Shen Miao, of course, didn't forget her children either, praising them: "You children are so great, you made it very delicious, Mommy loves it, you are all so capable."

The children, having received praise, held hands and jumped around happily.

Shen Miao found it amusing; the children's happiness was so simple. Even with a major battle imminent, it wasn't a big deal for them.

And she, even if it's just for that simple smile, should protect this tribe.

With the skeleton soldier's sword hanging over their heads, the tribal orcs were somewhat tense and not as relaxed as before. They were hesitant and timid in everything they did, as if the skeleton soldier would suddenly appear at any moment.

Frost Flower didn't care about any of that and continued to run outside as usual.

These past few days, she somehow ate a slice of watermelon and was captivated by its taste. She then gathered some watermelon seeds and went to the hillside to plant them.

She rarely did this kind of work and didn't know how to plant them. She just relied on the little knowledge she had seen before, dug a hole, threw the watermelon seeds in, and then, not feeling safe and worried that small animals might dig the seeds out, she stomped on them with her foot.

Shen Miao, on the other side, witnessed the entire process of her planting watermelons. When she got to the part where she stomped on the holes, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Who's there?" Frost Flower demanded sharply.

Shen Miao slowly walked out, a smile on her face.

Shuanghua frowned, staring at Shen Miao with unfriendly eyes. "What are you laughing at? How long have you been secretly watching from there?"

"Oh, I was just passing by, I didn't mean to peek," Shen Miao said calmly.

Frostflower said domineeringly, "You did peek, and you still haven't said why you were laughing, or what was so funny. Explain yourself."

Shen Miao didn't really want to talk to her.

But then she thought, if she exposed the frost flower's clumsy planting techniques, wouldn't her expression be even more interesting than it is now?

She was somewhat eager to see her get the short end of the stick.

Thinking of this, Shen Miao revealed a wicked smile and deliberately asked, "Do you really want me to tell you?"

Seeing her like this, Shuanghua immediately became wary. "Just tell me why you're laughing. You don't need to say anything else. I won't listen anyway."

Shen Miao's lips twitched, and she said with feigned helplessness, "Alright."

"Speak quickly," Shuanghua urged.

Shen Miao suppressed a laugh and said, "I'm laughing because the watermelon seeds you planted have already been trampled to death by you. You don't need to expect them to bear fruit anymore."

Frost Flower was shocked. "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly die? I, I clearly put the watermelon seeds in the pit as everyone said. You're lying to me, aren't you? You just can't stand to see me doing well, humph."

Shen Miao was utterly speechless.

If growing a watermelon would solve everything, she really wouldn't care. In her space, there are countless cheats who wouldn't even look at her watermelon seed.

Besides, it's questionable whether her watermelon seeds will even grow.

"Fine, don't believe me then. By the way, let me remind you, this is not the season for planting watermelons. Even if your watermelons can grow, when it gets cold, even the watermelon vines will freeze to death. Where will they grow watermelons for you then?"

Shen Miao's words were reasonable, well-founded, and logically presented, making it hard for anyone not to believe her.

Frostflower's confidence from just now has completely vanished.

She asked hesitantly, "You...you're lying to me, aren't you? I know you don't want me to grow watermelons, so you're saying this on purpose. It must be like this."

"Whatever, believe it or not. If you want, you can plant all the watermelon seeds if you want," Shen Miao shrugged, speaking indifferently.

Shuanghua couldn't bear to see Shen Miao like this.

It was as if everything was under her control, and no one else mattered. She was very angry, feeling that her self-esteem had been hurt and that she was losing face. Even though she believed it in her heart, she still stubbornly denied it.

“I’m going to plant them anyway, I don’t believe your nonsense.” Frost Flower deliberately dug another hole and scattered some of the remaining watermelon seeds into it.

Shen Miao crossed her arms and watched leisurely, "Plant some more, preferably all of them."

When she said that, Shuanghua hesitated to scatter the seeds, frozen in place, caught in a dilemma.

The orcs who heard the commotion came to see what was going on, and when they saw Frostflower, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Frost Flower was furious and even more unwilling to admit her mistake. She yelled at Shen Miao, "That's enough! Stop yelling at me. What I do is none of your business."

"You asked me yourself, do you think I wanted to tell you? What does it matter to me if you can't grow watermelons? I can't be bothered with you," Shen Miao said with a sneer.

Shuanghua opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but she couldn't say a word. Shen Miao's words made a lot of sense. She didn't have to tell her; it was indeed her who asked her.

But how could she embarrass her in front of so many people!

Shuanghua glared fiercely at Shen Miao, but Shen Miao ignored her and turned away after saying that.

Some orcs followed, chatting and laughing with Shen Miao. Shuang Hua suspected they were talking about her, and she gritted her teeth in anger, but there was nothing she could do but stomp her feet.

This amused the surrounding orcs, and Frostflower, embarrassed, lowered her head and quickly left.

A few days later, the skeleton soldiers launched a large-scale invasion of the Ice Spirit Tribe. Upon receiving the news, Shen Miao and the others became vigilant. First, they instructed the tribe's orcs not to wander off, and then they arranged for the orcs to take turns on sentry duty, so that everyone could be notified immediately if anything happened.

Although the skeleton soldiers were coming on strong, everyone was actually quite reassured.

Because they had city walls and improved their weapons, they could at least put up a fight against the skeleton soldiers. However, the Ice Spirit Tribe fell in just two days.

When she heard the news, Shen Miao was shocked. She was eating at the time, and even dropped her chopsticks on the ground, but she didn't care. She just asked the cat beastman who came to report the news, "Why is this happening? The Ice Ling Tribe hasn't even sent anyone to ask for help yet."

Both sides had agreed to help each other, and that whichever side could not hold on would ask the other for help. However, the Ice Ling Tribe did not ask for help this time.

The cat-beastman said bitterly, "Maybe they didn't have time to ask for help."

Because they fell so quickly, none of their orcs were able to escape; they all became prisoners of the skeleton soldiers.

After hearing this, Shen Miao was unable to recover for a long time. Jiu Ying asked on her behalf, "The Ice Ling Tribe also has city walls built under Shen Miao's guidance. They should at least be able to stop the skeleton soldiers. How did they manage to get over the city walls?"

The cat-beastman wasn't quite sure about this either. He said, puzzled, "I also think that the Ice Crystal Tribe shouldn't have fallen so quickly. Their fortifications are just as strong as ours. I think our city walls are already indestructible."

But the skeleton soldiers still managed to break through, and this in itself was even more unacceptable than the skeleton soldiers actually trying to break in.