Since glutinous rice balls can carry people on flights, Jiang Xuan will take them with him when he goes hunting.
Glutinous rice balls can not only help them drive away prey, but also conduct reconnaissance in the air to detect dangers around them in time.
Soon, glutinous rice balls were welcomed by everyone in the hunting team.
At the same time, the busy spring plowing of the Vine Tribe has officially begun.
After two years of planting, the Vine Tribe already has a large amount of grain seeds. If all goes well, the grain output of the Vine Tribe this year will be several times higher than in previous years.
This also means that the Vine Tribe can feed more people and can boldly increase the population.
Over at the breeding team, long-tailed rabbits, unicorn birds, colorful ducks, bamboo rats, colorful pheasants, etc. have achieved remarkable results, and the number of livestock is increasing.
These raised livestock can provide the tribe with a large amount of meat, which is much more stable than hunting.
Everyone performs their duties, and the entire Vine tribe is a prosperous scene.
……
Southern Wasteland, Crow Tribe.
In mid-February, the weather gets warmer.
The crow tribe, which had been preparing for more than a month, finally began to migrate.
"Dumb, dumb, dumb..."
Over the woods, countless crows were circling, forming a large black mass, like rotating dark clouds, emitting messy and harsh cries that made people feel uncomfortable.
In the giant old crow's nest in the center of the crow tribe, a terrifying black giant crow opened its eyes, and two bloody rays of light emitted from its eyes, illuminating the entire old crow's nest.
Under the big tree, the Crow Tribe shaman knelt on the ground and said: "Please ask the Crow God to lead the tribesmen to find a new place to live!"
Behind the Crow Tribe shaman, more than three thousand Crow Tribe people knelt in a dark mass. The scene was solemn and strange, and even the children did not dare to cry.
In the old crow's nest, the giant black crow slowly walked to the edge of the nest, glanced at the kneeling Crow tribe members on the ground, and then flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
"Dumb, dumb, dumb..."
All the black crows were boiling. They flew around the giant crow and kept calling with hoarse and unpleasant sounds.
All the nearby birds and beasts were scared away, and even the insects did not dare to chirp anymore.
The shaman of the Crow Tribe stood up and said to the leader of the Crow Tribe on the side: "Let's go!"
The leader of the Crow tribe also stood up and shouted to all the tribesmen: "Let's go!"
More than three thousand Crow tribe members immediately got up, took food and tools, and followed the crows in the sky on their migration path.
……
At the same time, as earthquakes, droughts, hail and other disasters occurred frequently, various tribes in the Western Wilderness could no longer bear it and began to migrate to other places.
The Eastern Wilderness and Southern Wilderness are the first choices for migration. The environment in the Northern Wilderness is relatively cold and harsh, so most tribes in the Western Wilderness will not migrate there.
With such a large-scale migration, the struggles between various tribes were extremely fierce. I don’t know how much blood was shed on the migration journey.
Among them, the one closest to the Southern Wilderness and with relatively strong combat power is the Jackal Tribe.
The Jackal tribe has more than 3,000 people, and they are also the first tribe to migrate.
"Ouch..."
Among the jackal tribe, a huge jackal let out a shocking howl, and then countless jackals looked up to the sky and howled as well, causing all the animals in the nearby mountains and forests to flee crazily.
Jackals in the wild are relatively small, but the jackals of the Jackal tribe are particularly large, capable of carrying warriors running and fighting, and are very powerful in combat.
This is one of the reasons why the Jackal tribe is so powerful.
"Let's go to the Southern Wasteland to grab a new territory!"
The leader of the jackal tribe was riding on the back of a tall jackal. He yelled, and then led thousands of warriors riding jackals to take the lead in clearing the way.
These primitive cavalry will plunder all the tribes that can defeat them along the way to supplement the astonishing food consumption on the migration route.
When the Jackal Tribe entered the Southern Wilderness, the first unlucky one was the Blue Sheep Tribe at the junction of the Southern Wilderness and the Western Wilderness.
At this time, the poor blue sheep tribe knew nothing about the danger, and their shamans were still reminiscing about the scene they saw after eating the magic mushroom.
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Southern Wasteland, Vine Tribe.
"Dig deeper and wider."
On the other side of the Feiyu River, Jiang Xuan took the newly made bone hoe and dug a tunnel in the mountain with the warriors of the tribe.
There is more rain in the Southern Wasteland, so digging tunnels is more difficult, because it is easy to get water while digging.
