Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 95

Chapter 95

The cubs they rescued, even the one in the best condition, had been locked up for nearly a month. The cub period itself is a very vulnerable period. They had been locked up in the cave for too long and were very wary of orcs approaching them. In addition, they were suddenly in an unfamiliar environment and were very scared.

These are small cubs that have not yet learned to protect themselves by attacking. When they are scared, they just tremble and sob quietly.

It was fine last night during dinner, but today a few of the cubs started making noises. Bai Tu knew that the potion that Wu Lai had given them was slowly starting to lose its effect.

This is good news. Even if the amount of poison used is small, it will increase the burden on the liver and kidneys of the cubs. However, as the efficacy of the drug decreases, the cubs’ voices will be more than just the low humming at the beginning.

The humming of one cub is cute, the humming of two cubs is also cute, and the humming of a dozen or twenty cubs is bearable, but the humming of nearly two hundred cubs added together, no matter how cute the furry cubs are, will make people feel dizzy after hearing such a sound.

Bai Tu could only pick up a few of the noisiest ones and comfort them. Fortunately, many members of the picking team had cubs and were able to help, so the team was not in a rush. Fortunately, it was much quieter when they set out than before.

The lion tribe looked at so many cubs and wanted to get closer, but were stopped by Bai Tu. Due to racial reasons, some members of the lion and wolf tribes had heavy hands. This habit did not seem to be a big problem at ordinary times, and was even very useful when hunting, but for the cubs it could be considered a disaster.

Moreover, these cubs are somewhat different from ordinary cubs. Due to excessive blood loss, they are more fragile than normal cubs. For the safety of the cubs, Bai Tu simply rejected them all. Even the relatives of the missing cubs were not allowed to come and look for them now. They had to be brought back to the tribe first.

Shi Zhen looked at the lion cub huddled in the backpack and wanted to hug it very much. Even though Shi Jia’s cub had been lost for more than a year, he believed that as long as he touched the cub, he would be able to recognize it. But Bai Tu wouldn’t let him, and Shi Zhen could only watch the little lions with envy.

Besides the fact that Bai Tu was heavy-handed, there was another reason why he refused to allow these people to come and see the cubs. Because they had been frightened, the cubs were more defensive against unfamiliar smells. It was okay for several people to take turns taking care of them now. Once the cubs slowly became familiar with their scents, they would not resist. But if too many strangers came at the same time, the cubs would be frightened a second time. He didn’t want the already very fragile cubs to experience another fright.

Because of the fox’s gait, lion cubs accounted for one-sixth of the 200 cubs, or more than 30 in total. In order to find their own cubs among them, they had to smell all the cubs. Moreover, the cubs had been missing for so long that it was impossible to identify them immediately by smell. They had to identify them repeatedly. You can imagine how terrifying the scene was when a strange creature that could swallow you in one bite was sniffing in front of you.

Fortunately, the lions present also knew this truth. Some brave cubs would be very curious when they saw unfamiliar orcs, and some would even quietly move closer to observe. But now these cubs were obviously scared out of their wits. They huddled together in the backpacks, and even if they were afraid, they only hummed softly.

Bai Tu learned from several other rescued orcs that most of these cubs were under ten years old, and those that were old enough to transform into human form would be released.

“I turned into a human when I was over five years old.” A young boy from the Tiger Tribe said, “I’ve been in the Red Eagle Tribe ever since.”

The boy’s name is Hu Heng, and he was almost three years old when he was captured. Although he was unable to turn into a human, because the tiger tribe is strong and has no shortage of food, he is a little bigger than other cubs of the same age. Cubs under the age of three do not have the ability to understand things, but he has some memories of his time in the Tiger Tribe. Even though he suffered a miserable fate later, he is braver than other cubs.

Wu Lai would feed them unknown water and food every once in a while. In addition to having their blood taken, the cubs imprisoned in the cave generally developed slowly. The water that Wu Lai gave them to drink had the effect of delaying their development. Normal cubs would be able to transform into human form at around three years old. Even if they lacked nutrition for various reasons, they could complete this step before the age of four. It’s just that malnourished cubs would still be very thin after transforming into human form, and the first transformation into human form was equivalent to fixing their growth trend.

