Transmigrated into a Beast Tribe

by Usui Takumii

not mine, this is banana tl. Beware bl and mpreg.

2. 11 to 20

Chapter 11 Lal returns

After two days of waiting, there was still no news of the beastmen who went out looking for the ideal spot for their new home. The weather suddenly became very hot at this time. In this kind of burning weather, the waiting beastmen had to shift their waiting spot into the forest.

Lin Mu looked up at the sky; this unusual weather made him very worried. Patrik and the other beastmen don't look the slightest worried on the other hand. He grabbed Qiuqiu beside him that was hiding from Misha and asked, "Patrik, don't you worry that the weather turned abnormal so suddenly?"

Lin Mu felt the beastmen's behaviour like nothing is out of the norm was quite strange.

Patrik's expression was no longer stiff; it indicates that he is in a good mood at the moment. "I have been worried that the rainy season will come early because that kind of situation is very common. But now we don't have to worry because we have at least one month to prepare."

"One month?"

Lin Mu was a little surprised. After all, Patrik gave him the feeling that the rainy season would suddenly arrive, but now they suddenly have another month for preparation. Doesn't that mean he has wasted his time worrying for nothing in the past few days?

Seeing Lin Mu's confusion, Patrik rubbed his hair. He likes the soft sensation he felt on his hand but was pushed away by Lin Mu.

"Really now, stop touching. Just tell me why." Lin Mu hated himself for blushing, so he deliberately raised his voice.

Patrik didn't mind that and laughed.

"According to our past experience, there will always be nearly a month of hot weather before the rainy season. It is said that the beast god is saving up some water so that there will be enough rain for the rainy season. The rainy season is the beast god's grace to us because we have to store a lot of food for winter, and after the rain, the animals will grow particularly fat."

Whenever Patrik talks about the beast god, his eyes will always be full of admiration. Lin Mu thinks that the water evaporates a lot when it's hot, and will rain when the temperature drops. As for how much this relates to their beast god, it is not within his consideration. There is still a month left, so he doesn't have to worry too much.

"But there are also irregular times."

Lin Mu knows Patrik doesn't understand abnormal stuff, but he himself also doesn't know much about science, so he lightly said, "Maybe because your beast god has prepared enough water, so he won't change the day1."

Patrik thought for a moment and nodded solemnly. Then he seriously said to Lin Mu, "I think you are right."

"Pfff" Lin Mu was tickled by Patrik's expression. He couldn't help to reaching out to hold Patrik's face in his hands and kneaded, "You are so cute."

Patrik didn't stop him. He just looked at Lin Mu with a smile full of indulgence.

The smile in Patrik's eyes made the excited Lin Mu to quickly take back his hand. He awkwardly smiled before turning away and ran.

"I have something to do." Lin Mu was annoyed by himself and tried to hit his own grabby hands. "Why did I went and kneaded his face? Must be a brain cramp."

Patrik looked at Lin Mu's back as he ran away, and the corner of his mouth curved up to show his good mood.

"Lin Mu is not obedient, and the disobedient child needs to be punished."

As for what is the punishment awaiting Lin Mu at night, the author shall not write it here2, but one might be able to guess from his slightly swollen lips the next day.

………

When Lal returned, Lin Mu was forced to drink his once every 3 day animal blood.

Looking at the bowl full of blood-red, Lin Mu looked at Patrik pleadingly. "Can I not drink it?"

Patrik felt depressed as well looking at Lin Mu with a complaining expression saying 'You are bullying me'. But for the sake of Lin Mu's wellbeing, he softly comforted Lin Mu and said, "Be obedient, if you don't drink it, you will feel uncomfortable. Mu Mu, I have prepared a delicious fruit for you, and I will give it to you after you drink it."

Lin Mu is not a savage who would do anything for the sake of a fruit. He shouted 'No' in his heart, and tried to convince Patrik, "I'm fine, really fine." He said while jumping around to show how energetic he is.

Looking at Lin Mu being stubborn, Patrik was helpless, but he didn't plan to let him go. He was about to continue persuading Lin Mu when a beastman ran over and joyfully said, "Boss, Lal and Cohen came back."

Lin Mu was thinking how to deal with Patrik when he heard this good news, and cheered in his heart, 'Even the God is helping me!'. He grabbed Patrik's hand and happily went to greet Lal and the rest.

"Let's go. I wonder what kind of good news they brought back." Lin Mu felt that he has waited so long until flowers have withered for today.

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Everyone came to the open space by the river up at the distant sky and two familiar behemoths flying in their direction. Although he has seen Lal's beast form many times, it is still very shocking to see a big centipede flying in the sky: How could a centipede fly? Looking at Lal flying in the air, Lin Mu suddenly thought of a question, "Is Lal's father also centipede?"

Patrik shook his head. "No, Lal's father is a stick insect-type beast, a very large beast form. His whole body is covered with green armour, not like Lal."

Lin Mu nodded, so Lal was considered different like this. The people here are the same as his world, cannot tolerate the existence of heterogeneity in the community, and will look at one like they do to a monster. Lin Mu looked at Patrik, who was also looking forward to the good news, and thought in his heart, "They are just a little different, just a little different."

In the sky.

Lal proudly said to Cohen: "Look, they are all welcoming me. Hehe…"

Cohen smiled and nodded at him. "En, they are. You are the most important person."

With Cohen being so obedient, Lal couldn't feel any sense of accomplishment. He snorted at Cohen: "Humph, don't think that by flattering me, I will forgive you for the mistakes you made. Don't even think about it!"

Cohen didn't care Lal's attitude at him and replied with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't forgive me, you can keep on remembering then."

He knows that beastmen have thick skin in general, but he has never seen someone like Cohen. Lal's face suddenly turned red, and then he angrily smacked Cohen with his tail before quickly descended.

Although Cohen was beaten very painfully, he was not angry at all. He happily followed Lal to descend by the river. After he shifted by into his human form, he caught up with Lal and smiled beside him.

Lin Mu was surprised to see Lal hitting Cohen all of a sudden, but now he saw Cohen has a flattering look on his face. He realised that Cohen must have offended Lal. But looking at Lal's face, although it was not very good, his expression was not dark either, so it should not be very serious. Hence, he followed the crowd towards Lal. Lin Mu happily ran to Lal, "Lal, you brought back good news, right? Right?"

Patrik saw Lin Mu so happy with excitement in his eyes, his gaze became warm. Walking forward, he placed his hand on Lin Mu's waist.

Lin Mu didn't mind, he just stared hopefully at Lal, "Let's talk in the forest."

"It's very hot here, let's go into the forest. Let's go, quick." Lin Mu pulled Lal and ran to the forest, not noticing the blackened faces of the two beastman following behind.

Patrik let the other beastmen to go hunting, to celebrate Lal and Cohen's return at night. While the four of them sat down under a tree, ready to listen to Lal start telling about their findings. Misha and Casso happily went forward as well, and Misha also took out his own fruit to give to Lal.

"Uncle Lal, you found a place to live, is it? How is the place?" Misha always had Lin Mu's words in his heart. If they could find a place to live, they can have a warm winter and will never go hungry, so he was very concerned about their future home. Casso also sounded its excitement.

Lal saw everyone looking at him with eagerness, and his vanity was greatly satisfied, so he proudly raised his chin, "Of course, there is nothing I can't do."

Seeing Lal acting so proudly, Lin Mu would have criticized him a few times in the past, but now he is busy thinking about their new home. But Misha is not happy, he talked back, "My father is also very powerful."

"Child, you are not cute."

Lal curled his lips, but when he sensed Patrik's almost tangible cold stare, he immediately returned to his serious expression.

"Cohen and I found a very hidden valley. It is surrounded by mountains, very beautiful. And there is a small river flowing through the valley, so it matches Lin Mu's requirements. Most importantly, there is only one hidden entrance to the valley. We would not find it if it were not an accident. We don't have to be afraid that someone will find us. "

"You said it is hidden, then how did you find out about that place?" How can Lal be so sure that the place is not easily discoverable?

"There is a lot of concealment. If you see it, you will understand."

Why did Lin Mu feel that Lal's tone is more like anger? He looked at Cohen in confusion.

Patrik looked at the person in his arms who keep staring at Lal in confusion. He couldn't help but sighed. Don't you see the abnormal blush on Lal's face? Don't you see Cohen's black face? Patrik was worried that Lin Mu would anger the two so he said, "Mu Mu, go and prepare some food for them. They haven't eaten anything cooked in a pot yet."

Lin Mu felt that he should treat them well, although he can't make any good food due to the lack of materials, he will do his best.

Hearing that Lin Mu is going to cook, Misha and Casso immediately followed him. Qiuqiu naturally won't be falling behind.

After Lin Mu and the little ones left, Patrik said seriously to the two, "You have worked hard."

It was the first time they saw the Boss saying something so solemn to them, so they were a little embarrassed, "Hehe, it's our duty."

"I hope we can really build our own tribe and finally have a place to belong," Lal said with emotion.

Patrik looked at the busy Lin Mu not far away from them, "Yes, we will." After that, he turned and left. He will help Lin Mu to pick some fruits.

Cohen saw that their Boss has left, but Lal is still looking at Lin Mu; thus his face immediately became very black.

"Lin Mu belongs to the Boss, you have no chance."

"So what? Lin Mu still doesn't have Boss's smell on him anyway. I still have a chance." He doesn't care how sour Cohen's tone was, he(C) better die in sourness.

"You!"

"What?" Lal raised his chin arrogantly. Cohen dared to be fierce to him?

Cohen saw him like this and was not angry. He smiled and grabbed Lal's hand before squeezing it gently. "Don't be angry. I was wrong at that time, but I promise I won't make you feel hurt in the future. Believe me."

Lal felt that hoping this abominable tiger will repent is a stupid thing to do. He slammed his foot on his(C) foot. "Die!" Then he ran towards Lin Mu.

Cohen followed up with a painless look, deliberately using a voice that only Lal could hear: "Beastman needs to indulge their partner. Lal, you are too awkward."

Lal gnashed his teeth, and he felt that his kick was too light. He should have kicked the bastard to death.

The two came to Lin Mu and looked at the things on the ground that they had never seen before. Lin Mu felt that it was necessary to explain what are those to the two. He gave each of them a bowl of snow fungus soup.

"This is a wooden bowl for you to contain your food. The wooden spoon inside is to help you eat the food." As he said that, he pointed at Misha, who was drinking soup and said, "Just like what he is doing."

They looked at Misha happily drinking the soup, then looked at the things in their hands. They mimicked Misha's actions and took a sip.

"It's delicious." Lal's speed became faster. "What is this made from?"

"This is snow fungus and sweet fruit boiled together. It is good for the body." Lin Mu used that sweet fruit as natural sugar.

Cohen didn't like this kind of sweet taste that much. When he saw Lal drinking it, he gave his portion to him. Seeing Lal didn't object, Cohen's mood became good. He looked at the pot on the ground and asked, "What is this?"

"That's a pot, it's a much better way to cook food than roasting." Misha put down his bowl and replied Cohen with pleasure. "We can cook vegetable soup with a pot, it tasted so nice. But you beastmen don't like it very much, too bad for you guys."

Lin Mu smiled and watched them chatting leisurely, then turned around to see Patrik coming back with some fruits. But he couldn't help wrinkling his brows when he saw that bowl of blood. He knew that with Patrik's insistence he won't be able to escape. When he looked at the boiling pot, he got an idea! He took the fruit from Patrik's hand and watched the other person insisting on giving the bowl of blood to him; he really wanted to laugh.

"Put it aside first. Rest assured, I will definitely finish it." Lin Mu has decided to cook the blood. Adding some sweet fruit juice may taste strange, but it is much better than directly drinking it.

Everyone enjoyed eating their lunch, because Lal came back, and they didn't have to worry about their accommodation anymore. Everyone was very happy.

Lin Mu bit onto the fruit Patrik specially picked for him. It's oval and has yellow skin. It's quite big; it felt like it weighed two pounds. It tastes like an apple, but much better than the apples he has eaten before.

