The changes in the boundless river made the people of the Drumming tribe worried.
The changes in the river lasted for a few days, but they didn't see any big movements. It was like seeing someone throw a huge stone at them, but they didn't see the stone fall. The shaman and chief of the Drumming tribe couldn't sleep for several nights.
Since the changes on the other side of the river, the crocodiles in the river collectively moved their nests away from the river bank. Now their range of activity was also far away from the river bank. Even if they had to climb a long distance into the water every day, they were willing to do so. This made the people of the Drumming tribe even more puzzled and worried. What on earth made the crocodiles behave like this?
Until one seemingly peaceful day, the ground suddenly shook. The crocodiles that were swimming in the water panicked and climbed ashore from the river. They continued to run away from the river bank towards their new cave.
The man standing on the crocodile's back was overturned. No matter how he shouted, the crocodiles didn't look back and kept climbing towards their new cave.
After the earthquake, there was no more movement.
When the warriors of the Drumming tribe checked around, they found that there were many dead fish in the river. A few days ago, the fish that were fiercely jumping on the river and biting each other with their big mouths were now floating on the water with their bellies turned up, motionless.
"This, this, this … What's going on?!"
The patrolling warriors hurried back to report this to the shaman and chief.
In the following days, there would be an earthquake every ten days or so. Moreover, the interval between each earthquake was getting shorter and shorter, and it was getting more and more intense.
The people of the Drumming tribe followed the instructions of the shaman and the chief. They learned from the crocodiles and moved all their houses away from the river bank.
At that time, the water in many places on the mainland had dried up.
The good thing was that the weather didn't change much. It was still the same as in previous years. However, every time it rained, the people of the tribe and the wanderers who depended on the tribes would rush to bring out the prepared pots to collect water.
The tribes that were good at making pottery made a lot of money in such a strange living environment. In the past, large pottery was not easy to sell. Now, the best sellers were the terracotta jars and large pots.
Making pottery was easy, but making good pottery was not easy. Many people's pottery wasn't of good quality. It was easy to break, and water would seep out of the walls of the jar. Some of them couldn't be used for long and weren't strong enough. They could only buy pottery from the trading places.
It was the same in Yanjiao. The tourists would also request to use their labor in exchange for pots and jars.
After the shower ended, the people inside and outside the tribe were all busy. They put the pottery that was placed outside to catch water into the house.
Now, because of the special situation, if the shamaness felt that it was going to rain, she would inform the people in the tribe in advance. Then, when they saw the change in the sky, everyone would hurriedly move out the tools they used to collect water, filling up the outside. In the end, there was not much space for people to walk outside. However, when it was raining, not many people were outside. Everyone was busy fetching water.
The shaking of the ground was not only felt at the edge of the mainland, but also felt in other places. Especially in the forest where Yanjiao was located, it was especially intense. Every time the ground shook, there would be chaos in the forest. Beasts would roar and birds would fly in disorder.
What shocked Shao Xuan the most was that when he went out to hunt, he saw a volcano in the forest. The volcano had not erupted for a long time. There was a pool in the depression at the top of the mountain. Shao Xuan had been there with the hunting team.
It seemed that the volcano hadn't erupted for thousands of years. There were many plants and animals living there. Shao Xuan didn't pay much attention to it at that time.
But this time, when he went out with the hunting team, carrying the prey to the cave where they rested, Shao Xuan saw the towering mountain that was thousands of meters above the ground. It looked the same as before, but it gave Shao Xuan a strange feeling.
Shao Xuan also asked the others in the hunting team. When they saw the volcano, they didn't feel anything special. Only Shao Xuan felt more and more frightened. He always felt that there was a ferocious monster hidden under the tranquility.
It might not be that there was a giant beast living there. Shao Xuan just felt a wave of panic when he saw the volcano. It was his first instinct. There must be a reason for it.
Then, the successive earthquakes made Shao Xuan have a guess. If that guess was true …
Taking a deep breath, Shao Xuan called the people who were in charge of the farmland, and asked about the situation in the field.
Some of the newly planted crops with short growing periods were close to maturity. They were just side dishes that the warriors didn't like. The non-totemic warriors in the tribe liked them, because they were good for their health. When the land was empty, the people who were in charge of the farmland chose to plant these seeds.
The harvested grains and some food that could be stored for a long time were all processed and stored in the warehouse. Weapons were being forged all the time. Everyone had been making preparations for the uneasiness in their hearts.
