Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 94

Chapter 94

Hu Lian, who was explaining to Bai Tu, shuddered when she heard the noise outside and almost fell down in fear: “What should I do, Chief Hong Tian will definitely find out…”

Hu Lian was really scared. The relationship between Hong Tian and Wu Lai was not as good as it seemed on the surface, but they were from the same tribe after all. Even if their relationship was not good, if they killed Wu Lai, Hong Tian would probably not forgive them.

“It’s okay, the problem outside has been solved.” Bai Tu knew Hei Xiao. He would not come over to give the signal if the problem outside was not solved.

Bai Tu walked to the door and knocked on the stones at the entrance of the cave a few times with the handle of his knife. A few cheers were faintly heard from outside, and then someone began to move the stones.

Bai Tu looked back at Wu Lai’s body and silently moved two steps to the side. Although it was dead, it was still somewhat terrifying to see such a big snake appear in the middle of the cave.

Lang Qi looked at Bai Tu and walked towards the snake without saying a word.

Lang Qi walked to the middle of the snake’s body, bent down and tried to drag the snake to the side, but the snake’s head behind him suddenly rose from the ground.

Bai Tu, who witnessed this scene, was so shocked that he almost lost his voice and exclaimed, “Be careful!”

Hearing Bai Tu’s voice, Lang Qi quickly turned to the other side.

The snake head that rose from the ground no longer had the strength to attack again, and could only watch Lang Qi moving farther and farther away from it, while a familiar body appeared in its sight.

Wu Lai saw that he had missed his last chance to attack, and wanted to poison everyone to death, but it was too late. He was on the verge of death after being hit in the heart, and only had a breath left thanks to years of survival experience. But now, he has lost his last breath.

Watching his own teeth biting into his body, Wu Lai’s last moments of consciousness gradually faded away. He had poisoned people with snake venom all his life, but in the end he died from his own venom.

“Faked death?” Although he escaped danger in the end, he was still scared. Bai Tu glanced at the silver ring snake that had completely stopped moving. They underestimated Wu Lai’s ability.

“It’s okay.” Lang Qi didn’t care whether it was a fake death or a real death. Compared with Wu Lai’s condition, Bai Tu’s reaction made him more distressed. Lang Qi raised his hand and patted Bai Tu on the back clumsily a few times, “Don’t be afraid.”

This was the scene that Hei Xiao and others saw when they came in. Hei Xiao, who was in the lead, found that there was a snake’s corpse not far behind the two of them. In an instant, he thought of countless possibilities and was almost scared to death: “What’s wrong with Tu?”

“Wu Lai suddenly moved just now and almost attacked Qi.” Bai Tu explained.

“It turns out to be a snake.” Heiyan went over to take a look. Snakes are on the eagle’s diet, so seeing a snake is something that is very appetizing. But when he thought that this was the Wu Lai he had met before, Heiyan lost his appetite at all.

Bai Tu told the two the information he had just asked about: “Before, snake venom was used to treat patients. After you left, you changed into your original form and planned to inject venom into Qi.”

Wu Lai knew some medical skills, and with his own adjustments, he was very familiar with the venom in his body and knew more ways to use it.

A small amount of venom combined with herbs can make a person mute for a period of time and prolong the drowsiness. This is what is usually fed to cubs.

More venom will make people fall into a coma, and this kind of venom will be used together with some medicines on people who come for treatment. The orc who was originally in great pain suddenly fell asleep peacefully. In the eyes of others, it means that the medical skills are strong enough to cure the disease quickly. In fact, the snake venom will even aggravate the condition.

According to Hu Lian, Wu Lai also made medicines for other purposes, but Wu Lai was always cautious and would only keep Hu Lian when he needed help. If there was something that could be done by one person, he would drive Hu Lian away in advance.

In addition to the room that was just opened, there was a row of rooms with large stone slabs at the door. The wolves pushed them all open.

There were a lot of food placed in the first three compartments. Because they had been left there for a long time, some of the meats that were not properly baked gave off an unpleasant smell.

