Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Bai Tu almost thought he had heard it wrong, but when he saw the hunting team, he realized that he was right. It was an orc who picked up a lion and turned into his original form.

However, this orc’s life was obviously not very good during this period. Not only was he skinny, but the mane on his head was dull and lifeless, and his whole lion-like appearance revealed a sense of defeat.

Bai Tu: “Where did you pick it up?” The lion was still unconscious, but there was an unknown crazy lion tribe next to it. Bai Tu was naturally wary of the lion tribe.

“In the first trap we dug.” Bai Qi explained that the first trap the hunting team went to today was the first trap they dug. No matter how many prey this trap could catch now, it had a different meaning to the hunting team. This was the beginning of their success. Since this trap, almost no one in their tribe has been injured. This is impossible in some large animal tribes, let alone the rabbit tribe.

As soon as they got closer, but before they got into the water, everyone felt something was wrong. A yellow animal, the size of a lion, was floating in the water. Bai An saw it at a glance. After confirming that this lion was not Shi Hong, who had a long-standing grudge against the rabbit tribe, he arranged for people to salvage the animal. After all, it was a human life.

Bai Tu frowned, a little puzzled: “Isn’t that place close to the wolf’s territory? Why did it run over there?”

Although the territories of the lion, rabbit and wolf tribes are roughly in a straight line, lions will hardly cross the rabbit’s territory to provoke the wolf tribe, just as the wolf tribe will not easily cross the line to the lion’s territory. Most of the time, the rabbit tribe acts as a buffer in the middle, which is one of the reasons why the rabbit tribe can still survive in the cracks even when surrounded by lions and wolves.

Without the rabbit tribe, the two tribes will come into direct conflict. Conflicts are inevitable. The sense of belonging of the animals on the border of the territory is definitely the best fuse, and there is no time limit. Assuming that the Lion Tribe came out of the tribe, they should be near the territories of the Lion Tribe and the Rabbit Tribe, rather than near the Wolf Tribe. Without the protection of the tribe members, it is basically impossible for an orc to escape unscathed when encountering the Wolf Tribe.

Just as he was wondering, the unconscious lion orc turned into a human form, coughed a few times, slowly opened his eyes, and couldn’t help but clutch the animal skin he was wearing.

The rabbit tribe, led by Bai An, immediately became alert, surrounded the other party and began to ask questions.

“What’s your name?”

“Why did you come to our tribe’s territory?”

“How many days have you stayed in our territory?”

Bai Tu breathed a sigh of relief. Although the rabbit tribe is a little naive, they are not stupid.

The strange lion looked around with surprise in his eyes. He didn’t expect that he was rescued by the rabbit tribe. Hearing so many questions at once, his brain paused for a moment before he reacted.

“I, cough… I’m from the Crazy Lion Tribe. My name is Shi Peng. I was driven out by Shi Hong. During the cough… cough cough rainy season, I had nowhere to go, so I ran here…”

“How long have you lived here?” Bai Qi continued to ask.

“I’ve been coughing for half a month… I have nowhere to go…”

Bai An heard him coughing all the time, and ordered Bai Qi: “Qi, go get him

a bowl of water.” “Oh,” Bai Qi, who originally wanted to continue listening to why Shi Peng was driven out of the Crazy Lion Tribe, agreed, went to the nearest cave to get a bowl of water, and handed it to Shi Peng, “Here, drink some water.”

“Thank you.” Shi Peng took it and drank it slowly.

After Shi Peng finished drinking the water, everyone continued to ask questions that the other party had not answered, such as what grudges they had with Shi Hong, why they were driven out, and what was going on with the Crazy Lion Tribe now… The Rabbit Tribe always had endless questions to ask, and Bai Qi was the most among them.

Shipeng is very thin, but in good spirits, probably because he suffered a lot of bullying in the Crazy Lion Tribe. His personality is more docile than that of ordinary lions. He basically answers every question, and sometimes he doesn’t get angry when the rabbits accidentally ask him some private questions.

