Jiao trotted to the water's edge, jumped in directly, let the cool running water wash away the sweat and stains on his body, and roared cheerfully.Then he quickly went ashore, wiped off the water on his body, and prepared to find Lu Wei.

There were already a lot of orcs coming down to flush the water, and they were familiar with Jiao, and some carefree orcs smiled and said: "Jiao, why are you in such a hurry? Your sub-beast can't escape!"

"That's right, don't play with us too much!"

Jiao glanced at them indifferently, completely disdaining to talk nonsense with these single dogs, left the animal skins for wiping water and walked away.

—Hmph, what do you know about an orc without a partner!

Lu Er leaned against a tree, rubbed his fingertips on the trunk lightly, pondered the age and family of the tree in his heart, noticed that Jiao was approaching, and then withdrew his thoughts: "Where are you going?"

Jiao didn't give a damn, pointed forward, and asked with a smile: "Do you know the origin of the name of the Shentan tribe?"

"Altar?" Lu You chewed for a while, slightly surprised, "Is there really an altar?"

He thought that the origin of the name meant the "altar" or some kind of utensil for offering sacrifices to the gods.

"Well, there used to be." Jiao touched his chin and sighed softly, "Now..."

It is now ruined.

Standing in front of a piece of ruined wall, Lu Er felt a strong shock in his heart.

After he came to this world, he had never seen anything called "architecture" among orcs.Because they will be relocated in a few years, the biggest things they built were nothing more than walls and tents made of thorns.

And the various stone statues and stone materials lying on the ground in front of you fully explain that there used to be a tall building here!

Although it is now too blurred to see clearly, the grandeur of these buildings can still be seen!

Those stones are now covered with moss, and their original appearance can hardly be seen; the stone statues are full of cracks, and the gaps have been filled with soil for a long time, and slender vines have grown and wrapped around the stone statues.

It was clearly a vibrant scene, but it brought an unspeakable sense of depression to Lu Yi.

Jiao walked over, stepped on the soft ground, looked up at the sunlight hanging from the sky, and sighed softly: "Before the alien race invaded, this place was still a huge altar, the totem was in the center of the altar, surrounded by different Orc statue."

Lu Wei took a closer look and found that although the stone statues were rough, they could still be seen as wolves, lions, tigers, eagles... It seemed that every race of orcs carved their own images into stone statues and enshrined them in the stone statues. On the altar, it protects them from the influence of natural disasters and spends every year safely.

Walking behind Jiao, Lu You could still hear Jiao's steady voice: "When I was sent to the totem, I used to play on these stone statues, and sometimes I even urinated on the stone statues, and was caught by the priest. After that, I learned a lesson for a long time.”

Lu You couldn't help laughing: "You were so naughty when you were young."

When it comes to his childhood, Jiao Rare is a little shy: "Little brats are not sensible."

The two walked forward holding hands, and finally came to a huge pit.

Jiao stood on the edge of the pit and looked down, a trace of nostalgia flashed in his eyes: "The totem was planted here before."

Lu You still remembered that Jiao said before that the totem of the Shentan tribe was a living tree. After comparing the size of the pit, he was a little surprised: "How big is your totem."

"It takes dozens of orcs to embrace them, right?" Jiao recalled for a moment, then sighed, "It's a pity, the bigger you are, the less you can run."

"run?"

"Well, the totem told me before that he can actually change into a human form, but he chose to take root here in order to better instill the power of the heart of life into the earth. After a long time, he will not be able to change back to the human form."

At first, Lu You thought it was a bit strange, but after thinking about it, the orcs in this world also switch between beasts and human forms. It would not be surprising if there is a race like "tree people".

He looked sideways at Jiao, and saw that there was only nostalgia but no sadness on Jiao's side face, which made him a little strange.

Jiao turned his head to meet his gaze, understood Lu Wei's thoughts with a heart, and couldn't help but smile: "Totem said that their tree of life reincarnates from generation to generation, and after a new tree of life is born, the heart of life Inheritance, the old tree will wither and return to the embrace of God, there is no need to be sad."

