Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 41

Chapter 41

Hei Xiao soon discovered that the Snow Rabbit Tribe had more to enjoy than just the caves, the food was also the best. Yesterday’s dried meat and mushroom soup were just appetizers. Today he got to see various new and creative ways of cooking food.

It is not suitable to eat too greasy food in the morning, so Bai Tu stewed some vegetable meatball soup. Meatballs are more troublesome to make, so except for the times when there were many helpers on the road, he only made them once in the past two days. Most of them were prepared for the cubs. Bai Tu only kept a small part for himself, and put it in the back mountain for freshness after it was made. Hei Xiao came at the right time, and it would probably be gone two days later.

Although the raw material is also meat, the taste will be different if cooked in different ways, not to mention the complicated method of making meatballs. After tasting it, Hei Xiao felt refreshed.

“I really want to stay here, or take you back.” Hei Xiao sighed while eating, “I’ve been to so many places, and the food you cook is the best.”

“I knew it!” Hei Yan came in angrily. Just as he was about to criticize Bai Tu for secretly poaching his girlfriend, a meatball was stuffed into his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth. He didn’t know what to say or not.

“Eat quickly.” Hei Xiao urged, “After you finish eating, go to work.” They only brought food for the way here, and they would need to hunt for food to take back. It was agreed last night that Hei Yan and others would go out hunting with the rabbit tribe today.

Heiyan swallowed the meatball obediently. After eating, he no longer had the energy to speak again. Heixiao stuffed the half-eaten bowl into his arms and said, “Eat it all.”

Bai Tu strongly suspected that Heiyan had heard their conversation. From the time they had eaten to the time the hunting team set out, Heiyan followed Heixiao almost every step of the way, proving with practical actions how clingy he was.

Hei Yan stared at Bai Tu warily, still very alert in his heart. The Rabbit Tribe was too scheming. They actually wanted to lure Hei Xiao with delicious food. Even he almost couldn’t help it. Next time, he would definitely not eat the Rabbit Tribe’s food! He will be able to catch prey today, and let Hei Xiao eat the food he cooks in the evening!

Not wanting to argue with a child who had not grown up, Bai Tu started to study the defense issue after breakfast. I only talked to Bai An about the general plan yesterday. This morning, most of the tribesmen agreed to the initiative of digging trenches. After all, among the surrounding tribes, the digging ability of the Rabbit Tribe is far beyond the reach of other orcs. It can be said that after they have dug the trenches, it is almost impossible for other orcs to sneak in without alerting them. Their defensive capabilities are absolutely strong.

After deciding, the next thing to do was to decide the trench route, where to dig, how large an area to dig, and which part to include in the defense range. Bai An felt that he was not good at this, so he directly handed the task over to Bai Tu.

This work is equivalent to a design drawing and is related to the final results. After all, digging trenches is a major task. If there is a problem in the design, it will have to be redone, which will be a huge workload.

The only orc that Hei Xiao was familiar with in the Snow Rabbit Tribe was Bai Tu, and he didn’t want to get along with other orcs, so he simply followed Bai Tu.

The defensive ditch was not a plan that needed to be concealed, so Bai Tu naturally would not refuse to take him. It was also boring to wander around alone, so Bai Tu found two thin wooden boards and took Hei Xiao for a walk along the mountain.

The rabbit tribe can and loves to dig holes, which is fully demonstrated in the caves. After circling around, Bai Tu conservatively estimated that there are more than a hundred caves, not counting some caves that are hidden and cannot be seen from the bottom of the mountain. Fortunately, the mountain is big and the main body is solid, otherwise it would have been dug out long ago.

After having a general understanding of the surrounding terrain and plants, Bai Tu also decided on how to design it. The entrance and exit would be left on the south side. The south was where the rabbits often went to hunt. The wolf tribe was adjacent to their territory in that direction. It was generally safer and it was also the route most traveled. A passage must be left to facilitate entry and exit.

There is a field of corn planted on the east side, and the territory extending outward is also the wolf tribe. The west, north and southwest corners correspond to the bear tribe, lion tribe and deer tribe respectively. Bai Tu drew a few strokes on the wooden board. He planned to set up the defense ditch outside a grove of trees, so that even if the tribes outside reached the outside of the defense ditch, they would not be able to see the true situation of their tribes.

