The mission involves protecting the fox clan, and even if Shi Cong is also included, she cannot take the slightest risk. If Shi Cong decides to deal with the fox clan beastmen, she wouldn't hesitate to use extreme measures. As long as he can live a good life in this lifetime and the fox clan isn't wiped out, that would be the best outcome.

Of course, she also hoped that Shi Cong could join the fox clan and protect all the fox beastmen with her. But ideals are ultimately just ideals, and most of them cannot be realized.

Planning for the worst while making the greatest effort is a principle that will never go wrong, no matter where you are.

The white bear secretly prepared to attack. If things went wrong, he would risk his life to get Xiang Wan back to report.

Shi Cong's expression remained unchanged. He turned to look at Xiang Wan, then suddenly grinned, revealing eight teeth that were eerily white. "You believe me? I almost ate them all."

There wasn't a hint of joking in Shi Cong's expression. Xiang Wan's heart skipped a beat, and suspicion appeared on her face.

The polar bear gripped the stone knife at his waist. In any tribe, orcs who eat other orcs are absolutely intolerable.

"And I especially like to eat them after peeling them, particularly those that have just come of age and don't yet have a partner, like," Shi Cong suddenly leaned closer and sniffed Xiang Wan's ear, "like you!"

White Bear suddenly felt very awkward. The way Shi Cong treated Xiang Wan was very similar to how he tricked Bai Yuhu when he was young.

Pshaw, he wasn't lying. It was just playful banter between the two of them, occasionally scaring each other to enhance their relationship.

But what's going on with these two? Are the two males, the strong one intimidating the weak one, also courting?

Hmm, it seems I'm overthinking things. But judging from Shi Cong's expression, he really is courting. Should he say something to remind him that what's in front of him isn't a female, but a genuine male?

Xiang Wan rolled her eyes at him, indicating she didn't believe him at all. Even if he wanted to eat her, she'd have to see if he had the ability.

Shi Cong awkwardly touched his nose, calmly turned around and walked towards the walrus, inwardly complaining, "Which reckless beastman said that to gain a mate's approval, you must first scare them, so that they will be in awe and won't dare not to come out on future dates?"

The polar bear, who had been relegated to the background throughout, blushed and silently lowered his hand from the hilt of his sword. If all the males in his clan were being pursued by orcs, and interbreeding were to become a reality, and all the females were taken by orcs from other races, wouldn't the young males who couldn't find mates be filled with resentment?

No, we absolutely cannot allow this to happen; we must nip it in the bud!

Thinking this, Bai Xiong's gaze towards Shi Cong became even more wary.

Upon arriving at the walrus carcass, the three of them did not immediately begin cutting it up. Instead, they looked around to make sure no other orcs were watching before starting to butcher the walrus meat.

After being frozen overnight, the walrus's flesh was completely frozen solid, and when the stone knife was used to cut into it, only shallow marks were left.

Shi Cong was stronger and made deeper cuts, but it still took a lot of effort to cut off a piece.

Once the outer skin was broken, the tender meat inside became easier to handle. Xiang Wan and Bai Xiong each chopped one side, quickly dividing the walrus meat into countless pieces, leaving only a thick layer of frozen skin on the outside.

Bai San and his group arrived two hours later. Upon seeing them, they all ran over excitedly.

They still sent White Ball to check out the surrounding environment, while the others were responsible for moving the meat chunks onto the sled.

The sled we made was too small to be completed in one go, so the saber-toothed leopard had to make two more trips.

In fact, everyone had been wanting to eat meat for a while, but the beach only had sand and rocks, and no wood to start a fire. Instead of running all that way to chop firewood, it would be better to just carry the meat back to the canyon, where at least branches were readily available.

Without further ado, Xiang Wan used a stone knife to cut a piece of ice from the thinner layer of the sea. In a corner unseen by the others, she used her hands to conjure two handles, which could be placed on the sled as windshields.

On the return journey, Xiang Wan had to drive again, but Bai Xiong absolutely refused to let Shi Cong come with her. Seeing that the pile of meat was gradually freezing again, Shi Cong had no choice but to compromise and let the others go back with Xiang Wan.

This time, Xiang Wan chose Bai San. There were some things she needed to explain in advance, lest he be scared away by Shi Cong later, and it would be a pity for this loving couple to break up like that.

Bai San was itching to ride a saber-toothed leopard. To be honest, he'd wanted to ride one for a long time, but the proud leopard wouldn't allow it. Taking a sled would be a way of indirectly riding the leopard, and the youngest brother was quite savvy.

Bai San was more pleased with Xiang Wan than ever before, simply because he had let him ride a sled. It must be said, sometimes, fulfilling someone's wishes is quite simple.

When Xiang Wan pulled the cart one last time, she brought back a lot of salt. Everyone was puzzled until she filled a stone with snow water, melted it, put the salt in, and boiled it to make a thin layer of salt, which she then sprinkled on the roasted walrus meat.

Having conquered the stomachs of the big guy and the saber-toothed leopard, everyone wished they could immediately return to the seaside to get more and bring it back for their tribe to enjoy as well.

After eating the salted roasted meat, the only two who didn't show any excitement were Shi Cong and Hu Lai, besides Xiang Wan.

She knew Hu Lai was a time-traveler. But what about Shi Cong? Was he also a time traveler? Otherwise, why was he so calm?

"Xiao Qi, is Shi Cong...?"

"Um."

The system quickly replied that it didn't say it voluntarily, so it couldn't be considered a breach of contract.

Xiang Wan's feelings suddenly became complicated. Shi Congyao was also a time traveler. How could she act in a way that would make him think she was a native?

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