Chapter 89 – The fish fence (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

Not long after Shao Xuan returned home, Lang Ga came over to inform him that he needs to participate in the patrolling. Every hunting group would oversee a small region, and they were divided into three batches taking turns guarding the tribe.

participating in the patrol did not mean that he would encounter anything dangerous, for it was only a preventive action. There were too many unknown factors in the river after all, and it was better to safe than sorry.

“Mai and the others will start patrolling tonight. You and me will go and take their spot tomorrow in the morning.” Said Lang Ga.

“Okay, I got it. Do I need to bring anything?” asked Shao Xuan.

“No need to bring too many things, a few pieces of useful stoneware will be enough. Every patrolling mission only lasts for half a day.” Lang Ga pointed at the mountain foot, “Over there, near the river. It’s somewhere near the place that you used to go fishing.”

“You probably wouldn’t know, for you stayed in the orphan cave last year… But when the rainy season comes, the river would rise a lot, and it can reach up to…there!” Lang Ga pointed it out for Shao Xuan.

Where he pointed, there was a line of stones, below which no cabin or house existed.

So even those residents in the mountain foot district would only live near the mountain foot, but not build anything directly at the foot of the mountain, because the water rose up high in the rainy season. There had been some people stationed near the riverside for fishing before, but now they all withdrew to higher ground. No one would ever go close to the river before the end of the rainy season.

Thinking that Shao Xuan probably had no idea of what might happen in the rainy season, Lang Ga told him some things about the rainy seasons in the past. When the rain had eased off, Lang Ga took Shao Xuan out to their patrolling area to have him become familiar with it. He also wanted Shao Xuan to be prepared for it. Although the place that they were guarding wouldn’t have many difficulties, they needed to stay alert.

“So you’re saying that the hunting team won’t go out for hunting missions until the rainy season’s over?” Asked Shao Xuan.

Earlier, he assumed that the hunting team was only staying in the tribe for some time, and they would go out hunting once there’s no abnormal thing. However, based on what Lang Ga was saying, the hunting team would likely spend all the rainy season in the tribe? Then what would people eat if they hadn’t stored enough food?!

“Some things?” Shao Xuan thought about the different kinds of insects in the training grounds, and he frowned subconsciously. But if there was nothing else to eat, they had to diet on that.

“You’ll see when they come.” Lang Ga did not explain much, “We won’t starve.”

Hmm?

Now Shao Xuan became really curious. Based on Lang Ga’s words, the things were not the insects that popped out from the training grounds. So, what were they?

“It happens once in a year. Although dangerous, it isn’t that dangerous if we are careful enough. It’s okay. Don’t worry.” Lang Ga tapped on Shao Xuan’s shoulder with his fist as encouragement.

Shao Xuan rubbed his shoulder as he stared at the river in the rain.

Afar on the river, the lords of the water were constantly leaping out high. Shao Xuan wondering something after observing those Dreads. Judging by the movements as they leaped, the lords of the water seemed to be swimming towards the same direction. If it was an isolated case, he might just as well ignore it. But the fact was, all the Dreads that leaped up were facing the same direction, with no exception!

“In that direction, is the river going upstream or downstream?” Shao Xuan pointed at the same direction that the Horrors were swimming towards.

“Upstream or downstream? I don’t know. I’ve never been there. It’s too far away.” Lang Ga said easily. For him, the terms upstream and downstream made no difference, so he cared not to think much about it.

Shao Xuan looked in that direction, while thinking and wondering what the place was, and why would all the lords of the water swim towards that direction. The river was very wide. If it hadn’t been freshwater, he would’ve assumed the river to be the ocean…The ocean?!