Good luck with koi carp

Chapter 244 After the Snowstorm
After the snow on the main roads was cleared, everyone began to clear the snow on the houses to prevent more houses from collapsing under the snow.

At this time, those beast-type orcs who were good at jumping came into play. There was no need for Chi Li to build a ladder on the spot. Several sheep orcs and cat orcs jumped onto the roof with just one nimble jump, and then used their claws or hooves to push down the snow on the roof.

The accumulated snow fell down with a loud rustling sound. In order to avoid being buried by the snow, the people on the ground retreated one after another.

Only Chi Li went up to the roof with a few tools in her hand.

The dragon only has a pair of front claws, so it is hard to say whether it is good at jumping or not, but its body is long enough, so Chi Li only needs to lift her body up and climb onto the roof easily.

By the way, he distributed the various tools he brought to the tribesmen who were clearing the snow on the roof.

"Don't pick it up with your hands directly, be careful of frostbite." She warned with concern.

The tribesmen who were given the tools chuckled and continued to work hard with their heads down.

Having the tools doesn’t improve efficiency much, but at least everyone’s hands and feet aren’t frozen anymore, and the cleaning work is much quicker.

In this way, each household gradually advanced the house cleaning work under this kind of mutual assistance. During the period, after cleaning the roof of the house they currently lived in, the orcs of the Xiayati tribe also came to help with cleaning tools.

Everyone worked together and soon cleaned all the roofs in the village, then continued to clean the snow on the ground and repair the damaged houses...

It seems like a scene of bustling activity.

Seeing this scene, Chi Li felt relieved but also a little worried, because when she was leading people to clear the snow on the road, she found some messy beast footprints outside the village.

Obviously, this blizzard affected not only the orcs, but also the wild beasts living in the even harsher environment of the wild, which were also greatly affected, with hunger being the first and foremost.

Three days of snowstorm means three days of food shortage.

No wild animal could go out hunting in such weather.

In extreme weather conditions, those herbivorous prey will hide more tightly and will not easily show up, making them extremely difficult to find. In this case, aren't the orc tribes that live in the village, raise a large number of livestock, and exist as a kind of prey themselves the best source of food?

Therefore, Chi Li was not actually surprised that his tribe was targeted by those dangerous guys in the wild.

She was only worried that the livestock in the tribe would suffer losses. After all, they were precious properties that their people had brought back from the wild with great effort and had domesticated for a long time. The loss of even a chicken would make people feel heartbroken.

It just so happens that the favorite targets of wild beasts when attacking villages are these prey that are kept in captivity, have little fighting power and have fat meat.

As if to confirm Chi Li's idea, foreign wild beasts attacked the Li Li tribe that night.

With their agile bodies, they jumped over the stone wall and headed straight for the livestock pen following the scent.

I thought the 'buffet' was going smoothly, but it was stopped by an interceptor who suddenly appeared halfway.

"You left such an obvious mark and yet you still expected me to be unprepared. Do you think we are stupid?" Even though he knew that these beasts, who were basically dominated by instinct, couldn't understand, Chi Li still wanted to complain.

As soon as she discovered traces of wild animals outside the village, she led the tribesmen to strengthen the patrol and protection of the village, and even arranged for people to guard the cubs and livestock pens 24 hours a day.

In addition to the livestock pens that are easy to hunt, orc cubs are also the main hunting target of wild beasts, so of course they must be protected.

The wild beasts that were caught in the act didn't waste any time. They were now in a state of extreme hunger and would starve to death if they didn't eat. Why would they waste any more time on the interceptors?

Amid the howling of their leader in the rear, all the beasts fearlessly pounced straight towards Chi Li and the others, with their ferocious fangs bared like rows of sharp saw teeth. If one was accidentally bitten, a large piece of flesh would definitely be torn off.

The orcs transformed into beasts and responded to the battle.

For a moment the entire scene was filled with flying fur, splattering blood, and incomparable brutality. It was the most wild fight, without any fancy techniques, only the most primitive collision of claws and fangs.

The terrifying roars were deafening.

