"The Deer Priest, right? You just mentioned that during the windy season of this Beast Year, the tribe received a divine decree from the Beast God, knowing that a messenger of the Beast God would be coming, is that right?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, the priest can communicate with the Beast God. When the Beast God has something to say, he will send a divine message to the priest."
"Then how are you so sure we are messengers of the Beast God?"
Lin Qianqian's words stunned the dozen or so orcs in front of her, and their expressions of surprise turned into shock.
"You, aren't you all?"
A beast trembled as it asked a question, which Lin Qianqian could not answer, creating an awkward moment that felt like a mistaken identity.
After a moment, Luo Zexuan spoke first, "We might be, or should be, the envoys you mentioned. But just in case, why don't you go and ask the Beast God first, to see if he has sent any other envoys?"
"Yes, immediately hold a ceremony to ask the Beast God."
After saying that, the dozen or so orcs rushed out again, but got stuck at the doorway after only a few seconds.
A group of tall orcs looked at the clean, transparent, and seemingly fragile glass door, and none of them dared to push it, for fear of breaking it.
In the end, Luo Zexuan went over and opened the door for them.
Next, Lin Qianqian and a group of employees stood at the entrance of the mall and witnessed a simple beast world ritual.
A group of orcs were seen jumping and leaping around a campfire, while two orcs occasionally sprinkled animal blood around the fire. The priest responsible for communicating with the beast god sat in front of the fire chanting incantations.
A few minutes later, Yunze and Lin Qianqian felt a divine thought descend from the void, making contact with the priest for a few seconds before quickly leaving.
Yunze was just one step away from ascending to immortality, so he sensed it more clearly. The divine thought paused for a moment before leaving.
After the ritual, Lucao, with his old arms and legs swinging, quickly waded across the snow and led the group of orcs back to them.
With his somewhat cloudy deer eyes wide open, Lucao excitedly said, "The Beast God has issued a divine decree confirming that you are indeed divine messengers."
"Oh," Lin Qianqian didn't know what to say, so she just randomly picked a topic.
"Do the other tribes know about our arrival on the continent of Ork?"
"The Beast God will issue another divine decree to inform them, but it is currently the cold season on the continent of Ork. Other tribes know where the divine messenger is but cannot come to pay their respects in time. They will have to wait until the windy season of the next Beast Year before they send people over one after another."
"Priest Deer, do you know how big the continent of Ork is? How many tribes are there? How many races are there? How much do you know about the terrain and customs of your orc world?"
Priest Deer was somewhat bewildered by Lin Qianqian's question. He had only traveled the continent in his youth and knew only a general outline. He felt quite ashamed that he couldn't fully answer the divine messenger's question.
He recounted everything he knew and remembered in fits and starts, and thankfully there were other tribal priests and chieftains present.
From their cacophony of answers, Lin Qianqian was finally able to piece together a general picture of the continent of Oak.
The continent of Ork is divided into four continents: east, west, south, and north, as well as a central plain located in the middle.
The Central Plains, as its name suggests, is rich in natural resources and home to a diverse range of ethnic groups.
The eastern and southern continents are fertile lands with numerous valleys and forests, rich in resources and home to many tribes.
The western continent is mostly high plateaus and deserts, with very few tribes.
In the Northern Continent, half of the year is a cold season, and some tribes and races that prefer the cold also live there.
Outside the mainland is the sea, and in the sea are many islands.
In the East Sea lies a vast landmass called Dragon Land, which is one-fifth the size of the continent of Ork. It is inhabited by dragons who worship the Dragon God.
The South China Sea has many islands, which are gathering places for marine creatures to breed. These marine creatures worship the sea god.
There are no large islands in the Western Sea, only a few small islands scattered around, inhabited by savage orcs even more ferocious than those on the Orc Continent.
The northern continent and the islands in the North Sea are primarily inhabited by Frost Orcs.
They live in a world of ice and snow year-round, but the savage orcs, like the continental orcs, worship the Beast God.
In this beast world, a beast year has sixteen months, a month has 35 days, and a day has 24 hours, making a day about the same length as on Earth.
A year can be roughly divided into a windy season, a hot season, a rainy season, and a cold season. Each season consists of a three-month period plus a one-month respite before the next season begins.
For example, the temperature during the windy season is most suitable for orcs to survive, but strong winds will blow from time to time, with gale-force winds of level 10 or higher often occurring.
After the three-month windy season, there will be a one-month period of calm, during which the temperature and humidity are comfortable for living things, followed by the hot season.
During the scorching summer months, the intense heat and drought will cause most water sources to dry up, plunging the Beast World into a period of extreme water scarcity.
Three months later, the temperature drops. After that, the rainy season lasts for another three months.
The rainy season is characterized by torrential rains, and three months of heavy rain often leads to floods, landslides, and mudslides.
After the orcs survive these natural disasters, they will have a month-long respite before entering a three-month-long period of extreme cold.
Not to mention the cold season, the extremely cold weather not only kills many orcs with cold and disease, but also causes many to starve to death due to extreme food shortages.
Considering all this, Lin Qianqian truly felt that life was not easy for beastmen in the beast world; in a beast year, the time they could live peacefully was less than half.
Furthermore, the tribal customs and systems of the Orc Continent are quite chaotic, with some families consisting of one male and one female, others of one female and multiple males, and still others of multiple females and one male.
The most common type of family is the female-dominated family, while the most rare types are the female-dominated and the male-dominated and the female-dominated family.
Because there are far more males than females in the animal kingdom, the current male-to-female ratio is one to ten, and there are many reasons for this phenomenon.
Most importantly, females in most species are naturally weaker than males, and female offspring have a much lower birth and survival rate than male offspring.
The same applies during the growth process; females are more likely to freeze or die from disease.
This beast world is just like the one depicted in many novels and movies.
Females are difficult to raise when young and cannot hunt when they grow up, but they play a vital role in the reproduction of the species. During periods of relative calm, they will also go out to gather food.
Males are naturally strong and can go out hunting to support their families and protect the tribe.
Besides the orcs, there are also ordinary wild beasts and ferocious beasts on the continent of Ork.
Ordinary wild animals are usually the prey of orcs.
Besides hunting ordinary wild animals, beastmen are also their prey.
The beast tides that the beastmen fear are composed of ferocious beasts, and countless beastmen die under the fangs of these beasts every beast year.
To protect the tribe's safety, the orcs often organize raids to hunt down the ferocious beasts surrounding the tribe.
This year of the beast has been plagued by various natural disasters, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of beastmen. Some small tribes have either been wiped out or swallowed up by larger tribes.
As for how many tribes, races, and orcs there are on the entire continent, no one can say for sure.
Having no other option, Lin Qianqian had to give up on the problem and thought she would ask Lanlan to check the main system or the system database later to see if she could gather more information.
Just then, cooing sounds began to rise and fall!
When Lin Qianqian looked at them, she saw that the group of beastmen were all clutching their stomachs, looking at them with a mixture of shame and hope.
Lin Qianqian felt her scalp tingle and her eyelids twitch uncontrollably under his gaze, realizing she was in trouble.
Trouble! Is it too late for her to deny being the messenger of the Beast God?
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