Traveling through the world of beasts: The beast husband is crazy about love and becomes addicted to

The caves in the back mountains were in chaos, filled with the groans of wounded orcs and the cries of females. Those who were uninjured were helping the wounded; Lin Zhi was busy as a bee, and finally, the medicine was distributed.

She leaned against the stone wall, and Yunying was carefully wiping the grime off her arms with a damp animal hide, speaking softly.

"You're not hurt, are you?"

Yunying was very close, her breath brushing against her neck.

"I was so worried, I was afraid you'd get entangled in those ghostly vines."

Before Lin Zhi could speak, Ji Xing rushed in, covered in dust, his eyes red: "Are you alright?"

He reached out to touch her, then pulled back, thinking his hands were too dirty. Finally, frustrated, he paced back and forth.

What exactly happened?

Alvin was also puzzled, but his tone remained relatively calm.

"The plants have all retreated, and they've retreated very neatly, unlike a natural phenomenon."

Jing Xie used his skill to go out for a while before returning. He strolled in slowly, leaned against the cave entrance, and spoke in a sinister tone.

"I sent Scorpion to patrol the area. The surrounding tribes only had a few trees broken or a pile of rocks collapsed, but we were the only ones who were almost wiped out."

Ah Xun, being older, was clearly struggling with such intense fighting and retreat; his voice, low with exhaustion, trailed off as he spoke with a hint of confusion.

"Could it be that the Beast God has brought down his wrath?"

"Get lost!" Ji Xing interrupted abruptly. He hated Ah Xun's occasional rambling and said bluntly, "Is the Beast God bored? Is he specifically targeting our tribe to smash things?"

Yunying couldn't help but say, "Ji Xing, calm down and let Xun finish."

Ji Xing turned her back angrily and sulked.

Alvin was also a little annoyed. Being beaten up like this was no fun for anyone, so he stepped between the two.

"The important question is, what if this thing comes back next time?"

Lin Zhi rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. She was filthy and wished she could take a bath. She glanced around at the surrounding orcs, figuring it was impossible, and said helplessly.

"You went head-to-head with those things, honestly, do you think you had a chance of winning?"

The cave suddenly fell silent.

Jing Xie looked troubled; this was a rare expression on his face, except when he was pursuing Lin Zhi. However, he didn't hide it anymore and spoke directly.

"Very difficult"

Ji Xing's expression darkened further, and he forced out through gritted teeth, "There are simply too many of them; we can't kill them all. Unless we can find the source controlling them."

"The source?" Ah Xun, still unwilling to give up, brought up metaphysics again. "What if it really is a beast god?"

"Then let's go fight the Beast God, a duel!" Ji Xing slammed his fist on the stone wall, shaking off a few wisps of dust. "We can't just sit here and wait to die."

Lin Zhi sighed, and suddenly she felt a cool, itchy sensation along with a slight rustling sound at her ankle.

She instinctively looked down and saw a dark brown scorpion gently rubbing its stinger against her skin.

"what!"

Lin Zhi was terrified. She screamed and almost instinctively jumped to the side, landing directly in Yun Ying's arms.

Yunying was startled by her sudden movement, but reacted quickly, immediately reaching out to steadily lift her up in his arms and stand up. At the same time, a fierce look flashed across his face as he swept his gaze across the ground. Seeing the culprit, the scorpion, he was extremely displeased, raising his foot and kicking the scorpion several steps away, scolding it...

"Jing Xie, keep your scorpions under control, Lin Zhi is terrified."

Jing Xie, who had been leaning against the cave wall watching Ji Xing's outburst, was startled by the sight. He immediately stood up straight and saw Lin Zhi's pale face, clinging tightly to Yun Ying's neck. His heart tightened, and he shouted at the daring little scorpion who had run out to keep watch.

"Get out of here!"

The scorpion seemed to understand its owner's displeasure, and quickly and silently slithered into the shadows of the crack in the rock, disappearing from sight.

Once she was sure the terrifying thing was completely gone, Lin Zhi, still shaken, patted her chest and gestured for Yun Ying to put her down. After landing safely, she took a deep breath and brought her thoughts back to the present moment.

"I have a bad feeling." "Those plants won't just let it go; they might attack us again. If they come again, can we hold them off?"

Ji Xing has a solution, but it might sacrifice the entire tribe.

"Again? Everyone's injured and exhausted,"

He surveyed the wounded beastmen, some sitting, some lying down, and slightly opened his mouth.

"If I activate a special skill, maybe I can eliminate them."

Heaven collapse? !

Elwin instantly thought Ji Xing was too reckless. He was joking; Ji Xing's special skill, "Collapse of Heaven and Earth," meant that people probably couldn't even run away from it, and an entire area would be wiped out.

"Don't panic. Linzhi's premonition was right, but in our current state, if another large-scale attack comes, we really don't have the strength to fight back. We might as well wait and recover our strength, then prepare some fire and just burn it all down. After all, plants are afraid of fire."

Jing Xie also composed himself.

"I've considered using fire, but if it doesn't burn completely for a long time, it'll become a mobile fire source. Let's put that aside for now and focus on recovery. The medicine in Linzhi is amazing; many orcs will be mostly recovered by tomorrow."

