Chapter 54: There Are Worms Under the Mountain
The weak in the mountains and forests are the most vulnerable to attack, so Shao Xuan has always been upbeat and pay attention to his surroundings, he is only an underage child now, and in the eyes of the beasts and fierce beasts, he is one of the weakest two in this team.
When passing through the basin, it was almost evening, Shao Xuan originally thought that there would be a cave dedicated to resting here, after all, the rule of the hunting team is not to go out to hunt at night, and it is too dangerous to stay outside, and this place always feels insecure without a cave to rest.
To Shao Xuan's surprise, the cave in the second stronghold was not on this side.
The second hunting ground is on the other side of the mountain, but ......
Shao Xuan looked up at the mountain that couldn't see the top of the mountain or the border at all, and it was too difficult to climb over, even if he had the strong body of a totem warrior, he might not be able to climb over it in a day, not to mention that it was too late. There are already a lot of bright eyes in the jungle near the foot of the mountain.
Mai and the hunting party did not stop there, but continued to walk up the mountain.
There was indeed a hole near the mountainside, and it was very large, and it was not naturally formed, nor was it deliberately dug by the tribesmen, but a hole drilled by some kind of creature.
To be exact, it was actually a passage from which the hunting party would enter every time they came, and they could walk to the other side of the mountain and go straight through it.
On the wall of the cave near the entrance of the cave, it is densely engraved with words. In the last place, Shao Xuan saw Mai's name.
Each leader of the team will write his name when he is here, so the above names are all written by the leaders of the hunting squads in the previous tribe, and when Mai can no longer lead the team, and the new leader of the squad is selected, when he comes here, the new leader will also write his name. In their eyes, this is a symbol of honor.
Before entering the cave, the people of the hunting party perform a small ceremony to thank the ancestors who opened up this hunting route.
Mai placed the spear at his feet, knelt on one knee, palm facing inward, hands crossed in front of his forehead, and bowed to the cave wall with his name written on it.
"To the ancestors!!"
"Respect!"
Shao Xuan also followed the other members of the hunting team to show their gratitude with the same courtesy.
It is said that the route taken by each hunting team was walked by the ancestors, a long time ago, when the tribe was short of manpower, there were not so many hunting teams, every time they went out hunting, they changed the route one by one, this time they went to this route, the next time they went to that route to hunt, and the next time they changed another one.
Later, when the tribe had more people, they divided into several teams, and each of the hunting routes opened up by the ancestors had a hunting team to go there.
The reason why we have to follow the route is also to avoid those unknown and unforeseen factors. What kind of beasts are there on each hunting route, how many fierce beasts are there, what is the geographical environment? These can all be gained from the experience passed down from generation to generation of hunting warriors, and if you deviate too far from this route, you will not be able to deal with anything in time, and then you will suffer greater losses.
Of course, the hunting route is only a general direction that is formulated, and on this basis it can be freely swung. For example, the route of Mai's hunting party was to climb over the mountain where the first stronghold was located, then through the basin, and then over the current mountain, to the other side of the mountain.
As for some people in the tribe who have their own ideas and want to open up a new route, don't think about anything else except the joint decision-making of the witch and the leader.
What? Delusional desire to carve out a new hunting route for yourself?
Are you better than your ancestors?
Absolutely impossible!
The new route is not something that can be opened casually, do you think this route is not good?
How can this be reasonable! You dare to doubt your ancestors! Believe it or not, I beat you to death?!
......
For the things handed down by the ancestors, the people of the tribe are always very persistent, even if there are many decisions that are not suitable in Shao Xuan's opinion, the people of the tribe do not think that they are wrong at all.
In addition to being loyal to the totem, the people of the tribe also have the worship and trust of the ancestors that Shao Xuan imagined, even if the ancestors crawled out of the ground and told them that there was only one moon in the sky today, the people of the tribe would nod their heads without hesitation.
This is also the result of the brainwashing education of successive witches, which has been passed down from generation to generation.
The leaders of each generation of hunting teams lead the hunting, and they always feel that they can be worthy of the ancestors and worthy of the hunting route opened up by the ancestors. Just look at the names written on the stone walls at the entrance of the cave, and the leaders all have similar ideas.
After entering the cave, the fire was lit, and the hunting party did not go inside, according to the previous habit, after entering the cave, they would spend the night at the entrance of the cave, and then go in early tomorrow morning, and it would take some time to pass through this cave, because it was not a straight line.
"How did this hole that leads to the other side of the mountain come about?" Shao Xuan asked Lang Ga as he rested around the fire.
"When the ancestors found this place, the cave was already stored, and it is said that there was a stone insect king insect under this mountain, and the winding roads in the mountain were drilled out by it. Langa said.
"Stone worm?!" Shao Xuan was surprised, this near-circular passage was at least ten meters high, and according to Mai, in addition to the passages connecting the two sides, there were many passages inside the mountain that led to the underground or towards the top of the mountain. I can't imagine that such a perforated cave passage of this scale was made by stone worms?!
That's a big one!
It's not comparable to the stone worms used as bait!
However, this is supposed to be the theory handed down by the ancestors who first came here to open up hunting routes, and it remains to be verified whether there are really stone insects.
"That'...... Has anyone of the ancestors ever seen the stone worms under this mountain?" Shao Xuan asked. How many years have it been since the first generation of hunting teams came to open up routes, and even if the tribal hunting teams have not spent much time here, who has seen them, right?
"Not really. Seeing that Shao Xuan was still suspicious, Lang Ga said: "But listen, there will be a sound coming from the cave, and there must be a stone insect king worm." ”
Shao Xuan listened carefully, there were indeed some very small whirring sounds, but it was not necessarily caused by stone insects, since there were many holes in the mountain, the wind blew in from one hole, and then blew out from several other holes, there would also be such a sound.
There are still a lot of doubts in my heart, but looking at Lang Ga's appearance, even if Shao Xuan asks, he can't get an answer. No longer arguing with these stubborn people, Shao Xuan turned to ask, "What's on the other side of the mountain, what's the difference with the mountain?"
Sure enough, Langga's attention was quickly diverted.
Actually, the biggest difference is that there are a lot of huge birds on the other side of the mountain. Lang Ga stretched out his arm and gestured, although the length of his arm was limited, but looking at the exaggerated expression on his face, Shao Xuan knew that it must be really, very big.
In fact, thinking about it carefully, Shao Xuanxian, from entering the mountains and forests to the present, large birds of prey are indeed rarely seen, although many of them are already very large in Shao Xuan's opinion, but according to Lang Ga's description, on the other side of the mountain, there are larger and more fierce birds of prey. The feathers on the heads of some of the warriors during the sacrificial ceremony of the tribal snow festival were probably hunted on the other side of the mountain.
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