Douluo Continent: Pioneers of the Era, Gods in Parallel

Chapter 60 Not far from becoming a breeding tool

Having tested the power of the soul tool, the next step is to hunt and gather food.

Although their soul power is not very strong now, with the crossbows that Zhou Yuan has made in his spare time while forging soul tools, it is still feasible to deal with thousand-year-old soul beasts.

This time, so much time was spent on researching soul tools; the main task was to create a repeating crossbow that met the requirements.

After all, it might be another year or two before it's time for them to hunt for spirit rings.

Naturally, one should be prepared.

After many attempts, I finally found the materials suitable for crafting the composite crossbow.

But making arrows by hand is really difficult.

Fortunately, there are many special materials on the Douluo Continent, enough to meet his desired conditions.

A volley of arrows rained down, and one after another, the bloodthirsty bulls fell to the ground, quickly gathering the meat they needed.

The next step is to collect the staple food.

They chose a location not far from the tribe to explore further.

"This is----"

Upon entering the jungle and seeing a particular spot, Zhou Yuan's expression immediately turned serious.

In sight, there were clearly visible human footprints.

Judging from the size of the footprints, it appears to be several adults with several children.

The moment Zhou Yuan saw the footprints, a multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind.

Are they survivors from one tribe, or people from another tribe?

If it's the former, it would be an incredibly good thing for them.

As for finding other tribesmen and losing his position as leader, Zhou Yuan would not feel any psychological distress.

When he was weak, he just wanted to survive and quietly grow stronger.

But for people from other tribes, things are quite different.

Indeed, they have demonstrated talent, and they are valued even when they travel to other tribes.

But they will soon become tools for reproduction.

Ultimately, the reason is simple: they are outsiders.

Only when they have children can they truly integrate into the tribe through their children.

Besides being known as the Continent of Love, Douluo Continent also has another title: the Continent of Hormones.

Soul Masters are generally quite developed by the age of 12. In other words, if they join other tribes, by the age of 11, whether it is Jiang Caiwei, Zhou Yanyan, or Mangan, Shi Hao, or him, they will all become breeding tools.

They will only receive special attention and support once they have children and truly integrate into the tribe.

In this primitive era, there was nothing wrong with doing so, but Zhou Yuan could never accept it.

Therefore, it is necessary to clarify one thing: whether this group of humans are survivors of the tribe or people from other tribes.

Following the trail and exploring cautiously, they soon entered the depths of the Soul Beast Forest.

"We can't go any further."

Looking around, Zhou Yuan's mind grew even more serious.

He was 80% certain that these human soul masters belonged to other tribes.

Not only that, this group must also be extremely powerful.

They are far beyond what they can contend with at their current level.

The reason for saying this is quite simple.

If they are survivors of a tribe, they will always return to their tribe's location to take a look.

This is human nature.

But living in a tribe, they never saw any outsiders.

As for why they are considered very strong, that's even easier to determine.

The group headed straight for the depths of the Soul Beast Forest, where thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts lived.

It belongs to the mixed zone.

Anyone who brings children along is sure to be quite powerful.

Even at the very least, he's still a Soul King.

"Go back, I'll cover the rear and erase the traces we left behind."

Zhou Yuan's mind grew increasingly serious.

As a result, it is uncertain how long the area where the tribe is located can protect them.

Once discovered, they will most likely be taken away.

While concealing his origins, he pondered his next move.

It seems they should make use of the cave where they hid before, and it would be best to store enough food and various daily necessities there.

Ultimately, the location of the tribe was too obvious.

Besides that, once I return to the tribe, I will start working on producing more gunpowder.

He not only studied gunpowder itself, but also tried to combine gunpowder with soul guides to develop a series of items such as explosive grenades, smoke bombs, and poison gas bombs.

Only in this way can one feel truly at ease.

He would not abandon the tribe unless absolutely necessary.

It's not just because of so-called feelings or anything like that, but also because of convenience.

In addition, the fact that they planted so many crops in the valley and created such good conditions was enough to allow them to move from a primitive, uncivilized era to a semi-modern life.

Having abandoned these things, they would have to return to the caves and live like savages.

If he could, he really wouldn't want to live that kind of life.

Eating a hot meal is incredibly difficult.

Fortunately, that group had clearly ventured deeper into the Soul Beast Forest.

After erasing their tracks as much as possible, Zhou Yuan led the other four to quickly gather the various wild fruits and food they needed before returning to the tribe.

After returning to the tribe, the other four began to process the food in various ways, while Zhou Yuan continued to forge iron.

The discovery of that group of human traces never left him feeling at ease.

Compared to the soul beasts in the Soul Beast Forest outside, as long as they are not ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts or anything like that, Zhou Yuan is still quite confident in dealing with them.

But when facing fellow human Soul Masters, that's a completely different story.

"Chief, what's wrong?"

Just as Zhou Yuan was pondering, Jiang Caiwei, who was the most perceptive, walked up to Zhou Yuan and asked him a question.

Seeing Zhou Yuan's performance, she couldn't help but feel flustered.

Back in the tribe, he said he was going to work as a blacksmith, but he stood there with a forging hammer for a good ten minutes.

"It's nothing, I'm just designing some array inscriptions for soul tools."

Zhou Yuan didn't know if they had seen the human footprints, but it was best not to tell them this as much as possible.

If this matter were to spread among them, it could very well cause widespread panic.

"Chief, is there anything I can do?"

Jiang Caiwei felt somewhat relieved after hearing Zhou Yuan's words.

He couldn't help but ask.

"Perfect, help me concoct some poison, preferably gaseous, or something that quickly produces gas when burned. Whether it's a paralyzing gas, a highly corrosive poison, or a rapidly spreading smoke, whatever works will do."