After marking the approximate distance of a circle, Bai Tu took Hei Xiao back to his residence and asked about the fallen beast on the way.

“What races are the fallen beasts that appeared near your tribe?”

Hei Xiao: “An elephant tribe, a lion tribe, and a unicorn tribe.”

Bai Tu nodded. The unicorn is a rhinoceros. The elephant tribe and the unicorn tribe are large in size, and the scene when they go crazy can be imagined. The lion tribe is not as big as the other two animals, but its bite force and scratching ability should not be underestimated. Any one of these three fallen beasts is quite dangerous, not to mention all three together.

“Can you find out which tribe they are from?” Bai Tu asked. The three races had nothing in common. If they wanted to know why they turned into fallen beasts, they would have to look for the places where they lived before they were completely transformed into beasts. After all, fallen beasts were almost indistinguishable from real wild beasts and it was impossible to communicate with them.

Hei Xiao shook his head: “It would be great if we found out.” If they could find out the source of the fallen beasts, they could ask the other party to deal with the fallen beasts, but the tribe behind the fallen beasts was very hidden, and there were no clues at all on the three fallen beasts. The Black Eagle tribe could not directly cause trouble based on race. After all, there were many tribes whose original forms were the same kind of animals, and there were also some mixed tribes. There were orcs with more than a dozen original forms in one tribe, and there was no way to find out.

“When we set out, the unicorn tribe and the lion tribe had already been captured, but the elephant tribe had not yet.” The elephant tribe was much larger than the eagle tribe, and they were unable to find the opponent’s weakness for a while, and instead injured many of their members. The elephants have great destructive power. Trees fell down in large numbers wherever the mad elephants passed. Although the place is still some distance away from the Eagle tribe’s residence, it is not possible to let them run around like this.

Bai Tu thought for a while, returned to the tribe, and found a packet of medicine for Hei Xiao: “Go back and put this medicine in something edible, and then throw the food to him.” What he gave Hei Xiao was an anesthetic, which could make people unconscious after taking it. The more the dose, the longer the effect. Before, when Shi Peng was in the tribe, he mixed some of the drug into the other’s food every night to save trouble. It was impossible for him not to be on guard when a lion was sleeping in the cave next to his. So drugging the person also saved the trouble of sending someone to watch him in the middle of the night.

The fallen beasts have almost no human consciousness, but they still need to eat. Food still has a great appeal to them. This method can attract the other party to eat the anesthetic, and then the Eagle Clan can catch the fallen beast.

After giving the medicine, Bai Tu added: “Don’t let anyone else know about this medicine, and don’t show it to others.” The anesthetic is effective, but it would be a disaster if someone with bad intentions saw it. Bai Tu couldn’t bear to see the Eagle Clan suffer from the fallen beasts, nor did he want more people to know about this medicine.

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone.” Hei Xiao promised and decided to hide it even from Hei Yan. The more people who knew, the more dangerous Bai Tu’s situation would be. Even the witch doctor didn’t have this medicine.

If these were really taught to Bai Tu by a wandering witch doctor, the witch doctor should have a very high status. I just don’t know why I have never heard of it. Hei Xiao was puzzled for a moment and then put the matter aside. Bai Tu didn’t mention the witch doctor’s name, so it was obvious that the witch doctor had some reservations. In that case, there was no need to inquire about the other party’s identity.

Bai Qi, Hei Yan and others came back in the evening. They had a good harvest today, catching two prey in total, both of which were quite large.

Bai Qi shared with Bai Tu in amazement: “It is easier to catch prey with the help of the Eagles!” After only one day of cooperation, Bai Qi found that having winged orcs was very convenient. The Eagles did not need to keep searching on the ground. They could fly directly to a place higher than the trees and then look for prey.

Although most of the area is covered with vegetation, the Eagles’ keen observation ability allows them to spot the traces of prey in the first time. With the help of the Eagles, the Rabbits don’t have to wander around. After the Eagles determine the location of the prey, they will go over and drive the prey into the trap.

