Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 104

Chapter 104

Tu Cheng stared at the other person and only saw seriousness in the other person’s eyes. For a moment, he felt that it was more uncomfortable than arresting him. At least if he was arrested, he could explain it as not being able to contact the person, but now, all he got was bad news. He thought that even though the Crazy Lion Tribe was gone, the Black Haired Tribe could still be relied on. He didn’t expect that when he came out this time, he heard the news that the Black Haired Tribe was beaten back by the Rabbit Tribe.

Bao Duo seemed to be unconcerned about Tu Cheng’s plan to overthrow the Snow Rabbit Tribe and the Blood Wolf Tribe, and continued to urge Tu Cheng to return to the tribe.

“It will be too late if we don’t go back now.”

“It’s going to snow soon.”

“I’m going to eat. Are you hungry?”

Tu Cheng, who was distracted by the Black Haired Tribe, came back to his senses when he heard about eating and nodded, “I’m hungry.”

“Oh.” Bao Duo also nodded with him and said, “The Snow Rabbit Tribe recently made a new meat sauce that tastes better than before.”

Tu Cheng continued to look at him. The meat sauce was delicious, and then what?

Bao Duo failed to understand his feelings and continued, “The noodles are delicious too, but there are too few of them. We can’t compete with the Snow Rabbit Tribe for them, right?”

Tu Cheng had only heard people mention noodles while mining, but had never tasted them. He did not react to Bao Duo’s words.

However, Bao Duo did not seem to care whether he responded or not, and called to the orc next to him: “Go and serve the food, we’re going to have big portions today.”

The Leopard Tribe was not large in number, but they also built a cafeteria. It was just smaller than the Snow Rabbit and Blood Wolf tribes, and the food variety was not as rich as there. However, Bao Duo believed that by following Bai Tu, they would be able to live that kind of life in a few years.

The advantage of having a small number of people is that the various areas are close to each other. Not long after Bao Duo finished speaking, the Bao Tong next to him brought the food over.

There were no noodles, but a large piece of braised beef and two small pancakes. Bai Tu said that meat wrapped in small pancakes was called roujiamo. Bao Duo thought that Bai Tu remembered it wrong, and it should be meat wrapped in pancakes. However, when eating it at the Snow Rabbit Tribe, he was so focused on the delicious taste that he didn’t have time to say it. He would definitely ask for some next time he goes there.

While eating the food, Baoduo’s desire to share was overwhelming. He explained the correct way to make roujiamo and asked Tucheng while speaking: “You should use the meat to sandwich the steamed bun, don’t you think?”

Tucheng didn’t want to know the correct way to eat it at all. He had been anxious in recent days. The coal he dug every day was not up to the standard. Those who failed to complete the task would not be given no food, but the food they got in the end was pitifully little. Tucheng felt that someone was deducting money from them, but he had nowhere to complain.

Less coal dug meant less food. He hadn’t eaten all day and only had a hard and unpalatable roasted corn in the morning. He felt hungry as early as when he escaped, but he didn’t dare to stay in order to reach the Leopard Tribe as soon as possible. He walked here carefully and hid all the way.

There were no orcs from the Rabbit or Wolf tribes looking for them along the way, so Tu Cheng thought he was safe. However, when he arrived at the Leopard tribe, he heard the news that the Black Mane Tribe could not beat the Rabbit tribe. That would have been fine, but now Leopard Duo was eating in front of him and he didn’t even give way.

While Tu Cheng was feeling resentful, Bao Duo started asking again: “Are you hungry?”

“Yes, I’m hungry,” Tu Cheng replied.

Bao Duo nodded again and praised the food in his hand: “Braised meat tastes better than grilled meat.”

“Yes, yes.” Bao Tong agreed.

The two began a new round of compliments, and all their words revolved around how delicious the food was.

Tu Cheng could still bear it at first, but as he listened to the two people’s praises, he felt more hungry and could even hear his stomach growling!

“What’s that sound?” Bao Duo looked around and finally his eyes fell on Tu Cheng, “Is your stomach growling?”

Tu Cheng looked at the other person’s innocent expression and felt so angry that his teeth were itching. He finally saw clearly that Bao Duo did it on purpose and just wanted to make things difficult for him!

