Chapter 65: Showboating is Human Nature

Inside a hide tent at the Salt Lake Camp, listening to the chirping of birds outside, Black Wolf abruptly opened his eyes.

At this very moment, his eyes were bloodshot, and he sported two large, dark circles around them, making it clear that he had not slept a wink all night.

Being completely unable to sleep when he actually could and wanted to had never happened to him before.

It was not because he had just been defeated and surrendered yesterday, but because throughout the entire night, his mind had been consumed by the words their new leader and Zhou Chongshan had spoken previously.

"Summoned from the altar of the old gods... a Chosen One?"

"A Chosen One actually exists?!"

All night long, Black Wolf's head was buzzing.

To be honest, when their new leader had first told him that he was a Chosen One summoned from the altar of the old gods, his initial reaction was that the other man was pulling his leg.

In this world, there did indeed exist certain mysterious powers of "true words."

However, things like old gods, altars of the old gods, and Chosen Ones basically only existed in legends. Black Wolf never would have imagined that one day it would turn out to be true.

At this thought, Black Wolf's face was filled with incredulity.

He even briefly wondered if Zhou Chongshan was lying to him as well.

Yet, upon second thought, Zhou Chongshan didn't look like the kind of person who could pull off something like this.

The commotion coming from outside the tent told him that a new day had already begun, and having stayed up all night, he probably wouldn't have a chance to rest before this day came to an end.

Forcing his sore, heavy eyes open, Black Wolf propped up his body and walked out of the tent.

At this hour, the sky had not yet turned pale, but for them, a new day had already begun.

For primitive people like Black Wolf who relied on hunting to survive, the time before dawn was the prime window for the hunt.

Habitually taking a breath of the damp, cold air that still carried a heavy scent of dew, just as Black Wolf was wondering what he should do today, a distant gurgling sound caught his attention.

"What are they doing?"

His sore eyes made it difficult to keep them open properly. Having stayed up all night, Black Wolf felt nothing but dizziness and blurred vision.

During this, Zhou Chongshan, who happened to be passing by, glanced at him and casually replied.

"Making breakfast."

Although he and Black Wolf still had some lingering grievances, since he had already taken the initiative to ask the leader to spare Black Wolf's life, Zhou Chongshan naturally wasn't going to hold onto past grudges forever.

Of course, he wasn't going to be overly enthusiastic toward him either.

"Breakfast..."

Black Wolf, who hadn't slept all night, clearly failed to wrap his head around the concept at the moment.

Not to mention, he had never even heard the word "breakfast" in his entire life.

Until the aroma that triggered his instinctive reaction drifted into his nose...

At that moment, the exhaustion of a sleepless night was quickly dispelled, and his famished stomach let out a rumbling howl, instantly revitalizing his spirits.

Then, a trace of bewilderment flashed across Black Wolf's face, and he looked up at the sky, which had yet to brighten.

Clearly, he simply could not understand why they were preparing food at this hour.

This situation completely exceeded the boundaries of his common sense.

As his neural pathways slowly processed the information, a realization seemed to dawn on him, and the bewilderment on Black Wolf's face quickly turned into shock.

"Y-you people eat two meals a day?!"

Because he was too excited, Black Wolf even stammered, and the completely uncontrolled volume of his voice carried directly across the entire tribe.

Hearing the commotion, the members of the Salt Lake Camp froze for a moment before breaking into smug grins.

If they had already been eating fish soup and fish meat for a while and had basically grown accustomed to it, then this breakfast was undoubtedly their happy hour.

Of course, with newcomers around now, they were definitely going to show off!

"Isn't it normal to eat two meals a day?"

"What? You people actually only eat one meal a day?"

"How can you have the strength to work if you don't eat breakfast?"

"..."

Under this barrage of remarks, the newcomers involuntarily cast their gazes toward Black Wolf, who still wore two dark circles under his eyes.

This situation made Black Wolf's facial muscles twitch. Combining it with the current scenario, he suddenly felt as though his former subordinates were looking at him as if to say, "Look at them!"

This instantly made things rather awkward for him.

As a leader himself, didn't doing this make him look inferior to others?

Meanwhile, standing outside his tent and just waking up, Zhou Su listened to the constant chatter echoing through the camp with a subtle expression.

Sure enough, showing off was human nature, an instinct carved deep into human bones, and primitive people were no exception to this rule.

Thinking of this, Zhou Su adjusted his mindset slightly. Upon spotting Black Wolf, he walked over to him in a few strides and looked at him with an expression of sheer disbelief...

"Did your tribe only eat one meal a day in the past?"

"..."

"No way? How could anyone endure that?"

"..."

At this moment, Black Wolf had a strong feeling that the fellow in front of him was stirring up trouble.

Yet, when he looked over and met Zhou Su's completely sincere face, he didn't know what else to say.

He felt as though the other man's expression was hanging him up to be flogged.

How was he supposed to respond to this?

Should he say that eating only one meal a day was normal?

Then how was he to explain what was happening right before his eyes?

At that thought, Black Wolf felt completely numb.

In the end, he simply pretended not to see it.

In this era, one couldn't survive without a thick skin.

The food distribution process was basically identical to the previous night, and by now, Black Wolf and his people no longer seemed particularly unfamiliar with it.

Tasting this food for the second time, they were still struck with awe and even moved to tears by its deliciousness.

Even Black Wolf, who hadn't slept all night, felt a bit more spirited after finishing his meal.

Taking advantage of the post-meal break, Zhou Su, who had rested for the night, also perked up and reviewed the stat panels of the remaining forty-four people in Black Wolf's tribe, excluding Black Wolf and Ye Yan.

The reason he chose to check the panels at this time was naturally because he was about to allocate and arrange this newly acquired labor force.

Speed-reading through the stats much like he used to read novels before transmigrating, Zhou Su's eyes swept across them quickly. After all, his "Eye of Insight" charged by the time; once activated, the true-word power would continuously drain.

Sleeping for the night hadn't restored much of his stamina, so to avoid being dragged down by the consumption, he had to quicken his pace.

After scanning the whole group, he had a rough idea in mind.

Closing the "Eye of Insight," Zhou Su couldn't help but close his eyes and forcefully massage the bridge of his nose.

Then, out of those forty-four people, he deftly picked out ten.

"You ten will stay at the Salt Lake Camp starting today. The remaining thirty-ั่วโมง... thirty-four people will come with me to the Black Moon Camp."

"..."