Chapter 41 New Territory
That night, due to the howling west wind, the jungle land on the east side of the small mountain was completely covered by fire. The huge flames gradually shrank with the shift of the wind direction in the early morning. After the sun completely appeared on the horizon, the fire completely disappeared into the world, leaving only a ruin.
As for the creatures in it, from the great Vajra to the small ant worms, all of them fled in a hurry. Without having time to escape from the sea of fire, they also turned into an energy source of the sea of fire, becoming a pool of ruins on the dark ground after burning.
The fire surging overnight, and the ape man on the top of the mountain was scolded by Chen Xu, who had crawled out of the cave in the initial panic, so he calmed down and continued to refine bows and arrows.
During the night, the flames kept flowing, and the apes did not rest. This night, they had enough meat and they had to keep working.
Super Ape Man, Ape Man General, Ape Man No. 1 and Captain Ape Man, these four leading figures designated by Chen Xu were patrolling the mountains from time to time, ready to wake up any sleepy tribe members at any time.
The hard work of the night was completely over when the sun rose and the flames were extinguished. All the beast tendons in the tribe were used up, and a total of 100 longbows and 600 long arrows were made.
The apes who worked hard all night looked at the fruits of their labor, and felt unnatural, and a sense of joy surged in their hearts. This is the product of their labor and a landmark symbol.
He ordered everyone to prepare breakfast and distributed the food briefly. Chen Xu walked to the cliff, made a few long vines, and rubbed a few ropes of twenty or thirty meters. In this way, they had more ropes.
Other apes followed suit, especially the old apes, who were very skillful. Soon, with his help, four or five long ropes were produced again.
Relying on these ropes, Chen Xu made some simple and short ropes and began to make rope ladders on the top of the mountain. Soon, the first rope ladder in the world appeared.
"With this rope ladder, most people in the tribe can descend below the cliff, and the fire at the foot of the mountain has also been extinguished. It's time to move!"
With a grin, Chen Xu dragged the newly made rope ladder into the cave, then tied one end of the rope ladder tightly with two extra ropes, leading it to the depths of the cave, and tied it to a raised stone.
After doing this, he threw the rope ladder under the cliff. Suddenly, the rope ladder, which was more than 20 meters long, completely extended, like a hideous centipede, swaying among the cliffs.
After visually measuring the length of the rope ladder, Chen Xu determined that it should be much longer than when he climbed down before. At this time, he saw that the lowest end of the rope ladder was only two or three meters away from the ground.
This equilibrium is already a safe distance for the apes in the tribe.
As for whether they can come up again after they go down, this question is not something he can consider. At least, as long as many of them go down, it will be difficult for them to have the chance to get into the cave in the future.
The cave will serve as the core of a tribe and be the residence of the leader.
Seeing that everything was ready, Chen Xu ordered the apes to climb into the cave one by one, and he first made a demonstration of climbing down, followed by powerful ape warriors such as Super Apes.
In the end, the elderly, weak, women and children in the tribe were just the same.
However, with the demonstrations of previous generations, these apes were mentally prepared enough. Although they were still trembling, they finally reached the bottom of the cliff smoothly.
Even the thinnest old ape man is like this. Even if he falls down at the last three meters of suspended distance, he cannot cover up the fact that he has completed the vertical climbing of more than 20 meters.
More than 220 apes in the tribe climbed down from the cave in turn, and it took a full morning to climb down.
When the sun was noon, all the apes in the tribe, except Chen Xu, had safely arrived at the edge of the jungle below.
According to Chen Xu's instructions, the apes have begun to clean the underside, clean up the dark jungle area that has been licked by the flames, and clean up the place where they can settle down.
Chen Xu tied the bamboo spear and long bow with long vines on it, and then slowly fished down from the entrance of the cave. When approaching the ground, Ape Man One and Captain Ape Man led people to help.
Soon, the entire property of the Vulcan tribe was transported under the cliff, and the bamboo spear and longbow were also distributed. The fully armed apes began to slowly explore this area burned by the flames.
"Good guy, if it weren't for the water vapor over the river and the mountains were extremely wet, I'm afraid that even with a changing wind direction, the fire wouldn't have stopped so simply!"
Walking in front of the ape people, Chen Xu, holding a bamboo spear, stepped on the dark road, looking at the scene in front of him. Although he had expected it, he still couldn't help but feel trembling.