Just as the earthquakes happened again and again, the rainy season came.
According to the situation in the past, the rainy season here was not as obvious as the rainy season on the river bank. It just rained more often. But this year, the rain was not only frequent, but also fierce. Everyone no longer took out the containers to hold the water. But this still couldn't reduce the panic in their hearts.
Boom —
The ground shook again. Many of the pots placed there to hold the water were overturned, and some even broke.
Some people almost lost their balance. All kinds of utensils clanged against each other, and many children cried in the houses.
This was already a very good situation. After all, the ground shook many times, and everyone was mentally prepared. They were not as panicked as they were at the beginning.
It had only been five days since the last earthquake. The time interval was even shorter.
Splash!
The rain fell more rapidly. If it was in the past, many people living near the rivers would be worried that such a fierce rainstorm would cause the river to overflow and flood their farmland.
But now, no one thought about the overflow of the river, because the water level was still relatively low.
The Lu tribe.
The chief of the Lu tribe stood in front of the pool occupied by their tribe with a wooden face. This place had become a bottomless pit.
Since the end of winter, the pool had not produced any water. Even now, when the rain was unusually frequent, there was no sign of water coming out of the pool.
This rainy season was unusual. Many people had never experienced it before. The rainfall was heavy and turbulent, but the river still didn't rise.
The people of the Drumming tribe who lived on the edge of the continent felt it even more strongly.
The patrolling warriors stood on the bank of the big river, looking into the distance. Those huge figures of the river beasts jumped out of the water, making a long roar.
They had lived here for so long. Every year at this time, they would hear the river overlords roaring and leading the river teams away. But this was the first time they heard the river overlords not roaring like in previous years. This time, the roar was sharper and more urgent, making people more flustered.
Moreover, according to the annual pattern, the various river beasts in the river would leave during the rainy season. However, the situation of the river beasts leaving this year had happened long before the rainy season had even arrived!
This year's rainy season, the river beasts left very early.
This year's rainy season, the crocodiles of the tribe did not leave, but they rarely appeared. The situation of going into the river was even rarer. Most of the time, they stayed far away from the river bank.
This year's rainy season, the water level of the boundless river began to fall in advance. Before the rainy season ended, the fall was obvious.
No matter how heavy the rain was, it couldn't save the falling river.
"What do you think will happen?" A warrior of the Drumming tribe was drenched in the rain, wiping his face and asking.
After he asked, he didn't hear the response of the others in the team. When he looked to the side, the warriors were all staring at the river, as if their eyes were going to pop out. Their faces were ashen, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.
"What are you looking at? Look at how scared you are …"
Before he finished his sentence, the warrior also saw the situation on the river.
In fact, they didn't see it clearly. After all, it was far away, and there was a thick curtain of rain obstructing their vision. They could only see a blurry shadow. But it was this blurry shadow that scared the patrolling warriors so much that they almost suffocated.
In the river that had fallen a lot, on the surface of the water in the distance, there was a river beast that had appeared. The river overlord that used to give people an unparalleled sense of oppression suddenly exploded.
Yes, it exploded directly.
It was like a piece of soft mud that was squeezed hard by someone.
In the distance, there was a bloody scene. The cry of the river beast stopped abruptly, and no other river beasts appeared. Everything on the river seemed to have suddenly quieted down. Perhaps there would be some sound at the point of the incident, but the river bank was far away, and there was the noise of the rain falling constantly, so the warriors of the Drumming tribe couldn't hear anything else.
In the distance, the river seemed to be shrouded in a bloody mist, and they couldn't see anything else.
The rapid rain fell on people, fell into their eyes, and flowed through the narrow pupils of the people of the Drumming tribe. They could bear the water entering their eyes, but the sudden rain fell too quickly, and it caused a little discomfort in their eyes. But at this time, that discomfort couldn't affect the mood of the warriors at all.
After a little silence, the warriors of the Drumming tribe reacted, and they all took a deep breath of the cold water vapor.
The rain poured into the trachea from the nasal cavity, and several warriors were choked, coughing as if their lungs were going to be coughed out. In fact, the choking of the rain wasn't serious, but they had just recovered from the shock, and just wanted to do something to vent their fear.
On the river, that was the overlord of the river. Everyone was extremely afraid of it, and admitted that it was the overlord of the river. However, the huge overlord of the river turned into a bloody mist in an instant!
What kind of power was that?!
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