The system countered, "Are there any infrastructure sites?"
"No."
[What would we drink without you? System rule number one: no credit available in the store.]
Shen Nong didn't really expect to get water from the system, but he was so thirsty that he couldn't help but ask.
However, he confirmed that the system didn't give him a penny, so he wasn't at a loss.
Shen Nong was extremely thirsty. Not only did he not find any containers in the vast wooden tribe, but even if he did, he couldn't wait for the water to heat up.
So Shen Nong drank the crystal core repair fluid as if it were water.
There's no way around it; the tree needs watering, and he needs water too.
The system was dumbfounded by its host's actions, but it couldn't quite put its finger on what was wrong. This low-dimensional being's thinking was truly peculiar.
...
It's getting late, so going hunting is out of the question.
Shen Nong went to the stream to wash away the dirt on her body, and felt a slight chill in the evening breeze.
The Wood Tribe had long prepared their best cave for the new priest to live in in preparation for his arrival.
Shen Nong was led to the front of a dark cave, surrounded by lush vegetation, with the shadows of the trees swaying in the moonlight.
The cave entrance resembles the gaping maw of a ferocious beast, a place from which there is no return.
Tiger Roar slapped his forehead. "How could I forget that the tribe has a fire now? Quickly go and set up a fire at the priest's cave entrance."
The cat-grass man was small but very clever. He ran to the fire pit in a flash and helped the priest set up the fire.
Shen Nong sat on a rock at the cave entrance, propping her head up with her hands, gazing at the starry sky with a sense of boredom.
In interstellar times, although he could sit in a starship and look at cosmic nebulae, he had never seen stars on a planet.
The stars twinkle, a vast expanse of cosmos.
It turns out that the starry sky is so beautiful even from this distance.
The fire had been lit, and with its light, the entrance to the cave didn't seem so dark anymore.
The scene inside the cave can also be glimpsed.
Stone pots, stone bowls, and bone knives were placed along the sides of the cave.
The number looks like quite a lot.
So, the reason he hadn't seen any containers from the Wood Tribe before was because they were all inside this cave.
Shen Nong wanted to look further inside to see what was there, but because the light was too dim, she couldn't see anything.
Glug glug, Shen Nong's stomach protested; she was hungry.
At this moment, Hu Xiao, who had left midway, returned to the cave and handed Shen Nong something wrapped in large leaves.
"Priest, eat meat."
Meat?
Just then, he got hungry.
Shen Nong took the meat with high expectations, but his expression was visibly listless.
It was indeed meat, but it was moldy, green, and rock hard.
Shen Nong felt that if he took a bite, he might die again. He just didn't know if he could travel back in time after he died.
"You eat it."
Life is more important, so Shen Nong returned the meat.
Tiger Roar scratched his head, took the meat back, and asked, "Why isn't the priest eating such good meat?"
“Priest, you won’t be hungry if you eat meat.” Tiger Roar wanted to try again and persuade the priest to eat meat. “This is the best meat in the tribe. Other meats have worms and don’t smell good.”
Shen Nong understood what Hu Xiao was talking about, and he suddenly felt no longer hungry.
His hands waved so fast they were blurry, his entire body screaming "I'm not hungry!"
Glug glug...
Shen Nong: My wretched stomach...
“Your stomach is rumbling, that means you’re hungry. When orcs are hungry, they lose their strength, and without strength, they can’t fight.” Tiger Roar handed the meat to Shen Nong with utmost sincerity, “Priest, eat your meat quickly.”
Shen Nong was so preoccupied with how to refuse this deadly meat that she didn't even hear Hu Xiao say the word "orc".
He caught a glimpse of the stone pot in the cave and said to Hu Xiao, "I won't get hungry if I drink water. Could you fill that stone pot with water for me?"
Tiger Roar didn't believe this at all. They had been hungry before, even without meat, but they had drunk water. At first, they could be full, but they would get hungry again as soon as they urinated.
He looked at the priest, feeling worried. What could he do if the priest didn't like to eat meat?
But he still obediently filled the stone pot with water as Shen Nong had instructed, and he would obey whatever the priest said.
Shen Nong thought Hu Xiao would ask someone to help carry the stone pot to the stream, since the stone pot looked very heavy.
He was already rather thin, but Hu Xiao was even thinner, with his arms showing little flesh and prominent bones.