A cub that is large when it first transforms into a human form will be stronger when it grows up. Similarly, a cub that is thin when it first transforms into a human form will be weaker than its peers when it grows up. Because of the lack of food and the medicine fed by the witches, the captured cubs will basically not transform into human form until they are about ten years old. Even if they succeed, they are very thin, which can be seen from the orcs they rescued.

Hu Heng was slightly better, because the energy he had accumulated in the previous three years was enough. Even though he was constantly drugged, he turned into a human form two years after being captured by the Red Eagle Tribe. The cubs that could turn into human form would be taken out of the cave and handed over to the people of the Red Eagle Tribe to raise, and would start working when they were a little older.

Hu Heng had been in the Red Eagle Tribe longer than Hu Lian, and even though the witch was secretive most of the time, they knew a lot.

In the eyes of orcs like Hu Heng, Wu Lai has done more evil.

“Wu Lai has also captured pregnant orcs and made them drink their blood. After the cubs were born, he would kill them and take the cubs back.”

“Once I heard Wu Lai say that they were big, not small, and his tone was very unhappy.”

“If a pregnant orc gave birth to a particularly small cub, Wu Lai would be satisfied and would keep the mother of the cub and wait for her to give birth to the next baby…”

Bai Tu remembered what Hei Xiao had said before that some orcs liked to snatch small orcs back. Then he connected these words with the cubs locked in iron cages, and instantly guessed that these were the ones Wu Lai planned to raise and then find other tribes or witch doctors to exchange for supplies.

It takes eight days to get from the Red Eagle Tribe to the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Because the temperature has dropped so quickly recently, almost everyone ran on the way back.

Some people of the Red Eagle Tribe were reluctant to leave. They were more familiar with their own territory and still had a chance to fight back within the territory of the Red Eagle Tribe. If they left this territory, even if they could resist these orcs, they would have to consider the dangers of staying near a strange tribe for a long time.

But Bai An and others didn’t give them any chance to resist, so why didn’t they leave? Yes, just tie them up and throw them on the ground, and let the wolves or lions who have transformed into beasts pull them away.

This kind of dragging was not gentle. Because of the high speed and the fact that the vulture was tied into a ball and could not move, it refused to move and soon felt the part that touched the ground was a little hot. When the team stopped, it was no longer hot. All the animal skin had been worn off, and the particles on the ground rubbed against the skin, leaving one blood-red wound after another that was extremely conspicuous.

“If you don’t want to leave, just leave.” Bai An said. He had heard what Bai Tu said and knew that these orcs had done so many evil things that they did not need any sympathy, so he was merciless and anyone who delayed their return to the tribe would be punished.

Seeing the wounds on the man’s body, and then looking at his trembling body because his animal hides were worn out and there were no new ones left, the vulture, who had originally wanted to stay like him, immediately changed his mind and was glad that he reacted quickly, fearing that if he was slower, he would have suffered the same fate as the man. Being tied to the ground and dragged is miserable just thinking about it.

Bai Tu heard what happened from Bai An’s side, but did not plan to stop them. Although the methods were a bit harsh, they were not that serious compared to what the Red Eagle Tribe had done. The man who was unwilling to leave only suffered minor injuries, while the cubs they had snatched away suffered far more serious things.

The people from the Red Eagle Tribe behind them were indeed much more obedient. Bai Tu walked by himself at first, but later he felt that the speed was too slow, so he simply changed into a beast form and stayed on Wolf Qi’s back as before, which indeed made things much easier.

The few orcs who were closer to them had gradually gotten used to it. After all, they had seen it at the market. Although they were still a little surprised that Bai Tu’s beast form was so small, they would not gather around and keep watching.

Hu Heng and others had never seen the beast forms of Bai Tu and Lang Qi before. When they saw Lang Qi’s beast form, they just sighed and wondered why he was able to kill Wu Lai. They only heard from Hu Lian and had never seen the scene of Wu Lai being killed.

When they found out that Bai Tu was such a small rabbit, the group of people were not just shocked. They didn’t expect that the person who rescued them was so small! It feels like it can be covered with one hand.

