Chapter 21: Return and New Plan

  The road back was quite smooth, except for encountering two or three wild beasts that Chen Xu called "arrow pigs", which brought them some gains, and there were no other problems.

  Along the familiar road, this mighty army marched for three hours and finally emerged from the dense forest as night was falling, arriving at the foot of a small hill.

  Parting the dense forest, Chen Xu led the group of apemen to the mountaintop and had them wait there while he himself climbed down into the cave using a rope.

  As soon as Chen Xu returned, the apemen who had been guarding the cave naturally came out to welcome him. After inspecting them, Chen Xu found that these ten apemen did a good job, not only collecting a large amount of firewood, but also picking many unknown wild fruits.

  Apart from this, several wolves were also roasted, just waiting for their return.

  Passing through the crowd of apes, I came to a corner of the cave, where lay the bamboo spears that the apes had made today. Although not many, there were also several hundred, and it seemed that these apes had not been lazy at all.

  He picked up a bamboo spear, Chen Xu carefully measured it, bent it with force, and found that although the bamboo spear was rough in workmanship, it was also hard enough to be used.

  Put down the map on his body and hide it well, Chen Xu shouted an order, commanding the apes in the cave to move out some of the hunted prey and bring some combustible firewood as ignition material.

  Although this cave is not small, it can accommodate at most thirty apemen. If there are more, even if the space is sufficient, the sanitary conditions will not meet Chen Xu's requirements.

  Even if he came to this Stone Age, he still didn't want to live in a thatched cottage every day.

  In fact, with the addition of more than 30 apes from the new tribe and ten warriors, the number of people in this tribe has now reached sixty. The cave is far from sufficient for their survival, and expanding new living space is imminent.

  Moreover, although it is said that many people have great strength, when there are more people, the consumption of food naturally increases as well. The prey that Chen Xu and the others hunted outside a few days ago was abundant in quantity, but that was only suitable for the original dozen or so apemen.

  With the current number of sixty people in the tribe, adding today's three or four killed arrow pigs, the remaining food in the tribe is not enough to last for two days, so a new hunting plan is imminent.

  The apemen in the cave took out food and torches, after climbing to the top of the mountain, Chen Xu picked up the wood beside him, using his knowledge from past lives to extinguish the flames in the cave, keeping them burning quietly, making the open fire go out, and the hidden fire lurking, waiting for later use.

  The geographical location of this cave is unique and Chen Xu does not intend to give it up. In fact, he has long planned to build the cave into a tribal holy land.

  After dealing with the bonfire, Chen Xuan walked a few steps to the edge of the cave and looked at the forest under the small hill in the hazy night. A glint flashed in his eyes, and he whispered to himself, "This thicket under the small hill is indeed a very suitable location."

  "This jungle is very close to the small river, and it's also convenient to fetch water. If we can develop it into a tribal territory, we can start large-scale fishing later on, which will temporarily solve the food problem!"

  "Just from the attitude of the number one ape and the captain of the apes, there should be a powerful tribe living in this jungle, occupying this land, making beasts and humans not dare to approach. It seems that this matter needs planning!"

  After a moment of contemplation, Chen Xu gazed at the forest to the east and the Jade Belt River along its edge, with a gleam in his eyes, clearly moved!

  Reaching out to grab the rope hanging from the entrance, Chen Xu thought for a moment, then backed out of the cave with a dhole and quickly scrambled up the cliff.

  On the mountain top, according to his command, a bonfire had been lit up, and fresh game had also been hung on the bonfire heap, thick fragrance rose, constantly attacking the taste buds of the crowd.

  Especially the thirty or so apemen who had recently joined, after being hungry for a few days, they looked at the oil flowers bursting continuously on the bonfire, and their eyes were almost red.

  If they hadn't been warned by the leader of the ape-men long ago, perhaps they would have rushed forward to fight for it. But in this newly-born tribe, without the permission of Chen Xu, the fire god, no one dared to make a move.

  As soon as Chen Xu appeared, all the apes' eyes turned to him, with a hint of yearning in their reverent gaze, looking like they were really starving!

  Seeing this, Chen Xu smiled slightly and threw the jackal-like dog to No. 1 Ape-man, who quickly took it away for roasting. Only then did Mans slowly take out the wild fruits collected by the apemen and distribute them among everyone.

  However, this distribution method is the strong getting more and the weak getting less. Chen Xu himself occupied one tenth of it, and the remaining strong warriors in the hunting team got a bit more. The female apes also had their share, and the old, weak, sick and disabled ones were very scarce.

  For this distribution method, the crowd of apes had no dissenting opinions. Unbeknownst to them, with Huo Shen Chen Xu as their leader, a vague hierarchy emerged within the tribe.

  Before long, the beast was roasted, and Chen Xuan still took charge of distributing it. However, considering that today was the day when the new tribe was officially established, Chen Xuan, who had not yet awakened from his past life's memories, felt a celebratory mood in his heart, so he distributed the food very generously and fairly.

  This allows sixty apemen in the tribe, although they can't all eat their fill, to at least ensure that none of them go hungry!

  For a time, the newly joined apemen cheered, their loyalty to this new leader even stronger, as if they had seen a better life in the future.

  That night, the apes on the mountain top were happy. On this steep cliff, few beasts could climb up, and with the giant bonfires lit around them, they felt very safe.

  After finishing the barbecue, he used a stone slab to cook several fried eggs. Chen Xu sat on a huge rock at the top of the mountain and began his quiet cultivation.

  While other robust apemen were busy finding mates and enjoying their own pleasures, Chen Xu was quietly circulating his inner breath, hoping to make further progress. Although he seemed very powerful at the moment, in his heart, he knew that in this Stone Age, he was only at the bottom layer.

  Not to mention the mysterious Sword Toothed Tiger, even if a pack of jackals were to come, if they were really starving, they wouldn't be able to gain any advantage, and might even get seriously injured!

  But here, what does severe injury mean, Chen Xu is very clear!

  It's not just that, having absorbed the two golden crystals, he has confirmed the existence of aliens. If he can't have enough self-preservation before the aliens arrive, perhaps he will be more miserable than other apes.

  At least, other apes do not have his rich wisdom, so the choices are relatively few, and he is different, just like the saying goes, "the ignorant are fearless", knowing more, naturally fearing more.

  Moreover, in the Stone Age, there were no medical conditions, getting sick meant death, and being injured also meant death. Chen Xu didn't want to die before achieving his goal, so he had to at least take a look at what aliens looked like, and kill one, only then could he rest in peace.

  Therefore, the inner strength that could bring him great power and resistance became his top priority. Although with his current Second Heaven Late Stage realm, relying solely on his own hard work to progress was extremely slow, this couldn't become an excuse for laziness. In this Stone Age, this was his capital for survival.

  Chen Xu's actions made the boundaries between him and the other apes even clearer, and unknowingly, the name of the Fire God had already been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the apes.