Chapter 19 The Painting Style on the Other Side of the Water Is Not Right
Lu Yao got up at dawn.
Since he came into contact with the simulator, he has almost never slept in. He always has a worry that if he doesn't pay attention, the Garlic Tribe may be destroyed by a sudden disaster.
The little people in the tribe are still too fragile now.
The winter is too long, the summer is too hot, there is not enough food, foreign invasion, infectious diseases... Each of these may cause a catastrophe for the Garlic Tribe.
Lu Yao poured a cup of instant coffee and began to look down at the little people in the tribe with the coffee.
The population of the tribe has now reached 311 people, and the faith value has a balance of 270 points.
After surviving the winter, the food of the Garlic Tribe has become sufficient again, and the food inventory has returned from the warning yellow to a healthy green.
In addition, although wood is in the yellow reserve stage, its use has gradually become popular under the promotion of two carpenters. The thatched houses of the tribe are also gradually turning into wooden houses.
Spring brings all things back to life, and also brings a group of uninvited guests.
Five canoes appeared on the river to the east, and they traveled very fast and approached the shore all the way.
All the people driving the canoes were female pixel figures. They had dark skin, loose hair, and wore a kind of soft leather armor covering their whole body. They carried bows and arrows on their backs.
The female pixel figure leading the group had a title of "Captain" on her head. Unlike the people around her, she wore a helmet made of bones with many sharp teeth on it, which looked like it came from some large beast.
Since the pixel game itself was not clear, Lu Yao could not see more.
The "Captain" spoke on the shore: "You! Hand over the strong men! Otherwise, you will be the enemy of our Donghe tribe!"
The other figures also shouted with the leader.
"Hand over the men!"
"Men! Men!"
"Hurry up and send the strong men on board!"
"Otherwise, you will all be turned into slaves!"
Lu Yao was confused.
What was the situation with this group of carnivorous sisters in the tribal era?
The prophet and the shaman came all the way. With them came more than 30 hunters with bows and arrows, and the two sides confronted each other by the river.
At this time, two monsters suddenly emerged from the river behind the canoe, with the symbol of [Sea Monster LV8] on their heads.
The sea monster was as big as five people put together, with scales all over its body. It had a lizard-like head and body, and sharp teeth in its mouth, which looked like a giant crocodile that could stand upright.
The two sea monsters stepped ashore step by step.
The hunters of the Garlic Tribe shot arrows one after another, but the bows and arrows seemed to have no effect on the scales of the sea monsters, and could not hurt them at all.
The little people of the Donghe Tribe had smiley faces on their heads.
"The sea monster is invulnerable!"
"You are too weak!"
The female captain said: "We have many sea monsters, and they can destroy your tribe at any time. But you have many strong men, and the Donghe Tribe likes them very much. Hand over the men and we will protect you."
Other little people of the Donghe Tribe also said.
"Weak tribe, offer men! Strong men!"
"Don't be ungrateful!"
"Hurry up, hand over the men quickly. Otherwise, we will sell you as slaves!"
Lu Yao took a sip of coffee.
This is not easy to deal with.
Of course, he could kill the two sea monsters with lightning. But this method cannot solve the current crisis, but will further turn the Donghe tribe into an enemy.
The Garlic Tribe does not have the ability and technology to build ships, and cannot set foot in the depths of the river at all. The Donghe Tribe can come and go as they please.
From the perspective of technical configuration, the Donghe Tribe can build canoes, have bows and arrows, have tribal-specific costumes, and have some rudiments of slavery. They can also raise sea monsters, and their level of civilization is not low.
Lu Yao thinks that the threat of the female captain is more of a deterrent.
If the Donghe Tribe can really swallow the entire Garlic Tribe, they don’t need to bluff at all, they can just attack directly and turn everyone into slaves and take them away.
The pixel world in the God Simulator is different from the real world. There are gods, apostles, fire of faith, monsters... The pixel people have a special way of evolution, which cannot be evaluated according to the existing human history.
Lu Yao decided to wait.
Let’s see how the Garlic Tribe is going to deal with this crisis.
They must learn to deal with troubles on their own and cannot turn to the god for everything. If it doesn't work, he will call Isabel over.
The prophet and the shaman discussed for a while.
"We are willing to give you 5 men, which is the maximum limit that will not affect the tribe."
"But the Donghe tribe cannot attack the Garlic tribe. We must ensure the safety of the rivers around us."
The female captain agreed very readily.
"The Donghe tribe will protect you, weak men."
"Send the men here quickly! They must be strong and good-looking!"
The Garlic tribe discussed internally, and the prophet proposed to draw lots to select people. In the end, 5 tribal men were selected and sent on canoes.
In this way, the Garlic tribe and the Donghe tribe had their first contact and conflict, and the Garlic tribe sent 5 men to marry as a result.
With the departure of the Donghe tribe, the river boundary expanded further to the east. A floating island built by wooden boats appeared on the water, which was one of the settlements of the Donghe tribe.
Lu Yao locked his view above the Donghe tribe and observed carefully.
The Donghe tribe is a typical matriarchal clan, with most of them being women, and the number of people is estimated to be over a hundred. Their highest leader is called [Grandmother], a female elder.
In their conversation, it was revealed that the source of the Donghe tribe was the large clan "Donghai Clan".
The Donghai Clan lived on the vast East China Sea further east, and controlled a large area of the sea.
Several years ago, a branch of the Donghai Clan went all the way west to Donghe, which is the Donghe tribe. The Donghe tribe used this wide and rushing Donghe River as its territory, and most of their food was fish, shrimp and aquatic plants in the water. Occasionally, they would sail a boat to land and hunt wild animals and birds with bows and arrows.
The Donghe tribe has a strategic weapon, the sea monster. Sea monsters usually move underwater, and they will only surface when called by the Donghe tribe.
What Lu Yao cares about is that he saw the figures of the little people of the Salt Pond Tribe in the Donghe tribe.
This group of tribal merchants also do business with the Donghe tribe.
They took canoes to bring salt, bows and arrows, and wood to exchange for fish with the Donghe tribe.
Lu Yao focused on the five male pixel figures ceded by the Garlic Tribe.
They were assigned to several female captains and became their spouses. These men from the Garlic Tribe did almost nothing and wandered around the boat island all day long.
That's not accurate.
They also have their own obligations to fulfill.
The women of the Donghe tribe would catch them in the boat house, and when they came out, a weak expression would appear on the top of the men's heads.
The female captains seemed to be accustomed to this situation where the tribe shared men.
This is a custom of the Donghe tribe.
Because there are too few men, they are turned into manpower that the entire tribe can use. The ownership of men is in the hands of female captains.
The Donghe tribe cherishes foreign men, but is very cruel to foreign women.
They drive canoes out and occasionally catch some women back. Usually the Donghe tribe will let these female slaves do hard work, such as cleaning the boat island, carrying wood, and processing fish and food.
If a female slave was sick or injured, she would be thrown into the water and fed to the sea monster as food.