Chapter 17
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Chapter 17: Getting on Track
The day had just begun.
After working for a while, everyone was soon called back for breakfast.
Compared to last night’s dinner, the breakfast was simpler with just a bowl of bone broth each.
But the expressions of the new barbarian tribe members were still incredibly complex.
Their tribe ate two meals a day.
Luxurious!
Too darn luxurious!
However, it was undeniable that after drinking a bowl of fragrant hot soup on this cold winter morning, their spirits were much higher.
And for the Mirror Tribe, after finishing this breakfast, the day had truly begun.
The members of the hunting team responsible for hunting and the logging team responsible for cutting down trees started working full of energy.
And there were clearly more things to do today than just these two tasks.
Drinking the last sip of hot soup from his bowl, Luo Ji wiped his mouth and first called Luo Jin over.
“I have an important task for you today.”
Upon hearing it was an important task, Luo Jin immediately became energetic.
He quickly patted his chest and said.
“Chief, just give the order.”
“I’ll assign two more people to you later. You will form a scouting team. I want you to explore the entire surrounding area, figure out the terrain, and then draw it as a map and bring it back.”
As a fervent fan of strategy games, how could Luo Ji not understand the importance of maps and exploring the unknown?
And these tasks clearly had to fall to the scouts.
However, in Luo Jin’s understanding, there was clearly no concept of a “map.”
Luo Ji had prepared for this.
He quickly spread out a piece of light brown animal hide he had prepared earlier.
“Pay close attention.”
Using a branch with the thickness of a chopstick as a makeshift pen and the juice of a plant he had discovered yesterday as ink, Luo Ji dipped the branch into the natural dye.
This plant, with its strong dyeing effect, was a valuable resource in this era without writing tools.
He quickly used the makeshift pen to draw a small oval circle in the middle of the animal hide.
“This circle represents Mirror Lake…”
After that, Luo Ji quickly drew a few very simple small houses next to Mirror Lake.
“This represents our tribe, and the area outside our tribe is forest…”
As he spoke, Luo Ji drew some tree-shaped patterns on the outside, then circled an area, representing a whole forest area.
While he was drawing these patterns and markings, the system’s notification sound also rang out in his mind.
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for triggering the cultural project ‘Cartography’. You have gained 100 civilization points and 2 culture points.]
Luo Ji’s expression remained calm upon receiving the system notification, which he had somewhat anticipated.
His attention was currently focused more on Luo Jin, who quickly understood the simple and clear practical demonstration.
Given Luo Jin’s 4 star intelligence potential, grasping something this simple posed no difficulty.
While demonstrating to Luo Jin how to draw a map, Luo Ji also naturally introduced the concepts of “east, south, west, and north.”
Explaining this was not difficult.
The direction where the sun rises is east, and where it sets is west.
As long as this point was confirmed, the entire concept of direction would naturally become clear.
During times when the sun’s position couldn’t be determined, they could also judge the direction by observing the tree rings.
After handing over these simple and practical pieces of knowledge to Luo Jin, Luo Ji gave him the map, branch, and dye.
Then he asked.
“I have drawn the area of the tribe. The outer areas will need you to scout them and then draw them on this map. If there’s anything you don’t understand, ask quickly.”
“Nothing! I guarantee I will complete the mission!”
Listening to Luo Jin’s firm and confident tone, Luo Ji nodded in satisfaction.
Then he quickly found two more warriors who were relatively clever and had a bravery potential of 3 stars.
After equipping each of them with a stone spear as a weapon, the Mirror Tribe’s first scouting team was formed.
After all, they were exploring surrounding areas.
Luo Jin’s bravery of only 2 stars made it too risky for him to wander outside alone.
With three people, they could at least look out for each other.
After watching the scouting team depart, Luo Ji did not rush to check his attribute panel.
Instead, he called over the elder of their tribe.
Incidentally, since he introduced the concept of “names” the day before yesterday, the elder, who usually had a lot of free time, had been very enthusiastic about the naming matter.
He even seemed to enjoy it and had given himself the name ‘Zhao He.’
As the oldest elder in the tribe, it had to be said that Zhao He had quite a few skills.
Although most of these skills were already useless.
For example, combat skills.
As he aged, Zhao He’s bravery was barely even 1 star.
He had basically entered a state with little combat ability, and with the continuous decline in combat power, his combat skills naturally became useless.
However, he also had quite a few life skills.
In Luo Ji’s opinion, Zhao He’s most useful skill should be the passive skill ‘Elementary Herbal Identification.’
In this era where medical development was basically zero, the moment Luo Ji saw this skill, he immediately realized its importance.
This was the crucial beginning, their tribe’s medical development depended on this!
This passive skill of herbal identification absolutely must be passed down!
For this reason, Luo Ji specifically found five tribe members whose intelligence potential reached 3 stars, had them follow Zhao He to gather herbs nearby and also learn about herbs.
He even assigned a warrior with a bravery potential of 3 stars to specifically protect them.
From this, it was clear how much he valued medical development.
Of course, while giving instructions for this matter, Luo Ji also casually added information about the surname system.
For example, newborns would have the same surname as their parents.
He also added a few new surnames.
And unsurprisingly triggered a system notification.
Causing the ‘Surname System’ development project to grow by 2 and granting him 2 culture points and some civilization points.
Luo Ji, who had assigned a large number of tasks early in the morning, stretched hard.
Just as he was about to find a place to drink some water and rest for a bit, Luo Yong unexpectedly came to find him.
Looking at the hesitant Luo Yong, a hint of surprise flashed in Luo Ji’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
“Chief, are there any tasks for me?”
As he spoke, Luo Yong scratched his head awkwardly.
Before, he used to lead the hunting parties.
But today, Luo Ji said that hunting would be the responsibility of the hunting team from now on.
This was not a problem in itself, but the key was that he was not included in the hunting team!
Seeing the logging team working vigorously nearby.
The hunting team going out to hunt.
The fishing team starting work on the ice lake.
And even Luo Jin’s team going out to scout the surrounding areas with his scouting team.
While the women and children were either weaving fishing nets or digging for bait.
It seemed like he was the only one in the whole tribe who was idle!
After a brief moment of realization, Luo Ji clearly understood.
He chuckled and patted Luo Yong’s shoulder, pulling him aside.
“You are the first warrior of our tribe.”
“Your main task now is to protect everyone’s safety and improve your own strength, and…”
As he spoke, Luo Ji glanced in the direction of their new population’s camp and lowered his voice slightly.
“They just joined us, after all.”
“Although they will be our own people in the future, we still can’t let our guard down in the short term, do you understand?”
The meaning behind Luo Ji’s words was evident, and Luo Yong was not stupid.
Upon hearing this, his expression immediately turned serious, and he nodded earnestly.
“I understand, Chief.”
