Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 120 The First Thing After Waking Up
Each shedding of the skin is a deep sleep, and this time is no exception.

However, this time, Du Yi arranged everything before going to bed. He even took time to give those savages onboarding training.

Yes, onboarding training.

To prevent these savages from getting involved in anything unnecessarily, Du Yi specifically assigned them to be in charge of mammoth breeding.

This was the most suitable solution that Du Yi had come up with after much deliberation. After all, he had done serious communication before. However, the result was that the savage leader was discussing the meaning of life with him one moment, and the next he turned around and burned down the snow mountain.

Whenever he encountered this situation, Du Yi would miss the Radiant One from back then.

Although he initially thought it was just normal, after seeing many cases of people not understanding human speech, he realized just how human-like that Radiant One was.

It's incredibly rare to find a wild man who can communicate normally like this.

After all, most savages really can't understand human language.

But it doesn't matter if they can't understand human language. A living person can't be held back by their own urine. Although Du Yi may not be considered human right now, he can still think of a way. Since communication alone can't make these savages behave, he might as well find something for them to do.

The raising and breeding of mammoths sounds simple, but in reality, it's an endless task. After all, mammoths will continue to be raised generation after generation, and there's always room for improvement in the quality of their meat. In addition, taking care of elephants on a daily basis is quite troublesome, which is enough to keep the wild people busy until they wake up.

Of course, for safety's sake, Du Yi didn't just fall asleep right away. Before entering a deep sleep, he kept an eye on these wild people for over thirty years until he was sure that they were indeed raising mammoths steadily, and that the mammoths had even reproduced for two or three generations before he finally felt at ease and went to sleep.

"There shouldn't be any problems now."

Du Yi thought this before falling asleep, after all, he had checked it again and again.

And this long sleep seems to prove this point.

Undisturbed and undisturbed, Du Yi slept soundly for a long time. Although he hadn't eaten much before bed, the ample sleep allowed him to fully recover his strength and energy.

However, just as Du Yi woke up and wanted to see just how far the mammoth had been iterated, a problem arose.

The mammoths are gone.

Even the savages are gone.

Du Yi was certain that he hadn't moved; the place he slept in was the sacred mountain of those savages back then—even though he was actually a little reluctant to sleep in this place that had turned into a mud pit, who would have thought that he would actually start to be a bit picky about his bed, and that he couldn't sleep if he really left this place.

Moreover, mud, which may seem like a symbol of filth and disorder to humans, felt warm and cozy to snakes once they crawled inside, like being covered with a blanket. So, after confirming that it was a place where he could sleep comfortably, Du Yi didn't move to another spot.

However, it was obvious that those savages had moved to a different place, and heaven knows where they went.

He even brought his mammoth with him.

"Are you really not even leaving me breakfast?"

Du Yi immediately became anxious. He hadn't eaten much before falling asleep, and now that he was awake, the mammoth had been taken away by someone.

"I have to get my mammoth back!"

This was the first thing Du Yi had to do after waking up. Those were his mammoths, and who knew how many generations they had gone through? He had to taste them.

However, before setting off, Du Yi definitely needed to eat something to fill his stomach.

Then came the most troublesome part: "What's available to eat?"

Unlike his previous awakening after a deep sleep, perhaps due to the great flood, everything around him had undergone tremendous changes—the terrain, the vegetation, and the animals were no longer the same as they had been back then.

"There are no giant oxen, no antelopes, no dire wolves, and no cave bears..."

After smelling the air, Du Yi was astonished to find that none of the animals he had listed in his menu were there.

And most importantly, without the saber-toothed tiger, the mammoth was also taken away.

"hiss……"

Du Yi started having a toothache.

Du Yi was somewhat dismayed to find that none of the familiar recipes remained. In the past, the first thing he did upon waking up was to prepare a barbecue. However, after a brief moment of dismay, Du Yi became more interested in the new animal smells.

"There should be something new, right?"

Du Yi was full of anticipation for the new ingredients.

Then he realized that there seemed to be nothing to look forward to.

Cows, sheep, pigs, wolves, lions, leopards... and maybe chickens, ducks, geese, etc., but those are too small, not even enough to fill a tooth gap.

These kinds of dishes are nothing new. For Du Yi, who has tasted many kinds of meat, this is just too ordinary. When he smells these dishes, he doesn't even have an appetite. Even if these dishes were placed in front of him, he might not take a bite.

If there's anything new to eat, it's probably crocodiles. Although they're still a species that Du Yi remembers, he hasn't eaten them much, so eating them now is at least something new.

So Du Yi began his fishing work.

Of course, in Du Yi's view, he was catching crocodiles in the ditch, but the overflowing river water directly flooded the riverbed all the way over him. If it were before, he might not have realized this and would have just let the floodwaters flow along. However, after having experience dealing with a major flood, Du Yi also knew how much damage something that he considered just a splash could cause.

Just like now, that wave, which he could only call a splash, roared past, destroying house after house.

"Wait a minute, isn't there someone here?"

When Du Yi saw the houses in the distance, he realized that these savages hadn't migrated very far—although he didn't know if these savages were the same ones from back then, but that didn't stop him from going over to take a look.

After taking a look, Du Yi was even quite pleased.

They must be descendants of those savages from back then, since they still retain the tradition of worshipping snakes.

Although the snakes they worshipped looked somewhat distorted—the faces and necks on those snake patterns were noticeably larger, clearly resembling cobras.

However, considering that the so-called Ignis language of those savages changed every time they woke up, it seems reasonable that the snake patterns have become distorted now.

"Let's take a look first... wait, is it a sacrificial ceremony in progress?"

Seeing that an altar had been set up and a sacrificial ceremony was being held in the temple not far away, which was decorated with a large number of cobra patterns, Du Yi immediately went over out of curiosity.

He was curious about how these savages would worship him.

(End of this chapter)