Upon hearing this, the leader nodded. "That's right, the direction we were heading back then was indeed this way."
In this way, everyone decided on their next goal and chose to go straight along the direction of the river.
The river was long, and even with their efforts, they still felt somewhat tired. Fortunately, they had brought bamboo baskets with some food inside. Cat Duoduo learned from Snake Cub that no one had checked the baskets, so she secretly slipped some water and food into them while they were cooking.
Even so, it took them more than a day to walk around, and they still hadn't seen the end.
"It's unbelievable, just how long is this place?"
Nearby, everyone set up camp by the river. Maoduoduo sat on the ground covered with animal hides, arms crossed, muttering to himself.
"Are you scared?" She Rong tilted his head and looked at her.
He had just taken a shower, and his hair was still slightly damp, giving him a captivating charm.
CatDodo couldn't help but admire the other person's beauty for a moment before quickly looking away, saying only, "It's alright. It's just that this place feels too long, and I don't know when it will end."
She sighed inwardly, wondering when this would ever end.
At that moment, She Rong grasped her hand. His large hand easily held Mao Duoduo's small hand, giving off a strange... ambiguous feeling.
"Don't be afraid, I'll always be with you." His voice was deep and magnetic.
Cat Duoduo stared at the other person, a smile appearing on her face. She was about to nod and speak when she was suddenly interrupted.
"Mother, look, the river is glowing!" The snake cubs excitedly ran over.
"Oh, really?" CatDodo was drawn in by these words and went over on its own.
Snake Three, who had spoken first, was about to continue when he caught Snake Rong's rather dark eyes, which frightened him so much that he dared not speak.
Father, what's going on? His eyes look like he's about to give him a good spanking!
"puff!"
"Don't think too much about it, cubs, they're always the ones who ruin the atmosphere."
The leader, enjoying the spectacle, laughed heartily and patted the Serpent Rong on the shoulder.
The Serpent King merely glanced at the man without saying much, but it gave the leader the impression that the man was saying, "You too will have such a day."
"Hehehe." The leader simply touched his nose and didn't say anything more.
At this moment, Maoduoduo arrived at the riverbank.
"Indeed, the river is so beautiful at night."
The river was crystal clear, its surface shimmering with starlight, giving one a feeling of spiritual cleansing.
She sat down by the river and instinctively scooped up some water to play with. The water was clear and refreshing, washing away the daytime heat and giving her a deep sense of comfort.
Her gaze quickly fell upon these twinkling stars.
For a moment, he even revealed a compassionate expression...
Perhaps these are the souls of the dead orcs. Because they died here, their souls cannot return to their loved ones, and they wait for a destined person to release them and let them go home.
"Mother, aren't you going to sleep?" the snake asked as it came over.
"I can't sleep." Mao Duoduo raised her hand slightly and saw a few stars fall onto her hand. Her heart clenched. Something was about to become a reality.
Ironically, it seems that the uniqueness of the starlight went unnoticed by others.
It was the strange look on Cat Duoduo's face that caught Snake Rong's attention, prompting him to ask, "What's wrong?"
“…I have a very peculiar idea.” CatDodo slowly stood up. “Perhaps, these starlight are the souls of the dead orcs.”
She lowered her eyes and simply stated her thoughts. A pang of pity couldn't help but well up within me.
They are trapped here forever. No one knows their story. Some may even mistakenly drink the river water and end up trapped here forever.
Perhaps in the future, someone else will be captivated by the jewels in this river, mistaking it for a treasure hunt, and thus ignoring the orcs who once died in this river...
"If only I could speak to these souls, or help them."
CatDodo thought to herself, and then she saw a point of starlight that was actually surrounding her hand.
This change startled her, and she stared wide-eyed, asking She Rong, "Did you see that?"
"What did you see?" She Rong frowned, quite surprised by Mao Duoduo's behavior at this moment. He tried to say, "In the scene I saw, you didn't do anything, and then suddenly asked me what I saw."
"Impossible, all these points of light are responding to my words..."
She was about to speak when she saw many points of light on the river coming in an orderly fashion and rotating around her.
The scene was so shocking that she was speechless, her mouth agape.
The people around her didn't understand what Maoduoduo meant.
They simply stated that they only saw the starlight reflected on the river.
Amidst their varied and animated descriptions, Maoduo finally came to a conclusion: what she saw seemed to be different from what they saw.
These points of light have clearly responded to me...
Mao Duoduo's breath hitched, and a thought flashed through her mind: the female protagonist's ability in the original work.
No way! This seems to be the power of the female protagonist from the original work!
She seemed to be right; these mysterious and enigmatic things were, in theory, the female lead's cheat codes, allowing her to have a sweet and loving relationship with the male lead, Bao Lie, and unlocking one easy mode after another...
Here's the problem.
Why did this happen to me?
She was clearly just an ordinary orc.
Oh, besides, she has modern knowledge and a space that she occasionally uses for farming and daily life.
"If you can truly respond to me, please show me how to get to where I want to go..."
Cat Duoduo spoke very softly, and then she saw that the starlight circled around her once, then converged into a single point, clearly pointing in one direction.
"Wait, is this for real?"
The cat suddenly cried out.
The other orcs reacted and looked over out of curiosity, only to see CatDodo running quickly toward a certain place.
They didn't have time to think about anything else and quickly grabbed their things to catch up. Their intuition told them that Maoduo had probably discovered something.
Everyone ran all the way.
Mainly because Cat Duoduo was tired from running, Snake Rong simply picked her up and rushed forward, running in one direction guided by the starlight she was looking at.
All I saw was that they crossed the river and headed perpendicular to it. There, too, lay a different kind of scenery, with starlight constantly drifting towards them.
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