The Peerless Emperor

Chapter 145 - 146 Stone Tribe

Lin Qian listened to the man before him and remained silent, a fire seemingly burning in his chest.

Food rations?

He had not expected that within this Small World, there would be the presence of different races, along with the Human Clan living there.

Even more unexpectedly, within this Small World, the Human Clan was actually enslaved.

The enslavement alone would be enough, but to be used as war rations by two other races, as food...

In this case, how were the people of the Human Clan in this Small World any different from livestock?

Afterwards, Lin Qian also asked the three individuals before him for much information, gaining a greater understanding of the situation in this Small World.

The man before him was named Shi Niu, born in the Stone Tribe, and the boy and girl were his children. His son was named Shi Kang, and his daughter was named Shi Mei, simple and unadorned names.

The Stone Tribe was a medium-sized settlement within the entire Small World, with a population of just over two thousand people. Anyone born in this tribe was surnamed Shi.

Not all the land in the Small World was like what Lin Qian was seeing now—entirely Dead Land; there were certain areas that were relatively normal.

However, the normal land was extremely scarce, and the food grown was not abundant, leaving the whole tribe in a state of semi-starvation.

Tribes of the Human Clan lived on the fragmented soil in the southern part of the Small World.

But compared to the territories controlled by the Dwarf Ghost Clan and the Giant Ghost Clan, the conditions were far too poor.

"In the north, where the Dwarf Ghost Clan and the Giant Ghost Clan live, only one-tenth of the land is Dead Land, the rest is suitable for living. On our southern side, only a meager ten percent of the land is habitable." Shi Niu clenched his fists, clearly resentful, "We have resisted as well, but we simply can’t defeat them."

Lin Qian frowned and after a while, he continued to ask, "What happened just now, why were you chased by those creatures? Tell me everything about these creatures."

He would not forget that the main purpose of entering the Small World was to stop that Black Blood Clan.

Seeing Lin Qian ask about this, Shi Niu hurriedly complied, carefully recounting what he knew.

After listening to Shi Niu’s description, Lin Qian nodded silently.

Simply put, the degree of ruin in this Small World, compared to the Middle Ages relics’ Small World, was far more severe.

And the situation was far more complicated.

The world was always dull and muzzy, with no day or night, always so. Only during a certain period of the day would the Dead Trees release white fog that muddled people’s minds.

Lin Qian inferred from the Dead Tree spraying fog during the day and retracting at night within the Middle Ages relics that it must be night now in this Small World.

Furthermore, the number of zombie-like creatures in this Small World was far greater than in the Dead Land. One could tell just from the familiarity with the Dead Trees.

However, unlike the outpouring of creatures from the Dead Land, the creatures of this Small World only emerged from underground when the living approached.

By staying away from the Dead Trees, one also wouldn’t disturb the creatures beneath. Therefore, on the pathways between Human Clan tribes in the southern part of the Small World, the Dead Trees were very sparse.

This time, Shi Niu and his group had left their tribe intending to borrow some food or seeds from another tribe because their own tribe’s food harvest had met with an accident.

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Don’t even talk about the state of being half-full, I’m afraid they might lose their food supply altogether.

However, another tribe’s situation isn’t any better than the Stone Tribe’s; they’re utterly powerless to help.

Shi Mei, who hadn’t eaten for a long time, felt dizzy and strayed off the path, alerting several undead "??" that emerged from the ground and chased after them.

In their panicked flight, Shi Niu and the others burst into the Dead Tree Forest, stirring up even more undead "??." It wasn’t until Lin Qian appeared that they were rescued.

"Take me to your tribe to see. I’ll solve your food problem," Lin Qian rose from his seat, looking at Shi Niu, "Don’t worry, as part of the Human Clan, I won’t just stand by and watch you starve."

"Okay, okay!" Hearing Lin Qian’s words, Shi Niu was moved to tears. Because he knew that there was hope for his tribe now.

After leaving the courtyard, Lin Qian waved his hand to put it into the Huaxia Empire and let Shi Niu lead the way: "Take whichever route is fastest back to your tribe, don’t worry about the undead ’??.’"

Hearing Lin Qian’s words, Shi Niu nodded his head and ran ahead, with Shi Kang and Shi Mei following closely behind.

In Lin Qian’s eyes, Shi Niu’s cultivation was probably at the First Level of Nirvana Realm, with one more layer of Soul Light remaining; it was simply the most common first cycle of Nirvana.

Moreover, the stone sword he carried on his back was carved from ordinary rocks of the Dead Land, very crudely made. When Lin Qian had rescued them earlier, leaping over from a distance, he had also seen a half-formed move from the other side.

It was just the most basic technique, and he hadn’t even used a soul skill.

"With food scarcity, no Primordial Weapons or Soul Devices, and weak combat power, no wonder the good lands to the north have been taken over by other clans," Lin Qian, following behind Shi Niu, was extremely relaxed, without a hint of Soul Power visible on his body.

"Is your Stone Tribe in that direction?" Seeing Shi Niu instinctively avoiding dead trees, Lin Qian asked him to stop and pointed in a direction.

Shi Niu nodded: "Benefactor, it’s exactly in that direction."

Crack!

Red-golden Soul Power climbed up Lin Qian’s body, rushing forward, and when it neared the dead tree directly ahead, the Soul Power vibrated, instantly smashing the dead tree into splinters, scattering in all directions.

Standing there, Shi Niu and the other two were completely stunned.

Shi Niu was very aware of how hard dead trees were, being someone who lived in this world. Even if he used his stone sword to smash one, he could only leave a white mark. With all his strength, perhaps only a sword mark would be left.

Yet the benefactor who had saved their lives had smashed the dead tree to nothingness!

"What are you dazing for, hurry up and follow," Lin Qian called out from ahead to Shi Niu and the others.

"Benefactor, coming!" After hearing Lin Qian’s shout, Shi Niu and the others snapped out of their daze and quickly followed him.

Lin Qian led the way forward, showing Shi Niu, Shi Kang, and Shi Mei what it meant to be unstoppable.

Whatever they came across, be it dead trees or undead "??," Lin Qian charged straight at them, smashing the dead trees to pieces, his hands condensing Thunder Sword Qi, piercing through the undead "??’s" Dantian with a single strike, killing them without any delay.

Over an hour later, Lin Qian stood on a hillside and pointed below: "Looks like that’s your Stone Tribe down there."

Standing behind Lin Qian, Shi Niu looked down at the Stone Tribe and was at a loss for words. The journey back to the tribe had always been one of caution and life-or-death struggle.

But this time, it was as if they were just on a run, simply running for an hour and they were back at the tribe.

"Benefactor, who exactly are you?"

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