1 The Scary Primitive Jungle

Alternate world, the Southern Wilderness Mountain Range of the Primordial Continent.

"Xuan, hold on. We'll be able to escape soon."

In a daze, Jiang Xuan heard a girl's voice. He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw an ancient forest with abundant old vines.

Jiang Xuan realized that he was slumped over the girl's back. The girl was running quickly, making him feel uncomfortable in his dizzy state.

At the same time, he felt a persistent stabbing pain in his chest, and he was clearly bleeding. He must have suffered a serious injury. Feeling groggy, Jiang Xuan closed his eyes.

After some time, the girl who was panting heavily finally stopped and put him under a large tree.

"Xuan, open your eyes and look at me. Don't scare me."

Jiang Xuan opened his eyes with difficulty and saw a flustered girl in animal skin clothes.

'Where are we? Who are you?'

Jiang Xuan wanted to ask, but he realized that he no longer had the strength to speak.

"Wait here for me. I'll find some herbs to stop your bleeding."

The girl ran hurriedly away, leaving Jiang Xuan on the ground, unable to move. He looked at this unfamiliar world and smelled the strange smell of grass and blood.

What is going on?

Jiang Xuan clearly remembered that he had gone to bed late at night after working overtime. Why am I here? Could this be a dream?

Suddenly, he felt the world spin. His mind was stuffed with information.

It took him a while to recover and digest this information.

First, he'd transmigrated. And he'd crossed over into an extremely dangerous primitive world.

The original character was a 12-year-old boy named Xuan, a member of a small, primitive tribe. The girl was his sister, a year older than him. Her name was Chi Shao.

Primitive people were not very particular about names. They would name anything they thought of.

In the tribe, 'Xuan' meant red-black and also rope, because the written character looked like a woven rope.

And 'Chi Shao' was the name of a herb, the red peony root. It meant nothing else.

Their tribe had just been attacked by the enemy tribe. Their parents had given their lives to protect Chi Shao and Xuan.

In the battle, Xuan was stabbed by the enemy and Chi Shao fled with him on her back.

Actually, halfway through the flight, Xuan died from his injuries. Coincidentally, Jiang Xuan transmigrated over and took over everything from him.

The mysterious power of transmigration had saved his life for the time being, but if his wound didn't stop bleeding or became seriously infected, he would still die.

In this miserable situation, Jiang Xuan was not in a state to complain. The most important thing now was to preserve his own life.

"Sha sha sha…"

At this moment, Jiang Xuan heard a continuous sound. He turned around and his expression froze as fear appeared in his eyes.

A huge centipede more than half a meter long seemed to have smelled his blood and was quickly crawling towards him.

The centipede was completely red and countless times larger than the centipedes he had seen before. Its armored body, cold eyes, sharp mouthparts, and hook-shaped hundred feet made his scalp tingle.

Oh no, oh no. Am I going to die here after transmigrating?

Jiang Xuan watched as the ferocious centipede crawled closer and closer. Its mandibles and poisonous glands kept opening and closing. Once it was close enough, it would inject its venom into him. At that time, Jiang Xuan would definitely die!

"No… no…"

Jiang Xuan felt that the blood in his body was about to freeze. He let out a weak sound, but he could not stop the half-meter-long centipede from approaching.

Just as Jiang Xuan was in despair, a short spear suddenly flew over with a whoosh and pierced through the centipede's back, nailing it firmly to the ground.

At this moment, this huge centipede was less than 30 centimeters away from Jiang Xuan. If the short spear was slightly slower, he would be dead.

"Xuan, are you okay?"

Chi Shao hurried over, clutching a handful of herbs.

She walked over to the centipede that had been impaled by the short spear. Ignoring its writhing body, she stepped on its head with precision. Then she pulled a sharp stone knife from her waist and cut off the big centipede's head.

"Phew…"

Jiang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. He had managed to stay alive for the time being. He was really scared to death just now.

The centipede's body was still wriggling slightly, but it was no longer scary.

Jiang Xuan looked at Chi Shao gratefully. It was all thanks to this sister who had saved his life.

"Let me apply the medicine for you first."

Chi Shao put the herbs into his mouth and he chewed quickly.

When the herbs were completely chewed, she untied the animal skin clothes on Jiang Xuan and applied the chewed herbs to his wound.

It was strange. After applying these herbs, Jiang Xuan's wound felt cold, and the bleeding gradually slowed down.

Chi Shao opened the animal skin bag hanging from her belt again and took out a white spider web that looked like cotton. She sealed the wound along with the herbs, then helped him to put on the animal skin clothes.

