This Is My Primitive Tribe
Chapter 137 - 111: The Desert and the Great Rift Valley

Chapter 137: Chapter 111: The Desert and the Great Rift Valley

The giant eagle carried Jiang Xuan and the Old Witch away from the Frog Tribe.

By the lakeside, the Frog Tribe leader Huo Meng watched the giant eagle gradually shrink in the distance, remembering his previous conversation with the two, feeling as if a heavy stone was pressing on his heart.

He touched his face, painted with six horizontal lines, but he knew clearly that it was false, merely a facade to intimidate others.

"If only I were truly a Six-Color Warrior, that would be wonderful!"

Huo Meng let out a sigh.

He then turned to look at the Divine Lake, where the water level was gradually decreasing, and at the countless frogs by the lake, as well as the hundreds of tribe members in the forest.

"Perhaps one day, if the Divine Lake dries up completely, where will our Frog Tribe go then?"

The Frog Tribe is not strong, even considered relatively weak, and without the protection of the Totem God, even if they migrate, they may not be able to seize a suitable place to live, and also face the risk of being annihilated on the road.

Thinking of this, Huo Meng’s brows furrowed into the shape of the Chinese character "川", the man who appeared very tall and mighty, at this moment, felt helpless like a child.

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In the sky of the Western Wilderness, the giant eagle continued to fly forward.

The further it flew, the hotter the temperature became, the sparser the vegetation on the ground, and the more severe the desertification.

On the twelfth day of flight, Jiang Xuan and the Old Witch finally saw a real desert!

In this place, yellow sand filled the sky, and if a strong wind arose, it would whip up terrifying sandstorms, engulfing everything.

At dusk, the giant eagle landed on the ruins of an already abandoned tribe.

Jiang Xuan dismounted from the eagle’s back, gazing at the ruins half-buried by sand and dust, then grabbed a handful of scorching sand, saying, "This kind of place is no longer suitable for habitation."

The Old Witch, who had never seen a desert, was even more shocked by this stretch of desert. He looked at the endless sand dunes, and muttered in a daze, "How did it become like this..."

Jiang Xuan noticed a large number of dead trees among the sand, half-buried in sand, some severely weathered, others relatively intact.

This indicates that this place was once a forest, and the desertification period should not be too long.

Jiang Xuan said to the Old Witch, "Given the current situation, this desert will rapidly expand. I estimate that the Frog Tribe’s area will eventually become like this, too.

"This is a natural disaster, something beyond human control."

"Will the Frog Tribe’s territory also turn into this?" The Old Witch found it hard to believe.

Jiang Xuan nodded with certainty.

"It’s terrifying."

At that moment, the Old Witch could only be grateful that the Eagle Tribe and Vine Tribe were not in the Western Wilderness.

As dusk fell, Jiang Xuan gathered some dead trees and used the method of fire drilling to make a fire.

When night descended, the desert quickly cooled, shifting from hot to cold.

"Crackle, crackle..."

Darkness quickly enveloped, and Jiang Xuan roamed nearby but found no harvest.

Perhaps because there was no oasis nearby, or because the desert had appeared too recently, there were no animals adapted to this environment yet.

However, after night fell, Jiang Xuan used his night vision ability to spot some small bugs and a few lizards.

These small creatures were trying hard to adapt and survive in this newly emerged desert and had not perished due to the dramatic change in environment.

Jiang Xuan caught a lizard about thirty centimeters long and examined it thoroughly, saying, "Lucky for you, we still have dry rations, so today, you won’t be eaten."

Jiang Xuan released the lizard, which quickly fled, clearly startled.

"Unexpectedly, there are still animals that can survive in such a place."

The Old Witch watched the departing lizard and was quite moved.

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "There will always be animals with strong adaptability that can survive."

The Old Witch nodded, saying, "Indeed, those with strong adaptability can survive anywhere."

That night, Jiang Xuan and the Old Witch ate some dry rations and drank some water, then laid down a large beast hide by the fire and slept.

The next day, they continued flying on the giant eagle.

In the following days, they found two oases with water sources in the desert, where quite a few wild animals lived, and the giant eagle filled its belly in the oases.

On the eighteenth day of entering the West Desert, they finally made a significant discovery.

It was a huge rift valley, stretching countless kilometers, extending forward from the desert of the Western Wilderness.

"Heavens, the earth has cracked open!"

The Old Witch stared at the endless Great Rift Valley, deeply shocked by the sight, something he had never seen anywhere before.

Jiang Xuan had also not seen such a rift valley, but he had heard in his past life that there was a continent with a famous Great Rift Valley.

However, he couldn’t figure out whether the rift valley before them was the same as the one he had heard about in his previous life.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the ground below shook violently, kicking up clouds of dust.

The giant rift valley trembled, and countless sand and stones rolled down into the unfathomably deep valley.

"Cry!"

The black giant eagle instinctively sensed danger, then quickly turned and flew back.

