Crossing to the Wild - Chapter 12

Posted on April 22, 2022by UntamedS

“Move and I’ll kill you.”

Rong Yue recognized the voice.

It was the youth who was almost as unharmed as Gougou, whose name Rong Yue had asked when he delivered the food –

“Sang Mo.”

Of the hundred or so people, many were from the same tribe, only this young man named Sang Mo was unknown to everyone.

He had beady eyes and a lean figure, not as tall as the average warrior, but with an explosive power that couldn’t be underestimated.

Rong Yue laughed lightly, and although his posture didn’t change, it wasn’t overly tense.

“What do you want?”

Sang Mo’s breathing steeply increased, he was just about to speak, when he suddenly raised his arm to lock around Rong Yue’s neck, turning him around to face the tent!

“Let go.” Tian Yang held a bone knife in one hand, his voice was ruthless in its low tone. It was a side of him that Rong Yue had never seen before.

Behind him, Sang Mo restrained Rong Yue, and confronted Tian Yang, it was like a confrontation between a fierce tiger and a wild lion.

Sang Mo panted sharply after a while, and said in a hoarse voice: “Give me a deer leg, let me go and I won’t hurt him.”

Rong Yue and Tian Yang looked at each other for a moment, then Tian Yang turned around to take down the piece of meat hanging in front of the tent and threw it tens of meters away from Sang Mo.

Sang Mo observed for a moment, after confirming that both of them wouldn’t make a move, he quickly released his hand and retreated backwards like a bolt of lightning.

The piece of meat moved in an instant together with Sang Mo, he disappeared at the border of the grassland and the forest.

“Is everything okay?!” Tian Yang took two big steps over, he smelled a bit of blood, with an uneasy expression, he moved Rong Yue closer to the tent and lifted his clothes.

The bone spur poked out a half fingernail cover size wound, big but not too big, but there was a little depth and bl00d flowed freely.

It made Rong Yue’s white back more eye-catching.

The injury was really not big, especially when it was compared with the wounds he had seen on others and himself, but Tian Yang inexplicably couldn’t look at it, he turned around, “I’ll go find the wooden stick.”

“Hey!” Rong Yue pulled him: “It’s okay, it’ll stop bleeding soon, let’s wait until dawn.”

After saying that, he was afraid that Tian Yang still had thoughts, he said in a relaxed tone, “He didn’t mean to do it either.”

The words were true, but Tian Yang’s expression became even worse, Rong Yue continued, “He’s quite interesting.”

Tian Yang: “What?”

Rong Yue calmly analyzed what happened: “Our things are hanging outside the tent, and the meat is also there, if he really wanted to take them secretly, we wouldn’t know. By the time we found out, he would have gone far.”

Tian Yang frowned: “Then before climbing up the rift valley, you said that everyone who didn’t want to follow could leave, why didn’t he?”

Rong Yue: “Probably because he was afraid we wouldn’t take him up.”

The man’s eyes lacked trust, like a carnivore that had been hurt.

Fierce, but also vulnerable.

Because he wanted to blend in, he didn’t have any scruples about saying his name, but he had already decided to leave.

Tian Yang tore off a piece of cloth from the hem of his cloth, wrapped his waist up, and led the man back to the tent.

Rong Yue followed him and suddenly asked, “Tian Yang, is it hard to hunt?”

Tian Yang saw the man sitting down obediently and relaxed a little: “Depends on who it is.”

“How so?”

“There is a division of labor in the tribe, and only strong warriors are in the hunting team.” He helped Rong Yue lie down and said in a deep voice: “For me and Yue Dong, hunting is a simple matter. Not only can we catch the prey, but we can also transport them back to the tribe easily. Even if one is independent in the wild, we have the ability to protect ourselves. For example, Yue Dong dares to go to Xingyue Forest by himself, another person cannot do it.”

Rong Yue listened quietly, and didn’t interrupt.

“In the Gongshan tribe, men of the same size as Ah Jiu or Sang Mo can’t get into the hunting team. They are not strong enough, hunting alone is also risky, they will usually undertake part of the work within the tribe, such as repairing houses, carrying food, or making some appliances and so on. But in smaller tribes, as long as he’s a man, they must be warriors, because there aren’t enough people.”

Rong Yue felt that he understood the difficulty of the wild environment here.

It was like playing a game, the wilderness was full of monsters, warriors could go out on their own to fight.

“What about a natural scout like Ergou?” Rong Yue asked.

“There are also female warriors.” Tian Yang replied, “Scouts have innate abilities, not to mention that there are also women who are naturally strong and agile, and they can choose to become female warriors. But it is relatively rare.”

Rong Yue was curious: “Is there one in Gongshan tribe?”

Tian Yang let out a laugh: “No. Yu Lian once wanted to do it, after going for a trip, she said it was too tiring, and waited to get married.”

Rong Yue quietly laughed.

The two were silent for a while, and Rong Yue thought Tian Yang was asleep and thought for a while.

Shortly after his eyes closed, he suddenly heard Tian Yang softly ask him, “Your ability, can it only be used when you have a wooden stick?”

Rong Yue snapped out of his daze and quietly hummed.

“It’s not a wooden stick, it’s a staff. To me, it’s a weapon. There’s no way to use the ability without a weapon.”

He and Tian Yang were currently on the same side, and he had saved Tian Yang’s life, so Rong Yue wasn’t worried that his secret would be revealed.