However, no matter how dissatisfied Tu Cheng was, he didn’t dare to say it out loud now. He had nowhere to go. The Mad Lion Tribe had been defeated by the Wolf Tribe, the Black Mane Tribe didn’t dare to enter the Snow Rabbit Tribe’s territory, and now the only nearby tribe was the Leopard Tribe.

Although the Leopard Tribe had helped the Rabbit Tribe before, it didn’t matter. Tu Cheng comforted himself in his heart that he could stay in the Leopard Tribe temporarily, and once he got familiar with the tribe, he could persuade other orcs to help him.

The Rabbit Tribe was able to defeat the Black-Haired Tribe because of the help from other tribes. Once he convinces all the helpers from the Snow Rabbit Tribe to help the Black-Haired Tribe, he will still be able to succeed, but at a slower pace.

Hoping that Foxbu could wait for him peacefully, Tucheng clenched his fists and encouraged himself. The orcs of the Crazy Lion Tribe had been captured, and Shihong would definitely be of no use to him now. As long as he behaved well, Foxbu would definitely separate from Shihong and become his partner.

Having made up his mind, Tu Cheng decided to suppress his hunger and cheer himself up. Just as he was about to tell Bao Duo that he planned to stay in the spotted leopard tribe, a member of the leopard tribe ran in with a smile on his face.

“Chief, Captain Bai Qi is here!”

“Let him in quickly, it’s so cold outside.” After saying that, Bao Duo turned his gaze to Tu Cheng and advised, “It’s cold outside again, you should go back quickly.”

Tu Cheng didn’t have time to be shocked that Bai Qi came so early. He became even more angry when he heard what Bao Duo said. What’s so great about Bai Qi? When he was in the hunting team, Bai Qi was a little brat who knew nothing. Now Bao Duo treated him like a tribe member welcoming the leader, but his attitude towards him was like looking at stinky mud by the river.

Tu Cheng wanted to get angry, but thinking that he was still in the territory of the Leopard Tribe, he could only swallow back the question he was about to ask. Then he suddenly realized that the other party was talking about Bai Qi coming!

Bai Qi would definitely take him away when he saw him, so Tu Cheng asked hurriedly: “Can I hide?”

“What for?” Bao Duo looked puzzled.

Tu Cheng realized that it was too late and was worried that Bai Qi would really appear in front of everyone in the next second, so he planned to pass Bao Duo and hide behind him.

But his movements were a little slow. Before he could move, Bai Qi and others walked in.

“You’re finally here.” Bao Duo waved and greeted Bai Qi.

Hearing this, Tu Cheng froze and looked at Bao Duo in disbelief, but Bao Duo still had that simple and honest expression on his face, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Bai Qi has always been rude to Tu Cheng. He waved his hand and the two orcs behind him grabbed him and took him away.

On the way back to the mining area, Tu Cheng was still comforting himself, saying that it was just a failure and it didn’t matter, he would find another opportunity to get out next time. But next time I can’t look for the leopard tribe. The leopards may look honest, but they are actually very cunning!

Bai Qi was not polite this time and directly imprisoned Tu Cheng in the area with the largest number of guards.

There are not many people imprisoned here, but there are six orcs taking turns to guard them. The six people are divided into two shifts, with three people in each shift, so there is almost no possibility of escape.

On the way, Tu Cheng was still worried that Bai Qi would find other ways to retaliate against him. But when he arrived at the place, he was completely relieved. As long as he was not beaten, he would always find a chance to escape.

While working the next day, Tu Cheng suddenly discovered that there was a familiar orc in the team, Tu Lei.

Tu Cheng was delighted. Tu Lei was Tu Bing’s younger brother. Although he looked down on him for taking advantage of Tu Bing’s power to slack off in the tribe, Tu Cheng was now extremely happy that Tu Lei was here. He could ask Tu Lei to help him escape.

Tu Cheng completely forgot one thing. If Tu Lei was really that capable, how could he be here?

When Tu Cheng was brought back, it was already past dinner time. Bai Qi and the orcs who were guarding them certainly would not find food for him. He spent the night in extreme hunger. When he wanted to eat the next morning, he was told that there was no food for him.

“The morning food is given based on yesterday’s work, and you don’t get any.” The orc who distributed the food was merciless, “If you’re lazy again today, you’ll continue to starve.”

The other party’s voice was not small. Several orcs who were guarding them turned their eyes, and when they saw that it was Tu Cheng, most of them withdrew their gazes without caring.