A timid girl who had been silent all of a sudden looked at him motionlessly, until the little white rabbit was covered by the hair on the giant wolf’s back. The girl then reacted and said excitedly: “It’s Bai Tu! Are you Bai Tu?!” Bai Tu was captured by the Red Eagle Tribe like them, and was later taken away by Foxbu.

There are not many orcs in the Red Eagle Tribe who know Bai Tu. Apart from Wu Lai and Hong Guo who have already died, only a few Vultures who are trusted by Wu Lai know about her. The girl’s situation is even more special. Her beast form is very small. She was previously imprisoned in the same place with Bai Tu. After she turned into a human form, she was still bled and had almost no contact with other people.

The temperature has dropped recently, and Wu Lai plans to move to the cave in front of the mountain. The cubs and food also need to be moved there. So many supplies cannot be moved at once, and Wu Lai doesn’t want Hong Tian to know about it, so they move in batches. The small orc cubs that can transform into human form were moved there in advance. This is why Bai Tu didn’t find these people at first. They were in another cave.

The girl hasn’t spoken a word since she came out of the cave. When she heard Hu Heng and others talking about Wu Lai’s behavior, especially when she heard about his body shape, she didn’t dare to say a word.

A small race like them will not be treated well no matter which tribe they are in, and there are very few tribes that treat them well. A big part of the reason why Hu Heng was able to strike up a conversation with the people who rescued them so quickly was that he was from the Tiger Tribe. No tribe would reject a tiger that was about to reach adulthood. All tribes knew about the tiger tribe’s hunting abilities. It could be said that as long as they were not in a tribe like the Red Eagle Tribe, the tiger tribe could live well anywhere.

Girls, on the other hand, would not speak out, fearing that others would notice them and ask about their race and body type. She was worried that once these people knew her beast form, they would send her to other tribes to exchange for supplies. After staying in the Red Eagle Tribe for a long time, she knew very well that small orcs like them could be taken out to exchange for supplies at any time for many people, no different from salt and food.

When the girl saw the person who rescued them, she felt that he was familiar, but she didn’t dare to talk to him. This morning, his hair was lighter than before. The girl guessed a possibility, but didn’t dare to confirm it. After all, once she said it, her identity would be exposed. In addition, she didn’t hear anyone else calling Bai Tu’s name, so she remained silent.

It was not until he did not hide it from them and directly transformed into a beast that the girl knew that her guess was correct. This was Bai Tu who left the Red Eagle Tribe! In an instant, all the worries in the girl’s heart disappeared.

Hearing someone calling Bai Tu’s name, Lang Qi stopped and turned to look at the girl who was speaking.

The girl shuddered at the look in his eyes.

Langze was more reliable at this time. Knowing that Bai Tu and Langqi were both in animal form and could not speak, he asked the girl, “Do you know Tu?”

Langze was young, and even though they were both from the wolf clan, he did not look as scary as Langqi. The girl’s fear was not as strong, and she nodded, “He and I were locked in a cave before.”

Hearing this, Langqi glanced at the other party, as if he was calculating the other party’s fighting power, and finally concluded that this person was not worth a hit from his claws and could not snatch Bai Tu away.

Bai Tu, who was lying on Lang Qi’s back, regretted for the first time that he had moved so quickly. He had just come out of the animal skin and now needed to carry the animal skin to the tent to change into human form. The team had already set off, and it was obviously not appropriate for him to stop and change into human form. He simply grabbed Lang Qi and listened to the conversation between Lang Ze and the girl. After all, a lot of questions have been asked just now.

Bai Tu yawned. Another reason why he didn’t want to change back into human form was that he was too tired. After all, there were so many cubs. Even if someone helped, it would take a lot of time to coax them one by one. In the meantime, he also had to be on guard against Lang Qi getting angry. He was very tired both mentally and physically.

Lang Qi’s body temperature is higher than his, especially when he turns into an animal form. He is wrapped in thick fur and is very warm and comfortable. In this kind of weather, he can sleep comfortably without even the need for animal skins.

The little wolf cub lying on Lang Qi’s neck smelled a familiar scent, and crawled over to find Bai Tu before he woke up. When he was close enough, he could smell other scents on his paws and belly, and he licked Bai Tu’s paws lightly to cover up all other scents.

