Chapter 710: Volcano (1)
Translator: 549690339
Although there were dead people, the king Kong apes didn’t suffer any losses. As they moved forward, more and more people died. However, the pride of the royal family of the beastmen race made the king Kong apes not retreat. They buried their loved ones and continued in front of the statue, starting their true journey of death.
Zhao Hai was shocked when he thought about that scene. The king Kong ape was indeed the most powerful among the human-beast hybrids. It was amazing to have such a force and determination.
Laura and the others were also shocked. They couldn’t believe that a race could have such a strong obsession. They knew that they were going to die, but they still moved forward without hesitation. This spirit was too valuable.
Zhao Hai was calm as he continued to move forward with his staff. The number of King Kong ape corpses that he had collected was increasing. Zhao Hai no longer had the intention of turning these corpses into undead creatures. He wanted to bring them back to the grasslands and bury them. They belonged there and they had the right to return.
It had been ten days since Zhao Hai found the first king Kong ape corpse. In these ten days, Zhao Hai had collected more than 10000 King Kong ape corpses. The majority of these corpses were of the elderly and children.
Zhao Hai didn’t even need to go anywhere else. The corpses of the Golden Apes were like road signs, allowing Zhao Hai to walk in the right direction. He just had to follow the direction of the corpses.
In a month, Zhao Hai had flown forward for a full month. In this month, Zhao Hai had collected nearly 500000 corpses of the diamond ape race. This was not a small number.
A large race among the beastmen race only had about a million people. A large war race like the Tiger race might have a smaller population. The more powerful the race, the more difficult it was for them to reproduce. On the contrary, some of the weaker races had extremely shocking fertility.
The king Kong ape tribe was the king of the orcs, so their fertility couldn’t be too high. They didn’t have many people either. Zhao Hai had collected 500000 corpses. At first, most of the corpses were of the elderly and children, but now, there were almost no elderly and children. They were all young and strong men and women.
Although Zhao Hai had wasted a lot of time collecting the corpses, he was still much faster than a human walking on the ice field. It took him more than a month to do so, so one could imagine how long it would take for the king Kong apes to walk outside. They had not stopped at all along the way, walking all the way to their deaths. How much perseverance did they have? Zhao Hai didn’t even dare to imagine it.
It was hard for Zhao Hai to imagine how the king Kong apes were able to survive in this place. The fact that they were able to venture so deep into the icy Plains of the extreme north was a Testament to the power of their race.
After another three days, Zhao Hai suddenly noticed a black dot in the distance. He immediately zoomed in and was shocked to see a mountain. A mountain wasn’t that strange, but what surprised Zhao Hai was that there were trees on the mountain. Green trees!
This wasn’t a rare sight on the continent, but Zhao Hai was extremely surprised to see it here. What was this place? This was the ice plains of the extreme north. There was almost nothing here except for ice and snow. However, who would have thought that there would be a mountain here, and there were even trees growing on the mountain?
Zhao Hai excitedly commanded the staff to fly in that direction, but at the same time, he continued to collect the corpses of the king Kong apes. The number of King Kong ape corpses he had collected was close to 700000.
Because he had to collect the corpses, it took Zhao Hai more than two hours to reach the vicinity of the mountain. At the same time, Zhao Hai discovered that there were no corpses of the Golden ape race near the mountain.
This discovery made Zhao Hai extremely excited. He didn’t think that all the king Kong apes were dead. The fact that there were trees on the mountain meant that the temperature there was suitable for human survival. It was very likely that there were still some King Kong ape survivors on the mountain. There were no corpses around because they had already been collected by many of the survivors.
Zhao Hai could not help but get excited at the thought. He immediately used the screen to look at the mountain carefully. He wanted to know what kind of power could make this mountain grow trees in a place like the icy Plains of the extreme north.
Zhao Hai took a closer look at the mountain. He could not help but show an excited expression because he found a small path at the corner of the mountain. It was obviously a road built by people. It seemed that people used it often.
Seeing this, Zhao Hai couldn’t help but get excited. He immediately came out of the medium, turned his staff into a shuttle, and flew up the mountain.
When he came out, he could clearly feel that the temperature here was quite high, just like the spring temperature on the mainland. No wonder the trees could grow here. It was very warm.
The further they went up the mountain, the higher the temperature became. The traces of human activity became more obvious. There were many paths that had been built, but Zhao Hai had not seen a single person yet.