"We will leave tomorrow, so we can start building a house earlier."

"En, let's start tomorrow. I heard Lal said that there are only two days of travel from here."

"How about Matt and the others? Do you have a contact method?" Lin Mu looked at Misha playing with Casso, he knew that Misha missed Matt a lot. After all, the child was so dependent on his father.

"We will leave a mark so that they can find us."

"Mark? Is the using smell or some unique contact symbol?"

"It's a symbol. The smell would be washed away when it rains." As he said that, he took the fruit away.

"Don't eat so much, it's not good."

Lin Mu curled his lips but didn't object, he was quite full.

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Chapter 12 The injured beastman

The next day, the beastmen began their preparation to depart.

Lin Mu stuffed some fruit and a bottle filled with water into his backpack. He raised it and felt that the weight is okay and not very heavy. Then, he looked at his slightly muscular arm; he exercised quite a bit after he arrived in this beastman world.

Patrik bundled his stuff and Lin Mu's luggage together, the pile was not small. Lin Mu has saved a lot of things recently.

Seeing the considerable amount of stuff that Patrik has packed, Lin Mu said, "It seems a bit too much."

He frowned and reluctantly wondered what he could take down. These were food that he had recently collected in the forest, and he does want to keep them.

Looking at Lin Mu's frown, Patrik naturally knew what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "These are nothing to me."

Thinking about the size of Patrik's beast form after he transformed, and then looking at these things in front of him, Lin Mu felt that it is really nothing to Patrik.

Having nothing else to say, Lin Mu doesn't dare to look at Patrik when he saw Patrik smiling softly at him. He sighed in his heart that the atmosphere just now was clearly harmonious, how did it become ambiguous all of a sudden?

"Uh, I am going to get Qiuqiu."

Lin Mu ran away after he said that. In his heart, he scolded for being spineless. Ain't it just being chased by a man? But he still felt like running away; looking down at himself right now!

Patrik looked at Lin Mu running away with a blushing face, but he was not angry. It always has been difficult in Beastman's path to pursue a female. And a female's restraint is scary to the beastmen.

……

Lin Mu looked at Qiuqiu laying next to Casso. It actually refused to go with him, such a thing with no conscience.

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When they were about to depart, Patrik found Lin Mu looking very dissatisfied. He then shifted his eyes at Qiuqiu, which was still laying on top of Casso, and immediately understood. Qiuqiu has always been very close to Casso.

Because Matt was not there, Casso and Qiuqiu walked together with Misha, who sat on the back of Damon's beast form and said in a sour tone, "Lin Mu, Qiuqiu likes to follow Casso. Just let it be then". Why won't Qiuqiu get close to him(M)? Misha has completely forgotten how he teased and pranked Qiuqiu.

Lin Mu supported his chin while lying on Patrik's back. Without Qiuqiu for him to rub, Lin Mu felt bored. That hateful Casso, it actually snatched away his Qiuqiu. But then, when he thought of how Casso is often bullied by Qiuqiu, Lin Mu couldn't help but think 'Could it be Qiuqiu likes to be with Casso because Casso is the only one who can be bullied by Qiuqiu?'

"Patrik, don't you think Qiuqiu is very smart?"

Patrik thought of Qiuqiu's usual behaviour. "It is very smart."

Lin Mu suddenly had a light bulb moment. "Do you think Qiuqiu is also a beastman?"

Patrik thought for a moment. He never sees Qiuqiu as a beastman because Qiuqiu's animal type had no fighting power, and it is difficult for one to survive in a powerless beast form.

"I never see Qiuqiu as… um… beastman. However, I have never heard of any beastman whose form looked similar like Qiuqiu's either."

Indeed, Qiuqiu's spherical body really has not much threatening and domineering aura, so that's why Qiuqiu is his pet.

When evening comes, not waiting for the beastmen to descending signal, Lin Mu rushed Patrik to immediately go down.

"I couldn't hold it anymore, hurry up."

Patrik did as requested, and Lin Mu hurriedly climbed down from him before running to an obscure area in the woods.

"Don't come over." Lin Mu turned back and warned Patrik behind him.

Patrik stopped walking. "I will wait for you here." Ever since that accident, Patrik has never let Lin Mu go out alone.

After solving his basic needs1, Lin Mu sighed comfortably. Holding it in really make one anxious. When he is about to leave the spot, Lin Mu suddenly heard a very low groan from the bushes in front of him. He can detect pain from that voice. Lin Mu picked up a branch and decided to check it out. He had such great courage probably because he knew Patrik was nearby. Looking at a tree that is blocking Patrik's figure, Lin Mu felt that he has to man up. That unexpected night created a huge obstacle in his heart, which caused him to be afraid to be alone and make his lost his courage. Although he knew that Patrik would always be there to protect him, but Lin Mu is a man himself, and he didn't want to be so weak.

He boosted himself in his heart and carefully brushed apart the bushes. Then Lin Mu saw a pair of eyes that have become round by fear. Lin Mu was surprised to see what he saw: a thin 'female'2, who looked at Lin Mu in vigilance. He was holding onto a tall beastman who was lying on the floor. That beastman's pale face and terrible wounds on his chest let Lin Mu know that his current situation is very bad now.

"What happened to him?" Lin Mu whispered, fearing that he would scare the nervous female.

Unexpectedly, because of his words, the thin female looked at the person in his arms with a sorrowful expression. He then shot a pleading look at Lin Mu, "I beg you, don't let other people kill him? He is a good person, he became like this because of me, because of me." He silently cried.

Lin Mu couldn't handle it when other people cry, and he was very surprised towards why this person would request him that so he asked, "Why would I want to ask other people to kill him?"

Looking at that pair of wet eyes, he added, "No matter what, I won't get other people to come and harm him." He couldn't help but questioned in his heart if this person saw him together with Patrik, so he was afraid that their drifter beastmen will kill his lover?

Phil was relieved when he heard that female standing in front of him promised. "Thank you." He looked at Lloyd, who was already in a coma. "He is a good person, really, really good person."

His voice was very light, but Lin Mu heard it very clearly.

"Why are you keep stressing that he is a good person?" Could it be….

"Because the person in his arms in a drifter beastman."

Patrik's sudden appearance frightened Phil. He pleaded Patrik. "I beg you, please don't hurt him?"

Then he said to Lin Mu. "You promised me, you won't let other people kill him."

He thought that the beastman appeared with Lin Mu is from a tribe. Phil is very clear of how the beastmen from a tribe hated drifter beastmen, but Phil knew even more how much a female weighed in a beastman's heart. Not to mention how beautiful this female in front of him looked, so he turned to beg Li Mu.

"Don't let him hurt Lloyd, please? I'm begging you."

Lloyd seemed to sense the dangerous atmosphere, and was trying to wake up but unable to do so.

Lin Mu looked at the sad and scared person in front of him and quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, Patrik won't hurt Lloyd." As he said, he signalled to Patrik with his eyes so that Patrik will give his confirmation.

Patrik looked at the weak beastman on the ground. A drifter beastman who can make a female desperately tried to defend him, this beastman called Lloyd is not an easy person. Patrik looked at Lin Mu, who was desperately trying to signal him with his eyes and wondered if this was him, will Lin Mu desperately defend him like this female did? But then he felt that this assumption is really terrible because he will never let Lin Mu be in this unsafe state.

Phil nervously looked at the beastman who didn't say anything and held tightly against Lloyd's arm.

"He's in a bad situation right now."

Beastman who couldn't wake up in an extremely dangerous situation (in the presence of a stranger and a powerful drifter beastman like Patrik) is in serious condition.

Phil didn't think Patrik would say such a thing, and he relaxed a little. At least the other party did not immediately shout to kill them, indicating that there is hope.

Lin Mu crouched and put his hand on Lloyd's head, this action made Patrik feel bad.

"He has a fever, and his wound may be inflamed." Looked at the complicated herbs spread on the wound, "Are you a witch doctor?"

Phil heard Lin Mu said words like fever and inflammation. Although he couldn't understand anything, Lin Mu's knitted brow let him know that it is very serious and he heard Lin Mu's question.

"I am not a witch doctor, but I went to collect herbs with the witch doctor in my tribe before, so I know some herbs."

Looking at the beastman who was lowly groaning but still in a coma, Lin Mu said, "He has to be treated quickly."

Then he turned to look at Patrik. Although Patrik was very dissatisfied with Lin Mu's concern for other beastman, he nodded to acknowledge it. Lin Mu gave Patrik a big smile, then turned to Phil and said, "I might be able to help him."

"Really?!" Phil was really surprised. He looked at Lin Mu with gratitude.

Lin Mu smiled at him and bowed his head to see Lloyd's injury. The wound has a rotten stench and has begun to produce pus. Lin Mu endured and said, "His wounds need to be cleaned up, and he lost too much blood. It would be nice if we have some salt here."

"I have salt." As Phil said that, he took out a small bag made from animal skin. "I don't know if it's enough."

Lin Mu was pleased to pick it up, it was about half a catty3. How long has it been since he last saw salt? As the saying goes 'One day of absence is like 3 autumns(season)', and he does not know how many autumns have passed by now.

"Patrik, help to move Lloyd out." Next, he turned to the thin female, "My name is Lin Mu, what is your name?"

"My name is Phil." Phil felt that this female is a very kind and good person.

"Phil, I think the herbs you put on Lloyd is used to stop bleeding. We need to gather more of this."

Then he said to Patrik, "Boil some hot water after you placed Lloyd down in an open space."

Patrik didn't intend to let two females go out by themselves to collect the herbs. He sent a signal to the sky and soon, a beastman arrived.

"Coley, take care of this beastman and boil some water as well."

The three of them quickly picked enough herbs, and they also took some herbs to reduce swelling and pain. Lin Mu asked Coley to grind the herbs. After that, he handed his knife to Patrik and ordered, "Cut off the rotten part and apply the herbs. Then wrap his wound with animal skin."

Although Lin Mu has decided to help Lloyd, he doesn't have enough courage to put a knife down on other people. After giving the instructions, Lin Mu pulled the worried Phil to the side of a pot. The hot water boiled in the big pot is used to handle Lloyd's wounds, and some salt was added in the water. That caused Lin Mu's heart to hurt, but thinking that the salt was someone's belongings, he endured.

In the small pot, it was only half-filled as per Lin Mu's instructions. He put in a lot of sweet fruit into the pot. Pulling at Phil, who couldn't help checking the other side, Lin Mu said, "There is nothing to look at, don't look."

After that, he gave Phil a sweet fruit to eat. "You probably didn't eat much?"

Phil bit onto the fruit. Since Lloyd was injured, he didn't eat much in the past few days.

"Oh, now that we have salt, you are lucky for lunch today." Lin Mu decided to make a good meal, and he even gave himself a good reason, that is Phil and Lloyd needs some nutrient to replenish their body.

Patrik quickly handled Lloyd's wounds, and the syrup Lin Mu cooked is also done. He gave Lloyd a big bowl after added some salt to the soup, and gave Phil a bowl as well.

Phil carefully fed Lloyd with a spoon and watched him take a sip of hot soup, he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Lin Mu, thank you."

Lin Mu smiled in embarrassment. "It's nothing."

Lin Mu didn't dare to make a big meal because the salt was not much, but he was satisfied because he finally gets to eat the meal he dreamed of for so long. Phil is also convinced by Lin Mu because he can make such a delicious thing, and also create pots, bowls and convenient things like spoon. That makes Phil deeply admired Lin Mu.

Lloyd was fed with some chicken soup. After the meal, Lin Mu gave him some quick-acting medicine (from his world). Calculating the time needed for the drug to show effect, Lin Mu thinks Lloyd should get better soon.

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Chapter 13 Going into the valley

Lloyd woke up the next day, and Phil looked at him in tears. Lloyd glanced at Phil and then vigilantly looked Patrik, who was coldly standing next to Lin Mu. Strong beastman always gave a dangerous feeling; not to mention Patrik's expression was not very friendly.

