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Due to the uneven distribution of gravity and matter, stars often showed signs of gathering. Three, four, and even more stars formed star clusters. Above this, there were Star Clusters, Super Star Clusters, and so on.
The location where the Red Man was located was at the edge of a large star cluster, and this small planetary system was at the edge of the star cluster. Its luminosity was dim and weak, and it was already a very desolate area.
Above the large star cluster, there was also a bright star river, like a river embedded in the dark void.
Such an insignificant existence actually had a small life.
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The hazy land was as vast and desolate as the prehistoric Earth. The scorched land indicated that it had not been long since the magma had receded. The ravines that had been formed by the magma stretched as far as the eye could see.
The turbid air with an unpleasant smell wandered around. In the silent primeval forest, in the darkness that overlapped until sunrise, an ancient whine could occasionally be heard.
The sun had not yet risen, and the earth seemed a little cold. The extinguished natural ashes emitted wisps of smoke, and it was gray everywhere. Great danger lurked in the silence.
A group of about a dozen primitive people, wearing animal skins from god knows where, which was probably their best equipment, and holding spears made of branches and sharp bones, cautiously approached an underground two-legged beast that was drinking water by the stream.
Cautiously, quietly approaching, holding their breaths. The dozen people gradually surrounded the beast.
The vigilant underground two-legged beast drank water while observing the movements around it from time to time.
A perfect encirclement had not yet begun, but because of a nervous young man's carelessness, he stepped on a gravel, which made a clear sound and was destroyed in advance.
The underground two-legged beast immediately pricked up its ears, and then quickly ran toward the hole on the side of the stream.
The leader of the group had a few shocking scars on his face. At this time, he roared and sprang out from behind the rock, stabbing in the direction of the two-legged beast.
However, the two-legged beast that was half the height of a man slapped his bone spear away and continued to run towards the cave entrance.
The people behind the rock jumped out one after another, using all their strength to throw the bone spears in their hands. In just a short while, two bone spears had pierced the two-legged beast.
Blood sputtered and dripped on the cold, scorched earth. The battle was going on crazily.
Not far away, in the hole, a young two-legged beast watched in horror as its mother was beaten to the ground. It struggled with all its might, roaring continuously.
However, in the end, it still could not get up. A bone spear pierced its throat and took its life.
The moment it fell, it looked at the dark hole with worry and reluctance.
As for the young two-legged beast, it had already retreated into the darkness in panic amidst its roar.
The primitive man paid the price of two lives and finally obtained the final victory. Another bloody scar appeared on the face of the man in the lead. He glanced at the nervous teenager who had made a huge mistake, and then skillfully removed the few crystal-like objects that seemed to be the only decorations on the almost naked two-legged beast's waist.
The other person squatted on one side and carefully cut open the two-legged beast's thigh. He tasted a mouthful of blood and then shook his head. He mumbled something with a disappointed expression.
Then, they used the stream water to clean the bloodstains on their bodies to prevent other beasts from smelling them and attacking them. Then, they quickly left.
Time passed bit by bit. A long time after they left, the young two-legged beast crawled out in panic and came to its mother. It kept shaking the big two-legged beast's weak head with its forelimbs and licking its wounds.
After licking its wounds, it looked at the big two-legged beast's face, as if it was hoping that the big two-legged beast would come back to life.
After a long time, the big two-legged beast was still cold and unresponsive.
After a while, it childishly tried to touch the big two-legged beast like it used to play. Then, it hurriedly ran away, as if it was waiting for the big two-legged beast to catch up and throw it down like before.
However, it had already stopped, and the big two-legged beast was still lying there, cold and motionless.
It did not give up and tried again, again and again, as if a miracle would happen, but it was doomed to be in vain.
After another long time, it sat beside the big two-legged beast's drooping head in a daze, looking at the dark sky and the cold stars that filled the sky, whimpering …
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The original team of about ten people returned to their tribe before nightfall. By the side of a stream, under the illumination of the bonfire, the people in the tribe were busy, gathering the harvest of the day and waiting for the chief's arrangement.
"We're almost there. If we can't gather everything before winter comes, we'll be taken underground."
An old Old Ou carefully wiped the blood-stained crystal with his withered twig-like hands, and then carefully wrapped it up.
The leader, who had a few scars on his face, nodded and said, "We were unlucky today. One of our souls was taken away by the god of death, and the other two were injured."
Old Ou sighed and said, "It seems that we need to carry out a ceremony to worship the god, and beg the god to bless us to get through this winter safely."
The leader's eyelids twitched, but he did not say anything. It seemed that he did not quite believe in the ceremony that Old Ou said.
As if reading his mind, Old Ou sighed and said, "That's not a legend. The god will come back."
The leader probably did not want to be entangled with her on this issue, so he changed the topic and said, "Everyone is tired. I'll go and distribute today's food."
Old Ou could also see that he was impatient, so he waved his hand and said, "Go, let the strong people eat more."
The leader nodded and turned around to leave.
At this time, Old Ou suddenly said, "You didn't eat the two-legged beast, did you?"
