Chapter 14: The Old Gods and the Chosen
"Butterfly, you can stop weaving this basket for now. Deal with the insects that Dashan and the others brought back. I will come back later and teach you how to weave other things."
Butterfly and the others were much slower at weaving baskets than him, but in this time, each of them had finished weaving one basket, and together they had made five more baskets.
Including the eight baskets that are now in use, thirteen baskets are enough for now.
Because this trap requires more manpower, there must be someone watching over each basket.
Including Zhou Xu himself, there are a total of thirty-two people in their tribe.
If nearly half of the people are setting up traps to catch prey, there will not be enough people to do other things.
To do this, a trade-off naturally has to be made.
Judging from the position of the sun overhead, the time should be around one or two o'clock in the afternoon. It was obviously impossible for Dashan and his colleagues' work for the day to end just then.
After putting down the materials collected in the morning and letting the members of the collection team drink some water and relax for a while, Zhou Xu took them to the Black Forest again.
On the way there, Zhou Xu seemed to have thought of something and asked Dashan a question.
"By the way, Dashan, where did you get the head that you handed me at the altar?"
Faced with this question, Dashan was silent for two seconds.
"That was the head of the previous leader. He died in the previous attack. I tried my best to bring out his head."
[What the hell?! ]
Zhou Xu almost cracked apart on the spot after hearing what Dashan said.
"Your former leader was also summoned, wasn't he?"
Hearing this, Dashan was stunned at first, then quickly shook his head.
"No, no, this is the first time our tribe is holding a sacrifice. That sacrifice cannot be held casually. We must find the altar left by the old gods."
Dashan was still somewhat sad about the death of the former leader, and his voice became low as he spoke.
Zhou Xu, who got this answer, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If his predecessor was also a time traveler, then who knows, that head might become his fate if he is not careful.
Of course, there is no guarantee that after death, your head will not be cut off and given to the next person.
"You risked your life to bring the head out, was it because of the power inside?"
Judging from the situation at the time, Zhou Xu didn't believe that Dashan was unaware of the existence of the Eye of Insight.
Dashan did not hide this and nodded directly.
"That is the mantra passed down from generation to generation in our tribe."
To be honest, Zhou Xu didn't expect to hear the word "truth" from Dashan.
The moment he heard this word, he asked the question that had been lingering in his mind without even having time to think about it.
"What exactly is the mantra?"
"In the legends passed down in our tribe, mantras are the language of gods and contain powerful power."
"Then why didn't you choose to keep this truth to yourself?"
Dashan is not at all shy about this.
"The truth will choose its own master, and it did not choose me."
"What is the old god you mentioned? And what about the altar left behind by the old god?"
"The Old Gods are the original gods of this world. Legend has it that they are dead, so we generally call them the Old Gods. After the Old Gods died, their power was scattered throughout this world, which is the truth."
Having said that, Dashan, who was answering Zhou Xu's questions while walking, breathed a sigh of relief.
"It is said that the altar was built by the old gods. As long as we find the altar and perform the ceremony, we may be able to summon the 'Chosen One' to descend."
If 'the chosen one' is Zhou Xu's own understanding, then 'the chosen one' is undoubtedly a more orthodox term on their side.
[It seems that my time traveling through time has something to do with the so-called "old gods"...]
"Have you ever met the other Chosen Ones?"
Dashan shook his head.
"So how much do you know about the power of this mantra?"
"The previous leader said that the power of this mantra can give him powerful insight..."
Having said this, Dashan fell silent again. When he spoke again, his voice was filled with an undisguised grief and anger.
"Although the truth chose him, it did not favor him. Even if it was simply used, it would bring a huge burden to the previous leader. When we were attacked, he used the power of the truth to point out a way out for us, but he himself was also dragged down by the power of the truth and failed to escape alive."
It was difficult for Zhou Xu to empathize with Dashan's grief and anger, but he learned a lot of useful information from his words.
[From what Dashan said, there should be a degree of compatibility between this mantra and people. Only those who have reached a sufficient degree of compatibility can obtain the power of the mantra.]
[The consumption of using the mantra is affected by other factors. At least when I used this power yesterday, although I felt the consumption, I was not dragged down.]
The continuous improvement of intelligence information continued to consolidate Zhou Xu's confidence.
[And the altar. If the altar is the key factor for my time travel, I will have to go there and study it later. But the most important thing now is to solve the food problem and fill my stomach.]
As Zhou Xu and Dashan were asking and answering each other, they soon arrived at the outskirts of the black forest.
"Walk lightly, don't disturb Feique and the others."
Any extra movement here could scare away the prey that was about to fall into the trap. This was also the main reason why Zhou Xu asked the collection team to go to other areas to collect resources.
Just as Zhou Xu said this, Fei Que in the distance suddenly pulled the thin rope in his hand, then rushed forward with excitement, grabbed the mouse from the basket, and twisted its neck.
The movement was efficient and much more skillful than Zhou Xu's before.
Only after he finished doing all this did he notice the presence of Zhou Xu and others.
Fei Que knew at a glance that someone must have something to ask him, so he quickly ran up.
"leader."
"How's it going? How many did you catch?"
When this matter was mentioned, Fei Que became visibly excited, and he quickly showed off his trophies.
Including the one Zhou Xu caught at the beginning, Fei Que now had a total of three mice in his hand. After that, he had already caught two of them.
It is difficult to worry about efficiency when setting traps and waiting for rabbits to come to you, because this matter itself is also affected by luck to a large extent.
"The first time, one ran away without me noticing, otherwise there would be another one now."
Although this trap is simple to use, it does not mean that there is no possibility of failure.
To be honest, Zhou Xu had already prepared himself mentally from the beginning.
He is quite satisfied with Feique's current achievements.
(End of this chapter)
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