The beastmen were engrossed in the joy of catching scorpions. Having seen life and death so often, they were unmoved by the fate of these little scorpions.
Su Shiwei noticed Lin Shanyue's emotions and whispered:
“There are countless animals in this desert. If they survive, other animals will die, and if they die, even more animals will survive.”
“This kind of thing happens every day in the desert, and we haven’t wiped them out completely. These scorpions will reproduce again soon.”
Lin Shanyue, who was feeling sad, was stunned.
"I... this is the first time I've ever heard of this."
"Isn't that right?"
"Yes, yes, but..." Lin Shanyue still felt a little strange. Although humans were more intelligent than beastmen, she had never thought of these things before.
The thought that these scorpions would kill other animals while they were alive immediately lessened her guilt.
"Stop daring, after we catch this last nest of golden scorpions, we should head back."
Su Shi interrupted her with a smile.
Lin Shanyue nodded, putting aside her distracting thoughts.
After spending half a day catching a thousand highly venomous golden scorpions, the group finally headed back to Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
"Brother, Shanyue, you're back!" Upon learning of their return, Su Tang happily came out to greet them.
After Su Shiwei recounted what he had gained from the trip, he asked, "How are things going with what I mentioned?"
"Don't worry, while you were out, the orcs of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain worked through the night to make quite a few, all made according to the method you taught me, brother."
Su Tang led the two to a cave where the orcs were making weapons.
"What is this?" Lin Shanyue looked at the items piled up in the cave with curiosity.
At first glance, they are just some cut-off small bamboo tubes, and do not seem to have any harmful effect.
"This is a blowgun. As long as you put a sharpened bone needle or wooden needle inside, it can kill someone without them even realizing it. Of course, if you add the scorpion venom you found, even if it doesn't hit the heart, just a scratch will easily kill the opponent," Su Shiwei explained.
Hearing this, Lin Shanyue was still somewhat puzzled.
"But you beastmen are so powerful, do you even need this?"
These blowguns, no matter how you look at them, are no match for the strange yet powerful weapons of the Tianshui tribe.
Su Shiwei smiled faintly, "The beast race is strong, and they didn't need these to deal with the humans in the past. But now, once the beast race is exposed, it will become their biggest weakness."
As he spoke, he picked up a blowgun and used it once in front of Lin Shanyue.
With a "whoosh," before Su Shiwei could make a move, a thin bone needle was stuck into a tree trunk more than ten meters away.
"I'm weak. If it were another orc, they could shoot farther and more accurately."
"This thing is lightweight, so even if you take it to the Great Wilderness Plains, the journey won't be too difficult. If you really asked the beastmen to carry your human weapons for half a month, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to do it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shanyue realized what was happening.
Orcs are large, and if they try to attack humans, they will be exposed as soon as they get close, at which point all orcs will be attacked by those strange weapons.
However, with this blowgun, one can deal with humans without revealing their identity.
In Su Tang's words, one is close-quarters combat, and the other is ranged attack.
In this way, as long as they don't fall into an ambush, the orcs won't be on the defensive.
“Who says you beastmen aren’t smart? I don’t think so,” Lin Shanyue exclaimed in surprise.
Su Shiwei and Su Tang exchanged a glance and smiled without saying a word.
Of course, they wouldn't say that this thing wasn't conceived by the beastmen at all, but rather the wisdom of ancient people from another world.
Besides the blowgun, Su Shiwei also had the beastmen make a lot of arrows.
Orcs don't know how to shoot arrows, and it's too late for them to learn now, but they do know how to throw, and orcs are naturally strong and have excellent aim.
When it comes into contact with venom, the effect is no different from that of a blowgun.
Su Tang instructed the orcs to take the venom Lin Shanyue brought back away for disposal, urged the two to go back and rest, and went to check other supplies that needed to be prepared.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
The five children seemed to know they would have to part with their mother again, and they followed her around from early morning, refusing to leave no matter what.
Su Tang was naturally reluctant, but if Xu Zhengqiao were alive, he would come back sooner or later to hurt the children.
She couldn't let that day have a chance to come.
"Dabao, take your younger brothers and stay in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. While your father and mother are away, you must listen to Uncle Huming and not be naughty. Your mother will be back soon."
Wushuang gazed at Su Tang with her large, watery eyes.
Erbao and Sanbao clung to one of Su Tang's trouser legs, as if that would prevent her from leaving.
Seeing the children like this, Su Tang's heart softened, and she said gently:
"My little ones, be good. When Mommy comes back, I'll cook you something delicious, okay?"
The five children froze upon hearing this.
"Awoo~" Well... it's good that Mom is back, so there's no need for food.
Hu Shen glanced at the children and said to Su Tang, "Go over there and see if there are any supplies missing. I'll say a few words to the children."
"Okay." Su Tang nodded.
After Su Tang left, Hu Shen looked at the five children and said quietly, "You can come along if you want."
The eyes of all five children lit up at once.
The next second, Hu Shen said, "But if you go there, you'll have to eat your mother's food every day. Don't blame me for not saving you then."
The five little ones: "..."
They all took a step back in unison, even the slow-reacting Sibao didn't hesitate.
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