Hei Yan looked to Hei Xiao with some pride to claim credit: “I found several groups of prey today!”

“Very impressive.” Hei Xiao praised in a very perfunctory manner, but Hei Yan obviously ignored this perfunctory attitude. He was happy as long as he was praised. He glanced at Bai Tu and whispered to Hei Xiao, “I’m better than him.” Hei

Xiao: “…” You, a member of the Feather Clan who can fly, how can you compare with the Rabbit Clan?

Hei Xiao: “He can make medicine.” He can also make many medicines that others have never heard of, but it’s a pity that I can’t tell you this.

Heiyan immediately wilted. He really couldn’t compare with her in this respect, otherwise their tribe wouldn’t have to come out specially to exchange medicine.

“Okay, you’re all sweaty, go take a shower.” Hei Xiao said.

Hei Yan’s eyes lit up: “You accompany me!”

“Shut up!” Hei Xiao scolded in a low voice. After saying that, he looked around and found that others were discussing how to deal with the prey. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Tu couldn’t help but move a few steps to the side. He had had enough of this dog food. What Hei Xiao had said in the morning about Hei Yan being clingy was definitely not just talk.

Bai Chen and other young men were dividing the prey, Bai An was watching from the side, and Bai Tu went over to ask about the decrease in prey.

“Are there many prey groups today?”

Speaking of prey groups, Bai An’s expression became serious: “Hei Yan found several prey groups, which are farther away than the places where they caught prey before. He also looked around and found that there are fewer prey groups than in previous years.” In the past, they could find prey groups after walking for half a morning, but this year it took a whole morning to encounter prey. He asked Hei Yan to check the surroundings. He calculated a result based on the locations of these prey groups. The total amount of prey was reduced by one third.

“Have they gone to the wolf tribe?” Bai Tu asked.

“There are fewer rabbits hunting in the morning.” Their guess was correct. Not only in their territory, but also in the wolf’s territory, the number of prey was decreasing. In previous years, this time of year was a good time to hunt, but this year they usually had to go farther to catch prey. It’s just that the wolf’s territory is large, so if there is no prey in one area, they can go to another. The feeling is not too obvious, and the impact is not that great.

Bai An became even more worried after hearing the news. The wolves could change their hunting locations, but the rabbits did not have this condition. There were almost no prey in the northern area adjacent to the lions, and most of their prey were caught on the east and south sides. If the number of prey became less in the future, they would have nowhere to catch them. More importantly, this change is obviously not temporary. If it is like this now, what will happen after the snow season? How will we spend the rainy season next year?

Bai Tu thought of another thing. The Leopard Tribe was in the same situation, but they appeared earlier. There was a decrease in prey two years ago, and a sharp drop last year. In the final analysis, it was because the number of orcs increased too fast. The production capacity could not keep up with the number of people, and they only relied on prey, which showed a tendency to eat up all the resources.

Knowing that this trend of change is inevitable, Bai Tu is not as pessimistic as Bai An. After all, he knows the yield of corn. After the corn is harvested, it is time to plant wheat. With these two staple foods, even if they can’t find other food at the next market, their tribe can survive the year.

The current task is to raise as many animals as possible. After all, the survival rate of artificially bred animals is higher. For example, the survival rate of each batch of chickens raised in the tribe is over 95%. The survival rate of pig and cattle piglets is even higher, with almost no loss. Moreover, the farmed prey will have food to eat in the winter and will not suffer from hunger and cold, so the survival rate is naturally high.

Animals born in the wild face all kinds of problems from birth, because orcs like to capture adult prey, and animals will pass through the territories of some wild beasts during migration. Many animal cubs are abandoned by the tribe because they have no mother to protect them. Some animals that are not accustomed to migration will freeze to death in the winter, and some will starve to death due to lack of food. The actual survival rate is less than one-fifth, and the survival rate of some animals is even only about one-tenth.

Judging from the proportion of cubs, children, young people and old orcs in the tribe, the trend of the number of tribe members is increasing year by year. Only breeding and planting can meet the increasing demand for food, but the problem is how to catch more animal cubs.