Everyone pieced together the truth from Shi Peng’s words. He was the youngest son of the previous chief and witnessed his father being bitten to death by Shi Hong when the two were fighting for territory. After Shi Hong became the leader, he killed all the children of the previous leader. Shi Peng escaped because he was too young and hid behind a rock in a cave.

I don’t know if it was because he was too weak and not threatening, but Shi Hong didn’t attack him later. It’s just that Shi Peng’s identity is awkward and his status in the tribe is very low. He usually has to eat, wear and use things only when others don’t want them.

Before the rainy season, the Wolf Tribe went to the Lion Tribe’s territory. I don’t know what they said to the other leaders, which led to the surrounding Lion Tribes besieging the Mad Lion Tribe. Although the Mad Lion Tribe was the largest, it was attacked by so many tribes alone, and there were also orcs from the Wolf Tribe watching nearby. Shi Hong and the strongest orc protected Fox Bu and let him escape. The remaining orcs from the Mad Lion Tribe couldn’t resist for too long.

As the leader, Shi Hong chose to flee instead of fighting, causing many orcs of the Mad Lion Tribe to retreat without a fight. Even those who did not flee did not want to fight themselves, but instead drove the orcs of lower status in the tribe to the front to fight.

These orcs normally eat very little, and they also need to hunt and guard at night. They have the worst treatment and the most work. Even though their original form is lions, their fighting power is much lower than that of other lions, and they have basically suffered a lot of injuries. Shi Peng naturally did not escape the fate of being injured. The leader of the Yellow Lion Tribe bit him in the stomach, leaving a wound so deep that the bone could be seen.

After the emergency retreat the next day, the other lions did not chase them, but the injured lions were not well received by Lion Hong. In the first few days, they were almost not given any food. Many orcs died in the middle, and in the end only Lion Peng and a few younger ones survived. But no one expected that this was just the beginning of the pain.

With their territory taken away, the Shihong tribe could only live in a remote place in the north of their original territory. The shrinking territory led to a decrease in prey. In addition, a group of orcs died in the battle and the subsequent wound infection, and some of them defected to other tribes that day. As a result, the number of orcs responsible for hunting suddenly decreased. Orcs of high status, such as Shi Hong, have not participated in hunting for a long time, so it is impossible to let them hunt, so the entire tribe exploits the orcs of low status even more.

Because they didn’t save enough food before the market opened, Shi Hong was dissatisfied with everyone, and Shi Peng and others were the targets of his anger. He would punch and kick them at any time and shout that he wanted to drive them out of the tribe. Everyone was living a life worse than death throughout the rainy season, until Shi Hong killed an orc. Shi Peng was afraid that he would be the next victim, so he quietly ran away while out on patrol.

However, there was water everywhere during the rainy season, and Shi Peng got lost not long after leaving the territory. He originally wanted to leave here and find an unfamiliar tribe to take refuge, but he didn’t expect that after so many days, he was still in the territory of the Rabbit Tribe.

“Ahem, please… please take me in for a few days, I can… help you hunt…” Shi Peng pleaded. He definitely could not go back to the Mad Lion Tribe. As for the other lion tribes, Shi Peng had also injured orcs from other tribes during the fight. If he went to join them now, the result would not be much better than staying in the Mad Lion Tribe. No matter which race, they would not be soft-hearted towards orcs who hurt them.

The rabbit tribe is kindhearted. They treated their own people like this, and they couldn’t bear to be cruel to unfamiliar beastmen. When they heard about Shipeng’s miserable experience, they couldn’t bear to drive him out.

“How about staying?” Bai An asked Bai Tu. There were several orcs of different races in their tribe. When they didn’t turn into their original forms, there was basically no difference between them. After staying in the tribe for a long time, they were regarded as members of the tribe. Two of them even found partners in the tribe.

Although their tribe is not as inclusive as those tribes with many different original forms, they will not prohibit orcs of other races from joining them.

