the total population before the end of the first season was 11.3 billion, which was a stark contrast to the sparse population of today.

"Aletheia, what's your suggestion?"

"Infiltration? Or do you show up openly to communicate with them? ”

"Hmm......" Altheia thought for a moment, "Let's hide it for the time being, we don't know the customs of this tribe yet, in case they are extremely repulsive to outsiders, rash appearance will arouse their vigilance and increase the difficulty of their next move." ”

"It's fine."

As the main residence of the tribe, there were hardly any mechanical beasts in the mountain, and Lu Xiao turned on his breath to block the way up, and the tribesmen along the way were unaware of what he was passing by.

Consus's rare voice in Lu Xiao's body: "Judging by the living conditions of these human beings, their civilization has a very low degree of development, which is equivalent to primitive people who have not yet entered the Bronze Age. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that they could directly obtain parts from the mechanical beasts and polish them into weapons and armor, the civilization development process of this tribe would have been even more backward."

"Lu Xiao, you'd better be careful."

Consus kindly warned: "I have heard from these people the names of the Mother of All Things and the Goddess, and they probably possess some kind of primitive faith. ”

"You know better than I do about the power of faith."

"It can give courage and guidance, but it can also lead people into blindness and fanaticism."

"Be careful."

Lu Xiao also captured the words of concern such as holy mountain and holy church from the conversations of these tribesmen.

He wondered if the so-called Mother of All Things was a fabrication of tribal sacrifices, or if it was derived from something that actually existed.

According to the words of the villagers along the way, Lu Xiao learned that this primitive tribe was named Nora, and it was a closed and exclusive tribe.

With the exception of a few who had received permission from the eldest mother, none of the Nora people were allowed to leave the stele borders, nor were anyone from outside the world welcome.

When he came to the platform at the top of the mountain, Lu Xiao found an altar, and a large number of Nora people knelt down in front of the altar and said something.

Three old women dressed relatively formally knelt at the front, leading all the people to bow down to a cave to pray for blessings, and the leader of the black warriors that Lu Xiao had seen before also knelt behind the three old women.

Looking up at the inside of the cave, Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes with interest, "The biggest secret of the Nora clan should come from the mother of all things and the temple in these people's mouths, let me see what you are hiding." ’