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Chapter 527: The Orb Rock Painting of the Barking Kangaroo and the Messenger of the Gods

The next day, early in the morning.

April is autumn in Northern Australia. Although the hot summer has passed, there are still some afterglow of summer.

It was only early in the morning, but the temperature had already started to rise significantly, and it was a bit stuffy.

After breakfast, everyone entered the territory of the Yonggu tribe under the guidance of a tour guide arranged by the resort.

As the oldest traditional ethnic group in Australia, the Yolngu tribe still maintains their tribal lifestyle.

For some reasons, the Yonggu tribe does not welcome outsiders, but with the development of the times, it still has a great impact on the lives of local indigenous people.

Hunting changed from using bows and wooden spears to using shotguns, and the grass skirts and loincloths they wore also became modern clothing.

While leading everyone through the jungle, the tour guide explained some precautions to everyone.

Soon, the resort's tour guide led everyone to the settlement of the Yolngu tribe.

The appearance of the Aboriginal people of Australia is quite similar to that of Africans, with dark skin, curly hair, thick lips, and patterns painted on their faces and bodies.

After everyone arrived at the tribal settlement, the chief of the Yonggu tribe came out to greet them personally.

Although the Yonggu tribe still maintains its primitive tribal lifestyle, some daily necessities in modern society, such as tobacco, alcohol, tea, candles, clothes, hunting rifles, hunting rifle bullets, etc., are of great use to the people of the Yonggu tribe.

The chief of the Yolngu tribe is a skinny old man with a beautiful feather crown on his head and a bare upper body with numerous colorful lines. In his hand he holds a scepter made of dry branches. In the center of the scepter is an ochre-colored gem with a sculpture of a small kangaroo inside.

"Mr. Shen, did you see it? It's the Fangbarking Orb." After seeing the orb in the center of the scepter, Tidom gently tugged at Shen Yun's sleeve and whispered.

"I see. It seems we are lucky." Shen Yun glanced at the gem in the center of the scepter and said with a smile.

He didn't expect that he would find their target as soon as he arrived at the Yonggu tribe.

"But isn't the statue of the Toothy Kangaroo in this orb a little too small?" the lion asked doubtfully.

"Maybe it's like the barking manta ray, with two of them, one big and one small?" Samezumi continued.

"Indeed, when it comes to kangaroos, it must be mother and child." Ohkawa Sae said with a smile.

"In that case, there should be a big barking kangaroo? How do we find it then?" Niuda Sotaro asked in surprise.

"As long as we get this Toothbarking Orb and wake up the little Toothbarking Kangaroo, we can find the big Toothbarking Kangaroo." Shen Yun said.

"But how can we get the Fangwei Orb? The indigenous people here obviously regard the Fangwei Orb as a symbol of the tribal leader. If we want to get it, it may be very difficult." Washio Yue frowned and said.

"Indeed, let me think about it carefully." Shen Yun pondered.

This time without the soul bird, it is not easy to get the Fangbark Orb from the tribal leader.

Even if he wanted to steal something, he had to have a chance to get close to the leader's residence.

While a few people were talking in low voices, the tribal leader had already finished talking to the resort's tour guide in the aboriginal language.

The resort tour guide came back to the group and told them that the tribal leader allowed them to move around in the tribal territory, but they were not allowed to affect the people in the tribe and were not allowed to take photos.

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly agreed.

The tour guide also took everyone around the Yonggu tribe and explained the various situations of the Yonggu tribe to everyone.

For example, the unique art, singing and dancing of the indigenous people.

Although the Yonggu tribe is relatively primitive, it has its own unique style.

However, everyone's minds were no longer on this, but were whispering about how to get the Fangwei Orb.

"By the way, how about we sneak over here at night and take away the Fangwei Orb?" Samezumi whispered.

"No! If we secretly take away the Fangwei Orb, it will definitely cause conflicts between the indigenous people here and the nearby residents. It would be best if the leader of the tribe would willingly hand over the Fangwei Orb to us." Shen Yun directly rejected it.

He had indeed thought about this approach, but the risk of doing so was too great. If a bloody conflict arose because of this incident, he might be abandoned by the Power Beast.

For example, Tsukima Ogami. In the original work, after he was defeated by the Fangrangers, he was obsessed with revenge on Uru. No matter how he called out, the three powerful beasts, Fangwolf, Fanghammerhead, and Fangcrocodile, remained unmoved. Only after he let go of his hatred and reaffirmed his belief in protection, did the three powerful beasts give Tsukima Ogami new power.

