"#￥SE..."
On a freezing night, a fire continued to burn.
There were people lying in a circle around the fire. If they hadn't been too close to the fire and were burning, they would have pressed their entire bodies against it.
The firelight illuminated the surrounding white snow, giving it a red glow. The night sky was deep and studded with bright stars.
However, no one appreciated this beautiful scenery.
The person squatting beside the fire, responsible for putting dry firewood into the fire, will shout after a while.
If the people lying there didn't make a sound, he would go over and push and shake them to wake them up.
They had no choice but to do this. After last night's experience, they didn't dare to sleep too deeply, fearing that they would never wake up again after falling asleep.
Compared to yesterday, they are even weaker.
The boundless cold and the fatigue from the long journey quickly took away their vitality, just like the leaves that quickly turned from green to yellow and fell after feeling the cold.
Even the leader of the Black Rock Tribe, who had the best food and the strongest body, could hardly bear it anymore. He felt weak and wanted to have a good sleep.
But he didn't dare to do so, for he was worried that he would never get up again.
Being woken up from his sleep by someone calling him, he wanted so much that he wanted to reach out and hit the man with two stones to vent his anger.
But he suppressed this impulse because he was the one who ordered this matter and this person was doing what he had instructed.
After shaking his dizzy head vigorously, the leader of the Black Rock Tribe sat up from the ground, took out food that was frozen like stones, gave it to the rest of the people, and together with the others, roasted it around the fire and ate it.
Under such circumstances, they had no good way to keep warm, and all they could do was eat as much food roasted over fire as possible.
Because they found that after eating food cooked over fire, the body would become warmer for a period of time and the whole person would be more resistant to cold.
After eating, the leader of the Blackrock tribe arranged for another person to guard the fire and wake everyone up after a while, and then he and the other person went to sleep back to back again...
The next morning, after another hearty meal, everyone stood up at the scolding of the Blackrock Tribe leader and walked forward again on the snow with difficulty.
Where they left off, there was left behind a pile of burnt ashes and scattered bones.
Most of these bones are from humans...
After a difficult journey and the deaths of two people, the people of the Black Rock Tribe, led by their leader, finally arrived at the tribe they had expected just as it was about to get dark.
After seeing the cave that was not very conspicuous under the cover of wind and snow, the people of the Blackrock Tribe couldn't help but cheer.
At this moment, strength suddenly emerged from within the body that had been drained of strength by the cold and the long journey in the ice and snow.
They cheered and ran towards the cave which was covered with ice and snow and had its entrance blocked by stone slabs. Then they carried the stone slabs on their bodies and squeezed hard into it. Some of the stone slabs were knocked over by them.
Someone heard the noise inside the cave and ran over in confusion to look outside to see what was happening to him, but was hit on the leg by a falling stone slab.
One of his legs was instantly deformed and the whole person screamed miserably.
His screams soon ended as a weapon with a black stone tied to its head pierced his chest.
The loud noise of the stone slab collapsing and the man's screams woke up the people outside who were rushing into the cave and the others who had not noticed this place.
Some people subconsciously grabbed things around them as weapons and tried to resist.
Some people were so frightened that they stood still and dared not move, while others shouted in panic and ran deeper into the cave.
"#%WE!"
The leader of the Blackrock tribe shouted loudly and stabbed to death a man who dared to resist with the Blackrock weapon in his hand.
After hearing the Black Stone leader's shouts and seeing the impressive Black Stone weapons in these people's hands, those who still wanted to resist immediately wilted.
They threw the things they had picked up on the ground and squatted down.
This tribe had been attacked by the Blackrock Tribe once before. If it had not been attacked, it would not have obediently sent food to the Blackrock Tribe.
He has a deep understanding of the cruelty and terror of the Blackrock Tribe.
It was also because of this that after seeing the black stone weapons that terrified them and recognizing the identity of the newcomers, these people gave up resistance cleanly.
Because previous experience told them that resistance would only result in more deaths.
On the contrary, it is not as good as it is now.
The people of the ferocious Black Rock tribe should just be stealing some food this time.
Giving a lot of food from the tribe to the evil Blackrock Tribe will make their lives very difficult in the future.
But no matter how painful it is, it is better than dying now.
