Crossing To The Primitive With A Game Panel

Lu Yu and Mao Pu discussed the affairs of the tribe. Mao Pu’s suggestion was to relocate the Blackwater Tribe to the vicinity of Matai, so that everyone could easily communicate and defend against outsiders and beasts together in the future.

Lu Yu temporarily didn’t agree for a couple of reasons: first, the Matai village hadn’t been upgraded yet, and he didn’t distrust Mao Pu, but he preferred fewer people knowing; second, there wasn’t enough space nearby to accommodate so many people, and the people in the valley were originally slaves of the Blackwater Tribe, so Lu Yu didn’t want them to live too close for now.

Although Mao Pu was somewhat disappointed, he didn’t insist. Lu Yu, after some thought, told him the method of igniting the burning smoke, saying, “Don’t worry, when we’re ready here and find a suitable place, we’ll let you migrate.”

Mao Pu replied, “Okay!”

As a gesture of goodwill, Lu Yu also gave Mao Pu a drop-forged iron dagger for self-defense, which made Mao Pu very happy.

The people parted ways at the entrance of the jungle. Mao Pu led his people back to reorganize the Blackwater Tribe. Lu Yu and his group accelerated their pace back to Matai. Soon, the tall arrow tower appeared before them.

Shan Pu relaxed his whole body and sighed, “Although there are many people and things outside, our own village is still the best.”

Others agreed one after another. While they had encountered many people and things during their journey, they had been cautious every day and couldn’t sleep peacefully.

Xia Cao, however, was more rational. “But we also brought back a lot of supplies and learned a lot of information. If we don’t go out and communicate, if we are attacked by others, we will be very passive.”

Ten years ago, they, the Matai people, considered themselves strong and just wanted to live peacefully, but when they were massacred, no one informed them, and they didn’t know how to respond, almost leading to the extinction of their tribe.

Xia Hua also lamented, “And we have missed out on many activities…”

Especially the grand banquet with thousands of people, Xia Hua was still looking forward to seeing the brilliance of the witch, surpassing everyone else and making everyone envy them for having a witch.

Lu Yu comfortingly glanced at Xia Cao and then smiled at everyone, “Then let’s stay and develop our village. When we become stronger, we can also build a larger stone city than Beast Plain, and by then, countless tribes will come to us actively for communication.”

The Matai people’s eyes lit up. “The witch is right!”

“We need to develop our village!”

“We need to become stronger!”

The people no longer sighed but were full of confidence as they rushed towards the village.

On the arrow tower, Shi Tou saw the figures moving in the woods. He didn’t panic, but squinted slightly, observing without moving for a few seconds.

When he finally saw who the newcomers were, he widened his eyes suddenly, laughed, and jumped down from the tower, shouting, “The witch is back!! The witch is back!!”

There were several adult Matai people and a group of children left in the village. Upon hearing Shi Tou’s shout, a few children couldn’t wait to open the tightly closed gate.

In no time, they saw the King and the witch running back at high speed.

The joy of reunion permeated this small corner of the jungle.

Xia Cao and Xia Hua went to talk to the children and also gave them the gifts they had brought back, while Le Shui and Shan Pu led the people to tidy up and unload the supplies.

Previously, people from the Blackwater Tribe had helped them carry some things, and after parting ways, Lu Yu put those things into the ring.

When placing them, he startled Er Dai, who then jumped in fear. Ming Shan, with a stern face, threatened Er Dai that if he told anyone about the witch’s affairs, he would slit his throat and throw him into the woods.

Er Dai was anxious, waving his hands frantically and shaking his head like a rattle, “No, no, no, I won’t say anything.”

Er Dai had no family or acquaintances, and even when Cha Zhe caught him, no one came looking for him. He had no one to tell, let alone now when everyone around was from Matai. Besides, Lu Yu treated him well, so he wouldn’t harm him.

Lu Yu also knew this, so he confidently demonstrated his abilities.

In front of Er Dai, Lu Yu took out the supplies from the ring again and carefully counted them, preparing to upgrade the village.

Er Dai stared blankly at the scene.

Ming Shan patted his head and said, “Little Black, what are you staring at?”

Er Dai rubbed his head, feeling aggrieved. He had a temper too!

Er Dai muttered quietly, “My name is Er Dai, not Little Black…”

Ming Shan chuckled, “Okay, Little Black.”

Er Dai clenched his fists.

Lu Yu glanced over indifferently.

Ming Shan rubbed his nose, not daring to provoke Er Dai further, “I’m here to take you to the valley. The witch has already told you, right?”

“I know.” Er Dai nodded obediently. He already knew Lu Yu’s identity, but he didn’t know much about the witch and remained calm.

Ming Shan said, “Then let’s go.”

“Okay. Just wait for me for a moment.” Er Dai ran to Lu Yu’s side, greeted him, and then followed Ming Shan out of the camp, still surprised by what he had witnessed.

