Chapter 359 The Secret of the Red Ant Tribe
At night, Qieye lay in the ant nest-shaped house, tossing and turning for a long time and couldn't fall asleep.
Sometimes his grandfather's last words flashed through his mind, sometimes the ferocious face of the Red Ant God flashed through his mind, and sometimes he thought of the woman he met during the day.
I don’t know why, but the woman I had only known for one day left a deep impression on him, even deeper than most women in the tribe.
Is it because of her understanding, or because she happened to appear when he was feeling the most uncomfortable?
Before he knew it, Qiye had begun to look forward to his second meeting with that woman.
"Hopefully she'll still be there tomorrow."
Qiye muttered something, then closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep amidst all kinds of random thoughts...
The long night passed quickly.
The next morning, Qie Ye got up and ate something, then took his weapons and went out with the hunting team.
Qie Ye's actions surprised the hunting team because he had not gone out with the hunting team for a long time.
As the chief's son, Qie Ye has certain privileges.
Although no one dared to say anything when he didn't go hunting, the fact that he would take the initiative to go hunting always made everyone feel more balanced.
After entering the forest, Qie Ye's performance also impressed the hunting team.
After two years of hard training, Qie Ye has become a four-color warrior and his hunting skills have greatly improved. During the hunting process, he can often accurately inflict heavy damage to the prey and then kill it.
After the hunt, the leader of the hunting team of the ant tribe patted Qie Ye on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, you look a bit like the leader when he was young."
The hunting team leader's words were a high compliment to Qie Ye, because he was finally no longer the unreliable boy in everyone's eyes, but had become a real warrior.
After collecting the prey, the group returned to the tribe with all kinds of prey.
After returning to the tribe, the leaf cutter who performed best was rewarded with a portion of the best beast meat.
Qie Ye couldn't wait to take the meat and head towards the forest outside the tribe.
Along the way, Qie Ye saw rows of giant red ants walking in an orderly manner. They were carrying various things to the tribe as usual.
Qie Ye noticed that the number of giant ants had increased a lot compared to before, but the food they obtained was less than before.
This means that these giant ants will eat a lot of food that should belong to the members of the ant tribe, and the members of the ant tribe will live a harder life than before.
If this situation continues, one day, when the giant ants reproduce to a certain size, the living space of all members of the ant tribe will be completely occupied by the giant ants until they leave or die.
Thinking of this, Qie Ye's mood became heavy again, and his fists clenched unconsciously, but he couldn't vent the anger in his heart. This feeling was quite uncomfortable.
He quickened his pace, forcing himself not to think about these things or look at the giant ants, and just walked towards the place where he met the female tourist yesterday.
Not long after, Qie Ye finally arrived at the place where he was yesterday.
What comes into view is a vast forest and a new wooden house built against a big tree in the forest.
It is called a wooden house, but in fact it is just made of various dry branches tied together to look like a house, and then covered with some grass leaves and branches. It is very simple.
However, when Qie Ye saw the wooden house, his eyes lit up and he was in a good mood.
He walked quickly to the front of the cabin and called out, "Fengcao, are you in there?"
"I'm here."
The sound of wind and grass came from behind the cabin. She slowly walked out of the woods and walked towards Qie Ye.
The animal skin coat she was wearing had just been washed. Although it was very old, it looked quite clean. Her jet-black hair was wet and disheveled. She would occasionally flick it with her hands to shake off the water droplets.
Apparently, she had not only just taken a shower, but also washed her hair.
Qie Ye looked at Feng Cao's hair shaking and felt his heart tremble for no reason. He didn't know why, but he was even more nervous than when he was hunting.
Fortunately, he remembered what he was here for.
Qie Ye put down the large piece of beast meat he had brought and said with forced calmness, "I went hunting today and had good luck. I killed a few large beasts, so I specially sent some meat over for you to try."
Fengcao walked over to Qieye, took a look at the meat, then said with a surprised expression: "Is this a dicynodont? I heard that they hunt in groups and are more difficult to deal with than wild beasts. You can actually hunt a dicynodont, you are amazing."
After Fengcao finished speaking, he looked at Qieye with admiration, his eyes sparkling.
Qie Ye scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "It's just luck, it's nothing."
Fengcao opened the door of the wooden house, moved the meat in first, and then asked Qieye, "Would you like to come in and sit for a while?"
"good."
Qie Ye didn't hesitate and walked straight into the simple wooden house.
The wooden house was very small. After Fengcao and Qieye sat in it, plus some sundries were added, the space suddenly seemed very cramped.
“Crackle, crackle…”
Near the entrance, there is a simple fire pit surrounded by stones. The firewood inside is burning brightly, dispelling the moisture and coldness from the ground.
