CHAPTER 597: CHAPTER 570 THE CHIEF LEADER 88

Carrying these pitiful people who can only crawl on the ground, the group prepared to leave in low spirits. While crossing the swamp, only after their victory did Shuangshuang finally have the leisure to carefully observe the surrounding swamp.

The swamp seemed calm and empty, but in fact, the creatures within were extremely abundant. As Shuangshuang watched, she discovered a piece of white bone in the swamp, covered densely by bugs, and that bone, in front of Shuangshuang, shrank visibly.

Witnessing this scene, Shuangshuang finally understood why, even though the Cannibal Tribe ate humans, no human bones were ever seen.

It turned out these bugs inside the swamp could gnaw white bones. Without much guessing, Shuangshuang knew that the Cannibal Tribe must have thrown the bones of the people they ate into the swamp, allowing these bugs to help destroy the remaining bones.

After returning to the Yanhuang Tribe, the group’s emotions remained low, even though those rescued from the Cannibal Tribe had been healed by the strenuous joint efforts of the three Great Witches, and could walk upright again.

Though their bodies were healed, only half of them recovered mentally and they eagerly hoped to gain power, desperately eating and cultivating every day.

Moreover, because they were rescued by the Yanhuang Tribe from a desperate situation, these people had an extremely strong sense of belonging to the Yanhuang Tribe.

Apart from these recovered individuals, the rest remained in a stupor, apparently too traumatized. In this life, becoming a warrior was impossible for them.

Fortunately, the Yanhuang Tribe was not short of food and could completely support these people. Though mentally impaired, they were not useless; they could help plant Sweet Potatoes for the tribe.

Even though the Cannibal Tribes had some contact with each other, this contact was not close. Therefore, even though Yanhuang Tribe achieved the astonishing feat of destroying a Cannibal Tribe of about seven thousand people with only three thousand from their tribe, no other tribes knew of it.

Of course, after discussing with several high-ranking members of the tribe, Shuangshuang and the others decided not to let other tribes know about this. Despite defeating the Cannibal Tribe this time, it was by clever tactics. If all the Cannibal Tribe’s warriors had acted together, the Yanhuang Tribe would have had no chance of victory.

One reason was the population disparity; the opposing warriors could double up against each of Yanhuang Tribe’s warriors. It was clear Yanhuang Tribe would not stand a chance. Of course, if Yanhuang Tribe’s warriors could have cultivated for another year or so, such a Cannibal Tribe would not be a threat.

To avoid letting other tribes discover what Yanhuang Tribe did, causing it to attract attention, or even provoke other Cannibal Tribes to want to eradicate Yanhuang Tribe and cause trouble, everyone decided it was better to keep this matter hidden.

After this event, the life of Yanhuang Tribe finally settled down temporarily. However, everyone in the tribe knew that becoming a Great Tribe inevitably meant confronting the Cannibal Tribes that targeted Great Tribes for hunting, and battles with the Cannibal Tribes would eventually reignite.

Unless one day they became a Super Tribe, the Cannibal Tribes would not dare provoke them. But to become a Super Tribe, a regular population couldn’t be fewer than fifty thousand, and the number of warriors couldn’t be fewer than thirty thousand, which was the minimum. The real Super Tribes had populations of at least over a hundred thousand.

Compared to the urban population on Earth, this number of people seemed incredibly scarce, but in this population-scarce Primitive World, a hundred thousand people amounted to an astronomical number. Many Great Tribes inheriting through generations could hardly reach such a populace.

This was why there were many Great Tribes fluctuating, striving to reach it, but the real top-tier Super Tribes always remained just those few. The population requirement was too high!

The Yanhuang Tribe was now truly considered a Great Tribe, naturally because two Traveler Tribes had joined, and they were rather large Traveler Tribes.

There were simply too many wanderers in this world, resulting in every Traveler Tribe having a significant population. The joining of these two Traveler Tribes directly pushed the Yanhuang Tribe’s population over six thousand.

This population seemed substantial, but compared to a Super Tribe, the gap remained dishearteningly large, let alone compared to the populous city-like place Shuangshuang imagined.

Originally, Shuangshuang thought this quiet life could last at most a few months, or even a year before being disrupted by other Cannibal Tribes eyeing the Yanhuang Tribe. Unexpectedly, to Shuangshuang’s surprise, this peaceful life for Yanhuang Tribe lasted a full three years!

After three years, through relentless effort, the population of Yanhuang Tribe exceeded ten thousand! Among them, as many as eight thousand were warriors.

Among them, Ben, Tie, Jian, Shen, Mang Mountain, Da Shi, Feicao, Ya, and nearly seven hundred others who first cultivated Warrior Power had become Second-level Warriors.

And Shuangshuang and Sang Nan, these two Second-level Warriors, had long become Third-level Warriors. Especially Shuangshuang, whose internal Warrior Power was approaching the Fourth Level, now just one step away from becoming a Level 4 Warrior!

It should be known that Level 4 Warriors were extremely rare in Great Tribes. Oftentimes, an entire tribe might not have a single Level 4 Warrior, even in Super Tribes, they were rare.

The only regret Shuangshuang felt was because all new joiners were Traveler Tribes without a Witch, thus the Yanhuang Tribe still only had four Great Witches.

Besides the original Great Witches Yun, Zhi, and Yu, the inheritor left by the Great Witch from the Ling Tribe, Tong, was finally trained by the three Great Witches of Yanhuang Tribe, becoming a rightful Great Witch.

Four Great Witches seemed numerous, but in a tribe of over ten thousand people, it was not sufficient. Just treating the sick was consuming a great amount of spiritual power from the four Great Witches. As for serving as Wise Men to assist Shuangshuang in managing the tribe according to her vision, it was even more strenuous.

Luckily, there were many former tribal leaders in Yanhuang Tribe whose minds were sharp and could assist Shuangshuang in orderly managing the tribe.

Aside from population development, the other significant progress was addressing the personal hygiene issue in the tribe that had long displeased Shuangshuang.

The previous hygiene situation was indescribable; taking a walk a bit farther around the tribe was like unexpectedly stepping on landmines, which was really distressing.

Now Shuangshuang had established latrines and made a rule that people in the tribe must resolve personal hygiene issues in the designated toilets, separated by gender.

If they didn’t follow the regulations, Shuangshuang wouldn’t impose harsh punishments but would instead make them clean the toilet. This task, though not painful or exhausting, was something everyone avoided doing.