Patrik didn't react from Lloyd's actions. He was only pulled over here by Lin Mu in order to let this beastman feel at ease. Patrik didn't comment, but when he saw Lin Mu keep signalling at him with his eyes, Patrik said with an emotionless tone, "I am Patrik, a drifter beastman."

"I know that you are a drifter beastman."

He was very familiar with this aura, and it was because Patrik is a drifter beastman that he was more worried. Pulling Phil under his protection, Lloyd glanced at the number of surrounding drifter beastman. Although the situation is not good for him, but he swore to protect Phil, so he will never let him get hurt.

Lin Mu didn't know why Patrik's words caused Lloyd to become more nervous. This was not his original intention. He smiled to Lloyd: "I am Lin Mu. How do you feel now? Although your fever is gone, your body is still weak."

"A female?"

"Lin Mu, that injured beastman is awake? Your medicine is really effective."

Yesterday, Misha was surprised to see Uncle Patrik bringing back a female and an injured beastman. So when he saw the beastman woke up, he naturally came over to watch. Casso and Qiuqiu tagged along together of course.

"Children?!"

This group of drifter beastman obviously has females and children in the team, but drifter beastman never care for their own child. This group is very special, at least they are really special as of now.

Lin Mu carried the Qiuqiu that jumped into his arms. "Well, you saw we have female in this team." In his heart, Lin Mu told himself that he is talking about Misha. "And children, so you should be able to see that this team is different. Although they were called drifter beastman, the beastmen abandoned by God, they are very kind, and we hope that you will join us."

Lin Mu 'offered an olive branch' mainly because of Phil. Phil knows the herbs that can cure illness, although he doesn't know much, but it is better than nothing. Moreover, if Patrik wants to establish a tribe, it is necessary for him to absorb those kind drifter beastmen into their group. A drifter beastman who has a female desperately protecting him should not be bad.

Lin Mu's words did not reduce Lloyd's nervousness. Although the team is very special, it doesn't mean that it's harmless to them. He doesn't dare to take risks.

Patrik could clearly see Lloyd's concerns, "You need to recover from your injury, your female needs a safe living environment, the rainy season is coming, and…" He glanced at the thin Phil, "I don't think he can compare with Lin Mu."

"Phil is the best!" How can a beastman tolerate others saying that their female is not good?

Phil turned red upon hearing Lloyd's words. He whispered to Lloyd, "Let's go with them. Lin Mu said they have found a good place to live and we don't have to worry about being expelled by other tribes. Your injuries were very serious, you need to rest." And Phil was quite convinced by this incredible female called Lin Mu.

Lloyd looked at Phil and finally nodded. He didn't want Phil to suffer.

Lin Mu announced the time for lunch when the matter is resolved. What he didn't expect was the problem arise when they were about to continue their journey.

Lloyd is not suitable for transformation, but he is not willing to let others carry him. It is a big insult for a beastman to sit on the back of other beastman, and Patrik who is eager to hurry on the road naturally is not willing to wait until Lloyd recovers. Hence, both sides have encountered a dilemma.

Phil was anxious, but he knew how important is the insistence to Lloyd. So he did not ask Lloyd to compromise for his sake, even if they will miss Patrik's group. Finally, Lin Mu somewhat solved the problem by weaving a barely looking chair with rattan and wood.

Sitting on the 'chair' carried by a beastman with his claws in the air, Phil gratefully looked at Lin Mu. Phil felt that he was really lucky to meet Lin Mu. Not only he saved Lloyd, but he also gave them a place to live. Lloyd also felt that Lin Mu was a very different female. He had eaten the food Lin Mu made, and he was surprised when he saw the cookware mentioned by Lin Mu because no one ever used it before this. He then looked at the chair he is sitting on; very strange. Lloyd looked at Phil, who was sitting next to him and pulled him into his arms, his heart was filled to the brim.

Lin Mu spoke to Patrik from time to time as he looked at the rolling mountains below them. At this moment, Lal's exhilarating voice suddenly could be heard from the front, "We are reaching soon, follow me."

Following that, a dozen beastman cheered and flew faster to express their joy in reaching their ideal home.

Lin Mu looked at the beastman who cheerfully sped up, and was affected by the joy as well. "Patrik, we should speed up as well!"

"En." Patrik naturally agreed and accelerated his wings' movement.

A dozen-plus people followed Lal to the front of a mountain wall. The mountain wall was covered with vines.

Looking at the mountain wall that doesn't seem to have any entrance, someone asked, "Lal, where is the entrance you mentioned?" As expected from what Lal told them, the entrance was indeed well-hidden.

Lal glanced at all the people who looked at him with doubtful eyes, (Lal didn't take Cohen as a person)1 and smugly pushed apart the vines in front of him. Cohen helped to push away one of the boulders, and the entrance appeared.

"This stone was placed here by Cohen and me. Very suitable right?" They took a lot of effort to make it so that the boulder would fit snugly at the entrance.

Lin Mu walked in with Patrik, and after a while, their path revealed an open space. Then Lin Mu was shocked by the sight. Such a beautiful valley!

The beautiful flowers bloomed just about right, and sweet chirping from the birds could be heard from time to time. All their eyes could see were full of green, and everything was so bright in the sun. At this moment, Lin Mu felt that his vocabulary is so poor that he could not describe even one-thousandth of the valley's beauty. Everyone became quiet when they saw the scenery in front of them as if they were worried that their voice would destroy this beauty. The valley was like a fairy-like scenery; fragile and peaceful, and people can't bear to disturb it.

"It's so beautiful!"

Misha couldn't help exclaiming, his words helped the rest to state their admiration. Being able to live in such a beautiful place, they are very happy.

Lal has already seen this place before, so he was the first one to return to his senses. He excitedly said to everyone, "This will be the place we live, although it is not very big, it is enough for us."

Lin Mu looked at this 'not very big' valley in Lal's words. He felt that his concept for sizes is very different from Lal. The end of this valley cannot be seen in one glance, and he could faintly hear the sound of a waterfall. Is this valley really small? Surrounded by endless-looking mountains and the mountain forest is dense, this valley is hard to be discovered from the top. He is very satisfied with everything here. Patrik, who also has satisfaction showing in his eyes, smiled at him. Lin Mu can feel the relaxation of Patrik's mood at the moment.

Patrik then told some beastmen to check out the beasts from four sides of the forest. He wants to know very clearly whether the number of beasts would threaten their safety.

Phil thinks that this place is beautiful as well, but he was quite puzzled to see the beastmen looking like they are preparing to rest on the open space.

"Lin Mu, why didn't anyone go to the cave? Shouldn't we move things into the cave first?"

Lin Mu was observing the topography of the valley when he heard Phil's question. He smiled and said, "We won't live in a cave. We will live in somewhere better than the cave, it is called a house."

"House?" Phil had never heard of a house before.

"House is a very warm and bright place, and we can build the house ourselves." Misha's voice chipped in. "Right, Lin Mu?"

"En." Lin Mu smiled and nodded.

Phil didn't understand what a house was, but he knew that it was the place where they will live in, and he doesn't have to worry anymore.

Misha came to find Lin Mu after he finished setting up his sleeping area.

"Let's make something delicious at noon. And we must add salt."

He liked the taste of saltiness very much. Unfortunately, they only have the little bit of salt that Phil brought with him. Phil also likes the food Lin Mu made. In the past, females always eat meat like the beastmen, or occasionally added with some fruits, while Lin Mu's vegetables are more suitable for females. So he also looked hopefully at Lin Mu. Of course, there are also two little foodies looking hopefully at him.

Lin Mu nodded cheerfully; the first day in the valley is indeed worth celebrating.

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Phil lifted his sore arm and looked at Lin Mu, who was also swinging a scythe to cut the grass, "Let's take a break, Lin Mu."

Lin Mu raised his head and wiped his sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. Seeing that Phil looked tired, he replied, "Alright, let's take a break."

Then he said to Lloyd, who was still cutting the grass, "Take a break as well, Lloyd. Let's sit down and drink some water."

Lloyd put down the stone knife in his hand and saw Phil sitting on the ground while kneading his arm. He felt very distressed to see Phil worked so hard. Lloyd went over and helped Phil knead his arm.

Lin Mu looked at Phil's shy yet sweet expression and smiled. He handed some water to them, and he sat down under a shaded area. Drinking his water, he looked up to see the busy beastmen not far away from him. Some were moving stones, some were breaking down big stones, and some were piling/collecting mud. . . . . . their house building activity is going on full swing. The foundation was laid in just three days, Lin Mu have to admire the great power of the beastmen.

They have stayed in the valley for three days now, and they have discussed how to build their house on the first night. Because of time constraint, they finally decided to build a big house1; 75 meters long and 45 meters wide. According to Lin Mu, they have to set the perimeter first, then finally they can start to divide the rooms. As for the wall of the courtyard, they will come back to it when they have the time in the future. After all, they have to get the house ready before the rainy season, and during this period they will also have to prepare their food for the rainy season, as it is inconvenient to go out hunting during the time.

Lin Mu choose a relatively high and flat platform in the valley to build their house. The platform is large and full of lush trees. Lin Mu decided to cut down some trees to open a space in the middle of the woods, that will be where their house stands, and the trees that were cut down can be used as their building material.

Because they don't have many people to work on this, they have to rush against the time, so everyone has a job to do. Lin Mu and Phil are responsible for providing grass to stick with the mud they collected. Due to Lloyd cannot transform because of his injury, he was assigned in Lin Mu's group. That got Lloyd feeling depressed for some time.

While he is drinking the water, Lin Mu thought of their current construction. Building a house is just like 'military tactics on paper2'. He doesn't have enough materials, and how to make the roof without tiles. Although they can use thatch, Lin Mu is worried that it might not last in the continuous rain during the rainy season. However, they have no other choice. Sighing in his heart, Lin Mu felt that he has rested enough, so he picked up the stone knife to continue working.

Phil saw that Lin Mu has resumed working, so he picked up his knife as well and started working with Lin Mu. Lloyd resumed his work not far from them.

"Lin Mu, I heard you talking about the house that night. It sounds like a good place to live, I am looking forward to it ah. I wonder when we will finish building it."

"Look at the beastmen's current speed, you will see it soon. The house with us together, it's home."

The beastmen work through every night in shifts, even the injured Lloyd is no exception. Lin Mu feels that he has the responsibility to let them eat better food, but the ingredients he has is limited. And he doesn't know if there is something like seasonings in the world like onion, ginger and pepper. There is no time to look for it now. He looked up at the mountains around him. Since ancient times, the mountains have been treasures of nature. There should be many good things hidden inside. When they have the time, he will ask Patrik to take him on a treasure hunt.

Seeing that Lin Mu is looking up into the distance, Phil couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?"

"I was wondering how I could make the meals taste better."

"I'll listen to your instructions, Lin Mu. The food you prepared is so delicious. I have never eaten such a delicious meal in my tribe before."

Phil couldn't help feeling a little sentimental. He doesn't know how is his tribe now, or if they are still suffering3. When he thought of the females he was familiar with, he can't help feeling sad and angry, but even more was fear, because as females, they were very weak. Fortunately, he has Lloyd with him; otherwise he can't imagine what would happen to him.

Lin Mu saw Phil suddenly became saddened, thinking that he must have thought of his own tribe, where there are his relatives and friends. He did not know how to comfort Phil, and can only comfort pat on his shoulder.

Phil looked at Lin Mu, who looked at him worriedly. He smiled at Lin Mu and said, "I'm fine, I'm just worried about the people in the tribe. Although my father and dad4 are already gone, and I don't have much friends (Phil don't have many social connections in the tribe, why? This will be told in the future)5 but that was still my tribe, so I am still worried."

"I understand." The tribe is their home, it's normal for Phil to be worried.

Phil lowered his head and continued to cut the grass, whispering, "I don't have the ability to save them. I can't do anything but getting worried for them." As a female, Phil is always on the protected side. He has no ability to save his own people and can only blame himself.

Lin Mu squatted down. "You have been attacked by Drifter Beastmen. Are there any other tribes that can help your tribe?"

"Other tribes probably don't know, our tribes were remotely located from each other."

