Da Bao couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to talk to Qing Chen. Two days later, Qing Chen gave Shen Miao two stone knives.
Shen Miao smiled, her eyes narrowing, and asked Qingchen, "Did you grind it?"
"Mm." Qingchen nodded coolly and reservedly.
Shen Miao was overjoyed and happily went to the kitchen with the stone knife.
Qingchen lowered his eyes, unable to understand why two stone knives could make him so happy. Was he really that easily satisfied?
Little did she know that Shen Miao had been secretly using a supermarket knife to cut vegetables for the past two days, feeling like a thief and miserable. Now, she was finally free from this sneaky behavior.
After that, Shen Miao went up the mountain several more times.
Firstly, she wanted to try her luck and see if she could catch a smaller wild boar to raise in a pen, as she wanted to eat pork—not wild boar, of course. Secondly, she wanted to check if the fruit seedlings she had planted had grown.
Those few fruit saplings were the embodiment of her high hopes; she hoped they would grow strong and healthy.
To her shock, none of the seedlings she planted grew; they all died.
No way, her hands are that black?
Shen Miao was starting to question the meaning of life.
She also discovered that all the trees around the saplings had died, suggesting the area was poisonous.
Shen Miao checked her surroundings and was surprised to find that the area was not small. A large area nearby had turned into red soil, and wherever the soil turned into this, the vegetation had begun to wither.
The once lush weeds on the ground are now completely gone.
Shen Miao felt that this matter was quite serious. If no trees or grass grew on the mountain, then sooner or later, the animals would also disappear.
For these orcs who depend on the mountains for their livelihood, the consequences are undoubtedly very serious.
Now, Shen Miao lost all interest in hunting. She wandered around the mountain, trying to find the cause. The vegetation was dead and nothing could be planted, so it must be a problem with the soil.
Shen Miao wasn't an expert in this area. At most, she knew that there was something wrong with the soil, but when asked to explain what exactly was wrong, she was completely clueless.
She tried to channel healing abilities into the soil, but the energy disappeared without a trace, like a stone thrown into the sea.
Shen Miao smiled bitterly. She was also stupid. Her superpower was meant to heal people, and she knew it wouldn't work if she tried to improve the land.
Just as Shen Miao was hesitating about whether to tell the orc tribe about the strange occurrences on the mountain, things took a turn for the better. She encountered a wild beast on the mountain that was neither a tiger nor a wolf.
The strange beast was giving birth at the time, and the noise was so loud that the ground nearby was shaking.
Shen Miao's first reaction was to dodge, but for some reason, upon hearing the beast's painful howls, she suddenly remembered the snow wolf that had fallen into her trap.
If she hadn't lent a hand, both the little snow wolf and its mother would have died in that trap.
Thinking of this, Shen Miao couldn't take her step. She told herself that she would just hide nearby and take a sneak peek, and would never do anything reckless.
Comforting herself with this thought, Shen Miao turned back.
The beast had been howling for a long time, scaring away the nearby animals, but its cubs were still nowhere to be seen.
Shen Miao quietly parted the trees where she was hiding and saw the strange beast lying on the ground. Because of the pain, tears slid down from the beast's eyes and fell to the ground. That patch of land gradually changed from black to a red that looked like it had been rusted.
It turns out that the red soil was corroded by the tears of this strange beast.
Shen Miao tried to analyze the composition of the beast's tears using science, such as whether it was sulfuric acid or something else, but she suddenly realized that once she entered this book, there was no science to speak of.
Regardless of the composition of this strange beast's tears, they have already corroded the land, and if left unchecked, who knows how much soil will be contaminated.
Shen Miao bit her fingernails, looking somewhat agitated.
Should she go forward to help?
If she fails to help and the beast goes berserk and tears her apart, she would be truly wronged.
Shen Miao was caught in a dilemma. The beast shed many more tears. To this day, Shen Miao had no idea that a wild beast could shed so many tears.
Moreover, not only the tears, but also the blood of this strange beast has the same effect.
The wounds it had inflicted on its body were bleeding profusely, more blood than tears. With this combined effect, the trees in the area immediately appeared half-dead.
Shen Miao gritted her teeth and finally made up her mind to help the strange beast.
But she wasn't foolish enough to go out immediately. She first made a friendly attempt by taking out a fruit that had been infused with supernatural power from her healing space and throwing it far away in front of the beast.
The beast didn't notice at first, but Shen Miao lost a second and a third one before the beast finally discovered it.
It had been in labor for several days and nights, meaning it hadn't eaten for days. When it saw fresh fruit, it instinctively wanted to put it in its mouth, but it was afraid of being poisoned, so it was in a dilemma.
On impulse, Shen Miao jumped out from the side, waving her hands and shouting, "Eat up, eat up, it's okay. Giving birth requires strength. What you need now is to replenish your strength."
The strange beast was startled and looked towards Shen Miao.
A pair of blood-red beastly eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Shen Miao's heart skipped a beat. She had already decided whether to run to the left or to the right, but those beastly eyes only stared at her for a moment before lowering their heads to stare at the fruit on the ground.
Seeing this, Shen Miao felt that there was a chance. She shouted loudly to attract the attention of the strange beast. Then, she took out an apple from her body, put it in her mouth, and took a bite.
While eating, he showed it to the strange beast: "See? It's not poisonous. I ate it and I didn't die."
The beast stared at her for a while before hesitatingly and slowly licking the fruit into its mouth. Shen Miao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the beast eat the fruit.
The next second, the beast suddenly raised its head again, a strange look in its eyes.
Shen Miao smiled and said, "Isn't it delicious? I'll give you a few more."
She gurgled and sent over a bunch.
Anyway, there are plenty of them in the supermarket, so she doesn't care.
The fruit was infused with supernatural power. Shen Miao was just trying it out at first and didn't have high hopes, but after the beast ate it, it seemed to be in less pain, and the tears that had been flowing out continuously stopped.
Shen Miao was overjoyed. This was good, it meant that the beast now had strength, and with strength, it could reproduce.
"Keep it up!" Shen Miao cheered for the beast, clenching her fist tightly.
The strange beast looked at the female beast with a puzzled expression, not understanding what she was trying to say. Shen Miao then gestured wildly to demonstrate to it how to exert force and how to give birth efficiently.
However, all of this was just theoretical; she had never had a child, and everything she knew came from books and the internet. She didn't know if it would be useful.
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