Chapter 4: Vast sky and land
Editor: Silver B.
Chen Chao looked around and found that he had come to a large forest, which he knew very well. Wasn't this the place he stared at every day?
If one traveled a few hundreds meters ahead, one could exit the forest and reach near a small river with the Tianyuan tribe not too far ahead from there.
However, he did not immediately rush forward. Firstly, he checked out the fully upgraded body. There was a major upgrade in the hardware and software, especially the instant messaging function. There was almost no delay.
While using it he noticed that he didn’t need to actually transform his palms. He only needed to send instructions normally in his mind, and you could see the corresponding information in your pupils.
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Thinking of the system’s last message, Chen Chao smirked, 'Database search function? Does it mean that I could search for a solution if I encounter some problem?'
After searching for some information in the database, he felt half happy and half sad. What made him happy was that it was indeed possible to search for information, but the information sources were very jumbled and most of them needed to be screened, but at least, it was a source of information.
As for the other functions, they could only be explored slowly in the future.
After confirming that there wasn’t anything wrong with the basic functions, Chen Chao lifted his foot and walked a few steps. The first few dozen steps were slow and laborious. His body felt like an old machine in a warehouse that had not been used for decades, making a creaking sound.
After walking a certain distance, Chen Chao obviously adapted to his new body, and the Tianyuan tribe also saw this burly stranger. Some old people who had been sitting at the entrance of the cave drove their children back in the cave, their faces full of vigilance.
It was an early autumn afternoon. The young and strong people were all out hunting. Even some of the physically fit women and older children had gone out to gather fruit. What remained of the tribe were the old, the sick, and the children, who had a hard time surviving the winter.
The Tianyuan tribe was both wary and curious about the sudden appearance of this stranger. Every time Chen Chao took a step closer, the old man standing at the entrance of the cave became more alert, and was constantly saying something.
When Chen Chao saw this, he smiled sincerely, then raised his hands and signaled to them that he had no weapons on him. After watching them calm down, he opened his mouth, wanting to explain that he was from a tribe on the other side of the mountain. But before he could say anything, he remembered that the people of the Tianyuan tribe didn't have a language yet.
He sighed, ‘Alas, there is still a lot of work to be done!’
So he turned his head and pointed to a distance, then pointed at his two legs, indicating that he had come a long distance, and it took a long time to get here.
At this moment, Chen Chao's stomach made a growling sound, and a small head popped out from behind the old man. It was Huang Yan, his host. He looked curiously at Chen Chao's sturdy body while uttering the syllable "ba" from time to time.
He wanted to get closer, but was dragged back by the old man before he could get out of the cave.
Upon seeing this, Chen Chao had no choice but to sigh again as he walked towards the river. Picking up two sharp pieces of wood from the ground, he planned to catch two fish and roast them to eat, to solve his dinner problem.
At first, Chen Chao thought he would be an NPC with machines all over his body. But after a period of exploration and adaptation, he found that the upgraded body was only like he was implanted with some kind of chip. His body was still a real body, so he would also feel hunger and pain.
The young and old in the cave looked at the new stranger curiously. On noticing that he seemed to want to get into the river, the old man didn't stop him.
The water in the small river was clear and shallow. He could see the pebbles at the bottom of the water at a glance. He could also see fish swimming in groups. The small ones were palm-sized, and the larger ones were about ten kilograms. He exhaled lightly, ‘This place is really rich with resources. If I had a fishing net, I could easily catch 100 - 200 KG of fish.’
‘Damnit, I really wish I had a bamboo basket now...’
‘With that, god knows how many fish I would be able to catch…’
The old man outside the cave was quiet, but the children looked at Chen Chao spearfishing eagerly. After seeing that he missed the shot many times, all of the children made a noise that was similar to "Boo".
Chen Chao held the stick again and stabbed it in the water several times. Eventually, he caught one fish. He glanced at the little children, lifted the fish that he had caught, and threw it on the bank of the river.
The children's booing noises sounded louder, some daring kids had already bypassed the old man at the cave entrance and ran to a place not far from Chen Chao to watch.
After successfully catching a fish, Chen Chao learned some techniques, but it was also due to the fact that he had searched the database beforehand. The main reason was that if a person directly harpooned the fish, it was actually impossible to catch one.
Due to the refraction of light, people would see that the "fish" in the water was nearer to the water surface than the actual fish. Therefore, the spear must be aimed at a certain distance below the "fish" so that it could be caught easily.
Now that he could almost catch a fish every time, not only the children stared at the stranger in awe, but the old man also came forward and looked down at the ten or so dying fishes on the river bank.
But they were still curious. Why did this person spear these things in the water? Could he eat it? Was it okay to eat that smelly thing?
Chen Chao counted the number of fish and felt that it was enough for himself; maybe there would be some left. But there was still another problem, there was no fire!
'Should I drill wood to make fire?'
As Chen Chao thought of this, he immediately began to act with no further delay. He looked around, searching for some suitable wood pieces. Although the two wood sticks he had used earlier to spear fish were sharp, they were now soaked in water and could not be used. Moreover, it did not mean that he could make fire using any wood. Different wood had a different success rate in lighting fire.
But now Chen Chao didn't want to think too much about it. He collected flammable dead leaves and some small branches while looking for suitable wood. After stacking the dead leaves and branches into a small mound, he used a few longer branches. After setting up the barbecue rack, he sat aside and started drilling the wood to make fire.
The old people and children of the Tianyuan tribe grew even more curious about this stranger's behavior. What was he doing?
What is he trying to do? (⊙? ⊙）（⊙? ⊙)
Fire...?
He has the sacred fire?!
Chen Chao was immediately surrounded by a dozen people. One of the elders shouted a few times, then pointed at the pile of dead leaves that had been lit while making a gesture of holding it. He pointed towards himself and then at Chen Chao who was grilling fish.
Seeing that the other party ignored him, the old man turned around and hurried back into the cave and came back with a large piece of dried meat. He repeated his previous action.
Chen Chao guessed that the man probably wanted to exchange the dried meat with fire, but by the time, the aroma of cooked fish had dispersed in the air, and the children hiding behind the old man kept swallowing.
b( ? д?)b Wow, it smells so good! I want to eat! b( ? д?)b
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