Chapter 1 Making a Fire
Wood Tribe (Repair)
The plant research team of Planet Z was attacked by a giant beast while searching for ancient objects in the dense forest.
The giant python was several hundred feet long, and when it stood up, its huge head was enough to block out the sun and the sky. It opened its bloody mouth, and its tongue drew a red arc in the air. Its fangs dripped with purple venom, and it teased the prey in front of it, swimming leisurely towards the edge of the cliff.
Shen Nong's face was stained with blood, and his clothes were torn by the branches, hanging in strips. He was wrapped in a green light shield and was pushed to a safe place by a pair of old hands.
Shen Nong screamed in despair: "Teacher!"
Shen Wenqing, a professor of plant research with half white hair, was standing one step away from the edge of the cliff. He activated his supernatural power to check Shen Nong's injuries. The green light shield flickered and stopped after a moment.
Seeing that Shen Nong was not fatally injured, he smiled with relief.
This child has no father or mother. He picked him up in a dense forest and even named him. His biological son died young and his wife divorced him. Since then, he has devoted himself to plant research. Shen Nong is a gift from God to him.
Although the two have always been master and disciple, Shen Wenqing has long regarded Shen Nong as his own child in his heart.
But now that he is dying, he is afraid that he will not be able to see his children get married and start a family.
Although I have regrets, I have no regrets.
Looking at the approaching giant python, Shen Nong desperately slapped the light shield. His teacher taught him a lot. He was both his teacher and his father, and was his only relative in this world.
Shen Nong couldn't bear to watch the other person die in front of him, so he wanted to save Shen Wenqing.
We must save him no matter what.
After making up his mind, Shen Nong stopped slapping the protective light shield and focused his mind. After a moment, the heat flowed from his brain to his limbs and bones, and Shen Nong felt the infinite vitality in his body.
Crystal cores evolved in the brains of interstellar people, and each crystal core has different abilities. Shen Nong is a wood-type superpower, able to control plant attacks and growth, as well as simple healing.
His ability level is level 6, with the highest level being level 10. People with abilities above level 5 can self-destruct their spiritual cores, but level 5 is a watershed. And abilities will no longer evolve and improve after a person reaches 65 years old, so most people can only stay at level 4 in their lifetime.
Shen Wenqing was a level 5 earth-type supernatural being, and he had not made it past level 5 for decades. In a month, Shen Wenqing would be 65 years old, and his level of supernatural ability had already been set, and would not change.
Shen Nong also evolved suddenly a few days ago. He originally wanted to tell his teacher on his birthday after returning home to give him a surprise.
During the fight, the teacher didn't pay attention to whether his supernatural powers had any changes. Both of them were only concerned about escaping.
I didn't expect that the teacher would find out in this situation.
The tremendous vitality stimulates the crazy growth of plants. The ancient trees in the dense forest seem to have life, waving their branches like strictly trained soldiers, ready to go.
Shen Wenqing looked at Shen Nong in astonishment. He was a 19-year-old level six psychic and a rare genius.
Shen Wenqing was delighted, and his joy was beyond words. He felt that he had died without regrets. But the next moment he could no longer laugh, as the light shield used to protect Shen Nong shattered because it could not withstand the huge pressure of the supernatural power.
Shen Nong was surrounded by a faint green light. Soft vines stretched out from the bottom of the cliff and wrapped around Shen Wenqing. Purple flowers grew on the vines, which smelled extremely fragrant.
But at this time, Shen Wenqing was not in the mood to study this unknown plant. He realized that Shen Nong was self-destructing his spiritual core.
"Shen Nong, stop!"
Shen Nong couldn't stop, and Shen Wenqing knew it was impossible to stop. Once the spirit core chose to self-destruct, it would not stop until it was shattered into powder.
And the mutant who loses his crystal core will die.
The python felt the threat of death and changed its previous attitude of playing with its prey and began to take it seriously.
Shen Nong controlled the plants to fight with it, but the giant python was no pushover. It fought back hard, determined to make the ignorant two-legged beast in front of it understand that it was the overlord of this forest.
Purple poison soaked the branches, and white smoke with a foul smell rose up.
Shen Nong was only a scientific researcher and had never received any combat training. He was only able to fight this battle-hardened giant python to a draw by relying on his powerful supernatural powers.
