Chapter 192: A Trap in the Woods
Early in the morning, Shao Xuan woke up on the high stone pillar, sat on it, yawned, moved his hands and feet, and then looked around from a high place.
At first glance, there is no difference between this place and yesterday, but if you look a little closer, you can see the "lines" that stretch in six directions among the flowers and plants.
Coming down from the stone pillar, Shao Xuan ate the meat and bird eggs given by the Lu tribe with him, and the chirps that had been foraging early in the morning flew in the sky, and he didn't find any danger around him for the time being.
The fire pond in the old place has already changed its appearance, covered by layers of mud and stones, Shao Xuan wanted to dig it, but after thinking about it, there is no fire, and it doesn't matter much whether the fire pond is buried or not.
So be it for now.
With the fire pond in his hometown as the center, Shao Xuan recalled the fantasies he saw last night and walked around.
The changes are too great, if it weren't for the fantasy he saw last night, Shao Xuan really couldn't imagine what kind of buildings there used to be in which place.
Originally, I was thinking of digging up some special items, but after walking around, I didn't find anything for the time being, maybe some things were buried deep in the ground, or maybe they were destroyed a long time ago, and it was possible that they were taken away by the Yanjiao tribesmen who left that year.
Shao Xuan was about to look carefully, when an eagle suddenly sounded in the sky.
After a pause, he put aside the clay pots that had just been dug out and were a little defective, and Shao Xuan sneaked into the woods in the direction of the chirp warning.
Early in the morning, the Wanshi tribe sent more than 100 people into five teams to search for people in the mountains and forests. The witch and the leader said to them, as long as you see people who are not from your own tribe, no matter who they are, no matter what conditions they look like, kill!
Those who can bring back the opponent's head will be rewarded by the witch and the leader.
Even if the leader of Wu He didn't say where the people were in the mountains and forests, and he didn't mention how many people there were, when they heard that there was a heavy reward, everyone's hearts were on fire, and they thought that they could get this merit.
The people who had just returned from participating in the tribal war were not sent out, and in order to find out the truth first, Wu and the leader discussed it, and only decided to temporarily send more than 100 people to investigate the situation.
The other people who were left in the tribe looked at those who walked in the direction of the fierce beast mountain forest with envy, so many people plus the Ten Thousand Stone Beast, it shouldn't be too much danger, if they can still make meritorious contributions, it will be cool.
The people who were about to enter the mountains and forests, under the envy of the clansmen, led the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts and proudly went on the road.
The Wanshi tribe did not raise cattle, sheep and horses on a large scale, one is that they have no interest in raising these, and second, and most importantly, they focus more on the Wanshi beast.
The so-called Wanshi Beast is not actually a natural existence, but a beast that is much stronger than a beast is bred and selected by the Wanshi tribe with a variety of wild beasts, and even some fierce beasts. Because the inheritance of the Wanshi Beast has not yet stabilized, each generation of the Wanshi Beast is different from the previous parent, for the sake of convenience, and also for the sake of fame, the people of the Wanshi tribe named it "Wanshi Beast".
Wanshi beasts are targeted breeding, for hundreds of years, there are some of them that can be inherited steadily, but what the Wanshi tribe needs is a fierce beast, which is their first selection criterion, therefore, even if there are many deformed species selected among them, and even many defects, they are still retained by the Wanshi tribe, and those beasts that are genetically stable but not strong in attack are more reduced to food.
These 10,000 stone beasts are larger than the hunting dogs trained by ordinary tribes, and they don't all look the same, some look like canines, some are felines, there are differences in size, and the patterns on their bodies are even more complicated, and the only thing they have in common is that their eyes are very fierce, their temperament is extremely brutal, and they look at people as if they are about to rush up and bite when they are caught.
When waging war against other tribes, the tribesmen will also use tens of thousands of stone beasts in order to track down those threats that must be killed.
If it weren't for the greater strength of the totem warriors of the Wanshi tribe, they really couldn't pull these fierce string beasts, and they had to be prevented from biting the rope.
A hundred or so people, divided into five teams, entered the fierce beast mountain forest, each team carried three or four ten thousand stone beasts. They are not close to each other, but they are not too far away, and if something happens to one team and they blow a loud whistle, the other teams in the vicinity will hear it and rush over.
