As soon as he finished speaking, the savages in the cave suddenly became excited and shouted at the top of their lungs, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
"The Savage Serpent God will always protect us!"
"The Savage Serpent God will always protect us!"
"The Savage Serpent God will always protect us!"
This brainwashing-like mental technique left Chen Keke speechless. The wise man was indeed wise; he perfectly embodied the meaning of "adaptability to circumstances."
Before Chen Ke could react, the wise man Lacha had already walked over, taken his hand, and handed him a necklace with sharp animal teeth attached.
"Bu Ke, although you are still young, since the Savage Serpent God has chosen you, you will succeed your father as chief. This is the token of our tribe's leadership, and I now hand it to you. I declare that from this day forward you have become the new chief of the Youqi tribe. I hope you will lead us to migrate to the southern wilderness and successfully survive this year's harsh winter!"
Chen Ke: ······
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No, he was an idiot just a second ago. What kind of wise man is he? Is it really okay for you to be so rash?
Chen Ke was still in shock when a sudden, impassioned voice startled him again.
"Chief Buko! Chief Buko!"
He stared in disbelief, only to find it was that old sixth brother, Lacha the wise man, again.
!!
pill!
Sure enough, before Chen Ke could refuse...
The enthusiastic chanting began again below:
"Chief Buko! Chief Buko!"
"Chief Buko! Chief Buko!"
"Chief Buko! Chief Buko!"
Chen Ke: ······
There's something on my mind—I don't know if I should say it.
Perhaps because there was a new leader, and the troublesome issues of food shortages and migration could be left to the new leader to worry about, the people of the Youqi tribe quickly regained their vitality.
The children started shouting and yelling:
"Hey, Buka, let's play in the water at the entrance of the cave."
"Okay, coming right away."
"Let's dig a ditch here and look for slippery bugs."
"Sure, we'll skewer them and grill them later."
They were always the ones who couldn't stop. The gloomy atmosphere in the cave was swept away, and the women no longer restricted the children from playing.
The children played noisily at the cave entrance, and the women also began to get to work. Some dug pits to start fires, some used bone needles to sew animal hides, and some were pounding some herbs in rough stone bowls, then rubbing all the juice they produced onto their bodies.
Chen Ke guessed that it was probably a kind of herb to repel mosquitoes.
Um?
Thinking of this, Chen Ke had a flash of inspiration. Didn't he have an encyclopedia that he could use to find anything he didn't understand?
Chen Ke quickly got up from the stone slab, wanting to make a mark.
"Hey, Chief, Chief, how did our hunting plan go?"
Just as Chen Ke stood up, a savage over eight feet tall grabbed his slender arm. A sharp pain shot through his arm, and Chen Ke immediately—endured it.
Looking at the group of tall, savage-like figures sitting around him, Chen Ke once again felt worried about his own height.
These tall, strong young men were the hunting members of their tribe. After Chen Ke was confirmed as their leader, they all gathered around and began to discuss going out hunting.
"Labrador... Karuru," Chen Ke finally managed to stammer out the full name of the hunting team captain. Given how difficult these names were to pronounce, Chen Ke decided that the first thing he would do after taking over was to give them a simple and easy-to-remember name.
However, he had to immediately appease the savages' impulse to go hunting in the rain. He cleared his throat and said, "Listen to me, now is not a good time to go hunting. We'd better wait until the rain stops."
“Chief Buko, we know that now is not a good time, but the tribe’s food reserves are gone. If we don’t go out soon, everyone will go hungry.”
Chen Ke: "We can first look for some edible wild vegetables and roots nearby—"
Before Chen Ke could finish speaking, the hunting team leader interrupted, "Hey, leader, you're young and don't know. There aren't many grasses to eat. The grass near the cave has already been eaten up. If you eat grass you don't recognize, you'll end up meeting the Savage God."
Chen Ke: ·······
Looks like I have no choice but to unleash my ultimate move.
"Then I'll tell you the truth. Actually, I received a divine message from the Savage Serpent God, who instructed me that it was not advisable to go hunting today."
The group, who had just been determined to go hunting, said: "...It's really too dangerous to go hunting in the rain. Let's wait a bit longer."
"Yes, yes, wait a little longer. It's been raining for so many days, it should stop by now."
"Then let's call it a day, let's call it a day."
"Go catch some grasshoppers by the door?"
"Let's go, let's go."
The savages who had been surrounding him scattered in all directions. Chen Ke, who had been holding his breath, suddenly relaxed, took a deep breath, and felt that he also had the potential to become a wise man.
Lu Ya should be Chen Ke's cousin or something, but he didn't know if people in these primitive times made such distinctions. It seemed that apart from calling elders "uncle" or "aunt," everyone else was addressed by their given names.
At this moment, Lu Ya saw that Chen Ke was about to go out, so she hurriedly walked over and followed behind him. "Buke, oh no, Chief Bu Ke, have you recovered? Do you want to rest more? It's raining outside, and it's getting cold."
Chen Ke looked down at his clothes, which were only half covered by animal skin. Lu Ya's words made him feel a chill as well.
Looking around, apart from the women who had an extra piece of animal skin, everyone else, whether old or young, only had half a piece of animal skin to cover their private parts. With such "warmth-proof" items, it's no wonder that a large number of the old, weak, sick, and disabled die every year when the Youqi tribe migrates.
"Sigh." Chen Ke sighed. It seemed that even solving the problem of food and clothing was a big problem for his tribe.
"I'll go check outside; there's nothing else to eat." Back when the last world had just ended, at least there were cornbreads, but now... they're even eating grass roots.
The days of time travel are getting more and more exciting!
Sensing Chen Ke's inner thoughts, the system weakly spoke up: "Master, in the next world, I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury and comfort."
Chen Ke ignored the system, walked up to an old woman who was pounding herbs, and reached out to touch the herbal juice.
Information about this plant immediately came to mind: sedge, an umbelliferous plant, whose scent is said to repel mosquitoes.
Chen Ke raised an eyebrow and touched the stone bowl again. The stone bowl was a primitive household utensil made of granite.
Upon hearing the word "granite," Chen Ke's gaze towards the old woman instantly filled with respect. To be able to pound such a hard stone into such a deep bowl required both strength and perseverance.
"Chief Buko, would you like to try it too? Let me help you." The old woman saw Chen Ke touching these things and assumed he wanted to touch them as well, so she scooped out a lump with her hand.
Looking at the withered, dark, and thin hands, Chen Ke extended his arm without any disgust, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, Granny."
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