Chapter 611 - 3: Cannon Fodder Bootlicker in the Beast World Farming Novel (Part 3)
As for the original host, due to a misjudgment and delayed evacuation that led to tribespeople being killed, she was severely punished by the leader once again.
This punishment was harsher than before and happened during the dreaded winter of the Beastman Clan.
In winter, food is scarce, males need to frequently go out hunting, while females prepare food and take care of the young within the territory.
The original host was already injured and missed several hunting trips, Hei Yao took the initiative to bring her food, based on past friendship.
When Mu Mianmian found out about this, she remained calm but internally despised the original host, thinking it shameless to cling to someone who clearly liked someone else.
So, she initiated a reform, distributing food based on the principle of more work, more reward, in a point-scoring format.
Going out to hunt, ten points.
Guarding the young, three points.
Sewing clothes, one point.
And so on, every seven days food was distributed based on points. She promoted this as being fair to everyone and more reasonable than the previous equal distribution.
Thus, the original host, lacking enough points, could not earn sufficient food for sustenance, and was driven by hunger to join the hunting team despite being weak and ill.
"What you just witnessed was the scene leading up to encountering a herd of wild buffaloes. Wild buffaloes are one of the most deadly creatures on this continent; the Wolf Clan dares not confront them directly. During the escape, the original host was trampled by them, and upon returning, succumbed to her injuries."
Subsequent storylines involve the heroine and hero continuously reforming within the tribe, overthrowing waves of conservative forces, leading the tribe toward strength and illumination, with civilization and technology rapidly advancing.
Interwoven are the heroine’s love entanglements with other Beast Clans, including but not limited to the Snake Clan, Fox Clan, Eagle Clan, Tiger Clan...
"It’s always a plot where everyone loves the heroine, and the heroine loves her career."
Jiang Lai nodded, taking a deep breath despite the pain on her body.
"I feel like I’m dying."
The original host indeed died at this moment, Jiang Lai came, but couldn’t change the fact of her grave injuries.
Little Buding hesitated for a while.
"The difficulty of this world is really high, sending you here now basically sets you up for a task failure."
After thinking it over, Little Buding rummaged through his inventory.
None of these things were of much use to Jiang Lai.
Watching Jiang Lai’s life slipping away faster and faster, Little Buding gritted his teeth and looked at his painstakingly saved points.
One hundred thousand points can be exchanged for a blood-replenishing pack.
Through so many worlds, he saved exactly one hundred thousand and eight hundred points with great difficulty.
Gritting his teeth and stomping his foot, he clicked redeem.
Ding-dong, redemption successful.
Years of effort turned into a small red potion.
Damn black-hearted merchants!
Before Jiang Lai fell into unconsciousness, she heard Little Buding’s voice gnashing with anger.
"A hundred thousand! A hundred thousand! You better work hard and earn back my hundred thousand soon."
When she woke up again, Jiang Lai could no longer feel the pain on her body. Upon opening her eyes, the glaring light made her squint.
"Awake?"
"Mm."
The original host’s voice was very hoarse, and when she adjusted to the sunlight, she reopened her eyes and lifted her arm, examining her hands carefully.
Indeed, they were much sturdier than those of human females, but not as coarse as she imagined. On the contrary, her skin had a healthy sheen to it, carrying a primitive wild gloss.
"Stop admiring, listen to the task."
"Okay, go ahead."
"The original host has a strong sense of belonging to the Beastman Clan. She believes it’s her fault her tribespeople lost their territory, so the first task is to expand the Wolf Clan and seize more land.
The second task, the original host hopes to win Hei Yao’s love."
"Isn’t the original host a little dim-witted?"
Jiang Lai ruthlessly ridiculed.
Little Buding sighed.
"We’re all just trying to make a living; the higher-ups issued the task, and I can’t do anything about it. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to; a slightly lower task completion rate isn’t a big deal."
Little Buding also found the task somewhat distasteful.
"Alright, let me give you a skill reward first."
He’s no longer pretending, not bothering with any flashy rituals; whatever is available, as long as Jiang Lai can use it, that’s fine.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the title of: Farming Prodigy!
Every seed you plant has a 100% germination rate.
Bonus reward, twenty kinds of vegetable and fruit seeds.
The skill and reward have been issued, please check."
"Hmm, great, a chef in the last world, and a farmer in this one."
"The idea of a farming wolf is kind of cool."
Jiang Lai rolled her eyes, now holding a large bag of seeds, already sorted.
She doesn’t like labor, only wants to lie around.
——
At this critical moment, after the Wolf Clan’s defeat, they are recuperating and recovering during winter.
Jiang Lai surveyed the surroundings, finding herself lying in a treehouse, with a large hole in the roof allowing sunlight to directly stream in, landing on her face.
Recently hail fell, damaging the territory, and everyone was busy repairing houses. But the original host, bedridden with serious illness, had no energy to deal with any of this.
These days, she’s been exposed to wind and rain like this.
The Wolf Clan is a tribe that respects the elderly and cherishes the young. Generally, strong tribespeople take the initiative to care for and protect the injured.
However, all of this is contingent upon the tribesperson not having committed a major mistake.
Jiang Lai, for instance, first allowed the granary seeds to be stolen, and then led the tribe into a defeat, costing a young male’s life.
This is the punishment she deserves.
Having been bedridden for days, waking again to find all her injuries healed, despite the cold weather, the high body temperature of the Wolf Clan means the tribespeople wear only the simplest animal skins even in winter.
Jiang Lai got up to move around, then nimbly flipped out of the tree with agile movements, feeling as if every part of her body could explode with immense strength.
After a brief glance around, she began to gather her things.
The animal skins in the cupboard, boots, tools for setting up tents, and dry food originally hidden in the corner by the original host, were all gathered by Jiang Lai, wrapped up in a piece of animal skin, and slung over her shoulder.
Standing atop the treehouse, it was all calm and quiet around.
The entire tribe was built against a snowy mountain, in the middle of a forest, with the melted snow water forming a small stream encircling the tribe.
Amongst towering trees, vine-clad treehouses were prevalent, and below, erected tents were used as places for dining.
Seeing Jiang Lai descend from the tree, many females left in the territory displayed expressions of surprise.
Evidently, they didn’t expect Jiang Lai to survive after being so gravely injured.
Among them was Jiang Lai’s mother, the fierce Beastman Yama, the tribe’s High Priest, responsible for the tribe’s food and clothing, medical treatment, and conducting mating ceremonies between males and females of the tribe,
She had over a dozen children, seven or eight of whom died, and Jiang Lai was just one of them.
