Heavy snow has blocked the mountain pass.
The blizzard that had lasted for more than half a month finally stopped.
The entire Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain looked as if it were draped in a thick white cotton coat.
Even though Su Tang had lived in the north before, she had never seen such harsh and cold weather.
The snow outside almost blocked most of the doorway, and the temperature was estimated to be minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius. At this time, even males dared not easily go down the mountain into the forest.
The harsher the climate, the more dangerous the forest becomes.
Seeing that the blizzard had finally stopped, Su Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
If this snow continues to fall, it will almost bury their house.
Because of the relentless blizzard day and night, the whole family had to eat, drink, and relieve themselves indoors.
The kittens are doing well; they've gotten used to using the cat litter.
The toilet and the stone house are separate; since you can't go out, you naturally can't even go to the toilet.
Even if I could go, with such low temperatures, I'd probably freeze as soon as I took off my pants.
Su Tang can only use the cat litter box with the kittens.
She never imagined that someone who had never owned a pet before would now not only be skilled at scooping poop, but also scoop her own...
Fortunately, even in this cold weather, there's no smell when you put the shovel outside after shoveling it.
Hu Shen, on the other hand, went out regardless of the weather; this little bit of wind and snow was no obstacle for him.
Watching Hu Shen leave and take away the "trash" at the door, Su Tang felt incredibly nostalgic for her current house, at least she wouldn't freeze when she went to the toilet.
Despite her nostalgia, Su Tang knew that her current life on the ancient continent was already excellent.
After a quick breakfast, Su Tang put on her thick fur coat, let out her cubs, and took a shovel to shovel snow in the backyard.
The snow stopped, and she had to clear the path to the toilet.
Toilet freedom was her last act of defiance on the ancient continent.
As soon as the door opened, the five little ones burst into the snow like bulldozers.
Because it wasn't high enough to reach the snow, the bulldozer could only push a hole in the snow. From Su Tang's perspective, it looked like several alien monsters were crawling around in the snow.
Following the path the children had crawled through, Su Tang shoveled the snow to both sides, slowly creating a path less than half a meter wide.
"Ah Tang, why are you out here?" Hu Shen came back after throwing out the trash and saw Su Tang half-sinking into the snow, shoveling snow.
“I want to dig a path.” Su Tang stood up and pointed to the toilet with her hand, which was covered in thick gloves.
Hu Shen immediately understood Su Tang's intention.
A-Tang is very clean and doesn't like to relieve herself at home.
"I'll take care of it. You go inside and warm yourself by the fire."
Hu Shen took the shovel. The shovel, which Su Tang struggled to swing, was as easy as a child's toy in his hands.
Seeing that Hu Shen was shoveling snow several times faster than she was, Su Tang didn't insist. She went back inside and roasted some sweet potatoes, waiting for Hu Shen and the kids to come back and eat.
In less than half an hour, when Su Tang came out again, the distance between the backyard and the toilet had been cleaned up.
It wasn't just a small path; the entire back of the yard had been cleared of snow.
Not only that, the snow in the front yard was cleared away, and there was a path leading to the stone house where the two elders lived.
The shovel was probably too slow; it had already been placed at the doorway.
Su Tang looked out from the doorway and saw a majestic golden tiger walking steadily towards the old couple's stone house.
The golden tiger's fur was speckled with snow, giving it an even more chilling and menacing appearance.
But in Su Tang's eyes, there was no danger at all. She ran a few steps, went forward and hugged the tiger, subconsciously burying her face in the soft tiger fur and rubbing against it.
"Why did you clear out the area in front of and behind the stone house? I only need a small path to walk on." She muttered, feeling that the tiger's fur was softer today and she wanted to pet it.
Hu Shen, who was being held, twitched his ears twice and his tail quietly stood up.
Every single hair on its body revealed its joyful mood at that moment.
"This way you can leave easily." Hu Shen transformed back into human form, put his long arm around Su Tang, and led her into the house, slamming the door shut.
The five kids following behind, trying to enter the house, almost crashed into the door.
By the time Su Tang came to her senses, she had already been placed on the wooden table in front of the fireplace.
A strong, aggressive aura washed over her, and Su Tang swallowed hard, her hand cupping the approaching chest. "The baby's still outside, he hasn't come in yet..."
As soon as he transformed back into human form, Hu Shen's upper body, which was not yet covered in animal skin, was burning hot, like a branding iron.
Su Tang instinctively pulled her hand back as she felt the burn, but the other person took the opportunity to press closer, his deep voice reaching her ears.
"Don't worry about them, they'll go to the stone house to warm themselves by the fire when they're tired of playing."
The fire in the fireplace grew stronger.
Suddenly, the voices of orcs rang out from outside.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!..."
Their bodies froze almost simultaneously.
Hu Shen's face darkened, and he was about to pretend he hadn't heard when Su Tang chuckled and gently nudged him.
"Go and see what happened."
Yingjie usually handles most of the trivial matters at Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, so finding this place must mean something very important.
Hu Shen had also thought of this, and despite his reluctance, he still got up at Su Tang's urging.
Su Tang also casually put on a fur coat and followed Hu Shen to the door.
Outside the door was a male whose face was red from the cold.
"What is it?" Upon seeing the male, Hu Shen quickly suppressed all his previous emotions. At this moment, he was the omnipotent beast king in the eyes of the orcs.
"The lake that produced white stones was... was destroyed..."
Although the orc's cheeks were red from the cold wind, Su Tang could still tell that his face was extremely pale.
"Tell me what happened, in detail." Hu Shen's brows furrowed instantly.
The orc dared not conceal the truth, and said tremblingly, "This morning, as soon as the heavy snow stopped, I wanted to go down the mountain to try my luck and see if I could find any prey. I chased the prey to the vicinity of White Stone Lake, and then I saw that White Stone Lake had been destroyed..."
Su Tang knew that this White Stone Lake was actually a salt lake, and the coarse salt stones produced there were the white stones used by the orcs.
That is the source of the white stone that Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain relies on for survival.
Not only Wanshou Mountain, but almost all the surrounding tribes rely on this White Stone Lake for survival. However, White Stone Lake has always been controlled by Wanshou Mountain, and only the orcs of Wanshou Mountain can mine it.
Aside from the regular mining days, the orcs of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain also patrol White Stone Lake. During the snow season, no orcs leave the tribe, so no orcs visit it after the snow season begins.
But I never expected this to happen.
Without White Stone Lake, it means that all orcs will no longer have white stones to eat.
Su Tang also realized the seriousness of the situation.
Hu Shen asked with a cold face, "How much was destroyed, to what extent, and how much white stone is still usable?"
The reason why Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain was able to become the largest beastman tribe on land was because of this White Stone Lake.
Without White Stone Lake, Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain would cease to exist in no time.
He couldn't let the Beast King's hard-won Beast Mountain be destroyed in his hands.
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