There is such a precedent.

Shen Yun naturally would not take the risk to do such a thing.

As for the orb of Fangwang Peacock...

After all, it was the soul bird that called it, so not only did it not cause any serious consequences, but because of the appearance of the Tooth-Barking Peacock, the incense for the Tooth-Barking Peacock became more popular.

"Yes. Besides, this is our first time in this tribe. We are unfamiliar with the place. If we enter the jungle at night, it will be dark and we might get lost." Washio Gaku nodded and agreed.

His eyesight is indeed very good, but he does not have the ability of night vision unless he transforms into Fanghuang.

As for lighting…

Come on, who uses a flashlight when stealing things at night?

Is this because you are afraid that you will not be discovered?

"What should we do then?" Samezumi sighed.

"Try to convince him." Shen Yun thought for a while and said.

"Persuade? Does the doctor understand the language of this tribe?" Ohkawa Sae asked in surprise.

"I don't understand, but we have this." Shen Yun pointed to the portable translation device on his ear and said with a smile.

"Huh? But, isn't this translator unable to translate the language of this tribe?" Niuda Sotaro said in astonishment.

They all wore portable translators, but the conversation between the tour guide and the tribal leader could not be translated.

"This is normal. This language of the indigenous people is a minority among minority languages, not to mention that they also have dialects here. Even if the translation machine wants to translate it, it must first collect enough language data." Shen Yun explained.

There are more than 28 languages ​​spoken by the Aboriginal people of Australia, which are divided into language families.

Only people who live here can speak the aboriginal language of the Yolngu tribe.

Even some Aboriginal people speak English as their first or second language.

"Then how do we collect language data?" Tidom asked curiously.

"It is enough to stay in this settlement for a while and listen to what the residents here say. The translation machine will automatically collect language data." Shen Yun said with a smile.

"Is that so?" Everyone suddenly realized.

"What an amazing invention! You are worthy of being a doctor."

Everyone was not distracted and kept gathering in crowded places so that the translation machine could better collect language data.

Soon, under the guidance of the tour guide, everyone toured the territory of the Yonggu tribe, and the language data had been almost collected. They just had to wait for the system to complete the analysis so that they could convert it synchronously.

At this time, the Yonggu tribe suddenly became lively, and many women and children gathered in one direction.

"What's going on?" Tidom asked curiously when he saw so many Yolngu people suddenly gathered together.

"These should be the hunters from the Yonggu tribe who went out hunting and came back." The tour guide was very familiar with the situation and quickly explained to everyone in English.

"Eh? Hunting?"

“Yes, the Yolngu tribe is a very primitive tribe. From tens of thousands of years ago to today, they have always made a living by hunting,” the tour guide explained.

"Every day they would organize special people to go out hunting, and then bring back the prey for the women in the tribe to process and then share with the tribesmen."

"It's indeed very primitive." Ohkawa Sae nodded and said.

“You are very lucky. If there were a lot of prey, you might have been able to get some food,” the tour guide continued.

"Food? Let's go and take a look." Tidom's eyes lit up and he said quickly.

It wasn't that she was greedy, she just wanted to see this kind of scene.

"Okay." Shen Yun smiled and asked the tour guide to take them there.

Everyone followed the tour guide and came to the place where the Yonggu tribe members gathered.

Several tribal youths with naked upper bodies were carrying on their shoulders several kangaroos with bullet holes in their heads and a lizard that had been killed by a fall.

The leading tribal youth held a double-barreled shotgun in one hand and a crocodile with a bullet piercing its head in the other.

After the hunters returned with their prey, they took out a dagger and dealt with the crocodiles and kangaroos on the spot.

"Hey~ Can crocodiles be eaten?" Tidom asked curiously.

"Of course, I heard it tastes very good. If you want to try it, I'll ask the people at the resort to prepare it." Shen Yun said with a smile.

The ecological environment here is very good and there are many crocodiles. It is not difficult to get two from the people of the Yonggu tribe.

Although according to local laws, people of the Yolngu tribe can legally hunt crocodiles, they are not allowed to trade or sell them.

But, every policy has its own countermeasure.

What's wrong with giving each other some crocodile food that cannot be eaten?

"Okay~" Tidom said with a smile without being polite.

The women in the tribe were very skilled in handling crocodiles and kangaroos, and one could tell at a glance that they had dismembered many crocodiles and kangaroos.

