Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Bai Tu was absolutely certain and confident that the wolf tribe would not go on a hunger strike, and the question showed his trust in the wolf tribe. Even if there was only one orc eating in the cafeteria, he must be a wolf.

As for why the wolf tribe has not appeared in the cafeteria until now, Bai Tu simply took them to the wolf tribe’s cave.

The first place to go to must be Langze’s residence. As expected, it was empty. Walking to the side, there were three or four places without anyone there. There was no need to look for the rest. The wolf clan almost all acted in groups. Due to their nature, if several people were not there, it meant they all went out.

The orc in charge of the cafeteria was called Tu Mu. When he saw that the wolves were not on a hunger strike but were not in the tribe, he left happily.

Bai Tu: “…” It was indeed a wise decision to let him manage the cafeteria. Given his love for food and his joy at seeing others eating in the cafeteria, Tu Mu would never skimp on food or deliberately make it unpalatable.

After Tu Mu left, Bai Tu wondered where the wolf tribe would go, but he thought for a while and had no other ideas. The whereabouts of the wolf tribe were unpredictable every day, and they almost always ended up in a different place every time they went out. Not to mention anything else, the places where supplies were found in the last few times were all in places Bai Tu didn’t expect. Not to mention Bai Tu, even Lang Qi couldn’t guess where they were, so he usually called them directly, but most of the time he didn’t even want to call himself. Once he spoke, it would not be a team that answered.

Bai Tu rubbed his eyebrows. As the market was approaching, there were a lot of things going on over there with the wolf tribe. Now that Lang Qi and Lang Yang were not there, there were only a few wolves left in the tribe who were learning skills from the rabbit tribe. They could shout, but the distance their voices could be heard was relatively short.

Just when Bai Tu was considering whether to ask a wolf for help, he heard a sound of footsteps. It was not the usual sound of the hunting team returning, but it was similar to the sound on the way to the pond yesterday.

Bai Tu paused, and sure enough, not long after, Langze appeared at the foot of the mountain with other wolves. The difference from before was that this time they didn’t even change into human form, but only into beast form.

The beast forms of Langqi and Langze are larger than those of other orcs. Although Langze is not as big as Langqi, he can be seen at a glance in the team.

The first thing the wolves did when they returned to the tribe was not to go back to the cave to put on clothes or to eat, but to lie down in the open space at the foot of the mountain, panting one after another.

Seeing how tired they were, Bai Tu went to the kitchen and asked them to boil some more hot water.

The wolves rested for about half an hour before they recovered and returned to the cave one after another. After a while, they came out wearing animal skins, and the first thing they did was to rush to the cafeteria.

“Awoo~” Even if it turns into human form, the cry when excited is almost the same as that of the beast form. Bai Tu saw the wolves rushing into the cafeteria and decided to wait until they finished their meal before asking them. He didn’t know what they did during the day. It was the first time he saw the wolves so tired. Even when they were in a hurry to hunt on the road last time, they didn’t rest for so long when they came back. Moreover, they collapsed to the ground when they returned to the tribe just now, and they didn’t even have the strength to go back to the cave.

Bai Tu’s guess was correct. The wolves, who had consumed too much energy, ate until they were completely exhausted. Tu Mu and the other cooks went in and out of the storage cave twice before they were able to fill the stomachs of these little wolves.

For convenience, the canteen was built next to the mountain. Bai Tu was standing at the entrance of the cave with his two cubs. When he saw the wolf Ze coming out, he immediately shouted, “Ze, come up, I have something to ask you.”

The little wolves, who were feeling proud after having their full meal, immediately hung their heads, trying to pretend that they did not hear Bai Tu’s shout.

Bai Tu: “…” I have to say that he is still young, and his disguise is not good enough. His actions have betrayed him without him even realizing it.

“Come up quickly, I won’t punish you.” Even for the sake of honey and lotus root, the occasional misbehavior of the little wolves is acceptable, but the premise is that it is safe enough. He just wants to confirm whether the little wolves are doing anything dangerous.

Hearing that there would be no punishment, Langze immediately became alert and ran to Bai Tu in the blink of an eye: “Tu, ask!”

“Where did you go this afternoon?” Bai Tu asked. It had been quite a while since they had lunch, but the amount the wolves usually ate at night was not as much as today’s. They had eaten at least the amount of two or three meals a day. The amount of food the wolves eat is directly proportional to their physical energy consumption, and it can be seen from the amount they ate that afternoon.

