Chapter 1361: Heavenly Thunder Close-Range Observer

"Lu, then why don't you tell me about the situation of your troops this time? Baifeng and I had an agreement; has it changed now?"

Lu pointed to his own troops and said: "It hasn't changed. We all came according to the King's arrangements. There are exactly one thousand Soldiers, all with the highest configuration, and weapons like the Strong Crossbow have also been brought."

"The most important Bombs have not been reduced by even a little bit; we brought more than last year to make up for the reduced number of our Soldiers."

"However, because the Logistics Team's speed is truly too slow, we brought a portion ourselves, and the rest is still behind."

"Oh, right, those people pulling the supplies are also from your Tribal Alliance. I asked them for people because we didn't have enough manpower. To quickly catch up with your troops, we had to have people bring the food along. This is no problem, right?"

Xuanyuan's expression remained as usual: "Of course there is no problem. They are there to serve as our transit point. The food being delivered is not just yours, it is also ours, so there is no problem. Now, continuing to move forward is the real priority. The further we go, the sooner we will be able to encounter the enemy."

"Right, that is what I think too. Tribal Chief Xuanyuan, now look, what is it like? Where have we arrived? This is my first time here."

Xuanyuan looked ahead: "If we go forward for another four days, we will reach the place where your Soldiers were buried last year. We were waiting for you, which is why we were moving so slowly; otherwise, we would have passed it long ago."

"Now, what do you think? Are you prepared to rest here for a bit, or should we continue moving forward and rest when it gets dark?"

Lu looked at the current state of the Xuanyuan Tribe; they hadn't set up camp at all, just sitting on the spot to rest. They themselves had also seen the Xuanyuan Tribe stop to wait for them, which is why they had sped up to catch up, and now they were a bit tired too.

But the sky was still bright, so Lu said: "Then let's continue to set off. We'll find a place to set up camp when it gets dark. The sky is still so bright now, we can't waste time."

Since Lu had said so, Xuanyuan also very naturally waved his hand: "Everyone get up! Continue forward!"

The order was transmitted at once. Those Soldiers who were sitting or lying down all slowly stood up, and the flag representing the Xuanyuan Tribe was also raised higher.

Lu also passed his own order down, letting the troops following the Xuanyuan Tribe continue to walk, while he walked together with Xuanyuan and the others.

Now both sides were a bit silent; after all, they were not particularly familiar with each other. Xuanyuan was more familiar with Xiong and not very familiar with Lu, so there was nothing to talk about, and they walked forward in silence and awkwardness.

Just a short distance away, Jiebing had already led the Soldiers to the place where they were defeated last year. In the places where the Grass had just grown out, one could vaguely see some small pits. According to the introduction of the Soldiers, those were the pits blasted out after the Heavenly Thunder fell.

With physical evidence, the credibility was a bit higher. Although a Winter had passed and the traces were already very indistinct, there were many of them, and they could be seen in many locations, so Jiebing could not help but believe it.

But Jiebing was very curious and asked those Soldiers who were lucky enough to survive and were not injured: "When the Heavenly Thunder fell, what was it actually like? Was the sky also full of dark clouds?"

"Was it also a bolt of light that struck the ground and then blasted you to death?"

That Soldier said with lingering fear: "The sky was clear, there were no clouds. Anyway, the Heavenly Thunder just suddenly exploded on the ground. Red light, and then it puffed out black smoke, the sound was special, very terrifying."

"It just suddenly exploded? Without even dark clouds?"

That Soldier first nodded, then quickly shook his head slightly: "Actually, I saw it. It seemed like the other side threw something over first, and then after that thing landed on the ground, the Heavenly Thunder appeared. So, I feel that that thing might be related to the Heavenly Thunder, but at the time it was truly too fierce, too terrifying, I didn't dare to look closely..."

Jiebing picked at his ear: "You all look, it didn't fall from the sky, it was thrown over by the other side. Just because the sound was loud and there was smoke, you all felt that the Great Shaman summoned the Heavenly Thunder. I feel that is impossible. You must be talking nonsense yourselves. How could there be Heavenly Thunder?"

"Jiang Ming, Jiang Cheng, you two are still too timid. Your tribesmen are also too timid; they cannot be considered Soldiers."

Jiang Ming and Jiang Cheng were very unconvinced, but they had nothing to say. In the end, Jiang Ming stubbornly said one sentence: "Whether it is Heavenly Thunder or not, you will know when you meet them. That sound and that power, if it isn't Heavenly Thunder, then what could it be? Is it Earth Thunder?"

Jiebing laughed disdainfully, then turned his head and pointed at that Soldier who was lucky last year and unlucky this year: "You, if it starts this year, you will be on the field. Keep your eyes on those Heavenly Thunders and see how they come, and what those things thrown over are, and whether they have any relation to the Heavenly Thunder."

That Soldier trembled like chaff and wanted to refuse, but his lips were fighting each other and he couldn't speak. Jiebing casually patted the Soldier's shoulder and walked straight away.

That Soldier's legs went soft, and he almost collapsed. This arrangement was more terrifying than letting him go to his death. Heavenly Thunder, that was Heavenly Thunder. To make him stare at the other side amidst the sky full of Heavenly Thunder, who could do that?

Jiebing just hadn't seen it, which is why he was like this. It would be best if he could see it for himself this year. It would be best if he were blasted to death by the Heavenly Thunder, so he would know just how powerful the Heavenly Thunder is.

Jiebing did not cross the boundary line drawn by Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe. The marks on the wood and stones were very obvious. Jiebing could not understand the characters, but he was very curious about those strange symbols. He looked left and right, but just couldn't figure out what they meant.

The totem of the Xuanyuan Tribe was easy to recognize: a bear, a bear crawling on the ground. Perhaps there were many tribes that used bears as totems, but the only ones who could be enemies with their Shennong Clan were the Youxiong Clan.

The totem of Huaxia was very strange. Jiebing looked at it for a long time and didn't understand it either, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, a totem is not a realistic painting; everyone's totem basically has some exaggerated or magnified components.

And it's not that the more ferocious the totem, the better; it must have its own meaning. The totem of the Shennong Clan is an ox, because it is said that the first-generation Shennong had a human body and an ox head, just like the Fuxi Clan and the Nuwashi, who had snake bodies and human heads, which were especially special. However, no one felt it was wrong or strange.

Anyway, the totem of the Shennong Clan ended up being an ox, but they themselves also ate ox, and the Shennong Clan should be the earliest tribe in the world to domesticate oxen, only they didn't let it plow the fields.