“Must it only be made of wood?”

Rong Yue thought about it, his scepter was mainly metal: “Not really. I haven’t tried the standard of the specific rules here.”

“By the way, accompany me to the woods tomorrow. Just the two of us.”

Tian Yang nodded, he waited for Rong Yue to close his eyes again before speaking: “Next time don’t lose your weapon.”

Rong Yue understood and didn’t retort.

It was too risky to be unarmed here, if he had ran into someone other than Sang Mo, his life may have ended there – this was the real world, he only had one life.

The environment was cruel, making Rong Yue feel a sense of urgency.

He had to hurry up and upgrade.

“Ahhhhhh our meat!”

Just as the day dawned, Li Shui spun around in front of the tent, her small round face wrinkled with anxiety.

“Who stole our meat! Yesterday it was there in good condition!”

Yue Dong was also confused: “No way, it was just one night without night duty!”

In fact, even though he pretended to be asleep, Yue Dong was alert. But the boulder was a little distance from the tent and because Tian Yang was there, he didn’t pay attention to that side.

Tian Yang wiped his face: “It’s okay, there’s someone who wanted to leave, we gave him the meat.”

Yue Dong scratched his head, “It can still be like this!?”

“There are many beasts in the forest this season and it’s a new day, and we’ll bring back a deer in the evening.”

Rong Yue tidied his long hair and waited for the people by the boulder to wake up, then he went over and said good morning to everyone.

“Good morning, Sacrifice Yue!”

“A new day, good morning Sacrifice Yue!”

Although sickness still haunted everyone, the people’s spirits were different.

Rong Yue thought that when he got back a good staff and upgraded it, he should be able to heal most of the injured today.

Sleeping in the open air all the time was a problem, but a sturdy stone house wasn’t something that could be built overnight. He discussed with everyone, then decided to cut some trees first, build some simple wooden houses, then at least everyone would have a place to hide from the wind and rain.

These people from the nearby small tribes were relatively familiar with the environment, they talked and discussed, in a short time, they determined the location of logging, and the division of labor.

The seemingly weak young man, Ah Jiu, was the one who came up with the most ideas.

Rong Yue observed him and found that he always made good choices, he appreciated him a little more.

After half a day, the discussion was completed, except for the seriously injured, everyone had a part to play.

Rong Yue smiled and wished everyone all the best, then turned around and saw Tian Yang standing not far away.

“Waiting for me?” When Rong Yue came close, Tian Yang turned around and walked forward with him.

“Just finished with Yue Dong. Today we’re heading north and he’s heading south with the logging team. Food will be handled by us.”

Rong Yue nodded: “Let’s hunt some animals, we can bring some back to raise. You can also pay attention to wild twisters and such.”

The woods were not too far away, and when the two entered the edge, the golden glow of the sun brightly covered the world.

Rong Yue’s mood became brighter.

He casually found a branch that looked about the same length, and Tian Yang broke it off for him and held it in his hand.

The game interface prompted that no weapon was equipped.

“No?” Tian Yang saw him frowning and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Rong Yue thought about it, “Maybe it’s a carving problem.”

The wooden stick that was accidentally lost yesterday was also a stick, but it was polished.

The outermost layer of bark had been stripped, and the thickness of the top and bottom was consistent, so it was possible that it had been sharpened by a bone knife. After all, this was something from someone’s apparatus.

Tian Yang listened to his analysis, then he picked up the stick, peeled off the outer bark, and rubbed off the wooden thorns.

The ends of the branch gradually became rounded, from afar it seemed similar to that burned “firewood”.

Rong Yue took the staff, and sure enough, the tip of the hand held weapon lit up.

He soon noticed a difference – this new staff had attributes!

“Attack +2, Agility +1 ……”

Tian Yang: “What?”

Rong Yue said in shock: “How did you do that!?”

God, did he have the talent to be a weapon forger?

Tian Yang naturally didn’t know what was special about him: “If it’s better than the last one, it’s either because of my production or the raw material. Try healing your wound first.”

The tree they just broke was nothing special, it was a branch from a tall tree. Tian Yang broke off a younger branch and made a stick in the same way. Rong Yue tried it and found that the attack only increased by one.

It did have to do with the raw material.

Given that Rong Yue’s skill couldn’t be widely spread out, the two decided stop talking and hunt for prey first.

“Later if you catch a prey, don’t attack first.” Rong Yue followed Tian Yang, slightly out of breath, Tian Yang saw this and slowed down a bit.

He took a breath: “I need to try my skills and find out how I can increase my experience.”

Tian Yang looked around, trying to find an open space for Rong Yue to rest, and asked in passing, “Experience?”

Rong Yue: “Something that can make me stronger.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he saw a small emerald green snake abruptly emerge from the grass – he subconsciously raised his staff, and a ball of holy light, already half the size of his fist, floated out from the top of the staff and entered the body of the snake unexpectedly!

The little snake slumped on the ground, it twitched twice, then stopped moving.

Rong Yue opened the menu and stared at his experience bar.

When the snake was completely immobile, the experience bar visibly went up a little.

This snake wasn’t poisonous, and Rong Yue had a staff in hand, so Tian Yang wasn’t too worried. At this moment, looking at the smile on his face, he asked, “Did you get experience?”

“Yes!” Rong Yue said happily, “It’s so easy!”

At this rate, he’ll soon get a change of clothes and the recipes!