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

Chapter 164 Strong forces join forces
Although he was still somewhat confused about the situation, Chang Tianchen had already keenly sensed that things were about to take a turn for the better.

Although their conversation was intermittent, it revealed quite a bit of information.

So before Ling Chengen could make a choice, he stepped into the cave and readily agreed to Yu Heng's suggestion.

“Our snake clan is one of the natural enemies of the rat clan. If you need anything, just ask, and I will do my best to cooperate.”

Yu Heng sat in a lazy posture, yet inexplicably exuded a charming and suave air. Hearing Chang Tianchen recommend himself, he felt disdain in his heart.

Although he and Chang Tianchen had some past grievances, this man was indeed quite capable. He was ruthless not only to his enemies but also to himself; otherwise, he wouldn't have awakened the Heavenly Python bloodline.

Therefore, if used properly, this person will inevitably become a very sharp butcher's knife.

It's just a bit difficult to control.

However, now that this snake has something it wants, it has a weakness that can be exploited, and it can be considered controllable within a certain range.

Yuheng withdrew his gaze and said to Ling Chengen, "It's still the dry season. Whether it's fighting for territory or building a city, it's best to do it before autumn arrives. Autumn is very important for every tribe, requiring intensive food stockpiling. With his help... we can achieve twice the result with half the effort. We will definitely be able to handle the little mouse tribe."

Ling Chengen also realized that time was running out, but she really didn't want to get involved with Chang Tianchen. His personality was terrible, and he had repeatedly stepped on her landmines, which made her really annoyed.

But when it comes to something as important as building a city, personal likes and dislikes seem to become less important.

So, after only a brief hesitation, she nodded in agreement.

Seeing that she nodded, Yuheng couldn't help but smile and said, "Alright, I'll have Wuzhuo come and pick you up."

"Let's do it later, after the sun sets in the afternoon."

Ling Chengen didn't plan to leave now; she would stay for at least half a day to see how the two planned to cooperate.

Yu Heng glanced at Chang Tianchen, who was standing there, and knew that the other party was still unaware of Ling Chengen's plan, so he gave a brief explanation.

Chang Tianchen rarely showed obvious surprise, clearly not expecting that Ling Chengen's purpose in lingering on the Mulan Plain during this period was actually this.

However, Chang Tianchen soon realized that the stone forest must have been flooded again during the rainy season.

Although he couldn't understand why the territorial exchange would be held on such a plain without any barriers, he didn't dwell on it too much because he trusted Ling Chengen's intelligence. Instead, he turned around and blew two short whistles outside.

Soon, two young snake-clan members appeared at the cave entrance.

Amidst the lush vegetation, two young orcs nimbly landed at the cave entrance. They first bowed respectfully to Chang Tianchen before straightening up and saying, "Clan Chief."

"Lin Jing, go and investigate the situation of the rat tribes on the Mulan Plain."

Lin Jing's excited voice almost went off-key, but fortunately, Lin Quan nudged his arm with his elbow, calming him down and suppressing his inner fervor and curiosity. After agreeing to the task and confirming that the clan leader had no other arrangements, he immediately turned and left the cave.

Ling Chengen curiously looked at the young man standing beside Chang Tianchen. He looked somewhat familiar, but she felt that she should not know him. Perhaps she had seen him while hunting or at the trade market, otherwise she would remember him.

"This is Lin Quan, he is a level 12 metal-type warrior."

Chang Tianchen did not assign Lin Quan any tasks for the time being. Lin Quan was not good at concealment but was better at combat. He was only good at gathering information, and Lin Jing alone was enough.

Lin Quan is a very clever and agile orc. He is currently working under Chang Tianchen. Knowing that Chang Tianchen has feelings for Ling Chengen, he has remained extremely quiet and low-key throughout.

Ling Chengen glanced at him a few more times, but had no memory of having any interaction with him, so she looked away and asked in confusion, "Didn't you say you didn't want to go back to Snake Mountain before? Why did you go back?"

"You need power. Snake Mountain's overall strength is not weak, so are you interested?" Chang Tianchen showed no remorse for betraying his tribe for personal gain and asked Lin Quan directly.

Ling Chengen clicked his tongue in surprise, startled by his bold statement.

"Are you crazy?"

Lin Quan also suddenly looked up, staring intently at the back of Chang Tianchen's head. His gaze was clearly not as obedient as Chang Tianchen appeared; his eyes were filled with surging anger and fury, as well as the shock of being betrayed.

