Crossing To The Primitive With A Game Panel

This ability, Lu Yu could guarantee, that so-called witch definitely didn’t have it. The Matai King agreed without much thought, but it wasn’t possible to let Lu Yu go alone. A group of people returned to the place where the elephant was killed.

The treasure chest dropped by the beast could only be seen and touched by Lu Yu. The items inside would only become visible when touched by Lu Yu.

The Matai people watched Lu Yu as he had just picked up something, squatting there, reaching out his hand to the air and shaking it continuously. Lu Yu was purely excited. The previously dropped little red pills and such were just direct drops, not given the privilege of being in a treasure chest. He opened the box and looked at the silver ring lying inside, swallowed his saliva, and picked it up.

A light blue screen suddenly appeared.

[Obtained Storage Ring 1 (D-grade)]

[Storage space 10 × 10 × 10 (in meters)]

At the same time, the Matai people who were standing a few meters away watching were all dumbfounded, looking incredulous. Subconsciously holding their breath, their eyes stared at the frail, pale-looking witch and the object in his hand.

Lu Yu put the ring on the index finger of his right hand and instantly felt a strange connection with the ring. Satisfied, he smiled and wondered whether to take the treasure chest away (it looked like gold), but in the blink of an eye, the treasure chest had disappeared, leaving him with a regretful sigh. He stood up, supporting his knee.

“Witch, what is that?” Just a while ago, the person who was about to kill Lu Yu, Shan Pu was as obedient as a puppy now, asking cautiously.

Lu Yu raised his head, raised his arm, turned his back to him, showing him the ring, and casually bluffed, “This is something only we witches can use. Others who take it will die a horrible death.”

The Matai people didn’t doubt him and nodded in awe. “But what’s it for?”

“Watch.” Lu Yu walked to the side of the huge elephant carcass and put his hand on its leg.

Nervously, he swallowed his saliva.

Two seconds later, the elephant corpse, as large as a small hill, disappeared without a trace. There was no sound, no trace, as if the unfortunate elephant had never existed.

Lu Yu let out a breath.

The Matai people opened their mouths wide, rubbing their eyes desperately.

“Oh my God…”

“What happened? Where’s the elephant?”

“I must be blind!”

The Matai King furrowed his brows slightly and glanced around at the place where the elephant’s body had disappeared.

Lu Yu was satisfied with the Matai people’s reaction, but when he turned his head, he saw the Matai King, who was calm and serious.

For some reason, seeing him frown made Lu Yu feel a little scared, as if he had seen a leader who rarely smiled and held the power of life and death…

He wouldn’t think that Lu Yu had made the elephant disappear, would he?

Lu Yu was about to explain that he could bring it back when the Matai King spoke.

“Clean up,” the Matai King looked at the setting sun that was about to set, his tone solemn. “We’re going to catch wild boars.”

“Alright!” The Matai people quickly became serious and raised their sticks loudly in response.

Lu Yu was stunned.

They didn’t scold him for making the food disappear?

Is this person’s temper good or bad?

“Wait a minute,” seeing them preparing to set off with great enthusiasm, Lu Yu hurriedly said, “It didn’t disappear, I just stored it away.”

“Look.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the elephant carcass reappeared at the spot where it had disappeared earlier.

The Matai people exclaimed in amazement once again.

After explaining for a while, Lu Yu put the elephant carcass back into the ring.

The sky was getting late, and the group began to head towards the Matai tribe’s cave.

Lu Yu put the grass clothes and backpack into the ring as well, feeling relaxed as he was surrounded by the Matai people chatting.

In addition to chatting to gather information, he also directed the Matai people to kill several wild rabbits.

It has to be said that the Matai guy named Shan Pu runs really fast, leaning forward, with a determined and bloodthirsty look in his eyes, like a real cheetah. It was completely different from his usual somewhat silly appearance.

The wild rabbits generously dropped some little red pills, which Lu Yu happily picked up and put into the ring. This harvest alone was more than he had gotten in more than ten days.

When there were only a few remnants of sunlight left in the sky, they finally reached the Matai tribe’s cave.

“King, you’re back!” The guard standing at the entrance of the cave with a wooden stick saw them and ran over excitedly.

The guard, Cheng Ping, with sharp eyes, noticed that today’s hunting team led by the King seemed to have no harvest. He paused for a moment, still wearing a happy expression on his face, “Today, Le Shui and a few others caught a few fat rabbits. We have food for tonight!”

