Chapter 1: The New World
You heard it right, this is the Legendary Continent, a world full of legends. It has experienced the birth and destruction of many civilizations. This time, however, civilization is full of mysteries. Perhaps, the world itself is a mystery.
Reaching out to block out the sunlight that peeked through the gaps in the dense foliage, he grabbed the void light. The air was dry, and he hid under a tree to cool off. Zhang Qi felt very comfortable. Rare good weather. Zhang Qi was in a large forest. Normally, when it rains, it's hard to get dry. Zhang Qi himself does not like moisture. It hasn't rained for a few days, so it's best to come to the forest to play. Or rather......
Suddenly, there were several hurried shouts not far ahead, mixed with terrible howls. I saw that the dense bushes were squeezed out, and with the scattered leaves, a "short-legged pig" rushed out, with an "arrow" inserted in the buttocks, and ran in the direction where Zhang Qi was with an indomitable momentum.
The "short-legged pig", as the name suggests, is one of the animals with very short legs, relatively less aggressive, and very fast. Although the aggression is relatively small, everyone has also heard a saying: the dog jumps the wall in a hurry, and the rabbit bites when in a hurry. If you don't have the strength and a little bit of luck, you will get hurt. Those who see it for the first time will react quickly and run away from it. Slower ...... Zhang Qi is not worried about this problem because he is in the tree......
But it's also hard to catch. It's like that arrow in its ass...... And when Zhang Qi heard the shouting, he had already reacted quickly, staring at the source of the sound, reaching out and taking out an arrow from his back, taking the arrow, pulling the bow, and aiming.
As one of the top five among the hundreds of people in the "Legendary Tribe", Zhang Qi is already familiar with this set of actions. There is no need to think about it at all. The whole set of movements does not take more than a second. Of course, you might say that anyone can do it if they are proficient in this move. In fact, the focus of this set of actions is on the last "aim". Or "locked" is more appropriate. Those who can quickly lock on and hit are the masters. Besides, it's just an arrow......
Zhang Qi looked at the rushing prey, paused for less than half a second, and then let go of his fingers. The sharp arrow "searched", as if breaking free from the restraints, and quickly headed towards the prey's wide open mouth. And because of the angle of the shot, the arrow passed through the jaw of the prey, penetrated through the middle of the throat, accompanied by splashes of blood and a howl that suddenly stopped, rolled more than ten meters, and then fell to the ground and twitched slightly.
At this moment, several people, both men and women, came out of the dense bushes. Seeing the prey being pursued falling to the ground at this time and twitching slightly, they were all overjoyed. He shouted at the people in the trees: "Didn't you say that you won't be 'active' today? Zhang Qi pursed his lips and said helplessly: "You don't look at what time it is, it's afternoon, if you don't bring anything back, wouldn't it be even more boring." Zhang Qi raised his head and looked at the still scorching sun, but he knew in his heart that it would not be long before it would be dark. It's been a day and it's time to go back.
Thinking about it, he slipped down the tree and walked towards the group. One of them said that his subordinates did not stop, but took out a knife and struck it cleanly on the neck of the prey, stopping its twitching. Zhang Qi walked to the side of the prey, pulled out his arrow, then looked at the arrow on its buttocks, and said with a smile: "Whose arrow is it, it's okay to use it on someone's ass...... Haha"
The people around laughed when they heard it, but one girl didn't laugh, glared at the other people angrily, reached out and swept the bow to Zhang Qi's calf, wanting to beat him down.
Zhang Qi hurriedly dodged and begged for mercy: "Yo! Miss Zhang, I was wrong, you are angry!"
Zhang Han didn't do it again, and said angrily: "Laugh at me again and go to my aunt! ”
Zhang Qi hurriedly shut up, turned around and left: "I'm afraid of you." Ladies and gentlemen, this prey is handed over to you, just go back and give me a pig's hind leg. Several people gestured their middle fingers to express their attitude towards someone. But he said: "You can rest assured!" Zhang Qi waved his hand back, too lazy to pay attention to the group of people behind him.
After walking out of the forest for nearly an hour, and walking along the creek for another ten minutes, I vaguely saw the tribe and people. Zhang Qi's tribe is called the "Legendary Tribe", and the total population is less than 2,000 people, belonging to a small tribe. I heard the old people in the tribe say that some tribes are very small, only a dozen or even a few people, and that kind of tribe has declined, or in a few decades, the inheritance will be cut off. And some tribes have hundreds of millions! The format of the big tribes varies.