The leader was stunned for a moment, but immediately shook his head.
Old Ou waved her hand, indicating that she was fine. After the leader left, she murmured, "It's good that you didn't eat it, it's good that you didn't eat it …"
In the tribe, there were not many people who wore animal skins. Most of them were strong people, regardless of whether they were men or women, as long as they were strong, they were qualified to wear animal skins.
Most of the others were either naked or wrapped in dried grass from who knows where. Those who were sick could never recover, or those who were old and unimportant didn't even have food.
After distributing the food, the leader sat alone on a rock that only he could sit on. He ate while looking at the bright starry sky above his head.
He remembered that when he was young, Old Ou would sit beside this rock and tell them the boring story that had been passed down from generation to generation.
"Do you see that star? Yes, that's it. When it goes over there, yes, it's there, facing the center of those stars. On that day, God will ride the beautiful sacred mountain and come to the human world like a star … "
"Miss? Impossible, impossible, there has never been a miss. That's the agreement between God and humans … "
"About a thousand years …"
"Well, in a few decades, it will be the day of the agreement. Your generation might really be able to see it …"
"It will definitely come. You have to work hard to complete the sacrifices every year!"
"Otherwise, if we are taken underground, we will all become two-legged beasts …"
"It's true. Why would I scare you …"
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Winter arrived as promised, and a team of guards from the God's servants who collected the sacrifices also arrived as promised.
The leader led the whole tribe. Almost half of the naked people knelt on the cold ground, looking at the thick limbs and heavy hooves of the fierce beasts that the knights were riding.
"Did anyone secretly learn the language?" A cold voice came down from high above. Different from the original voice, it seemed to come from another kind of creature.
The leader shook his head and said, "No."
The voice snorted and said to another fierce beast knight beside him, "You go in and search. If there's anyone, kill them all."
The whole tribe trembled at its cold words. The leader lowered his head and squeezed his hands hard into the cold ground.
After a while, the voice continued to say, "The number of your sacrifices is not enough. You have lost half of them."
The leader of the tribe was startled and said, "Wasn't it last year …"
Seeing that he dared to talk back, a whip immediately came down from the air and hit the leader's face hard. Blood splashed out, "You reckless thing. I will give you as much as I say!"
The leader tried to raise his head to fight for something, but immediately another whip came down and he fainted.
"Take them all away!"
The voice said coldly, "Kill the useless ones on the spot. The young female slave over there is not bad. Go back and wash her. Keep her for me."
The sun set. The humble tribe was in a mess. Old Ou, who was lying in a pool of blood, looked at his clansmen who were being taken away by shackles and disappeared into the distance. He struggled with the last trace of his life, facing the gradually brightening starry sky and prayed,
'God who made a promise with people, please come earlier, please save me …'
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When the leader woke up, he was already locked in shackles. The stinging pain on his face was like tearing his skin and flesh, but he couldn't care less. His tribe and his clansmen were all captured.
Would Old Ou's "prophecy" become a reality?
They were going to be captured underground, year after year, day after day, never to see the sun again?
Maybe one day, their descendants would really become beasts. They would become monsters who didn't know that they were human. They would hide from place to place, but they would always be on tenterhooks about the crystal …
More than ten days later, they were taken to the huge enclosure that often appeared in their nightmares. Along the way, they also found that people from other tribes were also taken here, including their former competitors.
But compared to the vast crowd in the enclosure, they couldn't even be considered as a stream. Once they were chased into the enclosure, they disappeared without a trace.
There were many cave entrances here. Countless people entered the cave under the whip. On the other side, crystals and corpses were constantly sent up.
Those corpses obviously showed signs of being eaten. The newcomers didn't know what was going on. They saw a fierce giant beast rushing into the crowd from one side. It threw the corpses in the food trough aside and began to feast on the newcomers excitedly.
The leader hurriedly pulled his clansmen back. The giant beast was so huge that it could trample people into meat paste. In front of it, even the bone spears couldn't resist.
On an altar on one side of the ring, an ugly creature was playing with a woman beside him while looking over here. He was laughing and fawning over something with a beautiful God Servant.
On the bloody ground, a thin thread was quietly absorbing the life force that was flying away. Occasionally, it would raise its head and look nervously at the direction of the starry sky. Then it would look at the ugly creature and the beautiful servant contemptuously. It sneered and said, "When God comes, you won't even know how you died."
Late at night, the leader counted the number of his clansmen, then sat on the ground and silently looked at the starry sky.
At this time, he didn't know why he hoped that what Old Ou said was true, and that God would come as promised …
The high and mighty voice that slaughtered their tribe was now in a room on the side of the enclosure. It was about to enjoy the shivering female slaves that had been washed clean … At this time, there was a commotion outside, and the commotion was getting louder and louder!
He walked out of the room with dissatisfaction, and he didn't even have the chance to berate when he saw an extremely enormous' divine mountain 'appear in the vast starry sky that was grand like a miracle. It flickered with light and possessed a vast imposing aura as it floated in the sky in a breathtaking manner.
"God came in advance?"
^ (To be continued.)
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