Bai Tu shifted his gaze to Hei Yan who was pestering Hei Xiao. Now he had a ready-made helper, so he might as well use him.

Heiyan noticed his gaze almost instantly and almost jumped up in anxiety. He asked vigilantly: “What do you want to do!”

Bai Tu stared at him for a while, sighed and shook his head: “Forget it, you can’t do it.”

Heiyan was furious: “Who said I can’t do it?! What do you want to do? You say! Say it now!”

“I want to catch live animal cubs. You probably haven’t caught one before?” Bai Tu sighed again, “Forget it, I’ll contact Langze and the others–”

If the previous words were to add fuel to the fire, then this sentence would add fuel to the fire. Heiyan knew who Langze was. Heiyan was the orc he disliked the most in the market. Bai Tu’s words meant that those orcs could do what he couldn’t do!

Hei Yan was furious: “Who said I can’t catch them?! I’ll catch them now and show you!” They are just animal cubs, he wants to catch eight or ten of them and let this stupid rabbit tribe see who is the strongest one, so that this person won’t keep trying to snatch Hei Xiao from him!

Hei Xiao was watching from the side, and turned his head away with reluctance. It was really too easy to fool him. Knowing that Hei Yan would keep his word and would most likely run out to catch prey cubs right now, Hei Xiao grabbed the other’s arm and said, “Let’s go tomorrow. Let’s eat first.” Most of the Eagle Tribe hunt during the day, and even if they can be seen at night, they are not as good as some orcs who specialize in night activities. Even if Hei Yan wants to prove himself now, he can only wait until tomorrow.

Heiyan was very dissatisfied with the fact that Baitu had to look down on him for another day. Finally, he turned his anger into appetite and ate two large bowls of meat before he felt comfortable.

Hei Xiao’s appetite is about the same as Bai Tu’s, but he couldn’t help but eat a little more tonight. At the same time, he wondered about the red ingredient in the food: “Is this a fire fruit?”

“Yes, but I like to call it chili,” Bai Tu nodded, “Is it delicious? I planted some, and they have begun to produce peppers, but I have to wait until next time to pick them.” The peppers are still small now, and it will take a few days for them to mature. If you want to preserve them for a long time, you have to wait until they turn into red peppers. Red peppers can be kept for a long time if they are dried.

At first, Bai Tu was reluctant to eat them freely, and after returning to the tribe, he only ate the pepper skins and saved all the seeds. It was not until the first batch of peppers began to bloom that he was completely relieved. Now he has begun to study ways to eat them by making chili sauce.

In the evening, everyone ate twice-cooked pork. The lean and fat pork belly was cooked with onions and ginger, then sliced ​​and stir-fried to release oil. There was no bean paste, so Bai Tu fried the chili sauce until fragrant, then poured the fried pork slices in. There was a lack of green pepper embellishment, but the taste was still the same, fragrant but not greasy, salty and spicy and delicious.

Hei Yan, who had secretly vowed not to eat the food cooked by Bai Tu, couldn’t help himself and ate two large bowls. After eating, thinking that this was food made by the rabbit tribe, Hei Yan put the bowl aside. He couldn’t resist it this time, but he would definitely resist it next time. If he couldn’t even resist this little temptation, how could he bring Hei Xiao back to the tribe! The Rabbit Tribe is really too scheming. Tomorrow they will catch all the baby animals here and let Bai Tu see the strength of their Eagle Tribe and make sure they don’t dare to compete with them for people!

Hei Xiao pushed away Hei Yan who was about to stick to him. It was such a hot day and the other party was like a burning fire, yet he still wanted to get close to him.

“Is it easy to grow peppers?” Hei Xiao really likes to eat slightly spicy food. He has seen fire fruits before, but most orcs ate them directly. The orcs who exchanged them for salt never told him about other ways to eat them. He didn’t expect that they would taste so good when added to food. Hei Xiao thought he could grow some.

“Easy to grow. I still have some pepper seedlings. I’ll bring you some in a few days.” Peppers have a long fruiting period, and the newly grown pepper seedlings are prepared for the wolf clan. There is no problem in giving some to Hei Xiao. They are all partners, so Bai Tu decided to treat them equally. He helps the wolves when they want to plant plants, and he also gives them what the eagles want to plant. A tribe has limited energy, and even if all the orcs in the tribe are gathered together, they can only plant a part of the plants. There is no need to take everything into his own hands.

