Chapter 8

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Chapter 8: Luo Ji Develops the Tribe

Troubled by naming, he really didn’t want to spend too much time agonizing over a name.

After all, strength was the real deal.

He found a place to sit down, and made a few more stone axes and stone spears using some appropriately shaped stones.

These were prioritized for the four strongest warriors in the tribe, and the rest went to the other fighters.

Luo Yong, as the first warrior, already had a stone axe.

He was also a bit interested in the stone spear, picked up one, and swung it twice.

Finally he shook his head and said.

“Too light.”

“The stone axe is heavier and has more power, while the stone spear’s advantage is in flexibility and reach. If you think it’s too light, try taking two stone axes.”

Luo Ji said, handing a newly tied stone axe to Luo Yong.

“Can I really take two by myself?”

Luo Yong, receiving the other stone axe, was full of excitement.

Actually, he had wanted to take two stone axes from the start.

With his strength, holding a stone axe in each hand was no problem at all.

However, so many people in their tribe didn’t have weapons yet, and it seemed a bit unreasonable for him to take two, and it was hard to ask.

“It’s fine.”

Luo Ji waved his hand dismissively.

“As long as we find suitable stones, we can make many more.”

“When you go out hunting later, pay attention.”

“f you find suitable stones, bring them back.”

“Anyway, these weapons are simple to make, and having one for each person is not too many.”

To this, Luo Yong naturally agreed repeatedly, then excitedly went to the side to practice swinging his two stone axes.

The other warriors who received weapons were also all thrilled.

Some time passed, and the scout Luo Ji had sent out earlier returned with a tired face.

He had successfully confirmed the location of the enemy tribe and left markers along the way.

This news undoubtedly excited the tribal warriors, because having this information meant they had the initiative!

Luo Ji, who had been worrying about the tribe’s population problem, was now planning in his mind to find a time to lead people to attack that tribe.

At the same time, he was generous in praising the scout and gave him a name, ‘Luo Jin.’

Becoming the second person after Luo Yong to receive a name from Luo Ji, which drew envious looks from many tribal people.

Afterward, as the sky gradually darkened, they also had to start a fire and cook.

Here, Luo Ji had to admit, he was lucky he didn’t have to make fire by drilling wood.

However, in this snowy weather, the wind was too strong, sometimes mixed with snowflakes, which increased the difficulty of drilling wood for fire by more than one level.

Often, just as a spark was finally produced, a gust of wind would blow it out…

After a day of being extremely hungry, Luo Ji couldn’t sit still.

His mind turned, and then he personally got to work.

Under the expectant gazes of his people, he moved a few large stones and built a very crude stove.

[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for building a ‘Crude Stone Stove’. You have gained 20 civilization points, 2 culture points, and 2 industrial points.]

“Wow, this stone stove actually gives both culture points and industrial points?”

Luo Ji, who didn’t have much time to research this for now, just grumbled internally.

At the same time, since he had already gotten this far, he simply experimented for a while longer, planning to make a stone pot and a few bowls.

It seemed the women in the tribe had experience making these things, after all, they needed containers for water.

Everyone worked together and quickly made them, though their shapes were truly hideous.

However, in extraordinary times, who cared about that?

As long as they could be used, wasn’t that enough?

He told the women to make a few more bowls, while Luo Ji himself called two men from the tribe to carry the stone pot.

Planning to wash it in the lake and also call back the two people who were squatting by the ice hole trying to catch fish.

Luo Ji estimated they had been squatting there for almost 3 hours, but there had been no movement at all.

It seemed there wouldn’t be any catch today.

“Alright, that’s enough for today.”

“Everyone help wash this stone pot, and get ready to eat…”

Just as Luo Ji was saying this, the expression of the person responsible for holding the fishing net suddenly changed.

After noticing movement in the fishing net, he immediately pulled the net up!

Before Luo Ji could even see clearly, the system notification in his mind had already told him what happened first…

[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’s tribe for first discovering ‘Carp’. You have gained 30 civilization points, 3 production points, and ‘Fishery’ development progress +1!]

“Haha, hahaha…”

Having no time to bother with the system notification in his mind, Luo Ji couldn’t help but laugh out loud looking at the carp thrashing and struggling in the fishing net.