Bai Tu was helpless and raised his paw to press on the cub’s head, but he forgot his current size and was smaller than the wolf cub. His raised paw did not hold down the cub and he almost slipped backwards because he loosened his paw.

The cub had no idea what he was thinking. When it saw him move, it immediately pounced on him. Not satisfied with the smell it smelled, it hugged the white picture and started chewing it.

Bai Tu, who was listening to the girl carefully, said: “…”

After finally freeing himself from the claws of the two cubs, Bai Tu shook his head and was finally able to listen to them carefully. Fortunately, Lang Qi had long fur on the outside, so others did not see him being pressed down and bitten by the two cubs, which was an undignified thing.

Bai Tu yawned again. He was very sleepy, but he really wanted to hear what the girl had to say, so he forced himself to cheer up.

The girl who recognized Bai Tu just now is called Mao Yuan. In beast form, she is a small cat. However, she is a little different from the black-footed cat clan. The entire black-footed cat clan is small, but before she was born, the witch gave her mother the blood of other small orcs and added some drugs, which caused her to be smaller than her peers after she was born.

Mao Yuan was born in the Red Eagle Tribe. Because of her small size, she was kept together with other cubs in the same situation as her. Small cubs are not easy to raise, not to mention the way Wu Lai raised them, so one of the cubs died almost every once in a while. Mao Yuan was luckier than others in that she met Bai Luo not long after she was born.

Even though they were caught and had to undergo bleeding every few days, Bai Luo still took good care of the other cubs. Mao Yuan was one of the cubs who was taken care of. Her name was also given by Bai Luo. When Wu Lai was not there to bleed them, Bai Luo would help them comb their hair and teach them some things.

Bai Luo was very experienced in taking care of cubs. When Bai Luo was alive, the cubs in their cave were always the most energetic. Wu Lai probably thought it would be easier to have someone there to take care of the cubs, so he never let Bai Luo change caves.

Mao Yuan is smarter than the average cub. She remembers everything Bai Luo said and knows that there is medicine in the water that Wu Lai brings. She won’t drink it unless Wu Lai is watching her. But in front of Wu Lai, she always behaves as foolishly as other cubs.

As expected, Wu Lai had no doubts. Later, when Bai Luo passed away, Mao Yuan took the initiative to take care of Bai Tu, who was older than her but younger than her in every way except age.

Bai Tu can rarely transform into a human. Mao Yuan has only seen it a few times, and most of the time it was in the cave where there was almost no light. But she is very familiar with Bai Tu’s beast form, so she can recognize it at a glance.

Even though he was extremely sleepy, Bai Tu still held on to Lang Qi tightly and asked him to put him down.

When he turned into a human form, changed his clothes and came out again, Bai Tu asked Mao Yuan something.

“How did Bai Luo die?” Hei Xiao didn’t have the answer to this question at the time, or maybe he did, but didn’t have the heart to tell him.

“Luo…” Mao Yuan looked up at Bai Tu and said softly, “Wu Lai wanted to give him to Wu Jiu, and Luo was gone the next day.” Bai Luo knew some medical skills, which Mao Yuan did not know when he was a child. Later, Mao Yuan realized that Bai Luo had taken poisonous drugs himself.

Bai Tu recalled the scenes he used to dream about. Even though he had no impression of his father, every dream was very comfortable and he could feel the happiness even in the dream.

“Tu, you have killed Wu Lai and avenged Luo.” Mao Yuan looked up. “Luo will be happy when he knows this.” Bai Luo took good care of the cubs in their cave. The one he cared about most was the tiny and skinny Bai Tu. After all, even though the cave was full of small cubs, Bai Tu was smaller than the others. Even the newborn cubs were bigger than Bai Tu.

Mao Yuan was able to take care of Bai Tu, but not long after, Bai Tu was locked up alone by Wu Lai, and he was seen less and less often afterwards.

Even though the time they spent in contact later was not as much as before in the cave, Mao Yuan was still happy that it was Bai Tu who saved them, because Bai Tu would never exchange them for supplies.

After hearing what Mao Yuan said, Bai Tu promised: “No.” Not to mention that there is no shortage of food in the tribe now, even if there is really not enough food, he will only think about how to get more edible items instead of exchanging them with orcs. No matter big or small, as long as they are human, their status in Bai Tu’s heart is the same, not to mention that he himself is also a small orc, so how could he use his own kind as items to exchange for others.

