Lie: "..." These words made Leopard Lie feel utterly humiliated.
Of course, he didn't think that the cubs could be spared. Sometimes, killing the cubs first to drive the adult orcs mad was a necessary choice for achieving victory, but that didn't mean doing so in front of one's mortal enemy.
What on earth is Rabbit Spirit doing...?
"You're talking nonsense!" Rabbit Spirit sensed something was wrong and quickly tried to justify herself, clearly saying, "You're lying!"
"Seriously? Do you need to look at the milk on the floor?"
"Also, if you keep shamelessly causing trouble for us, then you shouldn't follow us anymore."
Maoduoduo gave a cold, sarcastic remark, indicating that she had no intention of receiving any compensation and simply told the others to take their belongings and prepare to leave.
"Wait a minute." Leopard's voice rang out, and Cat Duoduo did indeed cooperate, only to catch what the other party threw at her.
—Even a small bag of dried meat is quite valuable.
CatDodo simply said that the compensation was in hand and told SnakeRong and the cubs to follow him.
Rabbit Spirit and Leopard Fierce were a step too slow. Mainly because Rabbit Spirit was currently angry about the small bag of dried meat Leopard Fierce had given her earlier.
"Alright, Ling'er, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, we're not in the right this time either."
"Besides, didn't you still want to stay with them?"
Leopard Lie spoke the rest of his words in a lower voice.
Rabbit Spirit pursed her lips and nodded reluctantly, "That's right, let's keep going."
She still trusted her intuition. It was indeed strange that she had chosen to join CatDodo's group for this trip out of the blue, but considering that trusting her intuition had always brought her benefits in the past, RabbitLing'er overlooked the oddity of it.
The two resumed their previous affectionate state, walking ahead. Cat Duoduo glanced back unintentionally and thought it was cheesy and disgusting, and wondered if the two of them had lost their minds.
Even so, she still managed to lead the people to a place to rest for the night.
However, it was obvious that she had underestimated the terrain. The cave she found this time was well-ventilated from all sides, and the only thing that could be slightly modified was to wrap the area with animal hides.
It seemed like there was no wind, and everyone inside could be considered to be living in tents. In reality, as night fell and the desert temperature began to drop, Dodo the cat was terribly cold. She huddled with her cubs for warmth, but she felt the warmth constantly leaking out. The howling wind outside seemed to be masked by the animal hides, but cold air still kept seeping in through them, making Dodo the cat want to burrow underground.
Or maybe we should just try burrowing underground; that might be safer, and we wouldn't have to worry so much...
"It seems you are quite cold." The Serpent Rong, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them and glanced around.
"Nonsense." Cat Duoduo and the snake cubs nodded vigorously, wishing they could give each other a demonstration of what it meant to be so cold that your bones would freeze.
It was at this moment that the Serpent Warriors came over and hugged them.
When Maoduo saw this, she wanted to say it was useless, as the other person's body was unable to retain warmth.
Unexpectedly, the Serpent Rong suddenly transformed into its original form. It was quite large, and it simply wrapped itself around them, then covered them with animal skin. With this layer of cover, the cold air couldn't get in at all, but the warmth was finally able to stay.
CatDodo finally felt like her body had come back to life, and she could sleep comfortably while holding her cubs. At night, she couldn't help but mutter, "Goodnight, Snake Rong."
The Serpent Rong, who had been resting with its head down in one spot, opened its eyes.
In his original form, his eyes looked even more terrifying. From this angle, he could spot creatures within a hundred meters and see Rabbit Spirit hiding in Leopard Fierce's arms. The two of them decided to temporarily enter the pit to keep warm.
Other creatures are now making similar decisions, and the pits they leave behind are quite conspicuous. However, compared to when they wake up the next morning, these pits will be covered by thick mud and sand, waiting for people to come and dig them out.
As for now—
Snake Rong yawned and silently said goodnight to Cat Duo Duo in his mind, treating it as a way of saying goodnight to her, completely putting aside the matter of actually saying goodnight to her.
Anyway, she knows how she'll react, so it probably doesn't matter...
Having experienced the desert night, Maoduoduo planned to rush through the remaining distance in the next two days. This resulted in a significant increase in everyone's water consumption.
Mao Duoduo said that she was responsible for carrying water to outsiders, and usually concealed it with animal skins so that no one could tell how much was left. As night fell, she carefully calculated the amount and felt uneasy.
The water storage is running low; there are only three small buckets left. We'll make do with whatever we can, and it'll barely last us two days.
The problem is that they can hardly guarantee whether they can continue to persevere!
With this in mind, Maoduoduo secretly entered her space at night to fill her water pouch and refill the previously empty bottles and pouches. Seeing the full pouch, she breathed a sigh of relief and felt increasingly confident about the journey ahead.
It was also in the afternoon, and everyone was carrying animal skins to shield themselves from the sun as they walked forward.
Rabbit Spirit was being held by Leopard Fierce, but she kept saying she wanted to rest.
Suddenly, the snake stopped in its tracks, and the rabbit spirit looked terrified, about to scream.
It was at this moment that the Serpent Rong spoke up: "We're almost at the center of the desert."
Before Mao Duoduo could react, Tu Ling'er was already extremely excited, showering him with compliments, clearly eager to rush over there, "An oasis! There really is an oasis! The center of the desert is very close to the Rootless City, there should be oases around there."
Her words prompted Leopard to make a decision, and he decisively volunteered to search for the oasis, while Rabbit Spirit stayed with Cat Duoduo and the others under the protection of Snake Rong.
"...Me." Tu Ling'er was still muttering to herself that things weren't going well, mainly because Huai Mao Duo Duo and his group would definitely take advantage of Bao Lie's absence to deliberately bully and target her.
but--
They didn't need to say anything at all; Rabbit Spirit and Leopard Fierce were pulling and tugging at each other not far away, starting to discuss the next arrangements.
As for CatDodo, she was more curious about the oasis and whispered to SnakeRong if they could find it. She had endured not taking a bath for several days, but in reality, she couldn't take it anymore.
"Then how about this, I'll go find the oasis—" Snake Rong was actually still a little worried and preferred to take his whole family with him.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Bao Lie spoke up quickly, "I'll go find it."
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