A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

After eating, the group from Rising Sun City began their return journey.

Since there were many orcs in the team who were unwell, their progress was not fast, but fortunately everyone was patient and persevering, and moved forward step by step.

On the way back, they first came to the cave where the supplies were hidden, and stayed there for three days, processing the sugarcane into brown sugar before continuing on their way.

After the brown sugar was made, Hu Tan and the others realized that the brown sugar they had eaten before was made in this way. They all looked incredulous.

The team of nearly 200 people worked together very quickly. After three days, they had processed 53 baskets of brown sugar, each of which could hold about 200 pieces.

Afterwards, he loaded another thirty baskets with sugarcane tops for seeds for the next year, so that he wouldn't have to go so far to make sugar.

The rest of the journey was relatively easy. Hu Yi would take Su Ling away from the main group from time to time to play around, but they would not go far and would quickly catch up with the team.

Sometimes they would set out in advance to explore the route and ensure it was safe.

After more than ten days of traveling, they had already covered most of the distance and would reach the tribe in eight or nine days.

However, these eight or nine days are not the normal distance for an adult orc to travel. If he runs at full speed, he can reach Rising Sun City in two or three days.

Although the wounds of the orcs have mostly healed, everyone brought a lot of supplies, so the speed was still slowed down a lot.

On this day, Hu Yi brought Su Ling to explore the way in advance. Along the way, they did not encounter any danger, and the surrounding environment was also quite safe.

Near noon, they came to a forest outside a mountain and decided to find a suitable place to rest for a while and have lunch.

Hu Yi carried Su Ling on his back, stopped next to a big rock, and put her down carefully.

After making sure there was no danger nearby, he immediately ran into the woods to catch an animal to solve their lunch for the day.

Su Ling put down her backpack and began to look for dry firewood outside the forest. She could start cooking when Hu Yi brought back the prey.

Not long after, she picked up a pile of dry firewood. When Su Ling straightened up, she suddenly noticed that the trunks and branches of the trees in the forest in front of her were covered with a layer of white substance.

Just now, she was far away and did not observe carefully, so she thought that the trees were of this color and might be a species she had never seen before.

But now when she got closer, she realized that this was not the case. There were still some gaps on the trunk, revealing the original gray-brown body of the tree.

Su Ling looked at the white substance and felt that it was very familiar, but she couldn't remember what it was. She slowly approached them.

When she got closer, she found that the tree trunk was covered with a thick layer of cotton-like substance.

Su Ling picked up a branch from the ground and gently poked the white things, trying to poke some off to see what they were.

She was surprised to find that the white things were tightly attached to the tree and were not easy to remove, and they did not seem to be dangerous at all.

So she boldly reached out her hand and touched it gently, and it felt smooth.

This familiar feeling became stronger and stronger, but Su Ling just couldn't remember what these white things were. She frowned and fell into deep thought.

At this moment, a deep and attractive voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Why are you here?"

Su Ling was startled and turned around suddenly. She saw Hu Yi standing quietly behind her, carrying a processed prey.

Su Ling's face flushed slightly, she smiled awkwardly, and quickly explained: "I just came here to collect firewood. When I saw the white thing on the tree, I felt it was very familiar, but I just couldn't remember what it was?"

"If you can't remember, don't think about it for now. Let's go back and get something to eat. Maybe after you're full, you'll remember it." Hu Yi said lovingly.

Now that he was sure he couldn't remember it, there was no point in staying here. Su Ling nodded, "Okay, let's go back first."

Su Ling and Hu Yi took the collected firewood and returned to the place they had found earlier.

After successfully capturing the prey, Hu Yi found the nearest water source, slaughtered and cleaned the prey. Now all he had to do was roast it over the fire.

While grilling the food, Su Ling was still thinking about what the white thing was. She always felt that it was something very important and she must remember it.

After Hu Yi finished processing the animal skin, he turned around and saw Su Ling frowning in thought.

He found that the meat had not been turned over for a long time and was about to be burnt, so he walked over and took over the task of grilling the meat from Su Ling.

Then, he gently moved Su Ling out and sat where she had just sat. He took out his bone knife, cut off the burnt meat, and asked with concern, "Are you still thinking about the thing on that tree?"

Su Ling smiled awkwardly, looking at the beast meat that was almost burnt by her on the fire, and said embarrassedly: "Well, I feel that it is a very important thing, but I just missed it by a little bit."

Hu Yi frowned and said earnestly: "If you really can't remember, forget it. It's too dangerous for you to think deeply by the fire. If you are not careful, you may get burned by the fire."

Hearing Hu Yi's words, Su Ling's eyes lit up and she said excitedly: "Fire, burns, I know what it is."

Tiger Wing raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "What is it?"

"It's the white waxworm." Su Ling answered affirmatively.

"Waxworm? What is that?" Hu Yi looked confused, obviously very unfamiliar with the name.

Su Ling smiled and explained, "It is a raw material that can be made into candles. Most of the trees in this forest have a layer of wax worms, so we can definitely make a lot of wax worms."

The wax moth is an insect that secretes wax, and its secretion can be processed into candles.

This insect usually parasitizes on trees, feeds on tree sap, and secretes a white substance that covers the surface of the bark.

The breeding and use of wax worms has a long history in Blue Star, especially in ancient times. With the continuous development and maturity of wax worm breeding technology, candles have gradually become one of the important lighting tools in people's daily life.

Because the secretions of the wax insect have good flammability and stability, the candles made from it are not only bright but also long burning time, and are deeply loved by people.

With the advancement of technology and the emergence of modern lighting equipment such as electric lights, candles are no longer the main lighting tool, but they are still widely used in some special occasions such as power outages, candlelight dinners or religious ceremonies.

In addition, candles are also favored by many people because of their unique fragrance and decorativeness, and have become part of home decorations.

In short, as an ancient biological resource, the ashworm once brought light and warmth to humans; now it can once again bring light and warmth to the orcs.