We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 139 The Secret of the Wa Tribe
For five consecutive days, Xia Minghao led the Wa tribe to dig many wells.

It's not so much that they were led by Xia Minghao, but rather that the Wa tribe members were very proactive and dug even without Xia Minghao's guidance.

This gave Xia Minghao a lot of free time, allowing him to observe the Wa tribe more thoroughly, which led him to discover an even bigger surprise.

There are mulberry trees here!

It was only after careful observation at night that I discovered the insect that looked very much like a silkworm.

I just learned about this.

With mulberry trees and silkworms, you can make silk.

As soon as silkworms produced silk, silk was created!

That's not all; more importantly, this place is practically a natural mulberry-dike-fishpond system.

This place could absolutely be developed into a true silk production base!

A large area of ​​mulberry trees is right next to the stinking pond. If fish can be introduced into the pond, the silkworm excrement will automatically replenish the fish, and aquaculture in the lake will be successful.

Although it is far from the river, the transformed mulberry-dike-fishpond system still allows them to be self-sufficient.

Although there are many problems to be solved, such as how to purify the stinky pond and how to deal with the large number of insect nests there.

But once they connect with their Xia tribe, it shouldn't be a problem.

As for the problem of insect nests, all we need to do is move all the chickens over there, feed the pheasants, and the problem of insects will naturally be solved.

Xia Minghao estimated the time and felt that the ship should arrive in two days.

These past five days have been incredibly grueling. He's almost finished all the dried meat he brought with him, but Xia Minghao still hasn't quite figured out the mystery of the Wa tribe woman's bizarre death.

And there's something strange about it: for some reason, Xia Minghao hasn't seen that "mother" in the past few days, and he doesn't know where she went.

As I was pondering this, I saw several women emerge from behind the stinky pond.

Xia Minghao also noticed that the group of women were actually carrying something...

Yes, a person?
He stood up and looked over carefully. As he got closer, Xia Minghao could see it clearly.

More accurately, it was a corpse.

Dead bodies!
Was it a bizarre death?

With a suspicion forming in his mind, Xia Minghao immediately went over and saw the condition of the corpse.

The corpse had pale skin, frighteningly purple lips and nails, bruises all over its body, and obvious signs of necrosis in its limbs.

This is definitely not a natural death?
Poisoning?

Get ill?

But what kind of disease is this? I've never seen anyone from my Xia tribe get it.

Xia Minghao frowned as he looked at the corpse, a sense of familiarity suddenly washing over him.

Wait a minute, I think I've seen this situation before.

But it's definitely not a symptom of someone close to me, otherwise I would remember it very clearly. But where exactly did I see this kind of situation before?
Xia Minghao frowned and pondered, but he just couldn't remember.

At this moment, many people gathered around, looking at the dead woman, but no one spoke.

“Ah Hao, if you tell your mother today, she will let you attend the Pushi Conference.”

Suddenly hearing a random remark beside him, Xia Minghao, who was deep in thought, turned around and saw Arno.

Push Conference?

I had heard about the Pushi Conference long ago, but I could never get any information about it from him. Every time it was mentioned, Arno's expression became very solemn.

So tonight is the night of the full moon?

Thinking of the so-called Pushi Conference, Xia Minghao also thought of what the woman had said before: that "Mom's reward" would be after the Pushi Conference.

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Dinner was served very early tonight, just as dusk was falling.

The gloom that had been brought about by the mysterious death of another woman in the tribe was swept away from everyone's mind, especially the men who were qualified to participate in the Pushi Conference, who were particularly enthusiastic.

Xia Minghao awaited the arrival of the so-called Pushi Conference.

Suddenly, they saw women emerging from the flower bushes.

These women actually took off their leaves and walked straight over.

At the same time, Xia Minghao saw that "mother" again.

It was only then that I realized that the woman's hair color wasn't black!
When I first came to the tribe, I couldn't see clearly because of the firelight. Now, under the glow of dusk, I can finally see it.

Crimson red hair...

Although there are many different hair colors among Caucasians, this was the first time Xia Minghao had ever seen one.

Suddenly feeling a bit curious, he asked Arno beside him.

"Arno, is your mother from your Wa tribe?"

Arno turned his head and immediately answered Xia Minghao.

"No, Mother came later. She was sent by the god Pushi to help our Wa tribe."

She was indeed from out of town; otherwise, it would be impossible for such a large tribe as the Wa tribe to have only one red-haired woman.

Xia Minghao was puzzled. If he had come to join the Wa tribe, there shouldn't have been only one person.

Did the other red-haired people all get killed by the Wa tribe, and then this woman had a revenge factor in mind, which led her to eliminate the Wa tribe's former patriarchal ruler and bring the Wa tribe back to a matriarchal society?

But when Arno asked, he received a completely different answer than he had guessed.

This woman came alone, joining the Wa tribe as if she were herself.

But the primitive era was so terrifying, how could this woman have arrived alone, or did everyone who was with her on the way die?
Doubts arose immediately, but there was no way to get any answers from the outside world, and Xia Minghao himself could not deduce any reliable answers.