Chi Li was also in the battle. She transformed into a dragon and swept away several wild beasts that intended to pounce on her with a flick of her tail, making them whimper like puppies.

The clouds were thicker tonight, blocking most of the moonlight, but the lit torches all around still allowed Chi Li to see the true faces of the beasts.

That's a group of jackals.

The scale is not small, the total number is about twenty to thirty. The exact number cannot be counted because the scene is too chaotic and people will not stand there and let you count.

Each jackal has a very characteristic look from the orc world. Their sizes are comparable to adult Siberian tigers in the normal world, and they are all very strong.

In other words, Chi Li and his men were facing an attack from twenty or thirty strong Siberian tigers, and these guys were under the command of their leader and knew how to cooperate with each other and fight as a team.

This is not so easy to deal with.

However, no matter how difficult it is to deal with, you have to deal with it. You can't just watch your own property suffer losses, right?

Chi Li, who was distracted briefly during the battle, swung his tail again and smashed a jackal to the ground. The powerful force made a hole in the ground. The jackal in the hole had blood at the corner of its mouth. It howled and struggled to get up, but couldn't. It was obvious that it was seriously injured and temporarily lost its ability to fight.

After dealing with one jackal, Chili immediately aimed at the next one.

She was huge in size, and her scales shone like gold. Even in the hazy night, she was inevitably the most conspicuous presence in the whole scene. As expected, she was regarded as the main target of attack by the jackals.

However, if they think that Chili is an easy target, they are making a wrong calculation.

Although Chi Li only has the body of a dragon, she does not have the dragon's ability to fly into the sky and into the earth, or she has the ability but is restricted and cannot use it, but she does possess the dragon's strong body.

After all, she is a legendary species. In this relatively normal orc world, she is like a bug. The outer armor defense alone cannot be broken by a mere jackal.

Therefore, Chi Li dealt with these jackals as easily as cutting vegetables and melons, which could be described as a dimensionality reduction attack.

With the joint efforts of other powerful tribesmen, this group of overconfident invaders were finally beaten and fled with their tails between their legs, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses of their own kind.

No, there were still two corpses dragged away by several jackals.

The reason they dragged away the two corpses of their own kind was definitely not out of any sense of camaraderie. The beasts had no such naive idea at all. The most likely possibility was that they wanted to take them back to eat.

After all, the attack failed, and the surviving jackals had to continue living. When they were extremely hungry and had no strength to find other prey, they could only let their dead counterparts contribute to their survival.

Chi Li did not ask anyone to chase them. She did not forget that the footprints found during the day came from more than one animal. If they rashly chased them now, there would be a battle vacancy in the village. If another attacker appeared at this time, the consequences would be something they could not bear.

So to be on the safe side, she only asked everyone to clean up the battlefield and then continue with the previous patrol arrangements, but before that they had to confirm the injuries of the tribesmen.

"Klaesha, how are everyone's injuries?"

Since it is a battle, injuries are inevitable, especially in the hand-to-hand combat between orcs and beasts which is full of primitive savagery. The only difference is the severity of the injuries.

Klesa quickly counted the injuries of the participants and reported to Chi Li: "Chief, except for Keith who was seriously injured and temporarily affected his movements, the others were only slightly injured and will not affect the subsequent patrol work."

With Chi Li in charge and attracting the main firepower, the people of the Lili tribe did not suffer any casualties.

Only the young wolf orc Kes was too young and not steady enough in character. He got too excited while fighting and accidentally went deep into the enemy's interior. As expected, he was besieged and had one of his hind legs bitten. He also had many injuries of varying sizes on his body. Now he walks with a limp and will not be able to recover in a short time.

"Bergett, send Keith back to rest, and let Monchichi come over to help continue patrolling." Chi Li arranged.

"Okay, Chief." Bergt nodded, then grabbed Keith by the scruff of the neck with a look of disgust and dragged him home like a dead dog.

"Brother, brother, please change your position. I feel uncomfortable and it hurts..."

Keith was screaming as he was dragged, but he seemed to be in good spirits, so Chi Li felt relieved.
From the way Keith addresses Bergt, you can tell that they are brothers, from the same mother, and their awakened beast forms are both wolves, but the brothers do not have the same father.