Chang Tianchen glanced at Lin Quan and chuckled, "I'm not crazy. I know exactly what I'm doing. Snake Mountain, along with several other tribes, attacked Stone Forest, but they still couldn't win."

"Logically speaking, the losing side has no room for bargaining. Even if you want the territory of Snake Mountain and the submission of all the orcs of the Snake Mountain tribe, they have no right to refuse."

If a more brutal tribal chief had encountered what Ling Xiao had experienced, he might have killed the defeated tribe's chief and some of the leading high-ranking orcs immediately to vent his anger and reduce the threat posed by these tribes.

But Ling Xiao was too kind. After the four tribes surrendered, he did not suppress them further. Instead, he made the tribes offer up their prey and promising young males as spoils of war.

If it were him, none of the four tribal leaders would escape; he would be beheaded first.

Even high-ranking warriors who pose a threat must be killed.

Even if we don't want their territory, we still have to squeeze a few layers of skin off these defeated troops.

Therefore, Chang Tianchen looked down on the idiots at Snake Mountain, but since he considered Snake Mountain a gift to reconcile with her, he could go back and teach them a lesson.

"I'm just using this as an excuse to offer something to someone else," Chang Tianchen said dismissively.

Lin Quan gritted his teeth fiercely: "Clan Chief—"

Chang Tianchen suddenly turned around, his previously normal eyes instantly cracking into sharp snake pupils. He didn't even make a sound, yet he had already intimidated Lin Quan beside him: "If you have any dissatisfaction with my decision, you can follow the rules of Snake Mountain."

"kill me."

"Or, die."

Lin Quan was sweating profusely and didn't say anything more, but he felt that Chang Tianchen's obsessive love was really absurd.

Yes, before today, he always thought this person was cold-hearted and cold-blooded, without a trace of human warmth. Even his own mother wouldn't be treated kindly. He was a real monster.

but now……

Hey!
He had never seen such an outrageous person in his entire life!
Turns out, he's hopelessly love-struck, and he's been hiding it so well.

Most importantly, he's a powerful, tyrannical, and dictatorial madman.

Their Snake Mountain is completely finished now...

Looking at Lin Quan's restrained and aggrieved expression, Ling Chengen finally remembered where he had seen this person before.

I've seen him once before at the trade market. When the Snake Mountain tribe came to find Chang Tianchen, he wasn't with the group that Chang Tianchen had shut up. Instead, he stood far away in the shadows, but his attention was always on them.

She initially thought this person was an elder who protected the Snake Mountain beastmen, but he just looked young because he had the art of preserving his youth.

Another instance was mentioned in fragments of memory. Before Snake Mountain joined forces with other tribes to besiege Stone Forest, the original owner happened to encounter this orange-haired youth while hunting around the territory. He was probably somewhat surprised that a high-ranking warrior from Snake Mountain would come to the Stone Forest territory, so he took the initiative to approach him.

But this young man named Lin Quan seemed approachable, yet he was difficult to get close to.

He probably looked down on the original owner who didn't have any superpowers at the time, and probably didn't know her identity, so he just glanced at her indifferently and then turned and left.

He didn't say a single word from beginning to end.

That's why Ling Chengen felt he looked somewhat familiar.

Coming to his senses, Ling Chengen completely lost interest in Linquan: "I have no interest in your Snake Mountain. Right now, I just want to solve the problems on the Mulan Plain and start the plan as soon as possible."

"If you can cooperate with Yuheng to solve the problem of the rat clan, the matter of the Heartfire will be forgiven."

A hint of joy finally appeared on Chang Tianchen's face, but he quickly calmed down: "It's a deal. I will help you deal with the rat tribe on the Mulan Plain."

He looked at Yuheng beside him: "Should we kill them all, or is there another plan?"

Yu Heng stroked his chin and inexplicably found Chang Tianchen much more pleasing to the eye. With this sharp knife, at least someone would do the dirty work.

"Of course we can't kill them all. Shi Lin wants to move here to build a city, not to move here to find enemies."

A tribe that lacks tolerance will be feared by neighboring tribes.

He didn't intend to find a retirement community on his own, only to end up isolated and besieged on all sides.

"The rat-folk are extremely active at night. They usually hunt at night to dig up plant tubers and catch small prey for food."

“Plant tubers?” Ling Chengen caught his description. “What kind of tubers?”