Although everyone was very excited when they left the tribe because of the words of the witch and the leader, after actually stepping into the fierce beast mountain forest, they were inevitably apprehensive.
No one spoke, only the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts roared from time to time. No anomalies were found, and no trace of any "human" was found. I thought that I would be able to track the target after taking the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts into the forest, but I didn't want to, after entering the mountains and forests for a while, the beasts encountered several beasts, and still nothing was found.
Hunting in the mountains and forests, Shao Xuan has already learned how to better hide his traces and breath, there are so many fierce beasts in the mountains and forests that are good at tracking, at that time the hunting was not discovered, and now it is natural that it will not be tracked by the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts.
In the early morning, I entered the mountains and forests, and by noon, all the teams were already a little tired, and they did not find anyone, but other animal and plant threats had encountered several waves. They couldn't hide their figures, how could they hide with more than twenty people per team, plus the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts? Besides, they weren't good at this.
"Why can't you find anyone yet?" said a warrior from the Wanshi tribe during the break.
"I wish I could find it soon, and then go back with his head to receive the reward. The other fighter looked wistful.
"It's up to you, and when the time comes, I won't give you the prey. ”
"Maybe it's not just one person, but several? Even if it's just one person, you can split it. Someone interjected.
"That's right...... Anyway, when the time comes, everyone will have their own ability, and whoever grabs it will be whoever!"
As he was talking, a person on the side suddenly said, "Hey, what's that?"
The leader got up and walked over to a large rock, which they would not have cared about if they had seen such a stone in normal times, but now, it seemed that this stone was not an ordinary stone.
Before, where they were, he had only seen one side of the large stone, but when he walked to the other side, he saw the carved dents in the scraped stone.
"Who scratched this open?!" the leader asked.
Others shook their heads.
Look at those moss scratches, they are still relatively new, if they were not scraped by their own people, that is, someone has just come.
The person who thought of this was not the only one who was in the lead, and the others also reacted.
"Is there really someone?!"
"Great!"
"Hmm, what is Flame Horn?" asked the man who saw the words on the stone.
"I heard that there used to be a big tribe here, but then it perished. Could it be this tribe?"
"Highly likely!"
Speaking of this, a strong excitement rose in the hearts of everyone.
Big tribes, although I don't know what the big tribes were like thousands of years ago, but if you look at the big tribes in the middle now, you know that in each tribe, there are some very precious things, maybe there are jade and other things like fire crystals and other eye-catching things to keep?
The thought of this made everyone in the team itch. They also know that the mountains and forests are very dangerous, and there are many fierce beasts, but now that there are many of them, besides, it should be okay if you are careful, right?
"Isn't it true that the people who sneaked into the mountains and forests were also for this big tribe?" someone said.
"No, we can't let anyone take it!
There is no need for the leader to say more, the others hurriedly got up, the tribal war allowed them to reap a lot of benefits, and when they encountered the relics of this kind of big tribe, the first thing they thought in their hearts was naturally whether they could get good things.
Iwadove said that the people of the Wanshi tribe are very greedy, and many times, such greed will suppress other feelings in their hearts, so that they will do things that many people think are very crazy.
In recent years, slave owners have become more and more fond of coming to the central part of the country, especially looking for places where the Wanshi tribe has been, where there are many tourists.
Before leaving, a warrior of the Wanshi tribe pulled down his leather pants and pointed at the big stone engraved with "Flame Horn", intending to urinate and leave. For the tribe, this kind of stone engraved with the name of the tribe or totem pattern is not just a boundary monument, they have a heavier weight in the hearts of the tribesmen, just like those petroglyphs of the Mang tribe, if someone urinates on the petroglyphs, it is guaranteed to be fiercely attacked by the Mang tribesmen, in the rules of the tribe, this is a provocation.
However, a tribe that has been wiped out for nearly a thousand years, why be afraid? The people of the Wanshi tribe didn't take this seriously at all, even if someone found it, they would kill it. Just now, someone cut it directly with a knife, but unfortunately this stone is good, and it didn't directly cut out a big gap. It's better to go back and move it away when the time comes, and then polish some other tools.