Regardless of gender, the Matai people were all strong and had huge appetites. They could eat seven or eight catties of meat in one meal, and a few rabbits wouldn’t be enough for dozens of Matai people to fill their teeth.

However, returning empty-handed from hunting was also common. Being able to come back intact was worth celebrating even if they hadn’t caught anything.

Cheng Ping, who had been standing guard at the entrance all day, optimistically consoled himself. Anyway, the Matai people could withstand hunger, and skipping a few meals wasn’t a big deal.

“Cheng Ping, why did you thought we haven’t caught anything?” Shan Pu walked up and put his arm around Cheng Ping’s neck, smiling mischievously.

Cheng Ping: “?”

Why ask? You guys have nothing in your hands.

Shan Pu smirked, “Let me tell you, not only did we catch an elephant today, but you know what else we caught… Oops, who you you think we bring back?”

Before Cheng Ping could ask where their prey was, he was led astray by Shan Pu’s mysterious expression. He asked stupidly, “Who?”

Do they still have distant relatives in the Matai tribe?

“It’s just—” Shan Pu turned his head and looked into the crowd.

The crowd parted, spontaneously making way for a path.

Lu Yu had to bite the bullet and walk out in this somewhat juvenile way of appearing.

Shan Pu stood with his hands on his hips, chin up, proudly proclaiming, “Witch!! We brought back a witch!!”

Cheng Ping was dumbfounded, “Huh?”

Soon he realized what was going on and looked at the person who walked out with bright eyes, “Huh!!”

Shan Pu disdainfully patted him on the back, “What’s with the ‘huh’? Let me show you the power of our witch!”

After saying that, he jogged over to Lu Yu, toning down his previously arrogant expression, and with a tone as if afraid that being too loud would scare someone away, he softly asked, “Witch, can you bring out the prey now?”

Lu Yu nodded somewhat amused.

Perhaps influenced by the somewhat juvenile atmosphere at this moment, Lu Yu thought for a moment, raised his right hand, and snapped his fingers.

Snap!

A huge mammoth appeared not far away, lying dead with its legs upturned.

While Shan Pu and the others were talking, Matai people who were staying in the cave also ran out, just in time to witness this scene, and immediately let out a cry of astonishment.

“Wow!!!”

Lu Yu looked over.

Most of Matai people who ran out were women and children, numbering about thirty. Whether women or children, they all had wheat-colored skin, neither fat nor thin, with clearly defined muscles, showing a healthy appearance.

They looked nothing like the primitive human figures resembling monkeys in history books.

Lu Yu was not surprised. During the journey, he had already learned that the Matai tribe is naturally strong and robust, with well-developed limbs, and both men and women are incredibly strong, purely due to racial talent. However, their population is very small, totaling only about sixty people.

The Matai men all returned to their wives and children. Even Shan Pu ran to a girl and enthusiastically boasted to her about how lucky he was to “find” a witch.

“Le Shui,” the lonely Matai King standing there suddenly called out.

The air suddenly went still.

A scar-faced man stepped forward.

“You go and clean the meat with Cheng Ping and the others,” the Matai King ordered.

Scarface man nodded, then turned and beckoned a few people to follow him to carry the elephant corpse.

The Matai King continued, “Xia Cao.”

A middle-aged woman with a gentle face stepped forward.

“You come with me,” the Matai King said.

He then looked at Lu Yu and said, “You come too.”

After the three entered the cave, the Matai people resumed their bustle. Those who were busy started working fervently, while those with free time gathered in groups of three or five, excitedly discussing the new witch who had arrived.

“Although the witch looks a bit small and thin, he’s really good-looking.”

“Yes, it’s unbelievable that we actually have a witch!”

“What should we prepare for him to eat? He looks so pale, maybe he doesn’t eat meat?”

“I don’t know, let’s go ask Shan Pu and the others.”

“Okay…”

—

Lu Yu followed behind the Matai King, discreetly observing the Matai tribe’s cave. The cave was large and deep, with no strange or foul smells in the air. The ground was covered with clean leaf pieces arranged in large rectangles, presumably bedding. There were mud pots on both sides, filled with fresh flowers, and clean bones piled up in the corners.

