It's winter now, and as long as it doesn't snow heavily, we can find them by following the traces.
She knew there was no use panicking at this moment.
We have to race against time to find our parents and cubs! The longer they stay outside the tribe, the more danger they will be in.
"Okay." Long Mo nodded in agreement.
"Jiaojiao, don't worry, they can't go far. If we look for them now, we will definitely find them..."
The patriarch also comforted him.
After saying that, he hurriedly led the orcs to search the cave.
Hu Jiaojiao also went along, and after a search, they found that all the supplies inside were gone. Although there were many traces left behind, there were almost no useful clues.
The only way is to follow the footprints.
"It must be that group of wolf orcs! Damn it, I didn't expect they had a backup plan!"
Hu Qinggao punched the tree trunk angrily.
A flurry of snow suddenly fell from the tall trees, piling up on top of his head.
"Chief, I will go find them now and I will definitely be able to intercept them!" Hu Qinggao walked forward angrily and volunteered to the chief.
The patriarch rubbed his aching head and nodded heavily.
Finding a female is urgent. If you delay for a moment, you may not be able to find a female.
He was just about to speak and send Hu Qinggao and the other orcs to chase the orcs when Long Mo suddenly stood up from beside Hu Jiaojiao and spoke in a voice that was icy but powerful.
"Chief, I'll go."
Long Mo glanced at Hu Qinggao and said without negotiation, "Second brother, send Jiaojiao back to the stone house and help me take good care of her. I will go after those orcs."
Hu Qinggao frowned and wanted to refuse, but then he thought that Long Mo was indeed faster than him and was more suitable for tracking orcs.
He could also stay with his little sister, so he nodded reluctantly:
"All right."
The patriarch did not delay and immediately made arrangements:
"Well, you guys go chase the orcs with Long Mo. Come back and tell me as soon as you find them. If there are a lot of them, follow them and see where they are taking the females."
It would be great if Long Mo was willing to help.
Flying orcs have the advantage of speed. Ying Yuan has not returned yet, so Long Mo is the best candidate. The clan leader is also worried that he will not be willing to go out because he has to take care of Hu Jiaojiao.
"yes."
The orcs responded loudly, all of them very loudly.
"Long Mo, be careful and don't get hurt." Hu Jiaojiao knew that if she followed him, she would be a hindrance, so she held Long Mo's hand and warned him with a worried look.
"Don't worry, wait for me to come back." Long Mo's eyes were full of doting, and he gently stroked Hu Jiaojiao's cheek with his fingers.
When he turned around, the tenderness on his face was instantly replaced by coldness.
All the bird and beastmen in the tribe set off with Long Mo. Hu Jiaojiao watched their backs disappear into the horizon, her hands tightly clasped together.
"Be sure to come back safely..."
"Little sister, don't worry. Although Long Mo looks a little bit ugly, he is still capable. He will be fine."
Seeing Hu Jiaojiao's worried face, Hu Qing comforted her in a loud and cheerful voice.
Hu Jiaojiao nodded and looked away.
This time she did not have a predictive dream, which at least proved that Long Mo and the cubs were not in danger of life.
What she had to do now was to find a way to strengthen the tribe's defenses and wait for him to come back home.
"Little sister, shall I take you back to the tribe first?" Hu Qinggao did not forget his mission.
"good."
Hu Jiaojiao replied that she had to go back and think carefully about how to strengthen the tribe’s defenses so that they wouldn’t have to panic the next time the orcs invaded.
Return to the tribe.
Hu Qinggao sent Hu Jiaojiao back to the stone house and stayed with her in the living room.
Hu Jiaojiao said nothing, and didn't even light the brazier. She sat inside the door with it open, looking at the white clouds in the distance.
Hu Qinggao couldn't bear to watch it any longer and wanted to close the door. "Little sister, you will get sick if you do this. Go to your room. I'll wait for you here. I'll call you as soon as Long Mo comes back."
"I'm right here." Hu Jiaojiao shook her head and didn't listen to Hu Qinggao's words.
Hu Qinggao couldn't do anything with her, so he had to light a charcoal fire and put it in front of Hu Jiaojiao to keep her warm. The charcoal fire could easily go out in the cold wind, so he could only watch.
At this time, Hu Jiaojiao suddenly asked, "Second brother, what do you think we should do to avoid being invaded by other orcs?"
She thinks like a human, and her first thought is to build defensive measures, but it is winter now, there is thick snow on the ground, and there are occasional blizzards, which is obviously not realistic.
The tribes attacked each other mostly for supplies and females, but she was cautious after Huangyue came to the tribe. The supplies in the tribe were all used to guard against Huangyue. The other party did not know the supply situation of the tribe, but still came to attack. Obviously, it would be useless if the "wealth" was not shown.
"Of course it's powerful!" Hu Qinggao answered without thinking.
"The only disadvantage of our tribe is that it is a mixed tribe with orcs that have weak attack power. If everyone is as strong as Ying Yuan and Long Mo, we won't be afraid of attacks and can just kill them without leaving a single piece of armor!"
Hu Qinggao waved his fists excitedly as he spoke.
Orcs are racially suppressed.
This is natural and cannot be avoided or changed.
"Is there no other way?" Hu Jiaojiao's eyes were a little dim.
She couldn't allow the orcs in the tribe to mutate and become stronger. Even if they had weapons, the orcs' fighting habits were still there. Only by training day and night could their combat effectiveness be improved. If she didn't do it well, she would end up making things worse and hurt her own people.
If her space disappears one day, she will lose these safeguards.
Hu Qinggao thought about it seriously.
"It's not that there aren't any..." He poked the charcoal in the basin, "Another shortcoming of our tribe is that there are too few orcs. We have to speed up the breeding of cubs this winter. When the tribe grows stronger, we will kill one if there is one, and kill a pair if there are two!"
Fox Jiaojiao: "..."
There is no reliable method.
She had reason to suspect that the beast god of this world was Nuwa, who possessed the infinite ability to create humans and was definitely the overlord of the beast world.
"Little sister, don't worry. We males will take care of these things. Just have a good rest!" Hu Qinggao turned his head to look at Hu Jiaojiao, his handsome face showing heartache.
His unreliable remarks just now were entirely intended to cheer Hu Jiaojiao up and divert her attention.
"I'm fine, second brother." Hu Jiaojiao said, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind and she thought of a possibility.
She turned her head, her crystal eyes twinkling:
"Brother, tell me, if I can increase the number of orcs in the tribe by several times, or even more, will we not be afraid of being attacked in the future?"
Hu Qinggao couldn't bear to break her fantasy, so he said tactfully:
"Little sister, there are only a limited number of females in the tribe. They can't give birth to so many cubs at once. Besides, it will take more than ten years for the cubs to grow up..."
By then the daylily will be cold.