We'll have to go to the Forgotten Continent and start over. Guo Xiaoxiao finished her tribe's affairs and went home to take care of her male companion who hasn't returned yet and is overseeing things.
The baby in her belly was doing well, not becoming weak or in pain despite the exhaustion. Guo Xiaoxiao's hand speed was a little slow; she had been working all night and her body was still a bit too tired.
Lacking the physique of a male beast, he had the will but not the strength.
Animal hides were a must-have; Guo Xiaoxiao searched high and low in the bedroom, finding a large quantity of animal hides.
Guo Xiaoxiao was stunned – "When did they get so many clothes?"
There are six people in the family. Even if each person only has two pieces of animal hide, it's still a lot. Besides, they all like to hoard things. This season isn't over yet, and they're already preparing for the next season's hides, which vary in thickness with the seasons.
Among them were robes, which must have belonged to Carlos. Carlos wore robes made from shed snakeskins; he didn't even wear thick animal hides in winter.
He transformed back into his animal form in a cave and slept through the winter, no longer needing animal hides.
Guo Xiaoxiao picked up Carlos's black robe with great interest. It was similar to the one Qianye was wearing, but Carlos's was smoother.
It feels so breathable! When Carlos gets back, I'll ask him for one to make me a dress.
It was almost dawn the next day when Arthur and the others hurriedly returned to pack their things. Many hands make light work, and they were faster than Guo Xiaoxiao at her snail's pace.
They were furious to see Guo Xiaoxiao still busily tidying up. They'd told her to go to sleep, but she was still busy with this and that. Didn't she know she was pregnant?
Guo Xiaoxiao just wanted to lighten their burden a bit. Everyone was tired, and she couldn't sleep either. It was so noisy outside; she felt anxious lying in bed, so she thought it better to do something.
"Alright, alright, while you have some free time, go take a nap, we'll be right there."
Cang Jue forcefully pulled Guo Xiaoxiao onto the mat, covered her with a blanket, and told her to rest while they cleaned up.
The items are small and not troublesome, but if a female were to collapse from exhaustion on the journey, the damage to her body would be far greater, so I dare not take the risk.
Carlos revealed his true nature as a stray beast while tidying up.
"Don't bring too many animal hides. Just steal them when you get to the Forgotten Continent."
Guo Xiaoxiao was somewhat used to the lack of objections; among the orcs, it seemed like they were maintaining a strange balance, a constant struggle of taking from each other.
Didn't she lie too? She deceived the orcs outside the city to buy herself time. Although it was only half a lie—letting them in was true, but she wouldn't take them away—in the end, she still had to rely on herself.
The system is now open…
[System: "You've dragged this out for seven days and you're finally planning to leave? If you don't leave soon, I won't be able to find a safe route for you anymore."]
Guo Xiaoxiao said dejectedly, "This is considered early. I thought they were going to wait until they ran out of food before leaving. We're already practically at the city walls; we have no choice but to leave. They even said they were going to set us on fire today."
"Arthur originally told me to open the cover so I could go hunting before the parasites spread, but now the cover is completely covered in parasites, and I'm too scared to go out."
[System: "When I told you I was leaving, you should have made a decisive move and forced them to go with you. You dragged it out until now, but you still have to leave."]
Guo Xiaoxiao: "People are like that, they won't cry until they see the coffin. They'll still have hope until things get really bad. That's just human nature. People like you, with your God's-eye view, know everything."
"If only I had known, if only I had known everything earlier, and we would still be in this situation. We tricked them into hiding in the Forgotten Continent before we even discovered the parasites."
[System: "It's a bit difficult to migrate more than 10,000 orcs. Their thinking is limited. There are many unexplored areas on the continent. They only know how to run towards the places they already know."]
"Let's treat this as a trip and take you to see some little-known trails on the mainland."
Guo Xiaoxiao: "System, have the orcs outside really given up on them? Even though we've fooled them, my conscience is bothering me. I'm not a saint, but seeing so many people die still makes me feel a little guilty."
[System: "You can only stand by and watch. Host, you're just a transmigrator, yet you dare to dream of changing the Beast World? It's impossible. I've already said that parasites have a cycle; they'll periodically erupt every few decades. You can't stop it."]
"The orcs won't all die out. After the insect outbreak, a group of orcs will always survive, and their numbers will explode over the next few decades."
"The numbers of the beast world planet and the beastmen are complementary and maintain a balance. Your attempt to forcibly resist the disaster will disrupt their evolutionary process."
Guo Xiaoxiao calmed down: "Oh, thank you, System. I feel much better after hearing what you said."
[System: "That's how it is. Insect plagues are like earthquakes. If an earthquake is coming, you can't stop it from happening; you can't stop it. You can only find a safe place to hide."]
"You deceived them, but it was for the sake of the more than ten thousand people in Beast City. The orcs in Beast City are human, and the people outside are human too. You simply made a choice."
"The only drawback is that there are too many people in Beast City, making it inconvenient to move around. But we're already in Beast City, and we'll need them to build our country in the future, so let's take them with us. As for the people outside the city, let's not worry about them anymore; we really can't protect any more than that."
Guo Xiaoxiao: "System, how many hosts have you served in Beast City? This Beast City castle definitely wasn't built by orcs. There must be more people coming ahead."
[System: "Of course. In the past, there were several hosts in the Beast World whose living conditions were much worse than yours. The Beastmen didn't have fire or anything, they ate raw food, and they even forced the hosts who transmigrated to them to drink blood."]
"You're living comfortably; they eat cooked food, and you even have a castle to live in."
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