After the Yellow Emperor Tribe defeated Chiyou in the Battle of Zhuolu, they settled in Zhongyuan.
A portion of them were ordered by the Yellow Emperor to chase the remaining Chiyou tribe all the way to Nanjiang. Who would have expected the ground to suddenly collapse and a huge crater would appear?
In a single night, the entire tribe was buried underground.
Catastrophe struck as close to 70% of the tribesmen died. The fortunate ones survived in this mysterious underground world and stubbornly bred. Since then, thousands of years had passed.
To remember their past, this underground world tribe called themselves the Youxiong Tribe and used bears as their symbols (Xiong is Chinese for bear). They relied on the taming and hunting methods passed down by the Yellow Emperor to slowly gain a footing in the underground world.
After the ground collapsed, the underground world entrance was once again sealed shut. Only after the release of the Satellite City and the reappearance of the underground world to the world did they manage to meet today.
It was also thanks to Ouyang Shuo's luck that he managed to have such a fortuitous encounter.
When Ouyang Shuo and his group arrived at the Youxiong Tribe, they were given a warm welcome. That injured middle-aged man was actually the captain of the hunting team, and his position was only lower than that of the tribe leader and elder.
After they learned that Ouyang Shuo cultivated the authentic Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique, even the tribe leader was stunned and said emotionally, "I did not expect that I'll manage to see a person with the emperor's legacy."
Ouyang Shuo smiled as he briefly introduced Shanhai City and the underground world matter to him, saying sincerely, "Since we are fated, how about moving the tribe to Shanhai City?"
The tribe leader was tempted but shook his head, "We appreciate your kind intentions. Based on our records, our ancestors always wanted to return to land but had no way to do so. We have already gotten used to living underground and are afraid of not being used to it if we go back up."
Ouyang Shuo thought about it, "Since that's the case, I will not force you. However, the land that you're on is still my land, and the underground world is still within Shanhai City's territory. As long as you agree, I will take you under my rule and arrange for people to send down advanced equipment and tools as well as soldiers to train your warriors. I also suggest you to send a portion of the children and ladies up to land to let them live there and slowly adapt. You would not hope for the descendants of the Yellow Emperor to forever live under this dark sky, right?"
"This...."
The tribe leader, the elder, and the middle-aged man all exchanged glances with one another.
One had to say that Ouyang Shuo's suggestion was truly tempting. Although the warriors of the Youxiong Tribe were not weak, the monsters of the underground world were stronger, and they would have casualties every time they hunted.
Furthermore, there was a lack of sunlight in the underground world, so sparse quantities of grain could grow. Ever winter was a huge test for the entire tribe and starvation became their greatest enemy.
Ouyang Shuo continued, "You all still do not know, right? The Yellow Emperor has already appeared in the wilderness and is only secluding himself. I think that if you go up, only then will you have a chance to meet him."
The three of them were getting more and more emotional, and they all exchanged glances once more and nodded.
The tribe leader said, "The good grace of the emperor, how can I not accept it?"
As he said that, the three of them bowed in unison.
A bright smile appeared on Ouyang Shuo's face as a System Notification sounded out in his ear.
"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for successfully recruiting underground lost race Youxiong Tribe, your name spreads across the underground world. Player awarded 10 thousand reputation points."
"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, territory has recruited the Mountain Barbarian tribe, Li Race, Gaoshan Race, and the underground world lost race, country establishment quest completed!"
Ouyang Shuo was delighted. He did not expect that during his first underground world exploration trip he would actually complete the 1st country establishment quest.
At night, the Youxiong Tribe held a huge feast to welcome Ouyang Shuo and his men.
A special food item on the table attracted Ouyang Shuo's attention.
It was a thick soup, apart from the meat of some beast, there was also a type of mushroom that was really similar to the golden needle mushroom of real life. Ouyang Shuo picked up a bunch; it entered the mouth smoothly and was delicious.
Ouyang Shuo was astonished, this was the first time he had eaten such a mushroom in game. Even in Shanhai City where there were numerous delicacies, such a mushroom had never appeared.
"Is this wild?"
The underground world was damp and was in fact really suitable for wild mushroom growth.
Ouyang Shuo turned around and asked the tribe leader, "Tribe leader, are these mushrooms foraged from the wild?"
The tribe leader smiled, "Monarch does not know but these mushrooms do in fact grow in the wild. However, these ones are grown by us in caves."
"You grow it yourselves?" Ouyang Shuo's interest was piqued.
