"I arrived at the Shuilin Tribe the next afternoon. On the third night, when the beasts hadn't made any movement, I suddenly had a bad feeling. It matched the signs Yuqing had described before an earthquake. I thought we, who were in beast form, might be able to sense it, so I went to find Jia."
"At the time, Jia was rolling around in the ditch in front of their tribe and looked very upset. I told him about my situation and also shared with him the earthquake-related things that Yuqing had taught him in class."
"Because it's night time, Jia asked the orcs in the tribe to make some preparations, planning to leave if they still feel unwell after daybreak."
"Late at night, He also came over and said he wasn't feeling well. After dawn, many orcs from the Shuilin Tribe also experienced the same condition. Jia asked everyone to pack up food and herbs and prepare to leave."
At this point, Fei sighed, "The place we wanted to go wasn't far away, but we left too late. The earthquake struck before we even left the forest, late at night."
"How are the people?" Meng Yuqing asked.
"They're alive, but many of them are injured. Many of them have broken bones. Several sub-beasts fell to the ground and were injured and bleeding. Fortunately, they hadn't used up the herbs we gave them before, so they were saved.
But it's still not good. Two sub-beasts kept complaining of pain inside their bodies. Jia was also seriously injured while trying to protect his tribe. A big tree hit his back and he was spitting blood from his mouth.
Fei recalled the situation at that time, “There are no mountains in the place we arrived at, and the trees are not as dense and large as before. It’s just that the orcs of the Shuilin tribe are really not fast on land, so we can’t hide well.
Crocodile beastmen with strong defenses like Jia were fighting against the falling trees to protect the others. The ground cracked open a huge gap, and many people fell in. It was only after the earthquake that the python beastmen went down to retrieve them.
He continued with a look of fear, "Luckily, Jia believed me and took his people away from their tribe. Otherwise, with the density of trees near their tribe, I'm afraid many people would have died. If only the earthquake had come later, when they had all reached the grassland, perhaps they wouldn't have been injured so badly."
Hearing Fei say this, Meng Yuqing felt a little relieved. At least no one died now. By predicting the coming of the earthquake in advance, they not only saved the Qingshan tribe, but also saved the Shuilin tribe.
"Then why did you come back? They must be having a hard time now. So many of the main forces were injured, hunting has become a problem, and even you have lost weight." Li pinched Fei's arm. Considering the relationship between the two tribes and Fei's personality, he should stay there to help for a while.
Hearing Li's question, Fei said with a gloomy face, "I came back because things were not going well. After the earthquake, I asked Jia if he wanted to come to our place. The situation in our tribe should be better, but he refused.
He said that every tribe was having a hard time after the earthquake, so he would not come to cause trouble.
So I stayed with them there for a while, and only now that they could no longer hold on and couldn't catch enough prey did they ask me to come back and check on the situation, and told me to help if I had the energy to do so."
Fei stood up and walked in front of everyone, "Look, I'm so skinny from starvation, let alone them."
After listening to Fei's story, no one present was in a hurry to speak.
Should we help the Shuilin Tribe? Of course we should.
We just need to plan how to help. The current situation in the Shuilin tribe is that no one died, but there were many injured. There are not enough people who can go out hunting, otherwise Fei would not be starving to this extent.
"Lan, tell me what you think." Xia looked at Lan. Now the tribe only had the hunting team led by Lan responsible for catching prey. If Lan was short of manpower and could not supply the prey, they could only consume the stored food.
It would definitely be best if the stored food could last until the tribe is built.
If you can't hold on, then you may have to put tribal construction on hold for the time being and go for a spring hunt first.
Lan thought about it seriously before speaking, "The current manpower is enough for our tribe's daily consumption and some is left over. To help the Shuilin Tribe, we need to expand the hunting range and send more people, at least seventy more."
"We're running low on salt, so we need to get more," Shu added. "Besides daily consumption, we also need salt to make bacon. We can make bacon for a while in this weather, but it won't be that good when the weather gets hotter."
"I'll think of a way in the summer. When food is plentiful, I'll try some meat." Meng Yuqing said. He had heard that there was another way to preserve meat.
But that was not the method in his hometown, so he had only heard of it but never done it. He had to try it first, and it couldn't be done when the temperature was too high, otherwise the oil would not solidify.
After listening to the three people's words, Xia pondered for a moment and said, "Only some of them are injured. The rest are fine. When they arrive, we will have them supplement some of the hunting manpower. If there are still shortages, we will add more people. Those who can't go out hunting can stay here to help us rebuild the tribe. The sooner it is completed, the sooner we can return to normal life."
"Since Lian hasn't returned yet, it seems the Stonehorn Tribe is doing relatively well. However, we also need to be prepared for them to contact us." Xuan continued, supporting his chin. "We also need to be prepared for the Mountain Stream Tribe. They live in the valley. If there's still no news, we'll have to go over and check out the situation. As for the salt, Yuqing and I will take a flying orc and a groundhog orc to the salt cave."
They were not worried that anything would happen to the people of the Qingshan tribe. Lian himself was a flying orc, and his strength was among the top among the young people. He often followed Fei to do things. Although his personality was a little eccentric, he was still very reliable when doing serious work.
Although the orc sent to the mountain tribe is a land orc, he has flying orcs following him all the time, so there is no need to worry about his safety.
Now we need to make preparations here and wait for their news to see whether they can overcome the difficulties on their own or need assistance from the Qingshan tribe.
Thinking about how his father had deliberately expanded the scope of the tribe, Xuan felt that they might have had the same idea again.
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