After Lin Qianqian finished recounting the mission details, she glared angrily at the little elf before anyone could react.
"You're a dimensional trading system, look at the kinds of tasks you're issuing! When did we become an infrastructure-building or rescue-type system? Didn't you notify your host when you changed your business?"
Upon hearing this, the little elf Lin Lanlan, without bothering to say anything, hurriedly opened the system panel that only she could see.
Upon checking, he exclaimed, "I don't know! This mission was issued directly by the main system; it has nothing to do with me!"
"you……"
Lin Qianqian was furious when she saw that Luo Zexuan had completely distanced himself from her, and was about to say something more when Luo Zexuan interrupted her.
"The orc plane has paid a heavy price, so it's not surprising that they can make some special requests. It's not surprising that the main system would personally issue the mission."
"But why would a dimensional shop like ours give us these kinds of civilization-building and rescue missions? Is that reasonable?"
Lin Qianqian felt the task was difficult and was somewhat anxious.
Then she turned to her system and snapped, "Lin Lanlan, have you become stupid just because you have a brain? What are you standing there for? You received a task that's beyond our trading scope, why don't you protest to the main system? Hurry up and go!"
Seeing that Lin Qianqian was angry, Wen Mingyue immediately stepped in to mediate.
"Qianqian, don't be angry. Let's deal with the outside matter first. Lanlan, go ask the main system. This mission is definitely not something a trading mall like ours should be taking on. Although they gave extra benefits, these missions are way too much."
Lin Qianqian was someone who listened to advice, so she suppressed her anger and decided to deal with the outside situation first.
After calming down, she quickly made arrangements: "Yunze and I will go out and take a look. Chuzhou and Luo Zexuan will activate the mall's attack system. Zhang Laodao, you guard the entrance. Wen Mingyue and Jiang Shuran will keep an eye on the surroundings."
With no objections, the group quickly took their translators and stood at their respective posts.
Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze walked to the door, and Yun Ze reached out and pushed the door open first.
A sudden gust of cold wind blew in, instantly lowering the comfortable temperature inside the mall.
Lin Qianqian took a look and realized that it was at least minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius outside.
Even though she was a cultivator who was immune to heat and cold, she still felt a slight chill.
Upon hearing the noise, pairs of tiger eyes, bear eyes, wolf eyes, rabbit eyes, deer eyes, bird eyes... all suddenly stared at the two of them.
Lin Qianqian was puzzled: how did carnivores and herbivores manage to resist their instincts and live together peacefully?
Normal orcs are tall, generally over two meters tall, even the rabbit orcs and sparrow orcs are about 1.5 or 1.6 meters tall.
It was winter, and they wore animal skins over their upper bodies and animal skin skirts around their lower bodies.
From the exposed body parts, it can be seen that they are basically skin and bones, which shows that they are now severely lacking in food and clothing.
Lin Qianqian took a deep breath, inhaling the cold air, which contained pure spiritual energy, into her lungs.
The concentration of spiritual energy in this plane is no less than that in the Qionglin plane.
After a quick scan, I noticed that many of the orcs had peculiar energies in their bodies, which meant they must have cultivation systems. So why would the system ask them to cultivate?
There was no time to think further; it was simply too cold outside. Although he and Yunze were immune to heat and cold, she saw many orcs shivering from the cold.
"Who are you? Where is this place?" Lin Qianqian asked.
"You are divine messengers, right? This is the Cui Cui tribe, located in the Cui Shi Valley on the central plain of the Ork Continent."
The one who stepped forward to answer was an elderly deer-like beastman with antlers on his head.
He wore a string of ornaments made of feathers and bones on his withered chest, and his face was painted with unknown paint.
He was now slightly raising his head, respectfully answering Lin Qianqian's question.
Why are you kneeling here?
"Before the windy season arrived this year, all the tribes of the Ork Continent received a divine decree from the Beast God, saying that a messenger of the Beast God would descend to lead us to have enough to eat and wear, and to help us resist the beast tide. But we waited from the windy season to the hot season, then from the hot season to the rainy season, and finally to the cold season. This year of beasts has been particularly short of food. The hot season was a severe drought, and many beastmen died of thirst. The rainy season was filled with torrential rain, and the beast tide killed countless beastmen."
At this point, large tears welled up in the old orc's deer-like eyes, but they quickly froze on his face.
He wiped away his tears and continued, "Finally, we made it to the cold season. This cold season of the Beast Year was particularly cold, and many cubs and old beastmen starved and froze to death every day. The Beast Year was almost over, but the messenger still hadn't arrived. So, taking advantage of the light snow today, eleven tribes near Emerald Stone Valley gathered at our Cui Cui tribe to hold a grand ceremony and ask the Beast God when the messenger would finally arrive. But unexpectedly, before the ceremony even began, the messenger had already arrived. Thank you, Beast God! Thank you, Beast God!"
The elderly deer-beastman spoke at length, explaining the whole story.
After it finished speaking, it kowtowed, repeatedly expressing its gratitude to the Beast God.
The orcs beside them also kowtowed and cried out, "Thank you, Beast God! The messenger has finally come! We won't go hungry anymore!"
"The females and their young won't freeze or starve to death!"
“My father no longer needs to leave the tribe to save food and go out to die.”
Lin Qianqian had a headache. She felt that she might have to do poverty alleviation work before she could even complete the next transaction!
"Alright, stop kneeling here. Those who can make decisions, come to the mall to discuss this in detail. Everyone else, please disperse."
Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze retreated back to the mall first, followed by the orcs in the row in front.
The other orcs crowded together and walked toward the caves on both sides, glancing back at the shop every now and then.
Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze led a dozen or so beastmen of varying heights into the mall.
The orcs looked at the smooth floor, the white walls, and the bright lights of the mall with great curiosity.
But these orcs were, after all, tribal chiefs and priests, so they managed to maintain their composure and refrain from shouting.
Seeing that they had all come in, Lin Qianqian, as the owner of the mall, was the first to introduce herself.
"We are merchants who travel between different dimensional universes, bringing unique items from various worlds to trade. Our purpose in coming to the Continent of Oak this time is..."
Before Lin Qianqian could finish speaking, the beastmen shouted again, "Thank you for the mercy of the Beast God!"
"Thank you, Beast God, for your favor!"
"Thank you, Beast God, thank you, Divine Envoy."
"Welcome, Your Excellency!"
Lin Qianqian's head throbbed even more. It turned out they hadn't listened at all to her explanation that she was a transdimensional merchant making deals.
Communication was difficult, Lin Qianqian sighed.
"Okay, quiet down."
She needs to figure out the current situation on the Orcish Continent before deciding what to do next. She also doesn't know if Lanlan's protest to the main system will have any effect, or if it will change the quest.
"I have some questions, can someone answer them?"
The group of orcs looked at each other, unsure of what Lin Qianqian would ask, and dared not step forward.
In the end, it was the old deer-orc who stepped forward, trembling.
It first bowed respectfully to Lin Qianqian, then bowed and replied, "Divine Envoy, the old beast is Lu Cao, the priest of this Cui Cui tribe. Divine Envoy, please give your orders."
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