Bai Tu managed to endure several bouts of sleepiness during the day. Until the evening, when he and others finished preparing food for the cubs, Bai Tu could no longer endure it and fell asleep.

Perhaps it was because he saw Mao Yuan during the day, or maybe because he didn’t sleep much the night before, Bai Tu dreamed of the scene after being captured by the Red Eagle Tribe.

The abnormally small white rabbit is no longer as plump as before and has become thin. The gentle young man next to it is also much thinner than before.

The young man seemed to be worried about something, his brows were furrowed. He held the little rabbit in his arms, and it was unknown what he was thinking about, staring at one place in a trance.

After a while, the young man lowered his head and gently kissed the little rabbit on the ear. His lips moved slightly, as if he was speaking.

It was unusually dark in the cave. After a while, the young man placed the sleeping rabbit next to the other cubs, took out a few pieces of herbs from a crack in the cave and put them into his mouth.

The sleeping little rabbit seemed to notice something and woke up suddenly.

The young man reached out a hand and stroked the little rabbit’s head, soothing it gently.

The little rabbit left the other cubs and ran to lie down next to the young man.

There was a flash of reluctance in the young man’s eyes. He covered his stomach with his other hand. He did not make any sound during the whole process and finally closed his eyes.

When he woke up again, Bai Tu stared at the tent in a daze. He felt that he had dreamed of something very uncomfortable, but he couldn’t remember it.

This was not the first time he had a dream, nor was it the first time he had forgotten the content of his dream. He could not remember anything in every dream. All that remained in his memory was a little white rabbit and a gentle young man.

Bai Tu rubbed the pillow. He didn’t know why, but he felt empty inside.

The next second, something touched his forehead and a shadow appeared in front of him.

Bai Tu looked up and saw the giant wolf, who had been awake for an unknown amount of time, with a look of confusion and concern in its eyes.

Lang Qi looked at the little rabbit who was more depressed than usual after waking up, and rubbed his head and ears carefully to comfort the uneasy little rabbit.

Bai Tu raised his paw and pushed away Lang Qi who was approaching him, of course he couldn’t hit him.

After Lang Qi’s interruption, the discomfort in his heart eased a lot. Bai Tu raised his head and rubbed Lang Qi’s chin gently.

When Wolf Qi, who was trying to stretch out his claws, saw Bai Tu rubbing against him for the first time, his whole body froze instantly and he dared not move.

Bai Tu seldom lets his mood interfere with important matters. Knowing that he had a lot of things to do right now, he quickly adjusted his mood. After rubbing against Lang Qi a few times, he decisively changed back into human form. There were nearly two hundred cubs crying for food outside, not to mention that he had to consider the arrangements after bringing these cubs back to the tribe.

There were a total of 193 cubs that could not transform into human form rescued from the Red Eagle Tribe, including lions, eagles, leopards, tigers, elephants, cattle, deer, bears, etc., covering almost all the races they had seen, and the number of foxes was even almost the same as that of the lions, with 26. The number of people who have been able to transform into human form is small, a total of sixty-seven people, and their races are also different, among which the number of people from the Eagle and Tiger tribes is larger.

The original territory of the Red Eagle Tribe was together with the Black Eagle Tribe, the Tiger Tribe, and the Elephant Tribe. Among the three races, the elephant tribe has the fewest cubs, because it takes at least ten years for the elephant tribe to raise a litter, and the proportion of cubs born is much lower than that of other races. Therefore, the elephant tribe also pays more attention to the cubs of their own tribe, and will not let the cubs leave the sight of adult orcs unless there are special circumstances. In addition, the elephant cubs are larger in size and less likely to be targeted by the Red Eagle Tribe, so the cubs of the other two races are in trouble.

Those Eagle people who still remember which tribe they used to be in will stay in the Red Eagle Tribe. When the time comes, they will follow Hei Xiao back to the tribe, and the rest will follow them.

Bai Tu calculated the number of cubs and started planning on the way. He planned to set up a small nursery after returning to the tribe and educate all the cubs together.

