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The sky, which had been gloomy for several days, finally cleared up completely, and the sun was shining brightly outside, as if it were another world. The orcs of the Wood Tribe came out of the cave of the Salt Tribe and waded through the water to check on the tribe where they had lived for a long time.

The heavy city gate made of giant trees was pushed open, and the orcs couldn't help but tear up when they saw the scene inside.

Broken branches and leaves were floating on the water. Their favorite mud houses had long been knocked down and collapsed by the flood, leaving no trace of their former appearance.

The work places of other teams were also washed away by the flood, and the workers' dormitories and cabins outside the city were all destroyed.

When they were about to leave the tribe with their baskets on their backs, the orcs of the Wood Tribe were not sad, nor were they too panicked by the terrifying sound of the rushing flood. Instead, now, after everything has calmed down, they feel sad and panicked when they look at their destroyed homes.

The feeling of losing something important was too much for them to bear for a while.

Even the orcs of higher levels couldn't help crying.

The home that made them feel happy is gone.

The orcs who were low-level and working in various teams were almost overwhelmed by the sadness in their hearts. They were unable to do anything because of their low orc levels. After working in the team, they realized for the first time that they were so useful.

So what if they are of low rank? They built the land of the tribe, they built the mud houses, they made the furniture, and they cooked the meat.

But now, it's all gone.

The places where they could prove their worth were all washed away by water.

Shen Nong looked at the dirty and turbid water below, sitting in Dahei's palm, and preparing himself mentally. He heard the weeping of the tribesmen, and after a closer look, he found that the orcs who had come before were now standing in the water and crying. "What are you crying for?"

An orc sobbed, "Wuwuwu, Priest, our tribe is gone. Wuwuwu."

Shen Nong patted Dahei's palm, signaling Dahei to put him down. Dahei bent down, Shen Nong held Dahei's palm, gritted his teeth and put his feet into the water.

He gritted his teeth and said, "As long as we are in the tribe, we will be fine. It's just that if the house is gone, there's nothing to worry about. We can just build another one."

After finally standing firm, Shen Nong glanced at the orcs who were stunned by his words and said with a smile: "Let's build a better one this time, the kind that can't be washed away by floods."

"Yes! We'll build a better one this time!"

"It can't be washed away by floods!"

"Our food-making team's canteen must also be built!"

"Our brick-making team wants it too!"

“And our pottery team!”

The depressed atmosphere was instantly dispelled, the orcs' emotions were aroused, and they scrambled to build better houses.

The Mu tribe is located at a relatively low altitude, with a lot of water. Shen Nong sat on Dahei's body and directed Dahei to move around. The water level was very low in some places, and there was no water at all in some places.

Shen Nong asked Shen San and Shen San to start drawing a blueprint based on the observed terrain. As soon as the specific route was determined, he immediately led the tribesmen to dig ditches for drainage. Fortunately, Shen Yi had made a lot of farm tools with iron before, which could be used now, and the speed was much faster than digging by hand.

Shen Nong gave the job of supervision to Shen San, who knew more and could respond quickly if any mistakes were made or if there were better ways.

Shen Nong was not idle either. The terrain of the Mu tribe was not suitable for living. The Mu tribe settled there before because they could not get other good places. And the best place in this area was where the Salt Department was.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shen Nong decided to move the Mu tribe to another location.

He had no plans to move the previous location, as the land there was still very fertile, and he was going to turn it into farmland and livestock areas. He also had no plans to move the military guards, so he could also take a look at the farmland and livestock areas.

The system mall cannot store living things, and Shen Nong cannot take away the crops he has planted, as they are all still in the fields.

He went to take a look and found that the crops were not washed away because of the mountain as a buffer. But now they were all soaked in water.

But as long as it's not washed away, his supernatural power can be saved, but the taste may not be as good.

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The mountain wind saw that the rain had completely stopped and the sun even came out, so he led his people down the mountain. Following the route he remembered, he groped his way all the way and finally reached the tribe, but he could not see anything except water.

If the surrounding environment had not changed, Shanfeng would really have thought that he had gone to the wrong place.