Most commonly, there is a main tribe, and below it are subordinate tribes. At a certain time, the subordinate tribe should send talents and some resources to the main tribe, so that the strength level of the entire main tribe can maintain the status quo or improve. The formation of tribes takes a long time. It's not that just because a person is a master can build a tribe. That's not that tribes are not recognized. At best, a village, a city, or even a country.
There are a number of necessary factors for the formation of a tribe. Families of different families have faith. Totem. For small tribes, faith is often their totem. And in large tribes, beliefs and totems are often separated. It takes a long time for this to come to be. The totem is not only a symbol of a tribe, it also has its mystical power to bless the prosperity of the entire tribe. A source of tribal strength. It is possible to destroy a tribe easily. However, it takes much time to establish a tribe.
Zhang Qi asked the old people in the tribe how they got all this information. After all, the tribe he is in is very remote, and there are many large forests around it, and it is impossible to go out if he doesn't know the way, and it is impossible to go out for a lifetime. There are very few resources here, it may be on the edge of the world, there are no particularly dangerous places here, and I have not seen any "spirit beasts" or "monsters". Relatively speaking, it is relatively safe.
It's far, far away from the bustling parts of this world. And how do you know the pattern of the whole world? The old people say that this is all information passed down from the tribe. It is recorded in the tribal history books. It records the major events of the development of the tribe to this day. And the history of our legendary tribe can be traced back to the rise and fall of the last civilization.
This made Zhang Qi very shocked at that time! The last civilization! That must have been hundreds of millions of years ago? It turned out that the history and civilization of our tribe were so mellow! But how could it be like this now? Even if we have experienced the destruction of a civilization, we have inherited it after all, and according to the strength we have shown, it is possible to rule the world even now! Then why did we lose? While Zhang Qi was proud that his tribe had such a mellow and long history and civilization, he also had doubts.
When asked this question, the old people were also full of sadness and confusion. They say that although our tribe survived the destruction of the previous civilization, it is as if it has been cursed, and the strength and number of the entire tribe have dropped sharply. At that time, although the strength of our tribe was still strong compared to the emerging tribes, at the rate of decline, we would soon be swallowed up.
As a result, under the leadership of the then tribal chief, millions of people began to move, which was a major decision that caused shock and panic among everyone in the tribe. However, after discussion, no one objected.
After the plan, the tribe first sent a part of the tribe's masters to explore the road and determine the route, and the followers were divided into ten times, setting off every half a month, following the route of the masters of the pioneer tribe. Millions of people, such a huge number and crowds. It's just walking. At that time, although our tribe was stronger than the people of other tribes, even the old, weak, sick and disabled, it was a long journey after all.
Many people were exhausted on the road, and some decided to stay as they passed through some towns. The tribe is not embarrassed either. Because of the situation at that time, they were really no wonder. They left a part of the tribal history book and left a root, and with tears in their eyes, they watched the people who continued on the unknown journey, saw them off, and prayed and blessed them...... The old people were crying.
Zhang Qi also shed tears. Although it was just talking, Zhang Qi could also feel the loneliness of the tribesmen at that time. He felt that he could relate to the pain and confusion of the time...... Far away, I don't know where it is. It's just walking and walking, just looking for a place to survive. This world, this life is so cruel and realistic. Survive! Survive! Survive again!
At that time, the world was also shocked. They watched this ancient tribe, in order to survive, millions of people resolutely began to move, and it is not as simple as words. If you are not careful, it is possible to exterminate the race.
At that time, the tribal patriarch was also burdened with the eyes of the people of the world and the hopes of all the people of the tribe, and he had to bear these pressures alone! If something happened, he would not only be laughed at by the people of the world, but would also become the eternal sinner of the entire tribe! Zhang Qi's whole heart was in shock, he would not be numb, he would not calm down, that stirring heart......
The old men later said that in the end, every time the tribe came to a place where they were not strong enough for them, they would stop and stay, and when the strength of the tribe was almost higher than theirs, they would set out and go to the next place to stay, and when the people there were stronger than them, they would embark on the journey again. The tribe kept people leaving, dying.
The number of people went from a few million to hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, tens of thousands, and after sixteen patriarchs, they finally found this place. The sparsely populated and lowest-strength places lived. Nearly a thousand years have passed now. The curse has weakened, but it's still there.
The future of our tribe is still so confused. What is the secret of this world? Why is our tribe burdened with a 10,000-year curse, no matter how hard we try, we can't change it, we can't get rid of it.
Is it difficult for us to belong to the previous civilization and be rejected by the current civilization? How can we lift the curse on the tribe and restore the glory of cherishing the sun?!