Chapter 2: Little Teaser, Come Out

October 27, 2021 by danmeiheaven

Zhuang Yu was stunned by this epic picture.

It turns out that there are really humans living on giant beasts. Such a picture is even more incredible than the most magnificent and stunning science fiction films.

In other words, all the things recorded in his “Taoist Sutra” are true.

But the question is, this is definitely not the earth, but why does an ancient book on the earth record the existence of this world? Moreover, Zhuang Yu and his team also found a giant beast’s fossils on the earth.

What is the connection between the earth and this world?

Zhuang Yu’s mind is now full of doubts.

However, no amount of questions can be worth the growling of hunger.

According to the vague memory, Zhuang Yu walked outside while looking at the huge golden centipede in the distance.

The road was a dirt road, which was stepped out by others. Before he went far, he really found the place where they picked the berries. Perhaps it’s nearing the end, so only a few people were sparsely picking around.

Zhuang Yu walked over.

The one taking the lead in gathering berries was a sturdy-looking woman with a wide waist. On the ground in front of her was a pile of fruits wrapped in animal skins.

Seeing Zhuang Yu approaching, the woman suddenly shouted, “Hold on.”

Then she picked up two berries from the skins and handed them over.

Zhuang Yu received it, frowning. He should be grateful for what others gave him, but… the only two berries in his hand were half rotten.

See Zhuang Yu frown, that sturdy woman shouted directly, “Still dislike it? If you don’t want it, go back to the Water Lake Tribe. Why stay here and continue to pester our young patriarch? Our young patriarch doesn’t like you.”

Her loud voice attracted everyone’s attention.

Zhuang Yu was embarrassed. He’s so unwelcomed. The entire Golden Centipede Tribe probably wanted to drive him away, but for some reason, it seemed that they couldn’t banish him away directly.

He touched his nose. Even if he’s despised by everyone, he couldn’t leave for the time being. He knew nothing about this world, where could he go?

Besides, even if someone is willing to send him back to the Water Lake Tribe, he’s afraid that once he returns, people familiar with him will find his abnormality.

Zhuang Yu endured the pointings and scoldings. It’s okay even if half of the berry is decaying, he’s not a particular person, the remaining half of the berries can still be eaten. It’s just that he is a big person, two berries the size of his fist aren’t enough.

As if perceiving what Zhuang Yu will say next, the robust woman said, “Everyone only has two.” 

Zhuang Yu looked around. Sure enough, even if someone drooled, there were only two in their hands. The woman didn’t lie to him.

These drooling people are almost all four or five-year-old children with big heads and sunken eyes, similar to those of African children suffering from malnutrition caused by hunger.

Zhuang Yu thought to himself, ‘It seems that life in the Golden Centipede Tribe is just as shocking as the terrifying scene I saw just now. This gap is really strange.’

When others are willing to give him two berries in such a bad life, what else can he say?

Zhuang Yu nodded, then turned and left.

This caused the group of people who divided the berries to be stunned. They’re all ready for the other person to make a big noise like before and then take a few more berries.

For a while, several people looked at each other, “What’s the matter with this punk today?”

Zhuang Yu’s predecessor was hated by everyone. It seems that it’s not without reason, and now he has to face these remaining problems.

Living in an environment where everyone doesn’t want to see him, laughing at him for coveting the young patriarch of other people’s tribes over and over again, one can imagine how difficult the road ahead is.

At this time, Zhuang Yu had already gone far, taken the berries, wiped them on the animal skin, and ate them directly.

He used to be a doctor of archaeology. In fact, he wasn’t as delicate as others thought. He also lived in the wild jungle for some time.

Two berries are gone in a few bites, and half of the rotten ones must be thrown away even if he’s still hungry.

Zhuang Yu touched his stomach, there’s nothing there at all. He’s a little curious about how this body hadn’t been starved to death before.

Zhuang Yu’s eyes brightened when he looked at the nearby mountains. He had a little experience in jungle life. If he doesn’t have enough to eat, he can find food by himself.

His current location is a mountain col, surrounded by mountains on all sides.

Hunger drove him to the nearby mountains. This is the ancestral land of the Golden Centipede Tribe. Just now he saw children wandering around, so the surrounding mountains should not be too dangerous.

On the way, he met the big man who first talked to him. The big man holding a stone spear and stepping on the python seemed to be patrolling.

Even if it wasn’t the first time he saw the big man standing on the giant python’s head with a spear, he was still shocked. It was like a god in myths and legends, but these “sacred gods” didn’t live as well as expected.

He couldn’t help but be stunned. Perhaps the myths and legends spread on the earth aren’t necessarily about their deeds.

The big man frowned when he saw Zhuang Yu walking towards the nearby mountains, but he didn’t stop him.

Zhuang Yu is now almost walking backward, he’s still staring at the huge python under the man’s feet. It was incredible.

Perhaps he was too absorbed in his thoughts, so some relevant memories emerged in his mind. The centipede with the Golden Centipede Tribe on its back is called an ancestral beast. Only if you possess an ancestral beast, can you form a tribe. The territory of the ancestral beast is the range of tribal hunting.

The people living on the ancestral beast are those with giant beasts, and a guy like Zhuang Yu who didn’t have his own giant beast could only live in the caves around the ancestral beast.

Even if it’s in the caves, there is an ancestral beast for deterrence, so other animals are afraid to approach it. It’s still many times stronger than savages without the protection of their ancestral beasts.