“Thank you.” Hei Xiao did not refuse, he really wanted to plant it.

“Do you want melon seeds? If you plant them now, you can still harvest them before the snow season.” Melons and other annual fruits bear fruit relatively early, so it’s still not too late to plant them now. I’ve only used less than one-third of the seeds I collected from buying so many melons and fruits before. There are already many places outside the cave covered with melon vines, some of which have already begun to bloom and will bear fruit in a few days.

“Yes.” Hei Xiao nodded in agreement.

Hei Yan was spinning in circles watching from the side. How scheming! How scheming! Giving delicious food was not enough, now they started giving seeds to Hei Xiao. The rabbit tribe was so scheming!

Bai Tu still regretted that the corn seeds were gone, otherwise he could ask Hei Xiao to bring some back. Although the Black Hawk Tribe was called the Southern Continent, the seasons were similar to those on the Eastern Continent. There were still three or four months left before winter, so it was still enough time to harvest a season.

Facts have proved that the method of provoking the opponent is effective, especially for a young orc like Heiyan who refuses to admit defeat. After Heiyan had tormented Heixiao that night, he thought of eighteen ways to threaten Baitu not to covet Heixiao. The next morning, when the other orcs of the Black Hawk tribe were not ready yet, Hei Yan had already started urging them.

“So slow, what else can you do besides eating!” After saying this, Hei Yan glanced at Hei Xiao, wishing he could announce loudly that he was the strongest and that weak orcs like Bai Tu were not suitable to be partners.

Hei Xiao said nothing, picked up the egg pancake made by Bai Tu and took a bite.

The omelet is a real omelet, with nothing added except eggs, wild vegetables and salt. It is fried on a stone slab with lard until both sides are golden brown, exuding the rich aroma of eggs from the outside to the inside.

Today’s breakfast is eggs mixed with eggs, with half a bowl of egg drop soup on the side. Hei Xiao took two bites of the omelet, and thinking of Bai Tu saying there was new food, he slowly drank half of the egg drop soup, and gave the remaining half to Hei Yan as usual. A very gentle smile appeared on his face, and he coaxed him softly: “Work hard, I’ll wait for you to come back here.”

Hei Yan was instantly revived with full blood, and left with a group of eagles with high morale. Until I left the tribe, I didn’t remember that I forgot to say something harsh to Bai Tu, even though I had been thinking about it for half the whole night!

Watching Heiyan leave, Heixiao rubbed his waist imperceptibly, and thought of the young wolf among the orcs who traveled with Bai Tu last time. He frowned immediately and gave Bai Tu, who had just entered the cave, a serious suggestion: “Never find a partner who is too young.” He had fallen into the same pit himself, and Bai Tu must never make the same mistake again.

The white map that just got the meat sauce back: “???” Is this some kind of auto-refresh task? A little suggestion every morning: yesterday you shouldn’t find a partner too early, today your partner shouldn’t be too young, and tomorrow you should find a new one?

Hei Xiao looked at Bai Tu who had a confused face, and sighed slightly: “Forget it, you don’t have to think about these, you are still too young, let’s talk about it in a few years.”

Bai Tu: “…” There was no way to refute this, what could he do, this body looked like a teenager who had not passed the growth period, and the original form was not even the size of a palm. He couldn’t think of a way to prove that he was an adult no matter how hard he tried.

Fortunately, Hei Xiao didn’t intend to spend too much time on this issue. The two of them finished the remaining omelets with meat sauce, and Bai Tu took him to pick mushrooms.

There are still a lot of mushrooms on the back mountain. The orcs were urging us to pick them yesterday, but checking the terrain is more important. We didn’t pick some until the evening yesterday, and now it’s a good time to take Hei Xiao to see them.

When the two were leisurely picking mushrooms in the back mountain, Heiyan encountered several strange orcs who were trying to sneak into the rabbit tribe.

Hei Yan waved his wings and said: “Fight!”