Tu Cheng clenched his fists and looked at the people around him. They were all laughing at him.

After a moment, Tu Cheng walked to a corner with his fists clenched, facing Tu Lei.

Tu Cheng took a look at the food in the other person’s bowl. He would never have eaten this kind of food before, especially on the day he first arrived at the Crazy Lion Tribe, when he was eating large chunks of grilled meat. Thinking of Foxbu who was willing to share his food with him, Tucheng took a deep breath and decided to go out no matter what and find a way to rescue Foxbu.

Thinking of this, Tu Cheng asked Tu Lei in a low voice: “Do you want to become the highest-ranking person in the tribe?”

Tu Lei was eating the rice in his bowl. Suddenly he heard these words. The chopsticks in his hand stopped immediately. He looked up at Tu Cheng: “Do you have a way?” Of course he wanted to become the highest-ranking orc, otherwise he would not be dissatisfied with Bai Tu.

The more people with higher status than Bai Chen, the lower his status will be. But if he can become the leader, who will care about Bai Chen and Tu Bing? Tu Lei stared at Tu Cheng with shining eyes: “Do you have a way? Do you have a way?”

Seeing him so excited, a trace of contempt flashed in Tu Cheng’s eyes. Only a brainless person like Tu Lei would think that what he said is true. However, it is precisely because the other party has no brains that he is easy to deceive.

Tu Cheng responded seriously: “Yes, I have already contacted the outside world. As long as you help me get out, I can push you to be the leader…”

Tu Lei was instantly pleasantly surprised and almost stood up excitedly. Seeing the orcs guarding them around him sat down obediently, he felt a little unbelievable: “Can those people you contacted really help me?”

“Of course.” Tu Cheng agreed, “We both have the same surname. Originally, the leader of the Snow Rabbit tribe should be selected from the orcs with the surname Tu. Bai An and others are just outsiders! Of course I will help you.”

Hearing his words, Tu Lei nodded quickly and kept saying, “Yes, it was originally our tribe.”

Tu Lei felt that what Tu Cheng said was very reasonable. Originally, there were only people with the surname Tu in the Snow Rabbit tribe, and the other surname was added later.

Tu Lei completely forgot that the two tribes merged decades ago and had long since merged into one. He was so stimulated by Tu Cheng’s words that he wanted to kick out Bai An, Bai Chen and others and become the leader himself.

Seeing him so excited, Tu Cheng felt relieved. He was indeed stupid and was easily fooled.

Tu Lei was still immersed in the excitement of becoming the leader, and suddenly felt that he had misunderstood Tu Cheng before.

He used to think that Tu Cheng was a bad person who wanted to kill Bai Chen and Bai Tu. Now, if Tu Cheng had succeeded, he would almost be the leader now. Tu Lei thought that Bai An was so old that he would not be able to be the leader for long. If Bai Chen and Bai Tu died, he would be the only orc with a high status in the tribe.

Tu Lei didn’t consider at all that without Bai Chen and Tu Bing, he would be nothing in the tribe.

Because he was too excited, his brain was online for a moment. Seeing Tu Cheng staring at the bowl in front of him, Tu Lei generously pushed the bowl over and said, “You haven’t eaten breakfast yet, these are for you!” He

was a little dissatisfied with the poor food, and the food was eaten by Tu Lei, but he hadn’t eaten for the whole day. Tu Cheng picked up the bowl and chopsticks without hesitation and started to eat.

However, he did not forget the important things while eating. Tu Cheng ate a few bites and felt that his stomach had a little more food. Then he continued with his request: “You find a way to take me out.”

“What?” Tu Lei looked at the other party, a little surprised.

“Find a way to let me out.” Tu Cheng thought the other party didn’t hear him clearly, so he repeated his request again.

“Didn’t you take me out?” Tu Lei was shocked.

Tu Cheng felt more and more that the other party was not right in his brain. If he could get out, then why did he say so much to him?

Considering that the other party could help him get out, Tu Cheng explained to him with unprecedented patience: “I just contacted the orcs outside, and I need your help to take me out.”

“I can’t.” Tu Lei said as a matter of course. If he could get out, he would have gone out long ago. Why would he keep working here?

Tu Cheng frowned and felt even more disgusted with the other party. He was not even that useful and the food was not tasty. He finished the remaining food in a few bites and pushed the bowl and chopsticks in front of the other party. Tu Cheng decided to find someone else to cooperate with.

