Hearing the call of nature, the orcs belonging to the earth will rush...
Lan, the chieftain of Xia.
The long-eared rabbit-like beastman memorized Lan's name and turned to look. Ah Bai, squatting beside him, picked up a bowl of food with a spoon from the ground.
"Do you have the strength to eat by yourself?" Ah Bai asked.
The long-eared rabbit-like beastman nodded repeatedly, took the food Ah Bai offered with both hands, and carefully moved it in front of him. Not a single piece of food spilled from the bowl, which was about eight-tenths full. He breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at Ah Bai, and said, "Thank you. My name is Shui Luo."
"Shui Luo, you eat first. I'll come find you after I deliver breakfast to the other injured orcs," A Bai said, picking up another bowl of food and giving it to the orc who was still unable to move.
After Zelan brought back the orcs who had nearly died, he did not continue to treat the orcs with moderate or minor injuries, but instead channeled all available energy into the weakened bodies of his fellow orcs.
The orcs, who are generally in good physical condition, are not fragile. Treatment from other orcs of the Xia clan is sufficient for them to return to good health. This only requires some herbs, bandages, and time.
Shui Luo's illness was cured by the Ze Lans, and his wounds have healed to the point of being minor, allowing him to get up.
The orcs in the treatment area were all like him, their health improving. They had woken up at different times, but they had all learned about the situation of their fellow orcs, as well as many things related to Xia, from the Xia clan orcs who had guided them.
Shui Luo's guide was A Bai. He listened obediently to A Bai's instructions and responded to every question.
"Since you've joined Xia, Xia will be responsible for your food and medical care for the time being, as will all the beastmen in Xia. However, I suggest you take on quests as soon as possible to earn copper coins and contribution points. Because after the transition period, you'll need copper coins to buy food. If you don't have enough copper coins, you'll have to ask Lan for an IOU."
Ah Bai's expression turned serious as he solemnly told Shui Luo, "Each orc can borrow a different amount of copper coins. Since you've just joined Xia and don't have any contribution points yet, you can probably only borrow one fifty-yuan copper coin."
Upon hearing this, Shui Luo recalled his earlier introduction. Xia's current copper coins have denominations of one, two, five, ten, twenty, and fifty yuan.
Each copper coin has a five-pointed star on the back, and the shapes on the front are all different. The one-yuan coin has a circle on the front, the two-yuan coin has two circles, the five-yuan coin has five circles, the ten-yuan coin has one triangle, the twenty-yuan coin has two triangles, and the fifty-yuan coin has five triangles.
Orcs who haven't yet learned numbers can tell the value of the copper coins they hold just by touching their shape.
Shui Luo remembered it clearly, and obediently agreed, asking A Bai to continue.
Ah Bai nodded and emphasized, "If you sign an IOU, you'll only receive half the copper coins when you take on the mission. The other half will be credited to your IOU."
After explaining these basics, Ah Bai introduced him to many popular professions, "...Besides these, you can also create new professions. However, if you want to obtain an official title, you need to gain Lan's approval."
“Lan once told us, ‘You choose what kind of orc you will become.’ Now I pass those words on to you.”
Ah Bai and Shui Luo exchanged glances, their red eyes filled with goodwill, and Ah Bai's voice was light and cheerful: "Please allow me to formally welcome you to Xia and make you a beastman of Xia. I haven't introduced you well enough, and there may be many things I haven't told you. But please believe me, Xia will be the best clan you have ever met."
After finishing breakfast and washing the dishes, Shui Luo was brought to Ling Xiaocao by Abai to receive her mission.
The chieftain of the grassland sheep beastman clan has always been the most intelligent beastman in the clan, and Antelope Grass is undoubtedly the smartest grassland sheep beastman.
Even though she joined Xia much later than the other grassland orcs, she quickly passed the test and gained the approval of three orcs: Lan, Huimi, and Morong, becoming a new orc who issued tasks and managed copper coins.
“Long-eared rabbit beastman, Shui Luo,” Ling Xiaocao wrote his name on the paper and asked, “Construction, clothing making, cooking, breeding, raising… which would you like to choose?”
Shui Luo had heard A Bai's explanation before and was very curious about raising animals, so she decisively took on the task of raising them.
"Lan said that in a few days, a new type of furry animal will be added to the team's roster. If you want to become a real zookeeper, you can try to tame them," said Ling Xiaocao.