Bai Tu nodded when he heard it and said, “Just live in the cave next to me for now. If you’re not feeling well, don’t go with the hunting team. Just follow me.” What Bai Dong and the others couldn’t do before, Bai Tu could only wait for the hunting team and the picking team to come back. Although Shi Peng is thin now, he is an adult orc after all, and a full-sized lion in his original form, so he can help in many ways.

When Bai An heard that Bai Tu had agreed and had even arranged a place for him to live, he immediately nodded and said, “Okay, Qi, go help Shi Peng clean up the cave.”

“Me again.” Bai Qi muttered and was glared at by Bai An.

Bai Tu gave Shi Peng a day to rest, and took him to pick mulberry leaves early the next morning – mulberry trees grow very fast, and a batch of mulberry leaves can be grown in a few days. The silkworm eggs have not hatched yet, and Bai Tu has already prepared in advance. The picked mulberry leaves can be stored in a cool cave for several days. The silkworms’ appetite in the later stage can be described as terrifying. Storing some now will make it less busy later.

The mulberry tree sent by Ma Xin grew taller after the rainy season. People can still pick the leaves on the lower part, but they can only climb up the tree to get to the upper part. This work was previously done by Bai Qi and others, but now it is the responsibility of Shi Peng.

“Adult orcs are better.” Bai Tu praised. No matter how capable Bai Dong and his companions were, they were still children. They were not as strong and tall as adult orcs. He didn’t dare to let them do dangerous work like climbing trees often. They were very serious when working, but the lively nature of children could not be concealed. After getting familiar with Bai Tu, the group of children had long lost their initial restraint and would act naughty. When they moved around in the tree, Bai Tu would be terrified watching from below.

There would be no such trouble if we let the lion companion climb the tree. Adult orcs are much more stable, and since they are new here, it is impossible for them to scare Bai Tu.

Bai Dong and his companions, who were deprived of the right to play with Bai Tu, disliked this orc who suddenly joined the tribe, especially since the other party always followed Bai Tu. Although Lang Ze had also stayed in the tribe for a period of time before, it was different. When Lang Ze was there, everyone was a student and needed to remember what Bai Tu taught, and everyone was equally busy.

Now it is time to do something that everyone can do. Shipeng always gets praise from Baitu for his good work, and the hostility towards Shipeng from a group of competitive children has skyrocketed.

Although the ones who were dissatisfied were only the underage orcs, Shi Peng was still very worried. He feared that Bai Tu would not want to continue to take him in because the other orcs did not like him. Shi Peng took the initiative to share his share of the extra meal with a group of children.

“I don’t want to eat your food!” Tu You refused sternly, “If he eats your food, Tu will definitely think we are bullying you and will dislike us even less!” Tu You snorted. They are young, but they are not stupid! This lion tribe is so annoying, no wonder people from the same tribe as Shi Hong are all equally annoying! Only someone as kind as Bai Tu would agree to take him in!

“I didn’t.” Shi Peng shook his head. He just didn’t want to upset everyone.

“Hmph! I won’t be fooled by you!” Tu You ran to find Bai Tu, “Tu, Tu, I want to eat fried fish!”

“Are you causing trouble for Shi Peng again?” Although the noise next door was not loud, the rabbit tribe has strong hearing ability, and even those who are not outstanding like Bai Zhou can hear these sounds. Bai Tu heard everything happening next door clearly.

“I don’t like him.” Tu You said in a low voice. He was not the youngest among the group of children, but the first ones to follow Bai Tu were Bai Dong Tu Shi and him. Bai Dong Tu Shi was better, but Tu You could not hide his likes and dislikes at all. If he hated someone, he just hated him.

“Shipeng came to us because he has no tribe. If you bully him, he will have nowhere to go. He will then starve to death outside. How pitiful.” Bai Tu advised, “Be nicer to Shipeng in the future, okay?” Bai Tu explained.

Tuyou muttered something quietly, but did not openly show disdain to Shipeng.

