The prince of heaven only wants salted fish
Chapter 191: Primitive Orc Sacrifice (14)
The high priest Lin, who had previously said that Ji was born inauspiciously, suddenly changed his attitude and praised Ji in every way, even praising him as the future light of the Aludulu tribe. As soon as this news came out, it immediately covered all the previous gossip at a faster speed.
The beastmen of the Aludulu tribe were very curious about this, and they all wanted to ask the high priest himself when they were not busy.
Then they found that Lin, who usually had a stable schedule like an old cadre who was healthy, had turned into a stay-at-home guy who would not go out easily unless it was important. He would not even go out for his daily walk!!
Lin: It is really comfortable to have a kang to keep warm. He would get angry with anyone who said that Ji was not goodJPG
The high priest's 180-degree turn in his attitude towards Ji Cheng directly dispelled the previous rumors about "Ji's unlucky background" at the speed of light. The doubts of the beastmen who were still skeptical about Ji Cheng were dispelled, and the beastmen who were originally inclined to Ji Cheng were even happier.
The few remaining ones, such as the young orcs who spread those unpleasant words at the beginning, were still very firm in their position that they did not like Ji Cheng. However, seeing that the high priest had changed his tone and praised Ji Cheng, these people certainly could not shout loudly anymore.
However, Ji Cheng did not care much about what these people thought. He was more concerned about another thing now -
Within a month after the first earthquake, the Aludulu tribe actually experienced several small earthquakes in succession.
The magnitude of these small earthquakes was not large. In terms of intensity, many of them were not as strong as the first one, and there were no casualties. The residents of the Aludulu tribe were quite nervous at first, but later they became a little accustomed to it.
It’s just that the orcs have normalized the experience of small earthquakes, but Ji Cheng does not think so.
The residents of the Wuwuyijiu small world may not know because of their backward technology and little experience, but Ji Cheng knows that this situation is definitely not normal.
And it's not just the frequent small earthquakes. As the only human teenager among the orcs, Ji Cheng also keenly discovered that the residents of the Aludulu tribe seemed to have a much hotter temper recently than before - the high priest Lin was particularly irritable, and it can even be said that it has obviously exceeded Ji's memory of the high priest's usual behavior.
It was also because he noticed that Lin himself seemed a little abnormal that Ji Cheng didn't bother him about saying bad things about him. Otherwise, based on the character of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, even if it was not easy to attack people from the same tribe, he would have to beat this guy to a pulp before he would stop.
And on the day when he helped Lin renovate the house, Ji Cheng also learned from Lin that the hot spring water was too turbid to soak in.
These strange things after the beginning of spring, if it were other people in the Aludulu tribe, they might not care about anything, at most muttering "It's really weird", but what if they were pieced together?
The formation of the hot spring and its inexplicable turbidity, the temper of the orcs, especially those whose beast forms are more sensitive to temperature changes, and the frequent small earthquakes all seem to indicate one thing -
This is a serious matter, Ji Cheng directly pulled a few orcs he trusted to find Lin: "The volcano may erupt."
Because the weather is getting warmer, the dependence on the kang is gradually decreasing. Lin has just resumed the habit of going out for a walk recently, and was blocked as soon as he went out: "——Huh?"
What weird things is Ji talking about again?
The orcs who were pulled together by Ji Cheng didn't really understand what he was talking about, but they had almost unconditional trust in Ji Cheng, so they didn't say anything at this moment, but just looked at Ji Cheng with a little confusion, waiting for his explanation.
They are used to Ji always saying and teaching them some weird things.
Ji Cheng's expression is not as relaxed as before, but rather a bit solemn.
He pointed to the west of the tribe: "Dulu Mountain——"
Others stretched their heads and looked.
Ji Cheng summarized it succinctly: "It should be a volcano."
What is a volcano? Others still don't quite understand.
Hua barely guessed based on the words Ji Cheng said: "The volcano means that there is fire in Dulu Mountain?"
"Almost," Ji Cheng explained, "but under the volcano is magma, a thing with a higher temperature than fire, and there is no way to control it."
The orcs didn't understand what magma was, but after listening to Ji Cheng's subsequent supplement, they could also understand how terrifying magma was.
Someone asked nervously: "Then what does a volcanic eruption mean-"
Ji Cheng nodded slightly: "The magma in the mountain will erupt from the ground. At that time, the entire Dulu Mountain and the tribe may be covered by magma."
There will also be volcanic ash that will erupt with the magma. The thick dust may cover the sky, and the sunlight cannot penetrate it, as well as various toxic gases that may appear, which can directly kill nearby residents at the moment of the volcanic eruption.
However, these potential hazards are really hard to explain, and Ji Cheng did not go into detail - after all, just focusing on the magma can already cause devastating damage to the residents of the Aludulu tribe.