Not long after the black giant eagle flew away, a mountain peak beside the Great Rift Valley suddenly cracked open, and billowing black smoke rose from it, resembling thick dark clouds.

The giant eagle got frightened and flew even farther. Jiang Xuan and the Old Witch, however, turned back and kept staring at the cracked mountain.

"Boom!"

Before long, a terrifying flow of magma erupted like a fountain from the mountain’s summit. The red magma splattered around like water droplets and flowed down the mountain slopes.

"Volcanic eruption!"

Only after seeing this scene with his own eyes did Jiang Xuan realize how terrifying a violent volcanic eruption could be.

Fortunately, this was an uninhabited desert; otherwise, it would have spelled a massive disaster, causing countless living beings to perish!

The Old Witch was so shocked that he couldn’t speak; such an apocalyptic scene made him feel deep fear.

"Boom!"

Soon afterward, another volcano erupted, and the sky over there became as dark as ink—not with dark clouds, but with volcanic ash that had yet to fall!

The ground continued to tremble, and the giant eagle desperately fled, not daring to land.

Jiang Xuan suddenly thought of something and said to the Old Witch, "Have the giant eagle fly in the direction where the ground is cracking open!"

The Old Witch nodded and then had the giant eagle do as Jiang Xuan said.

Though the giant eagle was a bit reluctant, it changed direction and flew forward along the Great Rift Valley.

The farther the giant eagle flew, the narrower the rift became, as if a river were flowing upstream, where the source might be just a few puddles.

Gradually, they moved away from the volcanic eruption zone, and the Great Rift Valley below continued to extend forward.

Moreover, the area where the Great Rift Valley was located occasionally experienced earthquakes, and the giant eagle would only dare to land far from the rift whenever it rested.

After flying for three days like this, they finally reached the end of the Great Rift Valley, where the ground crack was only a few centimeters wide.

"Rumble!"

However, after another tremor, the ground crack continued to extend forward!

If this continues, the Great Rift Valley will only grow longer and wider. In the end, will it split the Primordial Continent into two halves or more?

By then, what will the Eastern Wilderness, Western Wilderness, Southern Wilderness, and Northern Wilderness become?

Thinking of these, Jiang Xuan both wanted to see the final result and felt a heavy burden.

He was unsure of what the Vine Tribe would become during such upheavals and whether it could withstand the impending challenges.

Jiang Xuan said to the Old Witch, "The changes in the Western Wilderness should be related to the ground continuously cracking open."

The Old Witch looked at the continuously splitting ground and nodded heavily.

Besides this reason, based on his knowledge, he couldn’t think of any more causes.

Staring at the seemingly endless rift, the Old Witch said, "It’s time to return, and I don’t know where this fissure will ultimately lead to."

Jiang Xuan said helplessly, "We can only leave it to fate."

"Yes, leave it to fate," the Old Witch replied with a complex expression, as he believed he didn’t have many years left to live and was unsure how much more change he’d witness.

Jiang Xuan added, "Since we can’t find anything more significant, I think we should go back too."

This time they had been out for quite a while, and when they returned, the ice and snow in the Southern Wilderness might have melted.

Especially knowing the environment in the Western Wilderness had deteriorated to such an extent, Jiang Xuan eagerly wanted to return to the tribe to make more preparations to face future challenges.

"Let’s go back."

The Old Witch had no objections to this. During this trip, he had seen too much and decided to convey what he had witnessed this time on beast hides and rock walls upon returning.

The two of them climbed back onto the giant eagle and embarked on the return journey.

"Screech!"

The giant eagle circled in the sky, took one last look at this desert, then headed toward the Southern Wilderness.

"Rumble!"

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The ground continued to tremble occasionally, and the massive rift kept extending forward, its end unknown to anyone.

On the way back, Jiang Xuan and his companions passed by the Frog Tribe.

They replenished their food and water at the Frog Tribe.

Before leaving, Jiang Xuan said to the Frog Tribe leader Huo Meng, "If one day your tribe migrates to the Southern Wilderness, you can come to the Vine Tribe to find us."

Huo Meng, surprised, asked, "Aren’t you people from the Eagle Tribe of the Eastern Wilderness?"

Jiang Xuan, sitting atop the giant eagle, flashed a neat smile and pointed to the Old Witch, saying, "He’s from the Eagle Tribe, not me."

"Let me formally introduce myself. I’m Xuan, the leader of the Vine Tribe in the Southern Wilderness. If you ever make it to the Southern Wilderness, remember to look for me, and I’ll treat you to some good food."

The giant eagle quickly flew away, while Huo Meng stood there, motionless for a long time.

Jiang Xuan had informed him about the situation on the other side of the Western Wilderness. Although Huo Meng was reluctant to believe it, if the Frog Tribe wished to continue surviving, they had to start considering the issue of migrating the tribe.

However, will the Frog Tribe be able to migrate successfully? Huo Meng had no confidence in this.