Shen Nong found it extremely difficult to move the heavy stone pot herself, let alone Hu Xiao. But to Shen Nong's surprise, Hu Xiao not only moved the stone pot, but also carried it with one hand on his waist.
Did these primitive humans possess some kind of superhuman strength gene?
Shen Nong wasn't involved in genetic research, so her surprise was nothing to worry about.
While Huxiao was filling the fire with water, he found a few small stones with few holes and threw them into the fire to burn.
The stream was some distance from the cave, and by the time Tiger Roar returned, the rocks were almost completely heated.
Shen Nong carefully used two tree branches to pick up the stone and dropped it into the stone pot filled with water.
"Sizzle"
After the stone pot made a sound as the stones cooled suddenly, it emitted white steam. Shen Nong threw several more hot stones into it, and the water slowly began to boil, making a bubbling sound.
Boiling water with hot stones is a quick way to get hot water.
Pour out some hot water to clean the two stone bowls, and use one of them to scoop water.
Shen Nong held the hot water in the stone bowl and blew on it, her face steaming with the heat and becoming misty.
He looked at Hu Xiao, who was still standing there bewildered, and kindly asked, "Would you like some too?"
Tiger Roar stared blankly at the hot water the priest had conjured with divine magic. This was divine water; he would definitely become stronger after drinking it!
So, apart from the two bowls Shen Nong drank to satisfy her hunger, almost the entire pot was drunk up by Hu Xiao.
Shen Nong watched as Hu Xiao, whose stomach was gurgling from drinking too much water, walked away.
These primitive people are really strange.
Chapter 3 Saline Soil
Beast World
The Wood Tribe is still in disbelief that they have a priest.
Priests are the wisest beings on this continent, the closest to the gods.
If a tribe's old priest does not train a new priest before he passes away, then the tribe will never have a priest again.
The entire tribe could be swallowed up, or eaten by wild animals during their escape.
It wasn't until the elders of the tribe reminded them that in the past, when their old priest was alive, the leaders of each team in the tribe had to go to see the priest every day at sunrise and follow the priest's orders to arrange the day's tasks.
Only then do they feel somewhat real.
The Wood Tribe was neither swallowed up nor devoured by wild beasts. Miraculously, they gained new priests once again!
Although the Mu tribe is small, they have a well-organized division of labor, with hunting teams, gathering teams, and guard teams.
The hunting team leader is Tiger Roar, the gathering team leader is Rabbit Winter, and the guard team leader is Rabbit Wind.
The three arrived at the priest's cave with smiles on their faces, only to find their priest sitting beside the extinguished fire, looking haggard.
Shen Nong weakly raised her eyes, looked at the people who came, and didn't even have the mind to ask them what they were doing there.
Last night, he pulled a stick from the fire to light up the cave.
The cave was quite large, so it felt very spacious.
Shen Nong noticed a patch of ground at the very back, which she assumed was a sleeping area.
Upon closer inspection, it was a piece of "bald" animal hide on the ground.
Although the animal hide was not rotten, it was stiff and emitted an unpleasant odor.
Shen Nong lifted up the animal hide, and it could be used as a wooden plank.
However, he knew he couldn't be picky about the environment, so he had to suppress his discomfort and force himself to sleep.
I had just fallen asleep when I heard a buzzing sound in my ears.
The sound was extremely annoying, as if it was constantly calling in his head. Then Shen Nong felt something biting him all over his body.
itch.
Shen Nong scratched instinctively, but the more he scratched, the itchier it became. There were a few places that were slightly painful; he couldn't see them in the dark, but he could feel that they had been scratched raw.
Mosquitoes have become extinct in interstellar cities. They can only be found in dense forests, but their interstellar mosquito repellent, developed over time, only requires a single drop to eliminate mosquitoes within a ten-meter radius.
Aside from being bitten by mosquitoes in the dense forest before being taken in by his master, Shen Nong had never experienced this feeling again.
It seemed as if a huge family of mosquitoes was swarming inside the cave, ready to suck Shen Nong dry.
Caught off guard, Shen Nong got so angry that she stood up abruptly.
There's no way to sleep here anymore.
Fortunately, the fire outside hadn't been extinguished to keep out wild animals. Shen Nong sat in front of the fire, looking at the patches of deep pink bumps that had appeared on her bare skin, and then examining the places she had scratched.
He was so itchy he wanted to scratch, but to prevent it from getting worse, he had to restrain himself from scratching.