Therefore, when digging a tunnel, it is best to dig in a higher and drier place, and at the same time dig drainage ditches and vents.
Even so, except for winter, the tunnel is still wet most of the time, so it can only be used as a temporary refuge and cannot be lived in for a long time.
If you are in a relatively dry place, such as the high mountains of the Blue Sheep tribe, you can even dig cave dwellings to live in instead of building a house.
For example, the shamans of the Yanyang tribe have always lived in cave dwellings on the mountains.
In order to cope with the future situation, the Vine Tribe has prepared three barriers.
The first barrier is naturally the Vine God, and it is also the most important barrier. If the Vine God cannot withstand it, the people of the Vine tribe will have no choice but to flee for their lives.
The second barrier is the Feiyu River.
The people of the Teng tribe can make bamboo rafts to cross the river, but most tribes cannot. If the situation is critical, they can use bamboo rafts to cross the river.
The third barrier and the final barrier is the tunnel Jiang Xuan and the others are digging.
Originally, Jiang Xuan planned to dig more tunnels under the stone mountain, but then he thought about it. If the Vine God couldn't protect them, the tunnels would be of very limited use.
Therefore, he simply found a mountain on the other side of Feiyu River, dug a large number of tunnels, and used it as the last barrier.
If the Teng Shen cannot stop the enemy, and the Feiyu River cannot stop the enemy, then the Teng tribe can finally get into the tunnels of this mountain and fight the enemies with the help of the tunnels.
Of course, when that time comes, everything will be dead, and even if it survives, the Vine Tribe will be severely damaged.
If it is not a last resort, it is much better for the whole tribe to escape together than to die in a desperate situation.
"Boom!"
A soldier was digging when suddenly a hoe sank into the soil and there was a muffled sound.
The soldier pulled out the bone hoe with force, quickly dug away the surrounding soil, and then exclaimed: "Chief, there is a hole here!"
Only a dark hole appeared in front of him.
Jiang Xuan and the nearby soldiers ran over immediately.
"Light a torch and throw it in to see."
Soon, a soldier quickly made a torch, lit it in the cooking fire, then ran to the entrance of the cave and threw it inside.
The firelight illuminated the scene inside the cave. This turned out to be a natural cave!
There are a large number of natural caves in the rocky mountains of the Southern Wasteland, but there are none near the rocky mountains where the Vine tribe lives.
Jiang Xuan didn't expect that this mountain actually had a cave.
"Make it wider!"
Jiang Xuan gave an order, and the soldiers stepped forward one after another and quickly widened the entrance of the cave.
After they dug away all the soil and loose stones near the entrance of the cave, the entrance was enlarged enough for an adult to enter.
"Make some torches that can withstand burning, and go in and have a look."
Jiang Xuan felt a little excited. If the cave was deep enough, maybe they wouldn't have to waste time and effort digging a tunnel.
What tunnel is better than the criss-crossing underground caves?
Of course, this kind of undeveloped underground cave is very dangerous. People entering it may get lost or encounter unknown underground beasts.
If Jiang Xuan hadn't relied on his current strength and night vision ability, he would definitely not have dared to go in with just a few fires.
Soon, the Vine tribe warriors made more than a dozen burn-resistant torches made of a mixture of bamboo, resin, etc., lit four of them, and then followed Jiang Xuan into this strange underground cave.
People are always full of fear of unknown environments. Those soldiers followed Jiang Xuan closely, always alert to their surroundings.
Jiang Xuan asked them to carve a mark on the wall with a stone every time they walked a short distance, so that they would not get lost easily.
At first, the cave was relatively narrow. After walking for a while, the cave became spacious and there were some side roads.
At the same time, they discovered that there were a large number of stalagmites hanging from the top of the cave, which were shining brightly under the firelight and were very beautiful.
When the torch was half burning, the cave had not yet reached the end. Jiang Xuan did not continue to explore, but asked the soldiers to return the same way.
After returning to the ground, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. Although the cave is beautiful, there is always a feeling of fear when walking inside.
Jiang Xuan said to everyone: "Let's not dig the tunnel for now. You guys stay here while I go back."
Jiang Xuan hurried down the mountain, then crossed the river on a bamboo raft, entered the bamboo forest, and looked for red peony root.
The soldiers who stayed in place looked at each other. They didn't know what Jiang Xuan wanted to do, so they could only stand by the entrance of the cave and wait patiently.