The power of the crystal core is limited after all, Shen Nong cannot keep this threat, he took a last look at Shen Wenqing, and said goodbye silently. Then he used all his strength to control the plants to wrap around the giant python and drag it into the cliff.
After the giant python fell completely into the cliff, it used its tail to wrap up Shen Nong and dragged him down.
The vines that had wrapped around Shen Wenqing had loosened and retreated down the cliff, leaving a few purple flowers scattered on the ground. The old man lay on the edge of the cliff and cried, "Child, Nong Nong, my child!"
The clouds and mist below the cliff obscured the bottom of the cliff. Shen Wenqing's voice was so sad that it startled flocks of flying birds.
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When Shen Nong and his country were still living on the ancient earth, there were two old sayings. One was that saving a life was better than building a seven-story pagoda. The other was that good people would be rewarded.
When Shen Nong crawled up from the pool of blood, he deeply felt that his ancestors were right and did not lie to him.
But when his eyes met a group of people with hair like dry grass, naked bodies, and green patterns painted on their pitch-black faces, Shen Nong fell into deep thought.
Ancestor, did you really not lie to him?
"priest!"
After looking into his eyes, more than twenty men and women knelt on the ground, calling out to him devoutly and excitedly.
Shen Nong was somewhat surprised that he could understand what these people were saying. However, he had only seen similar records of the word "priest" in ancient books.
According to ancient records, "priests" were the "gods" of tribes in the primitive period of ancient Earth.
They possess divine power and can lead the tribe to survive and grow stronger. They also have a very high prestige in the tribe and are the tribe's faith.
The surrounding area is full of greenery and trees.
In the interstellar age, except for the ancient dense forests, all the plants in other places are created in research laboratories, and there are no native plants.
However, there are no humans living in the ancient dense forests of the interstellar space, and no one will call others "priests".
Shen Nong frowned at the strong smell of blood, and then he looked down and found himself on an altar. There were ancient patterns drawn on the altar with a lot of blood, like some kind of magic circle.
Shen Nong had also seen similar altars and magic arrays in ancient books, but the size of this one was much smaller and the construction was very simple.
It is called an altar, but it is actually just a piece of stone that is large enough for a person to lie down on. It has been simply polished and is similar to an ordinary stone, except that the edges are more rounded.
But there was a branch stuck on the edge of the stone, and on the branch hung a bull's head with dried blood.
This is very similar to the recorded altar.
And these recorded things all existed in the ancient times of the ancient earth.
So, he didn't die, and he traveled back to ancient times?
Shen Nong pinched his brows and prepared himself for a while. Then he stood up from the altar and walked down the bloodstained altar.
The men and women kneeling on the ground quickly retracted their hands and feet, fearing that they would block the way of their priest. From beginning to end, these people did not dare to raise their heads.
Shen Nong could see that these primitive people were very afraid of him, and for some reason they regarded him as a tribal priest.
But he wasn't! If his identity was discovered, he couldn't beat 20 people alone.
Even though they are all skinny, they have the advantage of numbers.
He had read the records that primitive people would eat people! These primitive people in front of him were so thin, wouldn't they just eat them as meat?
Shen Nong wanted to take advantage of these people's fear of him and run away, but his legs were hugged tightly.
Shen Nong looked down and saw two thin men with protruding cheekbones and sunken eye sockets, looking terrified. After realizing what he had done, he quickly lowered his head and knelt down again, crying, "Priest, please don't abandon us, don't abandon the Mu tribe."
Just when Shen Nong was in a stalemate, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his chest. He touched it with his hand and found that it was the gun, the gun and the dagger he had hidden in his inner pocket.
One on the left and one on the right, just right.
They do plant research and spend half of their time in the laboratory and half in the wild.
There are many animals in the wild, so everyone will carry some knives and wooden sticks for self-defense.
When Shen Nong first encountered the giant python, he used a wooden cannon to beat it.
However, his wooden cannon was only good against ordinary wild beasts, but it was not enough to deal with interstellar monsters. It couldn't even break a single scale of the giant python.
He thought he had dropped the wooden basket in a panic, but he didn't expect that he subconsciously put it back into his pocket.
Shen Nong had weapons to protect himself, but these primitive people in front of him were unarmed. The only weapons they had were the gravel on the ground and the wood around the simple altar.