"The tribe is not habitable yet. Let's go back to the mountain and wait until the water dries up before coming down." Shan Feng sighed.

It was hot in the summer. Although it was very humid due to the rain before, the temperature was relatively not that high. More than a dozen orcs were crowded in a cave and could still catch their breath.

But now the sun above our heads was so bright that it looked as if it would roast people to death. If they were to stay in the cave for two days as before, I was afraid that some orcs would die of heat or suffocation.

Shan Feng naturally knew the consequences of this, but he had no choice. "If it doesn't rain, people can live outside the cave."

Song Shan said solemnly: "We don't have fire. Sleeping outside the cave may attract wild animals."

Shan Feng weakly raised his head to look at the sun above his head. His eyes closed due to the sting. He rubbed his eyes and turned his back. "Looking at the sky, there shouldn't be thunder in the short term."

The tribe had protected their fire very well, but no one expected the rain to last so long. Their fire was extinguished the night before they went up the mountain because they did not have enough dry wood.

Because of the heavy rain and flood, we did not encounter any ferocious beasts in the mountains. But now that the rain has stopped, it is hard to say what will happen if we go up the mountains again.

The orcs of the mountain tribe all had bitter expressions on their faces. They changed from praying for the rain to stop quickly to praying for thunder to come soon to give them fire.

Those orc tribes that did not leave early are now looking for their people who were washed away by the flood.

"I'm so hungry. I want to eat meat." The young orc with vine patterns on his face covered his stomach and sat down on a big rock by the road. He sighed softly, "We haven't eaten meat for two days."

Another taller orc glanced at the sun, stretched out his hand and pulled the man up from the stone, "Hurry up and find it, the sun will be even hotter later, and we won't be able to walk on the road."

The other party did not refute. He took a deep breath and stood up. His stomach rumbled from time to time.

I'm so hungry.

On the way to find orcs from their own tribe, the two would occasionally run into orcs from other tribes who were looking for orcs. At first, they looked for themselves, but later they started asking each other. However, even so, the chance of finding orcs was very low.

The young orc from the Vine Tribe who was yelling about being hungry suddenly twitched his nose vigorously, patted the tall orc's arm, and said happily: "Do you smell meat? It smells really good!"

He sniffed it carefully again and confirmed: "It's the smell of pickled meat!"

The tall orc moved to the side and looked in the direction where the meat aroma came from. "It came from the Salt Department."

"Salt Department? Isn't there no one in the Salt Department?"

"It should be the people from the Wood Tribe who are inside. The territories of the Salt Tribe and the Cannibals are now theirs. The orcs from other tribes don't have the courage to go in." The tall orc replied.

When the Wood Tribe was mentioned, both of them fell silent. Previously, the Wood Tribe's priests had sent orcs to their tribe, saying that there might be a flood and asked them to evacuate in advance.

But no one in their tribe listened, not only the priests did not listen, but they also felt that there was nothing to avoid. There was just more water, and it was not easy to live in the cave, but everything else was no different from usual.

No one expected that this flood would be so severe.

"If we had listened to the Wood Tribe, maybe we wouldn't be like this now." Fox Five said, holding his stomach, and turned his head away, "Let's go, Lu Ten, this smell is too good. If you don't leave now, I'm afraid I will rush over. Then you will have to collect my body for me."

Lu Shi didn't look at it any more and followed Fox Five in the opposite direction.

From day to night, the two searched many places, but did not find a single tribesman. Instead, they found many corpses of orcs from other tribes, which made them feel heavy-hearted, especially Fox Five, whose father and mother were also washed away by the flood.

The tribe had been destroyed and could no longer be inhabited. The two returned to the cave that the tribe used to hide from the flood, and it was pitch black inside.

There were limited caves, and the orcs were assigned which caves to live in according to their levels. However, there were too many level 2 orc warriors, so the caves couldn't accommodate them all. So the two of them stayed in a cave that was a little cheaper and had a worse environment.

The cave was inhabited by injured old people and children from the beginning. They all struggled to get out of the flood. Everyone had injuries, some had their flesh scraped off by branches, some had their feet stuck in sharp rocks, and some had their heads hit by boulders, with blood flowing from their heads.