When Zhao Hai reached the middle of the mountain, he was suddenly stunned. He saw a city. The city wall was made of stone. Although it was not very high, it was built by humans.
What made Zhao Hai even more excited was the fact that he saw people on the city walls. He immediately turned on the surveillance camera and saw that there were indeed people on the city walls. They were from the diamond ape race, wearing leather armor.
Zhao Hai flashed into the origin space and used the space screen to look at the city. The city was not very big, probably less than 100000 people could live in it. The outer walls of the city were made of huge stones. They were less than 20 meters tall but about 10 meters thick. There were some King ape tribesmen in leather armor standing on the wall. Every king ape was accompanied by a King ape that was more than 10 meters tall. They were either sitting or lying down, looking very honest. However, Zhao Hai didn’t doubt their combat strength at all.
To Zhao Hai’s surprise, the weapons used by the Golden Apes were all made of wood. There was not a single metal weapon.
Their weapons were all thick wooden clubs. The first wooden club was no thinner than Zhao Hai’s arm. It looked black and glistened with oil. One look and one could tell that it was very strong.
What caught Zhao Hai’s attention the most was that all of the Golden Apes were extremely nervous. The two of them were looking outside as if they were facing a great enemy. Zhao Hai couldn’t help but feel a little strange. He couldn’t understand why the Golden ape tribesmen were so nervous. Could it be that there were still enemies on the mountain? Even if there were enemies, the king Kong apes shouldn’t be afraid of them.
Zhao Hai also noticed that there was no gate on the city wall. All the walls were built firmly, leaving no way out.
Zhao Hai looked at this arrangement in confusion. Even if these Golden Apes had giant apes that could carry them in and out of the stone city, it would be too inconvenient to leave the city gates open. Why did they do this?
Zhao Hai took a closer look at the city wall. He noticed that there were many traces of battle on the wall. The traces were very strange. Some of them looked like they were caused by wild beasts, while others looked like they were caused by weapons such as swords. Zhao Hai was very confused.
Zhao Hai took another look at the city. The city was full of two-story stone houses. The lower floor seemed to be prepared for the giant apes, with some hay on it. The upper floor was for people to live in. There were all kinds of things in it, but most of them were made of stone and wood.
The small town was very lively. Many children of the King Kong ape clan were running around on the streets. Some of the king Kong ape clan’s women were making leather armor. The elderly were fixing some wooden sticks. Looking at the wooden sticks, they were obviously their weapons. There were also some children of appropriate age who were practicing martial arts under the guidance of adults. It was a lively scene.
Zhao Hai looked at the mountain again and found that there were some magic beasts on the mountain. These magic beasts looked like blue-eyed rabbits, but they were bigger than blue-eyed rabbits. They were almost the size of a pig. There were many of these magic beasts, and it was obvious that they were raised by people. They were surrounded by wooden fences.
Looking up at the mountain, Zhao Hai finally understood why there was such a mountain and why there were trees growing here. It was because there was a large volcano here, and an active one at that. The top of the volcano was steaming hot.
It was precisely because the heat of the volcano had dispersed the cold air that there were only trees here, allowing the gold ape tribesmen to survive. It seemed like the heavens had truly not forsaken the gold ape tribe.
However, Zhao Hai could also tell that the king Kong apes had suffered great losses. The entire race only had about 100000 people left, including the old and the weak. Moreover, they seemed to have encountered some difficult enemies here. Otherwise, the guards at the city wall would not be so nervous.
Zhao Hai took a closer look at the mountain. The volcano was huge, and there were traces of human activity in many places. It was not just one mountain, but a group of thirteen. The mountain occupied by the king Kong apes was only the outer one, and there were very few traces of human activity on the inner peaks.
Zhao Hai took a closer look at the mountains and understood why there were so few people there. It was too hot, and the plants there were all fire-elemental magic plants. Most importantly, the volcanoes there were very unstable. Two of the mountains were still emitting black smoke, as if they were about to erupt at any time.
However, it was not as if there were no creatures on those mountains. Zhao Hai found some fire-type demonic beasts moving around, but they did not seem to be of high level. Clearly, they were not the main opponents of the king Kong apes.
After taking a look around the mountains, Zhao Hai decided to meet the diamond ape clan and ask them about the situation. It would be great if they found the beast God spear, but if they didn’t, he would have to go to the Icefield to look for it