Attacking the Jackalmen Tribe!

After speaking with Wind Wolf, Lin Feng returned to the Inner Valley to post a quest for the players who had just logged in.

But then he saw Ying Yi approach, fidgeting nervously.

"Ying Yi, why aren't you taking the Skyfallers out to gather? What are you doing here?"

Lin Feng asked in surprise.

Over the past few days, Ying Yi's contributions to the tribe had been plain for all to see.

Lin Feng had used the system to grant him NPC status, giving him the ability to communicate with the players. These past few days, he had led them on gathering trips, making a huge contribution to the tribe's food stores.

The wild fruits and vegetables he helped the players gather had become delicious ingredients for Full Han Chinese Banquet.

It was thanks to him that the Intelligence Class players had found a relatively efficient way to level up.

After all, neither hunting quests nor logging quests suited Intelligence Class players.

For hunting quests, unless they had a regular team like Su Ziye, no one would invite Intelligence Class players to hunt with them.

As for logging quests, Intelligence Class players had low Strength Values, so they worked slowly.

Gathering quests were the best fit for them.

"I heard the Skyfallers say you're taking them to attack the Jackalmen Tribe today?"

Ying Yi asked, his eyes shining.

Now that the language barrier was gone, he could understand the players' conversations and had learned of Lin Feng's plan to attack the Jackalmen Tribe.

They could communicate, but the system still restricted some interactions between players and NPCs.

If players discussed anything outside the game, such as the real world or the fact that the Savage World was a game, the system automatically blocked it.

"That's right."

Lin Feng nodded.

"I want to go too!"

As soon as he got confirmation, Ying Yi spoke up.

He looked at Lin Feng expectantly, hoping he would agree.

"No!"

Lin Feng rejected him without a second thought.

Fighting wasn't something a child should worry about.

Besides, Ying Yi wasn't strong enough to beat even one Jackalman. He would only be a burden.

Lin Feng would have to worry about protecting him, too.

"Why not? I'm already an adult. I want to fight for the tribe too!"

Ying Yi flexed his muscles as he spoke.

In the Savage World, twelve-year-olds were considered adults and could join hunting parties.

But in Lin Feng's eyes, he was still just a child.

"Because you have a more important task!"

Lin Feng patted his head and spoke sternly.

"A more important task?"

Ying Yi looked at Lin Feng in surprise.

"That's right. I need you to stay in the valley and protect Ying Zhi and the other three," Lin Feng said. "Think about it: Ying Zhi is the oldest of them, and he's only ten. What if we all leave and a beast gets into the valley?"

"So, as the oldest brother, you need to protect them if they're ever in danger. Tell me, can you do that?"

Lin Feng asked seriously.

In truth, there was virtually no chance of a beast entering the valley.

The players had been hunting all around the area these past few days, and they had already killed off nearly all the beasts with any real strength.

Of course, a few beasts still remained nearby, too strong for a single player team to hunt.

But the stronger beasts were also smarter. They knew a powerful tribe of humans lived in the valley. Why would they dare venture inside?

The humans hadn't banded together to hunt them down; the beasts were already thanking their lucky stars. They weren't about to come looking for trouble.

That was why Lin Feng dared to take all thirty players with him.

If there had been any chance of beasts invading, he would have left a few players behind to protect the children in the valley.

"I can!"

Ying Yi answered earnestly.

So I really am important to the chief!

"Don't worry, Chief. As long as I'm here, I won't let any beast hurt Ying Zhi or the others!"

He thumped his chest and promised.

"Good!"

Lin Feng patted him on the shoulder, pleased.

He was so easy to fool, yet he still claimed he wasn't a child?

At noon, thirty players gathered at the entrance to the Outer Valley.

Every face was lit up with excitement.

This was the game's first large-scale event!

The chief had just posted a quest: if they successfully wiped out the Jackalmen Tribe, everyone would receive a base reward of 200 experience points and 20 Contribution Points!

Players who performed well in battle could earn extra rewards.

On top of that, they would also receive the limited-edition title "Jackalmen Bane"!

With rewards this generous, how could anyone not be excited?

Experience points and Contribution Points aside, a limited-edition title was a mark of status!

"Let's go!"

Lin Feng swept his hand forward and led the group toward the Jackalmen Tribe.

Wind Wolf obediently followed at Lin Feng's side, sizing up the players and quietly marveling.

He couldn't understand why these humans were so excited and not the least bit nervous.

The Jackalmen Tribe still had more than thirty members. Even if these thirty humans won, it would be a narrow victory.

Fewer than half of them might make it back.

Surely the humans understood that.

So why were they still so excited, without a hint of fear?

After leaving the valley, they continued onward, with several Agility Class players scouting ahead to prevent any beasts from ambushing them.

