Interrupted by the commotion outside, Su Tang lost the will to ask any more questions.

They were determined to hide in the cave and wait for the right opportunity.

The cubs were more perceptive than ordinary beastmen. Wu Bao vaguely sensed something and almost instinctively retreated to Su Tang's feet, standing guard in front of her in a defensive posture.

at the same time.

The mysterious deaths of dozens of Zerg orcs within the lair caused quite a stir.

"Chief, something terrible has happened! Many orcs in the tribe have suddenly died!"

A Zerg orc hurriedly reported to the chieftain.

The chieftain was dreaming of conquering a large tribe when he was suddenly awakened and looked displeased.

"What happened? How could someone die when they were perfectly fine?"

"I...I don't know either. They suddenly collapsed and stopped breathing. Chief, is our tribe haunted?" The insectoid orc looked terrified.

He witnessed firsthand how a member of his tribe who was perfectly fine one second suddenly collapsed and died the next.

That's absolutely terrifying.

"What nonsense!" the chief roared. "Go and bring the body over here, and call the veterinarian to come and see what happened."

As the leader, he naturally wouldn't be frightened by such a small commotion.

"Yes, yes!" The Zerg orc stumbled and ran to find the veterinarian.

Soon, the two corpses were carried into the chief's cave.

The tribe's veterinarian was a charlatan old man, fat and greasy, quite unlike the typical Zerg image of a monkey with a pointed snout and monkey cheeks.

"Veterinarian, what happened to them? Why did they suddenly die?" the chief asked with a grim face.

The old veterinarian bowed to the chief, then pretended to walk to the corpse and groped it a few times.

Hearing the old veterinarian sigh deeply, the beasts became even more nervous.

"Veterinarian, have you figured out the cause?" The chief was also a little nervous and asked anxiously.

"This..." The old veterinarian hesitated. There was no wound at all, not even a hair could be seen. How was he supposed to make up a story?

The Zerg orc standing nearby couldn't help but ask.

"Veterinarian, do they have some kind of disease that could be transmitted to us?"

Their tribe had attacked many other tribes, and in some of those tribes, many of their orcs had fallen ill and died, almost wiping out their entire army.

Upon hearing this, the old veterinarian's eyes lit up; this excuse seemed quite good.

He turned around, stroked his beardless chin, and put on a somber expression. "That's right, they have some terrible disease, and we must get their bodies out of the forest immediately."

The beasts were immediately terrified.

"Veterinarian, could it be transmitted to other orcs?"

"Orcs are still falling outside, what should we do!"

The leader, his brow furrowed, asked, "Is there any way to solve this?"

The old veterinarian pretended to ponder, "This illness came on too suddenly. I can only try to pray to the Beast God for divine water to protect everyone."

This is his old excuse.

Whether you're sick or not, just drink the divine water. If the orc is healthy enough to survive, then the divine water has worked. If he doesn't survive, even the Beast God can't help him.

"Alright, then hurry and ask the Beast God to bestow divine water." The leader urged, the more he looked at the corpse, the more uneasy he felt, as if something bad was about to happen.

Under the old veterinarian's direction, the Zerg orcs carried in more than a dozen basins of water drawn from the pool, filling almost half of the cave.

The old veterinarian knelt and prayed before the water, muttering incomprehensible bird language to the insectoid orcs. Every now and then he would stand up and jump around a few times. After all that, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The Zerg orcs all stared at the old veterinarian with pious expressions.

Their old veterinarian was very skilled; every time he asked the Beast God for divine water, the beastmen would survive as long as they didn't die.

Soon, the old veterinarian, panting, got up, wiped his sweat, and said to the chief, "Chief, the Beast God has bestowed divine water; as long as you drink it, you will receive the Beast God's protection."

The chieftain's face lit up with joy, and he said impatiently, "Quickly, let all the orcs come and drink the divine water."

He himself was the first to walk to the basin, cupped his hands, and drank several handfuls of water.

The remaining orcs in the tribe were also summoned and lined up to drink the "divine water".

The Zerg orcs who drank the divine water were relieved; thankfully, they had managed to capture a veterinarian from a tribe they had previously attacked, and now they were all safe.

...

The turmoil Su Tang had anticipated did not occur.

About two hours later, there was still no movement outside the cave, and not even the orcs who came to collect the corpses were seen.

That shouldn't be happening!

After the Zerg orcs drink water mixed with insecticide, they will be poisoned at different times. The Zerg orcs who die first should cause a riot, so why is there no movement at all?

Could something have happened? Have the other Zerg orcs not had water yet?

"I'll go out and take a look." Hu Shen noticed the fleeting confusion in Su Tang's eyes, got up, and strode out of the cave.

"Meow!" Wu Bao was getting restless inside and wanted to go out for a stroll with Hu Shen. He stood up and hooked his tail around his mother's leg, but didn't move his feet. He looked at his mother and then at Hu Shen who had left.

Her big, innocent, watery eyes were filled with longing.

"Let's go, Wubao, we'll follow too." Su Tang also wanted to know what was happening outside.

The man and the cat quickly followed. When they passed the corpse outside the cave, Wu Bao even stopped and used its paws to throw several layers of dirt onto the corpse's face to show its disgust.

“I just checked, they’re all dead.” Hu Shen’s voice rang in my ears. He had already returned from scouting ahead. “There are a few more corpses ahead, but the other Zerg orcs are gone.”

The two continued walking forward with the five treasures, but the passage was deserted.

Soon, the two arrived near the leader's cave and finally saw a large number of Zerg orcs lying on the ground, unable to get up.

"Meow?" Wu Bao was a little confused and scratched at the face of the beastman on the ground with its paws.

What are these orcs doing?

Are you playing dead too? You're really convincing at it!

After a moment of stunned silence, Wu Bao excitedly ran to a corpse, rolled his eyes, and collapsed with a "thud."

It wants to play too!

Su Tang looked at the corpses scattered on the ground and doubted her own eyes.

Are the pesticides on the farm really that effective?

Even if the medicine is effective, it will only work if the Zerg orcs drink it!

Just as I was wondering, a rustling sound came from behind a corpse in front of me.

"Who is there?"

As soon as Su Tang finished speaking, Hu Shen stepped forward and pulled out the owner of the voice, an old orc man with no beard and half-white eyebrows.

Before the two could speak, the old man hurriedly explained, "I didn't do it, I really didn't do it..."

Su Tang and Hu Shen exchanged a glance, and seeing the confusion in each other's eyes, she asked, "Are you an insectoid beastman? What's the deal with these beastmen?"

The old man was fat and had big ears; he didn't look like a Zerg orc.

"I'm not a Zerg orc; I was captured by them." The old orc quickly shook his head. "I don't know what happened; they turned into this after drinking the divine water..."