Worried that if he continued to bring Shi Peng along, the other children would become even more dissatisfied, Bai Tu simply did not bring Shi Peng along the next day and let him get familiar with the tribe.

“Don’t go to those caves. You can learn from what others do.” Bai Tu said. There are limits to what he can do alone. Now he no longer does many jobs after teaching them to other orcs, such as cutting prey and weaving bamboo baskets and other tools. Since Shi Peng wants to stay in the tribe, he has to learn all these. But after all, he had just joined the tribe, so he couldn’t enter the cave where there were cubs and prey.

Knowing that being familiar with the orcs in the tribe meant that they truly accepted him, Shi Peng became more serious.

As a member of the same Lion Tribe, Shi Peng is not as arrogant as Shi Hong and others. Not only does he have a good attitude, he is also very humble towards the adult orcs and children in the tribe. It took him less than two days to integrate into the Snow Rabbit Tribe without any discomfort. Bai Tu has heard him sigh more than once that life in the Rabbit Tribe is better than in the Crazy Lion Tribe.

Shi Peng’s attitude was too friendly, and with Bai Tu’s persuasion, the children in the tribe were not as repulsive to Shi Peng as they were at the beginning. Although they still didn’t take him with them when cutting grass, they didn’t ignore him when Shi Peng asked which plants were needed. They also took the initiative to remind him which ones were not cut correctly, but his tone was not very good.

After the rainy season, the weeds in the tribe grew almost wildly, and a large pile could be cut almost every day. Bai Tu was very satisfied looking at the increasing number of piles of grass, as they would all come in handy in the winter.

Seeing Bai Tu so happy, Shi Peng was a little surprised: “Are these grasses so important?”

Bai Tu said as a matter of course: “Of course not. With so many mouths to feed, how can we survive the winter without these?” There are quite a few animal cubs in the tribe. If the pigs and cows are well raised, they can be bred next year. Bai Tu almost sees groups of animal cubs waving at him. He set a small goal to let the cubs of the tribe drink milk at this time next year!

“The nutrition is not enough now.” Bai Tu muttered. Children should have enough nutrition, including meat, eggs and milk. When the crops are ripe, some pastry snacks can be made. The cub’s childhood should be extremely happy.

Shi Peng was listening nearby. Although he didn’t understand how to use these herbs, he remembered each one clearly.

Seven or eight days after Shi Peng came to the tribe, Langze came to find Bai Tu according to the ten-day timeline. After the rain stopped, he almost counted the time on his fingers. Every day he would go to the edge of the two tribal territories to see if there were any rabbit tribe members who could help pass the message or bring him over. But the results were disappointing. The rabbit tribe members had not gone to the edge of the territory to hunt recently, so he had to wait for many more days!

This time only the two brothers came. After all, there was nothing serious to do. It was simply because Langze missed Bai Tu, or to be more precise, the food cooked by Bai Tu.

What Langze didn’t expect was that there was an unfamiliar face in the Rabbit Tribe this time. Looking at Shi Peng, who was a stranger but very familiar with the Snow Rabbit Tribe, Langze’s heart was alarmed and he immediately became alert: “Who are you?!”

“His name is Shi Peng. He was driven out of the Crazy Lion Tribe and now lives in our tribe.”

“Oh, from the Lion Tribe…” Langze glanced at Shi Peng, imitating the way his brother usually looked at him. He was not as tall, not as strong, and not as good-looking as his brother. Well, the assessment is completed, he is not as good as him. After all, he is as good as his brother, he is only slightly worse than his brother.

Just thinking that such a weak lion tribe could be in the same tribe with Bai Tu, but he couldn’t, Langze couldn’t help but sigh, and became more and more dissatisfied with his brother.

But when it comes to the Lion Tribe, Langze has something to say: “Many people in the Crazy Lion Tribe have been cutting grass recently. I wonder if they want to raise cattle and pigs too!”

The lion friends were very surprised to hear this: “Raise, raise cattle?!”