Tu Lei saw the man was about to leave and immediately stopped him: “Wait, when will you let me be the leader?”

“Next life.” Tu Cheng raised his hand and pushed the man away. He couldn’t even do this, and he still wanted to be the leader. It was a good idea.

“How can you be like this? You ate my food and you don’t keep your word.” Tu Lei shouted, “You are just here to cheat me of my meal!”

Tu Cheng realized that the other person’s voice was too loud and it would easily arouse suspicion from others, so he wanted to cover his mouth, but it was too late.

“What are you doing?” The only relatively quiet time for this group of people is during mealtimes. This period of time is also when the people in the detention center are relatively relaxed. After all, the workload is heavy, and the food they are given is not much. Every time these people get the food, they start eating quickly, wishing they could chew up the plate, for fear that it would be snatched away by others if they are a step slower.

However, snatching of food is not allowed in the cafeteria. If you touch food that does not belong to you, the punishment will be severe and it is common to go hungry for a few days. Some people did this in the beginning, but now they have learned their lesson and there are almost no orcs who dare to steal other people’s food.

Unexpectedly, there was no one trying to steal the food, but now there was someone trying to steal the food. The two orcs in charge of guarding them approached and asked, “What’s going on? What are you arguing about? What food?”

Tu Lei was still angry that Tu Cheng had eaten all his food. He thought that Tu Cheng had deliberately deceived him, so he told the two of them everything that had just happened. Tu Cheng wanted to stop them, but the two men didn’t let him speak.

After listening to the process of cheating for food, the two men felt that there was no difference between the two people in front of them. It seemed that both of them were not very smart. One thought that the other could help him escape, and the other thought that the other could help him become the leader.

The two looked at Tu Cheng and Tu Lei seriously, wondering how they could trust each other.

Finally, the slightly taller orc didn’t intend to bother about these trivial things that sounded impossible to accomplish. He untied two chains from his waist and threw them in front of the two men: “Okay, put them on.”

He felt that these two people were not easy to manage. Tu Lei, needless to say, had never been well-behaved since he came here. Tu Cheng discussed with the others on the first day he came here to go out together. In short, both of them had problems, and it would be safer to work with chains on.

Tu Cheng looked at the chains with an unhappy expression on his face, but he could only control his temper in front of these people and obediently put the chains on his legs as they requested.

Tu Cheng raised his head and looked at the two of them deeply, then looked at Tu Lei, remembering everyone’s appearance clearly.

He must not let these people off, Tu Cheng thought.

The chain made escape much more difficult. It did not affect the speed of digging stones, but it would affect walking. It was okay to move forward a few steps while digging stones, but if you ran with the chain on, you would probably be caught before you could run far.

Tu Cheng could only work while viciously planning how to take revenge on these people when he got out.

Just as Tu Cheng was thinking about how to torture them, the orcs who were guarding them were chatting not far away.

The job of supervising other people’s work may seem like doing nothing and being idle, but in fact, you have to keep your eyes and ears open and pay attention all the time.

It would be boring to stare at one place all the time, so the orcs would chat for a while when they made sure that the people who came to work because of mistakes were not slacking off.

As for the topics of conversation, they usually talk about whatever comes to mind. Today, the two of them were talking about Foxtrot.

Before the rainy season, many people from the Blood Wolf Tribe had followed Lang Qi to the Mad Lion Tribe, and they had also heard Fox Bu say that the Snow Rabbit Tribe would annex the Blood Wolf Tribe.

Fox Step said that this was his prophecy, and that this was not the only thing he could predict. The two of them couldn’t help but complain when they chatted: “When Foxbu was alive, he was still shouting that he was the reincarnation of the Beast God. Did he take poison?”

Another orc agreed: “Aren’t the medicine that the witch brought poisonous? Foxbu must have taken a lot.”

On the other side, Tu Cheng froze in place after hearing these two sentences.

“What did you say?” If it were in the past, Tu Cheng would never have gone to question the two of them, but now, he no longer cared about so much. Tu Cheng raised his hand and scratched his ear. He must have heard it wrong, it must be!

“What happened to Foxbu?” Tu Cheng grabbed one of the men’s arms, incredulous.

