Chapter 193 Nocturnal Activity
Chapter 193 Nocturnal Activity
The rain stopped in less than an hour, but Sheng and the others still discussed with Lin Ni: they would rest longer at noon and fly all night instead of resting at night, so they could avoid resting near the Scorpion Beast Tribe and rest only after they were far away from the tribe. Lin Ni and the others naturally did not object, so after eating and drinking their fill, they took a long nap.
Linni, having already taken a nap on Yao's back that morning, skipped her afternoon nap and chatted affectionately with Ye and Bai for a long time, everyone enjoying themselves. Ye even took Ye Yin and Ye Qing out of his backpack to let them out for some fresh air. These two little snakes could only be let out for some fresh air when Linni ate; the rest of the time they were basically kept in Ye's backpack. Of course, Ye would occasionally let them out to enjoy the east wind when he was on the flying beastman's back.
It was a rare treat for Ye and Bai to have a happy reunion with Lin Ni's family of five. Yao and Yan, since they could spend the evening with her, rested on the sidelines and didn't go over to distract Lin Ni. On the contrary, Ling tried to come over and talk to Lin Ni several times, but Ye sent her away to patrol.
Night said, "The four of us orcs are now responsible for the safety of the flying orcs when they rest. What if a wandering orc attacks them while we're all talking together? Didn't you see that Bai has been diligently patrolling the surrounding area the whole time?"
Bai Shu, who had split into two white tigers, said, "Yes, we three level nine orcs are here to protect everyone!"
Ling looked at the other white tiger rubbing against Lin Ni; it was Bai Ji: "Having two bodies makes you powerful, huh? Hmph~"
After everyone rested and recharged in the afternoon, they continued flying eastward. Since it always rains in the rainforest, Lin Ni would get very hot if she wore a raincoat and carried a backpack, so she entrusted her backpack to Xuan for safekeeping.
The rainforest was utterly silent at night, the four full moons reflected in the numerous lakes, creating a breathtaking scene. They flew all night, finally finding a clearing to rest after daybreak, thus safely passing the night.
Knowing that it would take another two days of flying to reach the safe bear tribe, Linni asked everyone if they should just travel at night and rest during the day.
Sheng said, "The days are long and the nights are short. If we only travel at night, it will take two days to reach the Bear Beast Tribe. Every extra day on the road adds to the danger. Now that everyone knows you, a female, have come to the Rainforest Swamp, we can't avoid more and more wandering beastmen coming to ambush us."
Linni asked, puzzled, "With our flying speed so fast, can these land-dwelling orcs keep up with us?"
Azhi said, "The wandering orcs have their own way of communicating. They often communicate and move forward through a complex network of rivers, and it is not uncommon for them to ambush flying orcs."
Although Ye and Ling are snake-beastmen, one grew up on a towering cliff and the other in the vast North Sea, so they certainly don't know anything about the wandering beastmen in this rainforest kingdom. So Linni said to Chang, "Then you decide what to do, since you know more about the rainforest kingdom."
Sheng said embarrassedly, "I visited the Bear Beast Tribe once ten years ago. Back then, the wandering beastmen weren't so crazy and rarely attacked flying beastmen. In fact, after flying past the Scorpion Beast Tribe, it's no longer within the usual range of our Eagle Beast Tribe."
Linni shook her head and said, "It's okay, then let's discuss it."
Sheng thought for a moment and came up with a compromise, saying, "How about this? We can indeed travel at night, but we can't rest all day. We'll only rest during the hottest part of the day, midday and afternoon. What do you think?"
Lin Ni nodded and said, "Everyone has been flying all night and is tired, so let's rest for a bit before flying for another half day. We'll find a place to rest for half a day at noon, and then continue our journey through the night."
Sheng agreed with her suggestion, saying, "Alright, the scorpion beastmen prefer to travel at night. Since there's a scorpion beast tribe here, let's travel at night."
After everyone finished discussing their plan, Ye and the others returned with their hunted game. They then ate together and rested on the spot.
The group proceeded as planned, flying safely for another day and night. On the morning of the fourth day after entering the rainforest, they arrived at a swamp, situated between a large body of water and a dense, lush forest. The water teemed with crocodile beastmen, while the forest teemed with snake beastmen, scorpion beastmen, and lizard beastmen. Therefore, they decided to rest by the swamp in front of the forest. After a preliminary reconnaissance by several flying beastmen, the large clearing beside the swamp was confirmed to be safe, and the group landed to rest. The intense tension of the journey had eased somewhat at the thought of reaching the bear beast tribe the next morning.
Xuan and Ling rolled around in the swamp and didn't want to get up. Looking at the large lake, they asked everyone, "Do you want to eat anything from the water? It's been a long time since we've seen such a large body of water since we left the vast North Sea."
Linni felt that they meant they wanted to go for a soak in the water.
Sheng said, "We can eat larger fish, but we're afraid of the bones in the smaller ones."
Ling immediately said, "No problem!" Then the two of them eagerly jumped into the water.
Bai was speechless at the two of them; in his mind, they were just playful. Bai said to everyone, "Ye and I are going into the dense forest to find some wild animals. You guys take a rest first."
Sheng nodded: "Okay."
They found a dry place and began to move around in human form.
Night put the backpack and luggage containing the two small snakes, Night Silver and Night Green, on her back together, transformed into her beast form, and ran into the dense forest with White Snake and Two Tigers.
Seeing that Lin Ni had finished the last sip of water in her glass, Yao asked, "Is there no more water?"
Linni nodded. Yao looked around and saw that the clearing was more than ten meters away from the dense forest in front and more than ten meters away from the swamp behind. It was visible from all sides. So he said, "I'll go boil some water for you."
"Okay." Lin Ni also felt there was no danger, so she began to stretch her muscles and bones on the spot.
Yao took out a stone pot from their luggage and was about to fetch water when Azhi came over and said, "Are you going to fetch water? I'll go."
This was the first time he had come to speak to them alone since Linni and Azhi had made things clear the night before last. Linni and Yao looked at his complicated expression, and Yao asked directly, "Have you thought it through?"
A-Zhi nodded: "I've thought it over." Then he looked at Lin Ni and said: "No matter who you're looking at me for, I only know that I like you and want to be with you."
Lin Ni unconsciously tightened her grip on the water glass. Looking into A-Zhi's deep and resolute eyes, she felt a pang of sympathy for him.
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