Some of the Stone Flesh Mushrooms were light blue in color while some were a dark brown. The Haima Tribe members tended to small ones and harvested the large ones that were fully grown.

"Whoa… just how big is this?" Lin Mu was once again left stunned by the sheer scale of the harvest grounds.

These were easily bigger than most of the farms of the Xiaofan world. And all this was underground in a desolate area. The large scale farms of the Xiaofan world on the other hand, were all based in and around the fertile deltas of the main rivers.

"There are three more such sections. They are separated into different caverns." Elder Niji replied.

"Why not join all of them?" Lin Mu asked curiously, seeing that it might make things easier.

"We would, but that would cause the roof to become unstable. The separating walls also act as load bearing supports that prevent it from falling. Then there is also a water spring here, which might burst if we disturb any of the walls.

All this you see here was slowly carved and expanded over thousands of years. When our tribe was first exiled, there was nothing. They struggled a lot and back then, they were merely a thousand.

Over the years, several died and after around two hundred years, only half were left. It was then that they encountered the cave that we live in today. The protection offered by it allowed them to survive longer.

It was also here that they found a few Stone Flesh Mushrooms growing. Finding it edible, they started to cultivate it, eventually learning more about them and expanding it to the scale you see today.

With the population of the Haima tribe we have today, we need to keep the cultivation of these Stone Flesh Mushrooms as high as possible." Elder Niji explained in detail.

Hearing the history and founding of the Haima tribe's settlement here was a little inspiring for Lin Mu.

less than 500 people could reach such a level over the years, then perhaps losing hope should be more

around them optimally, they will certainly grow

him things before they finally reached a new tunnel. This tunnel went up instead of down, making Lin Mu wonder if

Lin Mu soon saw

the way, but each of them had a small square window carved into it,

Chasm Beasts." Elder

~Rumble~

the doors were open, Lin Mu saw the vast open barren lands in front of him. In the distance, he could also see the Broken Chasm. As for their current location, they were actually on

originally entered from and melded into the background with the many other such mountains.

~Crumble~

and stones

way is not possible either. Even for beasts…"

would simply hide in the cave until we felt it was safe to go out when the Chasm

was located outside. And since

course, eventually they learned more and even made several water reservoirs in case of emergencies." Elder Niji

the reservoir I crashed into also made by the clan?" Lin Mu

a natural reservoir, one of the many. They are just holes really, and get filled up with water whenever it's monsoon season."

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