"We have no way to save your people, but I can get people to inform the tribes closest to your tribe to save them."

"Really?!" Phil grabbed Lin Mu's hand happily, and Lin Mu nodded with a smile.

"Lin Mu, you are so good. All of you are very good."

Lloyd on the side heard Lin Mu's words. He looked Phil getting excited because of Lin Mu's words, and there were worries in his eyes, 'When the tribe is saved, will he leave?'

Lin Mu noticed the melancholy gaze Lloyd cast on Phil, and naturally understood what he is thinking about. However, he has no intention to help Lloyd. After all, the matter between the two people still needs to be solved together, so that the relationship between them can be stronger. So ignoring Lloyd's concerns, Lin Mu happily discussed about dinner with Phil. Now that he has Phil to help, it is much easier to cook for Lin Mu.

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After the meal, Lin Mu felt like his body is going to fall apart. Lying on the thick animal skin, Lin Mu groaned softly. From the day Lin Mu came to this world, he has never felt this tired before. He was used to letting Patrik helping him, even during their travel, he was just being carried by Patrik. So when he suddenly work himself that hard, his body cannot handle it.

Patrik sat down next to Lin Mu and pulled his hand. His originally pale white hand was covered with red marks, there were some abrasions as well. It was very distressing.

"Actually, you don't have to work so hard. Taking care of the female is a beastman's responsibility."

Knowing that Patrik cares about him, Lin Mu's heart felt warm. Lin Mu sat up and smiled, "I don't mind, I want to build this home together."

"Home?" Patrik smiled at him.

Lin Mu was flustered. "I mean our big family."

Patrik still smiles at him.

Lin Mu lowered his head and mumbled, "Don't look at me like this."

Lin Mu felt himself turning strange.

"Does it still hurts?"

"What?" Lin Mu looked up at Patrik with a puzzled expression.

"Your hand, does it still hurt?" His eyes were full of pity.

"It's alright."

….

Lin Mu: "You!"

Lin Mu didn't think Patrik would suddenly lick his hand. As if he was scalded, Lin Mu wanted to break away, but Patrik persistently held tight. Lin Mu was glad that everyone's sleeping area was scattered, and they are far away from the others. This situation is too embarrassing to be seen by others.

Looked down at Patrik 'disinfecting' his palm, Lin Mu would be lying if he said he was not touched. Back in those years, no one has ever cared about him, whether he's hungry, thirsty, or hurt. No one ever cared.

"Patrik." Lin Mu whispered.

Patrik heard that Lin Mu's tone seemed wrong. He looked up to see Lin Mu's eyes became red. He asked nervously, "What's wrong? Was it painful?"

"Thank you, thank you for being so good to me." The tears in Lin Mu's eyes sparkled.

Patrik sighed and held Lin Mu in his arms. Then he gently patted his back. "Don't say thank you."

"En."

Patrik's arms made Lin Mu feel at ease and peace, and his eyelids started to become heavy.

"Is your arm still feeling sore?"

"It is." Lin Mu was feeling very sleepy, softly voiced out, "It hurts, give me a rub." His tone was like a spoilt child.

Patrik knew that Lin Mu wanted to sleep, he gently put him on the blanket and began to massage him.

Woke up the next day, Lin Mu went to the construction site after a simple breakfast. Because the foundation has already been laid, he has to tell them how to build the wall with stones. When Lin Mu arrived, they were busy with their own task, and the beastmen had a good job division system. Lin Mu saw them using the sticky mud to stick the stones together like what was taught to them. Then Lin Mu monitored by the side and gave them something like Plumb bob so that the walls would be erected in a straight manner and not skewed.

"Mu Mu, let me monitor them. You and Phil can go to pick wild vegetables, but you must let Lloyd accompany you two. Remember to pick the vegetables at the foot of the mountain, and don't go up the mountain."

Patrik knows that Lin Mu can't just eat meat like them. En, especially Lin Mu, he likes to eat those wild vegetables, Patrik doesn't want Lin Mu to suffer in his diet.

Lin Mu saw that the beastmen were doing very well. Thinking that his food storage is almost empty, he happily replied, "En, I am going then."

"Wait."

"En?"

Patrik pulled Lin Mu's hand and said, "Here."

Lin Mu looked at the red fruit in his hand and smiled. "I am leaving."

Lin Mu went to the area where Phil worked. Just as he wanted to call him, Lin Mu suddenly exclaimed in shock and hurriedly turned away, wanted to escape.

"Lin Mu, don't run." Phil pushed Lloyd away and ran to Lin Mu, his face blushing.

Lin Mu felt like he is going to die from the embarrassment. He came upon Lloyd pressing and kissing on Phil. Lin Mu despised himself for overreacting. Isn't it just seeing the two people kiss? What with the big reaction? He also kissed before, wait, that's out of topic.

Lin Mu turned back. "Phil, I didn't mean to disturb."

When Phil heard Lin Mu's words, his face became redder. He glared at Lloyd, who was casually leaning against a tree. Then he saw Lloyd throwing a bad boy smile at him; beastman really have a thick face. Phil didn't want to continue this matter and shifted the topic, "Lin Mu, didn't you went to guide them how to build the house? Why did you come back?"

When he heard Phil's question, Lin Mu was reminded of his purpose, "Phil, let's go pick some wild vegetables. We can help collect firewood along the way." They need to prepare the firewood needed during the rainy season.

"En, let's pick more wild vegetables. I think wild vegetables are best served with meat."

"En. We can see if there are other good things as well."

Phil likes Lin Mu very much. He thinks that Lin Mu is kinder than any females in his tribe, and Lin Mu always makes others feel warm.

"Let's go." He said, pulling Lin Mu to the side of the mountain. Lloyd followed slowly behind them.

While they were walking and checking out the greeneries by the roadside, a small white figure rushed towards Lin Mu.

"Qiuqiu!"

Phil liked the lovely Qiuqiu as well and couldn't help reaching out to touch Qiuqiu's small head. Qiuqiu cooperatively let itself to be patted and displayed a look of enjoyment.

"Lin Mu, Qiuqiu is cute."

"Hehe." Lin Mu lightly caressed Qiuqiu's back. "You little thing don't have a conscience, now only you remember this owner."

At this moment, the grass on the side suddenly rustled. After a while, Casso's small head poked out. It shook off the grass debris from its head and looked up at Qiuqiu. One could see how much it felt wronged in its eyes.

"I was about to ask why didn't Casso follow you, and here it is." Lin Mu shot the two small ones with a sceptical look. "You two are good to me."

Phil was amused by Lin Mu pretending to be angry. Lloyd looked at the Qiuqiu in Lin Mu's hand with a puzzled expression.

Lin Mu placed Qiuqiu on Casso's back, and this move succeeded in making Casso happy. Just that Qiuqiu became unhappy this time. It gave Casso a swipe and then jumped to Phil's arms, so Casso felt resentful.

"How did Casso offended our Qiuqiu?" Lin Mu smiled and watched the show.

Casso was speechless. Actually, he didn't do anything, so why is Qiuqiu angry again?

"Casso, why didn't Misha come with you?"

Lin Mu asked as he walked. After all, these three small ones always played together. Because they were small, there was no task for them.

"Misha said that he wants to explore on his own, and didn't let us follow." Lloyd translated for Casso.

"It's not safe for Misha to go alone." Lin Mu frowned and looked at Casso. "How can you let him go alone? Now that everyone is busy, you should be responsible for his safety."

'Who ask him to always bully Qiuqiu', Casso thought in its heart. But now it also felt that it's not good for Misha to be alone and regretted not following him.

"Go find him." Seeing Casso looking at Qiuqiu, he added, "Qiuqiu will go with us."

Casso saw that Qiuqiu didn't follow it so it could only go by itself.

"Let's go." Lin Mu said to Phil, who was happily playing with Qiuqiu.

"En." Just that before Phil managed to take a few steps forward, Qiuqiu ran away from his arms.

"Qiuqiu!"

Lin Mu looked at the direction Qiuqiu went and shook his head with a smile. "Don't worry, it went to Casso. Let's continue with our task." He said and walked up.

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Lin Mu chatted and laughed with Phil while picking wild vegetables along the way. Because he is not very familiar with this world, Lin Mu only picked the wild vegetables he knows, such as fiddlehead fern, Shepherd's Purse and other similar vegetables; he doesn't dare to try out other things. The vegetation in this world is really rich, and they are very robust. Lin Mu looks at the Shepherd's Purse that he has just pulled out. The leaves were two or three times larger than what he used to eat, such growth is really gratifying.

"Lin Mu, do we need to collect that much?"

Phil asked when he looked at the number of wild vegetables behind them. They have already picked so much even before they reach the foot of the mountain. Will they still be going to the mountain at this rate?

"We should take whatever we can, these vegetables can be dried and stored for a long time anyway."

Lin Mu thought of the various ways to eat wild vegetables and remember that many people like to use dried vegetables as steamed bun stuffings. Thinking of steamed buns, Lin Mu's favourite is soup buns. Savouring the taste of it in his memory, Lin Mu can't help drooling. Wiping away his non-existing saliva, Lin Mu stopped himself from thinking about the buns anymore. Without flour, steamed buns can only be a dream.

"Do you still go to the foot of the mountain?"

Lin Mu said while tidying the vegetables he picked, "Of course, I want to find new ingredients."

They sorted out the vegetables and tied them with a fine rattan, then it is Lloyd's turn to work hard. The two chatted while walking.

"Lin Mu, you know so much. Which tribe do you belong to?"

"My tribe?" Lin Mu thought of his original world, and smiled bitterly, "My tribe is far far away, and I can't go back anymore. But it's good to be here." There are no schemes here, no harming people with unscrupulous means, no people who caused him to suffer. They are no longer in his life, it is really good.

Phil looked at Lin Mu's faint expression and felt that he must have thought of something sad. Was his tribe attacked by drifter beastmen as well? It wouldn't be Patrik, right? He said that he can't go back. Was it because he likes a drifter beastman that he can't return to his tribe? Phil also like Lloyd, so he can't go back too. Phil felt that he should comfort Lin Mu, so he grabbed Lin Mu's hand and said very seriously, "Lin Mu, don't be sad, I can't go back too. We can be companions."

Lin Mu certainly won't know what Phil is thinking about, but he was moved by him(P) either way. "En, we are companions. And here is our new home."

"En! Our new home will be even better."

Lloyd looked at his female smiling happily in contentment. He never thought that he could have his own female and a loving relationship. Many thanks to beast god's gift. He will soon have a tribe of their own; everything is getting better.

Lin Mu split the fruit that Patrik gave him into two, and gave one to Phil. Then he took a bite and chewed while asking Phil, "What kind of fruit do you like to eat?"

"My favourite fruit is the crystal fruit." Recalling that tempting taste, the red fruit in his hand really can't be compared with the crystal fruit.

Hearing the name, Lin Mu felt that the fruit must be crystal clear.

"Crystal fruit only gets produced in the winter, and it's pale pink in colour. The fruit is crystal-clear like ice, so we also call it ice fruit. Because the crystal fruit is usually grown on the edge of a cliff, plus there would be wild beasts guarding it, it is not easy to pick the fruit. Beastmen generally pick it to please their female."

Phil still remembers that he managed to eat it because of his dad1. That time, his father seemed to have done something bad, so his dad ignored his father. Hence, father went to pick crystal fruits for dad. Father was seriously injured when he went to pick the fruits. Dad was very sad at the time, and he forgave his father. Thinking of his passed away father and dad, Phil became sad.

At the moment, Lloyd has been paying attention to Phil and noticed his sadness, and immediately stepped forward to comfort Phil. He pulled Phil into his arms, and let him lean on his chest; telling Phil that he(P) can depend on him.

Lin Mu quickly changed the subject when he saw that Phil's expression became sad. He looked at a fruit tree next to them. The tree has large white fruits that are as large as a volleyball. "What fruit is this?"

Lloyd's embrace has calmed Phil's heart, and Phil said, "Sweety fruit (Tian Tian Guo)."

