Chapter 23: Dry Firecracker

  Chen Xu's scalp felt numb as he looked around at the dense forest, his heart skipped a beat, fearing that a black gorilla would suddenly jump out, and by then, even if he wanted to run, he probably wouldn't be able to.

  "Granny's, was the Stone Age really that terrifying? No way, I must have traveled back to the age of the dinosaurs!"

  With difficulty, Chen Xu swallowed his saliva and had to admit that although the land was good, its occupants were even more formidable. With the current number of sixty apes in his tribe, even if they all went out together, with only bamboo spears and stone tools, they were no match for these dozen or so black chimpanzees.

  Not to mention Chen Xu couldn't even be certain that there was only this one group of black chimpanzees in the jungle!

  As for that ten-meter-high gorilla, it was automatically ignored by him. If even that factor were taken into consideration, this battle might as well not be fought at all.

  Eyes darting around, watching the black gorillas' lazy frolicking, Chen Xu licked his lips and thought to himself "It seems we can only adopt that plan, otherwise if we clash head-on with these black gorillas, we're simply no match for them."

  "It's the Stone Age anyway, so don't bother with what is humane or not. First, let's get a survival base going!"

  After some thought, Chen Xu quickly made a plan and didn't stay any longer. He flashed into the dense forest, soon returned to the foot of the small mountain, and with a slight effort, he climbed up a big tree.

  Then, with the help of a big tree, he jumped to the two ropes hanging in mid-air, grabbed them and quickly climbed up the mountain cave, returning to his own territory. Here, he finally let out a sigh of relief. It's got to be said that the aura of this group of Golden Eagles was not small at all. In just a moment, it made his little heart beat wildly.

  Zan Shang patted the shoulders of two apes, indicating approval. Chen Xu put away the two ropes and placed them in a safe place inside the cave, then slipped out of the cave and came to the top of the mountain.

  On the cliff, Chen Xuan searched for some vines and divided them into sections with stones. In front of a group of apes, he took a large bundle of dry firewood and tightly tied it up with one section of vine, repeatedly demonstrating several times.

  After the crowd of apes had a good grasp of this binding method, Chen Xu stopped his actions and ordered the surrounding apes to start bundling firewood in the same way.

  An hour later, the small hill-like dry firewood on the mountain top was tied into countless individual bundles, each bundle having a thickness that could be held in one's arms, but the knots were extremely firm.

  He picked up a bundle of dry firewood, slightly tested its weight, and a hint of a smile appeared on Chen Xu's mouth. With a sudden burst of strength supported by his powerful inner energy, he explosively exerted a force that sent the bundle of firewood flying out, far away from the mountain top, landing in the thicket of woods to the east.

  "With my current strength and this small mountain's height of about thirty meters, I can throw this bundle of firewood into the depths of the dense forest, that would be just right!"

  A gleam flashed in Chen Xu's eyes, he shook his arm and shouted an order, commanding the apemen in the hunting party around him to throw all these dry firewood into the thicket to the east.

  Although the apes could not understand the fire god's method, they executed his command without hesitation. Suddenly, bundles of dry firewood shot out like cannonballs, continuously throwing them into the thicket to the east.

  The strength of the apes is no match for Chen Xu, but with the advantage of height, they can also throw dry firewood a great distance, at least enough to reach into the dense forest.

  As the apes continued to throw dry firewood into the dense forest in the east, the forest shook violently soon after, as if some massive creature was trampling through it. Countless trees quickly fell and then rapidly rose again, a truly magnificent sight.

  Before long, the jungle parted, and several sturdy golden apes darted out, leaping into the sight of the crowd of monkeys, appearing on the barren land between the small mountain and the dense forest.

  "Keep throwing, don't stop!"

  With a loud roar, Chen Xu's face revealed a hint of a triumphant smile, and the apes who were shocked by Jin Gang's majestic figure came to their senses, directing the crowd to continue throwing wooden explosive bombs downwards.

  "Endure, endure!"

  Five giants, almost four meters tall, stood at the foot of the mountain, like several dark rocks. Seeing a dozen or so small dwarves on the mountaintop constantly throwing piles of firewood into their own territory, without any intention of stopping, they suddenly all roared with anger.

  In the previous life, the signature action of the gorilla reappeared. These giant King Kongs were furious to the extreme, their palm-like hands opened and closed continuously, pounding their broad chests, while emitting a series of angry roars.

  At that moment, endless movements rose from the dense forest to the east. Endless birds and beasts fled in terror from the thicket, a beast stepped out of its hunting ground with a hint of playfulness in its eyes, looking at the rising area, wondering what those apes were going crazy about again!

  "Is it just anger? It seems the dosage is still not enough!"

