Chapter 171 Writing a Diary (2)

After a busy day, feeling somewhat exhausted, Xu Que finally had time to sit alone in the courtyard of the primitive tribe. Leaning against the wall, he took a few thin stone slabs and a twig pen and began to write down the beautiful night scene and everything around him. In simple terms, he was writing a diary! He sat quietly, facing the mountains that seemed to reach into the clouds. At this moment, the tribe he belonged to was exceptionally quiet, a quietness that was somewhat unsettling.

The moonlight is exceptionally beautiful tonight; I haven't felt this way in a long time while I'm in the tribe. A crescent moon hangs in the deep black sky.

A thin mist surrounded the moon, appearing and disappearing like a light veil swaying gently in the evening breeze, or like a young girl in her boudoir gently lifting the curtain on her bed.

Without the mist, the ancient osmanthus tree above the moon is clearer and more vibrant, and beneath it, one wonders if it truly is Wu Gang and the Jade Rabbit. The osmanthus tree—Wu Gang is absent, but the Jade Rabbit is present. In such a sky, why not imagine the Weaver Girls, busy weaving, forgetting to tidy up, hanging the veil in the air and on the moon, the great lantern of the heavens!

Here at night, the air is heavy with dampness. A gentle autumn breeze stirs the air, making the moonlight brighter. The moon begins to nestle against the mountains, and where the moonlight doesn't reach, the shadows appear menacing, ghostly figures swaying in the wind, resembling the demons of legend. Slowly, darkness descends on this side of the mountains, obscuring everything, like a black veil covering the eyes. Only the cool breeze whispers through the air. I dare not look at the opposite mountains; they are eerily quiet, a silence that is unsettling, an darkness that is hazy and indistinct. The night has now deepened.

The moonlight slowly descended, its rays, blocked by the mountain peaks, cast black and white patterns on the eastern mountains, like undulating waves, like gold and silver jewels. The forest bathed in moonlight felt desolate and melancholic; unlike the bright and clear sunlight that illuminates the forest during the day, making the leaves shine, the moonlight was grayish-white and hazy, making it possible to only discern that the trees were clusters of trees.

The longer one spends in the primitive world, the easier it is for one to lose their fighting spirit.

I feel like it's all over now, it's just like this anyway, all the effort and struggle are meaningless now.

Finally, they could all understand how otaku felt.

“We haven’t been hiking much lately. Has the number of primitive humans increased? Or what’s going on? Look how beautiful their houses are!” Xu Que glanced at his wife and patted her head.

"What? You want to stay here?" Hou asked calmly.

As a man who traveled from modern society, having a home to live in had always been his dream, especially in this chaotic primitive society.

When the Black Deer Tribe's management heard Hua's call, they all stepped forward to do what chores they could for the tribe!

All members of the Black Deer tribe sprang into action! Working together, some went to the enclosures where wild animals were kept and captured live cattle to slaughter on the spot!

Fortunately, Xu Que had previously built fenced enclosures for raising wild animals. He also kept many livestock in these enclosures. There are many benefits to doing this; can you see them now?

Many tribes have already fled and disappeared! Coupled with this massive earthquake, hail, and mudslide, the fact that most tribes have survived to this day speaks volumes about their resilience!

As Xu Que spoke, he took out the mask he had just exchanged for with exchange coins from the system warehouse.

Seeing her brother Xu Que made her quite happy!

Led by Hua, the tribe members worked together, some fetching water, others slaughtering cattle, all cooperating wholeheartedly.

A large pot of beef was quickly cooked.

After finishing their meat, everyone gathered in small groups in front of the wooden houses, some playing dice, some playing mahjong, and some playing rope skipping games to pass the time.

Hua Lao had long realized that the environment of all tribes would undergo a series of changes to varying degrees over a long period of time in the future.

The Black Deer tribe decided to organize its members to search for survivors in various tribes when the sun came up in the afternoon.

"It seems that the new wooden carts made by our Black Deer tribe will come in handy now!"

"Now, members of my Black Deer tribe, those who wish to search for and rescue members of other tribes can join our team and set off on the wooden carts! Everyone, please bring your own rations! There is beef in our tribe's large iron pot; take as much as you need, depending on your appetite!" Hua said to each member of the Black Deer tribe.

Each member preparing to go to the disaster relief site had their own food rations ready, and then they joined the large group heading to the disaster relief site.

The Black Deer tribe's rescue team searched along the road, going from tribe to tribe.

The first tribe they encountered along the way was a very small tribe. The tribe's caves had long been leveled by the earthquake. Outside the caves, there were only traces of the tribe members' daily lives, but no one was alive!

The members of the Black Deer tribe continued their search and encountered a second tribe. This tribe's cave had also collapsed, and it appeared that many people were buried inside! Outside the tribe, there were seven or eight surviving women.

Hua quickly handed each of them a piece of beef to temporarily satisfy their hunger! The deputy chief of the Black Deer tribe quickly picked up a wooden spoon and scooped water from the large wooden bucket on the zebra cart for each of them to drink.

The surviving members of these tribes who were rescued explained the situation to the Black Deer tribe's management: all the people in their tribe had been buried deep inside their caves! Only a few of them had survived! The Black Deer tribe's management used twigs and stone chips to record the information of these tribesmen, and then continued to search for other tribes to see if there were any signs of life or people in need of rescue.

There are a lot of surviving male members in this tribe, and you can tell it's a large tribe just by looking at its size!

"Most of the members of this tribe are uninjured, and they appear to be in good spirits! So we shouldn't give them the food we brought! We should leave the food for other tribe members who are in worse condition and injured than them," Hua, the Black Deer tribe chief, told the rescue team.

"Hmm! The members of this tribe all seem to be in good condition! So let's skip them and move on to the next tribe!"

The Black Deer tribe followed the large procession to another tribe in need of assistance.

"The tribe ahead is another large tribe! Although the caves of this tribe have been razed to the ground, all the tribe members have evacuated and are temporarily resting on the spacious grassland in front of the tribe's gate, discussing how to hunt and solve the problem of food and clothing!"

"Sigh! I was thinking of giving them some food! But I think I'll pass! This tribe must have at least 30,000 members! That's more than our tribe! We couldn't possibly share all the food! Besides, the food we brought probably wouldn't be enough for all of them! Since we can't share it, and since none of them are injured, let them fend for themselves! That's fine! Let's move on to the next one!"

After a long day of travel, the Black Deer Tribe rescue team had completed the search and rescue of half of the tribes in the entire primitive world.

The members of the Black Deer tribe returned to their village, each with a smile of great accomplishment on their tired faces.