It was also because of this that the leaders of the Black Rock Tribe who rushed into the cave were able to easily control all the people of the tribe.
Then they found the food stored by the tribe, distributed it to everyone, and they ate a feast.
After eating, some people held the extremely intimidating Black Stone weapons and looked at the people they had driven into a corner of the cave. The leader of the Black Stone tribe then lay down beside the fire and fell asleep...
The people of this tribe deeply regretted that they had not fought desperately before.
This is not only because the ferocious Black Rock tribe members ate up the food they had worked hard to store for the winter, but also strung all their food with branches or wrapped it in animal skins.
More importantly, after spending three days here, these evil people drove them all out of the cave.
And hang food on their bodies.
Then they were driven away, stepping on the thick snow and braving the severe cold.
They left the caves where they lived and the fires that were lit inside the caves.
It was also at this time that the leader of the tribe finally mustered up the courage to resist again.
However, they had already lost their weapons at this time. Facing the people of the Blackrock Tribe who were armed with Blackrock weapons, such resistance was nothing but a meaningless suicide.
After their leader and several other strong men were killed for resisting, the remaining people dared not resist anymore.
Even when walking, due to hunger, cold and fatigue, some people would fall to the ground and never get up again, but no one dared to resist...
The people of the Black Rock Tribe who remained in the tribal cave were all extremely worried.
Because several days had passed, their leader and the people from their tribe who went out with the leader had not returned yet.
This situation has never happened before, so it seems very abnormal.
Faced with such a situation, they are of course worried.
Like the rest of the Blackrock tribe, Treebark seemed very worried, but his worry was all fake.
Deep down inside, I don’t know what happiness looks like.
After these years of experience, especially after coming to the Black Stone Tribe, he has been honed by life into a talented actor.
Time passed little by little. Normally, he was very afraid of the cold and didn't want to leave the fire easily, but now he would get up and go outside the cave to relieve himself after a while.
He said he was going to the bathroom, but actually he went outside to look around, wanting to see if the leaders of the Blackrock Tribe had returned.
Looking at the empty outside with only a little bark squeezed out, I became even happier.
He felt that the damn guy would never come back after such a long time.
Whenever he thought of this, he was so happy that he couldn't help himself. Even looking at the cold ice and snow around him and feeling the unpleasant cold wind, he felt comfortable all over.
He thought these things that made him feel cold were very cute.
The reason why the leader of the Blackrock Tribe cannot come back is most likely because of them.
Shupi stood here and looked around for a while, shook his body vigorously, wrapped himself in the animal skin, and turned to walk into the cave.
As a result, just after it turned halfway, the bark turned back.
He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. The smile on his face gradually froze, and he even wanted to hit someone.
Following his gaze, you can see some dark figures appearing on the snow in the distance.
As time went by, more and more figures appeared.
There was no need to carefully identify them, the tree bark knew who these figures were.
In such weather, there could be so many people running straight towards the direction of their tribal cave. There would be no one else except the people led by that damn guy.
“Puff! Puff!”
Shuba was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot. He looked at those people from afar and stomped on the ground hard with his feet. The snow was splashed all around.
After venting his anger for a while, Shupi began to walk quickly towards the returning group of people.