  In a low, muffled voice, Chen Xu suddenly shouted loudly, constantly urging the apes to throw down the piles of firewood. At the same time, he himself began to exert his strength gradually, and one by one, the piles of firewood, like precision-guided missiles, were smashed towards the place where the black gorilla rested under his terrifying force.

  With a few angry roars, several more black apes darted out of the forest, staring up at the mountain top with bloodshot eyes, as if they would climb up and smash them into pancakes at any moment.

  Several black monkeys even sprang up from the ground, pounced on the precipice of Guanghua, wanting to borrow strength to climb up the mountain, and give these little guys a show.

  But this cliff is steep and extraordinary, the black ape makes a sudden leap, almost reaching a height of over ten meters, but still has an unbridgeable distance from the mountain top.

  What made Chen Xu feel a bit toothache was that the thickness of these black apes' skin exceeded his imagination. A ten-meter high fall, without any buffering, directly smashing onto the rocks, and these guys just rolled around on the ground for a few rounds before standing up again, continuing to howl!

  But things have come to this, and he also knows there is no room for retreat.

  If they don't take down this land, later on, not to mention anything else, even the food problem of their entire tribe will be difficult to solve. He doesn't want his tribe, which has just grown stronger with great difficulty, to rapidly decline again because it can't find a suitable territory.

  Gritting his teeth, Chen Xu ordered the hunting party of apemen to continue throwing down firewood. He also summoned other apemen from the tribe and instructed some to collect firewood, some to bundle it up, and others to go to the top of the cliff and throw down the firewood.

  The tired apes can then switch and enjoy breakfast, while the remaining apes continue to move forward. In this way, the three parts of collecting firewood, bundling firewood, and throwing firewood form a benign cycle.

  Under Chen Xu's very scientific usage method, each ape-man was used to the greatest extent and ensured that no ape-man would be too tired, and the work efficiency naturally remained at a very high level.

  In this way, the whole morning passed, and the dense forest at the foot of the mountain was almost filled with dry firewood collected by the apes, and with the help of those violent strongmen, these dry firewood were scattered all over the place, which was very much in line with Chen Xu's intention to fill the part of the dense forest close to the cliff.

  The roars of the King Kong have never stopped, at first the crowd of apes felt frightened, but as time went on, seeing that these big guys couldn't climb up, the crowd of apes breathed a sigh of relief and their fear gradually dissipated, now they are already immune to the roars of these big guys.

  After jumping for a whole morning, even the thick-skinned and tough ones couldn't take it anymore. They stopped jumping with all their might and instead gathered at the foot of the mountain, constantly looking around to find a way up.

  "Are you really so stubborn? If it doesn't work this way, won't you try going around?"

  Standing with his back to the cliff, Chen Xu looked at the group of excited and disorderly gorillas below, a faint smile spreading across his face. What made him feel both relieved and disappointed was that these black apes really didn't know how to take a detour up here.

  Fortunately, I don't have to face the terrifying gorilla, but unfortunately, I won't be able to use the gorilla to test the strength of the surrounding jungle overlord.

  Chen Xuke didn't think that the Diamond Brothers could easily bypass this small hill, although it wasn't big, but there were many ferocious beasts' territories distributed around her.

  It's one thing for a rhinoceros to wander around its own territory, but if it charges angrily into the territory of other fierce beasts, that is a blatant provocation.

  Chen Xu's actions this time, after all, are not without the intention of making the Golden Eagles test the surrounding beasts, it's just that now it seems that the Golden Eagles' IQ is still a bit low and they don't understand how to circle around.

  After throwing dry firewood for a whole morning, the apes' physical strength was greatly consumed. At this moment, they were all panting, the firewood was almost exhausted, and the voices of the King Kongs were also hoarse from shouting. Both sides had fallen into a state of exhaustion.

  At this scene, Chen Xu made a decisive gesture with his hand and stopped this flirtatious behavior.

  It has to be said that this morning's attempt, although not entirely reaching the effect he had imagined, was still not bad, confirming that this method is effective. As for what to do next, he also had a plan in mind.

  The apes on the mountain stopped, those who had been tumbling down the mountain for an entire morning and whose throats were sore from screaming also came to a halt. After circling around at the foot of the mountain for a while, they dispersed in all directions.

  On the mountain top, after all the apemen had rested and eaten some meat for lunch, Chen Xu ordered 35 non-combat personnel in the tribe to be divided into two groups. One group was grinding stone tools on the mountain, while the other continued to collect firewood.

  Teaching the simple stone tool grinding method to the crowd of apemen, Chen Xiu confirmed that the apemen had grasped this technique and no longer stayed. He led more than 20 warriors from the hunting team to set off.

  The food in the tribe is running low, it's time to go hunting!