In the vast primeval forest, a group of huge black rhinos are leisurely eating grass.
On the back of the black rhinoceros, a group of tribal teenagers jumped around like monkeys, chasing and playing.
"babble……"
Suddenly, a very penetrating cry of a bird of prey was heard from the northeast. All the rhinos and the teenagers raised their heads vigilantly at the same time and looked towards the northeast.
"Look, what a big bird!"
"It's not a bird, it's an eagle, a big eagle!"
"There seems to be someone on the eagle's back..."
The young men looked at the giant sculpture that looked like a purple cloud and began to discuss it excitedly.
If they encountered such giant birds of prey in the forest outside, they would immediately find a place to hide to avoid being mistaken for prey by the giant eagle.
However, this is the territory of the Rhino Tribe, and they are guarded by the Rhino God, so no ferocious birds or beasts can hurt them.
This is the confidence of the tribal people.
The appearance of the giant eagle quickly attracted the attention of the Rhino Tribe members. Dozens of warriors responsible for guarding the tribe quickly gathered and stared at the direction where the giant eagle landed.
When the giant eagle landed in the forest, it was immediately surrounded by a group of rhino tribe warriors.
Jiang Xuan jumped off the rhinoceros' back and looked at the rhinoceros totem patterns on the faces of those warriors, as well as the black wind rhinoceros totem patterns not far away. He immediately knew that he had found the right place.
When the Rhino Tribe warriors saw the Vine Tribe totem pattern on Jiang Xuan's face, as well as the nine warrior patterns of different colors, they were all stunned.
“Is this someone from the Vine Tribe?”
"Nine-color warrior? Am I seeing that correctly?"
"A nine-colored warrior riding a giant purple eagle. Oh my god, could he be the legendary leader of the vine tribe?"
"This is too young..."
The Rhino Tribe warriors discussed in low voices, and many even suspected whether the warrior tattoos on Jiang Xuan's face were fake.
The leading Rhino Tribe warrior took two steps forward and asked cautiously, "Are you... Leader Xuan of the Teng Tribe?"
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "I am the leader of the Teng tribe, Xuan."
The warrior became obviously more nervous. You know, the Teng tribe is now well-known in the north and south continents, and the leader Xuan is a god-like legendary figure in the hearts of many warriors.
He said hurriedly: "Chief Xuan, please wait a moment, I will go and ask our tribal leader to come over immediately."
After he said that, he immediately rode on a black rhinoceros and ran towards the tribal settlement.
Soon, a large group of people ran out from the Rhino Tribe’s residence. The heavy hooves of the Black Wind Rhinoceros sounded like thousands of horses galloping, causing the ground to tremble.
Among them, the leader had a huge rhino horn hanging around his neck, and was wearing finely tailored animal skin clothes and pants, and even a leather belt around his waist. He wore a pair of exquisite animal skin boots on his feet, and a conspicuous golden bronze knife hung around his waist.
This person is the leader of the Rhino Tribe - Giant Horn.
He used to be the leader of the Rhino Tribe's traveling team. Later, because of his outstanding abilities, after the old leader died of illness, everyone elected him as the new leader.
"Chief Xuan, it really is you!"
When Giant Horn saw Jiang Xuan, he jumped off the back of the Black Wind Rhinoceros from a distance, then ran quickly to Jiang Xuan with a look of surprise on his face.
He had met Jiang Xuan.
Back when they were in the Spider Tribe trading area, Jiang Xuan had talked to him and gave him a thick stick of insect wax before leaving.
After the Teng tribe and Jiang Xuan became famous, Jujiao often boasted about his past with the leader of the Teng tribe in front of outsiders. The insect wax was used as evidence and was taken out to show off from time to time.
Sometimes, he would have the idea of going to the Teng Tribe in person.
However, the distance between the two tribes is too far.
Especially after he became the leader, traveling far away became a luxury.
However, he never thought that he did not go to the Teng Tribe, but Jiang Xuan came to the Rhino Tribe in person. How could he not be surprised?
Jiang Xuan hugged Jujiao without hesitation, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Jujiao, congratulations on becoming the leader."
"Well, the tribesmen insisted that I be the leader, and I had no choice."
Jujiao waved his hands, appearing to be indifferent, but he was actually very happy in his heart.
"Chief Xuan, let's go to where I live. I'll treat you to some meat!"
Jujiao enthusiastically pulled Jiang Xuan to ride on the Black Wind Rhinoceros, and then walked towards the residence of the Rhino tribe.
After Jiang Xuan left, Tang Yuan immediately flew to the nearby area to hunt, which made the Rhino Tribe warriors who wanted to feed the giant eagle quite regretful.
The black wind rhinoceros walked very fast, and it didn't take long for Jiang Xuan to enter the living area of the rhino tribe.
Neat rows of thatched houses come into view.
These thatched houses are different from the common thatched houses of other tribes. Their walls are not made of wood or stone, but rammed earth.
There are even simple toilets in the thatched houses. The roads are very flat and the ground is relatively clean.