"That's right." The tribe leader brushed his moustache and smiled, "Speaking of these mushrooms, there's a story behind it. Based on tribe records, around 300 years ago, the tribe faced a food crisis and could only survive on wild vegetables and mushrooms; especially mushrooms, which became our main source. However, although the mushrooms grew fast, they withered fast and were hard to store. A tribe man thought about growing it in caves, and he played around with it for a year before perfecting the technology. In our age, the technology has already been perfected and there are many types of mushrooms. The golden needle mushroom you speak of is just one of them."
Ouyang Shuo thought to himself, 'Was this one of the dark technologies hidden in the underground world?'
Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo asked, "Tribe leader, can you teach this technology to the outside world? I want to let the people see that even the underground world have their unique skills."
The tribe leader smiled, "The Monarch thinks too highly of us, please wait." He turned around and left as he said that.
After a short while, the tribe leader returned with a sheep skin in his hand. The records of the Youxiong Tribe were written on such sheep skin papers.
The tribe leader passed it to Ouyang Shuo.
Underground Mushroom Growing Technical Manual: After use, user can learn various mushroom growing techniques.
At this very moment, another System Notification sounded out in his ear.
"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for obtaining a new technology, Underground Mushroom Growing Technical Manual, country establishment quest 2nd quest has been 1/3 completed."
"Wow, it really works."
Ouyang Shuo was elated; he had obtained two great rewards in one. He did not expect that this trip to the underground world would solve the two hardest parts of the country establishing quest.
It seems like the underground world was not solely designed for adventure gamemode players.
There were many different races and tribes living in the mysterious underground world, and they held many magical and mystical technologies.
Ouyang Shuo was thinking about increasing the focus of Shanhai City on exploring the underground world. Who knows what other surprises they could get?
The underground world was getting more and more interesting.
The next day, Ouyang Shuo and his group spent a day in the Youxiong Tribe. The tribe leader was going to choose 100 young men and women to bring their kids to follow Ouyang Shuo back.
4th month, 9th day, during this return trip, they did not face any unexpected situations.
Ouyang Shuo spent that night in the Satellite City. During this time, he had a talk with Moon Shines over the River, Ji Yingyu, and Mengyun Tunding about the exploration problem of the underground world.
Ouyang Shuo suggested setting up a 100 thousand gold fund. Be it members of Blood Shadow Alliance or other adventure players, as long as they found intel regarding lost tribes and races, they would be given 10 thousand gold.
He believed that with such a huge reward, people would definitely step up.
As long as he was able to find an underground world lost tribe, this 100 thousand gold would be worth it.
Apart from rewarding adventure gamemode players who got lucky, Ouyang Shuo also suggested a map making plan that all players could participate in.
As long as they added details to the map, they would be able to get rewards.
The rewards were not limited to gold. Be it secret manuals or equipment, as long as they provided valuable intel to the map, Ouyang Shuo would not be stingy with the rewards.
Ouyang Shuo wanted the Blood Shadow Alliance to run both plans.
Moon Shines over the River did not even think about it and just nodded. Shanhai City was paying the money, and they just needed to provide the manpower, so why not?
While talking, Ouyang Shuo secretly instructed Moon Shines over the River to keep his members in check to tone down their arrogance and not treat the Satellite City as theirs.
"If that really happens, I'll be really disappointed." Ouyang Shuo said.
When the three of them heard that, their faces were really solemn. During this period of time, they had focused on rebuilding and had not noticed the emotional changes of their members.
"Do not worry, we will settle it."
Ouyang Shuo nodded, not saying anything more.
4th month, 10th day, Ouyang Shuo and his group returned to Shanhai City.
Just as he walked out of the manor, Ouyang Shuo bumped into two people. They were the guild leader of Liangshan Mercenary Guild Song Pu as well as Blood Rose Zhang Ziyue.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Ouyang Shuo met these two in this life.
Times change.
Shen Buhai had told Ouyang Shuo that the Liangshan Mercenary Guild had moved over to the Satellite City. Currently, the two of them were like the other players, looking respectfully at Ouyang Shuo and his group.
Ouyang Shuo took out a Dark Gold long sword and passed it to Xu Chu, asking him to pass it to Zhang Ziyue.
Xu Chu quickly proceeded to the front of Zhang Ziyue and said, "My Monarch gifts this to you."
"For me?" Zhang Ziyue was surprised.
"My Monarch says that this is a meeting due to fate, so he is giving you this sword. He has no other intentions."
Xu Chu did not say much else, turning around and returning.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he nodded his head at Zhang Ziyue and brought his troops and disappeared from the streets. Only Zhang Ziyue stood stunned in the spot while Song Pu gave her a probing eye.