“These were obtained from the orcs who came to ask for medicine.” Hei Xiao guessed the source at a glance. Wu Lai had a great reputation, so more orcs came to ask for medicine. All the treatment costs were put here by him.

At least one-third of the piled-up food is inedible, so you can imagine how long it has been stored.

Bai Tu frowned: “Don’t touch the food for now. When Hong Tian wakes up, ask him which tribes he is from.” Their target this time is the Red Eagle tribe, but they certainly can’t take all the food away. Not to mention whether they can take so much, just the source of the food itself is the loss of the victims. It was bad enough that those orcs were tricked by Wu Lai into eating poison, and they also lost so much food, so the food must be returned.

For most tribes, the prey they catch is only enough for daily consumption after removing the part that is exchanged for salt. If the prey is used to treat illness or injury, some people in the tribe will definitely go hungry.

The snow season is about to arrive. Apart from anything else, the tribes that have recently come to deliver food are probably now worrying about their lives in the winter.

No one touched the food, but continued to look at the compartment at the back. When they saw the next one, Bai Tu paused slightly.

Lang Qi immediately noticed his abnormality: “Are you feeling unwell?” Lang Qi glanced at the snakes outside that were already dead, lowered his head and gently patted Bai Tu on the back a few times, just like Bai Tu usually did when he coaxed his cubs.

“I feel very familiar here…” Bai Tu frowned. This cave gave him a very familiar feeling.

“Are all the cubs raised in the cave we just visited?” Bai Tu asked Hu Lian again, feeling a little strange. If he had been imprisoned here since childhood, why did he have no impression of that cave, but felt familiar with the one in front of him?

Hu Lian was stunned by the question and hesitated, “I only know over there…” She had only seen Wu Lai taking the blood of the cubs in that cave, because she had stayed in that cave for a while, and sometimes Wu Lai would ask her to deliver food to the cubs when he felt that there were many things to do.

Bai Tu nodded, didn’t ask any other questions, walked into the cave and began to check.

What is piled up here is not food, but many herbs. I don’t know what Wu Lai is planning to do. The amount of poison here is even higher. Although some poisonous herbs can also be used as medicine, the proportion of poisonous herbs here is too high.

Bai Tu told everyone not to touch these things, and used the animal skins in the cave to wrap up all the dangerous herbs and some unknown bottles and jars, and began to look for other places.

“Are all here?” Hei Yan saw that everything had been packed up and they were still not going to leave, and was very confused, “What are you dawdling here for?” There were still two caves behind that he hadn’t looked at.

“Wait a moment.” Bai Tu said, knocking on the stone wall next to him with a knife.

There was no problem in the first half, but when I got to the innermost part of the compartment, the knocking sound suddenly changed and I could tell that it was empty.

Bai Tu studied the area. There was a half-meter square stone on the ground, which looked like a stool he usually sat on. There are many similar stones in the cave, with the most in the outermost cave, with at least twenty in total.

The stone looked ordinary, but Bai Tu felt something was wrong. Considering that there was nothing behind the stone wall, he called Lang Qi to help: “Move the stone away.”

Lang Qi nodded, picked up the stone and threw it outside. They had been worried that it would arouse the suspicion of the orcs of the Red Eagle tribe outside, so they tried to reduce the noise as much as possible, but now they have no such concern at all.

Bai Tu lowered his head to study the ground that Lang Qi had moved away. There was a square smaller than the stone right under the stone. Inserting the knife into the gap, Bai Tu easily pried the stone slab open even without much strength.

A passage that was only wide enough for children of a few years old to enter and exit appeared in front of everyone.

Bai Tu looked back and found that the rabbit people were not here, so it was not easy to dig holes. The rabbit tribe was not as good at hunting prey as the wolf tribe, but they were better at digging holes than the wolf tribe.

Since the rabbit tribe was not here, they had to replace people. Bai Tu pointed to two wolves and asked them to dig the passage bigger. After all, it was too small now. Unless they turned into beasts, even he and Hei Xiao could not get in.

As soon as Bai Tu finished speaking, several wolves transformed into animal forms on the spot and asked the tribesmen around them to take off the animal skins on their bodies and join the army in digging the pit.

