Through the wild jungle to be king

Besieged City of Toulon No.20 Nine days.

Ji Haoran carried the skinned and deboned Toulon beast meat into the Holy Land together with the Boys Corps.

This job has always been led by Teddy, accompanied by Riley Simon, a group of half-grown teenagers who can't go to the battlefield and can only help in logistics.

There are three entrances to the Holy Land, the first one is on the top of the zenith, and it is guarded by orc warriors all the year round. It is the one that Ji Haoran was brought in by Teddy for the first time; The gate of Shengjinyuan leads directly to the moat outside the gate of Shengjinyuan Mountain; as for the third one, Ji Haoran is walking now, and Ji Haoran only knew about it after the war started, and it is located in Kuis's house halfway up the mountain.

"No wonder meat is delivered to your house every day. I haven't seen any stock in the yard yet. I always thought it was just distributed out." Ji Haoran was surprised to look at this inconspicuous cat's ear hole on the cliff halfway up the mountain in the Holy Land. The shape of the cave is long and narrow like a wine cellar, with meat neatly stacked against the wall on one side, and only one person can enter the aisle carrying the stored goods.

"How could it be?" Teddy answered Ji Haoran while helping other people unload and arrange the meat, "There are not many people in the tribe who need full support, and these extra food are saved for the winter, but the prey After all, it is rare, so I will eat less in winter than now."

The ladder path on a cliff outside the cat’s ear cave is connected to the exit of Ques’s house after twists and turns. It has no connection with the ladder from the zenith. If you want to go down to the bottom of the Holy Land, you can only play high platform diving in the air Corridor - no way.

The teenagers came in carrying meat one by one, the ladder walked smoothly and briskly, and the familiar ones moved into the cat's ear hole and placed them neatly against the wall. On the other hand, Ji Haoran, with a one-foot-wide stepping point, is hundreds of miles away. The volley fell, and every step he took was trembling, and he had to drag Riley's half-beast tail to barely keep up.

The smell of meat in the cat's ear hole is very strong, with the unique fishy smell of raw meat, but it does not smell of spoilage.

After tidying up, someone expressed happiness, "This year is really happy, I will definitely not go hungry in winter, I really hope that the Toulon beast will come every year in the future..."

Everyone roared with laughter, and some even broke the stage, "Winter comes every year..."

The happy boy is no longer happy. Toulon beasts will come in winter, but they are all so hungry that they are all skinny and boned. When the animal skin is lifted, there is a white skeleton supporting it, and there is no trace of oil or water.Also, considering that it is too late to kill each other, how can we allow the orcs to snatch the corpse after killing each other?

The atmosphere was a little heavy, but Ji Haoran's heart moved, and something else came to his mind: It is said that there is a kind of rat distributed throughout Australia, which has a strong reproductive ability, so this kind of rat will grow from a certain level every few years. They ran out of their respective living quarters and gathered together to commit suicide across the sea, leaving the living space for others of the same kind. It is said that every time a collective suicide occurs, the total population of this kind of rats will decrease by nine-tenths, and so on. , never disorderly.

It is said in the tribe that the Toulon beasts came to the tribe in winter to siege the tribe to rob food, but as far as Ji Haoran knew, according to the history handed down by word of mouth, Saint Jinyuan had never been defeated by the Toulon beasts. The orcs in the tribe are brave and invincible. In order to defend the holy gold source, they will not hesitate to sacrifice their lives to get back the results. But if the Toulon beasts in winter are replaced by Australian mice...

Thinking of this, Ji Haoran hurriedly turned his head to look for Teddy, only to find that the sky was bright all around, and he didn't know when he had returned to the ground from the cave in the Holy Land, and the teenagers who had been working together had long since dispersed , there is only one Riley left.

Remembering that he was completely distracted when he walked up the cliff that day, Ji Hao felt a cold sweat after he realized it.

Seeing Ji Haoran's eyes recover, Riley pulled back the tail wrapped around Ji Haoran's waist after turning into a half-beast, "What are you thinking? You didn't say anything just now, you scared me and Teddy to death."

Ji Haoran smiled embarrassedly and asked him where Teddy was.

Riley pointed down the hill.

In the past, the fierce battle of attrition between the two armies turned into a unilateral hunting of Toulon beasts, and the atmosphere in the tribe had long since become another kind of jubilant juvenile celebrating a good harvest, who had no chance to play in person. They went to the front line as soon as they were free, and watched the Toulon beasts charging inhumanely.

The change in the nature of war can't change the shrill sound of the Toulon Beast's dying screams. Ji Haoran is not interested in the frontline Feng Shui position.