Fox Five admired them very much. They had no advantage in age and were injured. These injuries didn't seem serious, but they were really painful. But even so, they survived the flood tenaciously.

This also made Fox Five think that his father and mother were so powerful, they must be fine. It's just that they haven't been found yet, they must be alive and well somewhere.

Gurgle. Gurgle.

The two voices came one after the other, with no difference in pitch.

Fox Five and Deer Ten both held their stomachs. They hadn't eaten anything the whole day, so their stomachs were rumbling with hunger.

But now it was too late, and they had nowhere to find food. They could only go into the cave to sleep first, otherwise they would be caught by wild animals as prey.

Before entering the cave, Fox Five licked his lips and said greedily to Deer Ten, "The meat from the Wood Tribe is so delicious. Now that the rain has stopped, we should be able to hunt some small prey in the forest. Let's go hunting tomorrow. The people in the cave haven't had meat for a long time. We should hunt more and give them some to eat."

The flood came suddenly, and the Vine Tribe did not take the Wood Tribe's words to heart and were not prepared at all.

All the meat they traded was washed away by the water.

Even the two level 2 orc warriors Lu Shi and Hu Wu had not had any meat to eat for two days and could only find edible grass and tree bark in the mountains to fill their stomachs.

For those who were not injured, hunger was unbearable. The injured old people and children in the cave must have been in great pain too.

Lu Shi nodded, "We have to go early tomorrow. We still have to go out to look for our tribesmen. The priest will be unhappy if we are late."

Fox Five smiled and stepped into the cave, "Okay, I'll have more energy to look for my father and mother after I'm full."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Wu felt something soft under his feet. He quickly raised his foot, took a step back, squatted down and felt around with his hands.

It's a hand.

Fox Five smiled and pulled it up, "Hey, you're really patient. I kicked you hard just now, but you didn't even scream? Doesn't it hurt?"

The other party did not respond, and Fox Five realized that the arm he was holding was very stiff. His smile froze on his face, and Fox Five slowly loosened his hand, took a deep breath, and asked tremblingly: "How many people are still alive here?"

No one answered.

Fox Five asked twice more without giving up, but still no response.

Lu Shi was overwhelmed by the silence and walked out of the cave with gritted teeth. He raised his head, trying to see the bright moon hanging high in the sky through the thick shadows of the trees.

Fox Five came out with red eyes and whispered, "I was just thinking about getting up early tomorrow to go hunting. Why can't I wait one more day and at least eat something before leaving?"

Lu Shi lowered his head. "It's no use feeding them. They are either too old or too young, and their injuries are too severe. If they don't die today, they will die tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"If the priests had treated them instead of leaving them in the cave to die, would they still have died?"

Fox Five's words made Lu Shi a little flustered, but he quickly regained his composure, "You are still young and don't understand. All tribes would do the same thing when faced with such a situation. No priest in any tribe would treat the elderly and orphans. It's just like when the tribe hunts, the food is only distributed to the elderly and orphans in the cave."

Lu Shi finally emphasized: "All tribes are like this."

Fox Five really didn't understand. His parents were the most powerful orcs in the tribe's hunting team. From childhood to adulthood, he had little contact with the elders of the tribe and those children without parents. Because his parents would train him every day, after a day of training, he had no intention of doing anything else.

Just want to eat meat and sleep.

In the second year after his awakening, he was promoted to a Level 2 Orc Warrior. This speed of advancement was unprecedented among all the orcs. The priests and the clan leader treated him very well.

If it weren't for this flood, it might have taken Fox Five a long time before he came into contact with these elderly people and orphaned children.

Fox Five wanted to ask Lu Ten, what would happen if they got old? Would they be like these old people, with their meat always being the last to be divided, and if they got hurt they would be left in the cave to die.

It was not even clear in the end whether he died of starvation or illness.

Fox Five didn't ask these questions in the end. He had a vague answer in his mind, but he didn't dare to admit it.

"Is it really like this in every tribe?" Fox Five asked softly.

Lu Shi was very sure this time, "Yes, all tribes are like this."