When the others heard Ji Cheng's explanation, their expressions changed: "Then we..."
Ji Cheng helped them come to a conclusion: "We will die."
This conclusion is really scary. Even though everyone has inferred such a result from Ji Cheng's description, they still find it unbelievable.
"But, but our ancestors have lived here for generations, and no one has ever seen a volcanic eruption!" Someone stuttered in retort.
"Yes, how could this happen?"
"Two possibilities," Ji Cheng stood aside with his arms folded, "Volcanoes also have active periods and dormant periods. Before, Dulu Mountain might have been in a dormant period, so it would not erupt, just like the scale priests hibernating. Now that the volcano's 'hibernation' is over, the magma inside will naturally begin to 'activate'."
"Of course there is another possibility. My judgment is wrong. Dulu Mountain will not erupt, and it may not even be a volcano at all. The recent small earthquakes are just the frequent movement of the earth's crust. The Aludulu tribe will not be in any danger."
When the orcs heard the second possibility, they all showed a relieved expression, and seemed very willing to believe this guess.
Seeing this, Ji Cheng said again: "But guessing what the situation is is like gambling. If we guess wrong, the price we will pay is our own lives."
The orcs who originally wanted to deceive themselves became panic again.
Their life motto is to live one day as long as they have food today, so they are naturally more willing to believe the guess that is in their favor, but now that Ji Cheng said this, everyone hesitated again.
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Indeed, think about it carefully. If what Ji said is true, then once this "volcano" erupts, won't everyone die? Or be burned to death!
When the orcs present thought of this possibility, they immediately became uneasy.
If Dulu Mountain is really that volcano and it will erupt, then won't they all die?
The orcs looked at each other, and each of them looked very unacceptable to this possibility: Ji called everyone up, couldn't he just inform everyone that they were going to die!
The first person to react in this situation was Lin - he was indeed the high priest. Although he had always been fooled by Ji Cheng before, he was the first to grasp the key point at this critical moment.
Lin asked calmly: "Then you called all these people here, it should not be just to tell us these things, right?"
"What should we do? Do you have an idea?"
Ji Cheng cast an approving look at Lin: "No one wants to die, so of course we have to find a way to save ourselves."
He took out a piece of bark - this was a map that Ji Cheng had specially asked Hua Hexiu to draw before, which marked the location of the Aludulu tribe, as well as some landmark terrain of the nearby forest and Dulu Mountain.
The Aludulu tribe is surrounded by a forest to the east, Dulu Mountain to the west, and some mountains connected to Dulu Mountain to the north. Half of the south is blocked by the forest, and the remaining half is blank on the map.
According to Hua Hexiu's explanation, the orcs of the Aludulu tribe can feed themselves by relying on the big forest. The Dulu Mountain is so high and big that it is hard to ignore. The situation in the south has nothing to do with them anyway. Usually, no prey or beasts are seen rushing out from there, so there is no need to care about it.
Ji Cheng first placed his finger on the location of the Aludulu tribe on the map, and then moved to Dulu Mountain: "We are only so close to Dulu Mountain. If the volcano erupts, such a short distance will definitely not be enough for everyone to escape."
The orcs may not know, but Ji Cheng knows how fast the volcanic ash and toxic gases will jump when the volcano erupts.
Dulu Mountain is a volcano that has re-entered its active period. Ji Cheng has already used his mental power to explore this matter, but Ji Cheng has no way to find out the specific size of this volcano. After all, using mental power to penetrate into the magma is completely different from exploring a forest or something.
Moreover, his body cannot cultivate spiritual power, and his physical fitness is naturally inferior to other orcs. In this case, mental power is Ji Cheng's last resort. Instinctively, he would not rashly consume all his mental power just to find out how big a volcano of unknown size is.
Moreover, Ji Cheng's reserves of geographical knowledge are not that rich, and finding out how big a volcano is is of no help to his current goal - for him, as long as he knows that there is a volcano here, and it is a volcano that may erupt at any time, it is enough for him to make the next judgment.
"So, we must leave."
Leave? !
When the others heard Ji Cheng say this word, they looked over in shock, and the shock on their faces was even greater than when they heard Ji Cheng explain the volcanic eruption just now.
The orcs have a strong sense of ancestral land. After all, the Aludulu tribe has lived here for generations. Moreover, it is not only the ideas and beliefs passed down by their ancestors, but most of the orcs in the Aludulu tribe have never left the tribe too far since they were born. Now Ji Cheng suddenly proposed to leave. Such an idea is no less challenging to them than what they just heard about the volcanic eruption.
Leaving the Aludulu tribe where their ancestors have lived for generations? This is incredible.
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