And the surrounding tribal people, seeing their chief laughing so happily, also started laughing and cheering along.

The reason Luo Ji was so happy was certainly not just because they caught one carp, but because the appearance of this fish fully proved that his method was correct!

After this, as long as they made a few more fishing nets and smashed a few more ice holes, developed fishing, and improved fishing efficiency, their tribe could basically solve the food problem.

Not to mention the 20% bonus to ‘Fishery’ development from the Mirror Lake natural wonder!

“Chief, is this what you call ‘fish’?”

The old man clearly remembered what Luo Ji had said during the day.

Seeing the living creature in the fishing net that he had never seen before, he immediately made the connection.

“That’s right, this is it.”

As he spoke, Luo Ji motioned for the other person to throw the fish on the ground.

In order to prevent his people who had never seen a fish from causing trouble that would leave him speechless, the job of killing the fish fell decisively on him, the Chief.

Fortunately, his many years of independent living experience had made him quite skilled in most life skills, so gutting a fish was naturally not a problem.

Looking at the carp still struggling on the ground, perhaps because no one fished in this era, its size was truly not small.

In modern times, he had never seen a carp this large, and it was a wild one.

He estimates that a large number of rich people would be willing to pay a high price for it, but regardless, Luo Ji had already decided to cook a pot of fish soup with it.

He picked up a convenient stone, used it to knock the thrashing carp unconscious with one blow.

And then picked up another stone suitable for making a stone spear, using it as a makeshift knife for gutting the fish.

But there was no doubt that it was too dull.

It took a lot of effort to gut the fish properly, and when scraping the scales, he made the fish look a bit gruesome.

But this was unavoidable.

If he had even a passable kitchen knife in hand, it wouldn’t have been so difficult.

Under everyone’s gaze, accompanied by the surprised murmurs of the tribal people, Luo Ji put the prepared carp into the pot.

There were no seasonings at all in this era, so he could only cook it with a pot of water and one fish, bubbling away.

On another fire nearby, roe deer meat skewered on branches was being roasted.

Having been hungry all day, everyone was starving.

Luo Ji helped distribute the roasted roe deer meat.

The roe deer was quite large, and although it was impossible for everyone in the tribe to eat until they were full, at least everyone got a few bites.

In the past, being able to have even this much food would have made them overjoyed.

However, today, everyone seemed a bit distracted, their eyes kept glancing at Luo Ji’s pot of fish soup while chewing on the roe deer meat.

They were clearly full of curiosity about this new food.

Estimating the time, Luo Ji lifted the piece of wood covering the pot as a lid.

Before he could even look closely, a rich, fresh aroma wafted over, making him swallow.

Just smelling the scent made his mouth water.

At this moment, including Luo Ji, all 35 pairs of eyes in the entire tribe were practically glued to this pot of fish soup.

However, it was regrettable that although this carp was large, the stone pot was not big enough.

They couldn’t boil more soup.

It seemed today they could only let everyone have one taste.

Anyway, Mirror Lake was right nearby.

As long as they got a foothold here, would they still be afraid of not having fish soup?

Luo Ji, as the chief, personally served the fish soup and fish meat.

Before eating, he specifically picked out a fishbone and reminded them to be careful, as freshwater fish usually have many bones.

However, even with the reminder, quite a few people still got bones stuck and cried out in surprise.

But luckily, the fishbones were quite small, and they just bit into another piece of roe deer meat and swallowed them down.

Drinking the bowl of fish soup in one gulp, Luo Ji let out a long breath.

Even though no seasoning was added at all, the fish soup was unexpectedly delicious.

Of course, it was also possible that he was so hungry that everything tasted good.

After finishing dinner, Luo Ji sat by the fire and rubbed his belly.

To be honest, he wasn’t even half full, and this was after eating only one meal a day.

But according to his tribal people, they should be grateful to have food every night.

When they couldn’t catch prey, they often had to survive for several days just by drinking water.

Hearing this, Luo Ji couldn’t help but lament the difficult lives of the people in this era.

At the same time, his respect for tribal chiefs who face these immense challenges deepened.