Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!

Gene company.

Why does it sound somewhat familiar?

After that, Jiang Lai never mentioned it again, and Little Buding pretended nothing had happened as well, both continuing to coexist peacefully.

The smelting process of iron ore is very complex, limited by the lack of equipment and technology; Jiang Lai could only proceed with the simplest steps for testing.

First, she built a furnace out of clay, leaving an air vent on one side, then made a bellows using animal skins as described in the book. The bellows relied completely on manual operation, which was quite labor-intensive.

Fortunately, there were two strong lads in the tribe, Ayuan and Ah Hai.

Once the furnace was finished, the next task was to prepare high-quality charcoal, as the melting point of iron is over 1500 degrees, so the finest quality charcoal had to be used, coupled with the bellows to enhance the firepower for refining.

Luckily, the forest was abundant with wood, especially pine trees over a hundred years old were countless.

The iron ore had been mined, the charcoal was ready, and on a day with good weather, the charcoal and iron ore were thrown into the furnace, and finally, limestone, which is also used in brick firing, was added to aid the oxidation of iron into pure iron.

The preparations were complete, and the smelting began.

Ayuan and Ah Hai took turns using the bellows, while Jiang Lai managed the temperature, staying by the furnace every moment other than eating and sleeping, ensuring everything was on track.

Since the airflow was sufficient and the fire was strong enough, Jiang Lai estimated that after three days, the furnace could be broken open immediately, and as the high temperature dissipated gradually, she searched through the slag pile for something.

Soon, she discovered a silvery substance hidden within the slag.

This was the iron formed after melting and cooling at lower temperatures.

Jiang Lai rummaged for a while, having thrown in nearly a thousand pounds of ore, ultimately yielding around sixty pounds of iron.

She was quite satisfied.

The iron had enough hardness but lacked toughness, breaking easily under impact, hence the last step was forging.

Time and again, the iron pieces were melted and hammered at high temperatures, draining out as much slag as possible after thousands of times.

Jiang Lai tried this step herself.

The massive stone hammer almost twisted her arm off.

Seeing this, Ayuan took over the task directly.

"I’ll do this, you just need to tell me how."

Ayuan was one of the rare dependable and capable men Jiang Lai had encountered.

His reliability wasn’t in the traditional sense of being hardworking and not sly, but rather like a loyal general from ancient times, ready to charge ahead regardless of life and death upon command, not only accomplishing tasks but also solving tricky issues perfectly and efficiently.

For example, in forging, his strength paired with his obedience to Jiang Lai made him quickly adept, dedicating his full focus to helping Jiang Lai with tasks he couldn’t comprehend at all.

What satisfied Jiang Lai the most was his never questioning why things needed to be done.

When instructed, he’d only ask how to do it, never why it was being done.

In short, he could be described as a Beast World robot, requiring only instructions, the rest was up to him.

Having such a capable assistant made things much easier for Jiang Lai.

The other strongman, Ah Hai, was also a compliant beastman, but unfortunately, he was a bit lacking in brains compared to Ayuan, unable to adjust, easily angered and irritable.

He’d spend at least a third of his day being angry with himself.

Just like those bear cubs, stubborn and volatile since birth, absolutely beyond correction.

The first batch of iron was quickly forged.

According to the molds made by Jiang Lai, all warriors in the tribe replaced their crossbows with iron ones.

Compared to wooden ones, the iron crossbows were much more lethal, as long as they were aimed, survival was nearly impossible.

The initial attempt at iron smelting was quite successful.

Given this, Ayuan and Ah Hai alone weren’t enough anymore.

The next day, Jiang Lai asked the old chief to paint a message on the outer wall in the beastman’s language.

The translation of the message was:

The tribe is recruiting; young males preferred.

Once the announcement was out, the area outside the wall quickly filled with a variety of beastmen.

Jiang Lai didn’t show up, the old chief handled the selection process entirely.

Throughout the forest, the newly established tribe was well-known among beastmen, with countless food and a small sun that dispelled darkness and brought light.

Most of the beastmen who came were either abandoned by their clans or left to survive alone.

After two or three whole days, the old chief finally selected five individuals.

Two from the Bear Clan, one from the Wolf Clan, and two from the Tiger Clan.

Each was strong and solid, most importantly, they were obedient and followed orders.

During this recruitment, the male wolf clan members from the old tribe also arrived, thinking that due to past relations, the old chief would prioritize them.

Unexpectedly, only five were wanted in total, with just one wolf clan member included, and that too from an outside tribe!

"The old chief is too much! No matter what, we used to be one family, now he chose someone from another tribe and not us!

He didn’t even pick his own son!"

There were still a few of the old chief’s children in the old tribe.

But males have always had little emotional attachment to children, as they don’t raise them, and there are rare interactions afterward.

Hei Yao was also very disappointed.

He didn’t expect the old chief and Jiang Lai to be this heartless.

They’d rather have wolf clan members from other tribes than choose them.

"If that’s the case, there’s nothing I can do, stop bothering with other things, let’s focus on building the tree house first."

As the weather warmed gradually, rain became more frequent, it was urgent to build a shelter from wind and rain.

There were no females left in the tribe now, only a group of juveniles, half-grown, unable to hunt on their own, still needing clan members to support them.

The departure of females led to no one overseeing these mischievous youngsters, males weren’t experienced, so the responsibility of watching over the juveniles naturally fell on Mu Mianmian’s shoulders.

"The kids listen to you, we owe you during this time, spring is when wolf cubs are most prone to illness, it’s fortunate you’re skilled; leaving the kids in your care lets us go hunting with peace of mind."

Listening to Hei Yao, Mu Mianmian’s expression shifted from indifferent to shocked.

"I’m the chief, and you want me to take care of the kids?"

"Not asking you to do it forever, these youngsters will be less mischievous in two to three years, until then, please endure..."

Two or three years.

Mu Mianmian couldn’t suppress a cold laugh.

She, a modern doctor from a top-tier hospital, was now supposed to help raise this group of uncultured wolves in the Beast World?

What do they take her for?

Some useless female?

"Hei Yao, you’re too disrespectful to me!"

Hei Yao was puzzled.

"What did I do? Isn’t it just asking you to help with the kids for a while? Didn’t you use to like these kids a lot?"