This is not a problem. Orcs are a matriarchal society. Except for special circumstances, they basically only recognize the mother and not the father, so the two brothers have had a good relationship since childhood.

Burgett left and returned soon after, followed by a large, sleepy-eyed man.

Just by looking at the body shape, you can guess that this one is a bear beastman.

His name is Monchichi, a polar bear orc.

Influenced by its beast form, Monchhichi, like Chili, has the habit of hibernating in winter. However, orcs are humans, not beasts, so this habit can be overcome according to the situation. This is why Bergt was able to wake Monchhichi up and call him over.

Originally, out of consideration for the tribesmen, Chi Li tried not to call those who hibernated out for patrol at night, and arranged them all to patrol during the day. However, Keith was injured, and the others had their own arrangements, so there was a gap in the combat effectiveness of the sleepless patrol team, and they could only call in one person to help cover the shift.

It is the duty of the tribe to contribute, and Monchichi did not complain about anything. He just muttered that he would go back and find Keith to practice with him.

He is about to become a father but is still so unstable. He really needs more training.

Chi Li also felt that Monchichi's grumbling made sense, and planned to organize a group activity in the tribe to let everyone fight against each other. While increasing the fun of daily life, it also gave them the opportunity to see each other's shortcomings and improve themselves.

Perhaps the wild beasts hiding in the dark and watching saw the fate of the jackals and realized that the Lili tribe was not to be trifled with, so the patrol in the second half of the night was smooth and no accidents occurred.

During the day, everyone takes over their shifts. The night patrol team goes to rest, while the day patrol team, led by Datz, conducts the next round of patrols.

They defended like this day and night, and encountered a few battles during this period, but they were all small-scale. There was no collective attack like a pack of jackals. So with the advantage in numbers, the orcs quickly won the battle, and the attackers were either lucky enough to escape with injuries, or unlucky enough to stay and become contributors of food and furs to the Lili tribe.

When orcs eat meat, they don't care what species the other party is, they just stuff it into their mouths as long as it's edible.

What the group gains naturally belongs to the group.

So after a while, when they found that there were no more attackers and the orcs of the Lili tribe had lifted their first-level alert, basically everyone in the tribe was given a lot of meat and some fur. Even the cubs were given these shares, and the distribution was completely based on the number of people.

"If only this good thing of having meat delivered to our door could happen more often?" Keith sighed happily while chewing the meat, and then his brother slapped him on the head with a dark face.

"Just shut up, don't you think we're not tired enough?"

There were some gains during this period, but everyone was exhausted from patrolling day and night. Only Keith, who was injured and unable to walk at the beginning, was lucky enough to get a chance to rest. Although he rejoined after his injuries were almost healed, he was not as tired as those who participated in the whole process. That's why he had the leisure to say such things here, and as expected, he was taught a lesson.

Live it!

Bergt rolled his eyes at his aggrieved brother, covered his head with his hands, and ignored him. After finishing his meal, he took his tools and went out.

He is going to repair the wall.

After this period of fighting, the village wall inevitably suffered some damage, and Chi Li also discovered that their wall was not high enough to stop some larger animals that were good at climbing or jumping, so they had to continue to raise, widen and reinforce it.

The tribesmen who were free were naturally called together to help.

Although the continuous attackers were annoying, they did leave a lot of loopholes in their village's defense practices.

Even though she had tried her best to consider the realities of this world, Chi Li found that her understanding of this orc world was still too superficial, so much so that she made some mistakes when leading her people to build defense projects.

For example, the wall is not only not high enough, not wide enough, but also not strong enough.

Chi Li had known for a long time that the wall was not high enough or wide enough, and had tried his best to organize people to make it higher and wider. However, the scope of their village was too large, and there were many places that needed to be built, resulting in a large amount of work, so the construction was slow.

As for not being strong enough, it was entirely due to her own lack of consideration.

When the wall was being built, the main materials used were various stones that were found everywhere in the mountains. The stones themselves were indeed hard enough, but their sizes were different.

When the village was building the wall, due to limited raw materials, they simply piled up stones of different sizes and then covered them with mud to secure them.