Although the adult Matai women were over 1.8 meters tall, with strong and robust figures and formidable combat abilities, they seemed to be very good at housekeeping as well.

The Matai King stopped in front of a large leaf bed at the deepest part of the cave, pointing to the empty space beside it and saying to the middle-aged Matai woman named Xia Cao, “Prepare some Neela grass here.”

Xia Cao replied, “Okay, King.”

The Matai King looked at Lu Yu and said, “From now on, you’ll sleep next to me.”

—

Is this to monitor him, afraid that he’ll run away?

Although Lu Yu was mentally prepared to be treated like a prisoner, it was still a bit of a shock to be worshipped by everyone a minute ago, only to be closely guarded the next.

He gathered his courage and refused, “There’s no need for this. I won’t run away. I don’t have to take the position where the King’s sleep.”

The Matai King was slightly stunned, pursed his lips, and remained silent, but the pressure emanating from his whole body became somewhat low.

Xia Cao looked at the King, who was not good at expressing himself, then looked at the new, clean witch, and couldn’t help but smile.

She explained to Lu Yu, “Witch, we often have wild beasts attacking here. The King placed your bed here to better protect you. You see, the beds of the children in our tribe are also nearby.”

She pointed not far away.

Oh? I see…

Lu Yu’s face was a little flushed.

He scratched his chin and glanced aside, “Then, I’ll sleep here. Thank you, King.”

The Matai King nodded and said no more, then walked away.

“Witch, sit down and rest for a while,” Xia Cao pointed to a huge circular leaf on the ground with a diameter of about one meter.

“Okay.” Lu Yu had walked for a long time and was indeed a bit tired.

Xia Cao picked some Neela grass and sat down as well, arranging the leaves she needed. She spoke gently, “Witch, do you want to talk about yourself, or shall I introduce our Matai tribe first?”

Xia Cao is the kindest and smartest woman in the Matai tribe. When the Matai King called her, it wasn’t just to help with the bedding.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lu Yu asked about the reason for the small population of the Matai people.

“If you can’t say, forget it,” Lu Yu added.

Xia Cao smiled bitterly, “Actually, there’s nothing we can’t say. If the witch wants to hear, I’ll explain it briefly.”

Putting down her work, she continued, “Ten years ago, we didn’t live here. At that time, although our Matai people were not many, there were still over a thousand of us. We occasionally exchanged a few words with other tribes and exchanged some food. Later, from that side—”

Xia Cao gestured with her hand, “A group of people we had never seen before came and began to massacre us.”

“They numbered one or two tens of thousands, wielding weapons we had never seen before. They could easily injure us, but we were strong and resisted all along. When they found they couldn’t defeat us slowly, they brought people from other tribes and said that if they ate our flesh and drank our blood, they could live forever.”

Xia Cao lowered her eyes, unconsciously gripping the Neela grass tightly, veins protruding on the back of her hand, “People from other tribes knew where we lived, attacked there, killed all the elderly and children who stayed behind, and then joined the outsiders to besiege us.”

“In the end, the King led us and a few older children to escape.”

Lu Yu fell silent.

Just because of jealousy over longevity, they brought about slaughter.

Are those people still considered “human” if they consume the flesh and blood of their own kind?

Lu Yu didn’t know what the values of these primitive people were, but from his perspective as a modern person, it was unacceptable.

As for why the Matai King suddenly wanted to kill him, he probably figured it out. When he said he came from somewhere, he was referring to the direction where the outsiders came from, as mentioned by Xia Cao.

Presumably, he resembled those outsiders to some extent, which aroused the Matai King’s murderous intent.

Knowing all this, although Lu Yu felt resentful towards the Matai people who wanted to kill him without distinguishing right from wrong, it had unconsciously lessened a lot.

Normally, at this point, Lu Yu should comfort her a bit, but Lu Yu really couldn’t do it.

His parents died early, and his grandfather, who depended on each other, passed away when he was twelve years old. He wasn’t particularly reclusive, but he really didn’t have any close friends who truly entered his heart. From childhood to adulthood, he endured hardships and injuries on his own, never needing sympathy or comfort from others, so naturally, he didn’t have this experience.

So he dryly changed the topic and chatted about something else.

Incidentally, he learned that the Matai King’s name is Tai Lie.

Lu Yu chewed on the two words “Tai Lie” several times, suddenly remembering something.

“By the way, how did your language… come about?”