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Because of gravity and the uneven distribution of matter, stars often appear to aggregate. Three, four, or even more stars form star clusters. On top of this, there are star clusters, super star clusters, etc.
The location of the red man is at the edge of a large star cluster, and this amazing planet system is at the edge of the star cluster. The light is dim and weak, and it is already a very desolate area.
Above the large star cluster, there is also a bright river of stars, like a river embedded in the dark void.
Such an insignificant existence actually has a tiny life.
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The hazy land was as vast and desolate as the prehistoric earth. The scorched, gray-brown land proved that the magma had not receded for too long, and the flowing ravines stretched as far as the eye could see.
The turbid air carries an unpleasant smell and wanders around. In the silent primeval forest, the layers overlap until the dim end of the sunrise, and occasionally an ancient whine is heard.
The sun has not yet risen, and the earth seems a bit cold. The extinguished natural ashes are scattered with wisps of smoke. There is gray everywhere, and huge dangers lurk in the silence.
A group of about ten primitive people, wearing animal skins they didn't know where they got, which was probably their best equipment, and holding spears made of branches and pointed bones, cautiously approached a An underground Twoleg drinking from a stream.
Be careful, approach quietly, hold your breath, and a dozen or so people gradually surround you.
The vigilant underground two-legged beast was drinking water and observing the movements around it from time to time.
A hunt that was about to be perfect was ruined before it even started when a nervous young man accidentally stepped on the gravel and made a clear sound.
The Twolegs immediately pricked up their ears, and then quickly ran towards the hole on the side of the stream.
The leading man, with several shocking scars on his face, roared at this time. It sprang out from behind the stone and stabbed in the direction the Twolegs were running from.
But the strong two-legged beast that was about one and a half meters tall slapped his bone spear away and continued running towards the entrance of the cave.
The people behind the stone jumped out one after another and threw the bone spears in their hands with all their strength. In just a short moment, two bone spears stabbed the two-legged beast.
Blood spattered out and dripped on the cold scorched earth, and the fighting went on crazily.
Not far away, in the cave. A young Twoleg watched in horror as its mother was knocked to the ground, struggling hard and roaring continuously.
But in the end, it still couldn't get up, and a bone spear pierced its throat, taking away its life.
The moment it fell, it looked worriedly and unwillingly into the dark cave.
The young two-legged beast was already roaring and retreating into the darkness in panic.
The primitive man paid the price of two lives and finally won the final victory. The leading man added another bloody scar on his face, glanced at the embarrassed young man who had made a big mistake, and then skillfully removed a few crystal-like crystals that seemed to be the only ornaments around the waist of the almost naked Biped. things taken away.
The other person squatted on one side, carefully cut open the Twoleg's thigh, tasted a mouthful of blood, then shook his head and muttered something, looking very disappointed.
Subsequently. They used stream water to clean the blood on their bodies to prevent them from being attacked by other wild beasts, and then left quickly.
Time passed bit by bit, long after they left. The young Twoleg scrambled out in panic and came to its mother. The small "hands" on its forelimbs kept shaking the big Twoleg's weak head and licking its wounds.
After licking it and looking at the Big Twoleg's face, it seemed like he was expecting the Big Twoleg to come back to life.
After a long time. The Big Twoleg remained cold and unresponsive.
It stayed for a while, then childishly tried to touch the big two-legged beast like before, and then ran away quickly, as if waiting for the big two-legged beast to catch up and knock it down like before.
But it had stopped, and the Big Twoleg still lay there cold and motionless.
It tried again without giving up, again and again, as if looking forward to a miracle.
But it was destined to be in vain. After a long time, it sat blankly next to the big two-legged beast's drooped head, looking at the darkening sky and the cold stars all over the sky, whimpering...
…
The primitive team of more than ten people returned to their tribe before night fell. On the edge of a stream, under the reflection of the bonfire, the tribesmen were busy, gathering together what they had gained during the day, and waiting for the leader's arrangements.
"We're still close. If we don't get it together before winter comes, we will be arrested and taken underground."
An old man carefully wiped the blood-stained crystals clean with his hands like dry branches, and then carefully wrapped them up.
The leader man with several scars on his face nodded and said: "I had bad luck today. One soul was taken away by the God of Death, and two others were injured."
Lao Ou sighed and said: "It seems that we need to perform a ceremony to worship the gods. Please pray to the gods to bless us to spend this winter safely."
The leader's eyes twitched and he said nothing, as if he didn't quite believe what Lao Ou said about the ceremony.
As if he knew what he was thinking, Lao Ou sighed: "That's not a legend, the gods will come back."
The leader man probably didn't want to argue with her on this issue, so he changed the subject and said, "Everyone is tired. I'm going to distribute today's food."
Lao Ou also saw his impatience, waved his hand and said: "Go ahead and let the strong people eat more."
The leader man nodded and turned to leave.
At this time, Lao Ou suddenly said: "You didn't eat two-legged beasts, did you?"
The leader man was stunned for a moment, but immediately shook his head.
