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Cheng Yang and Barto found a hiding place as their current resting place.

Because they had used up all their food on the way, they had to go hunting immediately after they found a place to stay, or they would be really hungry.

Although there were only two of them, they were not bad at skills. After spending so many days together, they already had a good sense of understanding. They cooperated well and successfully hunted down some wild beasts and made a batch of jerky.

In the process, they also followed up many times and found that the stone diggers only ate wild fruits every day. No wonder they were all skinny. How could they grow strong if they ate this every day?

"This group of people is really too much!"

Barto was angry, he and Cheng Yang could clearly see their every word and deed while staying on the hill.

These people not only refused to feed the stone diggers, but even beat them cruelly. Several times, Barto was so angry that he wanted to go up and shoot those people with arrows.

"Don't make trouble." Cheng Yang gave him a disapproving look and advised him not to be impulsive.

Barto was a little reconciled, "We have brought so many arrows, are we afraid that we won't be able to kill the few people in front of us?"

At worst, they shot all these people with weapons, so wouldn't these stone diggers be rescued?

"Do you think it's that simple?" Cheng Yang pointed out calmly, "If so, why didn't these stone diggers resist? Could it be that they can't beat these people?"

Although all the people who smashed and dug rocks were skinny and looked malnourished, they were still the one with the most people. , it is estimated that these caretakers are not their opponents, but they did not resist.

Barto gave them a look of resentment, and turned around resentfully. These people didn't argue with each other, so there was no use for him to be angry.

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At noon, the sun shone brightly on the ground. The moment the rocks were smashed and cracked, dust rose and countless tiny stones splashed up. The people in the center soon became ashen-faced and could not see the previous appearance.

A thin girl wiped the dust from her face and breathed a sigh of relief. They finally smashed another big rock. I don't know if the people from the Kunhu tribe will come to give them some food. She has been hungry for a long time. Well, the few fruits I ate earlier were not enough to satisfy my hunger, not to mention that she had been working all morning.

She waited for a long time, but she didn't wait for anyone to bring food. She felt very sad and looked at a boy who was also thin.

"Brother, I'm so hungry..."

If she doesn't eat anymore, she has no energy to continue working, but if she doesn't work, those people will beat her, Yaomei has a sad look on her face, when will this kind of life end.

Beast Horn looked at his sister helplessly, he was also very hungry now, but there was nothing he could do.

"Later, you can go and ask for some water from the Kunhu tribe, and it will make you feel better..."

Yaomei nodded, and timidly glanced at those people holding canes in their hands. She was very afraid of those people, but she was really hungry at the moment, and her hunger made her have to walk over.

"What to do! Hurry up and go to work!" The big man swung the cane in his hand, and it was about to fall on her, and Yaomei was so scared that tears came out.

"I, I want to drink some water..."

"Huh! Still want to drink water? We are not friendly enough, hurry up and go to work!"

The weather is very hot now, and the Kunhu people are here to oversee the work. They have already finished drinking the water they brought over, and there is no water source nearby.

Seeing that the cane was about to fall on her body, Yaomei immediately dodged away in fright, enduring the hunger in her stomach, and walked into the crowd.

Why don't the Kunhu people have to do these things, but they have to endure the hunger in their stomachs to do these hard things?Yaomei was angry and hated in her heart, but looking at those vines, she dared not say anything.

It's not that no one has tried to resist, but not only failed, but even suffered a lot of torture, and even the clansmen were punished, so that they dare not resist at all now.

If they are not completely sure, they will not take any more risks.

It was getting dark, Cheng Yang was packing up his things, ready to explore again at night, and Barto was the same.

Although he didn't want Cheng Yang to take risks, but after seeing the condition of these stone diggers, he knew that it shouldn't be like before. Who knows if the dace tribe will do the same to them?It is even possible that these people with rattan in their hands are members of the dace family. They must have more information so that they will not be completely passive at that time.

This time, Cheng Yang has to be more cautious. They don't know anything about this place at all. Whether it is the surrounding environment or the terrain, they are all unfamiliar to them, and the tribes such as the dace living here are obviously not as easy to deal with as they are in the south. Otherwise, there would not be only two tribes left in the south now.

They must be more cautious, even if they don't hear any useful news, it doesn't matter, they must get out of the body.

When Cheng Yang and Bator went hunting before, they found that there were no tribal gathering places nearby. Compared with the places they had visited before, although there were more people and trees, the environment here was actually relatively desolate. , Cheng Yang guessed that the dace tribe should be not far from here.

The two explored for a long distance in the moonlight at night, and they really saw a large-scale tribe, but they had no way of knowing whether it was the dace tribe.

