Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 1 This is the Primordial World

Lei Ming sat on a rock, looking at the wide river. Beside him were giant trees that were hundreds of meters tall, and even the most ordinary blade of grass was taller than a person.

This unfamiliar world filled Lei Ming with a sense of fear.

Two days ago, Lei Ming lived in a technologically advanced modern society, but after an unspeakable disaster, he awoke to find himself in this strange world. Based on his observations over the past two days, this world completely surpassed his understanding, with many things resembling the myths and legends of his previous life.

"Li Meng, look at Lei Ming, he's still sitting there doing nothing. This can't go on." Several thousand meters away, hundreds of strong men carried the huge carcass of a beast. The leading man, Li Meng, was ten feet tall, with bulging muscles that revealed his immense strength.

Li Meng glanced at Lei Ming, frowning.

"Thunder is acting strangely; he wasn't like this before. Perhaps he's worried about the leader who was injured," Li Meng said.

When Li Meng and his group saw Lei Ming, Lei Ming also saw them. Lei Ming was very curious when he saw the ferocious beast, over ten meters long, that Li Meng was carrying. In his previous life, such a beast would have been considered a giant, yet it was no match for Li Meng.

Looking at Li Meng's physique and then at himself, Lei Ming gave a wry smile.

"I have no idea what this guy ate to grow up like this; we're practically from different species. Is the difference between people really greater than the difference between people and pigs?"

Fortunately, apart from Li Meng, Lei Ming's gap with the others is not that big.

As Li Meng and the others approached, Lei Ming went to meet them and helped carry the beast. In two days, Lei Ming had learned about his current environment. He belonged to a tribe of about 100,000 people. The tribe's leader was Shi Guan, a powerful human comparable to a god, but he had been injured not long ago and had not yet recovered.

According to Lei Ming's assessment, this world was dangerous, teeming with colossal beasts. While the tribe could handle the beasts alone, they were also powerful, including their leader, Shi Guan, who possessed superhuman strength. The real threat to Lei Ming's tribe lay in the formidable demonic beasts!

Lei Ming's tribe was still in a relatively backward stage, with its people living by hunting and gathering. Their hunting methods were brutal, entirely hand-to-hand combat, relying on their bodies to fight wild beasts. Gathering was similarly primitive; they collected very few types of food. Fortunately, this land was not lacking in wild animals or food, and Lei Ming's tribe rarely starved to death, unless struck by a natural disaster.

This primitive tribe also had a very primitive way of distributing food: everyone received an equal share. Similarly, the tribe required everyone to participate in labor; if Lei Ming hadn't worked for two days, others were already complaining. However, the tribespeople were very simple and honest, and no one actively criticized Lei Ming.

"Li Meng, do you know how the chief's injuries are?" Lei Ming, walking at the front, asked Li Meng in a low voice. Compared to his tribesmen, Lei Ming understood even more clearly the importance of a strong chief to the tribe.

Li Meng shook his head; his honest and simple personality was completely at odds with his physique.

"Kuyuan is taking care of the leader; I didn't know that." Li Meng's eyes also showed worry. "The leader is very strong; he should recover soon."

"That's good." Lei Ming nodded, then glanced at Li Meng. "Li Meng, how do you usually train?"

Li Meng was puzzled: "Training? What is training?"

"Exactly, how did you grow so tall?" Lei Ming tried to keep his words simple. He realized that although his people were powerful, they were not particularly intelligent.

Li Meng scratched his head: "How did I grow so tall? I have no idea. I was supposed to be this tall."

Lei Ming couldn't help but feel disappointed, even though he had anticipated this. In such a wild world, strength was the guarantee of survival. Unfortunately, Lei Ming's tribe had no way to increase their strength; everyone's strength was innate.

"Then do you know why the leader is so powerful?" Lei Ming was still not giving up.

Li Meng looked at him strangely: "The leader was already very powerful; he was one of the first people created by the Holy Mother..."

The Holy Mother created humans, the first batch...

Lei Ming's expression froze. He stared intently at Li Meng, trying to discern whether the other was lying, but he failed. Li Meng's earnest expression left him no room for doubt, and everyone else wore the same devout expression.

Lei Ming finally understood that this was a mythical world.

Seeing that Lei Ming remained silent, Li Meng assumed he was worried about the leader and comforted him, saying, "The leader has already sent people to the ancestral land for help. Perhaps the Three Ancestors will send people over soon. With the strength of the ancestral land, killing a demon king is a piece of cake."

Lei Ming dared not say too much, lest he reveal his secret.

Over the next few days, he carefully inquired about the tribe's situation. Through the words of others, Lei Ming learned that the ancestral land Li Meng mentioned was the place where the goddess Nuwa created humans, and that the three ancestors he mentioned were Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi.

