Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower-Chapter 948: Doesn’t Seem Man-made

"It wasn’t just dunes, but a series of hills connected to each other. We climbed over three hills in a row, and there were still more ahead. Yet before we could continue, the Fire-Swallowing Tribe arrived, catching us completely off guard with their prepared assault." frёeωebɳovel.com

The scouts felt frustrated as they spilled everything they had seen and heard throughout the night.

For a time, the stockade fell silent, everyone digesting the content of what the scouts had said.

It was a while before the Eldest Master of the stockade spoke up hoarsely.

"You mean to say that the Fire-Swallowing Tribe chopped down all the trees in the forest overnight, turning it into a bare expanse of dunes?"

The Stockade Chief could hardly imagine this group of Wild People chopping the forest down to its last tree. Even if they were trying to prevent us from sneaking over to steal food, was there really a need to go this far?

And they deliberately waited behind the hills for us to cross over...

Wasn’t this a trap? Deliberately creating illusions and waiting for us to fall for them?

Are these people tired of living and in such a hurry to offer up their lives?

Upon realizing this, the Eldest Master of the stockade couldn’t help but fly into a rage.

"These people are truly insane. Since they wish for death, then we shall grant it to them."

"?" The scouts, listening along, couldn’t help but become stunned; it seemed... the Eldest Master had misunderstood them. This wasn’t the message they intended to convey.

But by now, the stockade leaders had already fallen into a common pitfall of conventional thinking, failing to realize that the situation was more fantastical than they could imagine.

"Do they have that many people? Chopping down an entire forest isn’t something that can be done overnight. How long have they been secretly carrying this out? This is too insane."

"I’m afraid this is indeed a conspiracy. Who would have thought these Wild People could be so cunning? It seems we need to do more than just drive them away; we must eradicate them completely."

The more the Bandits talked, the angrier they became, having thought that the ones across the river were Fools, not realizing they were wolves in sheep’s clothing, which was infuriating.

Seeing the leaders were about to rush out and annihilate the Fire-Swallowing Tribe at once, a scout finally couldn’t keep silent and spoke up hesitantly: "That bare dune... I feel... it wasn’t man-made."

"You mean this wasn’t the work of the Fire-Swallowing Tribe, but rather something that appeared overnight?"

The scout nodded.

"Impossible! The heavens aren’t so idle to manifest these dunes out of thin air; what for?"

"But... it’s truly beyond human ability," the scouts insisted with tear-filled eyes. Without having been there, one wouldn’t understand; they had indeed walked those bare dunes themselves, and even with the effort of an entire nation, it would be nigh impossible to sheer the dunes so clean, let alone the Fire-Swallowing Tribe.

Noticing the scouts’ earnest expressions, their colleagues finally started to soften their stance, still filled with doubts.

After all, why would the heavens send down such unexplained phenomenon for no reason?

"Let’s all go and see for ourselves," someone else suggested.

The scouts nodded repeatedly: "Hearing is deceptive, seeing is believing. Once the masters go and see, you will understand."

Without another word, the Bandit Leader led the group outside.

...

It’s said that the Ownerless Land has been desolate and uninhabited for years, with a river flowing through one-third of the area. The forests on both sides of the river boast the richest resources. The farther away from the river, the more barren it gets; and that’s where the dunes lie.

Originally, this entire area was the territory of the Fire-Swallowing Tribe.

However, after the Eldest Prince chased the Western Bandits away, the Bandits gradually established a foothold in the Ownerless Land. Using their sharp weapons, they completely ousted the Fire-Swallowing Tribe from one side of the river to the other.

Although the Fire-Swallowing Tribe still occupied two-thirds of the Ownerless Land, except for the forests close to the river, most other areas were barren dunes.

This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