"It's not safe here. Sister will take you to a safe place."

After Chi Shao treated Jiang Xuan's wound, she put the beheaded centipede into an animal skin bag. Then she carried Jiang Xuan and continued to run.

On the way, Jiang Xuan saw many animals and plants that made his scalp tingle.

For example, spiders the size of washbasins, scorpions the size of watermelons, mantises that could cut through branches as thick as an arm, and so on…

Even plants were not easy to deal with.

After a bird approached a bright flower, it got trapped by its barbed petals which snap-closed instantly, turning the bird into fertilizer.

If he was watching a documentary, Jiang Xuan would definitely find these animals and plants interesting. However, now that he was actually there, he only felt fear.

The primitive forests in this world were extremely dangerous. If one was not careful, one might die.

Chi Shao's stamina exceeded Jiang Xuan's expectations.

She carried him on her back for three to four hours, during which she had to avoid all kinds of dangers. However, Chi Shao did not slow down and her breathing was steady.

It was not until evening that Chi Shao found a cave and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

The cave was not deep, and there was a lot of dry wood inside. There were some ashes and charcoal on the ground. Clearly, someone had started a fire here before.

There was a pile of hay on the ground. Chi Shao turned the hay over and checked carefully. There were no poisonous insects hiding there. Then she spread the hay out and let Jiang Xuan lie on it.

"It's almost dark. I will start a fire first."

Chi Shao found a solid stick among the dry logs and a softer piece with a groove in the middle.

She sharpened one end of the stick with a stone knife, then placed it in the groove of the firewood and rubbed them quickly.

Jiang Xuan had seen many outdoor survival programs in his previous life. He knew that this was called the Fire Plow Technique. It relied on friction to generate heat and produce an ember, and then ignite an open fire.

As Chi Shao rubbed the stick along the groove, she explained to Jiang Xuan, "In the past, I followed the hunting team out to hunt. If I couldn't return at night, I would stay here for the night. There are several places like this."

"Cha cha cha…"

The friction produced a lot of wood shavings from the groove. The end of the stick was blackened.

A tiny wisp of smoke rose. Chi Shao put the stick down, cupped the piece of firewood in both hands, and blew gently into it.

A spark burned quickly, igniting the thin wood chips and forming a spark.

Chi Shao grabbed a few handfuls of dry moss and kneaded them into a large ball. Then she used a stone knife to pick the fire seed into the dry moss and slowly blew on it.

Thick smoke rose from the moss, followed by a sudden flame.

Chi Shao quickly placed the burning moss on the ground and added small dry branches. After the small dry branches were ignited, she added more dry branches.

Soon a fire rose and illuminated the cave.

Chi Shao went to the outside of the cave and found a fresh branch. Using a stone knife, she bifurcated the branch and shaved off the outer bark. Returning to the cave, she took the half-meter-long centipede out of the hide bag. She skewered the whole thing with the branch and set it to roast beside the fire.

When the centipede was alive, it was poisonous. However, when it was roasted, it became food.

The centipede's shell crackled. The meat inside quickly emitted a fragrance under the high temperature.

After the big centipede was roasted, Chi Shao peeled off the shell and tore off the centipede meat. She brought it to Jiang Xuan's mouth and said, "Eat more. Your wound will heal faster."

Jiang Xuan was injured and had not eaten for a long time. He was already starving. Smelling the fragrance of meat, he did not care if it was a centipede or something else. He opened his mouth and ate.

After eating half of the centipede, Jiang Xuan felt like he had come back to life.

"You… you eat…" Jiang Xuan struggled to speak in the tribal language.

Chi Shao nodded with a smile and ate the rest of the centipede meat. She had to maintain enough strength to protect Jiang Xuan better.

After eating the centipede meat, Chi Shao fed Jiang Xuan some water and changed his medicine. Then she gathered many thick withered trees to block the entrance of the cave to prevent ferocious beasts from barging in in the middle of the night.

After everything was done, Chi Shao sat beside the fire. Jiang Xuan lay on the hay as the firewood crackled.

When she was preoccupied, she didn't have time to think.

Now that she was free, her emotions rose.

Chi Shao looked at the dancing flames and whispered, "The tribe is gone. What should we do in the future…"

Jiang Xuan said with difficulty, "At most… at most, we… we'll build a new tribe."

Chi Shao smiled, but said nothing.

In this dangerous primitive forest, how could it be so easy for the two of them to establish a tribe?