If he chooses cultivation, then Antelope Grass will let him try growing the climbing plant "Wine Leaf".
He remembered the little antelope's advice and went to the place where the animals were fed.
In half a day, Shui Luo and the group of beastmen experienced various daily events, such as capturing "escaped" beasts, stopping different beasts from fighting, and coaxing beasts to eat.
At noon, he walked to the fire pit area and bumped into Bai Shui on the way.
Bai Shui was overjoyed and walked over to him in a few steps. "That's great, you survived too. Judging from the direction you came from, you also received a mission today, right? How was it?"
Shui Luo smiled happily: "It feels great. Although I've encountered some difficulties while taking care of the animals, I want to continue."
“You’re adapting quickly,” Bai Shui said, lifting her foot to walk with him to the dining area. “You came to do missions as soon as you woke up, probably to accumulate enough contribution points to move into the dormitory as soon as possible.”
"Same to you. I'm already looking forward to returning to my habitat and seeing what summer truly looks like."
The two orcs chattered away, discussing what they would do once they reached their habitat. Another orc overheard their conversation and joined in.
The two orcs gradually transformed into a group of orcs. These orcs, who had been expressionless and filled with despair just days before, now wore relaxed smiles and spoke with hope for the future.
They are orcs with clans, orcs protected by Lan and Xia.
The protected orcs weathered the warm snow season and welcomed the blooming flowers together. This time, they did not die in the snow season; their wounds healed completely, and their stomachs no longer rumbled.
"Lan, Lan, the flowering season is here! Can we go back to our habitat now?" The beastmen from Baihe Mountain stared at Lan expectantly, their expressions exactly the same as those of the beastmen from the grasslands.
Jiang Yunlan looked towards her tribesmen in the direction of the voice and replied with a smile, "Of course. Once we've loaded all the supplies into baskets and put them on the vehicle, we'll head back to our settlement."
A few days later, Xia's team set off from Baihe and headed for a new region.
During the flowering season in the Beast World, orcs venturing out often encounter wild beasts. However, any wild beasts that happen to meet Xia's group quickly avoid him and keep their distance. They dare not provoke Xia's group, which consists of hundreds of orcs.
Even though Xia hadn't been bothered by wild animals, she still encountered some difficulties. For example, right now, a river of moderate width blocked their path.
Jiang Yunlan jumped off the car, approached the riverbank, and estimated the width of the river. She said with slight difficulty, "This is troublesome. Even a rock sheep beastman couldn't jump across this width."
Only dragons and egret orcs can get past them.
She turned to look at the Zellans, "Lorelei, can I leave this to you?"
"Don't worry, just give it to us!" Lorelei straightened his chest, led his clansmen with earth powers to Lan's side, and raised his hand to press the ground.
A bridge made of earth appeared before the orcs.
Xia walked onto the earthen bridge and crossed the rushing river.
Jiang Yunlan and her group crossed the plant-covered mountains and the barren hills, and entered a flat area and came to a new forest.
A familiar mushroom forest came into Jiang Yunlan's view.
Purple flowers bloom across the mushroom grove. The translucent mushrooms, only half the height of the trees, cast clusters of colorful light. Sunlight shines through them, and they absorb the colors.
This was a harmless forest. Jiang Yunlan didn't take a detour and led her people straight across the wide mushroom forest.
In the distance, a mushroom spore, resembling a newly sprouted mushroom, shimmered and made a noisy sound, as if asking, "Can you hear me? Creatures who have come here, can you hear me?"
Jiang Yunlan immediately told the clansmen to stop, and then said, "Did you hear anything being said? I heard someone calling us."
“022 heard me. It sounds like it’s quite far away.” 022 on her head responded.
The orcs shook their heads.
The Zelans and the dragon hesitated, listened carefully, and exclaimed in surprise, "It is nature calling us."
With their confirmation, Jiang Yunlan felt relieved. "Let's go find the spirit that called us."
Now she refers to creatures born from nature as "elves." Xia's beastmen had heard this a few times and knew that Lan was telling them to go and find nature.
After searching around for a while, Jiang Yunlan, walking on the ground, approached a tender yellow mushroom spore and asked with a smile, "I heard your voice. You're looking for us, aren't you?"
"Yes, yes, orc cubs! I'm so glad I called out to you as soon as I saw you enter the forest, otherwise I don't know how long I would have had to stay here before I encountered any intelligent life."
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