Fengcao took out a polished stone knife and cut the meat with great effort, then skewered them with fresh wooden sticks.
"Let me do it. My knife is sharper."
Qie Ye took out a stone knife made of fine stone and easily cut the meat into small pieces, while Feng Cao skewered them and roasted them slowly by the fire.
Soon, the aroma of meat began to spread, and Qieye gradually adapted to this simple wooden house and began to relax.
Fengcao stealthily took out a small piece of wood from the animal skin bag and threw it into the fire pit along with the dry firewood.
As the wood burns in the flames, a faint fragrance gradually spreads, soothing the mind, relaxing the whole body, and even giving a feeling of floating in the air.
Qie Ye couldn't help but ask: "What's that smell? It smells so good."
Fengcao answered casually: "I don't know, maybe I accidentally pulled some herbs when I was collecting firewood."
Vanilla is a general term used by tribesmen to refer to various grasses with aromatic substances. Some vanilla can cure diseases, some can repel insects, and some can be burned during sacrifices. It has many uses.
The strange fragrance made Qieye feel very comfortable, so he didn't delve into what it was, but started chatting with Fengcao.
Qie Ye was particularly relaxed today and talked more. He was like a drunk and couldn't help but tell Fengcao all the emotions and grievances hidden in his heart.
Fengcao was like a gentle older sister, listening patiently, comforting him and enlightening him from time to time, making people feel warm and at ease.
However, what Qie Ye didn't notice was that whenever the strange fragrance faded, Fengcao would seemingly casually throw a small piece of special wood mixed with dry firewood into the fire pit.
When it was getting dark, Qie Ye chattered for a long time and finally opened his heart completely, talking about the place that Feng Cao cared about most - the ant tribe!
"You know what? The most upsetting thing for me is that the people of the Ant Tribe have no hope."
"You are a large tribe, how come you don't see hope?"
Fengcao was cheered up. She knew that the most important secret was about to be revealed, but she had to act more naturally at this time and must not be impatient or make Qieye wary.
Qie Ye's expression became painful and he began to struggle. Even the strange fragrance could not ease his inner torment.
Fengcao saw that he was hesitant to speak, so he took the initiative to say: "If you don't want to talk, then don't talk about it. Eat some meat."
Fengcao handed the roasted meat to Qieye, his eyes gentle but with some heartache.
Qie Ye took the meat and took a bite. Finally, he couldn't help but said, "You are a tourist. It's okay to tell you."
Qie Ye first glanced outside the wooden house, then lowered his voice and said, "The Red Ant God of the Ant Tribe is an alien invader, and it wants to destroy the entire tribe!"
"Foreign invaders?"
Fengcao's eyes widened. There were indeed some tribes in the Southern Wilderness that had changed their totem gods, but most of them were small and medium-sized tribes. The totem gods of large tribes would be difficult to replace unless they died.
Logically speaking, it is a very big event for a large tribe to change its totem god, but Fengcao has been inquiring in the central part for a long time but has not heard any news at all. What is going on?
Under Fengcao's inquiring gaze, Qie Ye made up his mind and told him all the secrets in his heart.
"Do you know? Our tribe used to be called the Ant Tribe, and the totem of our faith was a group of giant black ants. But I don't know when the Red Ant God came. It quietly killed the Black Ant God, seized the ant nest, and then replaced all the black giant ants with red ants. It even changed the name of the tribe..."
Through Qie Ye's narration, Feng Cao gradually understood everything that had happened in the Ant Tribe, including the historical changes of the Ant Tribe, Qie Ye's grandfather's dying instructions, and the current plight of the people of the Red Ant Tribe.
At the end, Qie Ye held his head in pain and said, "The Red Ant God is too powerful. The harder I try, the more desperate I feel. Even the totem power of the tribal warriors all comes from it. Add to that the huge number of giant ants. What can we use to fight it?"
Fengcao comforted him at the right time: "Don't be discouraged, as long as you persist, you will always find a solution."
The two talked for a while, and when night was about to fall, Qie Ye left the cabin and returned to the tribe.
On the way, Qie Ye recalled what he had said to Feng Cao and felt a little regretful, because that was the biggest secret of the Red Ant Tribe, so why did he tell it out?
But thinking of Fengcao's gentle eyes and her identity as a tourist, he felt that it would not matter even if Fengcao knew. He believed that Fengcao was a trustworthy person and would not easily spread the secret.
What Qie Ye didn't know was that after he left, Fengcao also immediately left the wooden house, went to the forest to find his raptor mount, and quickly ran towards the new territory of the Teng tribe in the central region.
She wanted to pass the important information about the Red Ant Tribe to Jiang Xuan as soon as possible through the Vine God.
As for how Jiang Xuan will use this important information, it is not something she needs to worry about.
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