Langze ran to the cave and checked it inside and out, and made sure that Bai Tu was not sent by his brother to trap him. Then he said excitedly: “We drove away the lion tribe!” Langze hated the lion tribe very much. This kind of hatred was much more serious than hating Heiyan. When he saw Heiyan, he just wanted to fight with him, and they would have a meal together after the fight. But when he saw the lion tribe, he wanted to drive them to a place where he couldn’t see them, otherwise he would not be able to sleep.

Bai Tu felt a little scared: “Are you hurt? How many people are there in the Lion Tribe?” The little wolves are quite capable in fighting, but their actual combat experience is limited, and they only have hunting skills. The only time they really fought with orcs was when they fought the brown monkey tribe on the road last time, and Lang Qi was watching them. But this time, the little wolves went out alone, and they were going to the border of the territory.

“There were more than a dozen of them, and they were all driven away by us.” Langze thought Bai Tu was asking about the current situation of the lion tribe, and comforted him, “Don’t worry, Tu, they won’t dare to come again.”

Bai Tu tapped Langze’s head and gritted his teeth: “What did I say? I won’t let you go to dangerous places. Others will take care of these things. You went to fight secretly, right? Just wait to be beaten!”

“I won!” Langze stopped suddenly. Would he be beaten even if he won? The shocked wolf tribe completely forgot that they had just checked and found that Lang Qi was not there, so they dared to tell Bai Tu.

“Winning or not is not the point!” Bai Tu was about to be pissed off by this silly little wolf, “The important thing is danger! Dangerous, you know? Don’t go to dangerous places! How many times have I told you? If you take such a risk again next time, all your points will be deducted!”

Usually, the little wolves like to take risks everywhere. Although this behavior is worrying, the little wolves have been playing with them since they were young, and they have mastered the avoidance plans. It is not on the same level as fighting with orcs. Not to mention the little wolves, even adult wolves will not act rashly without knowing the opponent’s strength.

They were lucky this time. There were only a dozen people on the lion tribe, and no backup. If the other side had more people or backup, the little wolves would definitely be in danger. Most orcs do not have good intentions towards orcs from hostile tribes, especially cubs. Like animals, many orcs will seize every opportunity to kill the cubs of their competitors in order to weaken the opponent’s strength.

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. The courage of the little wolves is commendable, and this is also the quality needed in the orc world. However, being bellicosity often means being more vulnerable to injury. The little wolves are still in the growth stage, and their endurance is not as good as that of adult orcs. Especially when tracking the enemy, they are easily outflanked by the enemy if their endurance is not as good.

Bai Tu warned: “Don’t go to other tribes’ territories at will, got it? Next time you encounter the same situation, you can tell me, tell your brother, tell Chief Bai An and the others, and we will discuss ways to deal with it. Ze, remember, whether it is the territory of the Snow Rabbit Tribe or the territory of the Blood Wolf Tribe, it is guarded by everyone together. Your starting point is good, but you must think carefully before you set out next time. What if you get hurt if you take so few people with you? Your brother will be worried, I will be worried too, and other orcs will be worried too. Mu came to ask you why you didn’t go to dinner in the afternoon.”

Lang Ze wanted to say that they decided to chase after them after confirming that the other side had fewer people. Seeing Bai Tu so worried, he suddenly couldn’t say it, and lowered his head and said, “Tu, we were wrong.”

The two little wolf cubs didn’t understand what Bai Tu said, but they keenly noticed Bai Tu’s unhappiness. They grabbed Bai Tu’s clothes, climbed onto his shoulders, and kissed him on the face. Bai Tu would kiss the wolf cubs like this when they were angry or acting like a spoiled brat.

Bai Tu held the two cubs in his arms and rubbed Langze’s head. “This is just the first time. Don’t do it again. If you want to fight the lions, tell your brother. Got it? The premise of fighting them is that you are safe enough.”

The north has always been the territory of the Lion Clan, but the control of the tribe changed in the middle. Yesterday, the Cat Clan said that the Lion Clan was nearby, but they did not enter the territory of the Rabbit Clan. The result of everyone’s discussion was to observe for another day. No one expected that the Langze team, who had just dug lotus roots all day and went out hunting at night, would be so energetic and directly drove the people away.

But this is also a good situation. It feels unpleasant to be watched by someone, so you have to be on guard all the time. Now that he has been driven away by the Langze team, he probably won’t come back in the short term.

After making sure that Langze remembered his words, Bai Tu asked another question: “Did you recognize which tribe they are from?”

Langze wrinkled his nose and said angrily, “From the Crazy Lion Tribe.” He secretly thought about reporting to his brother next time before going to fight the Crazy Lion Tribe. Anyway, Bai Tu was not forbidding them to fight, but he wanted their safety. At that time, he should bring more people, including the entire wolf tribe’s hunting team and picking team, to overthrow the territory of the Crazy Lion Tribe.

