Chapter 8: The arrival of the time traveler
My vision returned.
[Ding! The Transmigrator is ready. Host, please choose this person's arrival location!]
Jiang Fan, who had waited for some time, heard the System prompt again.
"The arrival location... let him arrive at the Human Race tribe I first contacted!"
Jiang Fan mused.
[Ding! The Transmigrator has been deployed!]
Hearing the prompt, Jiang Fan's gaze fell upon Earth Star.
...
Somewhere on Earth Star.
My name is Li Zimu. I'm a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University. Today, just like usual, I was planning a design drawing.
Suddenly, my vision blurred, and I appeared in the wilderness.
Appearing in the wilderness was one thing, but what the heck was this group of'savages' in front of me!
It's the 21st century, do savages still exist in this World? They were covered in hair, and although they wore clothes woven from hemp, these were clearly not animals that should exist in this World!
Li Zimu fell into deep thought, pinching himself hard to confirm this wasn't a dream.
"It's over, I've transmigrated. Good news, I got the transmigration opportunity that others have always longed for. Bad news, the World I transmigrated to seems to be a primitive World!"
Li Zimu was on the verge of collapse. He didn't know any wilderness survival skills. Why do others transmigrate to other worlds to become overpowered protagonists, while I'm here to suffer.
While he was lost in thought, the surrounding Human Race watched his every move warily.
Soon, a Human Race who seemed to possess great prestige stepped out, looking at Li Zimu before him with a thoughtful expression.
"wahangqia! (The first Sage!)"
This Human Race said something Li Zimu couldn't understand.
In this era, the Human Race language system had not yet been established, and they could only communicate through simple sounds.
These communications were very limited and could not achieve complex communication.
But with long-term contact, the meaning could still be understood.
With that one sentence from this Human Race, the surrounding Human Race lowered their guard, their eyes filled with respect.
This change left Li Zimu bewildered. He had thought he would be tied up and eaten by this group of savages.
It seemed they had no intention of eating him.
"wamikusa! (Sage Lord!)"
The Chief stepped forward and spoke again before Li Zimu with respect.
Li Zimu was confused, but looking at the gestures the other party kept making... it seemed to be asking him to come to their tribe to sit?
Under the expectant gazes of the Human Race, Li Zimu gritted his teeth and decided to go to their tribe.
Although he didn't know what this World was like, since there were savages, the animals outside were definitely still extremely fierce.
As an unarmed ordinary person who hadn't learned any wilderness survival knowledge, whether he could survive outside was still a question.
Soon, Li Zimu entered the interior of their tribe, and looking at the simple houses, he was very surprised.
Savages of this era actually knew how to build houses themselves?!
After looking at the diverse weapons in the hands of this group of savages, Li Zimu was a bit dumbfounded.
Although these weapons were crude, he could roughly distinguish their types.
Spears, forks, halberds, hammers...
Something's not right, very not right!
Even though he wasn't a historian, he understood basic common sense. Early Humans couldn't have developed so quickly, and the weapons they used were still stone knives and stone spears.
There weren't so many types at all, and houses? Humans back then didn't have such advanced technology, right?
However, thinking that this wasn't his original World, and Human development couldn't be speculated with common sense, he relaxed.
The Chief led Li Zimu into the largest house, then made a few gestures.
"wasdkds! (This is your dwelling!)"
He couldn't understand the words, but he could understand the meaning. Li Zimu nodded. It seemed they intended for him to live in this house.
The only thing that struck him as strange was why this group of savages was so polite to him, and not just ordinarily polite.
However, since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Since he had transmigrated, he should think about how to live his future days.
Thus, Li Zimu settled down with peace of mind. Anyway, his life was temporarily not threatened. It was just that having been used to the information age with internet, in this primitive era, he felt very bored.
His greatest pleasure was observing the behavior and habits of this group of Human Race.
"Sigh..."
Soon, night fell.
A group of Human Race skillfully took out tools and started making fire by drilling wood.
"They've already mastered fire? Although I don't know the developmental history of these savages, they have at least formed a certain social system..."
Through a day of observation, Li Zimu had roughly figured out the level of civilization of this group of Human Race.
As time passed, the hunting Human Race returned one after another, and the bonfire in the tribe also ignited.
The Chief came before Li Zimu and led him to eat dinner together.
"The taste is so bland..."
After eating a few bites of roasted meat, Li Zimu frowned, but he had no room to be picky now. Being able to eat cooked meat was already good enough, what else could he ask for?
Several days passed just like that.
During these days, Li Zimu was almost going crazy. It was too boring, there was nothing at all he could do.
Every day, besides eating, he just slept. These Human Race never let him do any work, treating him like they were worshipping Gods.
It was too Weirdness!
"Should I find something to do?"
Li Zimu sat under a tree, watching the busy Human Race, and muttered to himself. He was a doer and simply couldn't sit still.
Thinking this, he stood up and began to inspect the entire tribe.
Although this tribe developed faster than those in the history of their World, for him from the 21st century, it was still too primitive.
"Could this be..."
Suddenly, he saw a grayish-white area.
Walking closer, he saw some white stones and grayish-white stones laid on the ground here.
He squatted down, picked up a stone, and rubbed it carefully.
"Limestone..."
Li Zimu's eyes lit up, and he looked around the tribe. The surroundings were fenced with wood.
"Hehe, I can build walls with cement, which can improve the tribe's defense."
Although he didn't know why this group of Human Race was treating him like a God, since they had taken care of him, he should also contribute a little and help them develop.
Furthermore, he was already tied to them. Improving the strength of the entire tribe would also make his own life safer.
"However, I still need iron ore to make cement. As for iron ore, there should be a lot of it in this era. I'll look around nearby."
Li Zimu stood up, wanting to find the Human Race Chief from before.
Suddenly, he realized he didn't know where the other party was. That's right, the Chief should have taken the Human Race out hunting during the day.
Then he would have to find him at night. He would look for iron ore nearby first.
After spending some time, Li Zimu also successfully found the stones he wanted.
Iron ore comes in many forms, including black, scarlet, brown, reddish-brown, etc., depending on the composition within the stone.
There are four main types of iron ore: magnetite, hematite, limonite, and siderite.
Magnetite has a black streak, a semi-metallic luster, and is magnetic.
Hematite is anhydrous iron oxide ore, scarlet in color, and this ore often forms huge deposits in nature.
Limonite is hydrated iron oxide ore, formed by the weathering of other ores, and is the most widely distributed in nature.
Siderite is carbonate iron ore and is easily decomposed and oxidized into limonite, generally with a low iron content.