"Sweety fruit? What is the difference between this one and sweet fruit (Tian Guo)2?"

"Well… it is very much sweeter than sweet fruit."

Sweeter than sweet fruit! Thinking how sweet is the sweet fruit, if sweety fruit is much sweeter, then it would be like eating sugar! Thinking that he might get sugar, Lin Mu is happy.

"Phil, is this fruit ripe yet?" If it's already ripe, Lin Mu wanted to try it.

"Sweety fruit usually matures one month after the rainy season. It must be picked up as soon as its peel begins to turn yellow. Otherwise, the peel of the sweety fruit will become sticky. It will attract a lot of bugs. And the sweety fruit is very strange. It is very, very sour before it matures. No one can eat it except for pregnant females. When it matures, it becomes very very sweet. Just that because it's too sweet, even people who love to eat sweet stuff don't like it." Phil was curious and has tasted both sweet fruits before. Even thinking of it right now caused his stomach to hurt; how can there be such a strange fruit?

Lin Mu listened to Phil's words; very sour and very sweet. "We should pick some later when we go back."

"But it's extremely sour when it's not ripe yet. Could it be…" Phil looked thoughtfully at Lin Mu's stomach.

Being stared at by Phil, Lin Mu blushed. Although he slept with Patrik, they were very pure, alright? Even when they did some intimate stuff, it is still a pure male x male relationship. Lin Mu quickly explained, "I just want to take it back and study it to see if I can use it in my cooking." He hoped that the fruit is just like what he thinks.

"Oh, for cooking. Just that, it is so sour, you still can use it for cooking?" Phil thought of how Lin Mu knows a lot of strange things. It was amazing.

"What I need is the acidity, but I am not sure if it is was I'm thinking of." If the result is good, that means he will have natural vinegar? Also, when the sweety fruit is ripe, the outer skin is sticky, one can see how high is the sugar content of the fruit! This kind of sweet fruit that nobody cares about is actually a treasure!

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The three arrived at the foot of the mountain.

"What a tall mountain! I can't see the top at all."

"En, we are in the mountains now. Think about the rolling mountains, so…" Phil cut in before Lin Mu finished his word, "How many wild vegetables will there be?!"

Lin Mu patted Phil's head and scolded with a smile. "Such low ambition, only thinks about wild vegetables."

"But wild vegetables are delicious, and they are better than just eating fruit."

Lin Mu thought of the days Phil went through, they only ate meat or fruit. En, wild vegetables are indeed better than fruits.

"Let's split up to search, I'll go this side." Then Lin Mu said to Lloyd, whose existence was very low by the side. "You can just accompany Phil."

But Phil disagreed. "Let Lloyd stay with you, what if you are in danger?"

Being worried by the skinny Phil, it seems that his(LM) image is very fragile.

"I only search a small area nearby. It's no danger." He pointed at a nearby space while saying that. "You guys don't go too far as well."

Phil felt that the area is quite close to his location and nodded.

In places where there are few people off the beaten track, the grasses are particularly robust. Lin Mu asked Lloyd to cut a long branch for him, before starting his treasure hunt. Lin Mu's left hand held the branch while the right swung a knife forward. Although Lin Mu is not afraid of Patrik, he is afraid of snakes. Even though Patrik said that Lin Mu had his smell and the snake would not attack him, Lin Mu kept constant vigilance, just in case. When Phil and Lin Mu meet up later on, they were very happy.

"Phil, look, I picked up five eggs." These eggs were discovered when Lin Mu brushed apart a bush, and it was the size of a beastman's fist. Lin Mu doesn't know what animal's eggs can be so big.

"Lin Mu, eggs don't taste good."

Phil had eaten it before when Lloyd was injured and could not hunt, he picked up some egg when he was looking for food. He ate one and almost spat everything it out. Obviously Phil's impression of eggs is not very good.

"Hehe, I can make it delicious." Boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, egg drop soup, everything sounds delicious to him now.

Hearing that Lin Mu said he could make it delicious, then it will definitely be delicious. Phil now has blind faith in Lin Mu. In his heart, no female can do better than Lin Mu.

"Look, I found this too." Lin Mu took the things in his hand and showed it to Phil. "This is green onions. It was so big that I couldn't believe it."

Its height was around one meter high, and it was so thick that he needed both hands to hold it. This caused Lin Mu to doubt that it is really a green onion. If it wasn't for its appearance looking quite similar, and it smelled alike, Lin Mu won't dare to pull it out.

"Lin Mu, this thing smells weird, can it be eaten?"

"This can be used as a condiment, an absolutely good thing." Then he saw some stuff wrapped in leaves in Lloyd's hand and asked Phil, "Phil, what have you found?" Phil looked so happy, so his haul must be very good.

"I found some medicine."

As he said that, Phil took the big bag from Lloyd's hand and opened it to Lin Mu. Phil picked up an oval object that was twice as big as his palm. It was dark red, and the surface was pitted. Lin Mu doesn't know what it was.

"This is called spicy ball. In the past during the rainy season, the witch doctor would let us eat this when it rained, saying that it can be used to drive away the cold. After eating it, our stomach would feel really warm, just that the taste is too stimulating." Seemed to recall the taste, Phil frowned.

Lin Mu heard Phil's description of the oval object and wondered why it sounded like ginger. He took one and cut it with a knife. Next, a familiar smell rushed to his nose. It is ginger! Even though it has changed appearance, it is still ginger deep inside. Lin Mu felt very happy, plus today's harvest is quite a lot. Now that he has onion and ginger, does that mean he can expect to find other condiments as well?

"Phil, let's get more of this… spicy ball. En, we will definitely have a good lunch today."

"There are a lot of spicy balls, but it's not very convenient to take them back." Phil looked at Lloyd's hands full of items.

Lin Mu looked at the pile at his feet and was troubled as well. "Let Lloyd carry these, and we'll hold onto the spicy balls."

"En."

So, Lloyd has wild vegetables hanging around his neck, holding onions and eggs in his arms, plus Phil's herbs. That amusing appearance made the two laugh.

On their way back, Lin Mu picked up two sweety fruits and returned home with a great haul!

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Chapter 16 Salt!

When Lin Mu returned, he went to look at the progress of the construction. He saw neat stone walls and had to admire the beastmen's working ability. Because there was only a handful of beastman, everyone needs to help out in building the house except for Casso, who couldn't transform yet and also two beastman every day who needs to hunt for their food; a dozen of beastman, glistening with sweat and busying under the sun.

Lin Mu boiled some water and added salt in it, then gave the water to Phil to distribute it. Looking at the big bowl of water in his hand, Lin Mu took a glance at Patrik, who was breaking down some stones and walked over to him. The wooden bowl was very big, so Lin Mu has to use both hands to hold it. He bumped Patrik with his body and whispered, "Drink some water."

"En." Patrik smiled, but he didn't stop hitting the stones.

"You… are you drinking or not?" Lin Mu's voice became even smaller.

"I want to drink." But he still stood there watching Lin Mu with a laugh, not intending to take any actions.

Lal was drinking water beside them, he deliberately talked loudly to Cohen next to him.

"Cohen, this water is obviously salted. Why do I taste sour instead? Hahaha."

Lal's words made Lin Mu want to clench his teeth.

"En, it's sour." Lin Mu wanted to bite Cohen for his 'no regrets' words.

"Hehe, Lin Mu, why don't you understand? Boss wants you to feed him. Hahaha…" The beastman along the side laughed.

Lin Mu felt very shy. How can two men become the object of ridicule? And why is this scene felt familiar? Shouldn't the protagonists of this scene filled with JQ1 belongs to a man and a woman? Looking at Patrik, a tall man with firm muscles, does that mean he(LM) is the petite shy girl? And so, Lin Mu became furious and shoved the bowl to Patrik's hand. "It's up to you whether you want to drink or not!" Then he ran away.

The laughing sound became louder behind him, and Lin Mu mumbled under his breath, "Damn Patrik. Bastard." He ran back to the creek in one breath.

The creek crossed through the valley, and from the place they are temporary staying in, the woods where their house is located is behind them.

"What's wrong, Lin Mu?"

Phil watched Lin Mu running over while catching his breath, his face was covered in a blush. Lin Mu's skin was delicate and pale, now tinted with a touch of pink, Phil felt that he looked very nice.

Lin Mu squatted down and picked up the wild vegetables beside him.

"It's nothing. We need to be quick and wash these vegetables. The beastmen worked hard and has exhausted a lot energy. Plus we are adding new dishes today, we will be very busy."

"En, the beastmen ate a lot, unfortunately we can't help them with the roasting. However, the females of our tribe never cook, because the beastmen can't bear to let us do it. How can Patrik make you cook?"

Lin Mu's face, which has gone down in temperature rose again, and he muttered under his breath, "What is it going to do with him ah?"

"Isn't Lin Mu going to be Patrik's female? How can this has nothing to do with him?" Phil wondered, then as if he suddenly thought of something, he asked with big eyes, "Are you feeling shy, Lin Mu?" Well, Phil you got that right.

"I'm not shy, and I am not Patrik's female. At my place there, I am a man. I am really a man."

"Lin Mu, don't be agitated. I know you are a man, I am also a man2. But you aren't a male?" Phil was full of doubts. "Lin Mu, you are obviously a female, or you're telling me you can transform into a beast?"

"No." Lin Mu lowered his head in depression and continued to wash the vegetables. He can't understand why is it so difficult to express himself as a man here in this world?

"Oh whoa, Lin Mu! Don't tell me that you were forced by Patrik?"

Phil suddenly exclaimed loudly and shocked Lin Mu.

"What are you saying, Phil? What 'forced'?"

"You said that you are not Patrik's female, and yet you sleep with him every night. Then it must be because he forced you?" Phil said quietly.

Lin Mu was speechless to see Phil acting like they were discussing a secret, but he replied back in a small voice as well. "It's not what you think. Although it kinda felt forced at first, but… in short, it's not like what you think. "

"No?"

Lin Mu lowered his head and didn't look at him. "Didn't you slept with Lloyd as well despite not having a ceremony3? And I didn't do anything with Patrik ah."

"I didn't do anything with Lloyd either." Phil quickly clarified his innocence. Realising that his voice was a little loud, he whispered with a blush, "En… Lloyd and I wanted to be partners soon, is it the same with you and Patrik?"

Lin Mu became silent. Thinking of this world that is without any women, he seemed to be destined to get together with a man? But if that person is Patrik, it doesn't seem unacceptable. He shook his head, 'How can this suddenly become acceptable, just because of a few teasings?"

Lin Mu didn't want to think about it right now, let's wait until he wanted to marry4 for real. . . pei pei pei5, partners, he'll think about it again if he wanted a partner.

"Lin Mu?"

"What?" Lin Mu looked up at Phil with a questioning gaze.

Phil pointed at the green leaves drifting away. "You have bald-ed the vegetables."

Looking at the stalks in his hand, Lin Mu smiled in embarrassment. He has just zoned out for a moment, how can it become like this? Lin Mu looked at the branches in his hands without words. All of a sudden, Lin Mu reached out to hold a white 'ball' that was rushing towards him. Lin Mu lamented that because Qiuqiu attacked him several times, his reaction speed has greatly improved, his hands reacted subconsciously before he knew what actually happened.

"Didn't you went to find Missha with Casso? Why you come back?" Just as Lin Mu's voice just fell, Misha's voice can be heard.

"Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu, why did you run away?" Misha ran over, but Casso was faster than him.

Looking at Casso's obvious comforting action, Lin Mu funnily looked at the breathless Misha.

"Why did you bully Qiuqiu again?"

Lin Mu doesn't know why Misha likes Qiuqiu so much. Didn't he dislike Qiuqiu at first? Is this the legendary 'bullying the person you liked' scene? Lin Mu's thoughts caused black lines to appear on his face. [- _ -lll]

"I didn't. I just want to feed it some water. It's true." He shook his bottle. The plastic bottle originally belonged to Lin Mu. Misha liked it, so Lin Mu gave it to him.

