The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 156 Big Cat Enen
Early in the morning, Ling Chengen ate breakfast, packed some dry food, and prepared to go out again.

Chongzhen suddenly called out to her, "Wait a minute, I'll go with you."

His sudden speech startled the group of people who hadn't finished their breakfast, causing them to look up at him curiously.

Wu Zhuo instinctively looked up and glanced at Chong Zhen, but his right hand was still trying to grab the buns on the table and stuff them into his mouth. During this time, he had been serving Ling Chengen, so the Ling family had become his second home. Except for sleeping in his own cave every night, he ate all his meals at the Ling family's house.

Ling Xiao naturally didn't mind having another mouth to feed at home. Wu Zhuo was still young and hadn't met the standards to join the hunting team. According to the tribe's rules, he could receive his own share of food every day. Although it wasn't much, it wouldn't let him go hungry.

Moreover, Wu Zhuo's combat strength is not that weak. He may not be able to kill large prey for the time being, but he can definitely catch smaller animals, such as rabbits, pheasants, and roe deer. He can catch some on his way back every evening, which is just enough to supplement his meal.

Because Wu Zhuo doesn't know how to cook, he brings his own food every day when he comes over.

Moreover, by following Ling Chengen everywhere, he caught more and more prey along the way, and also honed his combat skills in the process.

So he was having a wonderful time during that period, completely enjoying himself and forgetting all about home.

Ling Chengen was filling a clean bamboo tube with water when she turned around and glanced at him: "Are you going too?"

“The potato fields are done with work recently, and I’m curious what you’ve been up to lately,” Chongzhen said frankly. “You’ve been looking for a suitable place to settle down, haven’t you? I’d like to go out and take a look with you.”

Ling Chengen hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Okay, but you have to get Wu Zhuo's permission to take you."

The weight of carrying one person is completely different from that of carrying two people. If it's only done occasionally, there's no need to be so particular.

The problem is that because she was surveying the terrain, Wu Zhuo played a very important role in it.

This took a heavy toll on Wu Zhuo's physical strength, so she couldn't make decisions for him.

Wu Zhuo was not far from the two of them. After hearing Ling Chengen's words, he raised his hand and pounded his chest twice. After swallowing the food in his throat, he drank a few mouthfuls of millet porridge from a bowl bigger than his face before saying, "Sure, it's nothing."

Chongzhen turned around and glanced at him, then smiled and said, "No matter what you hunt this afternoon, I'll grill it for you tonight."

Wu Zhuo immediately beamed: "Then it's a deal! I have to catch a strong one today..."

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, Ling Chengen stopped worrying about it.

After packing their things, the three of them set off immediately.

On the way, Chongzhen had already found out most of the situation.

When he heard that Ling Chengen was planning to relocate the tribe to the Mulan Plain, he couldn't help but frown: "That place is in a worse location than Shilin is now. If the floodwaters rise in Shilin, we can evacuate to the nearby mountains."

"But with the flooding in the Mulan Plain, it's not realistic to evacuate in a short time."

Ling Chengen was well aware of his concerns: "What I need to do is not just move my people to this place."

"I want to build a city on the Mulan Plain."

Chongzhen stared wide-eyed and asked, "A city? Like the cities in the Southern Beast Plains?"

"More or less, you can understand it that way."

Ling Chengen had only heard of the cities in the Southern Beast Plains, but didn't know what they were like. However, since she was going to build a large city in the Northern Beast Plains here, there was no need for her to see how things were done in the south.

Chongzhen said with concern, "But building a city is not something that can be done overnight. The Beast King City of the Southern Beast Plains went through seven generations of royal families before it was built into the largest city in the Southern Beast Plains as it is today. Huangyan City, which is closest to the Northern Wilderness and is separated from it by the Dark Abyss, took a thousand years to gradually develop into its current size."

"So what?" Ling Chengen didn't care about any of that. "Just because it takes a long time to build, does that mean we shouldn't build it at all?"

"With city walls and stronger defensive barriers, more people will be able to survive the annual beast tides."

"Haven't you had enough of living like this for over a thousand years, living in caves carved into the rocks and sleeping in the ground?"

"In the new city, new houses and heated brick beds will be built, so that even if people stay at home during the cold season, no one will freeze to death."

“By cultivating land around the city and using the waters of the two rivers to irrigate the farmland, we can harvest more grain.”

"Since you have the ability to live a good life, why not give it a try? Why continue living that frugal life like before?"

"I not only want to build a city, but also to make it the most impregnable fortress in the Northern Wilderness, surpassing even the Beast King City in the South."