He thought for a while, pulled Riley to turn around, walked up the mountain, and went home.

"Does the Beast of Toulon come every winter?"

Teddy thought for a while, then shook his head, "No, Dad said that he only comes once every four to five years, and every time he comes for forty days, leaving a lot of bones, he was beaten away..."

"It sounds like a regular pattern. Come when the time comes, and leave when the fight is almost over...so," Ji Haoran finished talking to himself, thought for a while, nodded, and asked again, "I don't seem to remember the usual times in the tribe. The hunt will go to catch the Toulon beast..."

"Well, the territory of the Toulon Beast is far away from here. According to my father, it takes two months to walk in summer to reach the edge of the Toulon Beast's territory..."

Two months, even if you go hunting and bring it back, the meat will either rot or be eaten up in two months, no wonder no one will go hunting specifically.

"...But the holy river freezes in winter, and there is a shortcut from the territory of the Toulon beast to the holy golden source. Walking on the ice, you can get there in a month."

Ji Haoran nodded. Toulon beasts are skinny in winter, and naturally no one will go to catch them for a month and use them as food.

Toulon beasts are bloodthirsty and powerful, living in groups makes them invincible and difficult to meet opponents. In addition, they are far away from Shengjinyuan, and they are basically in a happy class without interference from natural enemies. In this way, they can have no scruples in the season of abundant food. However, in winter, food is scarce, and the huge population does not have the corresponding food to sustain life. In order to survive, it is necessary to forcefully reduce a part of the population, so that the entire race can live through the winter lightly...

Such a comparison, the Toulon beast and the Australian mouse really look more and more alike.

Riley only watched Ji Haoran frowning and curling his lips, talking to himself and giggling all the time. He felt chills on his back, and his hairs stood on end. He called Uncle Ji several times, and Ji Haoran called out No, I want to find someone to come over and take a look, but now I have come to the vicinity of Ji Haoran's house. At this time, everyone who has something to do is on the battlefield, and those who are free are also watching the battle. Riley looked around, but there was no rescuer. with.

When Ji Haoran came back to his senses, he saw Riley looking around with his head covered in sweat, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pat him, "What are you looking for, who did you see?"

Riley looked at him cautiously and asked, "Are you all right?"

"It's nothing, but I thought of something else." They have now arrived at the door of Ji Haoran's house. Laixi's eyes are sharp. When he saw his brother, he immediately ran over with joy, jumped up and down and sat on Riley's shoulder. After getting down, he pointed to the two cubs who were sleeping soundly under Ji Haoran's shed and asked Riley for credit.

Riley never hesitated to praise his younger brothers. In fact, there is no family of adult orcs. If his younger brothers were not more sensible than other children, he would not be able to support this family at all.

Because the two little ones were sleeping, Lexi didn't dare to ask for credit very loudly, so he could only rub against his elder brother. After playing for a while, Riley patted his buttocks and pointed to the two younger brothers to signal him to continue. Taking care of him, he turned his head and found Ji Haoran who was busy by the stove.

"What did you just say?" Ji Haoran came up with the idea of ​​picking up the meat on the battlefield, and after that, Riley paid close attention to what Ji Haoran remembered.

The fire in the stove was lit by Ji Haoran in the morning, but Lai Xi kept watching for him, making the bone soup in the earthenware pot thick and fragrant.Ji Haoran took a sip, it was so fresh that he wished someone would swallow his tongue together.

Ji Haoran raised his hand, and gave a grateful scout salute to Laixi who had been peeping this way.

The little boy immediately blushed and smiled brightly.

Ji Haoran turned around and sat down, telling Riley the story of the Australian mouse.

Riley sat there frowning for a long time after hearing this, Ji Haoran didn't bother him, got up and picked up the clay pot, intending to let it cool down and share it with Lexi Lemon Laika. At this moment, a tree branch beside him Suddenly the basket moved.

Ji Haoran was taken aback, that basket was made of two chameleons that Riley caught and gave to Lei Meng and the others together earlier, and the chameleons were eaten up a few days ago, so the basket has been empty all the time. ?

Ji Haoran lifted the basket casually, only to hear a "Yo Yo", a Toulon cub with milky white fluff and only a black line on the top of its head rolled out of the basket, with a pair of black eyes wide open. His eyes looked at Ji Haoran curiously.

"Damn it, who picked it up?"

Riley was the first person to be alarmed by Ji Haoran. After just one glance, Riley's face changed drastically: "This is the direct cub of the Beastmaster of Toulon!"