There were four scouts: I Shoot You Innocent, Ranger, Shooting A Bit Like Kobe, and Close Door And Beat Dog.

They spread out in a line, seven or eight hundred meters ahead of the main group. As they walked, the sound of fighting came from up ahead.

The four exchanged glances.

"I'll go take a look!" I Shoot You Innocent said.

He left the group and quickly ran ahead. There, he saw three human men hunting a wild deer.

By the time he arrived, they had just killed it.

"Who's there?"

The humans who had just killed the deer were the three Pan brothers from the Baimu Tribe.

When he saw someone approaching, Pan Hu immediately drew an arrow and aimed it at the newcomer, asking cautiously,

But after realizing the newcomer was human, he relaxed a little.

"We're hunting. Please leave,"

Pan Hu said, his voice a little less tense.

In the Savage World, people often stole one another's prey.

He wouldn't let his guard down just because the other person was human.

When I Shoot You Innocent saw Pan Hu aiming a bow at him, he immediately stopped and held out his hands to show he meant no harm.

Unfortunately, he couldn't understand what this NPC was saying.

"I mean no harm. I'm just passing through."

I Shoot You Innocent gestured as he spoke, hoping the three NPCs would understand him.

The Pan brothers looked confused when they heard him speaking an unfamiliar language.

Outsiders?

How could there be outsiders in the eastern part of the island?

"Big Brother, can you understand what he's saying?"

Pan Hu asked his well-traveled older brother, Pan Xiong.

"No," Pan Xiong replied, shaking his head. "But he doesn't seem hostile. Let's get out of here with the prey."

Avoiding a conflict was obviously for the best.

Pan Xiong stepped forward and hoisted the deer he had just killed onto his shoulder. He was about to leave with his two brothers when three more strangers came walking over in the distance.

The brothers immediately grew wary.

"Innocent, what's going on?" Ranger called from afar.

"Nothing much. There are three people hunting here. They're human."

I Shoot You Innocent replied.

"Humans!"

Ranger and the other two lit up at the news and hurried over.

Aside from the chief and the five children in the tribe, they hadn't seen any other humans.

"Are there other human tribes nearby?"

Close Door And Beat Dog asked excitedly.

He had thought that their tribe was the only player tribe in the game, with every other faction made up of other races.

"Of course there are. Doesn't the official background info say there's a human tribe called the Baimu Tribe in the eastern part of the island? Do you never read the background info?"

Ranger said.

"Background info? I never read that stuff. Shooting, do you?"

Close Door And Beat Dog shrugged and asked Shooting A Bit Like Kobe beside him.

"Nope." Shooting A Bit Like Kobe shook his head in agreement. "Who reads that stuff?"

"Exactly. Who reads that stuff?"

The two chimed in, earning a long, disapproving stare from Ranger.

By the time they finished talking, they had reached I Shoot You Innocent and began curiously sizing up the three NPCs in front of them.

"Who exactly are you people?"

When Pan Xiong saw that there were four of them now, he grew even more wary.

They were human, but he didn't know where they had come from, and they spoke a strange language.

The NPC said something unintelligible, and disappointment appeared on Ranger and the others' faces.

They still couldn't communicate.

They had been hoping to trigger some kind of hidden quest with these three NPCs!

"Do you think the game developers are out of their minds? They make a game, then invent a whole new language for it? Fine, invent one if you want, but at least give us subtitles! We can't understand a word, so we can't communicate. How are we supposed to play?"

Close Door And Beat Dog couldn't help complaining.

His hidden quest had been ruined by the language barrier!

"Maybe it's to make the game feel more realistic? I don't know."

Ranger shook his head.

He didn't understand why the game had been designed this way either. It seemed completely unnecessary.

"It seems like only the tribe's functional NPCs speak Blue Star's language. Ying Yi, the NPC who gives out gathering quests, couldn't speak Blue Star's language when we first entered the game either. Then he became a gathering quest NPC, and he could."

I Shoot You Innocent said.

The Pan brothers listened to the players' conversation in confusion, unable to understand a word.

Could they be discussing how to attack us and steal our prey?

The three wanted to leave as soon as possible, but they worried the others might attack them from behind. All they could do was stand their ground, weapons in hand.

Ranger studied the three men, wondering how to communicate with them. Then he suddenly remembered something Da Qing had once said: on his first day in the game, he'd gone hunting with the chief and met three NPCs from the Baimu Tribe.

The chief seemed to know those NPCs well.

Ranger didn't speak the language of this world, but he often heard the children in the tribe calling the chief by name. He'd memorized how they pronounced it.

"Brother Lin Feng."

He imitated the children's pronunciation and called out to the three brothers.

If they knew the chief, they should react.

Hearing Lin Feng's name, the three Pan brothers exchanged surprised glances.

"You know Lin Feng?"

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