But Shen Nong had no choice and lay down directly on the ground, where the cold and dampness would be bad for her health.
Shen Nong understood the principle that possessing a treasure is a crime, and his use of his special abilities to save people this time was also intended as an experiment.
Let's see if the Wood Tribe truly respects him or if they will harbor resentment after he shows such differences.
"System, I remember you have a defense mode, right? Activate it now. If the Wood Tribe makes any unusual moves, annihilate them."
Defense mode is a layer of personal protection provided by the system to the host. This function can only be activated when the host is unconscious, with defense as the primary function and strangulation as a secondary function.
Everything depends on the host's wishes.
Shen Nong met the activation requirements at this moment. The system directly started the program, set the execution command requested by Shen Nong, and then confirmed: "Host, are you sure you want to strangle her?"
"I've gone to this state to save them. If they still harbor resentment towards me, why not kill them and let them live?" Shen Nong muttered before losing consciousness. "If they really have resentment, and I don't kill them, I'll be the one who dies..."
The interstellar era in which he lived was not peaceful; otherwise, everyone wouldn't be equipped with a gun. Having been an orphan since childhood, Shen Nong always understood the rules of survival.
...
Shen Nong was awakened by the glaring sunlight. After regaining consciousness, she got up and stretched her limbs.
I slept on the ground all night and my whole body aches.
He was also glad that he had transmigrated to summer. Although his superpower could quickly restore his body to its best condition, it could not keep him from getting cold.
The system confirmed that Shen Nong was in normal condition and began to report the situation of the Wood Tribe when he was unconscious: "Because they ate a lot at night, not to mention any unusual activity, the people of the Wood Tribe slept almost as soundly as you."
The system conjured a chibi-style figure, smirking with disdain, "I activated the defense system, and this is all you get?"
It thought it would witness a primitive battle, but the night was uneventful, and all its excitement was for nothing.
Shen Nong was very satisfied with the result; at least he didn't need to switch to another tribe to complete the system's tasks.
Shen Nong didn't buy candy with her infrastructure points before. Instead, she negotiated with the system and exchanged for several sets of toiletries and enough change of underwear, which she stored in the system warehouse.
After a quick wash, Shen Nong went to check on Yang Lei and Yang Dian's injuries.
Both of their wounds are healing well, and they are currently experiencing some fever, but there is no danger to their lives.
"Priest." Hu Xiao entered from outside, his fear of Shen Nong's use of the Beast God's power yesterday growing stronger. "We captured a member of the Ze tribe yesterday. Do you want to go and see him?"
Shen Nong could sense the other party's fear, and upon careful consideration, she realized it was probably related to his special ability.
It was fear, not curiosity.
It seems he has once again inadvertently become involved with some strange forces in this world.
"When did you go to the Ze tribe to arrest people?" Shen Nong asked, somewhat puzzled. Didn't the system say that the Mu tribe hadn't made any unusual moves last night?
“We didn’t go to the Ze tribe; he came to the Mu tribe on his own.”
Hu Xiao explained, "He was the one who carried Yang Lei and Yang Dian through. Tu Feng asked him what happened, but he wouldn't say anything. Tu Feng got angry and ordered someone to grab him and ask him. But he just wouldn't say anything, and a whole night passed without him saying a word."
"Tu Feng has decided to beat him up today and make him talk."
Not speaking? Is he mute?
If he's truly mute, then he'll never be able to speak, no matter what.
Shen Nong said, "Take me to see it."
Shen Nong subconsciously assumed that the person who could carry both Yang Lei and Yang Dian all the way to the Mu tribe was a burly man.
But considering the orcs' extraordinary strength, it's at least as great as a tiger's roar.
So when Shen Nong arrived at the place and saw a skinny little devil huddled at the base of a tree, surrounded by seven or eight people from the Wood Tribe, she was a little surprised.
It wasn't people from the Jianze tribe.
Where are they?
"Priest, it's him." Hu Xiao pointed directly to the person Shen Nong had initially ignored. "It's that boy."
Shen Nong once again demonstrated the orcs' strength; their size and power were truly disproportionate.
The boy finally reacted when he heard the word "priest".
He raised his head, his gaze sharp and fierce, like a beast about to pounce and bite Shen Nong to death.
Shen Nong looked into the boy's eyes and was slightly taken aback.
That look in your eyes is really fierce.
The boy's face was covered in blood, and his hair was matted into clumps, dirty and smelly.
Shen Nong lifted the boy's chin and carefully examined his face before realizing that the boy in front of her was the one she had encountered during the hunt.
Shen Nong stared into the boy's sharp gaze and asked, "What's your name?"
The contrast between the fair, clean fingertips and the dirty, dark skin was striking, and the familiar warmth from his chin soothed the boy's emotions.
