Chapter 41: A New Territory
That night, due to the howling west wind, the jungle on the east side of Xiaoshan was completely obscured by the fire, and the huge flames did not gradually shrink until the early morning with the shift of the wind, and when the sun and his old man completely appeared on the horizon, the fire also completely disappeared from the world, leaving only a ruin.
As for the creatures in it, from the great King Kong to the small ants and insects, they all fled in a hurry, and those who did not have time to escape from the sea of fire also turned into a source of energy in the sea of fire, and became a puddle of ruins on the dark ground after the burning.
The fire was raging overnight, and the ape-man on the top of the mountain, under the initial panic, was reprimanded by Chen Xu who crawled out of the cave, so he calmed down and continued to refine bows and arrows.
For a night, the flames flowed and the apes did not rest, and this night, they had plenty of meat, and they had to work incessantly.
Super Ape, Ape General, Ape Man No. 1, and Ape Captain, the four leaders set by Chen Xu patrol the mountains from time to time, ready to kick and wake up any dozing clansmen.
The night's toil, when the sun rose and the flames were extinguished, all the tendons of the tribe were used up, and a total of one hundred longbows and six hundred arrows were made.
The apes who had worked hard all night, looking at the fruits of their labor all night, unnaturally, a sense of joy welled up in their hearts, which was the product of their labor and an epoch-making sign.
After instructing everyone to prepare breakfast and distributing the food briefly, Chen Xu walked to the cliff, got a few long vines, and rubbed a few ropes of twenty or thirty meters, so that they had more ropes.
The other ape-men did the same, especially the old one-man, who was ingenious, and soon, with his help, four or five long ropes were produced.
Relying on these ropes, Chen Xu made some simple and short ropes, and began to make rope ladders on the top of the mountain, and soon, the first rope ladder in the world appeared.
"With this rope ladder, most of the people in the tribe will be able to descend to the bottom of the cliff, and the fire below the mountain has been extinguished, it's time to act!"
With a grin, Chen Xu dragged the newly made rope ladder to the cave, and then used two extra ropes to tie one end of the rope ladder to the depths of the cave and tie it to a raised stone.
After doing this, he threw the rope ladder to the bottom of the cliff, and suddenly, the rope ladder more than 20 meters long was completely extended, like a hideous centipede, swaying between the cliffs.
After visually measuring the length of the rope ladder, Chen Xu concluded that it should be much longer than when he climbed down before, and at this time, sure enough, the bottom of the rope ladder was only two or three meters away from the ground.
This distance is considered a safe distance for the ape-men of the tribe.
As for whether they can come up again after they go down, this question is not something he can consider, at least, as long as many of them go down, it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to have a chance to go up to the cave in the future.
The cave will serve as a tribal nucleus and will be the residence of the chief.
Seeing that everything was ready, Chen Xu ordered the ape-men to climb into the cave one by one, and he first made a demonstration of climbing down, and then the super ape-man and other powerful ape-man warriors.
In the end, Fang is the old and weak women and children in the tribe.
It's just that with the multifaceted demonstrations of their predecessors, these apes also have enough psychological preparation, although they are still trembling, but in the end they still reach the bottom of the cliff smoothly.
Even the thinnest old ape-man was like this, even if he fell directly in the last three meters of suspended distance, it could not hide the fact that he had completed this vertical distance of more than twenty meters.
More than 220 ape-men in the tribe climbed down from the cave one after another, and it took a full morning to climb all of them.
By the time it was time to reach the third pole, all the ape-men in the tribe, except for Chen Xu, had safely arrived at the edge of the jungle below.
According to Chen Xu's instructions, the apes had already begun to clean up underneath, sweeping the pitch-black jungle area that had been licked by the flames, and cleaning out a place where they could shelter.
Chen Xu, on the other hand, tied the bamboo spear and longbow with a long vine on it, and then slowly fished from the mouth of the cave.
In a short time, all the property of the entire Vulcan tribe was transported to the bottom of the cliff, bamboo spears and longbows were also distributed, and the heavily armed ape-men began to slowly explore the area that had been burned by the flames.
"Good fellow, if it weren't for the water vapor by the small river and the unusually humid mountains, I'm afraid that even if there is a change in the direction of the wind, this fire will not stop so easily!"