"I really have come to the mythological story of my past life." Lei Ming was certain of it, but he still couldn't quite believe it. However, the facts forced him to accept it.

According to Li Meng, over a hundred years ago, the goddess Nuwa created a total of 129600 people, of whom 3000 were formed from her essence and blood mixed with the Nine Heavens Breath Soil. These 3000 people were known as the Primordial Human Race. These Primordial Humans were born with great supernatural powers, and some, like the Three Ancestors, were so powerful that even those with great supernatural powers dared not insult them. Even ordinary ones, like Shi Guan, could rival demon kings.

The remaining humans, who were created later, were not as strong. They were created by the Goddess Nuwa using the mud and water from the Nine Heavens Breath Soil mixed with the Creation Whip, and were already tainted by the impure energy of the acquired world, making them far inferior to the innate humans.

To Lei Ming's surprise, he was also one of the acquired humans. In other words, his body was created by the goddess Nuwa with great magic.

"I never imagined I'd be connected to a legendary sage." Lei Ming sighed inwardly, slowly accepting the reality before him.

"Li Meng, don't we have any way to improve our strength?" Lei Ming asked unwillingly. According to Li Meng, the strength of all humans is random.

"Perhaps there is." Li Meng scratched his head. "I think I heard the leader say that the strength of the Primordial Human Race was originally the same, but later the Three Ancestors' strength far surpassed that of the other Primordial Human Race."

"How did they do that?" Lei Ming asked quickly.

Li Meng shook his head and said, "I don't know. We only know that Suirenshi became stronger after he obtained fire, and he could control the flames to burn the demon king to death. Youchaoshi and Ziyishi were not that strong, but their defenses were extremely powerful."

"So that's how it is." Although Li Meng didn't understand, Lei Ming had a few guesses.

"The Three Ancestors must have gained merit from the acts of finding fire, building houses, and making clothes. Although the human race does not know the methods of cultivation, merit can directly improve their strength."

Thinking about this, Lei Ming suddenly understood. In the mythological world, the role of merit was not just to increase strength. He decided to think about it carefully.

Back in the tribe, Lei Ming and Li Meng went to see Chief Shi Guan.

"Li Meng, how was your harvest today?" Shi Guan asked with concern.

"Don't worry, Chief, we hunted quite a few ferocious beasts today, enough for the tribe to eat," Li Meng said.

Shi Guan breathed a sigh of relief; for humans, nothing is more important than food.

"What is the situation regarding casualties among our people?" Shi Guan asked again.

Li Meng looked annoyed: "We encountered two demonic beasts, and more than a dozen of our people died. I wanted to save them, but I couldn't make it in time, and both demonic beasts escaped."

"You've done very well." Shi Guan sighed. After Nuwa created humans, she left. The 3000 humans decided to have some stay in their ancestral land, while the other innate humans each led a tribe to migrate elsewhere. He and several other innate humans brought nearly a thousand people to Qingyu Mountain. After more than 100 years, this tribe had grown to more than 10 people, but all the other innate humans had perished, leaving only him.

As for those humans who were born later in life, there are now fewer than 20 of them.

"I'll leave the tribe to you while I'm injured," Shi Guan said, looking at Li Meng and Lei Ming. "Winter is coming soon, and Ku Yuan said that the heavy snow will close the mountains. I'm injured, so it will be difficult to find food then."

"We can gather food now and store it," Lei Ming blurted out.

Li Meng looked at Lei Ming in surprise: "The stored food will rot in three days at most, it's completely useless."

Lei Ming immediately realized that the human race had not yet mastered the method of storing food, and he felt that this was a good opportunity.

"There are also methods to store food. For example, there are several ways to store meat, such as natural air drying or dehydration drying. Of course, the best way is to use salt to preserve it..." Lei Ming listed several methods in a row, leaving Shi Guan and Li Meng confused.

"Can these really preserve meat?" Shi Guan asked suspiciously, seeing that Lei Ming didn't seem to be joking.

"Of course, using these methods, combined with low temperatures, is enough to get through a winter," Lei Ming said confidently.

"In that case, I'll leave this matter to you." Shi Guan felt that it wasn't a bad thing to let Lei Ming give it a try. If it could really succeed, it would be very important for the entire human race.

After leaving, Li Meng hesitated for a moment.

"Lei Ming, I've never heard of meat being preserved. Are you sure you're okay?" Li Meng asked.

"Don't worry, I'm confident. Next, you need to hunt down more ferocious beasts, then cut up their meat, and leave the rest to me."

(End of this chapter)