Volume 1 Prehistoric Wars Chapter 5 Tinder
The claws of the ancient wolves, with thick pads of flesh, made contact with the ground without making a sound, silently approached their target, and then pounced, biting the throat of the other.
It's a trick they use.
The Xuanhuang people of the first stage suffered extremely heavy losses, only some of the Xuanhuang people who were crawling motionless in the mud were spared death, and those Xuanhuang people who stood trembling in the dark were all attacked by the ancient wolves.
The people on the third ladder all climbed up the canopy and shrank between the branches and leaves.
The Xuanhuang people of the second and fourth tiers all hid in their bunkers, quietly waiting for the verdict of fate and the arrival of dawn.
Lao Fang sighed, according to the development of this situation, the people who wrote the Xuanhuang civilization really have to rely on the tribe that left before.
At this moment, a flash of fire suddenly appeared on the fourth staircase.
The old man saw it clearly, this firelight appeared extremely accidentally, a Xuanhuang man in a desperate struggle, slammed a stone at the ancient wolf, the ancient wolf dodged and dodged, and this stone hit another stone.
The two stones collided, and a series of sparks burst out, directly igniting the surrounding dead leaves.
The accumulation of dead leaves provided enough fuel for the fire, and soon the fire reached the height of a meter.
The ancient wolves by the fire jumped away in horror, in their experience, fire was extremely terrifying, many forests were burned by this kind of thing, and their hair, once it was touched, could burn in an instant.
The Xuanhuang people are also afraid of this thing, but they also desperately need the light emitted by this kind of thing.
The light illuminated part of the battlefield, and within the scope of the firelight, the eyes of the Xuanhuang people regained their light.
The short spear flew into it, and the group of Xuanhuang people regained the advantage.
But the good times didn't last long, the pile of dead leaves burned out, and the fire gradually dimmed.
At this moment, a Xuanhuang man gritted his teeth and rushed into the fire.
The fire quickly ignited its hair, and he waited silently for the fire to spread to his body, and then walked with the fire towards the pile of dead leaves.
His will was extremely strong, but his body was holding back.
The fire kept burning his hair, and it was also frantically licking his skin, flesh.
The smell of roasted meat emanated from him, and he rolled on the ground in pain, but he managed to ignite the pile of dead leaves.
Lao Fang's mood is heavy, such a person, although the approach is a little wrong, but undoubtedly the most respectable.
Lao Fang saw that he had a relaxed smile on his face, and at this time, most of his skin had turned into char.
At the last moment when he burned his life, he shouted out a word, which was the "fire" in the mouths of the Xuanhuang in later generations.
Although Lao Fang didn't understand the language of the Xuanhuang people in later generations, he couldn't stand the language pack updated by Daozu in advance, and he understood the meaning of his words at once.
For so many days, the language pack is still the first automatic translation, and it can be seen that the previous Xuanhuang people squeaked and babbled, all of which were issued randomly, and only the word "fire" was included in the Xuanhuang language.
"Fire!" All the Xuanhuang people made this sound.
There was light again in the heavens and the earth.
And the outlaw's approach made a trace of awe appear in the eyes of the ancient wolves.
At this moment, another Xuanhuang man gritted his teeth and rushed into the fire, successfully directing the fire to another pile of dead leaves.
"Fire," the Xuanhuang man roared through gritted teeth.
"Fire!" More Xuanhuang people rushed into the fire, carrying the fire farther away to the pile of dead leaves.
The Xuanhuang people lit more than a dozen bonfires with their lives, illuminating the entire fourth staircase.
The ancient wolves were frightened, they were very in awe of fire, and they were even more afraid of these fire people from the bottom of their bones.
At this time, a frightened ancient wolf whimpered, turned its head and ran behind him.
The ancient wolves of the fourth ladder, you look at me, I look at you, and what they see in each other's eyes is fear.
Soon, they reached an agreement and retreated.
Looking at the ancient wolf that receded like a tide, the Xuanhuang people of the fourth ladder did not choose to pursue, because the land in the distance was pitch black.
A young man came to the fire with great courage, and when he saw that a dead log was already crawling with flames, he thought about it and picked it up.
The fire did not rush up to his body at once, but burned quietly at the end of the dead wood.
"Fire!" The boy cried out with some joy as he held up the dead log.
His actions made the other Xuanhuang people fearful, and soon, they discovered that the fire could be held by the young man.
The boy carried the dead wood and carried the fire far away, and set fire to a pile of dead grass on the ground.
The "fire" young man looked at the dead wood in his hand that was still flickering, and shouted to the other Xuanhuang people.
Another daring boy also picked up a piece of flickering dead wood from the fire.
"This must be the most primitive torch!" The old man said in his heart.
I have to say that the Xuanhuang people who have just experienced a battle have a heart that is not afraid of death.
More people went to pick up the dead wood from the fire, and after a while, the dead wood was picked up, and the Xuanhuang people who did not get the torches were very depressed.