Fire is ruthless, and this statement really interprets the characteristics of this violent energy release method. This method is far beyond his control. If it weren't for his good luck, Chen Xu would have enough reason to believe that perhaps the entire jungle could be burned directly by him, and nothing would be left at that time.
Looking at the charred animal skeletons appearing in the fire, and even a half-caloric King Kong that stretched out his arm in the dust, as if he wanted to catch something, Chen Xu blinked his eyes, but his heart was really trembling.
"Although this fire attack is effective, it will still be useless if you can avoid it in the future. It is not just a matter of raising fire to burn your body."
With a low sigh, Chen Xu summoned the apes behind him to advance and ordered them to start cleaning the fire, remove all the miscellaneous woods, throw them onto the grass near the river, and start to completely renovate the area.
In less than half a day, with the efforts of more than 200 apes, the charred place returned to its original appearance. Except for the lack of most of the dead grass on the ground, it had no other intuitive influence.
In addition, because of the flames, the snakes and insects here have been greatly reduced, and for a time it is more suitable for everyone to live in.
During this period, Chen Xu himself was not idle. He first detected the situation here, observed the aquatic products in the river in detail, confirmed his conjecture, and then demolished a huge branch from the tree and began to circle the burning land.
This time, in this burning land, weeds and other things were gone, and only one burnt half-dead big trees were still standing upright, but a semicircular vacancy was burned, just adjacent to the river.
This area is suitable for use as a settlement, but if you want to gain a foothold here, you just drive away King Kong but it is not safe. Chen Xu did not forget what area it is. So, after cleaning the fire, he began to plan to set up a fence.
The big circle he drew with branches was the place where the fence was set up. After the apes completed the cleaning task, he sent them around to start digging holes.
The tools he used were naturally the simple wooden shovel he invented.
With the efforts of the powerful warriors in the tribe, the trees in the surrounding jungle fell one by one, and wooden shovels, both large and small, were chopped out by stone axes, and quickly put into practical application.
A circle of big pits also appeared quickly under the action of wooden shovels.
He ordered other apes to continue digging pits along the traces, and Chen Xu, with the soldiers who had made the wooden shovel, began to cut down the surrounding trees on a large scale, chopped them out, and made them into sharp fences.
Although it is quite inconvenient to use stone axes to cut trees, under the strong force of the apes, the big trees still fell into the dust.
It is said that there are many people and great power. This is indeed true. Under the uninterrupted labor of more than 200 people in the entire tribe, when it was getting dark, a three-meter-high fence made of simple wood was erected on the land planned by Chen Xu. After the soil was covered, a simple but solid wall was formed.
What we need to do in the future is just to use this village wall as the basis and continue to increase the length and hardness of the wood that builds the village wall. Perhaps, you can also make some mud and water to completely bridge the fences.
But that's all for the future. At least for the time being, this fence is enough.
At the north side of the fence, Chen Xu left a hole as the place of the village gate. Although everyone was exhausted, he still ordered everyone to dig a pit near the village gate. This pit could effectively prevent the attack of wild beasts. He did not think that if he drove away King Kong, he could completely occupy the place.
In this jungle, if you cannot show your strength, there is no possibility of gaining recognition from the beasts. They are still not far from showing their strength.
After the pit was laid out, it was already dark. Seeing that the apes and people were tired, Chen Xu ordered people to light a bonfire and prepare dinner. Soon, the entire fence had already become bright, and it seemed like two worlds outside the fence.
After a day of hard work, the apes and people filled their stomachs with a lot of sleep. At this stall, no one was in the mood to do anything else. Even women in the tribe were very tired today, so when they were free, everyone lay down on the ground.
While Chen Xu smiled bitterly, he could only take on the night watch mission by himself, hoping that no wild beasts would attack tonight, otherwise his emerging tribe might be finished in an instant.
Fortunately, maybe it was the deterrence after the fire, or maybe it was some other reason. In short, the night was very safe and passed by peacefully in Chen Xu's nervous mood.
As morning came, the ape people woke up from their sleep and regained their energy. This time, the tribe had a basic appearance, and Chen Xu would no longer be in control of them.
However, large-scale cutting of trees, refining wooden spears and bamboo spears, and expanding the fence on a small scale is still necessary.
Of course, time is not too tight now, so everyone is completely using the assembly line method, constantly circulating according to the time period, and no longer focusing on doing the same work, which not only ensures efficiency, but also ensures that everyone is not too tired.
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