Lin Mu looked at the clear water in the bottle and couldn't see anything out of the norm, but Misha is a mischievous and weird child, so he believed there must be something wrong with it. However, Lin Mu won't be petty with children. Lin Mu comfortingly rubbed Qiuqiu's head, and Casso also comforted Qiuqiu by licking it.

"Qiuqiu, don't be sad. Since your master won't help you, I will help you. How about we don't play with Misha in the future?"

A little white paw was placed on Casso's face, but unlike usual, Casso didn't feel any pain, so it was satisfied.

Misha felt embarrassed as well. He just wants to play with Qiuqiu and has no intention to bully it this time, but Misha decided to admit his wrong. Although he was quite reluctant and sad, he still took out the treasure he has recently discovered.

"Qiuqiu, this is for you. You can let Lin Mu help you make a hole in it for you to wear around your neck. It's so beautiful, I am really not willing to give you."

Qiuqiu didn't move. Casso immediately picked it up with his mouth without hesitation, wanted to give it Quiqiu.

"pfft…" Casso spat it out the moment his tongue touched the thing. "What is this? Ugh, I feel bad.6"

Lin Mu was surprised to see a large, palm-sized transparent crystal that was thrown on the ground. It looked like crystal, but Lin Mu felt that it must not be because it looked familiar.

"Casso, why did you throw my treasure on the ground?" Misha said as he went to pick it, but Lin Mu got up before him.

Misha looked at Lin Mu in confusion.

Lin Mu scratched some powder off with his nails and gave it an experimental lick. It's salty!

"Misha, where did you find this?" Lin Mu grabbed Misha's arm and asked, his tone was filled with surprise.

Misha felt that Lin Mu's eyes were bright and scary, and woodenly replied, "I… I found it in my secret base."

"Bring me there." Such a large salt crystal, there must be a lot of salt.

Misha was somewhat reluctant. It was his own secret base, and he discovered it himself. He does not want to take someone else to his secret base.

Lin Mu saw Misha's reluctance. He took the piece of crystal to Misha and asked, "Do you know what it is?"

Phil was very curious about what Lin Mu had in his hands and why it caused Lin Mu to be so excited. He looked at it carefully and felt familiar. Then he got it. "Salt?! Lin Mu, is that salt?"

"En!" Lin Mu smiled until his eyes cannot be seen. He finally found salt, he must go to see it right away.

"Salt?" Misha couldn't believe it. The beautiful treasure turned out to be the salt they needed the most.

Don't blame Misha for not recognising it. He had never tasted salt before Lin Mu came. And after Lin Mu arrived, he has only seen some salt that has been grounded into powder. Naturally, he didn't know that these crystals were the salt they have been longing for.

"I will take you there!"

If those crystals are indeed salt, they will finally have salt for their own. They don't have to live a life of drinking blood and can eat salty food every day. How happy will they be?

Lin Mu and Phil followed Misha, and they took a very tortuous path to Misha's secret base. Looking at the unusually hidden cave entrance, Lin Mu asked Misha with some disbelief, "How did you find it here?" The road was so torturous, and the cave was so hidden, it's already great that Lin Mu didn't get lost.

Misha proudly raised his little chin. "Hey, that's because I am amazing ah." When he thought of the fact that he had found salt, his pride was multiplied. "Follow me." He said while walking with his chest puffed up.

The curious Casso and Qiuqiu cannot tolerate it anymore. When Misha said that they can go in, the two small ones quickly rushed in, leaving only their own afterimages. Misha saw the two of them rushing in, and stopped walking elegantly. He shouted while chasing after them, "Wait for me, I found this place first, you two guys rascal!" Phil and Lin Mu slowly walked behind them.

This seems to be a deep hole. The cave was not as dark as they think. Instead, it is covered with soft light, and this light was not from some gap, but the mountain wall is glowing.

"It's so beautiful. Lin Mu, I didn't see this wrong, the stone wall is glowing, right?"

Lin Mu touched the glowing stone and answered Phil, "You are not mistaken, the stone is glowing."

Lin Mu looked at the stone wall in detail. Not all of the stones were shining. Only those with its surface covered with a white layer glowed. Lin Mu didn't know what it was, he used the knife he carried with him to cut a small piece. He took it in his hand, as he thought, the stone in his hand exuded soft white light.

"That's amazing, the stone is glowing. Lin Mu, do you know why?"

Lin Mu hehe-ed, gave off treacherous laughter, "I don't know why it glowed, but I know that we now have lights to use; pure natural lights. If we cut a long strip of it, we can make a light rod."

Finding natural lighting made Lin Mu excited, and he was deep in his thoughts on how to make full use of these glowing stones after the house is built, as he walked to his destination. The lamp is just icing on the cake because the salt is the real 'gifting charcoal in the snow'7!

Following Misha's voice, the two turned a corner and arrived at their destination. They were surprised by the sight. This is a big cave with a circular pool about three meters in diameter in the middle of the cave, and they are surprised looking at the soft light hitting the brightly visible 'ice surface'. The entire cave was covered in this thick 'ice'. Lin Mu didn't know how the salt managed to form into this scene, but it was not something he needs to consider.

"Salt, these are all salt!" Lin Mu felt that he wanted to cry at this moment.

This is what the differ beastman desperately wants to prove, to prove that they have not been abandoned by God. Lin Mu's eyes were red as he smiled to Phil, "We have the salt of our own now, Phil. Our life will get better."

"I want to believe in you."

Phil didn't know why Lin Mu had such a big reaction. He knew that the beastmen lacked salt and that all tribes would not let the drifter beastmen obtain salt from their source. He only knows that salt is a must, but he doesn't know what salt means for those beastmen.

Misha saw them coming while sliding around with the small ones. "Lin Mu, Phil, come and see. I found the salt here."

Lin Mu calmed down and went to the edge of the pool. He looked into the pool and realised that it was crystal clear to the bottom.

"Is this a salt spring?" Lin Mu thought of a place in his world called the Dead Sea, and people will not sink in the water because of the high density of salt. He thought for a moment and threw the stone in his hand into the pool.

"Wow, the stone didn't sink." Misha shouted in surprise.

With the "plop", Casso jumped into the pool. He immediately felt the strangeness of the pool. There was a force in the water holding him to prevent him from sinking, so he turned over happily with his belly facing upwards; relaxing. Casso shouted happily, "This is so fun! I don't sink, haha, I'm floating." Unfortunately, there is no translation.

Lin Mu smiled. He put his hand down and pushed the water in the pool with a smile, then Casso's body shook along with the waves.

"It looked fun, I want to go down." Misha saw how comfortable Casso looked and felt the itch to play as well.

Lin Mu stopped him, saying, "Don't do it now. If you go down now, you will have to take a shower after you come out. It's almost noon, let's go back."

Lin Mu just got up when he heard Casso's yelp. It turned out that Qiuqiu saw Casso playing so happily on the water, and it launched itself onto Casso's stomach like a white cannonball causing Casso to call out in pain.

"Ha ha ha ha…"

A cheerful laugh echoed in the cave. Although it is not good to build your own happiness on other people's suffering, but who ask them to be so cute? However, thinking that 'one is willing to hit while the other willing to suffer', Lin Mu feels that life is infinitely good, and there are many fun things to experience in the future.

Lin Mu used a knife to cut two large pieces of salt from the side of the pool. When he went out, he carefully looked at the hidden condition of the hole. Although the entrance looked very hidden, Lin Mu decided to go back and think of a good way to hide it with Patrik, so that there won't be any outsider coming across it and grab the salt. Looking back at the cave, Lin Mu thought of how Misha runs around in a hidden place and felt scared. He looked at Misha seriously.

"Misha, although it's great that you found salt for us, I hope you won't make us worry anymore in the future by going out to explore alone without care. It will be very dangerous if you come across any trouble. Remember, you must be accompanied if you want to go out to play in the future."

"I know. I won't do that in the future." Misha knew that Lin Mu was thinking for him and nodded.

Lin Mu touched Misha's head. "Be obedient. If you get hurt, Matt will be sad."

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Chapter 17 A satisfying lunch

Lin Mu returned to his resting area and asked Casso to hunt 2 'colourful' birds, which is similar to chickens in Lin Mu's heart, and rushed to find Patrik. At the construction, Lin Mu found Patrik at once. He ran quickly and was anxious to let him know the good news.

"Patrik, Patrik!" Lin Mu ran to him, but because he ran too fast, Lin Mu almost couldn't stop in time. Fortunately, Patrik reached out and stabilised his body.

Patrik couldn't help but frowned when he saw Lin Mu didn't pay attention to his own safety. He said seriously, "Don't run so fast, what if you fall down?"

Lin Mu smiled in embarrassment. "I'm just too happy." As Lin Mu said that, he took out the salt pieces and presented it like a treasure to Patrik. "Look, see what is this?"

Patrik inspected the salt piece in Lin Mu's hand. Through the sunlight, Patrik can see that the thing is something pure, sparkling and translucent. "En, it's pretty." He knows that females like beautiful but useless things. However, even if it is useless, Patrik still wants to express his support to Lin Mu.

"Who told you to say it's beautiful?" Lin Mu gently scratched some salt powder with his fingers and pointed at Patrik. "Have a taste."

Lin Mu must be overly happy that his brain went haywire, causing his arc of reaction to be longer1, otherwise how would he do such a provocative thing?

Patrik was stunned, and he looked at Lin Mu's eyes which were full of expectations. He couldn't help but sigh, but he was very happy. At least he knew that he is special in Lin Mu's heart. Then, he took Lin Mu's hand and put his finger in his mouth.

Lin Mu finally reacted when he felt the warmth from Patrik's mouth, and he wanted to pull his hand back. He could clearly ambiguous gaze pointed at them from their surroundings. Lin Mu blushed so hard. What's wrong with him, doing such a thing! It must be because he was too smug! Unfortunately, Lin Mu couldn't pull his hand back and was feeling anxious, then sounds of laughter reverberated around him.

"Patrik, let go."

Patrik finally reacted towards that item in Lin Mu's hand. He excitedly looked at Lin Mu's hand, "Mu Mu, this is…"

"Salt, this is salt."

"Where did you find it, how many, how did you find it?! You…"

Lin Mu felt a bit uncomfortable to see the usually indifferent Patrik to act out of the norm, "Patrik, calm down, calm down. I will tell you slowly."

Lin Mu pulled Patrik into the shade of a tree. Patrik deserved to be called Patrik because very quickly, he returned to his usually calm expression and listened to Lin Mu's explanation. Since there is already a result, he naturally no longer has to worry about the process.

Lin Mu told Patrik in detail how they knew about the salt spring, the salt-filled cave, and he(LM) gestured wildly to Patrik, telling how he would use the glowing stones.

Patrik smiled and looked at the energetic person in front of him. He pulled Lin Mu into his arms, rested his head on Lin Mu's shoulder, and said his true thoughts in a low voice: "It's good to have you here with me." It's really good to have you with me, so nice.

Lin Mu can understand Patrik's mood, just like. . . how he would feel if his brother told him in his dream that he doesn't hate Lin Mu that much, it was a kind of psychological relief. Now that they have salt, Patrik finally can put down his psychological burden, but for him(LM). . . . . .

Lin Mu doesn't know why he cares for Lin Yu2, perhaps because the only person he cares for more than a decade has become hypocritical, and he can't accept it; maybe because his heart felt too cold for 10 years, and when he finally felt warm, the warmth was fake. Could it be Lin Mu is worried that his past 10 years is also fake? Thinking about it now, submerged pure happiness (with Patrik), yes, those past 10 years are indeed fake.

Patrik's arms make him feel warm and reassuring. Lin Mu sometimes wondered if he didn't meet Patrik but someone else, will he still feel simple happiness like this? Lin Mu knows that females are precious in this world, so even if he encountered other beastman tribes, he could still live very well. But he also knows he could live happily only because they need him3. As for Patrik. . . . . . Lin Mu returned his hug and encircled Patrik with his arms. "It's good to have you with me too."