It was them again. Bai Tu couldn’t help but frown. The next second, a soft little paw reached out to his forehead and pressed gently, and then a soft and furry little head was placed on the other cheek.

Furry things always make people feel more comfortable. Bai Tu took a deep breath and sniffed the two little babies. He felt much better and suddenly realized that it was not a big deal. They are sneaking around now because they just don’t dare to come over. The rabbit tribe has persisted for so many years without the help of the wolf tribe. Now they have a team of capable helpers. Why should they be afraid of them?

But even if he had help, he didn’t want anyone to get hurt. Seeing that Langze was angry, Bai Tu rubbed his head and said, “Okay, I got it. Go to the storage cave and get snacks for your team. Just say it was me who said so.” He went to get some things.

“Okay!” The temptation of snacks immediately calmed down the anger of the Crazy Lion Tribe. Langze happily went down the mountain and ran to the storage cave in the back mountain.

In order to extend the shelf life of food, most of the food was placed in the storage cave. Bai Tu felt that it was too messy before, so when the carpenter was making cabinets for the orcs, he also made a batch of shelves and placed them in the storage cave. After each kind of food was cut or processed, it would be placed in different categories. Raw meat was placed together, and cooked food was simply packaged and placed separately in another place.

Snacks can naturally be eaten directly. The snack that Bai Tu is talking about is pork jerky. Fresh pork hind legs are chopped up, marinated, pressed into thin slices, and dried over fire. Honey is brushed on them, and then cut into equal-sized cubes after drying. A dozen pieces are packed into a small package and can be eaten anytime.

Each orc in the tribe has a quota for snacks. The quota is determined based on work ability, age, appetite and other factors. It is changed monthly to take into account seasonal changes and the different food at different times. Orcs who earn more points will be given more snacks.

The snack captains of other teams will master the collection time. For example, they can divide the snacks of the month into ten collection times, and collect three days of snacks each time, so that there are snacks from the beginning to the end of the month. Some team leaders can make the total amount of snacks every day almost the same. Today it is dried apples and braised pork slices, tomorrow it is grapes and dried meat, and every day is different from the previous two days.

Since the wolf cubs are still minors and consume a lot of physical energy on a daily basis, they naturally eat snacks quickly. Langze is not older than the other little wolves, and his personality seems to be copied and pasted. Bai Tu is worried that he might eat up a month’s worth of snacks in three days, and then have to watch others eat the remaining twenty-seven days. So he simply distributes the snacks himself, counting the quantities every day and telling the orcs who distribute the snacks, and Langze then goes to get them. It’s a little troublesome, but at least he can be guaranteed to have snacks every day and he doesn’t have to watch others envy him.

The pork jerky was newly made within the past two days. The little wolves had only eaten it once, and they were naturally very happy to get it again today. All the little wolves, including Langze, trotted all the way back to the cave from the storage cave, eating while running, grabbing the ones next to them, and avoiding others who might grab their own.

After fighting over the food, the amount you end up eating is actually almost the same. Obviously, the fun is not in how much you eat, but in the excitement of the moment you grab it.

Bai Tu held the two little ones in his arms, looked at the little wolves chattering at the foot of the mountain, and then looked at Bai Chen and others who were dividing up today’s prey. Suddenly, he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction. He hoped that everyone would always be so carefree.

Turning his eyes to the other side, Bai Qi, who was on patrol, came back with another person. When Bai Tu saw the orc behind Bai Qi, his face changed.

Langze was humming words that no one could understand as he walked up the mountain. Heiyan was not there and there was no one to show off to. He wanted to see his two nephews for food. It didn’t matter whether the cubs could understand him or not, as long as he was happy. He didn’t expect to see Bai Tu’s face look wrong as soon as he came up, and he was stunned.

Langze is careless about other things, but he is very sensitive to other people’s emotions. He can always tell how painful a slap from his brother is. Now that he sees Bai Tu is unhappy, he is very sure that it is not his fault. So who provoked Bai Tu?

His brother was not there, so he was ruled out first. The two cubs were even less likely. Langze knew clearly that the cubs’ status in Bai Tu’s mind was second only to his. Unable to figure it out, Langze looked down in the direction of Bai Tu’s gaze, and at first sight he saw Bai Qi, and the strange orc with wounds all over his body behind him.

