You're still following, I'm home

Holy crap, you two better leave, please! I really can't afford to keep you!

Luo Chong went over and pushed their butts, but they completely ignored him. No, they did flick their tails a few times, then went back to curling up grass with their trunks and eating.

I swear I'm going to beat you to death.

Luo Chong circled around in front of them and aimed a punch right at its eye. But before he could even land it, that Dinophant looked at him with its innocent big eyes. It didn't even flinch when the fist came towards it, looking all wronged, as if it was about to cry.

Mmp, whatever. I really can't bring myself to bully a child.

Luo Chong pulled back his hand and turned to leave. To his surprise, that Dinophant actually curled up a bunch of grass with its trunk and offered it to Luo Chong. From its look, it clearly meant, 'You should eat too, it's really tasty!' It flapped its big eyes, looking utterly adorable.

"Heh, hehehe, good kid, you're so obedient. You eat it, okay? Your big brother doesn't eat this." Luo Chong forced a smile that was uglier than crying, helplessly taking the grass and stuffing it back into its mouth.

"Everyone, hurry up and pack your things, we're leaving immediately." I have to shake off these two clingy things, Luo Chong gritted his teeth inwardly.

They packed their gear and lined up the Blue Antelopes who hadn't eaten their fill. Wuda and Ximen grumbled unhappily.

Luo Chong went over and slapped them both. "Mmp, why weren't you grumbling when they were stealing your food just now? What are you grumbling about now? If you've got the guts, go fight them for it yourselves."

After everyone and the Blue Antelopes had left for the riverbank, Luo Chong stayed behind, hugged two more bundles of grass for the two Dinophants, leaving them to eat slowly, and then took off running.

After walking a long distance, Luo Chong saw the two Dinophants still eating grass and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had no idea how the Cannibal Tribe used to raise them, or what they fed them. They looked like they were reincarnated starving ghosts.

The group continued walking west for a full morning, finally reaching the former Tree Tribe. The huge treehouse was still emitting white smoke, having turned into ashes inside. The ring of large trees outside hadn't been significantly burned. There was no gasoline here, so it was quite difficult to completely ignite such large, living trees.

Dashu and the others felt a little sad, but life still had to go on. Since they were still alive, they had to live better, so the journey had to continue.

After reaching the Tree Tribe, they weren't far from the river. After walking for another twenty minutes, they arrived at the place where Luo Chong had fought the Lungfish. However, there were no Lungfish here anymore.

Dashu and the others had never been to the other side of the river and didn't know what it looked like, but crossing the river didn't pose a problem for them. The natural tree bridge above the river was the best way to cross. Luo Chong had walked across it before, only to fall off halfway.

However, not everyone knew how to climb trees, like the Blue Antelopes.

"Chieftain, how do we get across? What about those four-legged beasts?" Mutong looked at the group of Blue Antelopes, troubled. They themselves were fine, but what about those Blue Antelopes, and Stone, who Luo Chong said could let them eat three meals a day?

"Don't worry, they can swim across by themselves. Just go cut some long branches first," Luo Chong said calmly.

Twenty minutes later, under the surprised gaze of the crowd, Luo Chong built another fish skin canoe, and even tied ropes to both ends of the canoe.

He had Dashu climb across the tree bridge to the other side of the river first. Then, Dashu grabbed the rope at one end of the small boat, put one of the large baskets carried by the Blue Antelopes into the boat. Dashu pulled the small boat across from the other side, moved the basket out, and then Luo Chong pulled the empty boat back.

They did this one large basket at a time, and then one person at a time, slowly crossing by boat. Fortunately, the river wasn't very wide, only 10 meters, so the speed was quite fast, just a bit troublesome. In the end, only Luo Chong and 18 Blue Antelopes were left.

To make sure the Blue Antelopes crossed the river obediently, Luo Chong took off all his clothes and jumped into the water, leading them across one by one.

Once the Blue Antelopes had shaken off their fur and re-shouldered their baskets, and Luo Chong had gotten dressed, the group continued on their way.

The scenery on the west bank of the small river was different. There were no dense Black Iron Trees here, only tall and straight broadleaf and conifer forests. The warm sunlight filtered through the forest, and the autumn wind was mercilessly stripping the large trees. Leaves were being ruthlessly pulled off by the autumn wind, while also bringing some nuts to the pheasants foraging on the ground.

Whoosh

Luo Chong shot down another pheasant, which Mutong happily picked up. Following their new leader, they no longer had to worry about food.

It wasn't until evening, when the sky grew dim and the sun was about to set.

Little Qu Bing was at the riverbank finishing up work with his mother, occasionally looking towards the north. Ever since Luo Chong left, he came to the riverbank to fish with his mother every day, just to wait for Luo Chong here. His mother told him that the Chieftain had left from that direction, so he came to wait every day.

Seeing that it was almost dark and his mother had started packing the fish they caught, Qu Bing was a little disappointed that the Chieftain, who was so good to him, hadn't returned today.

"Mom, did the Chieftain abandon us?" Qu Bing tugged at his mother's clothes, asking in the tribe's old dialect.

"No, he's the Chieftain, he wouldn't leave us behind." The woman rubbed Qu Bing's head and said with a smile.

The woman sighed in her heart. It was true that Luo Chong was the Chieftain, but in her eyes, he was just a minor. After being away for so long, who knew if he was still alive? It was so dangerous outside that even adults didn't dare to go out alone.

But she didn't dare to say these things to Qu Bing, afraid of making him sad.

The woman used a wooden stick to lift two baskets of fish onto her shoulders, looking worriedly towards the north. But as she looked, she actually saw a few figures in the distant forest.

"There are people over there, quick, get your weapons!"

The woman suddenly pointed to the north and shouted. The women of the Fishing Team quickly put down their day's catch, each grabbing a White-shafted Long Spear and pointing it north. Little Qu Bing was also pulled back.

"Mom, it's the Chieftain!"

Qu Bing poked his head out from behind. With his sharp eyes, he immediately recognized that the one walking at the very front was their tribe's Chieftain.

"Qu Bing, I'm back!" He was finally home. Luo Chong saw them and happily waved and shouted.

Oooooh!

Suddenly, two loud elephant roars came from the other side of the river, attracting everyone's attention.

I'm going to lose my mind! You're still following me? I'm already home!

Luo Chong wanted to cry. After walking so far, he still hadn't shaken off those two Dinophants. These were basically two Taotie! How much did they eat every day? Did he owe them something from his past life?

Those two Dinophants had actually followed Luo Chong all the way on the other side of the river and only emerged from the forest when they reached the Han Tribe.

Luo Chong kept muttering, Don't come over, please don't come over! But how could a small river eight or nine meters wide stop elephants? Elephants were born swimmers, okay?

Just then, with two splashes, the two Dinophants jumped into the river, creating huge waves. In less than ten seconds, they had climbed out on this side, and Luo Chong was instantly dumbfounded.

The Dinophant 'babies' were angry. Luo Chong had given them grass, then left them and ran away. Fortunately, they had excellent senses of smell and had chased him all the way here.

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