I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 761, Worrying for Nothing

Translator: Silavin

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh…*

The hot air balloon drifted slowly through the sky. This was the third day since Yan Hua and her team had set out. They would reach Wood Cicada Tribe today, though the sky was gradually darkening now.

“It’s already getting dark, but that actually helps us.” Yan Hua looked up at the moonlight above.

It was only around five in the afternoon, yet the sky had already dimmed to the point of haziness.

The weather in the Primitive Era was like this: daylight was always brief, regardless of when it occurred.

This was actually decent timing though. Normally at this hour, the Sun would be setting already. During the snow season, the Sun would set even earlier, by four o’clock or so, it would already be completely dark.

“Exactly. Tonight, we can go and observe the Wood Cicada Tribe, and if there are no problems, we can launch our attack tonight.” Ai’er blinked her purple eyes.

She thought to herself that she could finally get out and move around properly. Staying on this hot air balloon was truly exhausting.

Although she had butterfly wings and could fly out frequently, she had obediently remained inside the hot air balloon to conserve her strength and stamina.

“Yes, tonight we absolutely must check everything there. There cannot be any oversights.” Ye Jiu instructed.

She was extremely rigorous about attacking this first Tribe in their plan. She wanted no errors whatsoever in this operation. They needed to succeed in the first one to have more confidence in attacking the subsequent Tribes.

“Don’t worry, Leader. This time I’ll examine everything down to the smallest detail.” Ai’er declared confidently.

“First, let’s see how many people are inside, then we’ll consider which plan to execute.” Ye Jiu said.

For this expedition, they had prepared several different plans, each one distinct from the others.

The first plan was to blow up the entire Tribe, leaving no signs of life whatsoever in the whole Tribe.

The second plan was to extract the children and women from the Tribe, then bring them all back to Flame Dragon Tribe.

However, this plan was rather troublesome. Unless there were a ton of people, it wouldn’t really be worthwhile.

Transporting these people back to the Flame Dragon Tribe from such a great distance required time and manpower. Unless these people being brought back could create value for the Tribe. Otherwise, they would simply destroy all these people along with the Tribe. That would actually be more time-efficient and less labour-intensive.

The third plan was to kill all the Warriors in the Tribe, then gather all the Tribe’s people together. Afterwards, they would have this Tribe’s people migrate uniformly to the next Tribe. However, these two plans were both rather unrealistic.

Actually executing them would be far too troublesome, because travelling from one Tribe to another Tribe would take a very long time.

Walking would take no less than ten days, considering that even the hot air balloon required three or four days.

“But are we really going to execute the other two plans? That would really delay us.” Yan Hua asked with particular seriousness.

Because there were only sixty-odd days left until the rainy season, she definitely didn’t want to spend all those sixty-plus days running back and forth with these Tribes’ people.

If they could bring people back to the Tribe in a short time, that would naturally be good. But if they couldn’t bring them back, it would truly be too much wasted time.

Time was secondary though. If they could return to the Tribe, that would certainly be good. But what if they couldn’t? Would they be forced to remain outside?

The forest’s rainy season was exceptionally dangerous. Moreover, their food supplies weren’t abundant. Not returning to the Tribe in time meant certain death.

“Actually, I’ve considered this too. How about we forget it and just proceed with the first plan?” Ye Jiu thought seriously for a moment.

The most important thing was saving time. Bringing these people along would waste too much time. How to bring them back to the Tribe was still a critical issue.

If they had come out by boat, that would be fine, they could just have those Tribes’ people board the boat directly.

It was just that they were travelling by hot air balloon. which simply could not carry so many people.

“Let me go and observe tonight first. We shouldn’t show mercy to people who threaten the Flame Dragon Tribe.” Ai’er said with particular rigour.

The butterfly girl particularly despised those who wanted to destroy her Flame Dragon Tribe. They had been forced into exile before, and she definitely didn’t want to experience that feeling again.

“Alright.” Ye Jiu nodded.

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh…*

The hot air balloon continued advancing through the black night. Tonight there were many clouds in the sky. So, the hot air balloon could conceal itself in the darkness.

Ye Jiu and the others chose a hidden location to land. After briefly reorganising, they sent the butterfly girl out to scout.

Ai’er had been waiting for this day. She casually ate a bit of food, then flapped her purple butterfly wings and flew away.

*Flutter flutter…*

Over an hour later, Ai’er flapped her purple butterfly wings and flew back, her expression extraordinarily excited.

She calmed her breathing and spoke. “This Tribe has far too few people. We probably won’t need to expend much effort at all.”

She had originally thought the first Tribe would be extremely difficult to deal with. But after actually flying in to investigate, she discovered she had been worrying for nothing.

Although the wooden houses looked quite numerous, the people actually living there were not numerous. This seemed like some kind of optical illusion.

The purpose was to make people from other Tribes think this Tribe had much more people, making others more wary and afraid to attack.

Without actually flying over the Tribe to investigate, one would not know that Wood Cicada Tribe had so few people.

“That’s great. Tell us about their positions and where the Warriors are located.” Ye Jiu asked.

“Their positions are…” Ai’er explained the locations with particular clarity.

The reason she had been gone so long was because she had investigated thoroughly. She had to ensure the investigation results were accurate.

“Good, very good. The positions you’ve provided this time are particularly accurate. The upcoming plan will execute very well.” Ye Jiu nodded with satisfaction.

Initially, she had worried whether something might have happened, since the departure time had been so long. She hadn’t expected such precisely accurate intelligence to be brought back.

“Let’s set out. Since there aren’t particularly many people, let’s just use explosive packages directly!” Yan Hua suggested.

“I think so too. There’s no need to sneak in stealthily anymore. Let’s just blow up this Small Tribe directly.” Ye Jiu nodded.

“According to what Ai’er just said, such a Small Tribe only needs eight explosive packages.”

Sha Lan paused, then continued. “The most important thing is dealing with the Warriors’ wooden houses. We don’t need to worry about ordinary people’s houses.”

Her plan was not to place explosive packages at the ordinary people’s wooden houses. As for their future lives, that would be up to them.

“Begin the operation.” Ye Jiu blinked her cold grey eyes.