The wind was very strong high in the sky.

But Chongzhen heard every single word she said clearly.

Is it shocking?
It was naturally incredibly shocking.

Ling Chengen was even more ambitious and charismatic than he had imagined.

His gaze followed her uncontrollably.

This person is like the sun.

However, after calming down, he was not swayed by the grand promises Ling Chengen made. Instead, he began to consider the feasibility of making them work.

Managing the Yehelan River and the Xuemu River is no easy task, as it is something that no one has accomplished in thousands of years.

Every time these two great rivers flooded, it was a catastrophe for the Northern Wilderness.

Moreover, building a city is not something that can be done on a whim.

City building is a very rigorous discipline.

Especially for those who want to build an impregnable city defense... Huangyan City's defenses are natural. Countless orcs have been carving out these walls for nearly a thousand years, eventually creating a continuous wall and a series of habitable caves.

However, seeing Ling Chengen's ambitious appearance, Chongzhen couldn't bear to dampen her spirits at such a crucial moment.

Because when she actually put it into practice, she realized the gap between reality and ideals.

The first issue is manpower.

Of the seven major cities in the south, except for Kamishimori Valley, the other six were all man-made.

The Southern Beast Plains are quite different from the North. Their nobles do not fight, so they exploit the lower-class beastmen to work for them. Slavery has even gradually emerged. Beastmen who make mistakes or offend nobles will be branded as slaves and sent to do the hardest and most tiring work.

Those six cities must have been built upon the bones of countless lowly orcs to achieve their current magnificent appearance.

The total population of Shilin is less than 10,000. Moreover, the northern climate is more open, and the orcs value freedom and strength. Therefore, they cannot be exploited too much, otherwise it will cause resistance and the tribe will gradually experience population loss.

Population is one of the standards for measuring the overall strength of a tribe on the Beast Plains.

……

Wu Zhuo led Ling Chengen and Chong Zhen to circle several times above the Xue Mu River before finally landing on the Mulan Plain.

The area of ​​the Mulan Plain is about the same as that of an ordinary province in the previous life. Bounded by the surrounding rivers and mountains, it covers an area of ​​about 40 square kilometers, which is slightly larger than the Yunnan Province in the previous life.

This is a true plain, stretching as far as the eye can see. Only near the Yehelan River to the northeast are there some gentle hills, but their elevation is not high, with the highest point not exceeding two hundred meters...

To the northwest lies a large mountain range—Luoshan.

If the plains are flooded, then Luoshan is the most suitable place to take refuge.

However, the flood problem can be solved as long as the river is well managed.

The city's planning and management, including flood control and drainage, were all detailed in the urban construction blueprints. Therefore, after receiving the blueprints, Ling Chengen studied them diligently for many days and ultimately concluded that the urban construction plan was...absolutely perfect.

After the three landed, Ling Chengen prepared to further consult the map and take a look at the surrounding environment.

Wu Zhuo led the way to scout ahead, while Chong Zhen followed at the very back, carefully observing the surroundings.

Because of its gentle terrain, the Mulan Plain is home to many small and medium-sized herbivores, all of which are very alert.

The gathering of large numbers of herbivores naturally attracts large hunters.

Therefore, tigers, lions, leopards, and other highly dangerous animals can occasionally be seen on the plains.

Wu Zhuo and Ling Chengen were about forty or fifty meters apart when a large net suddenly appeared from the ground, catching Wu Zhuo before he could dodge.

Ling Chengen immediately put away the map in his hand, and appeared above the treehouse with the bone blade in his hand, cutting the tree netting in one stroke.

Wu Zhuo was completely entangled in the tree netting, so he couldn't break free for a while and his body fell straight down.

Chongzhen had appeared nearby without anyone noticing, and a small mound of earth instantly rose from the overgrown ground under the tree.

Ling Chengen pulled off the tree netting covering Wu Zhuo, then cut the weeds at his feet, revealing bamboo thorns stuck in the ground.

Standing on the mound, Wu Zhuo looked at the black bloodstains remaining on the bamboo splinters and couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Who is so despicable as to set up such a trap here?"

"Who else could it be? It must be a rat-clan orc."

Chongzhen was used to this, which is why he was able to react immediately and cover the bamboo thorns with soil when Wuzhuo fell, so as to prevent Wuzhuo's buttocks from being pierced by the bamboo thorns.

Looking at the two bewildered faces beside him, Chongzhen felt a slight headache. He raised his hand to rub his temples and explained, "You've been here so many times before, don't you know whose territory the Mulan Plain is?"

"The Gopher tribe?"

