Bringing a System to the Beast World

Chapter 473 Too bad
Looking at those two enormous beast legs, Teng Qian felt a sudden ache and numbness in his arms even before he started working.

"Wouldn't it be better to just make this animal leg into delicious slices of meat?"

Wu Yue looked at the orc with amusement and said, “Meatballs are tastier. Besides, the little ones in this tribe are so pitiful. Now that it’s hot, the meat will get smelly if left out for too long. It’s better to make it into food and share some with them.”

Hearing that she was going to share it with the cubs, Teng Qian's slight reluctance dissipated.

He also recalled the situation of the Laso tribe. These little ones were much better off; at least they still had a layer of skin on their bodies. The adult males and females, on the other hand, were no longer recognizable as human beings.

"I really need to eat more. I haven't dared to leave the cave much lately; that guy is just too scary."

Wu Yue felt a chill run down her spine at the thought. Imagine going out to the toilet in the dead of night and seeing several skeletons walking around – you'd be terrified!

The orcs' physical strength is truly remarkable. They were a bit listless the day they were poisoned, but today they're pounding that minced meat with boundless energy.

Hearing the thumping sounds coming from outside, Wu Yue picked up her small basket and went outside.

Perhaps because it was close to the river, some wild grass had already grown in this forest. Wu Yue picked out some edible grass and filled half a basket before heading towards the cave.

Are you an orc warrior too?

Suddenly, a soft, sweet voice sounded behind her. Wu Yue stopped and turned around. It was a little guy who looked no different from the other cubs in the Lasuo tribe.

A large head, a thin body, and two large eyes set in a gaunt, sunken face, are now blinking and staring at me.

Startled by the little girl's appearance, Wu Yue took a deep breath and silently told herself that this was a living person.

He then laughed and said, "I'm just a human, not an orc warrior."

The next moment, she saw a hint of admiration in the little girl's eyes: "You're so amazing! I think those beastmen listen to you a lot."

Then he ran over to Wu Yue and gently tugged at her clothes with his dark little paws: "Can you teach me how to make males obey? I want to become a female who can make males obey in the future."

Seeing the little female's serious expression, Wu Yue was instantly at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Seeing that she didn't answer, the little girl spoke again: "Does it require becoming a female for several males? Are you their partner, big sister?"

Wu Yue's face darkened instantly: "Who told you that?"

Perhaps because her complexion was a bit dark, the little girl glanced at her a few times with some fear before saying, "It was my mother who told me that only a partner will listen and bring me food."

Wu Yue remained silent. In this dog-eat-dog world, such is indeed the rule.

Having great strength naturally allows one to become a top-tier individual, but without much strength, one can only survive by relying on those with great strength.

She crouched down and stroked the little cub's weed-like head: "They are not my mates, but we are very good friends. I know herbs and a lot of food in the forest. Because I am capable, I have earned their respect."

You must also remember not to rely on others; you must become strong and powerful yourself so that others will listen to you.

The little girl looked at the beautiful older sister with admiration. It turned out that the older sister knew about herbs and food, which was why the orc warriors listened to her.

Her little head couldn't hold much, but from listening to the uncles and aunts around her since she was little, she knew that people who could recognize herbs and food were great beings, extremely precious beings in any tribe.

The little girl's eyes shone even brighter as she looked at Wu Yue: "Big sister, can you teach me about herbs and food? I want to become a very powerful female too."

Looking at the little female's thin face, Wu Yue asked softly, "I can't stay here for very long, I'll have to leave eventually, but you can come and study while I'm here."

The little girl's eyes were already sparkling as she looked at Wu Yue, bouncing around her and saying, "Big sister, you're so kind! From now on, I'll share half of the food that any male who listens to me gives me with you."