A group of people planned to continue looking forward, but after taking a few steps, the leader noticed that something was wrong, and looked back, next to the big rock, the person still maintained his original posture.
Is it a can't pee out or what's going on?
"Hey, are you alright?!" the leader asked.
No one answered.
The other fighters also complained, "If you pee, you can pee, if it weren't for the sake of hurrying over to find a target, we would have made a shot, but what is the matter with you standing there all the time? What if someone else robs you of the credit?
Someone was about to speak again, but was stopped by the leader.
Being able to be the leader of this team, naturally he would not be too stupid, and he had already noticed that something was wrong, so he walked over carefully, took out a stone knife, and poked at the person standing there.
The man who had been standing there fell down without any sound.
Everyone's hearts tightened, when did the ten thousand stone beasts notice it?
Whoa, whoa, whoa—
There is a slight noise from the bushes somewhere around, and it is difficult to notice unless you are careful.
The three Ten Thousand Stone Beasts had good hearing, and they suddenly became manic, roared, and rushed over there, and the people holding the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts also let go of their hands and let them chase after them.
The leader glanced at the others, told everyone to be careful, and then led the people to chase after them.
The noise in the bushes was louder, as if someone had just left this place quickly, and in less than two breaths, it was already far away.
"Chase!"
"Ahh
A warrior was hoisted on one foot, struggled limply a few times, and fell silent. There was a thorn stuck in him.
Immediately afterward, three more warriors of the Wanshi tribe were tied up and hung one after another, and after they were hoisted, there was a thorn to end their cries.
At this moment, the others were also stunned. Timidly looking at the dense woods around them, the surrounding bushes and weeds were gradually becoming denser, and Yan zhòng obstructed their vision, which could only be judged by their ears. I also secretly doubted in my heart, how many people were hidden around?
As soon as one of the fighters cursed, a sharp pain suddenly came from his ankle. He thought that he would be hoisted up like the previous fighters, but he didn't think that the force on his feet was directly dragging him to the side, and the speed was still very fast.
Another person was dragged away and then went silent.
The people who stayed in place did not chase after them, they held their weapons, vigilantly around, and the pace of chasing the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts also slowed down.
The leader slashed a pile of weeds next to him with a knife, didn't see anything suspicious, spat hatefully, and cursed in his heart.
Until now, they haven't even seen each other's figures, but they have been overshadowed by the traps left by the other party again and again, but they still can't find where the trap is!
In just a few breaths, four people were broken!
This feeling of aggrieved made them very unhappy, and their already irritable temperament was now more and more uncontrollable.
In the past, they went to wage war against other tribes and did not encounter such a situation, at that time, the tiger's body was shaken, and the strength was increased to the extreme, and they rushed over with a knife to cut people when they saw them, how convenient was it?
But it's not here!
This makes them very uncomfortable.
Moreover, this is a fierce beast mountain forest, and I have to worry about fierce beasts or other threats that may appear at any time, and now I have to pay attention to my feet.
The Ten Thousand Stone Beasts ran away, and they couldn't call back.
It seems that someone lured the Ten Thousand Stone Beasts away first, and then the people who hid inside came to deal with themselves and the others. Thought to the leader.
"Do you want to blow the whistle?" someone asked the leader.
"No!" how long will it take to blow the whistle? If others see him, he will lose face, and his prestige will definitely be hit. The leader's eyes were full of gloom.
Sou!
Another person was pulled up by the neck, and when he opened his mouth and didn't make a sound, he wanted to yell, but he was strangled too tightly and couldn't make a sound at all, and his face was distorted.
Burst!
A wooden thorn pierced him in the neck. The toxin caused him to quickly lose consciousness and stop struggling.
The leaders looked into the air.
Silk thread?
Such a silk thread...... Is it the Eight Tribes?
It shouldn't be, the Weiba tribe is still a little far away from here, and it's not that Weiba can interfere here, it doesn't matter how many small tribes they destroy in the Wanshi tribe, but if a big tribe intervenes, it will not only affect a few surrounding forces.
Besides, what is there to worry about in the land of the Fierce Beast Mountains and Forests?
The more he thought about it, the more confused he felt, and the person who simply led the way didn't think about it anymore, all he had to do now was to find out the suspicious characters here and kill them. R1152