The women had already entered, followed by the men who were attending the Pushi Conference.

The men also put away their leaves, and the two groups huddled together. There were significantly more men than women; there were a dozen or so women, but more than fifty men.

The women maintained their aloof and superior attitude, while the men knelt down one after another.

Xia Minghao immediately understood what the Pushi Conference was after seeing the details of the scene.

At the same time, Xia Minghao also heard the sound of prayers around him.

Good grief, they're making it sound so sacred.

Looking at this group of people, I mentally complained.

They don't even watch movies, yet they're praying. This group of people are truly too deeply superstitious about the so-called God of Push.

"Ah Hao, you should pray quickly. If you pray to the god of Push at the Push assembly, then the woman will not die."

Upon hearing Arno's words, Xia Minghao was just wondering whether he should put on an act.

In an instant, he remembered where he had seen that kind of death before.

My roommate is on a foreign assignment in Africa!
He sent it; it was from an African woman, and it was the same kind of death.

However, because of his ordinary skin color, even though the manner of his death was similar, and because I only saw him once in the dormitory group chat, I didn't have a deep impression of him.

And that roommate said the cause of death was none other than sepsis!
Sepsis is an infection that spreads throughout the body via the bloodstream, and it has an extremely high mortality rate.

blood……

Xia Minghao then thought of Arno's words and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

Why could the Pushkin Assembly grant women immortality?
It's probably not some fabricated god of worship, but rather, menstruation.

After the Pushkin Conference, women who became pregnant stopped menstruating.

In such places, there is no clean environment during menstruation, and they don't seem to have any means of handling things like sanitary napkins, which makes women very susceptible to sepsis!
Actually, the women of the Xia tribe didn't come up with anything like sanitary napkins, which served as a reminder to Xia Minghao.

Although the environment is much better than that of the Wa tribe today, the existence of such problems cannot be ignored.

Xia Minghao's wide eyes gradually returned to normal, replaced by an uncontrollable smile.

Now we can leave. When we return, we can bring back sanitary napkins and sell them to the Wa tribe. They can use them for ten days or half a month, and naturally they will develop trust in the Xia tribe.

The next step is to plan gradually, which is currently the safest option.

The sacred prayers gradually faded away, and the ten-minute-long Wa tribe's Pushi assembly came to an end.

The men and women finished their missions and returned to the crowd.

At that moment, Xia Minghao saw "Mom," who was looking at him.

A woman walked over at the same time and said to Xia Minghao.

"Mom wants you to come over; she'll give you a reward."

What exactly is the reward?
Xia Minghao stood up, seemingly casually patting his chest, but actually checking if the small wooden box containing the totem stone was still there.

Then he walked forward.

Following behind the woman, Xia Minghao didn't say much. The sun gradually set, and the road became increasingly difficult to see.

After passing through the flower-filled area, they suddenly realized that the women had all disappeared.

The red-haired woman did not stop and continued walking forward.

Xia Minghao silently produced a small wooden box and placed it in his hand. Although she was just a woman, he could completely subdue her with his male strength.

But now Xia Minghao had an inexplicable sense of unease, feeling that he wouldn't be safe without the totem stone.

Just as the sun was about to set, a fire was seen flickering in the distance.

firefly?
Fireflies only appear in places with good ecological environments.

Upon seeing the swarms of fireflies, Xia Minghao realized that the stench had long since disappeared.

Looking around, we had reached the end of the valley, a dead end surrounded by mountains.

It turns out this woman lives in such a clean place.

After walking for a while, Xia Minghao finally saw a campfire inside a cramped cave.

Could this be where this red-haired woman lives?

Xia Minghao felt puzzled and followed the woman into the cave.

"Stop."

Before they had even passed the fire, just as they reached the side, the woman suddenly spoke, her tone aloof.

"Kneel down and lick my feet."

This again?

Where did this habit come from...?

Xia Minghao remained completely still, with his hands behind his back. He opened the small wooden box, and with just a slight turn, the totem stone inside would fall into his hand.

Seeing Xia Minghao's reaction, the graceful red-haired woman seemed to have expected it and glared at him.

"What you're saying isn't true; you don't want to obey me. Then you will die!"

In that instant, a sparkle appeared in the woman's eyes.

The flames in the bonfire surged forth instantly, like tongues of fire sweeping towards Xia Minghao.

At this critical moment, Xia Minghao took a deep breath, the totem stone fell into his hand, and his body instantly swelled up!
"This woman is from the Fire Tribe?!"

But the woman's eyes were filled with horror, completely losing their previous condescending attitude. Instead, she looked like a fertilized fawn, her body collapsing to the ground.

She saw the distorted totem that appeared behind Xia Minghao in an instant.

Immediately, I recalled the prophecy that my father, who had been killed by rebels, had told me back in the tribe—a prophecy passed down through generations by the chieftain of the Fire Tribe!

"Catch the Root Treasure!"

"Zhua Genbao?"

Hearing that familiar sound again, Xia Minghao's pupils dilated violently. Now he was even less likely to let her escape!
(End of this chapter)