Mentioning injuries and medicine, Lin Zhi suddenly remembered, "That's right, healing water."

"Oh no! I almost forgot, Xun, what about the healing water I got from Guo Xiaoxiao? I remember giving it to you, right? Did you take it with you when we retreated?"

That's a precious resource for quickly recovering from injuries!!!

Upon hearing this, Ah Xun's face immediately showed an expression of regret and sorrow.

"It's gone, all gone. It was in that big stone vat in the corner of my stone house. Now, my stone house is probably just a pile of rubble, and the healing water must be turned to ash too."

Ah, what a pity. Lin Zhi's heart sank again. If she had known where she put it when she went to Ah Xun's stone house, she would have taken it with her. After all, it was not easy to bring it back from the other side of the mainland.

Ji Xing forced himself to calm down and finally began to consider the problem rationally.

"Going back to where we were is definitely out of the question, too dangerous. Who knows if those monsters are lurking nearby? The back mountain is high up, easy to defend and difficult to attack. For now, we have no choice but to stay here."

then

"But food is a problem. We didn't bring much food, and with so many females, we can't let them go hungry."

"We can't send everyone back. Send a team of agile orcs who aren't seriously injured to sneak back to the tribe with me. Although the caves and stone houses we used to live in were destroyed, much of the dried meat we stored was buried underground or in sturdy stone cellars. Some of it should still be intact. If we dig it up, it should be enough to last us for a few days."

Lin Zhi, who had been thinking of Ji Xing, nodded with satisfaction.

"That's right, Ji Xing, you should rest for a bit before you go, don't stay out too late."

"Okay," Ji Xing agreed and immediately turned to select the candidates.

In no time, they selected a dozen or so lightly injured and swift two- and three-star ring orcs.

Ji Xing gave a deep, resonant command to the assembled orcs.

"Move quickly, grab the food and water and leave immediately without stopping. If anything seems amiss, retreat immediately."

"it is good"

Led by Ji Xing, the group quickly slipped out of the cave behind the mountain and made their way towards the ruins of the tribal settlement.

Inside the cave, Linzhi and the others waited anxiously. Time ticked by, and they grew increasingly worried.

Jingxie dispatched several small scorpions to guard the cave entrance, while Elwin and Yunying stayed close to Linzhi, protecting their females at the first sign of any unusual activity.

Several hours later, just as Lin Zhi was about to send Jing Xie to investigate, a noise came from the cave entrance.

"They're back," the orc on lookout whispered.

Ji Xing led the beastmen who had gone out into the world in. Each of them carried a bundle of animal hides filled with smoked jerky and some water hyacinths that had been lucky enough to survive. Although they looked a bit dusty and dirty, there was a hint of relief in their eyes.

Ji Xing put down the package and gave instructions to the person.

"Distribute the food and water."

The arrival of food temporarily dispelled the panic in the cave, and the orcs began to distribute jerky and water in an orderly manner. Being able to fill their stomachs had already restored a lot of their morale.

Ji Xing carefully selected the best-looking piece of dried meat and prepared to hand it to Lin Zhi.

Just then, a weak voice, tinged with a sense of entitlement, rang out.

"Brother, give it to me, I want the tenderest piece."

Ji Xi, who had been lying on the straw mat in the corner, had woken up at some point. Her face was pale, but her eyes still held their usual spoiled air as she stared intently at the bag of jerky that Ji Xing had just lifted up, which looked to be of the highest quality.

Lin Zhi couldn't help but roll her eyes. Her vitality was truly tenacious; she woke up at just the right time, and her eyesight was unbelievably good.

However, she couldn't be bothered to argue with a seriously injured person. In this critical moment, she didn't want to have any conflict with Ji Xing because of her, so she said curtly...

"Give it to her, so she doesn't disturb other people's rest."

A hint of embarrassment and complexity flashed across Ji Xing's face. He glanced at Lin Zhi, then at his sister, whose face was filled with expectation and even a touch of grievance. In the end… after much hesitation, he didn't dare give the bag he was holding to Ji Xi. Instead, he grabbed another bag of dried meat—enough for several people to share—and walked over.

"Here, eat quietly with her."

The male was quite embarrassed when the jerky was handed to Jixi, as it felt like he was stealing something from a female.

Ji Xi took the jerky and began to chew it with difficulty, muttering complaints as he went, "Why is it so hard... where's the water...?"

However, Ji Xi had only taken a few bites and hadn't even had a chance to drink water when the mutation occurred again.

"rustling"

"What's that sound outside...?"

An orc near the cave entrance suddenly pricked up his ears and whispered nervously.

The previously relaxed atmosphere instantly tensed up again.

Alvin and Jingxie simultaneously flashed to the edge of the cave entrance, cautiously peering out, while Yunying immediately shielded Linzhi behind her.

The orc on guard outside the cave immediately relayed the message inside: something strange was happening outside.

"There's noise, wake up!"

In the distance, the forest, which had seemed relatively calm in the night, stirred once more. The tall trees moved without wind, their branches twisting and swaying. On the ground, dense vines spread like a tide towards the back of the mountain, seemingly moving faster than before, as if determined to reach their destination.

"Here we go again," a young orc said menacingly.