Wu Yue looked at the little girl with amusement. "Does my sister need your food?"
But not wanting to dampen the little one's enthusiasm, he led her toward the tribe: "Where are your father and mother?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the cheerful chirping around her disappeared. She was startled and turned to look. The little one was hanging his head. "Amu went out to find food in the winter and never came back. I heard from the chieftain that Father was captured by a powerful tribe a long, long time ago and enslaved. He has never come back."

Wu Yue affectionately patted the little girl's head, but didn't say anything.

The little girl's words reminded her of what Teng Qian had mentioned yesterday about the previous chieftain of the Lasuo tribe, the orc warrior who had been captured by the Uk tribe.

This little guy is actually the son of the previous clan leader.

Is your uncle good to you?

The little girl looked at her in confusion: "Uncle always gives me food."

Wu Yue was taken aback, but then, thinking about the situation in this world, she understood. It was already quite good that the orc chieftain was willing to give the little girl food so that she could survive.

Although she really wanted to tell the little guy that his father might come back, she remembered that she didn't know much about the Uk tribe. Even if they wiped out the Uk tribe, it was uncertain whether the little guy's father would still be alive. So she swallowed the words that were about to come out.

If they really release those orcs and half-orc warriors controlled by the Uk tribe, it won't be too late to let the little guy know then.

Led by the little girl, Wu Yue went to a small tributary not far from the tribe to wash wild vegetables.

Looking at the wild vegetables, which were no bigger than his palm, the little guy asked curiously, "Sister, can we eat this too?"

Wu Yue nodded: "Yes, this is edible. If you are hungry, you can go to the forest to collect some, wash them clean, and make wild vegetable dumplings to eat."

When she came into this world, the first food she ate was wild vegetable dumplings.

Sure enough, the little girl next to her had her eyes light up: "Can you make leafy vegetable dumplings?"

After saying that, he carefully picked up a wild vegetable and memorized it.

This wild grass was something their tribe had never eaten before, and from then on they had a new food to eat.

The little guy got happier and happier as he thought about it, dipping his tiny hands in the water and carefully washing the dirt off the wild vegetables.

"Sister, can I tell the chief about this wild vegetable?" Looking at the little guy's hopeful eyes, Wu Yue smiled and nodded: "Of course you can. This was originally found around your tribe, wasn't it?"

Moreover, your tribe's chieftain saved several of our lives.

"By the way, my name is Wu Yue. What's your name?"

Looking at the beautiful older sister's gentle smile, the little girl, who had just learned to cook a new food, also showed off her little yellow teeth: "My name is Emma, ​​that's the name my father gave me."

"Emma."

Wu Yue repeated the little girl's name and smiled, "It's such a lovely name."

The little girl's eyes lit up when she heard this; she really liked this older sister.

Upon returning to the tribe, little Emma said she wanted to take the wild vegetables she had been carefully holding back to show her grandmothers.

Wu Yue patted the little guy's head: "Then bring your tribe friends to my cave later, and I'll make you some delicious food."

Emma's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this, and she nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, Emma will definitely go."

After cutting and setting aside the cleaned wild vegetables, Wu Yue took out some seasonings for later use. Then, she packed the bones left over from Teng Qian's deboning and went to clean them.

The bone broth was brought to a boil, and as it simmered, a rich aroma wafted through the not-so-large encampment.

Here, little Emma, ​​carrying wild vegetables, approached the old woman in charge of gathering them in the tribe. This old woman was the chief's mother, and all the children, including Emma, ​​liked her very much.

"Grandma, take a look at this."

A bright green flower stood out on little Emma's dark, thin paws. Grandma, who was sorting through pieces of animal hide, smiled and patted little Emma's head: "Emma, ​​did you go out to play? You even picked a blade of grass."

Seeing that her grandmother didn't recognize the food either, Emma's smile grew even brighter. She puffed out her little chest and said, "This isn't a wild grass, Grandma. It was given to me by my older sister who lives in that cave over there. She said it's an edible wild vegetable. I saw that she collected a lot of it."

