Chapter 666: Seeking the Divine

e he was too cold, so cold that the pain from his injuries itched. The wounds were swollen white flesh all around, and his whole body felt numb.In the end, he narrowly escaped from the kidnappers. Whe...Samba and Zhu Xiaowei, along with their companions, were hastening toward the residence of the female chief of the wild people's tribe.

They ran all the way, seeing many large trees around them uprooted and lying scattered on the ground. The wild people's grass huts were not very sturdy to begin with, and after the earthquake, the huts in front of them were severely damaged, with some collapsing beams injuring the wild people.

Luckily, even if these huts collapse, they won't cause any serious injuries.

But this earthquake triggered a wave of panic.

And there are still many savages kneeling in front of their collapsed grass huts, holding their families, looking very devout. They clasped their hands together and muttered words, constantly bowing their heads and kowtowing, their eyes filled with fear.

Zhu Xiaowei looked at them, her expression a mixture of surprise and confusion. She had never seen these large and strong wild men appear so helpless and lost.

The savages seemed to realize that a great catastrophe was about to befall them, and that even their physical strength could not withstand the forces of nature.

In the distance, the river flowed through lands that were once the most fertile. But now, the vegetation on both banks was withered and dying. Even the trees stood bare and skeletal, their branches littered with fallen leaves of yellowed hues. The once-lush forest had become a desolate wasteland.

All beasts fled, even the animals began to run for their lives.

Everything has changed.

Zhu Xiaowei and the monkey arrived at their destination with heavy hearts. When they reached the chief's hut, they discovered that it had also collapsed halfway. The thick beams had fallen, one landing squarely on the chief's back. She was elderly, her cloudy eyes fixed in a certain direction, calling for help in a hoarse voice.

Even monkeys, who couldn't understand the Aboriginal language, could hear the word 'Reena'. The sharp-eyed monkeys saw a figure disappearing into the jungle. It was Reena, the beloved son of the female tribal leader.

To witness one's own mother being harmed and yet remain indifferent, showing no willingness to help.

Samba was the first to run over. He was a big guy, picking up that beam with both hands and heaving it across the way in one go.

The monkey and Zhu Xiaowei didn't dare to delay, they immediately ran over and asked the chieftain of this tribe if he was feeling unwell. The chieftain first looked at Samba with a complex expression, then shook his head.

Fortunately, they arrived in time. Otherwise, with such a heavy beam pressing down on the lower back, it would have definitely caused bodily harm.

The monkey thought the hut was unsafe and could collapse at any time, so he asked the elder to leave temporarily. But the elder was stubborn and refused to leave his home. The property in the hut belonged to Lena, and the elder wanted to guard it.

Samba had been unusually quiet, almost to the point of being unbearable. Suddenly, he erupted in anger at his elderly mother, though it seemed Samba was directing his fury at Renaud.

But the female chieftain favored Rena, even proposing that Samba should take good care of her brother Rena in the future.

Sambo roared angrily, a sound that wasn't quite an answer and not quite a refusal. With a huff of indignation, Sambo ran out of the hut and sat by himself outside.

Zhu Xiaowei, seeing this scene, sighed. As a mother, protecting her child is instinctual, but she also couldn't be too biased.

"Forget about all these family dramas, hurry up and ask! What's going on with the mass animal migration, and those earthquakes We need to know!" The monkey urged immediately.

Zhu Xiaowei asked the elderly chieftain of the tribal people in his native tongue.

"【Big matter】," the barbarian woman from the Changsha tribe croaked, her voice hoarse. She looked at Zhu Xiaowei with a peaceful gaze and added, "【I'll ask the gods】."

The tribal chieftainess of the wild people stood up trembling, then she walked slowly to one of the huts' rooms, taking out a small seashell from inside. She clutched an ancient wooden staff in her right hand, and atop her head was a tall hat adorned with colorful animal feathers. A string of pearl jewels hung around her neck.

Just like preparing for some kind of ceremony, the tribal chieftainess took great care to groom herself. Although Zhu Xiaowei and the monkey weren't quite convinced about this, they didn't dare to interrupt. Everyone watched silently.

The tribal leader, a woman, asked Zhu Xiaowei to help her light the fire in her hut. The flames gradually grew, casting golden light, and then the leader ordered everyone present to kneel down and face the doorway. The monkeys looked at each other, feeling uncomfortable and a little ridiculous, but they obeyed for the sake of the situation.

The chieftain knelt at the front of the bonfire, reciting indigenous words and devoutly kowtowed three times.

Then she casually tossed the shell from her right hand onto the floor, and the shells arranged themselves into some kind of pattern.

The chieftain glanced, as if startled. Her voice trembled, rising in pitch, and she tapped the floor three times with her wooden staff in her right hand before tossing out another shell.

It was amazing! The shell perfectly matched the arrangement of shapes before, even in the same positions. This left Monkey and Zhu Xiaowei and everyone else astounded.

The female chieftain’s incantation became faster and more frantic, her voice sharp and shrill. She looked up at the sky outside and shouted aloud, as if pleading for mercy.

She tapped the wooden staff against the floor three times, trying again to throw the shell. This time, before she could even ask the spirits again, the fire in front of them suddenly flared up with a whoosh, sending flames soaring high into the air. Everyone present jumped back in surprise.

The female chieftain seemed startled, she knelt there for a long while, her eyes hollow.

Sampa came in from the outside, interrupting their seance.

"What just happened" Even the modern humans, like the monkeys, were astonished by the towering flames.

Samba walked in silently. He was a kind and filial son, though his face was fierce, he still carefully helped up his elderly mother, the tribal chieftain.

The chieftain of the wild tribe did not need Zhu Xiaowei to ask, she took the initiative to speak first and put forward a request, asking them to promise to send someone to take care of her son, Rainer.

The demon from the depths is about to rise, the forest will be barren, the earth will flow with blood-red liquid, many people will die, and now you must flee to higher ground.

Zhu Xiaowei told the monkeys what she had heard, and they all looked grave.

The monkey pondered, “So… it means just like that song we heard before, this land is going to have a natural disaster, with a volcano erupting.”

Zhu Xiao Wei smiled wryly, "This elder chief means that this volcano has begun to stir."

I don't have time to wait any longer.

"...The tribe leader told us to flee to higher ground immediately," Zhu Xiaowei reported to Pei Haoran and the others upon returning to the palace with the monkey.

"Run to higher ground, which direction" such a sudden decision, my mind was in turmoil.

One person shouted loudly, "Jun Shao and his people redrew a map before they left."

"Yeah, we have a map too."

Pei Haoran quickly retrieved the map, laying it flat on the table. The group leaned in, their eyes fixed on it as they analyzed the surrounding terrain.

"...If an earthquake happened here, we should go uphill, this mountain should be high enough, right" The monkey pointed at the map.

If we were unlucky enough to climb that mountain, the one about to erupt, wouldn't that be a death sentence

The old chieftain just said that as long as we go uphill, he didn't say where to.

Zhu XiaoWei stood quietly to the side and whispered, “What if we… we follow the animals and escape together”

One word awakens the dreamer!

Pei Haoran and the other men immediately turned their heads to look at her. That's right, the animal's instinct to escape was stronger than theirs; following the main group was always the safest option.

Only the monkey's expression was hesitant, “……But I specially asked about the direction those animals migrate, and it is said that they migrate to the third island.”

The Third Island. Long ago, the old chieftain warned us, it was forbidden territory.

A stranger rushes in.

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