Chapter 20 Co-optation

From the shape of the pig-like beast with long spikes, Chen Xu casually named it a porcupine, as for whether this creature has anything to do with pigs, it is not something he needs to consider.

Anyway, what the names of these creatures are called, it is completely up to Chen Xu at the moment, and he has enough reason to believe that if he records these names, if they can still be passed on to future generations, it will be orthodox!

After a period of arduous communication, Chen Xu finally gave up his attempt to get the news from the ape captain, and I have to say that the ape language is too simple, so simple that it can be used to communicate, and the meaning that can be expressed is very, very little.

"That's it, let's go through it yourself, these apes can't count, and they don't know how big that tribe is, how many people are in it, this is the first tribal merger, and it can't go wrong!"

Sending the ape-man captain out to cut bamboo, Chen Xu shouted as the ape-man in the cave cleaned up the feces inside, and cleaned it with water by the way, while secretly thinking to himself, "Are you going to put Mandarin training on the way?" Grandma's, this communication is too inconvenient!"

In a short time, the morning work was completed, and the apes who gathered firewood returned with a full load, and the firewood was hoisted down by ropes, and the ape-men who cut down the bamboo also succeeded in making rough bamboo spears, which were transported to the caves, waiting for further processing.

After breakfast was prepared, Chen Xu beckoned the apes to start eating, and then took the newly made bamboo spear to the bonfire to demonstrate the roasting method of the bamboo spear to the apemen.

After everyone comprehended this technique, Chen Xu and everyone worked together to consolidate all the newly collected new bamboo spears in the morning and refine them into weapons that could be used directly.

Signaling the fourteen warriors in the tribe to carry the newly refined bamboo spears, Chen Xu instructed the remaining ten old and weak women and children to watch the cave, and when they were away, continue to go up the mountain to harvest bamboo, collect dry firewood, and make bamboo spears according to his method, waiting for their return!

After arranging the affairs in the tribe, Chen Xu motioned to the ape-man captain to lead the way, took the deerskin map he had hastily drawn last night, and began to rush to the ape-man captain's clan.

The captain of the ape, who has long been worried about his clan, naturally will not refuse!

Not long after, fifteen warriors led by Chen Xu went out of the small mountain under the leadership of the ape captain and entered the vast jungle.

This time, they traveled in a different direction than yesterday, but in a direction that seemed to be parallel to the river.

On the way, Chen Xu kept jumping up to the treetops, stealing birds' eggs, and constantly correcting the map in his hand, making the blurred parts more accurate, and constantly adding new danger areas.

Three hours later, in a wet river valley, the ape-man captain stopped and walked in front of Chen Xu in a few steps, with excitement on his face, and he muttered nonsense.

Chen Xu quickly realized that they had arrived, which could be clearly seen from the excited expressions of the ten soldiers around him.

Waving his hand to signal the ape-men to be calm, Chen Xu unfolded the deerskin map in his hand and lit a black dot with black charcoal in the place where he was standing now.

Judging from the map, the place where they are standing now should be in the north of the hill, according to the scale on the map, the straight-line distance between the two is not very far, but the middle zone is full of several dangerous and abnormal areas, with Chen Xu's combat strength at this time, they have to make a detour.

Connecting the lines of action along the way with black lines, Chen Xu licked his lips helplessly, no matter how you look at it, they also went around in a huge circle.

"Grandma's, it seems that this place is not far from the river beach where we hunted before, no wonder these apes can pick up food on the river beach, so it seems that we went down the mountain directly to the west before, could it be that there are some fierce and abnormal beasts in the area under the cliff?"

Looking at the map, a huge question mark flashed in Chen Xu's mind, and there was a large black circle drawn with charcoal in the eastern area of the hill, which was directly isolated from the small river that was close at hand.

Judging from the course of action of these two groups of ape-men, they have avoided this huge black circle, so I am afraid that the creatures living in the black circle are not very simple!

"Interesting!"

Carefully revising the map, Chen Xu raised his eyebrows, carefully rolled it up, received a hollow bamboo tube, and then carried it on his back, so as not to be damaged, this is a treasure he acted in this Stone Age, and he can't afford to lose it.

"Lead the way!"

