Chapter 51: Tribal Courage

Chapter 51: Tribal Courage

Yulian turned 20 years old. From the time he invented the paddle sailboat until now, four years have passed in the pixel world.

The leader, Yuzou, sitting across from him, had a floating ghost symbol above his head, indicating that the old man’s life was coming to an end.

"I want to open it," Yulian insisted.

Old Yuzou remained silent for a long time before replying, "That is the divine ’gift’."

"Those who blaspheme the gods will be struck down by heavenly lightning."

"..."

A light bulb appeared above Yulian’s head. "Then can I secretly remove a few pages?"

"Blaspheming is blaspheming! Removing even one page is still blasphemy!"

The old leader angrily exclaimed, "Do you think you can negotiate with the gods!?"

"Then I’ll just remove them all."

Yulian’s response not only surprised the old man but also surprised Lu Yao, who was watching the screen.

Lu Yao had always been afraid of being struck by lightning by Yulian because all of his energy was focused on building ships, and he rarely worshipped the gods.

Because of this, Yulian felt very guilty and often suspected that the gods might find a time to strike him with lightning.

However, at this moment, Yulian showed great determination.

He explained to the old leader, "Leader Sahang once wrote the first book, ’Tribal History.’ But it required a lot of sheepskin, and there were not many words that could be written, making it thick and heavy."

"But this book, gifted by the gods, is thin and clear, and can hold many words."

"The gods must know that we cannot understand their divine language. Even the wisest leader, Senjian, cannot understand it at all. The material of this book may be the treasure bestowed upon the tribe by the gods."

The young man persuasively said, "I have smelled it. The book smells a bit like dry animal dung and also like the scent of grass and wood ash. And it is not indestructible; it looks thin and fragile."

"If we soak them in water, we can see their original appearance."

"I think it’s either made of dry dung or grass and tree bark..."

The old leader interrupted the young man, "But what if it’s not? What if you are wrong, and the will of the gods is not like that? What do you think will happen?"

A exclamation mark appeared above Yulian’s head, and then his body trembled, as if he had thought of the consequences of being struck by lightning.

However, his words were different from his physical reaction, "If I’m wrong, I’m willing to accept the punishment from the gods. I did all of these things on my own."

"You will be killed by lightning and turned into ashes on the ground," the old leader emphasized.

"I know."

"Even so, do you still want to open the divine book?"

"Yes!"

Yulian showed the stubbornness and spirit of a young person, "This book is of great significance to the tribe. If we can obtain the technology to make this kind of book, we can spread it to every place the tribe has been, just like the paddle sailboat."

"The divine gift is sacred and cannot be destroyed!"

"Leader Yuzou, you are blaspheming! Do you want to be punished by the gods’ lightning? Do you want the entire tribe to be punished by the gods?"

"Dangerous, extremely dangerous!"

"Leader, are you crazy? It’s terrifying, too terrifying."

Even the respected hero, Yuzou, faced overwhelming questioning and opposition from the tribe members when he announced that he would open the divine gift.

At this critical moment, the cave-dwelling wizard, Senjian, stepped forward to support Yuzou.

"Quiet, quiet."

The wizard, holding a bone staff and wearing a stone mask, said, "The gods are omnipotent. I believe no one will question this, right?"

The crowd fell silent."Given that gods are omnipotent and omniscient, the great and merciful God Yao must know that we, insignificant and ignorant as we are, cannot comprehend the profound divine text in the scripture."

"So, why would God Yao bestow upon us this profound treasure?"

With a few simple sentences, the wizard had taken control of the conversation.

He continued, "We cultivate crops with water and soil, cut down trees to build houses, and shear wool to weave clothes."

"We ride camels into forests and deserts, we build ships to travel on water, we have accomplished things our ancestors could not even imagine."

"All of these are due to God’s love for mankind, God Yao blesses each and every one of us."

"God Yao knows us better than we know ourselves."

"He understands our weakness and ignorance, sees through our fears and hopes, and witnesses our diligence and failures."

"This scripture is God Yao’s reward and test for us."

"In the past, our tribe was punished by torrential rains and hurricanes, you all remember that, don’t you? God Yao despises laziness and complacency, he always hopes that we, his people, can thrive like a dense forest, unafraid of storms."

"If we just put this scripture in the temple and it can’t serve any purpose, how is that different from being complacent?"

"Complacency and arrogance will only bring down God Yao’s wrath of thunder!"

The cave-dwelling wizard looked around at the crowd, "So, is there anyone who still thinks that we should not take action and make good use of the grace of God?"

The pixelated people of the Garlic Tribe fell silent.

Even Lu Yao in front of the screen couldn’t help but sigh.

What a brilliant sermon.

The wizard Senjian, who had led the cave-dwelling monsters for many years, truly made good use of his Level 4 wisdom.

In terms of wisdom, Yuzou was a bit lacking.

But Yuzou’s daring to try and the courage to pioneer were something that previous tribal leaders had never had.