On the city wall, Xiao Chen no longer hesitated. He gestured for the five centurions to stand up and asked, "Have there been any unusual movements among the scattered human tribes within a radius of 10,000 kilometers?"
Hearing Xiao Chen's question, one of the five centurions took a step forward and said, "Reporting to Lord Chief, this subordinate has traveled along the tribe for ten thousand kilometers to the east. Among the human tribes that we encountered, there were no signs of other races!"
"Reporting to Lord Chief, I have followed the tribe for 10,000 kilometers to the west, but I have not found any traces of foreign tribes!"
"Reporting to Lord Chief, I have followed the tribe for 4,000 kilometers to the south, but I have not found any traces of foreign tribes!"
"Reporting to Lord Chief, I have followed the tribe for 6,000 kilometers to the north, but I have not found any traces of foreign tribes!"
"Reporting to Lord Chief, I have followed the tribe's orders and lurked around the Mountain Moon Tribe for several days. I have not found any foreign tribes, but there have been experts from other human tribes. However, I am weak and could only hide far away from the valley to investigate. I did not dare to approach!"
"Could it be that this is just an inadvertent move of the foreign tribes?"
Hearing the report of his clansmen, Xiao Chen did not speak. He could not help but secretly speculate.
That day, in that valley, he found traces of the non-humankind among the dense human flesh and blood. After all, in the wasteland, and in the territory of the humankind, few people dared to openly slaughter an entire human clan, except for the non-humankind.
"Or perhaps this foreign tribe has already left the Gu Yuan Tribe by 1,000 kilometers."
Despite this speculation, as the chief of the tribe, Xiao Chen shouldered the life and death of tens of thousands of clansmen. He could not rely on luck to protect the safety of the tribe.
Therefore, after he returned to the tribe from the ruins of the Mountain Moon Tribe, he summoned Tie Wen, who had been promoted to the Dark Hall Master of the Gu Yuan Tribe, and sent out the elite warriors of the tribe to explore the surrounding Wasteland. These five people were just one of the groups. At the moment, there were hundreds of warriors shuttling back and forth within a thousand miles of the Gu Yuan Tribe, continuously transmitting information about the Wasteland back to the tribe.
After a while, Xiao Chen did not dwell on this. Regardless of whether the foreign tribes appeared or not, the Gu Yuan Tribe had to be prepared.
"Ding Shan!"
"Yes!"
"Captain Ding, lead your team of 1,000 people and set off to the Kuishui Lake immediately."
The Kuishui Lake was originally the ruins of the Kuishui Tribe. Now that the all-powerful Kuishui Tribe had been exterminated by the Gu Yuan Tribe, the resource-rich Kuishui Lake had naturally become the Gu Yuan Tribe's property. In order to exploit the resources in this area, Xiao Chen had divided 3,000 slaves from the Black Snake Tribe and the Kuishui Tribe into fishing and gathering mussels for the Gu Yuan Tribe.
Now was a troubled time. In order to avoid any unforeseen events and keep this resource-rich land firmly in his hands, Xiao Chen had specially ordered Ding Shan to lead the tribe's soldiers to set up camp. On one hand, he could suppress these slaves, and on the other hand, he could intimidate the surrounding tribes and prevent other tribes from taking advantage of the Gu Yuan Territory. After all, the Gu Yuan Tribe's territory was too large, and it was impossible for them to send soldiers to guard all the places. They could only guard some resource-rich areas.
"Shi Ya, lead your team of 1,000 people to Red Rock Mountain, where the Red Copper Mine is located!"
"Yes!"
"Xiao Wangkun, lead your team of 1,000 people to Stranglethorn Valley, where the Star Pattern Iron Mine is located."
"Yes!"
After annihilating the Mysterious Snake and Kui Tribes, not only did they obtain the wealth that the two tribes had accumulated for hundreds of years, they also seized the two mines from the two tribes. The Star Pattern Iron Mine and the Red Copper Mine were materials used to forge ordinary weapons. With these two mines, the Gu Yuan Tribe could forge their own weapons and armors. After all, weapons and armors were consumables.
In these two mines, Xiao Chen had sent 3,000 slaves to mine the ores. Of course, Xiao Chen would not treat these slaves as humans like how he treated the Mysterious Snake and Kui Tribes. Xiao Chen would not treat these slaves as humans. He was particular about the long-term benefits, and would not exploit these slaves too much.
"Huang Liang!
Lead your team of 1,000 people to guard the tribe's headquarters. "
"Mu Wuya, your team of 1,000 people is not full yet. Go to Little Cang Mountain and guard our tribe's treasure mountain of medicinal herbs. Little Cang Mountain is less than a thousand miles away from the tribe's headquarters. If there are any disturbances, we will be able to send the news back to the tribe in less than a day."
"Huang Liang, Mu Wuya, yes!"
Then, the five chiliarchs walked down the city wall and called out to their respective tribe soldiers, preparing to set off to their respective camps.
At this moment, only Xiao Chen, the three elders, the Dark Hall's Hall Master Tie Wen and the others were left on the city wall. They looked down at the five divisions of the tribe soldiers in silence.
After a long time, a sigh was emitted from the First Elder's mouth. "It's fate. The Mountain Moon Tribe's strength was originally on par with our Gu Yuan Tribe. Now, the entire tribe has been slaughtered, and not even their corpses remain. In this way, our Gu Yuan Tribe can be considered to be satisfied with such a scene!"
"According to the tribe leader's description, we can vaguely make out traces of blood in the tribe's territory. They must have used a formation. Otherwise, it would be impossible for tens of thousands of people to be slaughtered so silently!
These foreign tribes really deserve to die! "
"It seems that this foreign tribe sacrificed the entire human tribe to refine some kind of evil weapon, or to devour the human's flesh and blood essence to heal himself. No matter what the reason is, our Gu Yuan Tribe cannot let down our guard. We must prevent this foreign tribe from taking advantage of us!"
Hearing the elders' words, Xiao Chen thought for a moment, then said again, "Send out all the tribe's Dark Hall members. Search the area within 3,000 miles of our Gu Yuan Tribe carefully again. Do not let go of any suspicious people!
Especially those scattered tribes. We must thoroughly investigate them. "
After annexing four tribes, the Gu Yuan Tribe's current sphere of influence spanned 3,000 miles. It was inevitable that there would be some scattered tribes in such a large area.
Tie Wen then left with the order. This was the first mission he had received since becoming the first hall master of the Dark Hall. Coupled with the fact that such a cruel foreign tribe had appeared near the tribe, it gave him a sliver of pressure.
Even though Boulder Valley was at the back of the human territory and was backed by the Sleeping Dragon Mountain Range, the land had constantly changed hands between humans and foreign tribes over the countless years. As a result, there were countless foreign tribes lurking beneath the land. Some had even reproduced in the area for several generations. However, they always hid themselves in the hinterlands of the human territory and would not easily show themselves. They would either live in seclusion in uninhabited forests or in strange valleys. The scorpionmen that had been exterminated by the Gu Yuan Tribe were only a small minority.