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Episode 1 of Eternal Night in the Prehistoric Calendar: The Age of Legends Chapter 8: Survive Li Er is sharpening his stone-tipped spear, which is his only weapon.

In Li Er's memory, when he was still very young, Li San and Li Si were not yet born. He heard his grandfather say that when his grandfather was still very young, there were metal weapons in their tribe.

At that time, their tribe was not here, but in a place with abundant water and grass. There was a small hill not far from the tribe. They dug out ore from there, then tempered it into metal in the tribe, and beat it into various metals.

A tool or weapon.

Li Er heard from his grandfather that the tribes at that time had tens of thousands of people and an army that specialized in hunting large monsters. The tribes at that time not only cultivated the land, but also planted whatever they wanted. There were no owners coming to collect rent, so

There wouldn't be any tribes who would just come over and kill someone for fun. It was the golden age of human tribes at that time.

Li Er didn't believe this. He felt that his grandfather was bragging, or that he had to make such fantasies because his life was too cruel. Otherwise, he would not be able to live.

What Li Er knew was that his grandfather had a total of eight children, but in the end his father's son survived, and the other children either died of illness or starved to death, and most of them were brought in as taxes to make food.

Among them are his mother and eldest brother Li Da.

Li Er couldn't even think about that kind of dream-like life. The only thing he could think about was that he would catch a big prey during this hunting, and after paying it as taxes, he could still leave some bones for the two of them.

Brother, they have been hungry for two days, and the last piece of sweetgrass root is now in his stomach.

After Li Er polished the spear, he saw two figures standing at the door, blocking the area tightly with thatch.

"What...are you doing?" Li Er looked at it carefully and immediately asked loudly.

At the door were Li San and Li Si. They also each took a long wooden spear. Although it was not a sharp stone spear like Li Er, it could still be used for stabbing. It was obviously picked up for hunting.

weapons.

Li San and Li Si looked at each other and laughed. Li San said in a deep voice: "Boss, this is what we all have to face anyway. If we can't pay this tax, I'm afraid we will all be treated as meat."

We have to pay taxes, so why not let’s go together? With more people and strength, maybe we can hunt the prey?”

Li Si smiled and nodded happily beside him, and Li Er fell silent. After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "I am the second child, not the boss. Don't call me wrong."

After saying that, Li Er stood up and left the thatch bag, and his two younger brothers followed him. Li Si said: "We really have no impression of the boss at all. You are our eldest brother."

Li Er shook his head and said: "I didn't pay all the taxes at that time. I would have chosen children and women first. The boss pierced his throat that night. He died for you, so we can't forget it."

Both Li San and Li Si's expressions became serious. They did not speak anymore and followed Li Er to the entrance of the tribe. There were already more than ten men waiting there, and then seven or eight more men came one after another, a total of twenty

With a team of several people, this is already one-third of the adult males in the tribe.

There were no shouts or words. The old, young, women and children in the tribe looked at them with numb, gray eyes, watching the hunters in the tribe walk away in silence.

Li Er, Li San, and Li Si are the three rare brothers in the team. The others basically have no brothers. This is also because the father of the three of them is the best hunter in the tribe, so they have enough

The prey came to pay the taxes, which also allowed the three brothers to survive.

However, as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer prey around the tribe, and the taxes demanded by the masters of the tribes are increasing. This has led to more and more people in the tribe being turned into meat. Some people have secretly

He escaped from the tribe, but this is illegal. Anyone who escapes from the entire tribe will be killed, and they will be tortured with insects or magic in an extremely cruel way. Therefore, when encountering such a situation of escaping from the tribe, the tribe leader

The only thing we can do is to hunt them down and then offer them as meat for taxes.

This further led to the decline in the number of tribes. At the same time, people in the tribe began to be indifferent to each other. I heard that there were cases of stealing other people's crops and food. This also led to less and less prey being hunted, and the number of animals that could be hunted was reduced.

The taxes paid are getting smaller and smaller.

This is a vicious cycle, but no one has a solution.

Li Er, Li San, Li Si and other three brothers can't do it either.

Fortunately, they are three brothers, so theft is unlikely to happen to them. At the same time, they also inherited some of their father's unique hunting skills, so the three of them are the most likely to survive this tax payment period.

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But even the three of them knew that after this tax payment period, half of the tribe might not be able to survive.

At this time, everyone walked in silence for a long time, and some people started to whisper. Li Er was silent, Li San was serious, and the youngest Li Si was still a teenager. He walked back and forth in the team several times before he came to the two

Next to his brother, he was talking about the conversation he just heard.