往前走出了一段距离之后，才开始朝着洞穴所在方向使劲的呼喊，给还猫在洞穴里的人通知首领他们回来的消息。
在用力呼喊的同时，脚下不停的朝着归来黑石部落首领等人迎去。
等到洞穴之内的人，听到他的呼喊，欢呼着从洞穴里面冲出来之后，树皮便也由原来的快步走，改为了尽力的奔跑。
并且，一边奔跑，一边的欢呼。
“#￥5#￥！”
踏着积雪奔跑到归来的黑石部落首领身边之后，树皮一把搀扶住了模样凄惨到他差点都没有认出来的黑石部落首领，并且发出喜悦的喊声。
“￥%S！”
黑石部落首领也非常的高兴，回应了树皮一句之后，有伸出满是冻裂口子的手，在树皮的头上拍了拍，显得很是开心，对待树皮的态度比以前更好了。
不仅仅是黑石部落首领，其余一起归来的黑石部落的人，看向树皮的时候，也都比之前亲切。
这不仅仅是因为他们经历了种种磨难，终于回来了自己部落，见到了自己部落的人。
还以一个原因就是，刚才他们都看得很清楚，那树皮在这样的天气里，可是一直在温暖的洞穴外面等着他们从远处回来呢。
留在部落里洞穴之内，没有出去的人有很多，可能够这样做的，只有树皮一个。
这让他们如何不感动，如何不对树皮好？
这事情是真真切切的发生在眼前，是他们所有人都亲眼看到的事情，可是一点都做不得假！
在树皮迎接着黑石部落的首领他们，朝着洞穴所在的方向走了一段距离之后，那些听到树皮的呼唤，跑出洞穴的人，才终于迎接了过来。
对于首领他们的归来，留在洞穴之内的人，表达了极度的欣喜，还有一些人，主动的将背负在外出归来的黑石部落人身上的食物拿下来，他们自己拎着，减轻他们的负担。
看着这些热情的部落众人，归来的人心里虽然也很舒服，但总觉得他们和树皮相比，差了一个层次。
大约这就是成功的人生需要两分运气，三分演技，五分努力的真实写照了……
随着黑石部落首领等人归来，整个黑石部落再次变得热闹起来。
黑石部落众人这次的出击，收获不小，连带着那个部落储存的食物，以及带回来的人，这些能够让黑石部落的人，在今后的一段时间里，都吃的不错。
不过黑石部落自身的损失也不小，来回来的路上，就死掉了七个人！
而返回部落的这些人，也都不好受。
脸上、手上、脚上有裂开的口子、冻疮这些，都是正常的操作，一些人的脚趾头都被冻掉了。
就连黑石部落首领，都被冻掉了一只耳朵！
之前，一直都在外面行走的时候还好，如今回到了相对于外面来说，要温暖上许多的洞穴，待上一阵儿之后，就开始浑身难受了。
不是这里疼，就是那里痒，有的地方还又疼又痒。
黑石部落首领被冻掉的耳朵处，也有血水渗出来。
洞穴之内，不时有人哀嚎。
有了这一遭的经历之后，再也没有人说要在冬天的时候，去抢夺其余部落获取食物了。
少了一只耳朵，包裹着厚厚的皮毛，蹲在火堆边上不肯离开的黑石部落首领，在忍受着这些难忍的痛楚同时，也在想为什么之前那一次，在冬天里出动抢夺其余部落，远没有这次受到的损失大。
这样想了一阵儿之后，也真让他想出来了一些原因。
其一是那年的冬天，好像没有今年冷。
其二就是，那次前去抢夺的部落距离自己部落近，只用了不到两天的时间就赶到了，这这次，却用了很长的时间。
因为有了这次的经历，知道了获取食物的不容易。
所以回来之后，黑石部落的首领对食物看的更加的严了。
每次拿出来给众人吃的食物，也都有了限量。
除了树皮之外，其余留在洞穴之内没有外出的人，每次获得食物，基本上只能让他们吃一个五成饱。
树皮获得到的食物，则跟那些出去抢夺了其余部落的人一个等级，基本上能够吃一个八成饱。
至于黑石部落的首领，则可以吃到微微发撑。
晚上睡觉的时候，树皮的位置也有了新的变化。
不仅仅更靠洞穴里面了，而且距离火堆也比之前近了。
简直就是人生赢家。
没有遭受那一番很有可能会要了人命的磨难，却能享受到这样的待遇，树皮在整个黑石部落是头一份。
夜幕降临下来，树皮躺在这里想着发生的这些事情，自己都觉得有些不可思议。
自己一遍遍的出去，可是一心盼着他们可千万别回来的，怎么到了现在，莫名其妙的就变成了期盼着他们回来了？
只是这样的话，树皮已经下定了决心，谁都不告诉，就跟当初是他主动杀死了蓝花部落的首领，到现在谁都不知道一样……
时间一点点的流逝，洞穴之内储藏的食物一点点的减少，外面的天气却依然没有丝毫变暖的趋势。
这样过了一段儿时间之后，黑石部落首领再一次削减了那些留在部落里不曾外出的人的食物。
原来只能吃五成饱，众人就觉得非常的饥饿了，如今每天能够获得的食物，被进一步的削减，他们变得更加的饥饿了。
但是有了之前黑石部落首领他们那一趟外出的经历，部落里众人也都不敢再提出去抢夺其余部落的事情了。
