When the expedition led by Chu Mu returned to the Wood Tribe, he received some unpleasant news.
The Wood Tribe had been attacked!
Fortunately, it had only been a probing attack, and Sampo had led a force to repel it.
But this also laid a problem on Chu Mu's desk.
Competition between the tribes was growing fiercer, with conflicts large and small breaking out constantly. Sampo's scams and swindles alone had caused a whole pile of disputes.
The Wood Tribe's policy of taking in refugees without discrimination had also provoked resentment among the other tribes.
On top of that, the Wood Tribe's population and wealth were enough to make some people jealous.
If Chu Mu continued taking a hands-off approach, the Wood Tribe would never have a strong enough army to deal with these attacks.
This time had only been a probe, but once the enemy figured out their true strength, a real tribal war would follow.
Chu Mu had none of Red Sun's power now, Tingyun was a ditz, and Sampo was an absolute clown.
The only strength they could rely on, then, was the tribe's own.
That was also why Chu Mu had founded the tribe in the first place: to control an armed force and keep others from bullying him.
"Which tribe attacked us? Have you investigated?" Chu Mu asked coolly.
"Boss, we've looked into everything." Sampo nodded and bowed. "It was the Flame Tribe."
"Flame?" Chu Mu frowned. "One of those tribes with the strange names?"
In the Inner World of Sand Sea Planet, tribes all had names related to wood, such as Maple and Bo.
After the representatives of the Inner World entered this world, many of them continued using that naming convention.
Chu Mu had been too lazy to think of a name at