Ling Chengen knew this.

"It's not just the ground rats; the Mulan Plains are almost entirely rat territory. There are over two hundred rat tribes of all sizes here, and they are all different races. Don't let their cowardly appearance and weak fighting ability fool you; these rat orcs are extremely difficult to deal with."

"If you can imagine that the Mulan Plain is a fertile land rich in resources, don't other orcs think so too?"

"But so far, no large orc tribe has settled in this land, and the reason for this is the existence of the rat tribe."

"The rat tribe is very united, but also xenophobic."

They also kept making small, underhanded moves.

It's the kind of stubborn skin condition that you can't stand but can't completely eradicate.

"Beneath the Mulan Plain lies a network of burrows dug by the rat tribe. If you find the right direction, you can even cross from the banks of the Xuemu River to the banks of the Yehelan River. Do you believe it?"

Ling Chengen really didn't know much about the rat race.

But if they want to take over the Mulan Plains, the rat tribe will definitely have to be dealt with.

She had come here many times before, originally intending to try to interact with the rat-orcs and find out what the situation was like here.

Each time I came, I could sense the rat people's activities, but I just couldn't see them.

The person was hiding in an underground cave, and even she couldn't reach them.

The rat-like beastmen are small in size, and are probably the shortest humanoid race in the beast world.

It looks about the same size as a larger figurine.

Adult rat-race orcs are generally no more than half a meter tall, with very slender hands and feet, but a round belly and a thin head and face. They also have a tail that cannot be hidden.

Its appearance is extremely strange at first glance, and even a little scary.

Because the rat race cannot completely hide their tails in their humanoid form, some more extreme groups resolutely refuse to acknowledge that the rat race are also orcs.

This is one of the reasons why the rats stick together and are so xenophobic.

"You seem to know quite a bit about the plains of Mulan?"

Wu Zhuo patted the grass clippings and dirt off his body and looked curiously at Chong Zhen beside him.

Chongzhen discovered that Ling Chengen knew less about the Mulan Plain than he had expected. He sighed softly, pulled Wu Zhuo up from the ground, and with a few quick movements, all the bamboo thorns stuck under the trees were buried under thick soil. Only then did he choose a relatively safe and clean place to sit down and begin to explain to the two of them.

"Both Shilin and Hanshan have their own relatively fixed hunting areas in different seasons."

"We, the Medicine Maidens, are no exception."

"The beastmen of Yaoluo are not in a good position in terms of size, so they cannot complete long journeys in a short time. Therefore, our hunting range is much smaller than that of Shilin. There are not many places around Yaoluo that are suitable for us to hunt."

"The Mulan Plain is our main hunting ground."

The Yaoluo are mostly small to medium-sized orcs, but they are better than the rat race.

Their tribe has many feline and canine beastmen, giving them a significant advantage in hunting rodents on the Mulan Plain.

However, this also resulted in a very poor relationship with the rat-orcs of the Mulan Plains, almost to the point of hostility.

The rat-tribe orcs will use various methods, especially all sorts of traps, to drive away the orcs from the Medicine Locust tribe.

They suffered many losses at first, but Yaoluo was unwilling to give up such a resource-rich hunting ground just because of the rat tribe, so she began to outwit and outmaneuver the local rat tribe.

The traps in the Fogfall are the most basic kind; experienced orcs from the Medicine Locust tribe would not be fooled by such small traps.

Only tribes like the Stone Forest, which have a large number of large orcs, look down on small rodent prey and are unaware of the unique nature of this place.

After hearing this, Wu Zhuo's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but complain, "In the end, I've suffered an undeserved disaster, haven't I? It turns out this was all a trap set for you Yao Luos."

“Not entirely.” Chongzhen showed no remorse or guilt whatsoever. “After all, there are many cat and dog tribes besides Yaoluo. We are just a small tribe. There are many feline tribes around here, and some tribes don’t even recognize the rat-beastmen. If they really catch a rat, their methods are much more ruthless than ours.”

"If we encounter the rat-orcs, we won't fight back unless they make a move. After all, there's no benefit in fighting them. We'd rather use that time to hunt and stockpile food."

"We only retaliate when the rats launch an attack or a sneak attack."

"actually……"

Chongzhen suddenly looked at Ling Chengen, who hadn't said much from beginning to end, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Ling Chengen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, looking completely bewildered: "What's wrong?"

"You're a feline beastman, aren't you?"

Tigers are big cats.

This logic is absolutely flawless!

Chongzhen earnestly reminded them, "The rat race is very hostile towards feline beastmen."

"Even we canines can only rank second."