Mecha Era, Punch the Stars

The appearance of Liang and Teng signifies that the first intelligent race under Li Yi's command has ushered in an era of transcendence.

Although it is still the crudest and simplest way to transcend, it undoubtedly signifies that the dog people have more confidence to expand their tribe.

With the introduction of mushrooms and citrus fruits, a wider variety of food became available, leading to the hunting of more giant creatures.

With constantly refined new weapons and the guidance of extraordinary individuals, in the fiftieth year since the emergence of the Youchao clan, they finally expanded into a larger area and experienced a breakthrough in population growth.

Using their newly invented bows and arrows and spears, they hunted the fire-eating storks in South Orange Hill, seized South Orange Hill, and occupied an entire hill of orange groves.

They found that oranges grown in Nanjuqiu had a significantly better effect on physical health.

Although the underlying principles are unknown, this did indeed lead to significant breakthroughs in the population, life expectancy, and height of the Youchao clan.

The population reached 3,600, and five sub-tribes were formed around the mountains.

There is one around the mountains, one on each side of the South Orange Hill, and one each in the near-lake area and deep-lake area of ​​East Lake. The tribes gradually differentiated from each other.

Among them, Jiang leads the Dashan tribe, which has a total population of nine hundred. Their main occupations are cultivating mushrooms, collecting resources from the mountains, and exporting firewood and dried meat from large creatures to other tribes.

Cang led the Dongjuqiu tribe, which had a total population of 800. He used the methods of cultivating oranges to produce more oranges and raised a group of warriors with the tallest average height, who then sent strong men to other tribes.

Chai led the tribes in the lakeside area, which had a total population of seven hundred. He was responsible for cultivating aquatic products, planting rice, and exporting food. He was not originally good at these things, but after some discussion among his brothers, he was ultimately chosen to lead the lakeside area, which had the strongest productivity at the time, and to lay the foundation for other tribes.

Jiang's eldest son, Dao, leads the Deep Lake Tribe, which has a total population of five hundred. Liang is his most powerful general, responsible for fighting against large creatures in the Deep Lake area and seizing more living space.

The five tribes formed an effective cooperative division of labor, and after a long honeymoon period, they successfully enabled the Youchao clan to break through its first major population bottleneck.

The average life expectancy was 45 years.

As their average life expectancy increases, the population will inevitably grow faster and faster.

Over time, the average height has increased with each generation, reaching a current average of 1 meters.

Liang, an outstanding member of the new generation, continued to grow taller. Even after having three sons, he still grew taller, reaching a terrifying height of 1.6 meters.

Liang, who was this tall, was agile, strong as a bull, and could swallow charcoal and breathe fire. He wielded a large bone blade made from the shinbone of a fire-swallowing stork, and could fight tigers.

Teng's height eventually fell short of Liang's, stopping at 1.4 meters.

He invented a rattan whip, which, combined with his own physical strength, allowed him to fight leopards alone.

The Youchao clan gradually developed a warlike atmosphere and revered the brave and martial.

Although the other descendants of Jiang, Cang, and Chai also made good contributions and made their own inventions and discoveries, they were ultimately not as influential as Liang and Teng within the tribe.

Through the worship of the strong, the importance that canines placed on wisdom gradually diminished during their long period of expansion and struggle.

In the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed since the honeymoon period of cooperation among the five tribes, and the total population has continued to grow, reaching an unprecedented 6,200.

The Dongjuqiu tribe of Cang benefited the most, not only producing the strongest group of warriors in the Youchao clan, but also surpassing the Dashan tribe of Jiang in total population, reaching 1,500, which was quite astonishing.

With just their impressive number of able-bodied young men, they could frighten large creatures from daring to invade the dog-people tribe at will, and they would flee at the mere sound of the dog-people gathering.

Only large creatures with a height of twenty or thirty meters dare to roam freely.

Fortunately, these large creatures seemed to find the area lacking in resources and did not inhabit this region. Cang had sent able-bodied men to explore further south and east of Orange Hill, where they discovered that the number of large creatures living there was greater, and they were taller and more powerful.

Therefore, although they have grown much stronger, they have not continued to expand.

Instead, they chose to continue accumulating strength around Orange Hill, researching, discovering, and passing on more skills and methods that could strengthen their race.

Unfortunately, as Cang approaches forty, he still hasn't found a better, more groundbreaking solution.

On the contrary, they gradually came to realize the limits of the orange fruit, or rather, the short-term limits of the canine genes.

It is unlikely that their offspring will experience another surge in height.

Even among the younger generation, some are shorter than the previous generation.

Moreover, the average intelligence of the new generation has declined sharply. Many of them have to learn the characters that represent their own names for a long time, much slower than previous generations, which makes Cang doubt whether he did something wrong.

This decline left Cang Baisi racking his brains, but he couldn't figure it out. Several experiments and attempts failed.

Even due to long-term worries and the decline of age, he could no longer maintain his former calm mindset.

The current Cang is less like a tribal chief wielding great power and more like an old man in his twilight years, his pioneering spirit and ambition declining to the extreme and becoming difficult to maintain.

His body was rusty, and the hidden injuries accumulated in his early years and old ailments tormented him, leaving him emaciated.

During this period of time, Cang has become increasingly distressed by this version of himself.

"Father, have I done something wrong?"

“Wisdom is clearly more important, but I unknowingly chose a shortcut, leading my descendants to develop in a stronger direction.”

Is it because they are more focused on physical exercise and neglect observation, learning, and utilizing wisdom that they have not only lost height but also become far less intelligent than the previous generation?

Under such self-examination, he suffered both physical and mental torment, and his lifespan was about to run out.

Although his lifespan was much longer than that of other dog-people of his generation, as a tribal leader whose living conditions were far superior to those of ordinary dog-people, it was actually considered a short lifespan.

Putting aside everything else, their father, the high priest, lived to be over fifty years old, which was much longer than the average lifespan of the tribe.

His elder brother, Jiang, is almost fifty years old this year, but he is still vigorous and strong.

On this day, feeling that his days were numbered, Cang summoned his eldest son, Ju, whom he valued most.

"Father."

Ju, who is nearly 1.4 meters tall, could have looked down at Cang, who is only about 1 meter tall, but he still performed a kneeling bow with utmost respect.

He already knew about his father's situation and that he was worried about the recent decline of the tribe's younger generation.

Therefore, although I was not surprised to see Cang looking so emaciated, I felt sorry for him.

Cang said, "Ju, do you think we've unknowingly strayed from the Nest God's will?" (End of Chapter)