Chapter 80 - Canoe (2/2)

Of course, Zhou Ji had no idea how to make windows in this kind of structure.

They could make one wall shorter than the rest? And then make a window frame?

Forget it. These things could be slowly considered later on. In any case, all they needed now was a good place to store the unfired clay.

Zhou Ji sat under a tree and discovered that the clay molding skill of the people of the tribe had already improved a lot compared to how it had been a few days ago.

Especially that old beastmen whose animal form was a monkey who Xiong Ye had asked to make their mattress––the clay bowl he crafted was the most well-made.

However, although the things that these people had made weren’t bad, the majority of those things would probably still break apart during the firing process… Of course, this didn’t matter. They would learn from their failures and succeed eventually.

What’s more, they really had no shortage of firewood in this tribe.

The firewood that the tribe had obtained from the mountain he had ‘raged’ through before hadn’t been used up yet, and new trees were already emerging… The oxygen content of this world should be very high. It was precisely because of the high oxygen levels that plants and animals could grow so tall.

Zhou Ji was considering all these things when Zhu Zhan approached him, “Zhou Ji, can we talk?”

“What do you want to talk about?” Zhou Ji asked.

“Do you have any way that would allow me to go back?” Zhu Zhan asked, “Back to the Beastman Continent.” The Beast God Temple had named the place where they lived the Beastman Continent. It had fertile plains, and many tribes thrived there. At the same time, the area that was separated from the Beastman Continent by a long, endless stretch of river that was so wide the other shore couldn’t be seen, was called the wild forest.

When beastmen were exiled, they were shoved into canoes and sent across the river into the wild forest. Nine out of ten died on the way over and returning was even harder.

In this large river lived giant crocodiles over ten meters long, as well as many huge fish that could swallow a beastmen in a single bite.

Zhu Zhan had been unconscious when he was placed into the canoe, but he woke up later during the trip and had to watch as the people who had followed him were swallowed up one by one by giant beasts right in front of his eyes.

And even without the giant beasts… The canoe would flip over if a large wave rushed by.

Zhou Ji: “……” Based on Zhu Zhan’s description, it should be a big river. Wanting to cross the river in a canoe… Was indeed impossible.

Not to mention that there were many terrible predators in this era… Even millipedes could grow to be ten meters long, let alone anything else!

Zhou Ji said, “I have a way to help you return, but it’s not possible to do it now.”

“Why?” Zhu Zhan asked.

“The technology is missing.” Zhou Ji said. If they wanted to cross the river, they had to have boats. But regarding how boats were built… Sorry, but he didn’t know how.

Of course, it was also possible to cross the river if they built a giant raft and found a group of strong fighters to cross over with. However, they couldn’t even build a good raft, so there was no need to even discuss finding powerhouses.

“What technology?” Zhu Zhan asked.

“The knowledge of how to connect many pieces of wood together to make a big ship.” Zhou Ji explained.

Zhu Zhan fell into deep thought.

Zhou Ji then said, “You can take some small sticks and try doing it yourself.”

Zhu Zhan nodded, but his face was twisted in confusion––he had never been able to do those things?

Although Zhu Zhan had shared many things about the outside world with Zhou Ji before, he hadn’t gone into much detail. This time, he told him everything he knew, allowing Zhou Ji to build a more thorough understanding of how things were on the Beastman Continent.

However, knowing these things held little meaning to him.

Even if the beastmen on the Beastman Continent were more developed, communication in this era still relied on walking and roaring. The Beastman Continent was so far away that it really had no impact on their lives.

By contrast, the Giant Tiger Tribe…

While Zhou Ji was worrying about the Giant Tiger Tribe, a group of slaves from the Giant Tiger Tribe were currently walking towards the Big Bear Tribe.

There were over one hundred slaves in all, one third of whom belonged to the Green Hill Tribe. The rest belonged to other tribes.

The Giant Tiger Tribe had caught a lot of slaves during their journey, over a thousand of them. This group contained the weakest ones amongst them.

It had already been several days since they had left the Giant Tiger Tribe. During this journey, quite a few of them had already died, and at this moment, everyone’s expressions were numb, their eyes blank.

“Move quickly! You all will be able to rest and eat meat every day when you arrive at the Big Bear Tribe.” Mao Huo said. He had already been to the Big Bear Tribe before, so he was the one leading this group of people over this time.

These people’s expressions changed when they heard Mao Huo’s words.

They would be able to eat meat when they arrived at the Big Bear Tribe? They absolutely didn’t believe these kinds of lies.

The bigger possibility was that… They would be killed when they arrived at the Big Bear Tribe.

With that in mind, these people began to grow desperate.

Seeing the situation, Mao Huo became a little anxious.

They had hoped that when these people arrived at the Big Bear Tribe, they would either be taken in by the Big Bear Tribe and end up eating all the tribe’s food, or fight against the Big Bear Tribe.

Yet as a result, looking at the appearance of these people now, they definitely wouldn’t put up a fight.

What a bunch of fools!

Forget it. They would have killed off these people in any case. It didn’t matter if they weren’t that useful…

While Mao Huo and his group of people were pushing on with their journey, Xiong Ye had returned back to the tribe. He was immediately surrounded by a group of children who ran over and announced, “Big brother Xiong Ye! That pig went over to find Zhou Ji today and talked for a long time!”