He squatted down, grabbed a small stone on the ground, and threw it into the deep pit in front of him. His eyes gradually became a little firm: "When the alien race invaded, the totem had no time to differentiate into a new tree of life and take away the heart of life, so the totem The heart of life was given to me—thus, I am the inheritance of the totem, so I can’t just wallow in sorrow, and I have to find a way to solve God’s punishment and alien race.”

Lu You also squatted down, hugged the little white deer in front of his knees, and said with a slight smile, "We can do it."

The corners of her lips curled up slightly: "Yes."

After a while, Lu Wei looked around and suddenly became curious: "Why didn't you rebuild this place later?"

The corner patted the ground, and sat down directly, with some confusion between his eyebrows and eyes: "I came here a while ago, and it was incredible to see that this place was completely deserted. I asked my father and the priest."

"What did they say?"

"The priest said it was God's intention, let them not change everything here, just keep it as it is." Jiao casually tore off a leaf from a nearby vine, and suddenly smiled bitterly, "I was a little worried at first, God Do you want to turn me into a tree and let me replant here?"

Lu You's heart tightened: "Don't talk nonsense."

"The priest said I was thinking too much—if God really wanted to turn me into a tree of life, I wouldn't be a kitten after I was seriously injured, but a sapling." Jiao turned his face, tilted his head suddenly He laughed: "Even if I really become the tree of life, I'm not afraid, as long as you and the cubs are here."

Lu You breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly heard the little Lu An in his arms yelling twice.

The little white deer seemed to feel a little uncomfortable being hugged by Lu Er like this, moved its ears, and called out "yo yo".

Lu Er put little Lu An on his knees, smiled and pinched his ears: "Uncomfortable? I'm sorry, Father Mu hugged you in a different position—"

Before the words finished, Lu You suddenly froze.

The spirit water ring on his right hand trembled slightly.

Suddenly a vague voice sounded in his ear, like an old man muttering to himself, or like a child babbling.

He had heard this voice several times before, and every time it was fleeting, he always thought he had an auditory hallucination.

But this time, the voice became clearer and clearer, and even the direction it came from was very obvious.

——It came from the deep pit in front of me!

……

In the Redwood Tribe, Zi Tong was woken up by Ao in the middle of the night.

When she opened her eyes and saw a tall orc standing in front of her, Zi Tong almost cried out in fright, but Ao covered her mouth: "It's me, don't be afraid."

Zitong came back to her senses, not only didn't feel at ease, but her heart beat faster, she took off Ao's hand, and asked carefully: "What are you doing in the middle of the night?"

If he harbors evil intentions, he will definitely not be able to run away by calling Ao!

Ao let out a "hush" and whispered, "Aren't you going to the Shentan tribe?"

Zi Tong was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Didn't you object to my going?"

Ao hesitated for a moment, and deliberately raised his head: "Heh, I am the young patriarch of the Zima tribe. Of course I can fulfill your little wish!"

Zitong stared at him blankly, feeling a little warm in her heart: "You look silly, but I didn't expect you to be quite considerate."

"Of course I'm caring...and why am I so stupid?"

Zitong thinks that you are the most stupid orc I have ever seen.But he didn't say anything, he just sighed: "So you are looking for me now because you want to take me away overnight?"

Ao nodded and complained: "Well, the patrol team of the Redwood Tribe is too strict, and they only have a chance when they change shifts at night."

"I guess you didn't prepare anything, just planned to take me away like this?"

Ao Ming was stunned for a moment: "What are you going to prepare?"

Zitong sighed helplessly, and patted his arm: "You go back first, I'm ready to call you."

——You can't expect this simple-minded person to do anything prudent.

After a few days, Zitong prepared necessary tools such as salt, pot, flint, etc., loaded them on a small trailer, and grandly called Ao, who turned into a beast and dragged the cart away from the Redwood Tribe.

Ao was obviously a little silly. After running for a long time and leaving the scope of the Redwood Tribe, he changed back into a human form and dragged the cart forward while asking doubtfully, "How did you convince Teng and your father Mu?"

Zitong blinked: "Not convinced."