These cubs are of different races and almost cover the four continents of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. They cannot travel in winter. In addition, Hei Xiao and others cannot stay in the Red Eagle Tribe for too long. It may take more than half a year for these cubs to return to their own tribe.

Many of the cubs are already three years old, but they have developmental delays due to the medicine Wu Lai fed them. Bai Tu decided to take good care of them in the winter to see if he could restore them to normal.

Although he had a bad impression of the people of the Red Eagle Tribe, he did not intend to starve them to death. He did not give them food for the first two days. On the third night, he stopped early, and Bai Tu asked everyone to cook some food for the vultures.

After walking on an empty stomach for two days, most of the people of the Red Eagle Tribe became obedient. The farther away from their territory, the smaller the chance of their counterattack. After all, there is a possibility that other tribesmen near the tribe might come to help, but that is impossible now.

The Red Eagle tribe has a large population and a corresponding characteristic: the relationships among the tribesmen are not as good as those in other tribes. The relationship between the leader Hong Tian and the witch doctor Wu Lai is so bad, not to mention the orcs below.

The relationship between orcs who are related is the best, followed by those who are not related but grew up together, and their relationship is also good. These will be in a hunting team, and their relationship will become more harmonious after getting along with each other, which is equivalent to a small group.

There is actually a competitive relationship between different hunting teams. Because the Red Eagle tribe has a large population and a large number of hunting teams, the prey caught by a hunting team certainly cannot be distributed to everyone. Most of the time, they keep part of the prey for themselves and hand over part to the tribe.

The amount of prey caught by his hunting team affects the food of the entire team. The closer to the tribe, the harder it is to get food, because there are many hunting teams and someone always has to go farther to catch prey.

The territory is large, and it takes a day’s flight to reach the outermost area. The Red Eagle tribe is not particularly good at catching large prey. Even if they are lucky enough to kill the prey, it is a problem to rely on wings to carry such heavy prey back. If they don’t bring it all, it is likely to be snatched away by other members of the tribe when they return. The vulture tribe eats everything, even the leftover meat in the corners. No one complains about the lack of food. There are so many people in the tribe, and there will always be people who are hungry.

There is fierce competition between hunting teams, and there are people outside who are watching them for missed food. The relationship between the same tribe is quite fragile. If they are in the territory of the Red Eagle tribe, the vultures that have not been caught may come to rescue them, but because these people are in their territory, no one would want other tribes to come to their territory to kidnap people.

But now the distance is so far, instead of expecting fellow tribesmen with whom they have average relations to cross such a long distance to rescue them, it is better to hurry up and eat more to replenish their energy. The wolf, rabbit, leopard and lion tribes all eat two meals a day, and they only get one meal after walking for two days, so their energy is much less.

The food prepared for the Red Eagle Tribe was definitely not what they eat. Before leaving the Red Eagle Tribe, Bai Tu brought out some food, their own reserve food. Because winter was approaching, the Red Eagle Tribe also prepared in advance. Even if they had the support of the Wu Lai mountain, it would be useless because the food Wu Lai could give them was limited.

The Red Eagle Tribe also processed their prey by roasting it over a fire. Bai Tu asked the orcs who were cooking to cut the meat into pieces and cook it in a pot, and then feed them directly to them, without even having to drink water.

After getting the food, most of the vultures started eating, but there were a few stubborn ones who refused to give in. They had their mouths gagged and their hands tied for the previous two days. Now they finally had the chance to speak and began to curse the tribe that tied them up.

A boy who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old cursed: “You despicable villain, you will definitely be punished by the Beast God! The Beast God will take away all your cubs, and you will not be able to feed those cubs! It was the witch doctor who gave them life! You are depriving them of their lives–”

Hearing the boy’s words, the children who were helping Bai Tu take care of the cubs were instantly scared pale.

Langze was the fastest. He was on the other side when the boy was cursing. Before the other party could finish his words, Langze had already kicked him in the chest.

The young man fell to the ground instantly after being kicked in the chest, but he was an elite of the vulture tribe after all, and he quickly struggled to get up: “You will be punished by the Beast God! Those cubs will die–”

“I’ll let you die first!” Langze didn’t believe him. He had seen the cubs raised by Bai Tu. Not to mention the two little wolves, those cubs of the rabbit tribe were much better than before! Even the smallest one, which he thought he could not support, was alive and well.