In just a few minutes, a crocodile about one meter long was dismembered into white meat and displayed before everyone.

While the women were dismembering their prey, the hunters were not idle either. They took out their lighters and lit a bonfire. They skinned and gutted the dead lizard and threw it directly into the fire to roast it.

"Can lizards be eaten?" Niuda Sotaro asked in surprise.

"For the indigenous people here, creatures like lizards, which are not too dangerous, are good food," the tour guide also explained at the right time.

After dismembering the crocodiles and kangaroos, the women put the chopped crocodile meat on the iron rack for roasting.

As the flames continued to burn, a faint aroma of meat spread.

At this time, the crowd suddenly dispersed to both sides. The tribal leader wearing a feather crown and leaning on a wooden staff slowly walked over and said in the language of the aborigines: "Give some food to these guests."

"Okay, patriarch."

The young man picked up a few clean leaves, put the roasted crocodile meat on the leaves, and asked the children to pass it to everyone. He spoke the aboriginal language and gestured with his hands, saying, "You, eat."

"Eh? Is this for us?" Tidom asked in surprise, looking at the aboriginal child.

Upon hearing this, the children of the tribe also nodded quickly.

"Arigato." Tidom did not refuse. He smiled and thanked him, then took the crocodile meat handed to him by the tribal child and distributed it to everyone.

"The translator seems to be able to translate their language. How does the doctor plan to convince the leader of this tribe?" asked Washio Gaku while eating roasted crocodile meat.

"Since this is a primitive tribe, they naturally have primitive religious worship. I think we can start from this aspect." Shen Yun said, and tore off a piece of roasted crocodile meat and put it into his mouth.

Crocodile meat is delicious and has a firm texture. Although no seasoning is added, it does not affect the deliciousness of the crocodile meat itself.

"Religious worship? Do you want us to play tricks?" asked the lion.

"Can you speak? I prefer to call it the art of language." Shen Yun glanced at the lion and scolded with a smile.

"The art of language?"

"Forget it. Even if I tell you, you won't understand. All you have to do is take out the Fangwei Orb when the time comes." Shen Yun waved his hand and said.

After that, Shen Yun ate the small piece of crocodile meat in no time, then walked up to the tribal leader and said, "Mr. Chief, I have something I want to talk to you about alone."

The tribal leader was first surprised that he could understand Shen Yun's words, then nodded and asked, "What does the guest want to talk to me about?"

"About this..." Shen Yun took out the Fangwei Orb of Fangwei Peacock and said lightly.

As he spoke, Shen Yun signaled to everyone with his eyes, asking them to take out the Fangwei Orb.

And everyone did not hesitate, and took out their own fangwei orbs. The colorful fangwei orbs emitted a faint glow in the sunlight.

Seeing the Fangwei Orbs that everyone brought out, the old face of the tribal leader suddenly revealed a trace of shock, then he nodded solemnly and said, "Everyone, please follow me."

Everyone looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

The tour guide was stunned and was about to follow when he was stopped by the tribal leader.

"Why?" The tour guide looked at everyone and was also confused.

The tribal leader led everyone to the vicinity of the tribe, in front of a rock wall that was beaten by wind and rain every day.

On the rock wall, there is a huge cave that can accommodate many people, and the earth-red rock wall inside the cave is covered with rock paintings that look like children's graffiti.

"This is..." Niuda Sotaro looked at the rock paintings on the rock wall with surprise in his eyes.

"This is a rock painting left by the ancestors of our tribe. It records the various gods that our ancestors have seen." The tribal leader said, stroking the rock painting with his skinny hand.

"Is this... a barking lion?!" The lion walked on the rock wall and saw a graffiti of a huge lion painted red. In front of it were many white stickmen crawling, as if expressing their worship of the gods.

"Ah! Fangy White Tiger and Fangy Elephant?!"

"Is this a barking shark?!"

"And the Toothy Barking Bison!"

Everyone found their own Powerbeast graffiti on the rock paintings.

In addition to the ones they knew, there were also some unfamiliar animal graffiti.

The tribal leader led everyone to a rock painting, which depicted a barking kangaroo falling from the sky and the local Aboriginal people holding a sacrifice.

"You should be the messengers of God, right?" asked the tribal leader.

"...If there is no one else, it should be us." Shen Yun was silent for a while and said.

The speech he had prepared was completely useless in front of this sentence. (End of this chapter)