Ye Luoxing and the beastmen covered and hid the traps they had prepared. The male beasts carried the remaining bamboo and wood, and cleaned up all traces in the forest. The flying beasts carried the females into the sky.
Dong Mu asked the guard beasts: "How many are there? Where are they now?"
The guard beast said, "At the moment, it seems that there aren't many of them, probably only about a thousand. They probably smelled the scent of the herd and are moving very fast. After dark, they should be able to enter the forest."
Dong Mu made a quick decision: "The flying beasts will carry the females and retreat first, and the male beasts will prepare to fight!"
All the flying beasts carrying females flapped their wings and flew towards the mountain. Feng He also planned to evacuate with Ye Luoxing on his back. Ye Luoxing called him to stop and turned back to ask Dong Mu: "Aren't you going to retreat?"
Dong Mu shook his head: "I am the leader of the chimpanzee tribe. I must stay and fight the enemy together with the other animals in the tribe."
Ye Luoxing saw Dongmu's responsibility and determination, so she didn't rush to retreat either. Instead, Dongmu scanned the male beasts around her and said, "Luoxing, you are not the leader of a tribe, so you don't need to stay here. You are a female, so you should evacuate with them. The herd needs females to survive, and we will need your help later. Thousands of Zergs are no threat to us. You should go first."
Dong Mu looked around with a meaningful look. She was probably worried that the high-level male beasts guarding Ye Luoxing would not be obedient.
After weighing the pros and cons, Ye Luoxing decided not to cause any more trouble and nodded: "Okay, then be careful!"
The sky gradually darkened, and the retreating herd of animals watched from the front of the mountain.
Suddenly, another group of flying beasts flew over from a distance. Their voices could be heard from afar: "There are more Zerg outside the forest. There are more than a thousand of them. It looks like there are at least several thousand. They are densely packed. They were probably attracted by the Zerg that swarmed in first. They should have entered the forest now. Leader Dongmu is leading the tribe to check the situation..."
"So sudden?" Chiyu raised his eyebrows. He hated these dirty bugs the most.
"It looks like the situation is not good." An elderly leader's expression became serious, and she immediately issued an order: "If the insect swarm continues to be attracted, this place will fall into chaos. To avoid hurting the females, we must evacuate them to the sea before the insect swarm arrives. Ye Luoxing, the female, you take them to the beach!"
"Me?" Ye Luoxing didn't expect that she would give this task to him.
"Well, we believe you." The leader of the thrush tribe looked at the other female leaders before saying this.
"We have to stay with our tribe to fight against the Zerg, so we will leave the female to you." The leader of the thrush tribe looked at her trustingly. Although it was a brief contact, they still believed in their own judgment.
Bei Yan said, "Don't worry, we will get the females safely to the sea."
"In that case, that's great." The leaders smiled with satisfaction. They also trusted the northern beasts, and the relationship between the north and the south has always been friendly.
"But..." Ye Luoxing hesitated to speak. She wanted to recover her strength quickly and collect information. She didn't want to retreat to the beach.
Yue Huang actually spoke up to persuade them, "Ye Luoxing, we will feel at ease if you retreat with them. Otherwise, chaos will break out again."
Ye Luoxing turned to him: "What do you mean? Aren't you leaving?"
Yue Huang could already hear the sound of the insect swarm in the distance. He didn't hesitate: "I will stay and cover your escape."
Ye Luoxing pursed her lips this time, not knowing what to say. She looked at Bei Yan and saw that Bei Yan had already told Lu Lan, "You and Chi Yu will escort her. I will stay with some of the northern beasts to help them. If anything happens on the way, send the beastmen back to inform me."
"Yeah." Lu Lan nodded without any doubt.
Ye Luoxing was surprised. She glanced at them one by one. Before Liao Yuan could speak, Krolin said, "I'll go to the beach with you."
He obviously didn't intend to stay here, because he interrupted. Liao Yuan thought for a moment and then said, "Then I'll stay."
All three groups left orcs behind, while Xilanmon and Krolin accompanied Fenghe and the others to send the females to the beach.
The leaders were worried about the Yan Beast following them. Before they looked at Ye Luoxing, Krolin interrupted and said, "I will leave most of the orcs behind and will not take all the Yan Beasts to the seaside. You can rest assured and don't worry too much~"
When he said the last four words, Krolin raised his lips slightly, as if he was disdainful of the orcs' worries.
Everything was arranged in this way, and Yuehuang and Beiyan told them to evacuate the females quickly.
In the end, Ye Luoxing also accepted it. Because of the authority given by several leaders, she raised her hand and shouted: "Retreat!"
The beast herd split into two groups again. Several leaders sent orcs to notify the leader Menqiu and others in the west, and also sent orcs to notify the flying beast herd in the east. The remaining orcs, because the females had already evacuated, all turned back to the daytime forest.
In the first half of the night, the cold wind was howling, making Ye Luoxing's clothes rustle. She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she always felt that there was a smell of blood in the air.
Lu Lan considerately wrapped her fox tail around her and said, "Are you cold? The temperature will drop a little closer to the sea."
Liao Yuan did not come with her, so Lu Lan naturally took over Liao Yuan's job, carried by Feng He and sitting next to her.
Ye Luoxing shook her head to indicate that she was fine, but she still couldn't help asking, "Do you smell blood?"
They froze for a long moment before Xilan Meng replied, "I guess one of the male beasts was injured and hasn't recovered yet."
Cronin followed up with, "It's normal. You don't have to overthink it."
However, even if they said so, Ye Luoxing still couldn't help but worry. Even Chiyu sniffed carefully and felt that something was wrong.
Because we were on the evacuation route and didn't see any insect swarms, the matter just passed.
At midnight, Ye Luoxing and the others had already evacuated to the sea. They didn't know what was happening on the other side of the mountain, and no orcs came to inform them. As for the sea, it was also very calm. There were no sea orcs causing trouble in the endless sea. It might be because the orcs didn't go deep enough, or it might be because the sea beasts knew the situation on land, so they didn't bother with the land beasts.
At around two o'clock in the night, a team finally flew over from the direction of the mountain.
They were orcs from the White Pheasant Tribe. As soon as they approached, they announced to all the beasts, "The attacking insect swarm has been completely eliminated. Casualties among the various tribes were minimal. The females can return. The leaders are handling the follow-up matters."
This sentence made all the orcs on the sea breathe a sigh of relief: "Great, let's go back!"
Ye Luoxing also smiled. She had just told the beastmen to set off, and Feng He had just flown a short distance when she turned back to glance at a corner of the herd. She was puzzled and uneasy, but there was only a male beast carrying a female, and no suspicious beastmen...
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