Ji Zhan was in a good mood, so he generously took out a weapon from the animal hide bag hanging from his waist and handed it to Wu Zhi first: "I got this weapon, and Wu Zhi made the greatest contribution. Let him see it first."
The reason Qiao Yu chose to hide here was not only because there was a very tall tree with extremely lush branches and leaves that completely obscured her figure, but also because there was a well-traveled path from the foot of the mountain to the top. If someone came to this mountain to hunt, this path would have been their only way.
When Qiao Yu heard Ji Zhan and the others talking, they were still a little distance away from him. When Ji Zhan took out his weapon, they happened to walk under the big tree where Qiao Yu was hiding. Qiao Yu saw the weapon Ji Zhan handed to Wu Zhi.
It was a bronze sword.
Although the shape and color of this sword are not as good as the bronze swords seen in pictures or museums in later generations, with a rough texture, clumsy blade and a bit strange color, it is undeniable that it is indeed a bronze sword.
When he saw the sword, Qiao Yu felt relieved.
Such a sword was given by the king to people with the surname Ji. It can be seen that it is very precious and has not been popularized in their tribe. Not everyone has one.
Bronze swords were naturally advanced weapons for the Dragon Tribe, who still used bone knives and bone spikes. But if Qiao Yu could find iron ore and make iron weapons, bronze weapons would be nothing.
Since Qiao Yu had discovered traces of iron ore, he wouldn't let it go. Even if the quantity was small, using it to craft a batch of arrowheads and spearheads would be enough to rival the tribe's limited stock of bronze swords.
Under the tree, Ji Zhan and his men gradually walked away amid all kinds of flattery from them.
Qiao Yu followed secretly behind.
She wanted to see what the others' weapons looked like.
Ji Zhan's mission today was likely to be to pretend to gather herbs, with Wu Zhi naturally being the main force. The others were responsible for protecting him and chasing any prey they encountered.
Soon Qiao Yu saw their weapons: bows and arrows, bone spurs, bone knives, and bone swords.
Their bows and arrows didn't have bronze arrowheads, but were made of ordinary wood. While chasing the goats, Qiao Yu saw them shoot arrows at the goats, but because the arrowheads were not sharp and the force wasn't strong enough, the arrows didn't penetrate the goats at all and fell to the ground.
She silently made a count and found that they had shot a total of seventy-three arrows in most of the day, but only sixteen arrows hit the animals. The rest were either not accurate or were accurate but did not hit the animals.
The probability of hitting the target is only about 30%.
Ji Zhan was given the surname Ji, and the king even drank the herbs he gathered and gave him a bronze sword, suggesting he must have been a prince or someone very close to the king, holding a high position. For someone like him, the strength of his guards suggests the tribe's overall strength wasn't much higher.
After following for a long time, Qiao Yu finally calmed down.
The group wandered around in the mountains for most of the day, ate barbecue, and Wu Zhi also picked a basket of herbs. Then the group returned home.
Qiao Yu didn't follow them, but stayed in the mountains. After they completely disappeared at the foot of the mountain, she returned to the place where they had hunted today and picked up an arrow that had been left in the grass.
After examining it carefully, she confirmed that it was indeed made of the common wood branches found in the mountains and forests. The material was the same as the ones she had everyone make in the Dragon Tribe. However, in terms of arrow design, the arrow in her hand was far inferior to hers.
Before the apocalypse, she had gone to an archery club with friends to practice archery. After the apocalypse, due to the scarcity of firearms, as a power-based psychic, she relied on the bow and arrow as her long-range weapon. Her arrows were crafted to resemble modern arrows as closely as possible, specially designed by weapon design experts, incorporating mechanical calculations such as wind force, and were thousands of years ahead of primitive humans' arrows.
Seeing the arrow, she became more confident.
After eating a handful of dried meat, Qiao Yu ran down the mountain towards the northern tribe as it was about to get dark.
By the time she arrived near the tribe, it was completely dark.
It was the beginning or end of the month, so there wasn't much of a moon. It wasn't pitch dark, but it was still very dark. Unless you were wearing white, you couldn't see the person you were facing from more than a dozen steps away.
A night like this is most suitable for Qiao Yu to take action.
Others cannot see her; she can see at night and can see others.
She slowly approached the building complex in the distance.
What catches the eye is a rammed earth wall, about two meters high. However, there is no moat underneath the wall, and the wall does not look like a city wall on top. It is completely different from the ancient city walls.
She followed the same route she had taken with Ji Zhan and his group last time, arriving at the outer wall. This was presumably the main gate of the tribe. The gate was now closed; it was a fence made of several wooden planks, not a single wooden door. From the outside, she could see people moving around inside; they were probably guards.
The main gate is not big and can only accommodate one carriage.
Qiao Yu did not go into the city, but ran along the wall.
She wanted to see how big the tribe was and find out about their bronze smelting situation.
Bronze is an alloy made by smelting copper, tin, and lead together. Qiao Yu thought that since this large tribe had discovered a mine, iron ore might be a co-existing mineral of these ores.
The tribe's entire defenses were likely stationed within the walls; there were no people outside. The area outside the walls had likely been trimmed and was fairly flat, with few trees. Qiao Yu ran along the base of the wall for about twenty minutes before discovering another door.
The situation outside this gate was different from the front gate. Although there was also a path leading outside, there were trees and grass on both sides of the path.
Although there was a road outside the door that looked like a frequently walked path, there were neither trees nor grass on the side of the road, which really made Qiao Yu feel strange.
She didn't run along the wall anymore, but walked out along this road. After walking for more than ten minutes, she paused.
There were houses in front, and it looked like quite a few of them had been built. In the open space in front of the houses, there was actually a flame.
Is this place inhabited? How come these people don't live in the city, but live outside it?
Qiao Yu did not walk towards the fire, but prepared to sneak over from the side and quietly find out what was going on.
She took a detour and went to the back of the house, intending to check inside. She felt the house was completely silent, not even a sound of breathing, as if no one was inside. She checked all the houses in the row and found that no one was there.
How could there be fire then?
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