Lin Mu happily cleaned the 'chicken' that Casso hunted for him. Although this colourful 'chicken' is much bigger than Casso, it was an effortless hunt for this little guy as a flying wolf. Lin Mu rubbed Casso and smiled in encouragement, "Since Casso did a good job, I have decided that both chickens belong to Casso. We will only drink the soup."

"No, although I caught them, I want everyone to eat together."

Lin Mu didn't know what Casso was saying, but he could see its reluctance from its expression. "Haha, little guy, chicken meat after being stewed into soup doesn't taste very good. Do you still want to eat it?"

Casso thought to itself that any food cooked by Lin Mu couldn't be bad. "I want to eat. I caught it myself so it must be delicious."

"Lin Mu, the chickens have prepared, what to do next?" Phil's voice could be heard.

Lin Mu patted Casso's head. "Remember to look after Misha properly. Today's chicken is a reward for you."

Lin Mu's cooking stove was built by the creek, as it is unsafe to make a fire in the forest. The forest is providing cover for the house, and Lin Mu didn't want to burn it.

"Phil, cut more of those… 'spicy ball' (I still feel that calling them ginger is better in my heart)4, as we will be using a bit more of it."

"En." Phil peeled the skin with bamboo chopsticks, diligently peeling them. His actions can be seen quite good.

Lin Mu is very satisfied upon seeing that, Phil is definitely a good helper for him. He(P) learns to cook very quickly, thus reducing a lot of pressure from him(LM).

Looking at the two chickens on the stone platform, Lin Mu decided not to cut them since he wanted to make soup with them. He put the chickens directly into the largest stone pot and added onion and ginger. Then he just starts to boil/stew it. Lin Mu looked at the stone pot that can be compared with a (small) tank. Ever since the beastmen realised the importance of using pots, the volume of the stone pot has been increasing. One can see how much is the beastman's food volume from that.

In the 2 largest stone pots, one was used to make chicken soup, and the other was used to stir fry meat. In the past, Lin Mu would not use big stone pot to stir fry meat. After all, his ability is limited, and it is very difficult to stir the meat so no need to mention cooking with it. But now with Lloyd as a helper, it's not a problem anymore. Now Lin Mu just needs to add ingredients and give an order to cook it. So easy.

The food in the 2 stone pots is naturally not enough for these 'big stomach kings'5 to eat. So the beastmen would need to solve the problem by roasting their own food as well, otherwise they can tire him and Phil to death with the cooking.

After preparing the food for the beastmen, it's time for Lin Mu and Phil to move to their small stove. Both Misha and Phil have different taste buds from the beastmen as they prefer to eat vegetables, like Lin Mu. Therefore, all beastmen understood the need for small stoves. It is compulsory for females to enjoy special treatment. Whatever females want to do is an absolute decision. One could say that all beastmen have unlimited potential to be a 'wife slave'.

However, they also ignored the fact that there's one beastman who could enjoy the special treatment – Patrik (as for Casso who tagged along Lin Mu, the beastmen agreed that Casso is a small cub, so Casso doesn't count)6. It's useless to be jealous because the chef is Lin Mu. How could Lin Mu make delicious food without Patrik's share? You asked what about Phil's Lloyd? Well, Lloyd can only take care of himself. Why you asked? Well, Phil's reaction arc not long like Lin Mu's7?

Lin Mu checked his harvest today; 5 eggs. He thought about the food he could make with it – egg drop soup is a must, fried eggs too. They have ginger and onion, so he could make a 'cold wild vegetable' dish'. Meat soup also has to be done. En, seeing that the beastmen worked hard, Lin Mu decided to make a big pot of meat soup so that everyone can have a share. When it's about time for lunch, it's also the time when the tempting scent from the chicken soup and meat soup wafted out. The beastmen could not resist, so they asked their boss to give the order to eat. Patrik looked at them getting anxious like ants on a boiling pot. Although his eyes looked indifferent as usual, Patrik actually felt funny in his heart. Seeing that the beastmen staring intently with a stiff neck, Patrik decisively let them go. In fact, he was also curious about what Lin Mu cooked today, so he went along with them.

Although the beastmen wanted to hurry to grab some food, they still endure it and went to wash their hands and face by the stream. There is no way around this; it's Lin Mu's rule. They don't understand what it means by 'disease enter from the mouth', but they will obey a female's requirements as long as it's within their scope of tolerance.

Lin Mu watched the chicken soup become milky white and said to the beastmen who are ready to eat. "You should drink the chicken soup first, but remember that the chickens inside belonged to Casso. It is a reward for him. You can't eat it oh." Lin Mu smiled and said to them.

Everyone laughed and gave their promise, they would not fight for food with children. Just as the beastmen started eating, Lal and Cohen, who went out to hunt, returned.

Lin Mu told Lal to put down their prey – the beastmen are used to handling/cleaning their prey outside before bringing it back home. "Good timing, the beastmen are going to start roasting the meat."

Twitching his nose, Lal asked, "Whoa, Lin Mu. What did you make? So fragrant ah." Lal smelled the food in the air and was intoxicated.

"Hehe, Uncle Lal, that's chicken soup, it's delicious yo. You should quickly grab a bowl, or there won't be any left." Misha smirked and laughed at Lal while sipping from his small bowl.

Lal immediately wanted to rush over but all of a sudden, a bowl handed to him.

Cohen gave him a smile and said, "I already help you grab a bowl."

Lin Mu looked at Lal getting a little shy from Cohen's action. Is this real?! Lal can get shy as well? What is this situation? Lin Mu was thinking about it when he got interrupted by Patrik.

"What new types of food are you making today?" Patrik has just washed his face, and the wet hair sticks on his handsome and charming face; exuding an indescribable appeal.

Lin Mu lowered his eyes and picked up a bowl on the side. "This is for you." Lin Mu saved a bowl of chicken soup for him in advance. He couldn't imagine it at all, to let Patrik grab the food like the others.

"I still need to cook some vegetables." As he walked toward the stove, Patrik followed naturally behind him.

Patrik placed his wooden bowl down and offered, "I will help you start the fire."

"Alright. You should heat the pot first." As he said that, Lin Mu picked up a wooden bowl from the stone bench that contained the juice of an immature sweety fruit. Lin Mu tried it, and it was so sour that it made him frown. But as vinegar, it is very suitable. He added a little in the pot of meat soup but didn't add much fearing that the beastmen won't like the taste.

Some beastman could be seen already started making their own barbecue. There are also some who are making barbecue chops. They were using an invention created by Lin Mu, which is a thin stone slate with holes drilled in it. They applied a layer of oil on it, when it is hot enough, one can grill the meat on it. The oil they used is naturally animal oil. It was made by Lin Mu yesterday. The animal oil is necessary to cook vegetables and grill meat on the slate.

Lin Mu asked Lloyd to take a large wooden bowl with him. "Give them this ginger juice, and also salt." He has already crushed the salt into powders.

Then Lin Mu turned to Phil, who was also grilling meat by the side and said, "We should brush some meat with sweet juice and some meat with ginger juice."

"En, Misha must like the sweet one."

Lin Mu glanced at Misha playing with Casso. Although Misha didn't show it out, Lin Mu knew that the child missed his father very much. He also doesn't know when they will come back.

Everyone was very satisfied with their lunch. Like their blood bar has been refilled to the max, the beastmen passionately continued with the construction. As for the discovery of salt, Patrik decided to announce it at night.

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At night, Lin Mu lay in Patrik's arms and thought back of that moment when Patrik told the beastmen that they found salt and a salt spring. No longer have to worry about their salt problem, every beastman gave an excited howl. Their excitement and cheers came deep from their heart; even until now Lin Mu could still feel their cheers as if it's next to his ear. It will be a sleepless night. Still feeling very excited, the beastmen decided to decide not to rest and continue to build the house.

The only calm person in the pack should be Patrik, who is now sleeping while hugging him(LM). Looking at the person sleeping with him, Lin Mu has never see Patrik fallen asleep with a relaxed expression like he is now. He(LM) knows that even in his(P) dreams, he is still worried about their life. Lin Mu's fingers gently traced Patrik's eyebrows. People like Patrik are dazzling being that shines brightly wherever they are, and now this great man is wooing him. Lin Mu suddenly smiled a joyful smile. Then he closed his eyes in satisfaction to sleep. There are still unfinished tasks to do tomorrow.

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Chapter 18 Return

On the seventh day in the valley, Lin Mu happily looked at the window that had been built. The windows are naturally wooden windows with a layer of animal hide on the outside. In terms of how to open and close the window, Lin Mu borrowed the method from ancient China and used wooden sticks as support. To open the window, one can use the wooden stick to support it and keep it open. If they want to close the window, they just have to put the stick away, very convenient.

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Touching the window frame, Lin Mu was ready to tell Patrik about his plan. He looked up at the Patrik, who was building the wall, and his eyes sparkled, "Patrik, let's start making wooden beds now."

"Wooden bed?"

Patrik stopped working and turned to see Lin Mu looking at him with enthusiasm. He didn't know what kind of strange things Lin Mu is thinking of, but this does not hinder him from supporting Lin Mu.

"What is the wooden bed used for?" The word 'wooden bed' is just a random word to Patrik.

"Of course to sleep on it. Sleeping on the ground all the time is not good as it is easy to get sick1. With the bed, in the winter we can put a thick quilt… en, animal skin/hide. When it snows, one can lay in bed like a 'cat's hibernation'2. So comfortable, it makes me happy just by thinking about it."

Then Lin Mu said solemnly, "So a bed is very important, and it is necessary to make it."

Lin Mu missed his soft fluffy bed very much. It's alright if there is nothing in his home, but he must have a comfortable big bed so that he can sleep most comfortably when he wants to sleep.

Patrik didn't know how a bed looks like, but Lin Mu's happy expression when he said it makes Patrick think that a bed is a must.

Concerning his winter welfare, Lin Mu talked to Patrik regarding the structure, function, and benefits of a bed. Then they discussed about the technical matter (of how to make one) for two hours, and the final plan was finalized. Also, towards the beastman's high hands-on ability, Lin Mu is very satisfied.

Regarding the design of the bed, due to the lack of tools, the frame can only be made in the simplest form. As for the bed, because they don't have things like nails, Lin Mu and Patrik decided to put the frame together with fine black vines. Black vines are commonly used by beastmen as ropes to tie things. It is very thin and will become very soft after drying in the sun, but at the same time it is very tough and won't be easily snapped off. As for some beastman's abnormal strength, that doesn't count.

Since it has already been decided, Lin Mu naturally is anxious to start work. Because there were not many people available, Patrik decided to let two beastmen help Lin Mu. Lal heard that they are going to make some novelty thing, and thought that he has a chance to be alone with Lin Mu (this idiot has ignored the other helper)3 so he instantly recommended himself. Cohen said he can also help with a black face, then he looked at Lin Mu with dissatisfaction. At the next moment, Lin Mu felt a chill down his back and was puzzled how he could feel cold on a hot day. Looking at how Cohen resentfully stared at Lal, Lin Mu wondered if this is the legendary 'getting shot while lying down', and felt that he has been wrongfully blamed.

"Lin Mu, let's talk. You can ask me to do whatever you want." Lal's expression looked like he is eager to help, and he didn't hide how happy he was.

Lin Mu speechlessly looked at Cohen, and couldn't help ranting in his heart, 'Don't you see that black face as dark as the bottom of a pot next to you? You can't feel it at all?'

Lin Mu might be a bit dull, but Cohen has been chasing Lal all these while. Although everyone pretended not to see it with a tacit mutual understanding, it didn't mean that Lin Mu couldn't see it. Lin Mu felt that they should be given some time to solve their problems, and he is not interested in being a cannon fodder sandwiched between them, or be the cannon fodder who would be finished off by Cohen.

"That er… go and get some black vines first, the more the better." Lin Mu waved his hand. "Quickly go, no need to hurry back."

Cohen heard the task given by Lin Mu and left with Lal. He felt that the two of them needed to talk properly, didn't Lin Mu no need to hurry back as well.

Lal struggled and didn't want to go with him. "Lin Mu, he can collect the vines alone, I can do something else, really."