“Shut his mouth. If he doesn’t want to eat, don’t eat.” Bai Tu didn’t care about the boy’s curse at all. Regardless of whether there was a beast god or not, just looking at these cubs, he didn’t think he couldn’t feed them.

But the children were obviously frightened by these words. Bai Tu comforted them, “It’s okay, the cubs are all fine.”

“But…” A boy who looked about the same age as Hu Heng hesitated, “Wu Lai said before that more of his cubs survived than those in other tribes because of the protection of the Beast God.”

Everyone resented Wu Lai, but at the same time they were worried that the cubs who lost the protection of the Beast God would not be able to survive. These cubs were too weak. These are all cubs who have experienced the same thing as themselves. Although the children don’t say it, they actually hope that these cubs can survive. However, Wu Lai is dead, and it is difficult to find a witch doctor who can convey the orders of the Beast God. Although Wu Lai has done many bad things, he is also a witch doctor.

“It’s okay, these cubs can all survive.” Bai Tu said firmly. Whether the cubs can survive depends on various factors such as physical condition, environment, nutrition, etc. He said that if they can be raised, they can be raised. Even if not all of the cubs can be raised, the chance of them surviving is definitely greater than staying with Wu Lai.

Wu Lai is able to feed so many cubs because of the large base. He snatches back dozens of cubs every year, so of course there are many left. In some tribes, only a dozen cubs are born in a year, so of course there are few cubs left. It is not a comparison.

The cubs are young and have sparse hair, so their ability to retain heat is not as strong as that of adult orcs. Therefore, along the way, Bai Tu paid the most attention to the insulation. It just so happened that everyone had bought a lot of animal skins at the market, so each cub could be wrapped in two layers.

When rushing to the tribe, Bai Tu felt what a real temperature drop was. He could still sleep on Lang Qi’s back the day before, but the next day he needed to cover himself with animal skins to keep out the cold. Even if everyone rushed, it took several days to get to the Red Eagle Tribe. By the time everyone arrived at the tribe, it had already started snowing.

Even though I had only been away for more than half a month and less than a month, the area around the tribe seemed to have changed. The most obvious thing was the various plants.

Although Bai Tu had already arranged for people to cut grass early to store winter food for the animals, there were still a large number of plants in the territory that had not been moved. The territory was so large that it was impossible for the orcs to cut all the grass. When I left, the place was green and lush. Even though the temperature dropped, only a few grass leaves turned slightly yellow.

But now, almost everything he saw was withered and yellow. If he was not sure that he had only been away for twenty days, he might have suspected that he had not been back for several months. It was clearly early autumn when he left, but winter when he returned.

Even though he was wearing several layers of animal skins, he still felt a little cold. The first thing Bai Tu did when he returned to the cave was to ask Lang Qi to heat the kang.

During the time they were away, the construction team had already built all the kangs. The temperature inside the caves was low, so the kangs dried slowly after they were built. Bai Qi, who stayed in the tribe, specifically had people light fires in the caves to increase the temperature so that they could be completed before everyone returned.

The boy who was still a little immature when Bai Tu just woke up is now able to take care of himself. The situation in the tribe is better than Bai Tu had planned. Even though he brought back nearly 200 cubs and several hundred vultures this time, everyone quickly arranged everything.

The vulture tribe is large in number and certainly cannot live in caves. Moreover, the distances between caves are relatively large, making them inconvenient to manage. It would have been better if we captured fewer people, like the last time we brought the Lion Tribe here. The number of Vulture Tribe is more than twice that of the Lion Tribe. The cave was already full, and now there is even less room for people to fit in.

Fortunately, when Bai Tu planned to build the breeding area, he had built more than he needed to in order to prevent the problem of not being able to feed the prey in the later stage. Now there is still a large empty area in the breeding area, so he simply arranged all the vulture people there.

The Vulture Tribe no longer had any objection to where to live. After all, the temperature was getting lower and lower along the way. They were still wearing the animal skins from the tribe and were shivering from the cold outside. As long as they had a place to live, it was enough. They had no intention of being picky at all.

But the troublemakers were still the same, led by the young man who said at the beginning that they could not feed the cubs. A dozen or so vultures were unwilling to move in.

