At this moment, the Serpent Rong came over and saw this scene. He calmly said that he would follow along, and casually grabbed a snake cub and put it on his shoulder.

Upon seeing this, Maoduo looked at Jiaer, hoping that the other party could help her solve her problem.

Gal was stunned, thinking that CatDodo was in a dilemma and didn't know how to explain to him that so many people were following along.

He smiled and said quite readily, "Let's come together. Don't worry, it's not far and it's very safe."

"Then I'll have to bother you." CatDodo was both amused and exasperated, hoping that this trip would go smoothly without causing any trouble.

Fortunately, the journey was quite peaceful, and the scenery was beautiful. Several cubs sat on the snake's back, like well-behaved children on an autumn outing, and several times they tried to pick flowers to give to the cat.

In the end, Mao Duoduo unexpectedly managed to collect a bouquet of flowers, and she was in a good mood, finding the day quite interesting. Then, she caught sight of a large, thriving plant growing under a rock not far away—a vast expanse of bright red fruit that drew her attention. Mao Duoduo stopped in her tracks as she looked at it.

Noticing CatDodo's gaze, Gal introduced, "This is a Fire Fruit. The fruit is inedible; it's extremely unpleasant. There was a time when an orc almost died because of it."

"Is that so?" CatDodo seemed thoughtful, but couldn't help feeling excited.

These are chili peppers! Goodness, they actually have them all! She'll definitely pick them later. You know, chili peppers have warming properties; eating some in winter is wonderful.

She remembers that chili peppers can be made into chili sauce, and can also be added to meat to make various kinds of chili jerky, which is comfortable and nourishing even when staying indoors in winter.

"Father, why are you looking at Mother?"

"No."

She Rong withdrew his gaze, but glanced at the Fire Fruit one last time before leaving.

She clearly wanted to take this, so why didn't she just say so?

White Tiger City has a good geographical location, with a tall cliff mountain behind it.

Gal decided to start construction from this small point and expand outwards. Recently, many orcs have been working on the rocks here, and the results have been noticeable after a few days.

Maoduoduo also took a careful look around with the others, and then had a general discussion about the specific construction situation and the expected finished product.

“I understand. It seems we can make use of these stones.” Gal said thoughtfully.

"Then you'll have to work hard." Maoduoduo couldn't help but laugh. The construction of a city in dire need of rebuilding was the most attractive thing.

They quickly set off on their journey back and successfully returned before dusk.

At that time, Maoduoduo tried to bring back some chili peppers on the way, intending to come back and study how to cook them.

The cubs were quite curious and surrounded her, asking what CatDodo was going to do with all that. The cubs' chattering voices mingled with CatDodo's gentle, smiling voice, reaching the ears of Gal and Serpent Rong, who had deliberately lagged behind her.

“I think maybe one day we can have a proper match,” Gal said softly, looking at the Serpent King.

"You?" Serpent Rong smiled enigmatically, preparing to teach the other a lesson just as Gal was about to unleash his fury.

Suddenly, the voice of Maoduo came from ahead, interrupting the two's fight.

"Who are you, Sen? What's wrong? Get up quickly."

When Galserpent Rong arrived, he saw that Sen Zheng, the female companion of White Tiger City who had just given birth, was kneeling in front of Cat Duoduo with a look of despair on his face.

Of course, Maoduo tried her best to pull the other person up, avoiding their kneeling. What a joke! She absolutely disliked this kneeling style.

"Please, please save Qiao Wei."

"She's dying. She hasn't been able to eat anything for the past two days. I thought she was just feeling unwell, so I specially asked someone to prepare some delicious meat dishes, but Qiao Wei..."

CatDodo couldn't sit still either, "Take me there as soon as possible."

"Okay." Sen perked up, wishing he could transform into his original form and take the cat Duoduo there.

However, with Gal and Serpent King staring at him like that, he couldn't say anything at all.

Cat Duoduo didn't care about their squabbling. As soon as she arrived at Sen's house, she rushed inside and found that Qiao Wei, who had seemed to be in good spirits before, was now barely breathing.

There was still a lot of black blood under the bed. She seemed to be in a state of exhaustion. The first thing she did when she saw Mao Duoduo was to call out to the kitten.

"Don't worry, the cubs are fine." Cat Duoduo was furious. The mother was already like this, and she was still worried about the cubs.

However, seeing Qiao Wei's disheveled appearance, she couldn't bring herself to say a word of blame. All she could do now was try her best to examine Qiao Wei.

"Will I die?" Noticing her partners outside, Qiao Wei gripped Mao Duoduo's hand tightly, revealing a hint of fear and tension.

“You’re just sick, you’ll be fine…” In fact, Mao Duoduo’s voice was trembling.

Why is this happening? Through her medical studies, she could roughly deduce from the four diagnostic methods of observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation that Qiao Wei had reached the point of near death and was infected with a deadly poison.

Forget about surviving, he couldn't even feed his cubs one last drop of milk...

"Cough cough—" Qiao Wei coughed violently again, and the amount of black blood on the ground continued to increase.

Cat Duoduo instinctively wanted to take out her silver needles to do something for the person, but Qiao Wei's partner couldn't sit still any longer and rushed in, determined to transfer her power to the other person regardless of the consequences.

"Enough, she's already dead." Snake Rong stopped him again.

"No, Qiao Wei won't die. Our cub just made a sound, and she just told me how to raise it." Sen was devastated.

Realizing that Qiao Wei had breathed her last, Sen held her tightly and howled in anguish. The despair and pain in his voice infected the orcs who had rushed over from nearby.

Seeing this, Maoduo felt terrible. She gritted her teeth, but was forcibly taken away by Sherong and Jiaer.

"You can't help much. Let's go, there are professionals to handle Qiao Wei's affairs after she's gone."

"Her condition is very serious, and it's not the first day. There's nothing we can do."

Both Gal and Serpent Rong realized that there was something wrong with Qiao Wei's death, but Cat Duoduo seemed to be in a worse mood and could only try to lead the people away.

Why is this happening?

"I really don't understand. She was perfectly fine at first and even survived childbirth."

"I remember she was in great shape right after giving birth; there was no sign of any problems..."

Mao Duoduo wanted to tell her what she knew about Qiao Wei, but suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.

—Qiao Wei's death is related to the dragon crystal she ate during childbirth!