“Dig carefully.” Bai Tu reminded. He had a hunch that there was something in there, and quite a lot of it. In fact, using stones would be faster, but Bai Tu was worried about the noise and the possibility of large stones falling and hitting something, so he chose the safest way.

The wolves couldn’t speak, so they could only nod to tell Bai Tu that they heard it. Without wasting any time, they started digging the hole.

Even though their digging ability was slightly inferior to that of the rabbits, they had more people than the wolves. Several wolves dug upwards along the passage, and in a short while, they dug the underground passage to the place where Bai Tu had just knocked.

Although they only dug to the shoulder level, it was enough. Bai Tu fanned away the dust that flew up from digging stones and only walked inside when visibility improved.

“I’ll go in first.” Lang Qi said, then lowered his head and walked in, followed closely by Bai Tu.

Bai Tu was stunned when he saw the layout of the cave.

The cave was not even as dark as the one we saw before. It was very dark inside, and a faint light came in from the place that had just been dug through.

With this little light, the group of people saw the cubs in the iron cage inside.

The cubs before were tied up, but the cubs here were directly locked in a cage, and the only space for them to move around was the iron cage which was not much bigger than them.

Several fragments flashed through Bai Tu’s mind. It was almost certain that he had been here before, because it was all dark around him, even more depressing than it was now.

Seeing that the condition of the cubs was not right, Bai Tu immediately asked the wolf tribe to move the cubs outside quickly. He was afraid that the light would change too quickly and the cubs would feel uncomfortable, so he covered most of the cages that were taken out with animal skins.

Perhaps because they suddenly saw the light, several cubs slowly woke up. After waking up, they did not make a sound and stared outside cautiously.

Hu Lian opened her eyes wide in shock. She had been with Wu Lai for more than a month and had never seen these cubs.

It looked like these cubs had drunk medicine, but he didn’t know why they were assigned here. Bai Tu decided to solve this problem later. He arranged the cubs first and then started knocking on the stone walls of other compartments.

Everyone looked at the iron cage placed outside without disturbing Bai Tu.

The sounds made by knocking on the empty stone walls and the heavy stones inside were different. The two caves at the back contained some supplies such as animal skins. Bai Tu felt that the sound was wrong when he knocked in the last cave, but the hiding method in this cave was different. It was hidden against the animal skins on the wall.

There is no need to dig here. After opening the stone wall, you can directly see the supplies behind it, which is a pile of salt and ironware, including iron cages, iron knives, and iron pots and bowls.

“These were sent by the Iron Elephant Tribe.” Hei Xiao concluded directly. He had only seen the same tools in the Iron Elephant Tribe, and the Iron Elephant Tribe had close ties with the Red Eagle Tribe before.

Hei Xiao looked around: “No wonder they have been reluctant to replace their iron tools for so long.” In recent years, the number of knives that the Iron Elephant Tribe has been willing to replace is limited, resulting in iron knives being regarded as legendary tools by many orcs.

This compartment is not big, smaller than the cave where the cubs are kept, but it is almost full of ironware.

The number of people in the Iron Elephant Tribe who trust Wu Lai is more than they thought. Hei Xiao had mentioned before that the Iron Elephant Tribe has loyal followers of Wu Lai, but looking at the number, there may be hidden people who have not been found out. Bai Tu couldn’t help but frown: “Don’t send these over for the time being, and don’t tell the Iron Elephant Tribe that we found these.” Wu Lai hid this cave so tightly, and when the time comes to restore it to its original state, he can just say that he has never seen it.

Bai Tu’s eyes swept over the various iron tools.

Hei Xiao thought about it, and although he had a good relationship with the Iron Elephant Tribe, he still chose to listen to Bai Tu.

They had no shortage of food, salt and iron tools. Bai Tu was most concerned about the cubs. Before Bai An and the other orcs arrived, he led the orcs to untie the vines, ropes, cages and other restraints on the cubs.

“The Red Eagle Tribe should have backpacks? Find some more.” Bai Tu asked.

