Beast World Survival (NP)

2 Return to the tribe

2 Return to the tribe

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Lin Qiao fell asleep with a lot on his mind. The cave was dark and damp, and there were tiny sounds of insects and ants moving around. Coupled with the unacceptable fact of time travel, he had nightmares one after another. One moment he dreamed of his own funeral in his previous life, and the next moment he dreamed of a fox with dry fur dying miserably in a cave.

When he woke up from his nightmare, he carefully looked around and saw that the sun was already high in the sky. There was no specific time division here, so Lin Qiao assumed it was noon according to his previous habit.

The memory of Dinard told Lin Qiao that such sunny and warm weather would not last long, and he needed to speed up the storage of food to survive the snow season.

Lin Qiao sighed. Even if he could store enough food with the help of the system's "Daily Assistance" benefits, he would not be able to cope with the hungry and aggressive primitive beasts during the snow season. Even if he was lucky enough to avoid all dangers, he would die due to the lack of orc semen during the estrus period after the snow season. These cruel facts forced him to make the choice to return to the tribe to participate in the exchange day.

Exchange Day is extremely popular in the Orc Continent. Usually on the eve of the snow season, the orcs will bring coarse salt and prey to tribes with more sub-beasts for exchange.

The Fox Tribe happened to have enough sub-beasts to exchange for sufficient prey to survive the long and cold snow season, and also to reduce the population that the tribe needed to distribute food.

In order to take care of the gray fur before the exchange day, Dinard went to the river, but unfortunately he got the plague. In Lin Qiao's opinion, the sneezing, stuffy nose, and sore limbs looked very much like the cold in his previous life, but here, it was called the plague. For fear of the spread of the disease, Dinard was actually expelled from the tribe. He dragged his heavy and weak body to the edge of the tribe, dug a cave for temporary shelter, and endured the pain and hunger for two days, but still lost his life.

Having made up his mind to go back to the tribe to participate in the exchange day tomorrow, Lin Qiao stopped having random thoughts. Sometimes plans cannot keep up with changes, so it is better to take it one step at a time. He decided to go to the pompom tree he had dug up yesterday to dig sweet potatoes to satisfy his hunger.

As a big fox among sub-beasts, it was not delicate and cute to begin with. After suffering from an epidemic, it became skinny and even uglier.

Lin Qiao turned his head and looked at his clear ribs, feeling worried. It seemed that he would not have the chance to meet the outstanding orc on the exchange day.

The selection on the exchange day is two-way, with orcs and sub-beasts selecting at the same time. If the selected party agrees, they are considered to have formed a partnership.

Lin Qiao thought that if he took the initiative to choose, no orc would agree, and he would probably have to be the one being chosen. Even so, he had no choice.

The fox walked lightly in the forest. Although the edge of the tribe was relatively safe, Lin Qiao had low combat power and was unable to transform into human form due to his weak body, so he was naturally cautious everywhere.

The dirt pit from yesterday was still there, with a corner of a sweet potato sticking out. Lin Qiao found it strange. There were many small animals in the forest that loved to eat sweet potatoes, but why didn't this one show any signs of having been eaten?

Hunger made his brain work slowly and his sense of smell dulled. After a brief hesitation, Lin Qiao dug out a sweet potato and swallowed it in big mouthfuls. He then held a sweet potato root the size of a honeydew melon in his mouth and ran quickly towards the tribe.