Li Qing's search team returned around three or four in the afternoon. Upon their return, they immediately held a funeral. This was a ceremony that the Red Flower Tribe had never held before. Everyone took it very seriously, just like Li Qing. After burying a dead warrior in the ground, they said a few words to them. Everyone did the same, so the entire funeral did not end until evening.
When it was time to eat, Li Qing was given a piece of meat from some unknown animal and two apples. For primitive people with large appetites, this was not even enough to stave off hunger. However, the Red Flower Tribe had very little food left, so this dinner could be considered luxurious. Li Qing guessed that this was Dian's order, because many people were not even given meat, only a few pitiful fruits.
The higher the warrior's level, the more and better food they can eat. This is because the demand is high, but more importantly, they are the most important force protecting the tribe. If they can't even get enough to eat, who will protect the tribe when it is in danger?
After the funeral, the tribe was still shrouded in a somber atmosphere, as if they had not yet recovered from the loss of their warriors—such a devastating casualty was something they had never encountered before. This further confirmed Li Qing's suspicions: someone in the tribe must have been misled by the Black Wind Tribe and tipped them off, telling the hunting party that they were going to Moonstone and that they should prepare there in advance.
"The Black Wind Tribe will definitely want to eliminate our tribe without lifting a finger and take over our territory... In other words, if the Chief Clan sends out a hunting party again tomorrow, that traitor will definitely not be able to hold back and will inform the Black Wind Tribe of this news... It's a pity that I have already taken the initiative to say that I will join the hunt early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, if I stayed in the tribe, I could see who would leave the tribe after we left and go to other suspicious places. Then I could have dealt with that traitor myself."
Li Qing looked around. He found everyone suspicious. He couldn't trust anyone here, and he couldn't tell them his thoughts.
Shaking his head, Li Qing ate the apple in his mouth in one bite. Just then, Yun suddenly walked up to Li Qing and squatted down with him.
Yun looked at the stars in the sky for a while, then turned to Li Qing and asked, "Where do you think Yong and the others went after they died?"
Li Qing: "..."
He didn't know if people in this era had a concept of death, or what kind of concept of death they had. Just as he was thinking about whether Yun would understand after he uttered the words "heaven" and "hell," Yun asked the next question: "What does death... feel like?"
Li Qing looked up at the sky and opened his mouth.
"They must be very cold buried in the ground, right?"
Li Qing nodded, then shook his head: "I think the feeling of death must be like falling asleep."
Yun: "That really is... not a good feeling."
She suddenly smiled and said, "I sleep very soundly. Often, I close my eyes and when I open them again, it's already dawn, and I don't even feel it."
Li Qing pursed her lips: "They died for their tribe. There will be a good outcome."
Almost instantly, Li Qing wanted to blurt out the "traitor" thing to Yun.
"Cloud, do you know!"
"What's wrong?"
"nothing."
Yun didn't care about what Li Qing had just said. She whispered, "Tomorrow you're going hunting with Li and the others in another place. My brother told me that it's full of dinosaurs and man-eating plants, and it's very dangerous. Will there be any food for us to eat there?"
"have no idea."
Li Qing answered directly.
"But no matter what, we have to go. There's not much food left in the tribe, and there are many elderly people and children who can't fight. Whether it's for ourselves or for the tribe, we have to go to that place tomorrow, no matter how dangerous it is."
After saying this, Li Qing was somewhat dazed. There was a time when he didn't want to cook after get off work, so he would order takeout from "Bao Ma Ma" and play games while eating. Or, if he suddenly felt like it, he would buy some food randomly and cook something on the spot.
The concept of "not having enough to eat" and "no food" was something Li Qing never even dared to imagine. Now that he was in the primitive tribe, Li Qing truly tasted the feeling of hunger and how unbearable it was. The piece of meat was only about the size of his palm. He had been so active during the day and was injured. This amount of food was simply not enough.
Yun said, "The shaman will protect us."
"I hope so."
Li Qing smiled.
"Alright, it's getting late, you should get some rest too."
Today was a day filled with sadness. After an afternoon of this, everyone was quite tired. In addition, there was not enough food, and it was easy to get hungry if they didn't sleep. So, the people in the tribe went to bed exceptionally early today. While the two were chatting, many people in the tribe had already lay down and were fast asleep.
Yun nodded, stood up, and said to Li Qing, "Be careful tomorrow, and whatever you do, don't die."
"Um."
Li Qing nodded to Yun's retreating figure, assuring him.
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Li Qing let out a long breath. He looked at the big black dog lying beside him, stroked its fur, and teased its chin, saying, "You should get some rest too. We're leaving early tomorrow, and we'll need your help then."
After saying that, Li Qing lay sprawled out on the makeshift bed made of dry grass, drowsiness washing over him like a tidal wave. He thought that with Dahei by his side tomorrow, his safety would be much better, so he calmed himself down and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Qing woke up naturally, according to Mai Zi's biological clock; otherwise, after a long day, he would have slept until noon the next day.
When they woke up, Dian and Jiewu were leading Li and the others in the tribe to select warriors for their upcoming hunting trip.
This is not an easy task. On the one hand, we need to consider whether the warriors are strong enough, and on the other hand, we need to consider leaving some people to guard the tribe to prevent the Black Wind Tribe from taking advantage of the situation.
Previously, this kind of work was not troublesome, but after losing Yong and other elite warriors, it became troublesome. The overall strength of the Red Flower Tribe has dropped by more than half. If they want to make a harvest when they go out hunting, they must bring more elite warriors. However, warriors with the strength of Li and Chu are very rare in the tribe. They can only pick some of the stronger first-level warriors to make up the numbers.
Li Qing stood up and began to stretch his body to wake himself up as soon as possible. There was definitely no breakfast. People here didn't have the concept of three meals a day. When there was no shortage of food, they would eat when they were hungry. When food was scarce, they would only have two meals. Rather than sitting there in a daze and waiting to get hungry, he might as well exercise and use it as a way to distract himself.
As Li Qing was doing push-ups and squats, a guy about his age approached him and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
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