Chapter 841: New Concept

Su Bai’s group strolled through the flower field.

"Shaman, why did we suddenly cultivate so many flowers?" Yan Hua walked with both hands positioned behind her. She resembled a carefree young girl walking leisurely.

"Initially for the perfume we make. Gradually, we cultivated too much. But now, they conveniently serve as the White Foot Six Legged Insects’ new habitat." Su Bai strolled leisurely ahead, continuing. "What’s more, this creates a pleasant environment, does it not?"

He genuinely appreciated these flower-filled vistas. The floral fragrance permeated everything.

"I wondered about this. Even for perfume manufacturing, this seems too much." Yan Hua nodded thoughtfully.

"Have many visitors frequented our Central Market recently?" Su Bai likewise positioned both hands behind his back.

"So many people come every day, from several different Tribes. Every day, many items in the Central Market get traded." Sha Lan said.

These past few days, she hadn’t needed to go out on missions, so the cat eared girl had been watching the situation in the Central Market. Besides observing the flow of goods, she also carefully monitored the people.

Sha Lan focused on identifying suspicious individuals. Because the Flame Dragon Tribe was becoming increasingly prosperous, many Tribes were certainly covetously eyeing the Flame Dragon Tribe, and quite a few people wanted to learn its secrets.

"Just act like you’re casually wandering about. Try not to be too obvious." Su Bai instructed.

He had specifically asked Sha Lan to watch over the Central Market, so naturally he could anticipate the other Tribes’ ambitions.

This was simply how the Primitive Era worked. People here would become envious whenever they saw another Tribe prosper.

Eventually, conflicts over resources would arise. Su Bai didn’t want to provoke so much trouble just yet. Therefore, before danger arrived, he needed to take preventative measures, or at least obtain advanced intelligence. Only then could they prepare properly.

"I understand. These past few days, I’ve just been pretending to check on the Tribe’s trading situation. I haven’t asked about anything else."

Sha Lan nodded, continuing. "Moreover, I haven’t gotten close to people from other Tribes. They shouldn’t suspect anything."

"I hope I’m overthinking things, but if anyone truly harbours malicious intentions, we absolutely won’t let them off." Su Bai spoke with understated confidence.

Considering the Tribe’s current development, if war truly broke out with other Tribes, as long as the numerical difference between the two Tribes wasn’t too extreme, the Flame Dragon Tribe would definitely have the confidence to achieve victory.

"Shaman, I hope this year’s Totem Awakening Ceremony awakens many Warriors. Then we’ll have sufficient confidence to confront other Tribes." Yan Hua suddenly brought up this topic.

She had been quite worried recently. The Flame Dragon Tribe’s visible prosperity made her increasingly anxious day by day. Her concerns were essentially identical to Su Bai’s. Both feared the Flame Dragon Tribe would get attacked.

Although the Flame Dragon Tribe had already won two impressive victories, who could predict future events?

"As long as the Tribe’s people continue their current training regime, and they eat and drink well every day, we’ll definitely awaken many Warriors next year." Su Bai remained quite confident.

The reason was simple. During his first Totem Awakening Ceremony, the number of awakened Warriors had already far exceeded previous years.

He speculated the reason was probably because everyone ate their fill and lived better lives, which increased the awakening probability.

Not to mention that currently in the Flame Dragon Tribe, virtually no one went hungry. The awakening probability was self-evident.

"I hope that before the Flame Dragon Tribe becomes sufficiently powerful, people from other Tribes will temporarily refrain from attacking us." Yan Hua said bitterly.

She naturally knew this was impossible, but she was merely speaking casually.

"We might not need to wait until next year. Perhaps before the snow season arrives, our Tribe will already be stronger." Su Bai reassured her.

Actually, a rather audacious idea had already formed in his mind. He would only know if it worked once he properly implemented it.

"Shaman, does our Tribe have something new?" Yan Hua asked.

Observing Su Bai’s manner, she felt his expression and tone conveyed particular confidence.

Thinking back to previous innovations like firearms, recurve bows, and explosive packages, the first thing that came to mind was new weapons.

"Shaman, does our Tribe really have new weapons?" Sha Lan was also particularly excited.

"There’s an idea, but I haven’t actually begun implementing it yet, so it doesn’t really exist yet." Su Bai said flatly.

After all, before something was actualised, there was no need to speak prematurely about anything.

"Shaman, what’s your idea?" Yan Hua looked utterly impatient.

"I plan to develop cannons within the Tribe." Su Bai enunciated each word clearly.

Correct. His idea was to introduce cannons to the Primitive Era. This type of highly destructive firearm would be sought after in any era.

Particularly in the ancient kingdom conflicts back on Earth, besides flintlock rifles and bombs, cannons played enormously significant roles.

The power of a single cannon could equal dozens of flintlock rifles. Flintlock rifle bullets only caused small-scale damage.

However, cannon projectiles inflicted damage upon an area. If enemies advanced in clustered formations, casualties would be devastating.

Actually, after last year’s snow season ended during the eternal night, when Su Bai witnessed so many frenzied Ferocious Beasts invading the Flame Dragon Tribe, the notion of creating cannons had already formed in his mind. However, he hadn’t committed to the decision at that time.

Because creating cannons was not that simple. The required materials and preliminary preparation work were extremely complicated.

Moreover, the Tribe was still gradually developing, so this idea had been continuously shelved.

Not until the Flame Dragon Tribe developed to its current state and became a prime target for other Tribes’ ambitions did Su Bai reconsider creating cannons. Everything was to defend the Flame Dragon Tribe.

"Shaman, what are cannons?" Yan Hua completely didn’t understand this new term.

"Are they also related to explosive packages? Shaman, but explosive packages aren’t convenient to use. We all need to set up ambushes in advance." Sha Lan asked as well.

The destructive power of explosive packages was beyond doubt. However, their usage was quite limited. They had to be planted in advance.

"Come on, let’s return to the Restful Night Building. Once I draw it for you, you’ll understand." Su Bai smiled faintly.