The boy is Hongtian’s son, named Hongku. As the son of the leader and the only son, one can imagine the treatment he usually enjoys in the tribe. After being suddenly caught, he started to act in various ways and hardly stopped along the way.

He would always talk nonsense when eating, but after being beaten by Langze, he would eat obediently. However, he would forget the lesson and suffer the same treatment the next time he ate.

After being beaten so many times, they still didn’t learn the lesson. When they saw so many prey in the house next to the accommodation arranged for them, they knew that this might not be a place for people to live in, and they immediately became dissatisfied.

“Those are livestock, we won’t live here!” Hongku shouted, “I won’t live here.”

“Okay.” Bai Tu nodded and pointed outside, “Ze, throw him out.” There are more than 800 people, even if most of them are honest, they cannot let their guard down. Hongku doesn’t have any great abilities, but seeing that only a few people agree with him when he speaks here, it can be seen the status of this leader’s son in everyone’s mind.

But Bai Tu didn’t want to leave him here to incite people. Even if the Vulture Tribe didn’t fight back in the end, it would be difficult to deal with if some people were instigated by him and refused to cooperate with the work.

Since he didn’t want to live here, Bai Tu simply fulfilled his wish. There was no thermometer to measure the temperature outside, but based on the freezing conditions, the temperature had dropped below 0 degrees at night.

Such a temperature is just unbearable for the orcs, but not life-threatening. Bai Tu rubbed his head which was dizzy from the noise and said, “If anyone doesn’t want to live here, they can also leave.”

Langze immediately carried Hongku out when he heard Bai Tu’s words. He had wanted to do this for a long time. Although the breeding area was built for prey, the conditions inside were not bad at all! At the beginning, they wanted to live here, but Bai Tu wouldn’t let them. These people enjoyed such good treatment, yet they still had complaints! The more Langze thought about it, the angrier he became. He carried the man to the door, threw him down, and kicked him out.

Langze’s actions were rude, but no one complained. The rescued cubs are their main focus. As for these vultures, they have no right to choose at all.

In Bai Tu’s mind, these vultures are not even as good as the lion tribe. Many lion tribes only attack other tribes under the suppression of Shi Hong. To be precise, they just have no ability to resist the orders of their leader.

What the vultures did was even more outrageous. According to the descriptions of Hu Heng, Mao Yuan and others, in order to please Wu Lai, these vultures would sometimes travel across mountains and rivers to other continents to steal cubs. The tribes close to their tribe were already on high alert, so they would go to more distant places to steal.

Knowing that Wu Lai needed cubs and pregnant orcs, some people would go to other tribes to rob other people’s mates and then give them to Wu Lai when the orcs became pregnant. There was nothing they would not do, including burning, killing and looting.

There was no way Bai Tu would be soft-hearted towards such people. Even though these people had been honest along the way and were very obedient when they came here, this was only temporary. Once the Vultures were given freedom, their fate would be even worse than these people.

In order to restrict the activities of these people, Bai Tu took out all the iron chains made in the tribe and tied them on their hands. Due to the restrictions of iron chains, these people’s hands cannot be transformed into wings, and they cannot exert their true combat power, but it does not affect their work.

In order to ensure that the vultures could not escape and attack the orcs of the tribe, Bai Tu began to arrange the cubs.

The cubs are young, timid and forgetful. After experiencing so many days of abuse in the Red Eagle Tribe and having been cared for along the way, they are no longer as cautious as they were at the beginning. The braver cubs will even crawl forward curiously when they see someone coming.

Bai Tu walked over, and the nearest black bear baby moved over and hugged his legs. Bai Tu picked the other person up, touched his fur and said, “It’s time to take a bath.”

The baby bear groaned. He was trembling with fear when he was picked up for the first time, but now the first thing he did when he was picked up was to ask Bai Tu for food.

“Eat after you take a bath, be good.” Bai Tu rubbed the cubs. He did not arrange accommodation for the cubs immediately after returning because he planned to give them a bath first. After staying in that environment for so long, the cubs’ original color could no longer be seen. They were also uncomfortable with the thick grease and dust on their bodies. It would be better after washing them and then taking them to their new residence.

Now it is a black bear baby, but it won’t be after taking a bath.