“He’s dead, what else can happen?” The orc he caught shook him off, “Go and do your job!” What they despised the most was people like Tu Cheng who were traitors and actually harmed others for the sake of the Crazy Lion Tribe. Fortunately, he didn’t succeed, otherwise the tribe would not be what it is now.

After the two men chased Tu Cheng back, they continued chatting. From the deaths of the lions Hong Hubu one after another after the Crazy Lion Tribe was captured, to the exposure of the Red Eagle Tribe’s behavior on the way to the market, several things, each one more important than the other, and each one more shocking to Tu Cheng than the last.

He knew that the orcs from the Mad Lion Tribe had been captured. After all, there were lion tribes where he had worked before. But being captured and being killed are two different things. How could Foxbu die?

Tu Cheng didn’t know for a moment whether he was sad about Foxbu’s death or felt uncomfortable because his status could not be improved without Foxbu. In short, all his plans were based on the premise that Foxbu was alive. If Foxbu died, what excuse would he use to contact the Black Mane Tribe? Will the Black Haired Tribe obey his orders?

A series of blows almost made Tu Cheng lose his balance, but except for Tu Lei who was taking advantage of the situation, no one else looked at him.

Tu Chengcai realized that his escape yesterday was a joke. Not to mention that Bao Duo did not agree to his cooperation, even if he agreed, the Black-maned Tribe would not send all their people to attack the Snow Rabbit Tribe.

How could Fox Bu die, how could Fox Bu die… Tu Cheng whispered these words in his mouth. It was impossible, Fox Bu could not be dead. Tu Cheng comforted himself, it must be that these people saw him escaping and made up a lie to deceive him. Fox Bu had come from other continents and did not die, so how could he die in the East Continent?

There is also the Red Eagle Tribe. Tu Cheng has never heard Fox Bu talk about it, but he has seen Fox Bu and the people of the Red Eagle Tribe handing over cubs, so he can guess that they should have a good relationship. He unexpectedly also encountered the Rabbit Tribe and the Wolf Tribe.

Tu Cheng instantly became resentful. Why did the orcs who went to the market specifically go to the Red Eagle Tribe? He must have set his eyes on the food of the Red Eagle Tribe. He said that he was exposing the ugly behavior of the Red Eagle Tribe just to snatch and occupy their food!

They are all a bunch of villains. Tu Cheng clenched his fists and hated these orcs even more. However, he didn’t even dare to resist the two orcs in front of him.

Bai Tu heard the news that Tu Cheng was captured at noon the next day. He didn’t know what to say for a moment. Tu Cheng went through so much hardship just to visit the Leopard Tribe?

However, Tu Cheng’s trip was not completely without gain for everyone. They finally understood why the Black Mane Tribe was not in a hurry to have the cubs, but chose to attack their tribe. It turned out that they had been in contact with Fox Step for a long time.

Bai Tu specifically called Shi Zhen over to ask about it. When the Crazy Lion Tribe was besieged, the Black Haired Tribe was also the attacking party.

When Shi Zhen heard that Foxbu had connections with the Black Mane Tribe, he was even more shocked than Bai Tu. The Black Mane Tribe had not held back at all when they attacked them, and many orcs were killed or injured by them.

“How could it be connected with the Black Mane Tribe? Could it be a mistake?” Shi Zhen still felt that it was a little impossible. After all, the two tribes were hostile. Why would Fox Bu contact the Black Mane Tribe?

After discussing for a while, the two could not guess Foxbu’s purpose until a few days later, a somewhat disheveled lion tribe broke into the territory of the Snow Rabbit tribe.

The other party was only wearing a somewhat tattered animal skin and fled in front of everyone in a panic. The patrol team didn’t know what to do for a while.

If it is a team with more people, they can fight back very hard. But orcs have one thing in common: they are soft-hearted and will not take any action, especially when they see the other party is so pitiful. But the other party came over and grabbed their legs and asked for help, without saying what happened, and just kept muttering that he wanted to see the leader.

Finally, the team leader decided that the others would continue patrolling, and he and another orc brought the people back to the tribe. Bai An happened to be away, so they simply brought them to Bai Tu.

Bai Tu was shocked when he saw her. He had seen many thin orcs, but she was not only thin, but also pregnant.

What surprised him even more was what the other party said.

“Lion Five locked us in a cave and forced us to give birth, and then took all the babies away!”

The cubs were about to be found.