Although it will take some time for the orcs of the Red Eagle Tribe to wake up, not all of them are asleep after all. It is definitely not possible for each person to carry one or two cubs out, so it is more appropriate to use tools to pack them.

“The backpacks with food are all at the foot of the mountain.” Hei Xiao immediately led the wolf tribe to get the backpacks.

The food they brought was varied, most of which the Red Eagle Tribe had never seen before, and now almost all of the backpacks were empty.

Hei Xiao saw the conflict between Hong Tian and Wu Lai and deliberately added fuel to the fire, reminding Hong Tian that Wu Lai couldn’t say anything if he ate all the food. The conflict between Hongtian and Wulai did not accumulate overnight. Hongtian had long been dissatisfied with the fact that Wulai took all the food sent by the orcs and did not give it to the Red Eagle Tribe.

After all, the Red Eagle Tribe sent dozens of people to protect Wu Lai, and they were all the strongest orcs in the tribe. Suddenly, they lost a hunting team, and many people in the tribe followed Wu Lai’s orders to steal and rob cubs. Because of Wu Lai, they offended many tribes. As a result, Wu Lai was unwilling to share the leftover food with the tribe.

Besides, the power between the witch doctor and the chief is originally more or less. The higher the status of the witch doctor, the less say the chief has. Wu Lai’s reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and his attitude towards Hong Tian becomes worse. Hong Tian is turned down by Wu Lai, and in front of his own people, he becomes even more dissatisfied with Wu Lai.

So many contradictions accumulated together were about to explode. Hei Xiao’s words only accelerated the process. After listening to him, Hong Tian thought that this method was good. Anyway, it would take Wu Lai half a day to come out to treat people. What could Wu Lai do if they finished eating the food?

The wolves brought a lot of food, but the Red Eagle tribe also had a large population, and each of the more than 2,000 people could only get a handful.

Worried that Wu Lai would come out and settle the score with them, Hong Tian waved his hand and told people to get the food and eat quickly.

It can be said that Wu Lai is the only rich person in the Red Eagle tribe, because they have offended the surrounding tribes, and it is not suitable for them to go to places farther away. With less prey this year, everyone’s life is far less comfortable than in the previous two years. Although they have not been hungry, the food they have received is so delicious, and the chief has already said that it is ready to eat, so what are they waiting for?

When Wu Lai was held down and beaten by Lang Qi in the cave, people were already eating enthusiastically outside. The medicine Bai Tu gave them was similar to the one he gave Lang Qi last time. Although it did not meet the standard of being colorless and odorless, it was mixed with various spices. Unless one was particularly familiar with medicine, it was impossible to distinguish it.

You will not fall into coma immediately after taking the medicine, but there will be a process of digestion before you slowly become sleepy. Many people feel sleepier than usual after a full meal, so no one notices anything wrong. The vulture that just started to fall asleep was even laughed at by other vultures.

As more and more people fell asleep, Hongtian realized something was wrong, but it was too late. Almost two-thirds of the orcs in the Red Eagle Tribe had finished eating! The ones left without food are either because they have been outside and have not returned, or because they are young and did not get any food.

Relying on these people to fight against the wolf tribe is like a joke. What’s more terrifying is that Hongtian also began to feel sleepy.

As the leader, Hongtian also ate some food. Because he ate late, the effects appeared later. Hongtian tried to stay awake, but found that he was powerless. Finally, he fell asleep unwillingly.

When Bai An and others arrived, the orcs of the Red Eagle tribe had not woken up yet. Some were moving the cubs, while others were tying up people.

Although these cubs were imprisoned by Wu Lai, the theft of the cubs was almost entirely done by people from the Red Eagle tribe, so no one on either side was innocent. Wu Lai’s death does not mean that the crimes of the Red Eagle tribe can be wiped out.

“We will stay here to deal with these supplies, you go back to the tribe first.” Hei Xiao took the initiative to take the task of handling the supplies. After all, the Eagle Tribe flies fast, and even if they are delayed for a few more days, they can still get back to the tribe before the snow falls. Even if they can’t, as long as they bring enough food, it is not impossible to return to the tribe in the early snow season.

