The direction the beast tide is moving: the orcs are the people of Xia, the others...

Finally, Jiang Yunlan agreed to Cotton's request to find the spirit. However, he slightly postponed his mission, delaying it until Hati and the others returned to the mountains.

"Before Hati returns, spend more time with the new Guardians and observe their personalities and abilities. Later, when you lead a team out, you'll need to select companions from among them," Jiang Yunlan added, telling him that he could consult Mo Rong if he had any questions.

He nodded obediently and replied with great enthusiasm, "I've remembered it all. I will carefully observe them and help them learn the techniques for using the power of nature."

He knew why Lan hadn't let him lead the team out now; it must be because there were too few guardians strong enough to venture out.

Hearing his reply, Jiang Yunlan felt relieved. They always put in their best effort to fulfill their promises to her, so she didn't need to worry too much. Now, she only needed to take good care of the Senhu habitat and be on guard against any possible beast tides.

The Pallas's rabbit orc clan that fled came from below their habitat in the Forest Lake; all the orc clans that fled came from there. If the orc tide moves, it is possible that they will attack from below.

"I hope the team that went to investigate will bring back good news." Jiang Yunlan walked out of the council hall and looked at the azure sky, muttering to herself.

The mountain supply team will rest at Forest Lake for two days before setting off back the day after tomorrow. The beast tide detection team shouldn't have returned by then. Judging by the timeline, they should return to Forest Lake on their next day off.

Jiang Yunlan looked at the orcs walking around in their tattered clothes, pulled herself out of her reverie, and said sadly, "We need to sell the clothes sent from the grasslands and mountains to the orcs first, and then find out who doesn't have clothes for cold weather."

The fruit season is approaching and the snow season is not far off; she will not allow the beastmen of summer to suffer from the cold if conditions permit.

Upon receiving Lan's instructions, Feng Jiu quickly wrote a notice and posted it, then silently handed Lan a list. The list contained details of the types and quantities of cloth spun by the reformed beastmen.

"We need to start planning for winter protection during the snow season. Most of the tasks the orcs do during this season are construction-related, so we must make sure they stay warm. Although the snow season in Forest Lake is warmer than in the grasslands, it still snows." Jiang Yunlan said, recalling the white warm stones that would cover the Xia Tribe every snow season.

Heating stone. A type of stone that automatically absorbs heat in hot environments and releases heat in cold environments. Because it releases heat over a wide area, this type of stone is often placed in various corners of a habitat.

To provide warmth for the heatstones, each of Xia's habitats has a heatstone house, and a special area is set aside in the blacksmith's workshop to store them. Some orcs also choose to use the heatstones to heat up and cool down when forging items, causing the overburdened heatstones to break into smaller pieces with even less heat absorption and release.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have enough good warm stones,” Feng Jiu said with a headache and a bitter face. “The warm stone mines we discovered earlier have been mined out. Our habitat has been expanding, and our warm stone reserves are all depleted.”

Jiang Yunlan had anticipated this and said, "The heating stones that were previously kept indoors will be taken outside for use, and all buildings will be restored to stove heating mode. There's no need to worry about charcoal reserves; we'll have enough stored before the snow season arrives."

The warehouse in Senhu already has a lot of charcoal produced by Baisu. She and Heitu will continue to promote the growth of some fast-growing forests in the next few days, and then have Baisu produce more charcoal, and the charcoal reserves will be sufficient.

She briefly explained her plan to Feng Jiu, who smiled with relief and exclaimed, "Lan is really reliable."

“Because the power of nature is very useful. With the power of nature, many difficulties are no longer difficulties,” Jiang Yunlan said with a smile, recalling the researchers’ wonderful ideas. “One of the research directions in the Institute of Natural Power is to use fire elements to construct warm arrays, which are magic arrays that allow orcs to feel the warmth of the hot season when they stand inside them.”

Currently, the Xia tribe only has a dozen or so beastmen possessing natural powers, but she senses the era of magic beckoning her. She can't help but look forward to what Xia will be like in the future, wondering what surprising things Xia will bring her.

If it weren't for those hateful Apocalypse Orcs who didn't know how to cherish the elves who could bring magic, the elves in this world wouldn't have become so rare, causing the natural elements in the air to become increasingly thin.

They knew that after the elves disappeared, places that could not be replenished by the power of nature would lose their vitality and become barren wastelands, but because obtaining the power of nature would ensure the prosperity of their own habitat, they ignored the death in other areas and did not care about the number of elves that remained.

The thought of a vibrant place turning into a dead zone, where wild animals would gather and form a beast tide with those from other places, sent a wave of dizziness through Jiang Yunlan. When she heard 022's analysis of this news, she almost thought she was hallucinating.

There are two kinds of disasters that cause the orcs to migrate frequently: beast tides and giant beasts. It turns out that both of these disasters were caused by the Apocalypse Tribe plundering the nature spirits.

She had nothing to say, she just wanted to know where the Apocalypse tribe's stronghold was, and where the Apocalypse's leader, Far Winter, was.

According to Bai Su, Far Winter, the leader of Apocalypse, is unpredictable and often appears randomly in different places, making him difficult to locate. Shadow, who is in charge of the laboratory, is relatively easier to find; he usually only appears inside the treehouse. If he's not in the treehouse, he's definitely out requesting resources or manpower.

The deputy leader, Ling Caiyuque, was even more mysterious. Few beastmen in the Tianqi tribe had ever seen him, and there were few rumors about him. The only thing Bai Su knew was that he had existed in Tianqi since it was still a clan.

As for the rest of the news, Bai Su, who was usually sent to the front lines to fight, didn't know much about it.

"After all, in their eyes I'm just like a wild beast that came out of the treehouse, nothing more than a expendable commodity," Bai Su said indifferently, then looked up at Jiang Yunlan. "I really can't answer the question about the Ling Caiyu Sparrow. Why don't you ask someone else?"

Jiang Yunlan shook her head and continued to supplement the construction plan for the Senhu habitat. Lately, she had gotten into the habit of asking Bai Su about any questions that came to mind. Of course, it was good if she could get an answer, but if she couldn't, she would save it and ask other Apocalypse Beastmen.

Seeing her lower her head and start writing and drawing, Bai Su turned around and whispered to 022, Agni, and Freya about unsealing the magic circle.

A few minutes later, an orc walked in to report the news. He was the captain of the beast tide detection team.

"Lan, after tracking for a period of time, our team has determined the direction of the beast tide's migration." The leader of the reconnaissance team said, unfolding a map and placing it in front of Jiang Yunlan.

The location marked with a pentagram represents the Forest Lake habitat. The team leader pointed to the beast tide that had arrived to the left of the pentagram, and his voice sounded relaxed, "They are still moving this way, and their direction is getting further and further away from our habitat. I don't know why, but they keep going to the left, as if they are attracted to something."

“The left side of Forest Lake?” Jiang Yunlan looked at the movement path of the beast tide, her tone gradually becoming serious. She raised her hand and drew on the map, moving to the upper left along the direction of the beast tide’s advance. “Look, if we go this way, we can walk from the bottom of the mountains to the front of the mountains. That is, the wasteland in front of the mountains, where Hati and the Wood Power Beastmen of Apocalypse are located.”

“This doesn’t seem like a good thing; I have a bad feeling about it,” she said.