Chapter 159 Gnawing All the Jungle Trees in One Night

Trees are much more resistant to freezing than humans, and the older the tree, the more they can withstand the cold.

This is due to the cork layer of the tree. When the tree grows to a certain age, the cork layer it forms will be abnormally thick, isolating the trunk itself from the outside temperature and maintaining the activity of the tree.

There are many such old trees in the jungle of the Niu Tribe Ruins. Their branches and leaves have fallen off, but the trunks still retain a certain activity.

"We will avoid the cold winter here, let the old and weak stay inside, and the warriors will be stationed outside."

The sixth generation chief inspected the entire territory, gave an order to the people behind him, and pushed the ruins made of a mixture of soil and rocks with his hand.

"Boom..."

As he pushed, the ruins collapsed.

"Tear them all down, don't hurt the children."

The sixth-generation leader patted the dust on his hands and ordered.

In this era, there is no such concept as archaeology or protection of cultural relics. Everything that may be dangerous must be eliminated at the first time. This is the survival rule of the tribe.

"Let the warriors of the wolf tribe move and explore the surroundings. Don't let the enemy attack the door before you know who the enemy is."

He ordered again.

As the leader of the tribe, he needs to deal with a lot of things, big and small. The tribe of more than 10,000 people has settled in a new place, and he has things to do.

As a totem, the fifth Xuan does not have so many things to deal with. He ran to the place where the cow totem was dug out early and directly set up the totem fire here. He is not needed for the rest of the things.

"Is this the place where you said the cow totem was dug out?"

Wolf Totem looked at the pit on the ground and asked Diwu Xuan.

"It's here. Let's look at this later. First, put away the bone hoes and don't let these guys use them as fire sticks."

Diwu Xuan said, letting the little turtle run around the ruins, collecting all the bone hoes and piling them up next to the totem fire.

This is the progress of civilization. In the future, the Fire Tribe will have the opportunity to grow millet. This tool is a good thing.

When there was no more valuable things to find, Diwu Xuan returned to the pit again.

"What are these four pillars used for?"

Wolf Totem asked as he walked around the four pillars next to the pit.

"I don't know, maybe it's an altar. The marks on it are the characters I mentioned. In the future, our tribe will also have characters."

Diwu Xuan said, looking at the oracle bone inscriptions on the four broken pillars.

Wolf Totem approached the pillars to look: "Are you sure this is not a scratch?"

"Sure." Diwu Xuan said affirmatively.

Oracle bone inscriptions are pictographic characters, basically I draw and you guess. If you draw, you can only guess. Anyway, he doesn't recognize it.

"When will you take me to dig out the totem stone of the Ox Tribe?"

Wolf Totem asked.

Since leaving the station and returning to nature, she has become more active than before, and the wolf's personality has become much lighter. Maybe this is the habit of wild animals. "We have to

wait until the tribe is settled. We haven't explored the nearby terrain, enemies, and places suitable for hunting yet. It's not appropriate for us to leave now."

Fifth Xuan said soothingly.

"Didn't you say it was very close?"

Wolf Totem didn't want to give up.

"Even if it's very close, we have to wait until the tribe is settled. A few days won't make a difference."

Rejecting Wolf Totem's proposal, Fifth Xuan began to wander around the tribe to see where he could improve.

After circling the tribe, his sights finally fell on the alert warriors outside.

This place is a bit far from the totem fire. The warriors were shivering in the north wind, but they had to stick to their posts. Fifth Xuan asked Little Turtle to walk around the area, but he didn't find any place that could be sheltered from the wind.

"Baxia, look at this tree, it's tall and thick, don't you think there's something hidden inside it?"

Diwu Xuan said, staring at a thick tree.

"Huh?"

The little turtle poked his head out in confusion, looking at the tree, but couldn't see anything.

"I heard, just heard, that there is a kind of delicacy that grows in this kind of particularly thick trunk. Try biting it open and see if you can find it."

Diwu Xuan patiently seduced the little turtle to bite the tree open.

This kind of thick trunk, after being frozen for several years, might be frozen inside. If the warriors were to chop it with stone axes, the stone axes might break, but the trunk would be fine.

The little turtle's teeth are different. They are made of iron and copper and can chew totem stones. It should be easy for him to bite through the tree trunk.

The little turtle circled the tree trunk in confusion, not quite believing what Diwu Xuan said.

He had looked for tree trunks many times, but he never found anything delicious, not even as delicious as tree roots.

"Yeah..."

The little turtle shook his head to show his disbelief.

"I didn't tell you before because the environment didn't allow it. This kind of delicacy is only available when it's very cold. They hide in the tree trunks to keep warm. If you don't believe me, forget it. Anyway, I'm a totem and can't eat it. It's a good thing for you to find it." After

Diwu Xuan finished speaking, he smacked his lips twice, pretending to be disappointed.

The two smacking sounds made the little turtle drool, and he could not wait to rush to the tree.

"You are biting in the north, and the wind blows, and the food will run away. Go to the south, where it is sheltered from the wind."

The Fifth Xuan saw that the little turtle wanted to bite in the north, and he could not let him do what he wanted, so he quickly deceived him.

The little turtle believed him and turned to the south to bite the tree trunk, and the Fifth Xuan kept giving orders.

"Up, a little up, maybe up."

"Left, left, I just saw something moving on the left."

"Right, maybe, it's so thick on the right, maybe on the right."

...

Just like that, a tree hole that could accommodate two warriors was formed after a round of command, but the little turtle found nothing.

He turned his head and looked at Diwu Xuan with resentment, with grievance in his eyes.

"It ran away, it must have run away, I just saw a green light, and it ran into that tree in a flash."

Diwu Xuan said with a regretful tone.

"Huh?"

The little turtle asked him which one it was.

Diwu Xuan immediately pointed to a sturdy tree, and the little turtle's foodie nature came up, and he pounced on it and gnawed it.

Diwu Xuan was naturally not idle either. He gave various orders. This time, he shouted before the little turtle stopped talking.

"Run, run, over there."

The little turtle moved at the sound and rushed to the direction pointed by Diwu Xuan and started gnawing again.

That night, the totem stone mounts of the Fire Tribe seemed to be crazy. They gnawed all the tree trunks around the tribe and created countless tree holes.

So these shivering warriors had a haven to avoid the cold wind, and they were grateful to the little turtle in their hearts.

Some people felt that their gratitude was not enough, and they actually kowtowed a few times.

Diwu Xuan was very upset when he saw their actions. Fortunately, these guys were not good at flattering, so they only kowtowed without telling the reason.

If the little turtle knew that the Fifth Xuan asked him to chew tree trunks in order to build tree holes, he would probably fight him to death.

"Ba Xia, you are not lucky enough to have such delicious food... Alas."

The Fifth Xuan said to the little turtle with a heartbroken regret.

The little turtle's eyes immediately swept to the big trees, and his eyes were filled with green light.

This night, he was like a small motor equipped with a perpetual motion machine, contributing countless... tree holes to the Fire Tribe.