The walls built in this way cannot be said to be weak, but the defense of the areas with more small stones is not as good as that of the areas made of whole large stones. They can be easily damaged by strong wild beasts. Now the village is mainly repairing these damaged areas.

After learning from this experience, Chi Li and his tribesmen tried to select larger stones when collecting raw materials for building the wall. They would pile up the large stones first, fill the gaps in the middle with some small stones, and then fill the smaller gaps with mud. After the mud dried, they would get a wall that was stronger than before.

Later on, Chi Li discovered that after finding large stones, the tribesmen would even find ways to use various tools to knock or grind the stones into a cube-shaped shape similar to a brick, and then pile them up neatly to build a wall. In this way, the most primitive version of stone bricks was born.

Since the tribesmen had figured out the stone bricks themselves, Chi Li taught them a few more things. For example, the size of the stone bricks should be similar, and when stacking the stone bricks, they should be stacked in a staggered manner, not in a straight line, otherwise they would easily fall down if pushed...

Under Chi Li's leadership, the new wall was gradually built, and time gradually came to the end of winter.

Before we knew it, this seemingly unbearable winter was almost over. At the same time, the two pregnant orcs from the Xiayati tribe were about to give birth.

It seems that every adult orc has a sense of the birth of a newborn.

Two days before the two pregnant orcs gave birth, both the members of their own tribe and the members of the Lili tribe showed some abnormal reactions to varying degrees. Even Chi Li felt a little irritable and uneasy during these two days. If it weren't for her usually regular menstruation, she would have almost thought that her relative was coming early.

In the end, it turned out that the "relatives" were coming, and all these relatives were not those relatives.

When the two pregnant women, accompanied by their partners, hid in the wooden house and started giving birth, there was no need for Xia Yadi to run over and ask for help. All the orcs of the Lili tribe, except those who were taking care of their cubs, ran to the entrance of the village and surrounded the entire wooden house like an iron barrel.

In the woods outside the village, countless wild beasts, attracted by the smell of a newborn, were lurking, quietly waiting for a great battle to begin.

Among those guys who covet the orc newborns, there are not only carnivorous animals, but also some herbivorous animals that originally only ate grass. However, the temptation of the orc newborns is too great, and it attracts them all.

Chi Li knew that his original body had strong defense, so he simply transformed into a beast. He used his largest body to forcefully surround the entire wooden house and protect it under his body.

Her beast form is huge and is still growing. Now, it is nearly 100 meters long, and its body diameter has reached a terrifying 3 meters.

Ever since she mastered the skill of changing size at will, Chi Li seldom showed her true body shape anymore, so much so that even her own people seldom saw her true beast form. When she revealed it at this moment, it not only severely frightened the orcs of the Xiayati tribe, but also scared the people of her own tribe.

Although everything in this world grows very big, the fear of giants is engraved in the genes of living things. If they didn't know that this giant creature is the head of their family, they would have run away by now.

If this thing were an enemy, there would be no way to defeat it, so it’s better to run away. Maybe there is still a chance to survive.

In silence, everyone unconsciously stepped back. Even the two couples who were giving birth inside the house felt a little uneasy. Chi Li still spoke out helplessly.

"Don't be afraid."

These two short words spoken from the mouth of this legendary beast were so gentle and reassuring that everyone calmed down and could not stop praising the mighty and domineering beast form of their own clan leader/other clan leaders.

"Don't be so talkative, and be alert."

Chi Li reminded everyone that the real danger was still lurking in the dark, so don't be careless and give the enemy an opportunity.

Everyone then quieted down and became alert again, showing their sharpest claws to anyone who might threaten the newborn cubs.

The smell of blood in the cabin became stronger and stronger.

Chi Li could only estimate that about half a day had passed and the production inside was gradually coming to an end. When the first cry sounded, it represented the clarion call for the charge.

It was not known who initiated the attack first, but in just a few seconds, the orcs and the beasts were engaged in a fierce battle.

Unlike the previous battle with the jackals, today's battle is a real life-and-death fight. It's either you die or I die. There is absolutely no room for retreat.