The giant beast, the monstrous python at the feet of that uncle, belongs to personal combat power.

The method of taming a giant beast isn’t fixed. Maybe you can meet it on the road, and it will follow you directly.

Of course, that would be extremely lucky.

Perhaps, if you have a whim and give some food to the giant beast you meet, maybe you’ll be fortunate, it won’t regard you as its dinner and will just follow you.

There can also be fights, bloodsheds, and struggles, just knock it ‘till it has special feelings for you.

Anyway, there are many ways to tame giant animals, but they’re unclear. No one is sure what method will work.

Zhuang Yu walked into the mountains, and when he came close, he found that the trees here were very tall. There are many sawtooth oaks and broadleaf family trees. With their sharp blades, Zhuang Yu feels that with his body, if he just runs fast enough, it could be cut into pieces.

In addition to these huge and exaggerated trees, Zhuang Yu found another thing that surprised him. He actually found a small number of weeds that were exactly the same as those on the earth.

Does this mean that there’s really a connection between this place and the earth?

Zhuang Yu cautiously searched for a long time, but couldn’t find anything edible. He couldn’t help laughing bitterly. Yes, it’s not far from the ancestral beast of the Golden Centipede Tribe, so there’s no danger. If there is food, it probably has been searched out according to the situation of the tribe. Where was it his turn?

He’s so hungry that his chest is stuck to his back. But this isn’t the most tragic matter. The most awful thing is that the weather was originally considered good, suddenly it’s covered with dark clouds, and raindrops the size of glass beads fell. Soon the potholes on the ground accumulated a layer of water.

It’s not a good choice to stay under a huge tree on a rainy day, he has to go back quickly.

But he was stunned before he could run far. He saw a fist-sized mushroom. If it’s just an ordinary mushroom, then it wouldn’t be surprising. The key is that this one has hands and feet, and a horrified expression is currently displayed on its face.

Because it’s standing on a rock in a pit, and the water in the pit was about to flood it.

Zhuang Yu was extremely surprised. The species in this world were really strange. A mushroom actually grew hands and feet and showed a particularly rich expression.

Maybe the little mushroom doesn’t look threatening. Zhuang Yu stopped, picked up the frightened little mushroom from the pit, put it aside, and then picked a leaf a little bigger than it and gave it to it.

Little Mushroom didn’t respond. With a blank face, it lifted the leaf above its head with both hands to cover the raindrops from the sky.

When it reacted, it screamed in horror and ran away.

Unexpectedly, it looks like its legs are short, but the running speed is quite fast.

Zhuang Yu couldn’t help laughing. The little mushroom running under the leaf was quite funny.

Looking at the disappearing little mushroom, he shook his head while still chuckling, and then raised his feet to leave.

Only when he turned around and moved, a stone hit him.

He’s startled. When he looked back, he saw a small mushroom showing a small head behind a big tree, tilting its head and looking at him curiously.

Zhuang Yu looked at the stone that hit him again, and couldn’t help being speechless. What stone? It’s clearly an intact berry.

Zhuang Yu was so hungry that he quickly picked it up, wiped it, then stuffed it into his mouth.

While nibbling, he looked at the small mushroom behind the tree. At this time, it’s lifting something with both hands and smashing it hard.

Zhuang Yu was surprised again when he saw the thing that had been smashed over. It was actually a red pepper, which looked very spicy at first glance.

There are weeds on the earth in this world, so it wouldn’t be surprising that peppers appear.

To Zhuang Yu’s amusement, Little Mushroom is looking at him expectantly, looking a little gloating no matter how he looks at it.

This is to make him eat the pepper like just now, and then watch a good show? This is actually an evil mushroom.

He picked up the pepper and was very curious. Where did this little mushroom get it from? He just searched for a long time and found nothing.

He walked to the big tree where the little mushroom was, but as soon as he approached, the little mushroom screamed and ran away, not knowing where to hide.

Zhuang Yu watched, the rain was getting heavier and heavier. He didn’t care about looking for this black-bellied mushroom anymore, so he hurried back.

The original path became muddy. When he returns to his cave, his entire leg is covered in mud. Not only that, the animal skin around his waist was also dirty.

If it’s sunny, it’s nothing. Once it rains, it’s really hard to walk.

Zhuang Yu is completely wet now, so he just simply stood outside the cave and let the rain wash away the mud on his body before returning to the cave.

It’s raining heavily outside, but it’s very dry inside the cave. The cave is well dug, the terrain is high, so the rain won’t backflow.

Zhuang Yu changed his animal skin skirt and hung it near the entrance.

The tossing of this heavy rain made him lose all his strength. Now that it’s raining so heavily, even if he wants to do anything, it’s impossible.

So he simply lied down and rested on a shabby animal skin blanket to recharge and soon fell asleep.

But as soon as he fell asleep, a small mushroom stuck out its small head at the entrance of the cave. Seeing Zhuang Yu motionless, he seemed to have become bolder. He walked cautiously inside, walked next to Zhuang Yu, tilted his head, and looked at him curiously.

After a long while, the little mushroom continued to approach, lifted a corner of the animal skin quilt, and lay straight like Zhuang Yu, then covered its small body with the quilt.

Translator’s Note:

OMG, Chapter 2 is out!! Hope you enjoyed it~ So it will be updated once a week, every Wednesday, so always stay tuned~~