"what?"

"I said I wanted to go out with you to find something, but I didn't say where I was going—let's not talk about this, do you know the direction of the Shentan tribe?"

"Of course, our Zima tribe is not small, and we have made deals with the Shentan tribe!" Naturally, Ao would not be so short-sighted that he didn't even know the direction.

These days, both Teng and Zitong's parents can see that Ao is pursuing Zitong.They didn't have any dissatisfaction with Ao. On the contrary, they felt that Ao's straightforward disposition was quite good, and it all depended on Zitong's own opinion.

Zitong proposed to go out with Ao, they didn't think much about it, they just thought that Zitong was going to accept Ao's pursuit.

Ao didn't understand these hooked words, seeing Zitong smiling without saying a word, obviously not going to explain, a little disappointed, but also a little unconvinced, turned around and told carefully: "You have to follow me carefully, the road is very dangerous..."

There is a bow and crossbow that has been improved several times pinned to Zitong's waist, so he doesn't think Ao is bothersome, and just reminds him: "Look forward and see the way!"

Before the words were finished, Zitong suddenly shrunk his pupils and grasped the bow and crossbow.

Ao reacted faster than him, and "swished" into a fierce tiger with purple eyes, protecting the depth of the purple pupils, and let out a low growl of warning from his throat.

From the bushes, an orc walked out slowly, looked them up and down, and suddenly let out a strange low laugh: "You are going to the altar tribe, why don't you take me with you."

Zi Tong narrowed his eyes slightly, seeing the familiar face of the orc and those dark green eyes, his heart sank slightly: "Nata?"

Nata raised her eyebrows slightly: "You actually know me, it seems that I am indeed from the Redwood Tribe."

He lowered his head slightly, and seemed to sigh helplessly, "Although it is difficult to directly seize a living person, you have to try."

Before he finished speaking, endless dark green viscous liquid suddenly gushed out from Nata's ears, mouth, nose, and eyes, rushing towards him as if alive!

This kind of weird picture made them feel cold in their hearts.

Ao didn't know what it was, but felt an instinct to avoid it—but when he thought of the purple pupil behind him, he still roared and rushed forward without fear.

Zitong thought a lot, seeing Ao rushing over, couldn't help screaming: "Ao, get out of the way!"

That Nata can control Gang's corpse, maybe he can control the living too!

What if Ao Wan is controlled by Nata!

What Nata and Zitong didn't expect was that when the dark green sticky substance touched Ao's sharp claws, it turned into ashes like a dry leaf stained with sparks, and sprinkled on the ground. on the ground.

The tiger pinned Nata to the ground with one paw without any hindrance, and its sharp nails aimed at Nata's throat, ready to make him bleed to death at any time.

Nata froze for a moment.

Ao easily pushed Nata to the ground, a slight daze flashed in his purple pupils.

The weird dark green thing just now, he thought it was some kind of powerful attack, why did it turn gray when it touched him?

——Could it be that I have the blessing of the gods, and no ghosts and monsters can get close to me?

Nata was even more shocked than holding his tiger, his face twisted slightly, his eyes seemed to pop out, as if he had seen some incredible scene, and his voice was hoarse: "Impossible! Why is this happening?"

Ao let out a low growl, and moved his claws forward, piercing the skin on Nata's neck, calming him down successfully.

Zi Tong was also stunned by the one-sided results.He got out of the car and leaned over cautiously, looked carefully at Nata who was constantly struggling under the tiger's claws, and carefully observed Ao's expression and movements.

Ao changed back into a human form, with one hand still firmly grasping Nata's neck, and when he turned his head, his face was pale: "Zitong, look, I said I can protect you, right?"

Zitong resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and was somewhat relieved: Well, it seems Ao is right for being so naive.

After thinking about it, he reminded him cautiously: "Be careful, this guy can control orcs and beasts."

Ao froze for a moment, subconsciously tightened his fingers pinching Nata's neck.Nata let out a "ho ho" sound from her throat, her eyes protruded, and she was about to be strangled to death.

Zitong was so scared that she quickly patted Ao on the back: "Don't pinch him to death!"