只能是猫在洞穴之内，忍受着着无处不在的饥饿与寒冷。
这样的忍饥挨饿，是他们许久都没有经历的过的事情，一个个只觉得浑身难受，身上没有一点力气。
树皮躺在火堆不远处，感受着来自于火堆的温暖，耳中听到的周围众人肚子里不时响起的咕噜声。
在这样的情况下，树皮忽然间冒出了一个大胆的想法。
这个大胆的想法就是，让黑石部落的人南下去攻打富裕而又强大的青雀部落。
这个曾经被他彻底给掐死的念头一浮现，就再也消失不了了，如同野草一般的在脑子里疯长。
使得他非常的想要再次尝试尝试。
现在，部落里遇到了寒冷和饥饿，这时候再跟他们讲述青雀部落的富裕，他们很有可能会动心。
而且，现在的他与之前的时候相比，更加的受到部落众人的信任，包括黑石部落首领在内，都很是信任他……
越是这样想，树皮就越是觉得可以尝试一下。
这样的念头在心里憋了两天之后，树皮终于憋不住了……
在南面，有着一个部落，那个部落非常的富裕，里面有些多到吃不完的食物。
在那里，就算是在冬天，也不会有人受冻。
那里有着柔软而又暖和的皮毛，套在身上，风都钻不进去。
那里有着很多样式古怪的洞穴，里面烧着火炕，躺在上面睡觉，非常的暖和，就算是最为寒冷的夜晚，都感受不到寒冷。
生活在那里的人，脸上手上在冬天的时候，不会被冻裂，更不要说脚趾头会被冻掉了。
那里有陶器，可以把冰雪烧成热水，在寒冷的冬天喝上一口，浑身都是暖和的，能够把身上的寒冷都给驱散……
黑石部落的洞穴之内，树皮开始了他的宣讲，向众人讲述着青雀部落的种种好处。
声音在洞穴之内慢慢的回响，听起来非常像魔鬼的低语。
这次，讲述这些东西的树皮，没有再被黑石部落的首领拍脑壳，就算是他再次提起了那个差点将黑石部落首领给烤的半熟的火炕，也一样没有遭到黑石部落首领的惩罚。
黑石部落的首领，似乎已经忘记了当初他曾经说过的，要是树皮再敢提类似的这些话的时候就就将他给彻底的杀死的话。
相反，此时的他很是喜欢听树皮说这些东西，并且会不由自主的想，他们也能拥有这些东西，过上那样的生活，该有多好。
以前的时候，黑石部落的首领，觉得自己部落什么都不缺少，树皮所说的那种生活水平，他们已经达到了。
但是现在，在提前降下的冬天之下，他之前所引以为傲的那些东西，一下子就变得不够看了，他们部落，重新回到了忍饥挨饿的时候。
而他，更是在之前的那次外出里，被冻掉了一只耳朵。
手上、脸上、脚上的冻疮以及裂开的口子，到现在都没有彻底的好。
在这样的情况下，对于树皮所讲述的这些东西，他当然能够听得进去，并且心生向往，想要将之拥有。
作为部落里吃的最好，各种待遇都是顶级的人，黑石部落首领尚且如此，其余黑石部落的人，对于树皮所说的这些，有多么的向往，多么的想要将之拥有，过上那样的日子，就别提了！
那些肚子饿的咕咕直叫，觉得整个人都是晕的人，对于冬季里吃不完的食物，最是向往。
Those who followed the leader of the Black Rock Tribe outside and suffered frostbite in many places and felt extremely uncomfortable all over were very interested in what the tree bark said about the things that make people feel warm.
Before they knew it, the entire Black Rock Tribe was fooled by Tree Bark.
Even those people who were captured by the leader of the Black Rock Tribe and had not yet been eaten as food wanted the people of the Black Rock Tribe to quickly attack that tribe and seize all these things.
Because in this way, they won't have to die and be eaten as food.
The tribesmen would have such a strong reaction, which was something that Shuba had never expected before.