After gaining confidence, Shen Nong replied: "I am not your priest, you have recognized the wrong person."
After a moment of silence, the people of the Mu tribe became excited and had different opinions.
Shen Nong only heard a louder female voice at the end: "Master Priest, you are our priest! You are the priest we summoned!"
Shen Nong looked at the blood-stained altar. Could it be that it was really because of their summons that he was able to travel through time and space?
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Maocao knew that today was the day when the tribe would summon the priest using forbidden blood sacrifice, and no one was allowed to approach the altar today, but he was really curious.
So he lay on his butt sticking up in the bush outside the altar and peeked around.
The altar was quite far away and he couldn't see clearly. He could only see that every adult in the tribe cut their palms and dripped blood onto the altar.
A sea of red.
Along with a voice whose meaning he could not understand, a person actually appeared on the altar.
priest.
Maocao stood up excitedly. Their tribe finally had a priest!
He was excited for a short while before his eyes swept down to a place and his expression changed.
Cannibals!
The cannibals are coming to the Wood Tribe to hunt again!
No, he had to notify the hunting team quickly.
Maocao ran away, the shadows of the trees passing by quickly. When he was almost at the altar, he shouted, "Oh no! Oh no! The cannibals are here to hunt!"
The terrified young man went in and saw what their priest looked like.
She was a person who was prettier than flowers and as white as clouds.
Maocao had never seen such a person before.
Is this the priest?
The fear of the cannibals attacking the tribe slowly disappeared, and the young man knelt on the ground devoutly and called out, "Master Priest!"
Shen Nong, who had not yet fully understood the situation, saw a thin boy running out from behind a huge leaf. He naturally heard what the boy shouted.
The cannibals come hunting..
Cannibals!
Cannibal!
They are all kneeling on the ground!
Isn't hunting just hunting them? !
Why are you still kneeling? Get up and run!
The people on the ground had no intention of running away at all. They looked at Shen Nong with shining eyes full of hope.
Think about it, they didn’t have priests before, so when they encountered cannibals, they didn’t even dare to fight and could only run. If they couldn’t run away, they would be captured as food.
But they have priests now. The elders of the tribe said that as long as they have priests, they don't have to worry about dying painfully after a battle without the priest's treatment.
This time they're going to fight!
Shen Nong's scalp numbed under the scorching gaze. He always felt that these primitive people wanted to cause trouble for him.
You’re about to be eaten, yet you’re still thinking about causing trouble!
Do these people who can't even lift a heavy weight really expect him to perform a miracle?
He really can't handle cannibals!
There were footsteps not far away, and the sound of leaves rubbing against each other.
Shen Nong pulled up the person kneeling beside him and said anxiously, "Run!"
When the people of the Mu tribe heard the priest's order, they were stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and prepared to follow the priest.
Since the priest also told them to run, then they ran..
They listened to the priests.
The cannibals came faster, holding stone grass in their hands, with feathers on their heads, huge green leaves around their waists, and varying degrees of blood on their bodies.
As primitive people, they are large in build, with dark skin and strong muscles.
Shen Nong looked at the little bamboo poles on his side and felt that one cannibal could kill ten of them.
The cannibals found the food and raised their stone grass and cheered loudly.
In their eyes, humans and animals are the same, both are carnivores.
Man is even easier to capture than wild beasts.
There were many hidden stones underfoot in the forest, and Shen Shen was extremely nervous, but in the end he still couldn't dodge them. He stepped on a hidden stone and fell backwards.
The cannibal who was chasing after him tried to stab Shen Nong with a stone spear, but the stone spear failed to stab Shen Nong.
A man from the Wood Tribe threw the cannibal to the ground at the critical moment, "Protect the priest!"
Seven or eight people surrounded Shen Nong in an instant, and their dirty and bloody hands pulled Shen Nong's arms.
Even with the clothes blocking his view, Shen Nong still felt somewhat uncomfortable psychologically.
Shen Nong suppressed the discomfort and warned himself that now was not the time to have an attack.
The young man who had saved Shen Nong before was now captured by the cannibals. The cannibal raised his stone spear, and was about to pierce the young man's chest in the next moment.
"Tiger Roar!"
The young man next to Shen Nong shouted the other person's name anxiously, wanting him to run away quickly.