Ao relaxed his fingers, and muttered unconvinced: "This guy is our enemy, right? Why can't he be crushed to death?"

When Lu Wei interrogated Nata, considering that most orcs were not involved, he only informed about Nata's identity and degree of danger, so Zi Tong didn't know much about it.

After Falcon returned from the Altar Tribe this time, Teng specifically told the people in the tribe that Nata had escaped from the Altar Tribe and told them to pay attention.

Unexpectedly, they bumped into each other as soon as they went out.

Although Zi Tong didn't know what secrets Nata had, it was obvious that Lu Yi had attached great importance to him before, and it might not be good for Lu Wei to directly crush him to death.

Zitong thought for a while and said cautiously: "Let's go back first."

"Ah?" Ao was taken aback, "Didn't you just come out?"

"Tie him up and take him back." Zitong took out a length of rope from the car, thought it was unreliable, and took out a ball of animal skin, "I also covered my head."

……

In the altar tribe, there was only a piece of remnant altar left, surrounded by a group of people.

The leaders and priests of the Shentan tribe, as well as several orcs who were mainly in charge, all stood beside the deep pit, but their eyes were all focused on Lu Er.

After a while, a pure white lion jumped out of the deep pit, turned back into a human form, and shook his head: "There is nothing."

There was still nothing but dirt and creeping weeds in the pit.

The old priest was so excited that he could hardly stand still, and he confirmed it again to Lu Wei: "What kind of voice did you hear?"

Lu You thought about it, and then briefly described it: "Like an old man, but also like a child... the voice was vague, and I didn't understand what it was."

"That's right!" The old priest's hands trembled slightly, his face was full of joy, "It's the voice of God!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's expressions changed suddenly except for Jiao and Lu You.

god!

This sub-beast from a small tribe can hear the voice of God!

Everyone looked at him with shock, envy, and reverence.

In the Shentan tribe, the atmosphere of "worshiping the gods" is very strong. Although the totem was destroyed more than ten years ago, they lost the opportunity to listen to the instructions of the gods, but later the old priests occasionally received instructions from the gods intermittently. Let them feel that they have not been abandoned by the gods.

However, the number of times the old priest was able to successfully communicate with the gods was very few, and each time he had to concentrate on preparation, prayer, and sacrifice for a long time to succeed.

Now Lu Er is standing here without doing anything, and can hear the voice of God!

No wonder Lu Er was able to bring a solution to God's punishment, maybe he was chosen by the gods!

Lu Er, who grew up in an atheistic environment, has always maintained some doubts about the existence of gods, but he didn't feel very excited. Instead, he confirmed it with the old priest: "Sacrifice, did you hear the same voice?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The old priest was so excited that tears were about to fall, he asked repeatedly, "What did the god say?"

This question lifted the spirits of everyone around: Yes, God suddenly issued an oracle, is there any big deal?

Lu You recalled the pronunciation of those vague and unclear words, slightly embarrassed: "I didn't understand."

The sound was like a dilapidated radio, the sound received was intermittent, and there was a strong noise, and it was impossible to hear what was being said.

The old priest's face was slightly disappointed, and then cheered up again: "It's okay, I didn't understand it at first, but I gradually understood it later... Come here a few more times!"

Lu You and Jiao looked at each other, thought for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I'll come here every afternoon around two to three o'clock."

At that time, the weather was hot and the temperature here was relatively low. I just finished the farm work in the morning and took a rest here.

According to the idea of ​​the old sacrificial priest, he hoped that Lu Er could give up all other things and just stay here every day.It's just that Lu Er is not from the Shentan tribe after all, he can't force it, so he can only wink to the leader.

The leader received the hint from the old priest and coughed: "Lu Er, your usual things are actually..."

Lu Er looked over.

The leader thought of the high yield and deliciousness of the rice, the sturdiness of the brick house, and the practicality of the fresh items such as cotton sweaters mentioned in the corner, and the words turned around in his mouth, "...It is also very important, but not When you are busy, you can spend a little more time here."