In the center of the residential area, there is a tall mud brick house, which is very distinctive.
After arriving at the residential area, Jujiao took Jiang Xuan directly into the tall mud brick house and led him to meet the witch of the Rhino tribe.
The mud brick and tile house is about five meters high, with a rough mortise and tenon structure roof inside. The walls are painted with totem patterns of the rhinoceros tribe, and there are also various pottery, animal skins, horns, teeth and other decorations.
After a brief conversation, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but ask the Rhino Tribe witch: "Witch, I heard that the Rhino Tribe used to be a super large tribe, and it had a lot of advanced technology. Can you tell me in detail why your Rhino Tribe has become what it is today?"
When the Rhino Tribe witch heard this question, a look of reminiscence flashed in his eyes, and he spoke after a long while:
"That happened a long, long time ago. According to the witch's scroll, more than a thousand years ago, our Rhino tribe had an extremely powerful leader..."
At this point, the Rhino Tribe witch couldn't help but look at Jiang Xuan, because according to some scattered rumors, Jiang Xuan was too similar to the leader of the Rhino Tribe a thousand years ago in every aspect.
"Under the leadership of that leader, the Rhino Tribe started by domesticating wild animals, then slowly developed to growing food and vegetables, raising fish, and making all kinds of new tools and weapons..."
As the Rhino Tribe shaman told the story, everyone in the room seemed to have witnessed that piece of history with their own eyes.
That is a very glorious history.
Under the leadership of that leader, the Rhino Tribe quickly rose up in the wilderness, relying on various advanced technologies to defeat many hostile tribes, and gradually grew into the most powerful tribe in the entire primitive continent.
At its peak, the population of the Rhino Tribe even exceeded 50,000!
However, no one knows what happened later, but the chief and his closest people suddenly left the Rhino Tribe.
After that, the Rhino Tribe, which had no external enemies, began to engage in fierce internal strife, and gradually fell apart and declined in the internal strife.
Thousands of years later, only the ancestral land of the once powerful rhino tribe remains. Various advanced technologies were gradually lost in the long river of time due to various natural and man-made disasters. Only some relatively simple technologies, various relics, antiquities and legends remain.
After the Rhino Tribe witch finished his story, his expression looked extremely lost, even guilty.
Obviously, there is a huge gap between the former rhino tribe and the current rhino tribe. Those magnificent legends, compared with the current situation, can easily cause people to have a strong psychological gap.
After listening to the story of the Rhino Tribe witch, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but ask, "Does your witch book record where the leader from a thousand years ago went?"
The Rhino Tribe witch shook his head regretfully and said, "Maybe it was recorded at the beginning, but many witch scrolls have been lost since then, and no one knows where he went."
"But..." The witch of the Rhino tribe seemed to have thought of something. He hesitated for a moment and continued, "The leader left some strange words in the cave. No one in the tribe can read them. If Chief Xuan wants to see them, I can take you to have a look."
Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up: "Where is that cave?"
"It's on the back mountain. Please follow me, Chief Xuan."
The Rhino tribe witch stood up and walked out of the house with his crutches.
Jiang Xuan was delighted and followed immediately.
Jujiao and others hurriedly followed.
They passed through rows of thatched houses and came to the foot of a big mountain behind the residential area, where they found a deep cave.
At the witch's signal, several warriors of the Rhino Tribe lit torches, and then walked towards the depths of the cave with Jiang Xuan and others.
They walked about a hundred meters inside and entered a large cave hall.
With the help of excellent night vision and the faint light of the fire, Jiang Xuan was surprised to find that the walls of this cave hall were covered with densely packed murals.
Obviously, these murals record a lot of history of the Rhino Tribe! The Rhino Tribe witch held a torch and took Jiang Xuan to the left side of the cave hall. He pointed to some words on the cave wall and said, "Here are the strange words left by the leader a thousand years ago. No one in the tribe knows them anymore. If you are interested, you can take a look."
"Okay, thank you for your generosity, Wu."
Jiang Xuan asked Jujiao for a torch, then moved closer to the words and looked at them carefully.
As soon as he took a look, his whole body trembled and even his breathing became rapid.
Because, it turned out to be rows of simplified Chinese characters! No wonder the legend of the Rhino Tribe is so similar to Jiang Xuan's way of doing things. It turns out that the leader of the Rhino Tribe a thousand years ago is also a modern time traveler! The Rhino Tribe witch has been observing Jiang Xuan's performance. When he saw Jiang Xuan's shocked expression, he was immediately sure that he must know these strange characters, and even suspected that he had some kind of relationship with the leader of the Rhino Tribe a thousand years ago.
However, with the current strength of the Teng Tribe and the situation of the Rhino Tribe, even if they really have some kind of relationship, the Rhino Tribe cannot do anything to Jiang Xuan, let alone gain much benefit.
Perhaps, the only benefit is that Jiang Xuan can tell them what these strange words record.