Le Shui, who was bending down to move wood, glanced lightly.

“What are you looking at?” Shan Pu wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Le Shui straightened up again, “Nothing.”

“Oh, that dark little kid.” Shan Pu said casually.

Le Shui crushed the piece of wood in his hand.

Shan Pu was taken aback, “That…?”

Le Shui remained expressionless, “This piece of wood is no good. I’ll take it to the witch as firewood.” With that, without waiting for Shan Pu to say anything else, he turned and left.

Shan Pu hammered the wood and muttered, “It’s so hard, yet he could crush it in one go. How long are his hands…? Oh right, why did he crush the wood in the first place?”

Shan Pu was a bit confused.

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The resources they brought back from the tribal battle were enough to upgrade the village completely.

Lu Yu searched through the game panel one by one, and after finishing, a new message popped up.

[Village upgrade completed]

[Please designate new areas]

The panel shook, and a top-down map appeared.

Lu Yu could clearly see their small village, and with a shift of his gaze, he could also see the valley. The map was extremely realistic; Lu Yu could even see the new houses built in the valley during this time, as well as the condition of the surrounding fields.

Lu Yu was a bit envious; it would be great if the panel could also function as a map.

But now was not the time to think about that. Lu Yu noticed a symbol of a new village next to the bread icon. He clicked on it, and a city suddenly unfolded.

It was a small stone city with double-layered walls, various arrow towers inside, as well as stables, training grounds, barracks, and more. Outside the city, there were many war traps, making it almost a basic fortress for small-scale warfare.

Messages popped up one after another on the panel.

[Dream training ground detected and opened]

[Skills updated]

[Construction blueprints updated and available for study]

Lu Yu read through them carefully, set them aside, and then looked at the map again.

The position of the village remained unchanged, but what he needed to choose was the location of the outer city wall. This couldn’t be solved by simply drawing a circle; he had to consider the terrain and the placement of new buildings.

Lu Yu studied the map for a while, furrowing his brows in thought, before finally making a decision.

[The village needs to be upgraded at midnight, and the upgrade will take one hour. No human activity is allowed during this period.]

He couldn’t finish it all at once. It was the first time he had seen such a prompt, but Lu Yu raised his eyebrows and didn’t pay much attention. He could just spend the night in the nearby caves with the people from the valley.

Lu Yu included the valley in the range of the outer city wall. Unlike Beast Plain Stone City, which had a big circle with half of it in front and half in the back, they were encircling a smaller circle. The small circle was where Lu Yu and the Matai people usually lived, but their small circle was not in the center, but towards the front, while the valley was towards the back.

After closing the map panel, Lu Yu seemed to be preparing for the upcoming work in the evening.

Lu Yu clicked his tongue reluctantly. The map was really handy; couldn’t they add that function?

Unfortunately, the panel wasn’t a user-friendly system that could be persuaded with kind words; it was truly “expressionless,” not even giving Lu Yu a punctuation mark.

Having completed a task, they would soon be safer. Lu Yu sighed deeply in relief, patted his pants, and stood up.

The Matai people could only see him fiddling with his hands, not knowing exactly what he was doing, but they understood that he was busy, so no one disturbed him, including Tai Lie.

Lu Yu looked for Tai Lie, who was stacking supplies, and found him working.

Lu Yu walked over and grabbed his hand. Before he could speak, he felt the burning gazes around him.

Lu Yu felt a bit helpless, but also amused. The Matai people were particularly concerned about his and Tai Lie’s relationship, but they wouldn’t actively joke or tease the two; they would just sneak curious glances when they happened to be present.

Lu Yu coughed lightly, clenched his fist, and said, “Can I borrow your King for a while?”

The surrounding people suddenly panicked and withdrew their gazes. Someone boldly said, “You can borrow him for as long as you want, you don’t have to return him!”

“Yeah, we’ll all lend him to you!”

Originally intending to tease others, Lu Yu ended up blushing himself.

Fortunately, Tai Lie quickly held his hand back and took him away.

Inside the stone house.

Lu Yu didn’t bother to care about his own flushed face and solemnly explained the village upgrade to Tai Lie.

“Is there a safer and larger cave nearby for everyone to stay for the night?”

Tai Lie pondered for a moment, “Yes, I’ll have Le Shui take people to check first.” They had already dealt with most of the large dangerous beasts in the surrounding area before, but they had been away for some time, so there might be wild beasts appearing again.

“Okay.” Lu Yu trusted Tai Lie very much. If he promised, he would definitely do it properly.

After finishing the matter, Lu Yu prepared to go out and make dinner. Just as he turned around, his wrist was grabbed by a tiger’s claw.

Lu Yu turned back in confusion, “Is there something else?”

Tai Lie raised an eyebrow and said blandly, “Tonight, you and I, won’t stay in the cave.”