Lu Yao read the [grandmother’s] beg repeatedly and confirmed that he understood correctly.
The sea monster was indeed a child born from a woman of the East River Tribe.
The [Grandmother] also explained why.
Of the babies born to the East River Tribe, female babies would always grow up healthy. However, if a male baby was born, the baby would grow scales and a tail in a short period of time, and its body would be hunched over, gradually turning into a lizard-like monster in the water.
Sea monsters have great strength and unbreakable scaly epidermis, and their bodies will continue to grow and moult off layer upon layer of skin. Until the end of their short lives.
Their disadvantage is that they can’t stay away from water sources.
As for the reason for this, the East River Tribe is not clear. They only say that it is a gift from the praying gods, giving birth to sea monsters so that they can rule over the entire waters.
Not long ago, the sea monster group collectively suffered from a disease that had never been seen before.
The East River Tribe could not cure them, and watched as the formerly mighty and majestic sea monsters now lay sickly in the water one by one. Apart from the three dead ones, some of the sea monsters had already turned up their bellies in the water, foaming at the mouth, and looked like they wouldn’t live for long.
This also made Lu Yao have a few sighs.
The sea monster in front of the stage: strong body, thick epidermis, full of oppressive appearance, overlord crossbar.
Behind the scenes, the sea monster: a tragic life, a painful destiny, a weak and sluggish body, and a disease-ridden body.
The seemingly invincible sea monster in the water is not only itself the result of a male baby mutation, but also encounters problems with access to medical care.
In desperation, [Grandmother] also had no choice but to come over and turn to the local gods.
That is, Lu Yao.
This request Lu Yao was also a bit clueless.
Unfortunately, I’m not a medicine god.
In miracles, there is only the creation of various natural phenomena and disasters, but there is no such thing as a great healing technique.
Of the Garlic Tribe’s three hundred or so people, plus the shaman there were a total of three medicine men. Healing the sick was in short supply, let alone healing sea monsters.
[Grandmother] just prayed silently outside the temple and confessed to the gods. This kind of secret that concerned the survival of the tribe, she did not tell the Prophet and Shaman.
Lu Yao pondered.
There could be so many reasons for sea monsters to get sick. The water is too cool and too hot, there are too many aquatic plants, climate change affects …… and may even be the birth of an infectious disease exclusive to sea monsters.
At present, he can only say that there is nothing he can do to help.
The development of the civilisation of the East River Tribe is not ideal, but the Garlic Tribe has ushered in another landmark event.
[Writing gradually became popular in the Garlic Tribe, and the Garlic Tribe learnt to use names.]
With this reminder, Lu Yao noticed that the Garlic Tribe’s little people had their respective names floating above their heads one after another.
[Prophet] called Nonglai.
The [Shaman] was called Hunting Cang.
The Hogfish brothers also finally had their own names.
The one who loves boar is [Hero] Headhunter, and the one who loves fish is [Hero] Fishwalker.
There were two big surnames in the Garlic Tribe, the farmers were both surnamed Nong and the hunters were both surnamed Hunt.
On top of that, the small number of fishermen who came into existence because of the fishing nets are surnamed Fish. The two carpenters were surnamed Wood, the pharmacists were surnamed Medicine, and the salt people were surnamed Salt.
In a nutshell, everyone in the Garlic Tribe has a name based on their own occupation.
It can also be seen here that although [Prophet] and [Shaman] are the leaders of the tribe, leadership is not a specialised position off the job. Their respective vocation was in fact that of farmer and hunter, and they usually performed related labour.
The use of text makes specific names unique to each villain. The birth of the name, in turn, allowed the pixel villain to have more complex self-reflection and close communication.
Lu Yao noticed that two villains were exchanging ideas.
One of them was called Nongyu, and the other was called Fishing Huan.
Nong Yu asked, “The food in the farmland, wheat and potatoes can be planted in spring and harvested in winter. So is it the same with the fish in the water?”
Fishing Huan said, “The fish in the water grow on their own, just like the wheat.”
“Then if the fish are planted in the soil in the spring, will they grow more in the summer?”
“Of course not. Fish can only live in water.”
An exclamation mark suddenly appeared on the head of the fisherman, “You seem to have a point. Although fish can’t grow in the soil, if you make a ‘water farming field’ by the river, you can raise fish in it, that way it’s like harvesting wheat, and when it’s autumn you’ll be able to catch a lot of fish straight away.”
“Got to spread fertiliser.”
Nong Yu said, “Fish eat worms, and there are lots of worms in the farmland. You can feed these worms to the fish and they will grow bigger and more.”
“Right!”
The two villains were instantly excited, and together they ran to the river and began to feel around.
Lu Yao turned his attention back to a villain named Mu Hao.
Mu Hao was one of the tribe’s two carpenters, and he was logging in the forest at this time.
The Garlic Tribe’s tools were still stuck in the wood and stone based stage, so the carpenters used stone axes, and cutting down trees was very labour intensive. But at this time the wood miller was at ease, walking alone, with helpers to do the work for him.
He found a good way after some time of fiddling around.
Wooden Hair found a small animal called a [beaver] by the river, which would gnaw on trees and build nests. He then raised beavers with wheat, and only brought these critters out every day when he went out to cut down trees.
This route, which was somewhat like pointing a crooked skill tree, was very effective for a short period of time.
There were quite a few more situations like the one above.
Lu Yao could feel at this time that the Garlic Tribe had finally come out of its muddled primitive state, and everyone was beginning to figure out how to live better and labour more efficiently.
Just as Lu Yao was observing the crowd, Isabelle, who had not been heard from for a long time, finally sent back a message.
She found the Bedu tribe in the southern desert.
However, unlike the rumours, there were only 32 people left in the Bedu Tribe, and the oasis where they used to live for generations had been taken over by a group of desert monsters. The Bedu have fled almost all the way in the direction of the Garlic Tribe.
With the loss of the oasis, their population has plummeted to less than one-tenth of their peak population. Due to their hasty escape, the Bedu tribe didn’t take any of their belongings with them, they just ran wildly on their camels.
Isabel met them when the Bedu tribe encountered a band of desert bandits.
She describes, “The band of robbers were dressed in simple black garments, but inside were linen garments and carried cloth bags; they were of the Salt Pond tribe.”
Isabel, the apostle, stepped in and took out half of this band of robbers, and the rest were captured and brought along with them, totalling eleven.
The little men of the Salt Pond Tribe disguised as robbers, each one strung like a sugar gourd on a string, walked behind Isabel with their heads hanging down.
[Because of Apostle Isabel’s persuasion, the Bedu Tribe joined the Garlic Tribe.]
[The Garlic Tribe and the Bedu Tribe merged, and the faith got a slight boost.]
The population rose to 347.
The Faith Value went up by 120 points, and the total Faith Value recovered to 160 points, and the Miracle Reserve was once again sufficient.
Lu Yao’s gaze was firmly fixed on the two types of livestock brought by the Bedu Tribe.
Camels, sheep.
Animal husbandry was finally on the horizon.
