When the sun went down and the stars set down, the forest immediately became dim.
As night fell, the dense forest gradually became quiet.
It's so quiet that it's a bit eerie.
The Dinglong Mountains in winter were completely unfamiliar to Ye Qiong and the soldiers, as if they were in another world.
The soldiers were still a little nervous in the dense forest. After dark, for the sake of safety, they did not light a fire. They were now very close to the first position marked by Ye Qiong on the map he took back.
It's probably about one kilometer. If Ye Qiong and the others light a fire or make too much noise, the other party may still find out.
The distance of this kilometer is relatively safe. Ye Qiong's plan tonight is to take a few Qiongqi soldiers over to see the situation and confirm whether the other party is there.
There is snow in the dense forest, which makes it difficult to conduct reconnaissance during the day. However, it will be better at night.
After it gets completely dark, the visibility within the dense forest is less than ten meters. This is still in winter when there are no branches and leaves. If it is in summer, there are branches and leaves that block the sky and the sun. After night, it is almost I can't see my fingers, and with human eyesight, there is no way to move in the dense forest.
Ye Qiong took five soldiers with him and took some extra fire sticks for backup. However, he did not light them directly, but continued to advance in the dark.
After walking about 700 meters ahead, there was some movement in the distance...
Ye Qiong immediately stopped the five warriors behind him and asked them to disperse on both sides.
Ye Qiong continued to touch forward.
Ye Qiong is now bowing his body, and his steps are very gentle. He has been walking along the footprints left in front, and has not stepped directly on the snow. Otherwise, the sound he made would still be quite loud.
After cautiously walking a hundred meters forward, Ye Qiong heard the sound of human voices, so he immediately stopped, found a thicker tree, hid on it, and then climbed up directly.
In this environment, Ye Qiong didn't believe that the other side would be so reassured and not set up a few sentries or something, so Ye Qiong planned to climb up the tree first and observe the position of the sentries.
If Ye Qiong wanted to take down this tribe, as long as he could confirm the number of people here tonight, he could directly launch an attack early tomorrow morning.
As long as the number of people on the opposite side is within a hundred, Ye Qiong is confident that the battle can be resolved quickly.
But now Ye Qiong is not here to fight, but for other purposes.
The most taboo thing at this time is impatience. After everyone climbed up, Ye Qiong let himself rest for a while, took out a piece of dried meat from the guardian beast from his waist, and started chewing it while patiently listening to what was happening over there. movement.
You can hear the sound of communication, but the content of their communication cannot be heard clearly from Ye Qiong's current position, so Ye Qiong needs to go further forward. Only after hearing clearly can he judge whether he can Can't understand.
After finishing eating the dried meat, Ye Qiong slowly climbed down from the tree.
If Ye Qiong continued to walk forward, he would be easily exposed if there were sentries from the opposite side or on the trees.
So after Ye Qiong got down from the tree, he lay directly on the ground and began to crawl forward slowly.
After rolling on the spot for a few times, Ye Qiong now had an extra layer of snow on his body. In the dark dense forest, even a few meters away from Ye Qiong, it was difficult to spot Ye Qiong's existence.
While Ye Qiong was slowly crawling forward, he was also listening carefully to the movements on both sides and on the trees. If there was any sudden change, Ye Qiong could only evacuate as quickly as possible without wanting to kill anyone.
Therefore, Ye Qiong had no intention of taking out the bone crystal longbow and bone crystal dagger, but just in case, he still held a few stones in his right hand.
If someone on the opposite side spots him, these stones, thrown out by Ye Qiong's arm strength, are still very powerful. As long as they don't reach key locations such as eye sockets or temples, there is no life-threatening danger.
Unless there are special circumstances, Ye Qiong still doesn't want to directly kill people. In the summer, the Ye Qiong tribe also had large-scale conflicts with other tribes. Ye Qiong had participated in the battle, and his subordinates had already There are many dead souls.
In that case, there was nothing that could be done. After all, it was a war for resources. If neither tribe was willing to give in, a war would be inevitable.
After Ye Qiong continued to crawl on the ground for a distance of fifty meters, he finally heard the voices of the humans in front of him clearly.
One thing that is certain now is that Ye Qiong cannot understand what they are saying. It is like a normal person meeting a foreigner. It is not much different from listening to the birds singing and then translating what they say.
Although he didn't understand it, Ye Qiong still had some confidence in his heart. In other words, this tribe might really be the descendant of that ancient tribe.
After all, in the Dinglong Mountains, according to the historical records of the Ye Qiong tribe, there is no accessible passage.
In other words, this passage is unknown. Moreover, it is surrounded by dense forests and has waterfalls on it. In summer, those black snakes and gale-wind golden eagles are enough to persuade normal human tribes to retreat. .
What's more, on the other side of the waterfall channel, dozens of kilometers away, is the tree palace of the forest ape.
Analyzing these situations, although Ye Qiong cannot now conclude that the humans in front of him are the descendants of that ancient tribe, they are almost inseparable.
Even if not, it is inextricably related to that ancient tribe, and there is still a chance to decipher those written records.
The reason why Ye Qiong was keen on searching for the descendants of that ancient tribe, and the translated texts, was not because of the human descendants and weapons and equipment of that tribe.
It's the black iron sand. Now Ye Qiong is almost certain that the black iron sand is not naturally formed, but artificially extracted.
Therefore, where the black iron sand in the cave on the left side of the waterfall comes from is very important.
If it was extracted by the ancient tribe, then Ye Qiong would continue to translate those written records and find the extraction method and the location of the raw materials.
If the ancient tribe didn't refine it themselves, then Ye Qiong had to find out where they got it from, who it was, and what kind of tribe it was that could have this kind of refining technology...
