One night later, in the familiar open space outside the misty forest where the orcs of the Eastern Continent lived.
A big warm fire was lit.
Several men with extraordinary looks, some tall and slender, some burly and strong, sat on either side of the two chubby little cubs, quietly eating the food they had hunted around the fire, giving people a quiet and beautiful feeling.
But what is the reality?
After leaving the mermaid tribe that day and going through Lingling's soul-searching, the uncles spent all their time deep in thought, except when they were with Lingling.
Even those poor skeletons were taken out and examined repeatedly with guilt, vowing not to miss any trace.
Of course, in the end, nothing could be seen, because it seemed that they were not killed, but died of natural causes.
Only after obtaining Lingling's consent, Bai Jiu used her favorite points to redeem the system detection function. After a long period of scanning and detection, he obtained a relatively certain information - the identities of the people belonging to the skeletons of various races should have died one after another decades ago, not in the past twenty years.
During dinner, Bai Jiu told Lingling about this idea and asked her to inform her uncles in a more subtle and obscure way.
"Uncles~"
The little fellow, chowing down on the roasted rabbit with his mouth full of oil, received the task assigned by Uncle Bai. He quickly swallowed the meat in his mouth and mumbled to his uncles who were almost crazy: "You guys, ah~, those bones uncles and aunts you have been looking at these past few days are from many, many years ago."
Lingling: Well, isn’t that subtle and obscure enough?
Several people were slightly startled, and then started to check again, especially Thor and Holly. They had a clearer idea of the number of their own people and their location, and they also had a general idea of their shapes and appearances.
They hurriedly checked the information in their minds and found that no one from their tribe had died in the past twenty years.
Thor took over the position of the Elf King about twenty-five years ago. He was very confused when he found the skeleton. Since he took over, except for the death of Josiah's mother, there should be no unknown members of the tribe who died. How could the skeleton of a member of the tribe suddenly appear?
Holly also thought of this. He was one of the young tree people who were teleported here with Elder Blue.
As far as he knew, not a single tribesman who had come to the East Continent was missing. Even those who were traveling outside, such as him and Tag, had never been heard of anyone having any accidents.
After all, the Tree People's healing magic is completely capable of saving themselves.
"Lingling, how do you know these uncles and aunts are from many, many years ago?" Thor had a vague guess in his mind, but he was not sure yet.
"Well~ Because Lingling is a genius!" The little girl smiled, revealing her little white teeth, and her little mouth was full of grease.
Thor: ...Once again attacked by a genius.
He couldn't help but take out a sky blue handkerchief embroidered with small fish, and wiped the greasy mouth of the little dumpling clean with a seemingly rough but actually gentle movement.
"Yes, yes, uncle knows you have a little secret. Uncle won't ask anymore, okay? You're a genius, can a genius eat like you with a greasy mouth? Even the huhuhu..."
Before Thor could finish his words, Huhu raised its furry face and looked at him when it heard his name.
Wow! More oily! More colorful!
Thor had to change his words: "Even Huhu should learn from you to eat without getting her face dirty. She should be a lady, okay?"
Lingling didn't hear what Thor said later. She heard the first half and then went to find her Uncle Bai.
"Uncle Bai~Did Uncle Sol discover you?! How did he know Lingling had a little secret?"
Bai Jiu thought for a moment and replied calmly, "Probably not. He might be a little suspicious, but he's not sure. He's trying to trick you. Don't worry about him."
But in fact, Bai Jiu was not very sure. He did notice that Thor was looking at Lingling thoughtfully when Lingling was communicating with him, but at that time he just thought that he was still thinking about the skeleton. He didn't expect that he was suspicious?
Sure enough, the relatively closed space in the carriage gave him the opportunity to let his imagination run wild?
Lingling originally looked a little guilty, but upon hearing Uncle Bai's answer, she felt relieved instantly.
Uncle Bai is the smartest! Everything Uncle Bai says is right!
Then, the little dumpling replied to Thor, trying to cover up his mistake: "Uncle Thor, don't talk nonsense! You are trying to trick Lingling! Lingling knows it."
Even though she wasn't quite sure what "骗" meant, Lingling still looked very proud.
Lingling: You won’t go wrong if you just follow uncle.
Bai Jiu: ...My little baby!
The little fellow was still chattering, "Lingling, Lingling doesn't have any little secrets!"
Thor, who was wiping the little guy's mouth, raised his head slightly when he heard the words. He stared at the little guy's bright black eyes with some ambiguous expression. A gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes. The next second, he naturally retracted the towel, cleaned it with the cleaning technique and put it away.
"Okay~ no little secrets. Come, uncle will show you how to eat without dirtying your mouth." Thor did not force Lingling, but simply skipped over the matter, giving people the impression that he really did not take what happened just now to heart.
Only Tritton, who had been watching them silently with an expressionless face, curled his lips after hearing their conversation.
This Elf King must be the reincarnation of a fox orc. He is an old fox and must be planning something bad.
However, Triton knew Thor's fondness for Lingling and figured he wouldn't harm her, so he didn't dwell on it any further and asked, "So, following up on what Lingling just said, can we reasonably assume these skeletons died before the first demonic infestation?"
"It could even be said that the first appearance of demonic energy occurred just as it was discovered in the seafloor cracks. It was only because of the earthquake that the mastermind's plans were disrupted, so they temporarily stopped. Now it's making a comeback?"
The forest was a little quiet at night and the wind was a little cold.
After listening to Triton's analysis, several adults agreed with it, but they were reluctant to speak out because the fact that the disaster was man-made always touched their most sensitive nerves no matter how many times they heard it.
"Uncle?" Lingling's weak voice sounded, bringing everyone back to their senses.
"Uncles, Lingling has finished eating, wipe your hands~" The little girl put on a sweet smile, sat up from her little stool, ran in front of them and stretched out her hands.
Several grown men lost their temper in an instant and scrambled to take out the small square handkerchiefs they carried with them, which were pink, blue or light yellow.
"Come, come, come~ Lingling, Uncle Tag will wipe it for you~"
"Hehe, okay, Huhu is dirty too, so we need to wipe it off too."
"Okay, okay, let your Uncle Holly wipe it."
Holly: ...
The dry wood in the fire made a slight crackling sound, which also sounded like a sigh.
It's dark, but some people's hearts are always bright.
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