"...They said that there was another tribe that had too few people left after paying taxes, and all the remaining people had been killed and made into meat." Li Si whispered with fear in his eyes.

Li San looked at Li Er. Li Er was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said: "It's unlikely. Even if the number of people is small, the land is here and it's impossible for the men of all races to cultivate it. If they kill all the people

Now, who will farm for them?"

Li San also nodded silently, and Li Si hurriedly said: "They also said that after all the people in those tribes were killed, the master of Wanzu captured a lot of humans from somewhere and forced them to farm. But these humans were very

They were no good at farming, so they led the gentlemen to kill them all again."

This time, Li San directly retorted: "There are so many people. There are only so many surrounding tribes, and they don't have many people. There are not so many people. The clan leader is right, we have fewer and fewer people."

, the masters will be merciful and let us cultivate for more than ten years. Until more tribesmen are born, they will continue to collect taxes. This has happened before, so we just need to survive this tax."

Li Si nodded ignorantly, but Li Er remained silent. After a long time, Li Si said in a very small voice that only three people could hear: "They also mentioned the guerrillas..."

"Shut up!" Li Er and Li San yelled at the same time. They looked at each other, and Li Er said seriously: "Forget what you just heard, and never say these three words again in the future... for sure.

Remember, it’s a disaster!”

Li Si, however, was unconvinced and whispered: "Why? I heard them say... the guerrillas help us and fight against the masters of all races. Why are you so afraid of the guerrillas?"

Li San said patiently: "Li Si, you are still young and don't understand this. The guerrillas are not here to help us, but to drag us into the water."

Li Er also nodded and said: "I heard that the guerrillas are tangled together with traitors who fled the tribe. They have no land, no way to farm, and no protection from the gentlemen of all races, so they are not qualified to hunt prey.

They live miserable lives, so they are unwilling to give in and hope to drag us good people into trouble. This is also the thing that gentlemen hate the most."

Li Si had a look of confusion on his face, and Li San took advantage of the situation and said: "Ahua said before that something happened in a tribe farther away from her tribe, that is, a guerrilla group estimated that a tax collector would be killed.

The clan master wounded him and then threw him at the door of that tribe. That tribe dared to neglect him.

, we can only worship this master of all races, and wait until the large army of the masters of all races comes, and send him back properly. However, because that tribe has come into contact with the guerrillas, the masters of all races will send all the people of that tribe

They were all killed and made into meat. Do you think these guerrillas are harming people?"

There was a struggle in Li Si's eyes. After a long time, he growled: "You...do you really think so?"

Li Er and Li San were silent, Li San also had a struggle in his eyes, but Li Er sighed, looked up at the blazing sun in the sky, and then said: "If you don't think so, what should you think? Li Si,

Remember this sentence, this is what my father told me after I became sensible. You were still young at that time, and I will tell you now..."

"Only by living, only by living, can you do anything else. If you die, then there will be nothing. So Li Si, no matter what you think in your heart, you must express the same thoughts as Li San and I.

, do you understand?”

"You must think like this, you can only think like this, because we all have to survive!"

Li Si gritted his teeth so hard that he couldn't say a word.

In fact, he really wanted to say that if they think this way and do this, then...are they really alive?

The team moved forward, and finally, when dusk came, an endless forest appeared in front of them.

This is also their destination, a forest rich in prey.

It's just that this forest is very dangerous. Seven or eight out of ten people who have gone into hunting have never come back, but everyone who comes back will bring back a lot of prey.

The most terrifying thing is that this is a forest that even the men of all races dare not enter easily. Although the men of all races do not prohibit them from entering, and are even happy to see them enter for hunting, they are not fools. Even the extremely powerful

How could they dare to enter a place where men of all races dare not enter easily?

But now they are forced to have no choice but to venture into this forest, because if they don't enter, they will die. If they enter, they may be able to bring back a large number of prey. Then they can survive and live as long as the patriarch said.

The recuperation period is a happy time when they and their families can survive as long as they pay a small amount of tax, only two-thirds of the tax on their farmland.

After everyone saw the forest, they walked towards the interior of the forest even more happily.

At the same time, in the forest, dozens of people from all races were fleeing towards the forest, and arrows shot from behind them from time to time, and from time to time, people from all races were penetrated to the end.

And behind this group of thousands of people, on the treetops, in the leaves, in the darkness, there is a group of human forms, but with pointed ears, either petite, with dark skin, or with hot bodies and white skin.

The creatures jumped nimbly in the woods, and the bows and arrows in their hands were like the kiss of death, constantly attacking all the races in front of them.

These are...

Elves.