The young man thought for a moment and threw his spear into the fire, and in a short time, a spark ignited from the blood-stained tip of the spear.
"Fire!" The boy raised his spear and showed off his new discovery to the Xuanhuang people.
"Fire!" All the Xuanhuang people rejoiced, and they could make torches out of their spears.
With the fire, the Fourth Echelon decided to support the races of the other fronts, but the torches were too low-level to maintain, so they burned all the way.
Soon, they came to the third tier.
"Fire!" A Xuanhuang man looked at the thick leaves under the woods and shouted excitedly.
He quickly lit a pile of leaves, which was not a big deal, and under the blowing of the night wind, the fire immediately rose, and soon, the uncontrolled fire rose more than ten feet high and swept towards the center of the woods.
The crackling sound could be heard miles away, and the initiator was also stirred up by the rising flames, and the hot air instantly ignited his hair.
He immediately turned into a fire man, he screamed in pain, and his body fell uncontrollably into the fire.
Seeing this scene, Lao Fang shook his head, uneducated, it's terrible, it seems that thousands of teammates in the woods were directly killed by this guy.
The fire swept towards the center of the woods very quickly, and the Xuanhuang people hiding among the branches and leaves immediately discovered the fire in the sky.
Their first instinct was to flee.
No one can fight against the fires that burn the forest, and staying away from the fire is the most important thing to do.
They fled directly between the branches, many of them accidentally stepped on the air, fell directly from the trees of dozens of meters, some were pierced by the miscellaneous trees, some were seriously injured, unable to move, they were desperately waiting for the fire to engulf them.
When the ancient wolves discovered the fire, it was already a little late.
Once the fire is in full swing, it will affect the wind speed, and the night wind is relatively calm, but the fire here has reached a height of more than ten zhang, and the air will become extremely thin when it is evaporated, and it will be necessary to draw air from other places to maintain normal pressure.
As a result, the wind became stronger.
The stronger the wind, the faster the fire spreads, and the two complement each other and grow in proportion to each other.
The speed of the ancient wolves is not slow, the limit can run to a speed of eighty yards, but the woods are so big that they often find the fire, and then turn around and run, only to find that there is still fire in front of them after running for a while.
Not many of the people of the third tier and the ancient wolves escaped by luck, and they died in a miserable state.
The old man sighed and turned his gaze to the second step.
The Xuanhuang people of the second tier, reinforced by the fourth tier, achieved a major victory.
The ancient wolves were disturbed by the firelight, and they found that their night eyes did not have any advantage in the fire-filled environment, and they were extremely afraid of fire from the bottom of their hearts.
They showed their timidity, and their cowardice fueled the courage of their opponents, who grew more and more courageous, and the monsters of six hands shot their short spears through their bellies and stoned them in the head.
In the end, they were all intimidated, and those who were still able to move all fled.
As for the Xuanhuang people in the first rank, they rescued too late, and only a few dozen of them were pulled out of the mud, but the ancient wolf was also slowly forced into the swamp by the Xuanhuang people holding torches.
A large number of ancient wolves were swallowed up by the silt, and a small number of ancient wolves aroused their ferocity and rushed towards the Xuanhuang people, all of whom were ruthlessly assassinated by the Xuanhuang people with spears.
The overall situation has been decided, and the Xuanhuang people have won the battle.
After a big battle, the losses of the ancient wolves and the Xuanhuang people were extremely heavy, the number of the Xuanhuang people was only fifty percent, and the number of ancient wolves was sharply reduced to about 13,000.
For the rest of the day, the two populations began to live in a low-key manner on their respective turf, and the area seemed to return to calm.
The old side adjusted the time to a thousand-fold mode.
In this mode, spring, summer, autumn and winter change very quickly, but the careful old man found that the Xuanhuang people seemed to be less afraid of fire, and they even liked fire.
Every night, they would light a fire at the entrance of their cave, sometimes to keep out the cold, sometimes to defend against foraging beasts.
The fire brings not only light, but also warmth and safety to the Xuanhuang people.
When the fire is used, the materials used to make the fire have become varied, sometimes it is a pile of dead leaves, sometimes it is a pile of broken trees, and sometimes it is some stinky fur that has been piled up.
With the fire, the Xuanhuang people's activity time has also become much longer, and they dance a thousand-armed Guanyin dance around the fire from time to time (no way, people have six arms. Every now and then, sit by the fire and enjoy the rare tranquility of life.
Soon, they found that the meat had no fishy smell after being grilled, and the taste was very good.
Later, they discovered that beating sticks boosted their spirits when dancing.
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After the fire, Lao Fang found that the life of the Xuanhuang people had changed a lot, and they often sat by the fire until late at night, playing with each other in front of the fire, and trying to communicate with each other.
Unfortunately, although they made many sounds, none of them triggered the automatic translation function of the Xuanhuang language pack, which shows that the words they spoke were not widely circulated and used by later generations.
"It's really the spark of civilization!" For the first time, Lao Fang felt that the meaning of this word was very deep.