At this time, Jiang Xuan no longer cared about the people of the Rhino Tribe. All his attention was focused on the text, and he started reading it one by one from the beginning.
"What a fucked up world, fucked up world, fucked up world! I'm forced to live in a cave with a bunch of primitive people. Fuck you, God!"
"Today is the third day of my journey through time. I've had enough! These primitive people are dirty and smelly, and they eat raw meat and drink raw blood. Sooner or later, they will be killed by parasites!"
"On the fifth day of the journey, it rained for two days in a row. I only ate a few insects and wild vegetables. I was so hungry, so hungry..."
"It's the ninth day of my journey. I can't be a slacker anymore. Two people in the tribe died of illness today. If I continue to be a slacker, I might be the next one to die of illness..."
"It's the fifteenth day since I traveled through time. Today I started trying to open up wasteland and cultivate the land, but my tools are too shabby to dig at all. I'm hopeless..."
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"It's the third month of the journey. Today I caught a few wild boars. I persuaded the tribe to keep one. Tomorrow I will build a pigsty and try to tame the wild boars."
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"I traveled through the fifth month. Holy shit, there really are gods in this world. During the sacrifice today, I saw a rhino on fire!"
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"After nine months of traveling, I finally gained the trust of the tribesmen. The chief and witch agreed to let me lead people to develop planting and breeding. Wait, I will surprise you!"
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"In the second month of the second year of my time travel, the damn leader was jealous of my talent and even tried to make things difficult for me in front of the witch. Sooner or later, I will replace him!"
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"It's the fifth month of the third year of the journey. Planting and breeding in the primitive world are more difficult than I thought, but at least it's a preliminary success."
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"In the third month of the fifth year of the journey, the old leader fell ill. He was very ill. He seemed to be dying and had a very bad temper..."
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"In the sixth month of the fifth year of my time travel, the old leader really died. The tribe is in chaos. Can I become the new leader?"
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"In the fifth year and eighth month of my time travel, I have successfully become the new leader. I am so happy!"
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"In the sixth year and fifth month of my time travel, I fell in love with a girl from another tribe. She likes to wear leopard-print fur. I really want to snatch her back..."
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"Sixth year, tenth month since my time travel. Today I slept with a girl from the outer world. I finally don't have to rely on my hands anymore!"
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Jiang Xuan looked down along the stone wall, as if he had witnessed the experience of the time traveler who lived a thousand years ago.
These words carved on the stone wall are like a simple diary, recording almost all the important things that the time traveler encountered.
Simply put, the time traveler's situation was much more difficult than his.
Relying on his own efforts and skills, he first took control of the tribe step by step, then developed planting, breeding and various primitive handicrafts, and led the tribe in continuous conquests and rapid expansion.
This time traveler spent thirty years leading the Rhino Tribe to rise, eventually becoming the most powerful tribe on the primitive continent at the time, and even established the prototype of a city-state.
However, as he grew older and the problems in the tribe were basically solved, the time traveler began to feel disgusted with this boring life and the future that he could predict at a glance.
At the end of the stone carving, there is only one sentence: I've had enough! I want to leave this place and go overseas to find a new world...
When Jiang Xuan saw this, he felt very complicated.
It turns out that the leader of the rhino tribe thousands of years ago was not missing, but had gone to sea.
No one knows whether he found a new world overseas or was buried somewhere in the primitive ocean.
The witch of the Rhino Tribe couldn't help but ask, "Chief Xuan, what exactly do these strange words record?"
Jiang Xuan turned to look at the Rhino Tribe witch and told a small lie: "This is an ancient sacred text. I only learned a little bit by chance and cannot understand it all. What is recorded here should be some of the experiences of your leader."
The Rhino Tribe witch asked, "Does it record where he went in the end?"
Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment and said, "If I'm not mistaken, he should be taking some people to explore the sea."
"No wonder we can't find any clues. It turns out that our ancestors went to the sea..."
The Rhino Tribe witch had a feeling of loss. The biggest mystery of the Rhino Tribe had been solved, but it was of no help to the current Rhino Tribe.
Jiang Xuan looked at the other murals in the cave hall again. They basically recorded the major events that had happened in the Rhino Tribe in the past. This was not much different from the records of other tribes.
In the next two days, Jiang Xuan received a very warm hospitality in the Rhino Tribe.
The witch of the Rhino tribe asked him to describe the contents engraved on the cave wall so that he could record it in the witch's scroll and leave it to the descendants of the Rhino tribe.
Jiang Xuan didn't refuse.
He removed the biggest secret of time travel and some things that were completely different from this world, and only told the witch some important events that had happened in the Rhino Tribe.
Even so, the Rhino tribe witch was very grateful and gave Jiang Xuan many gifts including black pottery.
After staying for three days, Jiang Xuan finally left the Rhino Tribe and set out on the journey back to the Teng Tribe with the gifts.
On the way back, he kept thinking, if he were in the situation of the time traveler a thousand years ago, would he choose to abandon the tribe and go to sea? He couldn't find the answer to this question for the time being. (End of this chapter)
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