Lao Ou waved her hand to indicate that she was fine. After the leader man left, she murmured: It's okay if you don't eat, it's okay if you don't eat...
In the tribe, there are not many people who wear animal skins. Most of them are strong people. Regardless of men and women, as long as they are strong, they are qualified to wear animal skins.
Most of the other people were either naked, or wrapped in dry grass leaves that they didn't know where to get, and they were sick and old and unimportant, and they didn't even have food.
After the leader man distributed the food, he sat alone on a rock that only he could sit on. While eating the food, he looked at the bright starry sky above his head.
He remembered when he was little. Lao Ou was right next to this stone, telling them stories that had been passed down from generation to generation over and over again but had nothing new to say——
"Did you see that star? Yes, it is that one. When it goes over there. Yes, it is right there, facing the center of those stars. On that day, God will ride on the beautiful sacred mountain. Like Come to the world like stars..."
"A mistake? Impossible, impossible, there has never been a mistake. That is an agreement between gods and humans..."
"About a thousand years..."
"Well, in a few decades, the appointed day will come, and your generation may actually be able to see it..."
"It will definitely come. We must work hard to complete the annual sacrifice!"
"Otherwise we will be captured and taken underground, and we will all turn into two-legged beasts..."
"It's true, how could I scare you..."
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Winter is here. A transit guard team from the servants of God who collected the sacrifices also arrived as scheduled.
The leader man led the entire tribe, almost half of whom were naked, kneeling on the cold ground, looking at the thick limbs and heavy hooves of the beasts under the knights.
"Is anyone secretly learning Chinese characters?" A high-pitched voice came down coldly. Unlike the original, that voice seemed to come from another creature.
The leader man shook his head and said: "No."
The superior voice snorted and said to another beast knight beside him: "Go in and search. If there are any, kill them all."
The entire tribe trembled at its cold words. The leader lowered his head and dug his hands hard into the cold earth.
After a while. The superior voice continued: "The number of your sacrifices is not enough, half of it is missing."
The leader of the tribe was startled and said: "It wasn't last year..."
Seeing that he dared to retaliate, a whip was immediately drawn down from the air and hit the leader man hard on the face. Splattered with blood: "Things that don't know whether to live or die, I will do as much as I say!"
The leader of the men tried to raise his head and fight for something, but immediately another whip came down hard, knocking him unconscious to death.
"Take them all away!"
The superior voice said coldly: "Kill the useless ones on the spot. That young female slave over there is pretty good. Go back and clean her. Keep it for me."
The setting sun set, and the extremely primitive tribe was in a mess. Lao Ou, lying in a pool of blood, looked at the tribesmen who were gradually disappearing in the distance and being taken away in shackles. He struggled for the last bit of life. He faced the gradually brightening starry sky and prayed:
God of promises, please come as soon as possible, please save...
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When the leader man woke up, he was already shackled to death, and the stinging pain on his face seemed to tear the flesh apart, but he couldn't care about it anymore. His tribe and his people were all arrested.
Will Lao Ou's "prophecy" back then become a reality?
Are they going to be taken underground, year after year, day after day, never to see the sun?
Perhaps one day, their descendants will really become wild beasts, monsters that no longer know they are human, hiding here and there, but always remembering the crystal with fear...
More than ten days later, they were taken to the huge enclosure that often appeared in nightmares. Along the way, they also discovered that people from other tribes had also been brought here, including even their former competitors.
But compared with the huge crowd in the enclosure, they were not even a stream, and they disappeared after being driven in.
There are many cave entrances here, and countless people enter the caves under whips. On the other side, crystals and corpses are continuously transported up.
Those corpses obviously showed signs of being eaten by others. Before the newcomers knew what was going on, they saw a ferocious giant beast rushing into the crowd from one side and throwing aside the corpses in its trough. Started to prey on the new living people excitedly.
The leader man quickly pulled his people back. The giant beast was so tall that it could trample people into pieces. In front of it, even with bone spears, they had no power to resist.
On the altar on one side of the circle, an ugly creature was playing with the woman next to him, looking at it, and fawning and talking to a beautiful servant of God, laughing.
On the ground dripping with flesh and blood, a thin line quietly sucks the life source that flies away. Occasionally, it will raise its head, glance nervously at the direction of the starry sky, and then look at the ugly figure with disdain. The divine servant of creatures and beauty sneered: When they come, you will die without knowing how.
Late night fell quietly, and the leader man counted the number of his people, then sat on the ground and looked at the stars silently.
At this time, he didn’t know why he was hoping that everything Lao Ou said was true, and that God would definitely come as promised...
The superior voice that slaughtered their tribe is now in a room on the side of the enclosure, preparing to enjoy the washed and shivering female slave... At this time, there was a commotion outside, and the commotion was getting louder and louder!
It walked out of the room dissatisfied, and before it had time to scold it, it saw a huge "sacred mountain" appearing in the vast starry sky like a miracle. It was shining with light, majestic and thrilling, emerging in the sky.
"Has God come early?"
^(To be continued.)