The blood sacrifice had consumed too much blood, and Hu Xiao now had no strength to escape the cannibal's clutches.
No wonder the priests didn't let them fight, it turned out that blood sacrifice would make people lose their strength.
There was no way they could defeat the cannibals.
"Take the priest away!"
No matter what, the priests must be safe.
The other cannibals had already caught up, leaving the people of the Mu tribe no time to think. The few people surrounding Shen Nong kept muttering.
“To protect the priests.”
"We protect the priests."
Shen Nong: ..
What kind of protection is that? Shen Nong couldn't leave with peace of mind if the other party was caught because of him.
Before he was dragged away by the primitive man by the arm, he took out the gun in his arms and said, "Get out of the way. Don't block me."
It was natural for primitive people to obey priests. At Shen Nong's words, everyone subconsciously made way.
Before the stone grass pierced Hu Xiao's chest, there was a sudden loud noise in the air, like a terrifying thunder.
"boom!"
After the wooden jack made a loud noise, the cannibal who was trying to capture someone rolled on the ground in pain, holding his bleeding arm.
Shen Nong's wood boxing skills have always been very good, and the parts he hits are exactly what he wants.
The loud noise frightened the cannibals and they dared not move forward.
The sight of their companions being injured and in pain made them even more frightened.
Hu Xiao looked at Shen Nong blankly. His ears were buzzing non-stop, as if thunder was bursting repeatedly in his ears.
It was the High Priest who saved him!
"The Thunder God gave the High Priest divine power, and the High Priest punished the cannibals!"
The Mu tribe, which was on the run, stopped running after hearing this.
He stood there with his hands folded in front of his chest, his face turned up to the sky and he muttered, "Thank you for the protection of the gods, thank you for the protection of the priests."
Shen Nong was speechless, he was told that he was not a priest.
If you encounter danger, run quickly. Why stop? Will the enemy leave on his own?
Priest? When did the Mu tribe have priests?
The cannibal looked at the strangely dressed man from the Wood Tribe.
The man was holding a magical weapon that could emit thunder to strike people, which was more terrifying than the magical weapon in the hands of the Salt Department priest that could fly far away and hurt people.
They couldn't afford to offend them, and after facing the reality, the cannibals retreated one after another.
Looking at the gun in Shen Nong's hand, they fled in fear.
Some were afraid of running too slowly, so they even left behind the prey they had hunted.
Shen Nong looked at the cannibals fleeing in panic. The enemy...can really walk on their own...
"The priest helped us drive away the cannibals!"
The people of the Mu tribe began to cheer, and rows of big white teeth appeared on their dirty and black faces.
Shen Nong put away his gun and thought to himself: It wasn't me who helped you run away. The cannibals had legs and they ran away on their own.
Looking at those big white teeth, Shen Nong was a little surprised. What did these primitive people eat? Why were their teeth so white?
"Master Priest, what should we do next?" The young man who had come to report the news stared at Shen Nong with burning eyes, waiting for their priest to answer.
Shen Nong was stunned. He felt like he was being harassed by a group of primitive people.
The bloody smell on his body would penetrate his nose from time to time, and the sticky feeling made him even more upset. He subconsciously said, "Then boil some water. I want to take a shower."
It just so happened that he was a little thirsty, so he could drink some boiled water.
"What is boiling water?" The young man touched his head, with a look of confusion in his eyes.
“Water is put into a vessel and then burned with fire.”
Shen Nong seemed to have thought of something, but he didn't dare to believe it, so he asked tentatively: "Do you have utensils and fire?"
After hearing this, Maocao said with some disappointment: "We don't have fire. Thunder God hasn't sent down divine fire recently."
But he didn't feel lost for long. Curiosity cheered him up again. He chased Shen Nong and asked again: "Master Priest, what is a vessel?"
Shen Nong pursed his lips. From just a few words, he knew that he had not only traveled to a primitive age, but also an extremely backward primitive age.
The twenty or so people in front of him were all looking at him eagerly.
Even though you can take a bath in the river, the water still needs to be boiled before you can drink it.
Both sides needed fire, so Shen Nong said, "Let me teach you how to make a fire."
The author has something to say:
Tiger Roar: No wonder the priests didn’t let them fight, it turns out it’s because blood sacrifice would make people lose their strength.
Shen Nong: I didn’t say that, don’t imagine it.