Chapter 2

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While digesting the information Gao Su had told him, Luo Ji slowly raised his head.

When he looked up, he suddenly found himself surrounded by a group of barbarians wrapped in animal skins!

“Damn it!”

Facing such a scene, Luo Ji cursed inwardly, completely astonished.

“What the heck? Did I just start and already fall into the hands of barbarians?!”

“What to do, what to do, what to do?”

His brain turned into a complete mess, and his face even started to turn pale.

He wondered if it was his imagination, but he felt like these barbarians staring at him had red glints in their eyes and harbored ill intentions.

“These guys aren’t going to eat people, are they?”

Thinking of this, Luo Ji felt his fragile little heart clench fiercely.

If these barbarians were really cannibals or something, wouldn’t his end be too miserable?

Just as he was lost in all sorts of wild thoughts, an old barbarian with a wooden stick and a beard as messy as weeds slowly walked over.

“Chief, everyone is waiting for you to make a decision.”

Facing the old barbarian who suddenly approached, Luo Ji was startled at first.

Then, after he heard the other person’s words clearly, the expression on his face changed to surprise, and he subconsciously pointed at himself.

“Chief? Me?”

After saying this, he immediately reacted.

To be precise, something like system settings appeared in his mind.

It stated that he was the chief of this small tribe, and their tribe was destroyed by a blizzard five days ago.

Now he was leading his tribe’s people to find a new place to live.

Thinking this way, it really did have a bit of similarity to the beginning of Civilization VI.

At the same time, after understanding that these barbarians surrounding him were all his people, Luo Ji immediately realized that his previous feeling that these barbarians had red eyes and ill intentions was clearly psychological.

Upon closer inspection, although his people were disheveled, the looks in their eyes were definitely full of respect and worry, along with some helplessness after being displaced.

He slowly stood up, his every move drawing the attention of every barbarian.

Being watched so intently still made him a little uneasy.

However, after knowing that these barbarians wouldn’t hurt him, he decisively relaxed a lot.

As he stood up, Luo Ji also took the opportunity to look at his own attire.

Well, sure enough, it was also a set of animal skins.

And the current environment was windy and snowy, no wonder it was so cold…

He put the clothing issue aside for now.

After all, it was the ancient times, so such small details didn’t need too much attention.

Fortunately, he himself wasn’t a fussy person.

“It seems the first task is to find a new place to live, the so-called settlement…”

His attention quickly focused on the task of finding a settlement.

While observing his surroundings, Luo Ji seriously pondered.

“The first settlement, finding a good location is very important.”

“If this were a game, the basic conditions would have to include trees, food, and being near a river!”

“As for strategic resources and luxury resources, of course, the more the better.”

“But now in this icy and snowy weather, I feel like if we don’t find a place to settle down quickly, some people might freeze to death…”

Thinking of this, Luo Ji subconsciously glanced at his tribal people again.

He estimated that there were probably around 30 people, including the elderly, women, and even three children.

Among them were four relatively burly, middle-aged barbarians holding large wooden sticks, which immediately reminded Luo Ji of the initial melee unit in the game, Warriors!

Having a general idea of his tribe’s people, Luo Ji observed the surrounding environment again.

Their current location should be a forest area, so wood was probably not lacking.

As for food, to be honest, in this icy and snowy weather, Luo Ji really didn’t know where to find it.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but clearly feel the difference between games and reality.

If it were a game, finding a food tile would be almost effortless, and then he could just sit on that tile, and food would naturally appear.

How could it be as troublesome as it was now?

“Right, is there a river nearby?”

After experiencing the difference between games and reality, Luo Ji immediately realized the importance of freshwater resources.

After all, it was scientifically proven that without food, as long as there was enough freshwater, people could survive for a long time.

Moreover, after finding the river, they might even be able to catch some fish to eat.

Thinking of this, Luo Ji immediately made up his mind to settle down by the river!

“Chief, I just took a look around. If we go that way for a while, there’s a river!”

From the crowd, a slightly thin barbarian youth pointed in one direction and spoke.

As a result, he was scolded by the old barbarian.

“You brat! Without the chief’s order, you went running around again on your own! With your small build, aren’t you afraid of being snatched away by wolves outside?!”

In this tribe, this old barbarian was the oldest and has a very high status, second only to Luo Ji, the chief.

This was because in this era and environment, age often represented wisdom, and elders were often equated with sages.

In short, they have more life experience and could occasionally teach the young people something, so over time, they naturally gained respect.

Now that the old barbarian got angry, the young man who spoke immediately shrank his neck, then lowered his head, looking like he was obediently waiting to be scolded.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Seeing this, Luo Ji quickly waved his hand, indicating that it was alright.

At the same time, due to his upbringing, he has been good at observing people’s expressions since childhood.

He could clearly see that although the old man looked angry on the surface, he was actually worried about the young barbarian’s safety.

After all, it was a small tribe with so few people, and to the old man, the young people in the tribe were like his own children.

Moreover, at this moment, Luo Ji was overjoyed by the new discovery.

Looking at this barbarian youth, his first reaction was that he was like the scout in the game!

When playing games, building a scout in the early stages to explore the map was very important.

He could run around by himself without anyone telling him, and he had already figured out the terrain. This was definitely a talent for being a scout.

“Come here, lead the way and take us to that river you mentioned.”

Luo Ji beckoned to the barbarian youth.

Seeing that the chief was calling him, he immediately ran forward without a word to lead the way.

After all, in this tribe, the chief’s word was final.

“When no one told you, how did you think of going around to take a look?”

Gradually adapting to his identity as the chief, Luo Ji asked the barbarian youth while walking.

The other person didn’t think much of it, scratched the back of his head and said in a low voice.

“I just thought, if I scout around first, everyone will be a bit safer.”

‘No mistake! He’s definitely perfect for being a scout!’

First there were four barbarian warriors, and now he had discovered a barbarian youth with the potential to be a scout.

Luo Ji suddenly felt that this start didn’t seem too bad after all.