The surrounding environment is indeed the same as what Captain Ape described, it is indeed a small river valley, taking the surrounding environment into his eyes, Chen Xu thought for a while, and then motioned to Captain Ape to continue to lead the way.

With an excited roar, the ape-man captain was allowed to do so, and suddenly he couldn't wait to push aside the jungle and reveal a fish-intestine path.

Looking at the traces in it, it should be a natural path that has been trampled on for a long time.

After stepping through the trail through a thick layer of dead leaves, and avoiding a forest of thorns, a somewhat spacious river valley appeared in front of everyone.

The valley is shallow and full of fist-sized pebbles, which look like tributaries of the previous creek, and is surrounded by bare reddish-brown soil.

The valley is steep and high, overgrown with spiky plants and covered with spiked plants, except for a flat middle section, where two thorn bushes act like a natural fence to hide the valley as a paradise.

On the bank of the valley is a thick layer of rock and soil, and a wide void appears in the soil very abruptly, as if caused by the weathering of the rocks, but now it has become a natural hiding space.

"What a wonderful place, the only thing to worry about is the beasts that stumble into this place, but other than that, this place is extremely safe!"

With a sigh, Chen Xu saw that the ape-man captain and the nine ape-men under his command immediately rushed towards the natural hollow, and there was no need to think about it, it must be the location of the ape-man tribe.

Sure enough, with the invasion of the ape-man captain and the others, the originally quiet cave immediately became noisy, and Chen Xu and the others could clearly hear the noisy howls of the other apes, which seemed to be quite excited!

A moment later, the captain of the apes walked out of the cave, and behind him were more than thirty ape-men with very unfamiliar faces.

These more than 30 apes are old and young, and there are more than ten women among them, and they are at a healthy age, which makes Chen Xu's eyes light up when he sees it.

Don't get me wrong, he is not interested in these ape-men, but is full of hope for the future development of the tribe, in this Stone Age, the number of female ape-men who can give birth to often determines the heritage of a tribe.

Originally, the tribe that Chen Xu belonged to only had five women, I am afraid that if they are not careful, it will be the end of the destruction of the tribe, which is also the fundamental reason why the strength of female apes is not worse than that of male apes, but they rarely go out to hunt, their survival maintains the existence of a race, the most important!

Perhaps, this is the direct reason for the emergence of matriarchal society later.

Now that there are more than a dozen female ape-men who can give birth to and raise, Chen Xu believes that it will not be long before his tribe will grow rapidly.

Under the leadership of ten strong tribal warriors such as the ape-man captain, more than thirty apes came to Chen Xu and the others nervously, with the prior explanation of the ape-man captain, the ape-men hesitated for a moment, then lay on the ground, put the weapons and other items in their hands aside, waiting for Chen Xu's decision!

This is the law of the Stone Age, maybe it already existed, maybe it arose because of Chen Xu, the god of fire, in short, at this moment, the law of the jungle is completely embodied!

Under the escort of the No. 1 ape-man, Chen Xu was like a high-ranking king, and slowly walked into the thirty-odd ape-men.

As if looking at animals in his previous life, Chen Xu carefully examined the ape-men.

There are more than a dozen children among these apemen, but they have passed the dangerous period, there are a few thin apes, but they are very healthy, and there are no sick people, as for the dozen or so female apes, Chen Xu is even more satisfied, they are all very healthy, but there are some dishes on their faces, it is estimated that they have not eaten enough for a long time!

Nodding with satisfaction, Chen Xu greeted the captain of the ape-man, which was regarded as acknowledging the existence of these ape-men.

Seeing this, the captain of the ape man immediately showed joy on his face and began to shout, acting as Chen Xu's microphone.

Under the shouting of the ape-man captain, the group of apes quickly got up from the ground and lined up in a simple queue, waiting for Chen Xu's order.

Seeing that everything was over, Chen Xu took advantage of the fact that it was still early and there was not much danger in the jungle, so he stepped out of the crowd and took the lead out of this area.

Seeing this, the ape-men No. 1 to No. 4 followed closely, and the ape-men also knew their fate for a long time, so they did not show any objections, and soon, under the urging of the ape-man captain, completely left their homeland and embarked on the journey to another place.

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