The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 397 Planning of 129,600 Blessed Lands

There were indeed a lot of people who signed up, young and old, totaling over ten million...

"Chief, isn't there a lot of people?" Xi and the others couldn't help but gasp when they were helping to count the number of people.

"Not many, not many. Anyone with this intention can come with me," Luo Zu said with a smile.

He did hope that there would be more ambitious younger generations among the human race.

Think about it, compared to the hundreds of billions of humans, the population of the Upper Caveman has reached an unprecedented level. It can be said that even if all the humans in the entire prehistoric world were combined, they probably wouldn't be as numerous as the Upper Caveman tribe.

"Chieftain, I also want to sign up." Huowa raised his hand timidly.

This old fellow hadn't signed up before, but now, after hearing Luo Zu speak like this, he's got the idea again.

"Let's go together, let's go together." Luo Zu readily agreed.

"Elder Huo, if you go too, who will take care of the clan? What if that pig-faced, eight-clawed tribe takes this opportunity to invade our territory?" Tie Touwa shouted.

Ironhead didn't sign up either; he really wanted to stay and protect the rest of his tribe.

"Iron Head, this opportunity is not to be missed. You should come with me." Luo Zu stopped Iron Head's scolding and tried to pull him along as well.

Ironhead hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head: "Chieftain, I'll stay in the tribe and wait for you to come back so I can listen to your explanation."

"Enough with the talk. Each of you should leave a clone to guard Luoxiang." Luo Zu waved his hand, making a firm statement.

Upon hearing Luo Zu's request, everyone naturally understood that they could not refute it, since Luo Zu had already made his point.

After Luo Zu's insistence, no one in Luo Township objected anymore. Instead, they offered suggestions, established rules for staying behind, and gathered together to speculate on various possible events, big and small, that might happen to the Upper Cave Man tribe thousands of years later.

They also prepared to refine a defensive formation they had deduced in their early years. This formation would cover the entire territory of the Upper Caveman tribe, spanning tens of thousands of miles, connecting the earth's veins below and the spiritual energy veins above. It could transform the power of heaven and earth into an invisible wall of energy that enveloped the entire tribe, enough to resist any enemy below the level of a Celestial Immortal.

Of course, there are differences between True Immortals. If a True Immortal is as large as Kuafu Wu, their combat power is probably comparable to that of a Celestial Immortal, and the human race's defensive formation probably cannot defend against it.

However, such a colossus would not care about such insignificant ants as humans; it would not care if it crushed a whole bunch of them.

However, Luo Zu witnessed the damage it caused firsthand. Merely passing through Luo Township brought many crises to the human race, but also many opportunities.

In short, the defensive formation of the Upper Cave Man would also need to be refined for a very long time, about sixty-six years.

It will consume an unknown amount of manpower and resources, but this decision was consistently made from top to bottom, and no one objected.

While watching the divinations performed by the elders and clan leaders, Luo Zu flipped through the list of applicants.

I saw a familiar name among them—Caiyuan.

She was the little girl who possessed the two supernatural powers of Sword Heart and Penetrating the Netherworld back then. Now she is eight hundred years old, quite old, and her cultivation is also quite advanced. She became a True Immortal three hundred years ago. Now she has surpassed the third rank and reached the middle level among True Immortals. However, her fighting and killing methods are extraordinary and can be compared with a sixth-rank True Immortal.

However, she could never cultivate the Dharma Body Technique that everyone in the human race cultivates, otherwise her current realm would be even higher.

She is not yet an elder, but she serves as the head of a local department, governing a vast territory and protecting the lives and property of hundreds of billions of people.

The general structure of the Upper Cave Man today consists of thirty-nine continents, six towns, and one township. The governing body is composed of a clan chief and nine elders at the center, and nine corresponding deacons below.

The thirty-nine continents and six towns in the region have different arrangements. The thirty-nine continents are managed by a chief official, which is further divided into provinces, circuits, and counties, each with its own chief official. The six towns are six vast fortresses of thousands of miles suspended in the sky above the tribe. These mobile walls were created by the Upper Cave Man by combining the floating land technology of the human race brought back by Luo Zu from the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven and Earth with the flying boat technology of the demon race. They are mostly stationed on the borders of the tribe.

The fighting abilities of those six towns are naturally extraordinary. Among them, there are True Immortals stationed there for a long time, and three thousand Primordial Spirits stationed there, refining the floating fortress day and night, treating it as a magic weapon and treasure, so that its quality improves every day.

Therefore, the Upper Cave Man tribe is now practically defunct, but compared to the Wu tribe, the Yao tribe, and some large races in the prehistoric world, it is not an exaggeration to still call the Upper Cave Man a tribe.

But if humanity continues to develop in this way, it's hard for Luo Zu to imagine what will happen in 100,000 years, or even a million years. Will they be attacking the Lich King or the Heavenly Dao?

This made him even more convinced that the liches and demons were all insects, and that after developing for hundreds of billions of years, they were still only bullying each other in their own territory. Why didn't they venture out of the primordial world and go into the chaos to expand their territory?

However, the future development of the Upper Cave Man will likely be restricted by the Wu tribe. With the territories of each tribe clearly divided, it will be difficult for the Upper Cave Man to wage a full-scale war like the one before between the Upper Cave Man and the Pig-faced Octopus tribe, except for trade exchanges.

Moreover, various resources will be restricted. However, the Upper Cave Man had previously established a trade network, so perhaps they could obtain what they need through trade between tribes.

Moreover, the human race should not only seek external gains but also internal advancements. Some elders believe that they should try to dig underground, but this will face another obstacle: there are many unknown and terrifying beings underground, especially those wandering ghosts and undead that like to lurk underground. In addition, there are many harsh environments underground, such as magma and poisonous gas, some of which are deadly even to celestial beings.

In addition to this plan, an elder proposed a relocation plan to move the tribe to the myriad heavens of the Heart Sea, where the land and space would be sufficient for the human race.

However, when this resolution was finally presented to Lozu, it was rejected by him.

The reason is simple: due to certain circumstances, only the consciousness of clansmen at the primordial spirit level or above can be injected into it at present.

As for physical teleportation, it's basically impossible.

Seeing that the road was blocked, an elder suggested that a cave could be opened up, but not to relocate the human race there. Instead, the cave could be opened up to cultivate the resources needed for the tribe's development.

This is a great suggestion, very imaginative, and Luo Zu applauded in support.

To this end, Luo Zu personally consulted with the elders and spent a hundred years devising a plan—the plan for 129,600 blessed lands and grotto-heavens!

If this plan succeeds, it will not only solve the problem of resource shortage that the tribe may face after the Wu tribe's blockade, but it can also be used as a refuge. If the tribe is in danger of extermination, these caves can be used to take in the tribe members.

This is also why Luo Zu supports this plan. After all, the dangers facing the human race in the future will be numerous: the possible assimilation plan of the Wu tribe, the demon tribe's plan to slay the Wu tribe with swords, the collapse of Buzhou Mountain leading to the collapse of the heavens, and the apocalyptic situation of the war between the Wu and the demons...

Having "foreseen" these apocalyptic disasters, Lozue certainly hoped that humanity would have such means to deal with them.

In fact, the Upper Cave Man, who was quite aware of potential dangers, had many plans for contingencies and disasters, and this plan for a blessed land in the cave was just one of them.

(End of this chapter)