Chapter 82 Natural Disaster

The sun shone brightly that day, and the sky was cloudless. As usual, the members of the Black Deer tribe were busy with their own tasks.

Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted, followed by wave after wave of beasts rushing past the entrance to the Black Deer tribe's cave. Watching them run frantically and desperately, one got the feeling that something major was about to happen.

The original members of the Black Deer tribe whispered among themselves, seemingly quite surprised. They had never seen such a massive beast tide before.

"What major event happened up ahead? Why are all these wild animals fleeing like madmen? Are there packs of saber-toothed tigers chasing them?" Hua and the deputy chief of the Black Deer tribe asked in confusion.

"There's nothing behind these beast tides! Are they just scaring themselves? Strange!" said the deputy leader of the Black Deer tribe, turning his head to look behind him.

The beast horde continued its relentless march forward, including giraffes, rabbits, bison, wildebeest, and even a few monkeys. However, these monkeys were considerably more intelligent than the herbivores! They rode on the backs of these running animals, sometimes in groups of three or five, their destination unknown, their migration route unclear. No one knew, and no one could say for sure.

After the beast tide ended, the sky remained clear and there were no ominous signs.

Less than ten minutes after the beast tide ended, Xu Que suddenly felt unsteady, inexplicably dizzy and nauseous, and felt as if his feet were being shaken like a sieve.

"Earthquake! Everyone inside the cave, get out quickly!" Xu Que shouted into the cave. The elderly, weak, sick, and disabled who were resting and recuperating inside the cave, those who were still relatively agile, ran out as fast as they could. Those who were not so strong were shaken by the sudden and violent earthquake and didn't even know where they were, let alone run out of the cave!

Xu Que gripped Hou's hand tightly, swaying back and forth on the large open ground outside the cave, waiting for the massive earthquake to pass.

Five minutes later, the Black Deer tribe's cave was basically razed to the ground! Inside the cave, thousands of members who had been living in retirement were buried deep underground by the collapsed cave.

Dust flew everywhere, and a fierce wind mixed with torrential rain swept in.

As the Black Deer tribe surviving the storm raged and washed away, the members of the tribe rushed towards the newly built wooden houses to avoid getting their animal skin clothes soaked!

Although the newly built houses in the Black Deer tribe are not enough for three people to live in, that is with each person living in a separate room.

If five or six or seven or eight people live in one room, the houses that the Black Deer Tribe has built now can easily accommodate all the tribe members!

Xu Que and Hou went to the room they used to live in.

Hua and the deputy leader of the Black Deer tribe were unwilling to stay with the other tribe members, so during this special period, Hou simply called them to his and Xu Que's house.

The members of the Black Deer tribe were very fortunate that almost none of them were hit by the storms, rain, and hail following the massive earthquake!

On the other hand, the members of the Black Goose tribe have already suffered more than half of their casualties in the previous earthquake, and now they are experiencing the relentless onslaught of storms and hail.

Many elderly, infirm, disabled, and children who had escaped from the caves were killed by hailstones the size of wild eggs.

Except for the Black Deer tribe, no other tribes upstream were spared. The earthquake collapsed their caves, burying the elderly and children inside, as well as some of the tribe's administrators! The survivors still had to endure the relentless onslaught of the storm and the merciless hail.

After a hailstorm lasting more than ten minutes, all the tribes here, except for the Black Deer tribe, suffered a near-total annihilation!

A massive hailstorm lasting just over ten minutes instantly claimed the lives of members of a primitive tribe!

When the storm and hail finally stopped, Sun Li took out all the coins he had saved up in the shop and exchanged them for medicines that specifically treated diarrhea and plague. He then distributed these medicines to every surviving member of the tribe and instructed each of them to take the medicine as quickly as possible!

After the devastating earthquake, the members of the Black Deer tribe worshipped and trusted Xu Que even more! They would even eat poop without hesitation if Xu Que offered it to them!

Xu Que then had the members of the Black Deer tribe boil a large pot of water and told everyone to drink more water whenever they had a chance!

Seeing that the Black Deer tribe members had calmed down, Xu Que ordered several bonfires to be lit on a large area of ​​land outside. These bonfires were for the Black Deer tribe members to keep warm or to dry their clothes.

Hou looked at Hua and then at the deputy leader of the Black Deer tribe. Everyone was safe and sound, and she breathed a long sigh of relief.

Hua looked at the upstream, midstream, and downstream tribes centered around the hunting grounds across the way, a hint of sadness flashing in her eyes.

"I estimate that among all the tribes in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the river, our Black Deer tribe has suffered the least losses!"

Hou glanced at Hua and sighed, "It's hard to say whether any of the other tribes are still alive, let alone whether they've suffered any losses!"

"Sigh! That's true! Just think about it! If our Black Deer tribe hadn't built houses entirely of wood, imagine how terrible the consequences would have been! I certainly don't even want to think about it! Just those ten minutes or so of torrential rain and merciless hail, how many people could have survived?"

"If the caves hadn't collapsed from the earthquake, that would have been fine! The problem is that the caves were all razed to the ground! Even if people intentionally ran into the caves to escape these natural disasters, the caves have already been destroyed by the earthquake! In the end, there must have been far too many primitive tribesmen who left the world in despair and helplessness! Alas! Our Black Deer tribe is fortunate to have the Heavenly God Xu Que, otherwise we would have suffered the same tragic fate as other tribes!"

"Should we go and search for members of other tribes?" Hou looked at Xu Que and Hua Dao.

"In my experience, every time a major natural disaster like an earthquake occurs, there is a terrible outbreak of infectious diseases. It's horrific! Many people will die! Look at our tribe right now, we have limited medicine and food, and almost no medical personnel. If nearly 30,000 tribe members are infected, we're doomed! Besides, there's not much we can do to save them! There are just too many people who need our help!"

"Yeah! Anyway, even if I wanted to help them, there's no way I could go to all the tribes right now! After all, the flash floods and mudslides are still quite severe!"