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Chapter 23 Beginner Village, Let's Go!

Xu Lun examined the remaining items. Besides a few tattered rags, there was a straw quilt and several animal teeth of unknown origin.

"What's the use of this thing?" he asked, picking up an animal tooth.

Bai Ye wasn't quite sure, so he looked at Station Master Huang.

"Well, because Zulu Village is located in a remote area in the southwest, the currency of human city-states does not circulate there. The villagers basically barter for goods, and the teeth of these wild beasts are the common currency there."

What the hell...

Xu Lun was speechless. Was this guy trying to send him straight back to the Stone Age?

Primitive society was great! Maybe I could even become a chieftain, leading a bunch of savages to rebel against humanity and launch a counterattack against the heavens... It doesn't seem like a bad idea.

Xu Lun grabbed all the animal teeth, stuffed them into his pocket, then grabbed the straw quilt and prepared to venture into the world.

"Are you ready?" Bai Ye asked.

Xu Lun nodded: "Alright, let's leave it at that and see how it goes."

"Alright then."

Bai Ye smiled, and without saying a word, winked at Station Chief Huang.

The other person immediately walked to the tavern door, but did not rush to open it. Instead, he waited for Xu Lun to come over and instructed him:

"Zulu Village is, after all, a remote and impoverished place with few resources around it and no cultivators in the village. It may seem ordinary, but that doesn't mean it's without danger."

And I just found out that in the nearest village, there have been several incidents of wild animals eating people recently, and the locals have requested assistance from nearby city-states.

So it's best if you don't go out tonight.

Xu Lun nodded and silently noted down what the other person said.

Wild animals eat people...

As Bai Ye explained, the humans in the land are not powerful, and are even somewhat weak, needing external help to develop peacefully.

And with such a vast territory, besides humans, countless other species also seek a way to survive on this continent.

Conflicts between humans and animals, between humans themselves, and between different races unfold continuously in this chaotic world...

Xu Lun took a deep breath, ready to step forward.

Seeing this, Station Master Huang opened the door for him...

...

When Xu Lun walked out of the door, he felt that everything around him was pitch black, and then the world spun around him.

He did not lose consciousness, but he felt extremely dizzy and completely lost his balance and sense of direction.

A moment later, the feeling gradually disappeared, and he found himself lying on the ground without even realizing it.

Xu Lun slowly sat up and looked around, as if he were sitting in a tent made of hay and sticks.

The straw quilt was right next to him.

Ignoring the shabby surroundings, Xu Lun got up from the ground and carefully checked the area again, but couldn't find the door he had come from.

This grass tent didn't even have a door, let alone a curtain. There was just a crack in front of it, like a cave entrance, which served as the entrance and exit.

Xu Lun didn't dawdle; he strode over and squeezed through the gap.

What comes into view is an extremely primitive village.

The surrounding houses were like thatched tents. People came and went in the village, and their clothes were indeed similar to those prepared by Station Chief Huang. They just tore off a few pieces of cloth, covered themselves with them, and that was it.

Goodness...

Although he had prepared himself mentally before coming, Xu Lun still couldn't help but sigh when he actually saw it, "This place is a real rip-off!"

At least others can start with a dog, but on our side, they probably won't even want a dog!

Xu Lun looked back and wondered if the thatched hut behind him was his home.

He just stood there, watching the villagers and their busy lives.

Not long after, a large group of people walked in from the west end of the village.

The leader was a burly man, and the group following behind him were all men, each carrying a large wooden stick on their shoulder. They looked like men to be trifled with.

Xu Lun consciously took a few steps back, but when the other person passed in front of him, the burly man leading the group still subconsciously stopped and turned to look at him.

Xu Lun didn't say anything, nor did he know what to say. He simply sensed the bracelet silently, wondering how it would react if the other party tried to cause trouble.

The burly man sized him up, then said to the man behind him:

"Give him a weapon, let's go."

After saying that, he ignored Xu Lun and continued leading the team forward.

A thin man behind him immediately followed the instructions, asked someone for another wooden stick, and tossed it to Xu Lun.

"Stay with the group! Don't say I didn't warn you, don't get separated once we're out there!"

The stick almost hit Xu Lun on the head, but he dodged it and barely managed to catch it.

The man who had thrown the stick at him earlier had already continued walking forward with the group.

Xu Lun didn't understand what they were going to do, but judging from their appearance, their attire, and the attitude of the surrounding villagers, these people should also be from this Zulu village.

Are they going to go and start a fight with the neighboring village?

Xu Lun was puzzled, but he still followed the group and walked through the village towards the east end of the village.

After walking for a while, he asked a man walking beside him:

"Dude, what are we doing here?"

The man glanced at him, looking quite surprised.

Xu Lun was a little confused when he saw this. What was wrong? Did he not understand what I was saying?

He suddenly remembered what Bai Ye had said before: only within the Administration Bureau could different languages ​​be understood by each other.

So he wondered, "Could this savage not understand me?"

But then I thought about it again. I could understand what the burly man leading the group and the skinny man who handed me the weapons were saying. This person's reaction shouldn't be like this...

After waiting a few seconds, the other party spoke:

"My name isn't Gemen, it's Lumen."

Xu Lun was almost petrified when he heard this. So you spent so much time thinking about this answer?

He had no choice but to take the opportunity to ask again:

Where are we going?

This time, the other party didn't delay and readily gave a reply:

"Of course we're going to catch wild beasts! Haven't you heard that a man-eating beast has recently appeared in Charva Village?"

Now that martial law is in effect in Chaval village, it's very likely that it has already fled this way!

So, we need to go outside the village and try to drive it away!

Xu Lun looked enlightened, realizing how it was done.

The incident of the wild animal eating people that Station Chief Huang had just mentioned to him had unexpectedly spread to Zulu Village.

"What kind of beast was it?" Xu Lun continued to ask.

The young man named Lumen shook his head regretfully:

"I'm not really sure either. Nobody has ever seen what it looks like. I've only heard that people in Charva village call it 'the natural disaster'."