Shao Xuan was brought across the river by Chacha. Although many houses on the mountain had collapsed, the cave that Shao Xuan lived in when he first came to this world was still there. From the outside, it still looked the same as before.
When Shao Xuan went in, there were some bird droppings and traces of wild beasts. They probably came in after the tribe left, but when the world changed, they were scared away. Later, with Chacha here, they didn't dare to come back.
Without looking much, Shao Xuan and the other warriors who crossed the river first went to cut down trees nearby. Many of the trees on the surrounding mountains had fallen, but many more were still standing. Now they didn't have time to go further into the forest to cut down the thick ancient trees, so they could only use the trees on the nearby hills to deal with the emergency.
It didn't take much time to make rafts, so Shao Xuan and the others quickly made some rafts.
Shao Xuan calculated the width of the river. Although the river was still slowly rising, the distance between the two sides was only about two hundred meters. At first, it sounded very far, but in reality, it wasn't. More than twenty long rafts were tied together to form a floating bridge on the water. They couldn't carry heavy objects, but they could definitely walk.
They let the people waiting on the other side of the river line up and cross the river on the pontoon bridge. As for the few fearsome beasts, except for the alligator snapping turtle, the others were brought across by Chacha in batches. Now that Chacha was much bigger than them, he could hold them.
The seven green-faced fanged beasts were brought across the river in cages. They were very repulsed by Chacha, and there was hostility between fearsome beasts. Fortunately, Shao Xuan, the one who enslaved them, suppressed them. Otherwise, they would have rushed out of the cages as soon as they were brought across the river. Simple wooden cages were simply unable to contain these seven ferocious beasts.
Watching the last group of Yanjiao players walk across the pontoon bridge, Shao Xuan turned to look at the wanderers. These wanderers had been following the Yanjiao team since they left the Fearsome Beast Forest. They had not fallen behind. They had placed all their bets on the Yanjiao team. If they won, they would live. If they lost, they would die. Along the way, they had hesitated and felt lost. Some of them had left, and some of them had not been able to avoid the natural disaster. But in the end, nearly three hundred people had survived and followed them.
Shao Xuan had also discussed with the Chief and the Shaman on the way. The tribe did not reject the three hundred wanderers. Moreover, now was the time of reconstruction, and they needed people. Although the wanderers did not have much strength, they still had some skills. Without skills, the wanderers would not have survived until now.
"Let's go." Shao Xuan looked at the hundreds of expectant eyes and tilted his head towards the pontoon bridge.
The hundreds of anxious eyes suddenly lit up. Several people came over and excitedly thanked Shao Xuan. Then they called their relatives and friends to cross the pontoon bridge.
Some crocodiles swam slowly on both sides of the pontoon bridge. Their cold eyes stared at the people on the pontoon bridge. Stepping on the pontoon bridge, some wanderers were still very nervous. But looking at the mountain in front of them, they calmed down a lot. As long as they crossed the bridge, they could start a new life. Although the Yanjiao people seemed to have a bad temper, at least they could tolerate them. They had just heard a few Yanjiao people talking about how much farmland they could cultivate and how many cows and horses they could raise. They could participate in all these. If they could exchange labor for food, they would not starve to death. Everything would be fine.
The wanderers walking in front of them walked steadily and quickly.
After the last wanderer had passed, Shao Xuan thanked Fu Shi and the others.
"Thank you so much for today. When you have time, come and play on the other side."
Fu Shi laughed out loud. He raised his hand and patted Shao Xuan's shoulder. "Okay!"
The other Drumming tribe people were also in a good mood. It seemed pretty good to be neighbors with the Yanjiao people. Before, a Yanjiao warrior had told them that in the future, he would use animal meat and animal skin to exchange for water moonstones.
Hehe, if they could trade with the Yanjiao people, they would not have to look for the Pu tribe people anymore.
Moreover, the Yanjiao people's clothes and things were much better than theirs. Many of them were things they had never seen before.
A Drumming tribe warrior looked enviously at the other side of the river. "In the future, I will save more water moonstones and exchange them with the Yanjiao people. They are more honest than the Pu tribe people."
The others nodded in agreement. In fact, they had always known that the Pu tribe people were more treacherous, but they did not want to leave this place. They also had a lot of water moonstones in their hands. They did not want to be too troublesome, so they turned a blind eye. But now, they changed their target. If there was a way, who would not want to live a better life?
"What about this pontoon bridge?" Fu Shi asked Shao Xuan.
"Let's leave it here for now." Shao Xuan said.
"Okay, I'll tie it up again." Fu Shi went over and hammered down the already loose wooden stake, and tied it to the pontoon bridge again.
After Shao Xuan said goodbye, he crossed the pontoon bridge.
It was already late, and there was no time to build a new house. They could only make do for now. Fortunately, the weather was good these two days, and it was not cold at night. After experiencing this difficult journey, staying here for one night was actually very easy for many people. They were too lazy to move if there was a cave.
Some children had already wrapped themselves in animal skins and slept directly on the ground. They had an impression of this place. It was like returning to the cradle, and they slept very deeply.
The Shaman called Shao Xuan over to discuss the settlement of the wanderers. In the end, they decided to give them a nearby hill to live in. There were no plants on the hill, but there were many holes, like small houses. The warriors who went there to train in the past dug out stones. In the past, when the warriors were tired from training, they would rest there.
Just right, now the wanderers lived there. Now the wanderers were exhausted and did not have the strength to build houses. The Yanjiao people were not much better. The warriors still had to assign tasks to clean up dangerous beasts. Everything could only depend on themselves. Having a cave to live in was already very good.
After walking around, Shao Xuan went back to rest. The house he and Old Ke used to live in had already collapsed. Caesar was lying there. Old Ke was wrapped in animal skins and directly leaned on Caesar to sleep. Chacha had flown away.
Shao Xuan spread out a piece of animal skin and closed his eyes. It was rare for him to have a good night's sleep.
The next day, after Shao Xuan woke up, he did not have time to eat breakfast. He ran to the river bank to look at the pontoon bridge above.
The pontoon bridge sank a little. Shao Xuan went over and turned over the rafts near the shore. He saw some strange insects with long tentacles attached to them. The pontoon bridge sank because of them.
They were dying, and their bodies were not as flexible as before. They could not stretch as freely as before.
When the river disappeared, the living environment in the water might have changed. It was no longer conducive to their survival. Those that could leave had already left with the receding water. Those that could not leave could only wait for death.
Perhaps, in the near future, there would be no insects that could eat wood in this river.
Many river beasts that Shao Xuan and the others had seen in the river had also disappeared. Perhaps they had left with the river beasts. Perhaps they continued to live in a remote mountain forest in the upper reaches of the river. However, that was not what Shao Xuan needed to worry about. The changes that were unfavorable to the river beasts were good news for people.
The Yanjiao team returned to this place again and started a new life. What was different from before was that they were no longer isolated from the world. When they wanted to go on a trade trip, if they wanted to use the animal skins they hunted to exchange for more things, if they wanted to communicate with more people, all they had to do was to walk across the pontoon bridge.
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