Chapter 89: Extraterritorial Races
This operation was a close call.
Whether it was the hyenas who had snatched the prey, or the centaurs whose companions had died, they had no interest in staying here any longer, allowing Zhou Xu and the other two who arrived behind them to take the body away smoothly.
Not daring to dawdle on the road for too long, they hurried all the way, and only when they safely returned to the grassland camp did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.
At first glance, the dead hyena man looked no different from a huge wild beast.
The unaware tribal members thought that their leader had brought Zhou Chongshan and Ye Jinghong back from hunting a ferocious beast, and they all gave them the warmest cheers.
After all, after their tribe switched to an agricultural model, things like this have become less and less common.
Of course, the tribesmen didn’t miss it.
After all, life now is much better than the days when we had to rely solely on hunting for food.
Bathed in the cheers of the tribal members, Zhou Xu and the others certainly knew what was happening.
In response, Zhou Xu loudly said...
"Everyone, please note that these are not prey, but other races living in this grassland area. Or, if we use the term 'tribe', you should be able to understand it better. They are also our potential enemies in this grassland!"
Zhou Xu's simple and clear words instantly turned the original cheers into an uproar.
Indeed, using the word "tribe" makes it easier for them to understand.
Under this premise, when looking at the hyena man's corpse again, the faces of the tribe members showed full of surprise.
This was within Zhou Xu's expectations. After all, the humans they saw the most were humans.
Before he could think about it, he heard some voices from the tribe members who had gathered around him...
"It's an alien race. I didn't expect it to exist."
"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen it, too."
“I always thought that was the story.”
"But this guy really does look exactly like a beast."
"That is to say, his whole body is covered with hair, his hands and feet are like claws, not to mention his head."
“…”
The discussions of the surrounding tribal members made Zhou Xu look confused.
Isn't this different from what he imagined?
"Wait a minute, do you all know about the existence of these guys? What is that alien race?"
Listening to the tribal members watching and discussing, Zhou Xu finally couldn't help but pull Ye Jinghong aside and asked about this matter in a low voice.
Faced with this situation, Ye Jinghong thought about it.
“I don’t know, actually. But when we were young, we all heard some stories from the elders in the tribe.”
"Those stories about the old gods?"
"Yes."
Ye Jinghong nodded and continued speaking.
"At that time, a huge battle broke out in this world. Many strange races also joined the battle. They all looked strange, and some of them looked like wild beasts like this one."
"Are these strange races the alien races?"
"right."
Ye Jinghong nodded again.
"Why are they called an alien race? Where did they come from?"
At this moment, Zhou Xu's mind was full of questions one after another, and he couldn't stop at all.
Faced with Zhou Xu's two questions, even Ye Jinghong, who had answered fluently before, could only shake his head.
"I don't know. That's what the elders in the tribe said. They just told it as a legend. I guess the elders in the tribe don't know why they are called the Outer Race or where they came from."
Although he didn't get a clear answer, Zhou Xu basically accepted Ye Jinghong's answer.
[In this world, there originally existed a civilization ruled by the 'Old Gods'. This can be confirmed.]
[Based on this premise, along with the death of the 'old gods', the previous civilization also went to destruction. ]
[Based on the limited information and appropriate speculation, I can roughly know that a great war broke out at that time, leading to the death of the 'Old Gods' and the destruction of civilization.]
After obtaining new information, Zhou Xu began to organize his thoughts again.
[I was thinking at the time, in such a war, who would be the enemy that destroyed the 'Old God' civilization? It would undoubtedly be a more powerful existence.]
[Now it seems that the battle may be more complicated than I thought at first, and there are many so-called "outsiders" who participated in the battle. ]
[And what role did these foreign races play at that time? 】
As the speculation progressed, more and more questions popped up in Zhou Xu's mind, many of which he simply couldn't get answers to at the moment.
[Forget it, it was a matter of the old times after all, and I don’t know how many years have passed since then. Even if the enemy who destroyed the ‘Old God’ civilization still exists somewhere in the world, and may even become my enemy at some point in the future, there is no point in me dwelling on it now.]
[Right now, the most important thing for me is to think about how to deal with those two troublesome "neighbors" and let the tribe gain a firm foothold on this grassland.]
[No matter what method is used next, there will always be no problem in improving strength. ]
With this thought in mind, Zhou Xu walked back to the crowd.
"Okay, everyone, stop gathering here and go do your own things."
In this tribe, Zhou Xu's words were very effective. After he spoke, the crowd quickly dispersed.
After that, Zhou Xu's gaze fell on the body of the hyena man again.
As early as that time, he had already used the mantra of 'Skeleton Soldier Control' on the corpse.
His idea at the time was very simple, that is, if they could use this mantra to directly control the opponent's body to leave, it would be easier and more efficient for them.
After all, this thing is quite large and heavy. It would definitely be very difficult to carry it on your back.
But the result proved that he failed, wasted a lot of power, and the "Skeleton Soldier Control" was performed in vain.
In response to this situation, he conducted a simple analysis in a very short time and came to a very simple conclusion, which was...
['Skeleton Soldier Control' cannot work on the hyena man's corpse, most likely because the hyena man's corpse is not a 'skeleton' yet. ]
[In other words, this mantra can only work on 'skeletons'. Unless I can obtain the mantra of 'corpse control', I will not be able to directly control a corpse.]
Under this premise, Zhou Xu could think of two ways to get a skeleton.
One is to wait for the body to decay naturally, until only a skeleton is left.
But this method would be very time-consuming, so he decided to use the second method, which was to shave out the bone frame directly! (End of this chapter)
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