There is too much room for maneuver in this sentence, Lu Er has no objection, and nodded: "Okay."

After reaching an agreement, they confirmed the specific issues and details with each other, and then nodded and dispersed, leaving only the old priest and Jiao to stay by Lu Er's side.

The old priest wanted to persuade Lu Er again, but before he could open his mouth, he heard Lu Er ask, "Sacrifice, are you sure the voice we heard is the voice of God?"

The old priest was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

It was only when Lu Er said it that he felt that he doubted the gods. It might be difficult for the old priest to accept it, so he quickly explained: "I am not doubting, but just a little puzzled... Before the totem's misfortune, the priest had not communicated with the gods. Bar?"

The old priest frowned, nodded and said nothing.

At that time, the totem was responsible for communicating with the gods, and the work of the sacrifice was just to worship the totem.

"Then how can the priest be sure that the one who is talking to you is God?"

The old priest looked Lu Wei up and down, feeling a little unhappy, but still said: "If it is not a god, who else can sense your arrival?"

Lu You raised his hand, looked at his right hand, thoughtfully.

It could be seen that the old priest didn't like this topic very much, so Lu Wei didn't say anything more, and sent the old priest back politely, before going back to the tent with Jiao.

Jiao hugged the three cubs on the bed, fed them rice porridge one by one, and asked casually, "Do you suspect that the voice you heard is not a god?"

Lu Wei was a little surprised, took a banana and peeled it off: "I thought you didn't like to hear this either."

The members of the Shentan tribe seem to have a deep blind belief in God, and Lu Er didn't want to expose his unsubstantiated conjecture to offend others, so he didn't open his mouth.

Jiao wiped the choking Xiao Lujiu's mouth, raised his head and looked at Lu You: "I know you won't just talk nonsense."

Lu You's heart warmed slightly, and he handed the banana to Jiao, picked up a small spoon, and fed porridge to the snow cat, carefully choosing his words: "This is the third time I've heard this voice."

The first time was pretending to worship the sky in the Redwood Tribe, and the second time was dystocia.

The first two voices were very weak, so weak that Lu Er thought they were hallucinations, so he never paid attention to them.

This time the voice was clear and long, obviously it could no longer be an auditory hallucination.

"You told me before that God's temperament is more... happy, right?"

"Yes, the totem often complains that the gods are playing tricks on him."

"The voice I heard is a bit different from the feeling you said. It's a little weirder than the feeling of joy."

Jiao took a bite of the banana and was a little puzzled: "Didn't you say you look like a child and an old man?"

"The sound quality is similar, but the emotion contained in the voice is not." Lu You recalled the feeling, and slowly described, "The voice I heard today seemed to be joyful, but the joy was very textureless."

"No texture?"

"Well, it's like imitation." Lu You thought for a while, picked up little Lu An, took a piece of candy and shook it in front of the little white deer, "Xiao An, call twice."

The little white deer hummed for no reason.

"That's the feeling." Lu You put the little guy with an inexplicable face on the ground, and took the candy back into his hand, "It's purely an imitative emotion, without any real feeling."

Like a babbling child who doesn't understand the meaning of these emotions and simply imitates them.

So after hearing this sound twice before, he quickly put it behind him.

Judging from Jiao's previous description, their "god" should not be a baby who can't learn emotions.

More importantly, Lu You subconsciously felt that the voice he heard was too different from this primitive, wild orc worshiping gods.

Jiao hugged Xiao Lu An back to the bed, and thought for a moment: "If what you hear is not God, then who is it? Why does it know that you have come to this world?"

"This is also where I am puzzled." Lu You touched the ring on his right hand, "Maybe it has something to do with the reason I came to this world."

Jiao was a little worried: "After that, I will accompany you when you go to the altar."

Although he couldn't hear the voice, if there was any problem, he could at least take Lu Er away at any time.

Lu Wei smiled slightly and sat down: "Okay. But don't worry too much. At least from the current signs, this voice is kind to us. I will listen to it every day in the future to see what it wants to tell us."

There is no basis for this guess, but the voice gave Lu You the feeling that there was no malice at all.

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