Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1921 The Clan Chief's Remains
He had gathered all the skeletons in the surrounding area, but the actual selection work naturally fell to the Flying Claw team. At this point, Gargamel's task was basically complete.

Although Wei Qing sent some men to help, the sheer number of skeletons they summoned was overwhelming. They worked until evening before finally finding the remains of the gnoll chieftain.

"This is it, it's definitely this one!"

Looking at the skeleton before him, Flying Claw's tone was filled with unprecedented certainty.

It wasn't because he recognized the bones, but because he recognized the leather armor the chieftain was wearing.

It wasn't anything high-end, and the leather looked a bit tattered. Even the goblins responsible for burying the corpses wouldn't have given it a second glance. But on their chieftain, it had been worn for many years, and Flying Claw recognized it at a glance.

After silently apologizing, Flying Claw eagerly removed their chieftain's leather armor.

But the result was a great disappointment; the clan leader had nothing on him.

"Is it possible that something fell out? Or maybe it got buried under the sand?"

The clansmen who were helping out offered their guesses.

The formula for totem potions is extremely important to orcs; it's no exaggeration to say that it's the key to their gnoll race's defying fate.

The conjecture put forward by that tribesman is not without possibility.

In some ways, if the formula was indeed carried by their chieftain, there's a high chance it would have fallen out after he was transformed into a skeleton soldier!
The problem now is that if this recipe is buried under this desert, finding it would be like searching for a needle in a haystack unless you have incredible luck.
Flying Claw clearly realized this as well. Holding their chieftain's leather armor, he looked up at the sky speechlessly. He didn't even know where to start looking anymore, and for a moment, he resigned himself to his fate.

"Ugh--"

With a long sigh, the grappling hook lowered its head and glanced at the tattered leather armor in its hand.

Should we put this leather armor back on the chieftain and then bury it again? After all, he's worn it for so many years.

In the past, they would have passed down these tattered leather armor from generation to generation, since orcs didn't have many usable and decent pieces of equipment.

But now that they are serving the Great Zhou, these tattered pieces of equipment are really unnecessary for them. They might as well be buried with their clan leader, since they have worn them all their lives.

With this thought in mind, Flying Claw unfastened the leather armor. Just as he was pondering how to put it back on their chieftain, his gaze swept over the inside of the armor, and he seemed to see something, his expression suddenly froze.

"Ok?"

In that instant, his hands moved faster than his brain, and he quickly spread the leather armor out on the ground with the back facing up!

Upon closer inspection, an undisguised look of ecstasy appeared on Feizhua's face.

"Found it! Found it! The formula for the totem potion was actually on the back of this leather armor!!"

The news was quickly reported to Wei Qing, who breathed a sigh of relief upon confirming it.

In fact, he had always believed that the orc totem potion would most likely have left behind a written recipe.

Although it's not nice to say it like that, most orcs are indeed not very bright. If it were all passed down by word of mouth, the recipe for this totem potion would probably have been lost long ago and wouldn't have been passed down to the present day.

Holding the leather armor delivered by the grappling hook, Wei Qing didn't examine it much. Instead, he presented it directly to Zhou Xu and reported the situation.

Zhou Xu was not surprised by this.

Having survived the destruction of old civilizations and the collapse of the world, how many of the races that survived were simple?

Those without some tricks up their sleeves would have been eliminated long ago.

Every race that has survived to the present day has its own system and traditions; this is not surprising, and even quite normal. Looking at the recipe engraved on the inside of the leather, and at each of the names, he didn't recognize a single one.

However, Zhou Xu remained calm at this moment.

The name of many new things is usually given by the first person to discover them, and there may even be multiple names for them at the same time.

Not to mention that since the destruction of the old civilization, so many years have passed and so many changes have taken place. Even if the thing itself is the same, the name will definitely change.

People in the past should have been aware of this, so when recording these recipes, they would often include more detailed descriptions, clearly stating what each ingredient looks like and what its medicinal properties are, so that future generations could find them.

"Send this leather armor to Ye Yan and let him study it."

Even if Zhou Xu doesn't recognize any of the ingredients on this recipe list, he doesn't need to worry. Ye Yan is the professional in this area. Just take the recipes to Ye Yan and let him study them.

During this time, Zhou Xu also learned that the Orc Alliance's wolf riders had appeared on the outskirts of the new district and had a brief encounter with their Great Zhou's garrison.

Zhou Xu didn't have any thoughts on this.

They already knew about the Orc Alliance and were aware that the Orcs would frequently raid for food before winter, which was the main reason why the Trapped Camp had been stationed on the border so early.

For now, we'll just have to deal with whatever comes our way.

As for a full-scale war with the Orcish Alliance...

Even though he's right here, a full-scale war doesn't seem out of the question.

However, Zhou Xu was not very interested in this.

On the one hand, their current focus is on environmental management in the new district and establishing a close alliance with the elves; they simply don't have the time or inclination to fight the orc alliance.

On the other hand, there was a lack of intelligence about the Orc Alliance. They didn't know how strong the Orc Alliance's fighting power would be if a full-scale war broke out. Those guys looked quite troublesome, so there was no need to take that risk.

In addition, there is one last reason, which is also a very important one: according to the goblin intelligence records, the orc alliance is very poor.

Even in war, interests must be considered.

The side that is on the defensive has no choice, but the side that actively provokes a war must have something to gain.

As a ruler of a region, no one would be foolish enough to fight just for the sake of fighting.

As things stand, going to war with the Orc Alliance would not benefit their Great Zhou, so naturally they should deal with whatever comes their way first.

The equipment on the technology side still has a significant advantage in home-field defense. Hopefully, the orcs on the other side will also back down.

Of course, sometimes we can't rely entirely on the other side's initiative. The necessary deployment work still needs to be done. This task was directly handed over to the garrison troops in the new district, led by Wei Qing.

The deployment work has actually been ongoing.

However, due to the limited manpower on the front lines, and the fact that the goblin weapons, equipment, and even defensive facilities were too small for them to use immediately, efficiency on this side remained low.

Things are a little better now, because the transport convoy and the air transport fleet composed of goblin airships have been initially established.

Related resources and equipment were also transported over in batches from the rear.

During this period, their border defense efficiency has improved significantly.

(End of this chapter)