A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 342 The Poor Little Cub

Tieling City.

Ruins were everywhere, and the air was thick with the smoke of battle.

There were still many corpses on the ground that hadn't been dealt with.

A emaciated cub was stumbling and falling in the ruins, too weak from hunger to run.

Its fur was filthy, its color almost unrecognizable, and a faint trail of bloodstains was left on the ground.

Seeing a large pit right in front of them, a pair of large hands quickly scooped it into their arms. The black panther youth cursed, "You idiot, can't you see where you're going? There's such a big pit in front of you, can't you see it? If you fall out, you'll break both your paws!"

"Major General, this child is almost starving. Quickly feed it something."

A young, handsome brown-haired orc strode over, carrying food and water, and fed it to the hungry little cub.

The little cubs were like travelers on the verge of dying of thirst in the desert, who instantly came back to life after drinking clean, sweet water.

"Ouch!"

It's water!

Its round eyes lit up, and it held the bottle in its two dirty little paws, gulping water into its mouth.

A lot of water flowed down its mouth, soaking its fur and dripping dirty water mixed with mud, which soiled Xiao Jin's clothes.

Xiao Jin looked disgusted, but he didn't let go. He took the bread and meat from Sang Mu and handed them to the cub. "You little filthy brat, why do you look like a starving ghost reincarnated? Where are your parents?"

Upon hearing this, the little cub burst into tears.

Xiao Jin looked helpless and tried to comfort him anxiously. Why did he start crying so easily? Children are so hard to please!
Lieutenant General Sangmu scratched his head. "Major General, your tone is too harsh. This child's parents are probably dead, or perhaps it was abandoned by them and no one wants it anymore. Your words are hitting a nerve."

Looking at the little cub crying even more miserably, Xiao Jin swallowed back the words "So what if your parents are dead? It's no big deal." He went to the nearest makeshift tent, lifted the curtain, and crawled inside.

Sangmu brought over a basin of clean water and a rag. The two males, who had no experience in taking care of babies, clumsily washed the little cub clean.

"Major General, what should we do with this child?"

"Take it to the nearby tents and see if any middle-aged male or female animals with experience in raising cubs are willing to adopt it."

"Yes."

Sangmu left with the cub in her arms.

Xiao Jin also stepped out of the tent to survey the territory.

The sky was overcast, a cold wind was howling, and snow began to fall, mixed with wind and small hailstones.

This should be the last snowfall of late winter.

Not far away, large areas of buildings collapsed, and houses were bombed into ruins.

All the experimental fields that were planted before were destroyed.

Many orcs have nowhere to live, and their food and water are running out.

After several days of fighting, many people were killed or wounded.

The medicine for wounds had long been used up.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were completely out of ammunition and supplies.

Large numbers of refugees squatted in the streets and corners of ruins, sleeping on the streets and homeless.

They were all emaciated and filthy, like walking corpses, exuding an aura of despair and bleakness. "It's over, we're all doomed!"

"I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten all day. When will the food from the capital arrive? Will the capital abandon us?"

"My baby has had a high fever for three days and it won't go down. I haven't been able to buy any medicine. If the fever continues like this, it will die... Waaaaah..."

"Forget about it! The capital city is struggling to survive, how can it have time to care about us! Let's all just wait here to die!" Some people were almost driven mad.

"It's both man-made disaster and natural calamity. Is God really going to destroy us?!"

"Damn it, I've lived for over forty years and never encountered anything like this before. Ever since that woman came to power, one mess after another has happened!"

"The empire is in dire straits, and a young woman has been temporarily put in charge. What abilities could she possibly have? Not only has she failed to make the empire better, but she has actually made our lives worse!"

"I've said it before, how could some bastard female from who-knows-where be entrusted with such an important task? It's utter nonsense! And look what's happened now, this mess!"

"Stop offering hindsight advice. The rebels attacked the city while the late emperor was still in power. What does this have to do with His Highness Shen Tang?!"

"Are there still people protecting her? If she weren't so difficult to command respect, how could so many nobles have rebelled, leading to the empire's division!"

Many people are just finding an excuse to vent their anger: "If we had known that she would ruin the empire like this after she came to power, we would have been better off handing the throne to Prince Shenhe back then!"

"Life has become such a miserable state, we're almost dead. Why don't we go and seek refuge with Prince Shenhe!"

Shen He was the younger brother of the late emperor. He lost the struggle for the throne and was exiled to the border by the late emperor to live a life of poverty as a prince. Little did anyone know that he had already secretly plotted to raise an army.

This time, he was the first to declare independence, the leader of the noble warlord rebellion, and even boldly changed his territory to [Broken Royal City], a blatant provocation against the imperial power!
"Damn it, a bunch of fools! If it weren't for Tangtang and us, they would have been dead long ago. They still want to join the rebels!"

Upon hearing these slanderous remarks, Xiao Jin flew into a rage and tried to rush forward, but a hand grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back.

Xiao Jin turned his head and saw that it was Shen Li. He said in an annoyed tone, "When did you get here, you sly fox?"

"Hehe, just got here." Shen Li said with a smile, "Luckily I got here in time, otherwise tomorrow it would be headline news that an army major general got into a fight with civilians."

"Listen to how awful those people are hurling insults! A bunch of ungrateful bastards, I'm being lenient by not killing them."

"...No wonder you were ostracized by so many people when you were in the military. You really need to change your temper."

Shen Li shook his head helplessly and continued, "What's the use of arguing with ordinary people? They can't even get enough to eat right now, and they're just feeling frustrated. You can't reason with them. They're just expressing their truest thoughts. Even if you go and beat them up, they might outwardly appear afraid of you and not dare to gossip anymore, but behind your back, many people will think the same thing. Violence won't solve any problems."

The buzzing of airplanes could be heard from the sky.

The people on the ground were like frightened birds, fleeing in panic, thinking that someone was coming to attack again!
Soon, the plane landed, and the troops emerged with relief supplies.

Food, water, medicine, and all kinds of daily necessities.

Xiao Jin punched Shen Li on the shoulder and laughed loudly, "You sly fox, you're acting like a reasonable person here. So you brought supplies over. Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Shen Li took a solid punch from him and almost vomited blood due to internal injuries. He couldn't even keep his smile. What a rude and reckless man!

The refugees swarmed towards the supplies as if they were a pack of wolves eyeing a piece of meat.

Xiao Jin quickly led his team forward to maintain order.

"Don't grab, line up, we'll distribute them one by one!"

Shen Li led his team to clear the ruins and the corpses in the city.

The city is heavily guarded, so the local ruffians and bandits from the chaotic areas, as well as the wild animals outside the city, should not be able to break in.

Once the city's residents are settled, efforts should be made to restore infrastructure, organize survivors to clean up streets and houses, and restore basic living conditions.

(End of this chapter)