The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

"Why did you bring outsiders to my Qinghe tribe?"

Centurion Manshi glanced at Fat Tiger twice, seemingly judging that Fat Tiger's blood energy was too weak, and suddenly lost interest.

He then waved his hand and said, "Go on, things have been a bit chaotic lately. Don't bring outsiders back so easily in the future."

Manbo didn't refute, but sighed, "After all, he was just a pitiful person."

"The tribe has taken in enough idle people."

Centurion Barbaric Stone's attitude seemed somewhat cold and unapproachable.

More people mean more mouths to feed, and these tribes, built along the river, don't have any extra blood to eat that would go to waste.

Manli put Panghu down from behind him and gestured for him to follow them.

The three of them walked through the pile of rocks, and suddenly the view opened up before Fatty Tiger's eyes.

Before us was a village built on a rocky beach.

"New map!"

Fat Tiger was overjoyed.

This game is too honest. Instead of creating a new map and letting players explore the earlier areas later, it just releases it directly.

What does a new map mean for a game map?

That's a new faction, new NPCs, new quests, and new equipment.

With so many new features, he's the only player?

If this isn't a miraculous encounter, then what is?

Out of professionalism as a professional game booster, Fat Tiger quickly adjusted his emotions and began to observe the situation of the new map.

A few hundred meters away is a large river, which is about three kilometers wide at its widest point.

Even though it is just a tributary of the great river that runs through the mountains and forests, it is clearly one of the widest tributaries.

The stone houses on the riverside are all built off the ground, supported by several wooden piles as thick as an adult's embrace.

The Qinghe tribe was built along the river, and its overall shape is long and narrow.

However, its overall area seems to be twice as large as that of the Xishi tribe.

Fat Tiger was unable to count the exact number of people in the Qinghe tribe in a short time.

But just by looking at the thousands of boats densely packed together on the riverbank, swaying with the river, one can get a sense of the population of this Qinghe tribe; it certainly couldn't be less than ten thousand people.

"Take him to your home first, I'll go report to the clan chief."

Manbai left after saying those words.

"Let's go."

Manli grabbed Panghu's shoulder and, like picking up a chick, half-lifted him to a stone house, then pushed the door open and went inside.

It was clear that Manli lived alone; there was only one bed in the room.

The room had a strong fishy smell, but other than that, there wasn't anything else unpleasant.

Fat Tiger looked around curiously.

The bluish-green stone walls, stone tables, and stone stoves resembling barbecue grills all exude an air of poverty.

Several dried, smoked fish hung above the stone stove, some of them blackened.

"Take this and eat it."

Manli reached out and took two dried fish. He threw one of them at Pang Hu, and stuffed the other into his own mouth.

Frankly, this isn't very hygienic.

Fortunately, Fat Tiger doesn't care about these things when playing games.

He'll eat anything given to him by an NPC, even if they just throw him a rock.

After quickly finishing the dried fish, Fatty Tiger couldn't wait to say, "Alright, tell me, what task do you want me to complete?"

There was still half a dried fish in Manli's hand.

The players don't understand the language of this world, and naturally, the locals don't understand what the players are saying either.

Manli scratched his head, trying to guess what Pang Hu had said.

Finally, he took off another dried fish and handed it to Fatty Tiger with some reluctance.

Fat Tiger, of course, accepted the food without hesitation, and continued to ask, "Is the mission just to catch fish? How many do we need to catch?"

Although no mission prompts popped up on the personal interface, the guides on the forums also mentioned that this game focuses on immersion, so even if there are missions, they probably won't pop up prompts.

If the NPC has given such an obvious hint, and you still don't understand that you're being told to catch fish, then your comprehension is really lacking.

Fat Tiger nodded to himself. This kind of task setting was reasonable. Generally, when you arrive at a new village, you should start by solving the villagers' problems.

Manli stiffly twisted his neck: "Don't eat too much. You can eat with the tribespeople later."

He only has a few dried fish at home.

"Understood."

Fat Tiger nodded seriously.

Without wasting any more time, I resolutely pushed open the door and went out.

Manli thought that Panghu had run away in anger because he wouldn't give him dried fish.

After a moment of frustration, he chased after her on the spot.

To his surprise, after leaving the house, Fat Tiger ran straight towards the river.

So angry he wanted to jump into the river?

Manli was startled and quickened his pace, shouting, "Don't go any further!"

Upon hearing the voice, Fat Tiger turned around, revealing a youthful smile, his right canine tooth seemingly glowing: "Leave it to me, don't worry."

He wasn't wearing any clothes, only a grass skirt to cover himself, so there was no need for him to prepare for going into the water.

thump!

Fat Tiger jumped into the river, splashing up a small spray of water.

……

Fat Tiger slowly woke up, his eyes still a little dazed.

"You're awake?"

Beside the slightly hard stone bed, Manli and Manbai smiled when they saw Panghu open his eyes.

While Manli was laughing, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

goo~

The stone door was pushed open, and an old man hunched over and walked into the room, carrying a jar of boiled herbal medicine: "Give him some medicine so he doesn't catch a cold."

By the standards of the native inhabitants of this world, Gian's physical abilities were far too weak, at best equivalent to a teenager who had just developed blood and qi.

"I've heard the whole story."

Suddenly, a steady voice rang out from one side of the room.

Fat Tiger squinted and turned his head, seeing a middle-aged man wearing armor. Before the man spoke, he hadn't even sensed his presence in the room: "He can't understand human language and acts so strangely. I'm afraid this person is suffering from hysteria."

This is what happens when you have hysteria. On the surface, you look no different from a normal person and have basic self-care abilities, but occasionally you will do things that are hard for ordinary people to understand.

Fat Tiger didn't understand, and he said he wanted to continue doing the mission.

As soon as he got up, Manbai pushed him back down onto the bed.

Is it a forced plot point?

Fat Tiger did not force himself to get up.

However, when he encounters a forced storyline in a game, he likes to first assess his maximum freedom in that storyline. In his opinion, the worst freedom is definitely the kind where you can only turn the camera left and right in the storyline.

This game offers a good degree of freedom; you can even cultivate your skills.

Realizing this, Fat Tiger wasted no time and immediately closed his eyes to begin circulating his blood energy.

While leveling up by cultivating one's blood and energy is slow, it's still better than lying around doing nothing.

However, what he didn't notice was that while he was concentrating on his cultivation, the people next to him noticed his state and their eyes widened in surprise.

The middle-aged man, fully armored, got up and went to the bedside.

"Such a level of meridian penetration?!"