The boy's nose twitched slightly; he smelled a very pleasant scent.
Refreshing and clean.
It came from the person in front of me who was radiating light.
He was not a priest of the Ze tribe, but a priest of the Mu tribe.
As the boy thought this, the fierceness in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced by calm and clear gaze.
He stared intently at the person standing in front of him, whose voice was as melodious as a stream, and said his name, "Ze".
Shen Nong took out a handkerchief to wipe his fingertips. It was a piece of cloth from his pants, which he had specially kept as a handkerchief when bandaging someone.
On the surface, he continued to ask why the young sheep, Lei Yang and Dian Yang, were injured, but in his mind he was typing on the system, trying to figure out which "ze" the system was.
The system sent a little glutinous rice ball figure with a wooden sign on top that read "Choose".
Ze replied succinctly, "The cannibals attacked the Ze tribe, and they encountered them."
Shen Nong frowned; it was cannibals again.
The Wood Tribe and the Ze Tribe live very close to each other, and the Wood Tribe has been attacked by cannibals many times. It seems that we need to find a way to completely eliminate this threat.
"Ask them again after Yang Lei and Yang Dian wake up. If it's the same as what they said, release them and let them return to the Ze tribe on their own."
After Shen Nong finished speaking, she was about to leave, but her hand was grabbed.
A warm touch came from her skin. Shen Nong looked down and saw a dirty little paw.
It's horrible. It's filthy.
Cannibals are something others would want to get rid of, but for Ze, they are something that gave him a new lease on life.
“I won’t go back to the tribe.” He looked up at the beautiful priestess and said firmly, “Please let me stay here.”
Ze knew that the tribe only recruited awakened orc warriors or women.
But he was neither an orc warrior nor a woman, and he continued somewhat uneasily, "I am very strong and can protect you."
Shen Nong suppressed his slight discomfort and let the other person hold his hand.
He actually welcomes new members to the tribe, as the Wood tribe has too few people and is short-handed for many things.
However, when the short and thin boy in front of her said he could protect her, Shen Nong couldn't help but want to laugh.
But he never undermines other people's confidence; he usually lets them face reality by hitting a wall.
So Shen Nong said, "Okay, you protect me."
Chapter 6 Orc Awakening
High-Latitude Intellectually Disabled Creatures (Revised)
The shaped bowls, plates, and jars had almost dried in the shade. Shen Nong carefully placed them into the fire to roast, and had someone watch over them.
The hunting party was going out hunting, so Tiger Roar didn't stay behind to practice making fire by rubbing sticks together.
Tu Feng took over from him, practicing until he was covered in sweat, but he also failed to grasp the technique, relying only on brute force to move.
There was some food left from yesterday; if the hunting party didn't catch enough game today, the remaining amount would barely be enough to fill their stomachs.
Therefore, Shen Nong's plan to continue the hunt today and go out with the gathering team to search for herbs can only be postponed.
He stopped hunting after killing one large prey this time. Now that there are no infrastructure points to exchange for bullets and laser energy, he has to use them sparingly.
Large prey need to venture deeper into the forest; once past the forest, they will find a field.
That area is frequented by large prey, and the people of the Wood Tribe rarely come here, because even if they did, they wouldn't be able to defeat them.
They are also likely to be attacked by large, social animals, and become their prey.
The hunting party began to transform into beast forms and dashed away with lightning speed.
Although Shen Nong had seen it once, he still couldn't help but be amazed.
When the hunting party lured over a large animal that looked a lot like an elephant, Shen Nong suppressed his curiosity, raised his gun, aimed, and waited for the beast to enter his firing range.
The red laser projectiles flew out like fireballs and pierced into the giant beast's body.
The intense heat scalded the area around the wound, killing the patient instantly.
The prey let out a screech and then crashed to the ground with a thud, causing a slight tremor in the ground.
The hunting party members, now in human form, looked at their prey, which was as big as a small mountain, with a somewhat bewildered expression. Was it really over?
In the past, if they wanted to hunt such large animals, they would have to hunt from sunrise to sunset, and not only that, they would also suffer serious injuries.
Today, they transformed into human form and ran around in circles.
The hunt was over.
An indescribable emotion welled up in the hearts of the hunting team members, and they stared intently at Shen Nong, who was carefully wiping the gun.
Orc warriors should be like priests!
It's a large animal that it attacks.
This prey was huge; according to Shen Nong's observation, it was more than twice the size of the largest mammoth in their interstellar space.
Shen Nong was worried about how to bring such a large prey back, as the hunting team only had eighteen people.
Even if their superhuman strength is not comparable to that of ordinary people, the prey is really too big; eighteen people definitely cannot carry it back.