The middle-aged female's hand holding the animal hides trembled, and the stack of hides she had just neatly arranged fell to the ground, scattering haphazardly.

But at this moment, Grandma had no interest in looking at the animal hides at all. Instead, she looked at little Emma with red eyes, her withered hands tightly gripping little Emma's shoulders: "What did you say? You actually talked to those people next door? Did they hurt you?"

With that, he slapped the wild vegetables out of Emma's hand and took a piece of animal hide, rubbing it hard against her palm: "You little brat, how can you just take other people's things? The chieftain said that we don't know where these people came from and that we shouldn't have any contact with them. Have you forgotten?"

The female's tone and expression were too serious, and little Emma's round eyes instantly turned red, tears welling up in her eyes, looking frightened.

The next moment, strings of glistening tears fell down.

The female felt the dampness on the back of her hand, and only then did she realize that she had been too harsh on the cub. After calming down, she said, "Little Emma, ​​Grandma is doing this for your own good. When the chief brought these people back, he told us not to have any contact with them. We are too weak. Even if those people are poisoned, they are still much stronger than us."

She picked up a stick that was standing to one side and pushed the wild vegetable that had fallen at Emma's feet into the fire to burn.

"We've never seen or eaten this kind of grass before. We can't just eat food given to us by strangers. Do you want to get poisoned like those people?"

Little Emma looked at her grandmother with her red eyes, but she felt that it wasn't true. That older sister was very, very kind, and what the older sister said was different from what the females in the tribe said, but little Emma felt that what the older sister said was right.

But she was still too young to resist her grandmother. She could only sob and shed tears. She didn't even dare to tell her older sister that she should take her friends to eat.

Knowing that Emma had made contact with those people, Grandma became wary of Wu Yue and the others. She specifically called over a few females and instructed them to gather the cubs together and keep a close eye on them, making sure they didn't come into contact with those outsiders.

After Wu Yue finished preparing the food, she waited for a long time but Emma did not bring the little cubs of the Lasso tribe over, which made her feel a little strange.

Just then, Yuan Lang and Teng Kun, carrying their prey, walked over together with the orc chieftain of the Lasuo tribe.

Following behind them were several timid females, each holding a handful of wild vegetables covered in mud.

"In the month, the gathering team from the Laman tribe went out to gather some wild vegetables and said they would share some with us."

The orc chieftain named Raman looked up at Wu Yue with a hint of disdain in his eyes, a typical attitude of males towards pure human females who had little fighting or survival ability.

Wu Yue was displeased, but said nothing, and accepted the wild vegetables from the females with a faint smile: "Thank you."

The females, who had never been thanked before, were somewhat at a loss and hurriedly waved their hands, standing behind the males of their tribe.

"Chief Raman, I met little Emma while I was gathering wild vegetables today. I invited her to come over and have some food that our tribe has. Why don't we invite all the tribe's young children over too? We've already prepared a lot."

As soon as Wu Yue finished speaking, the expressions of the Laso tribe members, including Laman, changed drastically. The few females who had been somewhat flustered just now looked at her with wary eyes.

"Food is very precious now. Today, thanks to the help of Yuan Lang and Teng Kun, we have received a lot of food, so we won't come over."

Moreover, the cubs are very shy and cannot leave their mother's side.

Raman rejected her proposal outright.

Wu Yue frowned, and suddenly remembered Emma, ​​who hadn't come over to eat yet, and a realization dawned on her.

The thought that his kind act of preparing food for those thin children had only aroused their suspicion made his expression turn cold.

Raman and his group didn't linger. After exchanging a few words with Tengqian and his group, they left with their tribesmen.

"Anyone who didn't know better would think that the Laso tribe had a salt mine."

Teng Qian scoffed coldly from the side.

The Laso tribe's wariness of them was so obvious that all of them sensed it.

"If it's not necessary in the future, try to avoid contact with them."

(End of this chapter)