“Qi had a fight?” And he brought back the lost orc? Langze immediately perked up, the mistake he made this time was not the biggest one! The white genius who brought back the strange orcs is the one! Bai Tu said that the tribe has built a lot of facilities recently, so we must be vigilant and not let strange orcs in.

Thinking of this, Langze was ready to make a move: “Tu, I’ll go drive him away!” Tu said that we cannot risk going to other orcs’ territories. This is the territory of the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Should it be possible to drive away one orc? There are so many of them.

“Not yet, let me ask what’s going on.” Bai Tu shook his head and stopped Langze who was eager to try. The orc behind Bai Qi was not a stranger, but Tu Cheng who had left the tribe before.

Bai Tu has no good feelings towards Tu Cheng at all. Not to mention that the other party almost killed him and Bai Chen in order to join the Crazy Lion Tribe, Bai Tu despises him just for his ungratefulness. Orcs value feelings, and Tu Cheng could attack Bai An, who is like half a father to him. One can imagine how cruel his heart is.

Now seeing Tu Cheng covered in bruises, Bai Tu would not say anything to add insult to injury, but he also had no sympathy for him. All the consequences were caused by himself. On the day Tu Cheng was arrested, Bai An even gave him a chance to explain, but every word he said was full of disdain and resentment towards the Snow Rabbit Tribe. In that case, what else was there to say?

If possible, Bai Tu would like to stay away from the Crazy Lion Tribe. Now that he sees Tu Cheng, he just wants people to leave their tribe as soon as possible. Bai Tu could somewhat understand why Langze went to drive away the lion tribe without even asking them. Sometimes, it was really hard to hold back the disgust.

“Go have some snacks, we’ll take care of these.” Bai Tu patted Langze’s shoulder and told him to go back and rest. Strictly speaking, Tucheng’s return was a historical issue left over from within the rabbit tribe, so there was no need to trouble the wolf tribe. The little wolves were happier playing and fighting without worries.

When they heard that Bai Qi brought Tu Cheng back to the tribe, most of the rabbit tribe came out to see, but there was not much joy in their eyes. They were soft-hearted, but Tu Cheng’s behavior at the beginning was still vivid in their minds, and those words that looked down on the rabbit tribe were still echoing in their ears. Now that everyone’s life is better, and the other party has returned, the rabbit tribe’s eyes are filled with far more vigilance than joy.

Tu Cheng stood behind Bai Qi, occasionally looking up and around, but immediately put his head back when he met the resentful gazes of the Rabbit Tribe. He was much more timid than before, and with the wounds on his body, it was obvious that life in the Crazy Lion Tribe was not as good as he had imagined.

The moment he saw Bai An coming out, a gleam of light flashed in Tu Cheng’s eyes. He ran from behind Bai Qi to Bai An and knelt down: “Chief, I was wrong! I regret it, I know I was wrong. Let me go back to the tribe, Chief, I was really wrong…”

Bai Tu looked at the other party and apologized to Bai An in tears, touching the little wolf cub in his arms, without saying a word.

Bai An also didn’t say anything. The two of them kept silent, and the other orcs just watched quietly, without any intention of helping or pleading. Even Bai Qi, who brought Tu Cheng back, didn’t say anything.

Tu Cheng’s tears were almost dry, but he still didn’t get an answer from Bai An. He grabbed Bai An’s hand as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and kept repeating: “Chief, please give me another chance. I know I was wrong. Just once, just this time, I will never betray the tribe again. The orcs of the Crazy Lion Tribe are all beasts!”

Tu Cheng cried and told about his experiences during this period. He was suppressed as soon as he entered the Crazy Lion Tribe. Shi Hong falsely accused him and Fox Bu of having an affair and punished him to keep watch. The Crazy Lion Tribe had many enemies and was often attacked by other lion tribes. In the end, they were even besieged.

That night, he took advantage of the fact that many tribes did not recognize him and escaped attack. However, everything was not as good as expected after moving to the new territory. There was little food, and many lions were injured. He often only had a meal once or twice a day. These were the most difficult days for the Rabbit Tribe in summer.

In the Snow Rabbit Tribe, everyone was starving together; in the Crazy Lion Tribe, even if they were hungry themselves, they still prepared food and delivered water for the leaders headed by Shi Hong. The new residence of the Crazy Lion Tribe is far away from the water source, and it takes half a day to deliver water to the residence. Such a hard life continues until the rainy season, but there is less food during the rainy season and food is only delivered once every three to five days.