There are thousands of tribal tents in front of them, large and small, occupying a large space. When Cheng Yang and Ba Tuo saw it, they were silent for a moment. If it weren’t for the fact that Jiuli is now merged by the tribes in the north, it would not be as good as the tents in front of them. This tribe, at least in terms of numbers, fell behind.

Cheng Yang and Ba Tuo hid in the dark, and the tribe in front of them was lit with torches everywhere, making it very bright and lively, and there could be a hustle and bustle from time to time, unlike their tribe, Jiuli had already rested at this time.

Barto looked at Cheng Yang who was silent, and said hesitantly, "Chengyang, shall we go and find out?"

It's so lively here, they haven't slept yet, if they get close, they might be easily caught by them.

"Let's go back."

Barto didn't expect Cheng Yang to give up so easily this time. He looked at him several times to confirm that he was indeed about to give up, and then followed suit.

Cheng Yang didn't want to leave in his heart, but his reason told him that he couldn't take any more risks at this time, otherwise there might be no return, so he could only bear with the urgency in his heart.

Are you afraid that you will not have a chance in the future?

Cheng Yang and Bator returned without success this time. When they returned to their foothold, it was still dark. Bator raised his head and saw the stars above his head. He felt a little uncomfortable, so should they go to bed now? ?

"Let's rest first, there are still many things to do tomorrow, so hurry up and sleep."

"What else is there tomorrow?"

Barto was curious. Now that they can no longer continue to inquire about the news, what else should they do?

"Tomorrow, we will go hunting first and prepare more food."

"Are we going back?" Barto couldn't believe it. After all, how hard it was for them to get here, Cheng Yang went back like this?

"No."

Sure enough, Cheng Yang shook his head and vetoed his guess, "I plan to go with you to find out if there are other minerals here."

Cheng Yang found that the living environment here is quite different from that in the north, and the ore dug by the stone diggers, as well as the large scale of the tribe he saw just now, shows that there are a lot of resources here, otherwise there would be no It cannot support so many clansmen.

Now he and Barto couldn't continue to inquire about any news, but after all, they came here after going through so much hardship, if they just went back like this, he would be very unwilling.

Now that they are all here, let's stop by to find out if there are any mine resources.

Cheng Yang originally just had the mentality of giving it a try, but he did not expect to find something important.

"Cheng Yang, can we hunt for food in such a desolate place?"

Barto couldn't help muttering when he saw the barren grass here.

I really don't know why the dace tribe is so powerful. Compared with their northern part, this place is much worse, and there is not even a tree.

Cheng Yang looked around the desolate environment, not sure if he could find a single beast, and said helplessly, "It's really not possible, let's look farther away, we can always find it."

Barto was not in high spirits, but that was all he could do. The last time they suffered a lot due to lack of food, they naturally knew the importance of food.

It's just that he really couldn't be happy in his heart, and couldn't help kicking a stone away under his feet.

Cheng Yang saw a black stone flying up in front of his eyes, and threw it into the distance in an instant.

Something flashed in his mind, and he looked at Barto beside him, "What did you throw out just now?"

"what?"

Barto was a little confused, he didn't throw anything, he just kicked it casually.

Cheng Yang hurriedly looked for it on the ground, but he didn't see any black stone at all, so he had to look for the place where the stone flew out.

"Hey, what are you looking for, tell me, let's look for it together!"

Cheng Yang doesn't want to talk to him now, he's just kicking around for nothing, and now he's having such a hard time finding it, but he's also a little excited in his heart, if he didn't kick him like this, he wouldn't have noticed.

"I found it! Cheng Yang, look!" Barto shouted excitedly, "Do you think this is it?"

Cheng Yang turned his head, and his eyes fell on Barto's hand. It was a black stone, which looked a bit inconspicuous, even a bit ugly, but Cheng Yang was so excited.

Isn't this coal stone?How can there be this here?

"Look again and see if there are any other places?"

Cheng Yang calmed down in an instant, and his brain regained a bit of reason. Although the coal stone is very important, why is there only one here? He suspected that there was a coal mine nearby, but he couldn't be sure whether someone had discovered and mined it.

Logically speaking, this piece of coal would not appear in this area alone. He was worried that it was pulled down by someone else during mining, but it might also be an open-pit coal mine. Although there are few such coal mines, they are not without it.

If it is an open-pit coal mine, it is not particularly strange that coal rocks roll down here.

Barto looked at the stone in his hand curiously, it was dark and unsightly, but he didn't find any difference. Is this thing so important?

"Of course it matters!"

If they found a coal mine, there would be fuel for the future, which would be much better than his charcoal!