20demayo Chapter 61 Single in the Beast World 1
Chapter 61 Single in the Beast World 1
Jiang Ping felt something strange coming from below.
When she opened her eyes, she saw that the polar bear cub beside her was hungry and was sucking on her fur.
Uh…
She resigned herself to her fate, got up and left the cave. She broke open a few milk fruits, mixed them with spiritual spring water, and poured them into a stone pot to heat them. The little white bear, smelling the aroma of the milk fruits, also crawled out of the cave.
This time, Jiang Ping transmigrated to a world of beasts that everyone adores.
The original owner was named Jiang, a male beast of the Iron-Eating Clan.
In his previous life, the original owner didn't want to find a partner and was wandering around the wilderness when he encountered this abandoned little polar bear cub.
Then a brilliant idea struck him: he decided to take the little polar bear home and raise it as his own offspring, so that he wouldn't be constantly mocked by other beasts for being a single beast.
Now that I have a cub, I can say I'm ahead of my peers.
The original owner took the little white bear he had picked up back to the tribe, and the other beasts thought it was just as expected.
They knew all along that Jiang wouldn't honestly seek out beasts to breed with; there was no beast lazier than him in the wasteland.
After that, the original owner lived a life no different from before with the little white bear. After all, their Iron-Eating Clan had no natural enemies in the vicinity, and there were no other tribes around.
As for why the little polar bear was on the edge of the wasteland, they believed it must be the will of the Beast God.
The female protagonist of the popular beast world is named Tang Xiaonuan. She is a goddess who lives in a place 108,000 miles away from her original tribe and marries a beastman.
The area is vast, rich in resources, and has a much better climate than the wilderness.
The arrival of the goddess from her previous life disturbed the peace of the beastmen in the distant wilderness, who fought and scrambled against each other every day.
Many ordinary orcs, unable to bear the harassment, chose to leave with their families and enter the perilous wasteland.
Those orcs who survived on the wasteland regrouped into small tribes.
The wasteland became lively, and the peace of the Iron-Eating Tribe was gone forever.
However, the tribespeople were not used to this kind of life, and they began to lose their appetite and become depressed. The beasts of the entire tribe also became thin.
The clan chief believed that things couldn't continue like this, so he led his people away from the wasteland and moved into their ancestral homeland in the Misty Forest.
The original owner's wish was that the battle for the goddess would not affect the ordinary beasts, so that they would not come to the wasteland again and the Iron-Eating Clan would be forced to enter the ancestral land.
What a simple wish.
……
The little polar bear was small in size but had a big appetite. After finishing its milk, it ate half a pot of minced meat before finally settling down and crawling into the gap between Jiang's beast legs to fall fast asleep.
At that moment, the voice of the original owner, Beast Mother Mountain, came from the doorway.
Jiang placed the little white bear on the animal skin beside him before getting up, and carrying a bag of small red berries he had collected the day before, he walked out of the cave.
Shan Kanjiang came out, stretched out the huge beast leg in his hand, and told him that since he had found the cub, he should raise it well.
"You're a mother now, you can't go hungry like before. You can go hungry for your cubs, but you can't. Don't forget, the other beasts will come and laugh at us..."
Without waiting for Jiang's reply, she took the bag of red berries and left, as she still had to go back and process the meat.
As for this bag of small red berries, they taste sweet and sour, and can be eaten directly or crushed and used in grilled meat.
The little red berries looked smaller than a beast's eyeball, and being short, they were easily trampled by the beasts in the tribe who loved to move in their original forms. I don't know where Jiang found so many.
Looking at the mountain's silhouette, Jiang glanced at the large meat leg in his hand.
She realized that she was only getting food because of the cubs; otherwise, the mother beast wouldn't have come to bring her food.
He scanned the cave with his mental power and found that even after eating his fill and sleeping, the little polar bear was restless, punching and kicking at the air on the animal skin, looking extremely comical.
The system wanted to pet the bear but couldn't, so it just took a bunch of pictures and then acted as a camera to keep an eye on the cub.
Jiang made sure Tongzi kept a close eye on the bear cubs before he felt safe enough to squat outside the cave and start curing the meat. After curing, he began smoking it. (The methods in this fictional setting differ from those in reality.)
Sigh, this meat needs to be smoked for many days, and he can't help but eat it before it's ready.
The tree branch we used to smoke meat today was given to us for free by our neighbor in the cave.
Bai had seen Jiang smoke meat with these tree branches and found it very fragrant, so he ran to the edge of the forest overnight and carried back two trees, even giving one of them to Jiang, who was busy taking care of her cubs.
The power of delicious food is indeed immense.
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In the original owner's memories, the tribe had a rich tradition of food preparation, was skilled in using tools, knew how to build stone houses, wore animal skins when in human form, and also knew simple salt-making techniques.
The tribespeople are in relatively good condition in terms of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, suggesting that there must have been more than one "goddess" in the beast world.
That's good too. With seniors paving the way, he doesn't have to rack his brains to pretend to be smart.
Their Iron-Eating Tribe is located deep in the wilderness, with misty forests and endless mountains behind them, so the tribespeople can live wherever they want.
The more diligent ones would build houses on flat land, the less diligent ones would live in caves, and the laziest ones would simply climb trees to sleep.
There was no other way; the tribespeople were not afraid of wind, rain, or bitter cold.
……
The iron-eating beast spends its days either foraging for food or eating and sleeping.
The mountain and its companion, Yun, were no different, engrossed in eating the grilled fish, shrimp, and crab that Jiang had brought them.
"Shan, Jiang's cooking has become even tastier since she had a baby, but there's just not enough food to fill her teeth."
"He must have been blessed by the Beast God."
"Beast God... I heard from the caravan that goddesses have appeared in the distance again. I hope they don't come and bother us poor beasts of the wasteland."
"... "
Jiang has been going out every day to look for food lately, and she also carries the little polar bear with her.
That's how it is among the Iron-Eating Tribe. Unlike other tribes that need someone to take care of the cubs, they just carry the cubs with them when they go out.
However, he didn't go too far to hunt large prey today. He simply sat down by the river and casually scooped up a few giant flounders and stunned them.
Don't let its ugly appearance fool you, this fish is actually very delicious.
Fish are caught by the river, killed by the river, and eaten by the river.
He used his years of experience killing fish (not really), but rather his mental strength and systematic guidance.
Hollow out the fish's belly, swish it in the water, then place it on a stone slab and sprinkle some seasoning.
Really fragrant~
He had only just finished eating two fish when the aroma attracted all the other beasts around him.
Iron-eating people don't have fixed meal times; they simply eat whenever they're hungry.
Since I'm craving it now, let's have a meal first.
As a result, the giant fish that Jiang had attracted to the river with the spiritual spring water suffered.
The little polar bear was overjoyed to see so many beasts suddenly arrive.
Like a madman, he crawled around among the beasts while holding a milk fruit.
Jiang didn't stop him since he was having so much fun. These beasts doted on the little cub to the point that even the original owner would be envious.
The Beast God is above.
The original owner always wished she could stay a baby and never grow up.
They don't need to go out to find a partner or raise offspring.
When they were hungry, they went hunting; when they were tired, they slept wherever they were.
I can hardly imagine how wonderful such a life would be.
……
After finishing his grilled fish, Jiang gave the fire to the other animals.
With his left hand, he scooped up the still-babbling polar bear, and with his right hand, he picked up two roasted giant flounders and got up to leave.
Only a group of giant pandas remained on the riverbank to continue their team building activities.