They were hungry until the end of the rainy season. They thought life would be better after the rainy season, but there were not many prey in the new territory, not even as good as the rabbit tribe’s territory. A group of lions, as the leader, did not participate in hunting on the grounds of conserving their energy to protect the tribe. The hunting operations depended entirely on the low-status orcs. This group of people had been hungry for a rainy season, and their weakness could be imagined. In addition, they were not a hunting team to begin with, and because there was no talent to group together, their hunting success rate was pitifully low.

Shi Hong naturally would not think it was his fault, and he would beat and scold the orcs around him at every turn. Once the hunting team returned with little prey, they would be severely beaten. As a member of the rabbit tribe who is naturally weaker than the lion tribe, Tu Cheng suffered more beatings. Shi Hong caught him and beat him several times because he did not participate in hunting when he first arrived at the tribe. It was only after Foxbu’s persuasion that he got better.

Just because Shi Hong doesn’t beat them doesn’t mean other lions won’t beat them. The lions are used to bullying the weak. When the small leaders are beaten and scolded by Shi Hong, they will vent their anger by beating up those of lower status. Tu Cheng, who is also of low status, is weaker than other lions. After the small leaders leave, he will be beaten again.

After being beaten for so many days, Tu Cheng finally found an opportunity to escape today. He ran towards the rabbit tribe’s territory until he met Bai Qi.

Tu Cheng cried and explained and apologized. His movements were so violent that the animal skin on his body was torn off. His shoulders and back were covered with various scars of varying depths, and even unhealed teeth marks. The scene was so tragic that it was unbearable to look at. Some of the soft-hearted rabbits looked away. A rabbit who was related to Tu Cheng by blood looked at Bai An, then at Bai Tu, and wanted to say something, but moved his lips and didn’t say anything.

“Chief, I can do anything you ask me to do, as long as you let me stay in the Snow Rabbit Tribe. I don’t want to go to the Crazy Lion Tribe, I don’t want to go back…”

After hearing his words, Bai An withdrew his hand: “Qi, take Tu Cheng to rest first. Tu, Chen, Cai, follow me.”

Hearing Bai An’s words, Tu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and fell to the ground. Since Bai An started calling people instead of driving him out, there was room for negotiation. Tu Cheng wiped the tears from his face, got up, and followed Bai Qi to a remote cave at the foot of the mountain. The cave was dark and damp, and was completely different from where he had lived before, but Tu Cheng had no complaints.

When they walked into the cave, they saw a square object. Tu Cheng asked, “Wonderful, what is this?” Then he walked over to take a closer look.

Bai Qi frowned: “Don’t touch the things the tribe needs.”

“I won’t touch it, I won’t touch it.” Tu Chengli apologized immediately, and his attitude was much better than before. “Qi, is Tu the tribe’s witch doctor now? Has he saved a lot of people? The wolves all listen to him.”

Seeing that he didn’t touch the cupboard, Bai Qi didn’t look at him again, and stood at the entrance of the cave without saying a word.

Tu Cheng wanted to ask more, but seeing Bai Qi’s impatient look, he quickly swallowed his words.

On the other side, Bai Tu and his companions walked to Bai An’s cave. There were several wooden chairs in the cave. Bai Tu sat on the chair closest to the cave entrance and rubbed the cub who was a little uneasy in an unfamiliar place.

The others wanted to go inside, but seeing Bai Tu sitting down, they stopped directly at the entrance of the cave. Bai An coughed lightly and asked, “What do you think about keeping Tu?”

Seeing that Bai Tu was not going to express his opinion, Bai An looked at the others again. Tu Cai glanced at Bai Tu and shook his head at Bai An. Bai Chen, who had heard about Tu Cheng’s behavior from others, also disagreed. He didn’t remember whether Tu Cheng was involved on the day he was injured, but it was true that Tu Cheng wanted to kill him later, as well as his father. If they really died, then Tu Bing, his partner, and Bai Qi, who was also very powerful, would definitely not survive.

“Stay,” Bai Tu smoothed down a stupid hair on the little wolf’s head and said suddenly, “but you can only do the lowest-level work, otherwise it will be unfair to the orcs who work hard in the tribe.” There is no such thing as betraying the tribe and then being treated the same as the orcs who work diligently for the construction of the tribe.

Hearing this, not only Bai Chen, but also Bai An and several other older orcs were stunned.

Bai An couldn’t believe his ears: “Tu, have you forgiven Tu?”

Bai Tu shook his head: “No, I will never forgive anyone who tried to hurt me.” He was able to survive not because the other party was kind and gave up harming him, but because he was cautious, so Bai Tu only thanked himself. But since some things cannot be stopped, it is better to face the enemy head-on and see what the other party wants to do.

Solve the problem. I can’t farm properly if someone is watching me.