Walking in front of the apes, Chen Xu, who was holding a bamboo spear, stepped on the dark road, looking at the scene in front of him, although he had expected it, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
The flames are ruthless, these words really interpret the characteristics of this violent energy release method, this way is far beyond his control, if it is not for luck, Chen Xu has enough reason to believe that perhaps, this entire jungle can be directly burned by him, and there will be nothing left at that time.
Looking at the charred animal skeletons that appeared in the fire, and looking at the three or four meters of half-coke King Kong with an arm stretched out in the dust, as if he was going to grab something, Chen Xu's eyes blinked, but his heart was really a little trembling.
"This fire attack, although it is effective, can still be used in the future, and it will not be used in the future, and it is not for fun to set yourself on fire. ”
With a low sigh, Chen Xu summoned the ape-men behind him to the front and ordered them to start cleaning up the fire ground, removing all the miscellaneous trees and throwing them on the grass near the small river, and starting to completely reorganize the area.
In less than half a day, with the efforts of more than 200 ape-men, the originally charred and black place was restored to its original appearance, except for the lack of most of the dead grass on the ground, there was no other intuitive effect.
In addition, because of the flames, the number of snakes and insects in this place has been greatly reduced, and for a while, it is more suitable for everyone to live.
During this time, Chen Xu himself was not idle, he first probed the situation here, specifically observed the aquatic products in the small river, confirmed his conjecture, and then removed a huge branch from the tree and began to draw circles around the burning land.
This time, in this burning earth, there were no weeds and the like, only the burnt half-dead trees still stood upright, but burned a semicircular vacancy, right next to the river.
This kind of area is just suitable for settlement, but if you want to gain a foothold here, it is not safe to just drive away King Kong, Chen Xu has not forgotten what kind of area this is, so after hastily cleaning up the fire ground, he began to plan to set up a fence.
The large circle he drew with the branches was the place where the fence was erected, and when the ape-men had finished their cleaning tasks, he sent them around to start digging holes.
The tool used was, of course, a simple wooden shovel invented by him.
Thanks to the efforts of the tribe's fierce warriors, the trees in the surrounding jungle fell one by one, and a wooden shovel with a large or small handle was chopped out by a stone axe, which was quickly put into practical use.
And a large pit also quickly appeared under the action of the wooden shovel.
Ordering the other apes to continue digging pits along the trails, Chen Xu led the warriors who had finished making the wooden shovels to start cutting down the surrounding trees on a large scale, chopping them out and making them into pieces of sharp fence wood.
Although it was inconvenient to cut down trees with stone axes, under the strong strength of the apes, the trees still fell into the dust.
Under the uninterrupted labor of more than 200 people in the entire tribe, when the sky was getting dark, a three-meter-high fence made of simple wood was erected on the land planned by Chen Xu, and when the soil was covered, a simple but solid wall prototype was formed.
In the future, all we need to do is to continue to increase the length and hardness of the wood used to build the wall, and perhaps, we can also get some muddy water to completely bridge the cracks in these fences.
But that's all for later, at least for the time being, and this fence is enough.
In the place to the north of the fence, Chen Xu left a hole as the location of the walled gate, although everyone was exhausted, but he still ordered everyone to dig a trap near the walled gate, this trap can effectively stop the attack of wild beasts, he does not think, drive away King Kong, he can completely occupy this place.
In this jungle, if they can't show their strength, there is no possibility of winning the approval of the beasts, and they are still a long way from showing their strength.
After the pit was arranged, the night was already dark, and seeing that the apes were tired, Chen Xu ordered someone to light a bonfire and prepare dinner.
After a hard day's work, the apes hastily filled their bellies, and fell asleep deeply, and no one was in the mood to do anything else at this stall, not even the women of the tribe, who were tired enough for the day, so that when they were free, they all lay down on the ground.
Chen Xu smiled bitterly, but he could only take on the task of keeping vigil by himself, hoping that there would be no beasts attacking tonight, otherwise his emerging tribe might be finished at once.
Fortunately, maybe it was the deterrence after the fire, or maybe it was some other reason, in short, the night was very safe, and it passed safely in Chen Xu's nervous mood.
When the morning came, the apes woke up from their sleep one by one and regained their energy, this time, the tribe had a basic appearance, and Chen Xu would no longer serve them uncontrollably.
However, large-scale felling of trees, refining of wooden and bamboo spears, and small-scale expansion of fences must be carried out.
Of course, time is not too tight now, so everyone is completely in an assembly line way, according to the time period of continuous circulation, not focusing on doing the same work, which not only ensures efficiency, but also ensures that everyone is not too tired.
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