But the orcs of the wolf and rabbit tribes cannot wait until that time, because the temperature is low in the early stage of snowfall and the ground may freeze. The road at that time will be much more difficult to walk than it is now, especially returning to the Snow Rabbit Tribe through several mountains. Climbing mountains in the snow is definitely one of the most dangerous things.

Even if he didn’t want to separate from Bai Tu so soon, Hei Xiao could only consider the development of several tribes.

“I’ll come to find you as soon as the snow season is over.” Hei Xiao looked at his younger brother and felt that more than ten days had passed in the blink of an eye, and the two brothers had no time to say anything.

“Okay.” Although he had no memories, Bai Tu had long acknowledged this brother. Thinking of the limited time he had spent alone with Hei Xiao along the way, Bai Tu felt a little regretful. Hei Xiao had been trying his best to take care of him along the way, and most of his attention was on the two cubs and Lang Qi. After all, the two were young and this was their first time traveling far away, and Lang Qi could be affected by the drugs at any time.

Fortunately, neither of them is a very sentimental person and they understand that solving these problems now is the most important thing. The two discussed about the orcs of the Red Eagle Tribe. It was impossible for all of them to stay here. With so many people still staying here, there was no change from before. It would be basically impossible to use the same method to deal with them next time.

Bai Tu thought for a moment and said, “Let’s take half of the people away.” Even in winter, there were still many things to do in the tribe, and these people could just help with the work. As for treatment, just giving them food would be enough. Seeing the cubs that were locked up, Bai Tu felt that even if they were punished, it would not be enough. The cubs they saw were still alive, and the number was far more than what Fox Bu said that time. If the cubs who were tortured to death by Wu Lai and the orcs killed by the Red Eagle tribe were added, the number would at least double.

The Red Eagle Tribe and Wu Lai have committed so many evil things that they don’t need any sympathy at all. Bai Tu doesn’t feel any psychological pressure at all about using them as coolies. After all, if he lets them off lightly this time, who knows if these people will use the same means to harm the cubs again in the future.

Wu Lai’s so-called way to obtain the power of the Beast God is nothing more than drinking the blood of the cubs alive. It is so absurd that Bai Tu is unable to complain. If this is how he could obtain the power of the Beast God, Wu Lai would not have been killed by Lang Qi, and not even killed twice.

Thinking about these things in his mind, Bai Tu saw that several tribes were tying up the people of the Red Eagle tribe in the wrong way, and gave them some instructions: “Tie up their arms and hands, leaving only their legs, and then drag them away when the time comes.” The people of the Red Eagle tribe can all fly, just like the Eagle tribe. If they let go of their arms, a group of people could flap their wings and fly away. Bai Tu certainly wouldn’t give them this opportunity.

Heixiao had no objection to Bai Tu’s plan. The Eagle Tribe brought less than two hundred people, which might not be enough to deal with thousands of vultures, but there was no problem managing thousands of tied-up vultures. Heixiao planned to divide the remaining vultures into two groups, send one group to the Black Eagle Tribe to work, and leave the rest here first, and then bring them back to the Black Eagle Tribe after returning the food that Wu Lai had cheated from other tribes.

After the two men had discussed it, they went their separate ways. The cubs held captive by Wu Lai were handed over to Bai Tu, and the cubs of the Red Eagle tribe were taken over by the Black Eagle tribe. On the one hand, the cubs of the Red Eagle tribe all had wings, so the Eagle tribe would be better able to educate them, but on the other hand, they couldn’t put all the cubs on the Wolf and Rabbit tribes, as the burden on them was already heavy enough.

Neither side had any objections. Bai Tu and his men prepared a meal of easily digestible food for the cubs. After they had eaten and rested for a night, when they set out again early the next morning, there were nearly 200 more cubs and dozens of orcs who had been captured by the Red Eagle Tribe and had managed to grow up in the team.

The latter was afraid of the Red Eagle Tribe and Wu Lai, but when he found out that he could leave the Red Eagle Tribe, a sincere smile appeared on his face for the first time.