Yuheng wasn't impatient at being interrupted and took the opportunity to say, "Well... it's a tuber that looks a lot like the potatoes you made before, but it's a bit bigger. However, I don't know much about this plant. If you like it, I'll bring you some next time I come back."

"Okay." Ling Chengen suspected he was referring to sweet potatoes, but he couldn't be sure yet and would have to wait until he saw the actual product.

What do the orcs of the rat tribe hunt?

She was curious about how those orcs, who were even smaller than dwarfs, managed to catch their prey.

It wasn't that she underestimated these miniature beastmen, but rather that most animals that could survive in the beast world were giants. If they were small, they must be agile or have some special ability.

"It can't be field mice or something like that, can it?"

Yuheng nodded: "More or less. Rodents are one of their main sources of meat, and the rest are smaller animals like rabbits and baby frogs. Occasionally, they will catch the young of medium-sized animals."

"The rest basically depends on setting traps."

"The rat-race orcs have an extremely developed sense of smell and night vision. Although they are short in stature, they run incredibly fast and are very good at escaping. So if you encounter them, you must seal off the surrounding area immediately, otherwise you will not be able to catch them at all."

Yuheng extended his left hand to her: "Can I borrow that map you drew?"

Ling Chengen took out a map from his spatial storage. Yu Heng laid the map flat on a rock and beckoned to the expressionless Chang Tianchen: "Come here, I'll only say it once."

Although Chang Tianchen was annoyed by Yu Heng's imperious attitude, he couldn't afford to turn against him right now, and he really couldn't beat him. So he could only walk to the stone with a dark face and look at the map on the stone, which was very large but made of very thin material.

He was somewhat curious, wondering what kind of animal skin it was that, after being peeled and tanned, was so clean and thin.

Yuheng pointed to the northeast corner of the map: "Most of the rat tribe's corpses are dumped in the northeast region. There are many large and small corpse pits there. Although many were burned before, more rat tribe orcs have died of disease recently and have all been dumped there."

"There are also animal carcasses that have died one after another due to the disease."

"Therefore, the Northeast is a restricted area, and it's best not to go there during this period."

"Aside from some scavenging rats and vultures, most prey avoid that area."

"The areas where they dig and collect tubers are mainly concentrated in two places. One is the northwest area, near the foot of the mountains around Luoshan, which covers a large area."

"There's another area in the southeast, which is closer to where we are now."

They are now located in the southwestern corner of the Mulan Plain, but the Mulan Plain is not a regular square, but an irregular quadrilateral, longer from north to south and slightly narrower from east to west.

"The nearby tribes have also adjusted their hunting time to after sunset. The cat-like beastmen also have strong night vision, so as soon as the sun goes down, the whole plain gradually becomes chaotic."

"Recently, the cat tribe has been extremely brutal in its attacks on the rat tribe, which may be due to the influence of the plague that your father mentioned before."

"However, most tribes did not kill people directly, but instead deliberately burned and destroyed the rat tribe's corpse pits, determined not to let them dump corpses on the Mulan Plain."

"The rats naturally couldn't swallow this insult, so their counterattack has been fierce during this period."

"There is another crucial point."

"The rats are currently short of food."

An epidemic is spreading within the tribe, and members of the tribe are dying every day.

The external environment is also harsh, with water shortages during the dry season. Most prey live near water sources, so the sources of meat are not as plentiful as before.

Although they can survive by digging up plant tubers, it requires a lot of manpower. At this time of year, the mortality rate of the rat tribe is extremely high, and there is a severe shortage of manpower.

In addition, there was the task of encircling and eliminating neighboring tribes. They also had to spare some manpower to deal with the orcs and do their best to prevent the corpses of their people from being desecrated.

The rat-orcs actually live a very frugal life.

However, they had a bad reputation on the Mulan Plain and could only stick together for warmth, unable to get support and help from other places.

Yu Heng had figured out the current activity area of ​​the rat race on the ground in just one night, which was quite unexpected for Ling Chengen.

However, having long been accustomed to Yuheng's occasional strange abilities, she can now deal with them calmly and no longer pry into the details of his abilities.

"I've always wondered, don't these rat-beastmen know that the corpses they leave outside will cause their people to die from a widespread epidemic?"

That can't be right!

Even if you're incredibly stupid, if the same situation occurs in concentrated periods every year, you should always try to find a solution.

Why has no one suggested properly addressing the sources of these diseases?