NFBE Chapter 106: First Encounter with the True Face of Mount Lu
Chapter 106: First Encounter with the True Face of Mount Lu
The sunlight sprinkled across the open space in the valley like golden fragments, and the breeze blew by, bringing a hint of coolness.
It was the annual trade fair again, and Shannan was busy counting the supplies offered by various tribes. As a member of the Shanyan tribe, she was selected by the tribe leader to participate in the trade fair every year.
"I hope everything goes smoothly at this trade fair and nothing goes wrong..."
She whispered to herself, holding a worn-out basket in her hand, with a hint of displeasure on her face: "I don't know which tribe handed in this basket. The chief is too tolerant, which is why these small tribes are so perfunctory towards our Mountain Rock Tribe."
Just as she was hesitating whether to throw it away or keep it, a whisper came from the surroundings.
"Hey, which tribe are those over there? Why haven't I seen them before?"
"That's weird, why do they wear grass on their heads?"
"It looks a little familiar..."
Shannan stopped what he was doing and turned around to look curiously.
She saw a group of strange people, carrying strange baskets and wearing strange decorations on their heads, walking towards her. She couldn't help but feel confused - is there such a tribe in Dusk Rock Forest?
Are they new immigrants?
The tribes that come to the trade fair in Dusk Rock Forest are different every year, because many tribes may have died out in the last winter, or been annexed by other tribes, or migrated elsewhere.
Of course there would be new tribes, but Shannan was from the Shanyan tribe, not some merged small tribe. How could she not have heard of such a thing?
She saw a few of them taking off the strange things on their heads. She looked at them curiously for a few more times before she could recognize them:
"this is not……"
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That’s right, these are the people from the Yanyuan tribe.
The drizzle had stopped without anyone noticing. Yan Luo took off his straw hat, scratched his rain-soaked hair with his hands, and pointed to a place a hundred meters ahead and said, "That's where the trade between tribes takes place."
The few people who had never been here looked around curiously.
The transaction site is located in an open valley surrounded by mountains and towering trees. A wide river meanders through the right side of the valley like a silver ribbon.
This is undoubtedly an excellent place for tribes to trade supplies.
On the flat ground in the center of the valley, people were sparsely scattered. They were wearing clothes made of leaves and animal skins. Because of the distance, they looked a little blurry.
One could only vaguely see that they were spreading animal skins or leaves in front of them, which were filled with various trading items.
The place where Yan Luo pointed his finger was surrounded by some rough branches, forming a simple but clear fence.
A group of burly and muscular warriors were guarding the entrance. They had colorful stone pieces hanging around their necks as decorations, and they were holding sharp stone tools in their hands, watching the situation outside the fence vigilantly.
These people are undoubtedly the warriors sent by the Mountain Rock Tribe to maintain order.
"Uncle Yanluo, who are they?" Lan Xi asked, pointing at the people outside the fence.
Yan Luo said: "They are loners, or wanderers who have no tribe to belong to."
Lan Xi asked: "What about the expellers? Are they here too?"
"The evictors don't show up during the fair."
"Not only are they brutal and unreasonable, they also rob supplies and even kill others. The Shanyan Tribe will not allow such things to happen openly." There was a hint of sarcasm in Yan Luo's voice.
So that's how it is. This way, this outskirts area is at least safe for now.
As Nishi Ichisu walked, he carefully observed the people around him.
This was the first time she had seen so many "primitive people" in this strange world. Compared with the primitive tribes she knew in Chinese history, the scene here was completely different.
Oh no, not even comparable to Earth!
To be honest, she was almost stunned by the closer look.
Although it has been a while since she traveled through time, she has long known that the primitive tribes in this world are different from the ones she is familiar with, but this difference is too outrageous!
In Nishi Ichiki's memory, there were indeed different human races in the ancient times of the earth, but they were eventually defeated by Homo sapiens and gradually evolved into the appearance of modern humans.
Since she traveled through time, the people of the Wasa Tribe, the Shanyan Tribe, and the Yanyuan Tribe all had standard modern appearance, except for slight differences in body shape, hair color, skin color, etc.
For Nishi Ichiki, who knew clearly that he was in a different world, these details were not worth mentioning at all!
After all, they are all different worlds, so what if there are some differences?
Therefore, she has always believed that this alien world should be at some stage of the Neolithic Age.
Oh--!
Now it seems that her idea was so naive.
Because this different world is really crazy!
From the moment she met the Flores people yesterday, she had a vague guess in her heart, and now, it was like opening Pandora's box, and the answer was revealed before her eyes.
These primitive people had very different appearances. Not only were their hair colors, body shapes, and skin colors different, but their facial features were also unique.
The reason for this is that the world seems to have embarked on another trajectory in the process of evolution - the Heidelberg people, Neanderthals, Denisovans, Naledi people and other human races did not become extinct, but miraculously coexisted in the world and on this land!
You know, there is reproductive isolation between some of these ethnic groups!
At this moment, Nishi Ichiki really wanted to slap herself hard in the face to make sure that all this was not a dream - there was probably no place more primitive than the primitive society she had traveled to...
All these primitive people are alive!
It turns out that the Neolithic Age can be so ‘new’…?
She couldn't help but roar in her heart: "Tongzi, Tongzi! Don't tell me that this is all your masterpiece?"
It’s no wonder that Xi Yiqi thinks this way. After all, the system once said that when it came to this world, the people here were still living a life of eating raw meat and drinking blood!
After shouting frantically for countless times, the system finally responded with only one sentence: [Do you like this surprise? ]
"I like you, you big-headed ghost!" Nishi Ichiqi said unhappily.
It turns out that I am a lucky host, as I traveled through time relatively late!
If it had been hundreds of thousands of years earlier, would I have had to rack my brains to find ways to fight with other races for territory and avoid becoming a meal?
Then go to great lengths to preserve one's own race and strive to become an indispensable link in the human evolution chain?
[So I once praised you for being lucky. ]
"Thank you so much!" Nishi Ichiki's mouth twitched.
What kind of good luck is this?
This blessing is for you, do you want it?
It took her a while to finally accept this reality.
Fortunately, the people of Yanyuan tribe only thought she was a newcomer and were not surprised by her dazed behavior. Instead, Nia showed an expression that said, "You've finally broadened your horizons."
Well, it really broadened my horizons!