But Cohen didn't give him a chance, so Lin Mu listened as Lal's voice getting further and further. It seems that in the end, he could also hear Lal's voice calling for help. Lin Mu evilly thought, "Lal, take care! I didn't mean to set you up; I am innocent. Hehe."

Patrik thinks that Lin Mu's smile is a little weird (it's a little vulgar). "You sent them away, who will help you now?"

"Humph, letting them help is giving me a chill under this big summer weather. Look, the goosebumps I get from being watched by Cohen are showing."

Lin Mu said while showing his thin arms. "So, whoever helping me should definitely be not them."

Thinking of Lal's thoughts on Lin Mu, Patrik thought what Lin Mu said makes sense. Lal is better to stay full time with Cohen. As for Lin Mu, the farther away he's from Lal, the better, Patrik believes that Cohen must feel the same with him.

Thinking back to Lin Mu's body, he looked at Lin Mu's arm and was very dissatisfied. "Mu Mu, you are too thin, you have to eat more meat."

Lin Mu said in disapproval, "I am lean, see see, very firm. Plus, the weather is so hot, how to eat?"

The hot weather plus a few days of fatigue caused Lin Mu to eat lesser. He also felt bad about eating so little, but he doesn't have the appetite. Lin Mu feels that this body is too delicate.

"Are you too tired? Actually, you don't have to do it. No beastman likes his female being tired out."

"What ah… participation in the construction of the tribe makes me feel very meaningful, how can I not do it? And even if I am a female, I shouldn't take it for granted. Labor is the most glorious job!"

Lin Mu does not know which era this sentence came from, but labor is the foundation of human beings. Doing nothing all day will inevitably cause a panic4.

Seeing Lin Mu insisted, Patrik said, "As long as you like it." Patrik looked at the house behind him. He could almost imagine how it looks like when it's finished. He emotionally said, "Lin Mu, your tribe people are really smart."

Lin Mu nodded. "The people there are really smart. Always thinking about how to make our life more convenient and make things easier, so they made a lot of machines. Living in an era like yours right now, you cannot imagine how much improvement our world has reached. But I don't think it is a good thing. At the very least we don't get to breathe in fresh air anymore, we can't enjoy any leisure time, and the machines make people lazier. For example, the elevator. The floors were obviously not very high, but in order to save their energy, people spent more time waiting for the elevator instead. So it got me thinking, with the appearance of more machines, will humans finally degenerate into being left with only a brain?"

Lin Mu knows that Patrik does not understand what he was saying. He did not want him to understand, he just wants to let him know about his feelings.

"Elevator?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. We don't have any relations with it right now." What would someone who could fly do with an elevator?

"Patrik, you continue with your stuff. I am going to help Phil."

"En, don't tire yourself out."

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Chapter 18.2

One beastman return from his hunting trip. Lin Mu didn't expect that he will bring back a few people with him.

"Father!" Misha, who was chatting with Lin Mu, was the first one to see that tall silver figure before rushing towards that person.

Matt instantly turned into his human form and hugged his baby Misha tightly. Their father and son reunion was quite touching. Then Locke and Jason's side gave the people a little bit of a surprise.

Lin Mu looked at Patrik and expressed his doubts with his eyes – 'Why did they bring back two females?'

That's right, Jason and Locke were both followed by a female. One of the females was tall, and the other one was short. The female next to Jason is taller, has blonde hair. He looked gentle, and his aura gave people a very warm feeling.

The one behind Locke has flax color hair and a baby face. His big eyes were looking at him(LM), it was very cute.

Lin Mu was worried that these two people will be scared by their identity1.

"Let's go into the woods," Patrik said as he turned and walked toward the woods.

There was a place in the woods where they had lunch breaks, and the area was cleaned up nicely. After all the people sat down, Lin Mu gave them some water and fruit for two females. When everything is ready, Lin Mu signaled to Patrik with his eyes that he(P) can start asking them now. Lin Mu was curious about the two people who were brought back.

Patrik simply handed him a fruit and didn't show that he understood Lin Mu's eye signal.

Noticing that Patrik doesn't understand, Lin Mu could only ask the people himself. He noticed that both females were looking at him with curious eyes. "Jason, Locke, why don't you introduce them to us?"

"Hehe, the one I brought back is called Sasha." He said to other beastmen, "He is mine, you can't fight with me. Plus it's useless to fight me for him." Saying that Locke gave a proud 'Hehe'. Sasha blushed and gave him a hidden punch.

Black lines2 appeared on Lin Mu's face. Locke is still off-line3 as always.

When it is Jason's turn to introduce, he was very consistent with his own character. "Lais." After saying that word, Jason didn't say anything else.

Lin Mu has always felt that Jason is the type who would definitely die if he didn't act cool for a moment.

With a gentle smile, Lais introduced himself. "My name is Lais, I am very happy to meet you." Lais's voice is as refreshing as his appearance/aura.

Since the other party showed good intention, Lin Mu naturally said his hello politely, "Hello, my name is Lin Mu, and I am very happy to meet you too."

"I heard Jason mention you before, you are amazing. I didn't think that a female would know so much." Lais expressed his admiration for Lin Mu without hesitation and made Lin Mu very embarrassed.

"Me too, I know you too. Locke said that you could cook a lot of delicious food, so I can eat delicious food too if I go to your tribe." Sasha's voice is crisp and sweet, and with a pair of blue eyes, he looked very chirpy.

Lin Mu couldn't help but be shocked by Sasha's words. Sasha wouldn't be kidnapped by Locke, right? For Locke to be able to kidnap him, how simple is this child actually? Although they have exchanged names, the thing that Lin Mu wanted to know the most has not been said. Just when Lin Mu didn't know how to continue to gossip, Patrik's voice sounded, "What happened?"

Patrik's questioning made Lin Mu feel relieved. Knowing that the story he wanted to hear would start soon, Lin Mu happily chewed his fruit and waited. Lin Mu was not a gossiper, but the entertainment here was too insufficient, plus there's a story to be heard, so how Lin Mu can let go?

The story was very simple.

In general: Sasha was picked up by Locke, and Lais was rescued by Jason from another drifter beastman. Simply put, Jason succeeded in playing the 'hero saving the beauty'. And by the way, taking the beauty with him. Of course, Jason was not that barbaric. In fact, Lais's tribe was taken over by a drifter beastman. He(L) had nowhere to go, so he followed Jason.

Patrik was obviously happy about the addition of two new people in the tribe, not to mention they are both females, so he decided to celebrate the group's return in the evening. However, since evening has yet to arrive, the males naturally have to help out with the work. One could say that leader Patrik is a person who will make the most of his resources. And so Jason and Matt, who had just returned, went to help Lin Mu make beds, and Locke joined the construction army in building the house. The new two females will be taken care of by Phil, and Phil will familiarize them with everything here.

Lal was really late when they came back, and as Lin Mu expected, Lal was spiritless. But when he heard that his work was stolen by Jason, he still expressed his dissatisfaction, though considering Jason and Matt's strength, Lal chose to curse4 them in his heart. After that, he still happily welcome them back like everyone else.

The evening celebration is naturally led by Lin Mu, and Lin Mu asked Patrik to let everyone get off work earlier today and have a good time. After arranging the people to hunt prey and pick fruit, Lin Mu and Phil plus the newly added Lais and Sasha prepared the ingredients for the evening celebration. Originally, Lin Mu didn't want Lais and Sasha to help them. After all, they must be very tired along the journey. But they saw that Phil and Lin Mu as a female also has things to do, they didn't want to wait around for food to be prepared as they used to do.

"Lin Mu, let us help as well ba, we have done this before during our journey."

Lais explained to Lin Mu that Jason told him about him(LM), and as someone who was rescued, Lais naturally requested to help with cooking during their journey. Although at first, Jason was quite firm, saying that he would not let Lais do it, but he(L) insisted even more. Hence, Lais felt that he is quite familiar with what Lin Mu do. Sasha also said that he wants to help. "I have to learn to cook well, so I can cook for myself in the future." Lin Mu thinks that Sasha is definitely a foodie, and is a foodie who would follow someone back home just to eat. Seeing that they insisted, Lin Mu wouldn't refuse. "Alright, you can wash the vegetables with Phil and prepare the spicy balls5. En, just do those first."

The beastmen who went out to hunt for food soon came back, and Lin Mu went through the items they brought back. There were the usual wild vegetables that they eat, then a handful of bird/chicken eggs. Ever since they drank the egg drop soup made by Lin Mu, the beastmen took a liking to it. Every day, they would bring back some eggs, various colors and sizes. For the sake of ecological balance, Lin Mu told them that they mustn't take all and need to leave some eggs for the birds in the nest.

The seasonings that Lin Mu currently has are salt, onion, ginger and 'vinegar'. Lin Mu saw that he has enough stock of the ingredients and decided to make scrambled eggs, egg drop soup, chicken soup, and stir-fry a pot of wild vegetables with meat. The quantity of these foods is definitely not enough for all of them, but it doesn't matter as the beastmen are good at stir fry meat.

When making the ginger juice, Lais ate one spicy ball and felt that he could tolerate the taste, but it was definitely not good. He didn't understand why Lin Mu would treat the ingredient to cure illness as food.

Lin Mu saw their doubts and explained, "Actually, many foods have more than one value. For example, some of the wild vegetables we eat have the effect of clearing body heat, detoxification, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. Remember, the use of plants is not just one only." As he said that, he passed the ginger juice to a beastman and let him take away to the others.

"Phil, shift the foam out and cover the pot, then we can just let it stew." Lin Mu said that he took out the oil stored in the bamboo tube and prepared it for cooking.

Lais and Sasha carried the wooden bucket that contains the washed vegetables, "Lin Mu, what else are we going to do next?"

Both Sasha and Lais are very happy; being able to participate in preparing the food is indeed a joyful thing.

Lin Mu laughed at them getting addicted to the preparations and looked at the eggs in the barrel. The wooden barrel was made of a tree trunk. It is cut into sections, then the middle was hollowed out. Although it is a waste of wood, but nothing can be done about it.

"You can beat the eggs. After breaking them, put them in the bowl. Mix them around with chopsticks and stir them evenly. If you do well, there will be rewards."

With a 'Hehe' smile, Lin Mu went to busy with his own work. He has to monitor the stir fry. Although physical work can be done by the beastman, many things were still done by Lin Mu as he is more familiar with it.

Both Lais and Sasha beat the eggs and watched as Lin Mu start to stir fry, watching him use a wooden spoon to dig out a white paste. "Lin Mu, what is this? Why do you want to add this to the cooking?"

"This is animal oil, I made out of white meat6. The cooking has a special fragrance. You will understand when you eat it."

Actually, eating animal oil in modern times is very unhealthy, but Lin Mu feels that since the huge beastmen have high energy consumption, this is nothing for them. And even for females, they are used to eating meat regularly, so it should be fine for them too.

Not far from them, the beastmen have started the barbecue. Their movements were very fast. It didn't take long for the creek to filled with the smell of food. When the food was ready, everyone sat together, ate barbecue, chatted while waiting for Lin Mu's soup to be ready, leisurely and happily.

Sasha joyfully sat down next to Locke with a wooden bowl and showed him the contents of the bowl, like presenting a treasure. "Locke, look. This is the reward that Lin Mu gave me, fried egg. Hehe, you never eat this before ba."

"Oh, Lin Mu gave you a reward? En, very fragrant, Sasha is amazing."

"Hehe, of course." While speaking, he used his chopsticks to split half to Locke, "You also taste it."

Instantly, Locke was immersed in happy bubbles.

Lais looked at the happy Sasha and said to Jason, who was always keeping a cold face. "Your tribe surprised me. I can't believe they are drifter beastmen, and you all are very happy."

"After Lin Mu came."

"Lin Mu?" Lais looked at Lin Mu, who was making a steak with Patrik on the opposite side.

Jason turned over the roasted meat. "We had been desperate before he came."

"You are very lucky."

"I hope this luck is given by the beast god."

Lais smiled. "It must be." Then he raised his bowl and said, "I can also give you half."

Jason glanced at him, took a bite out of the egg from the chopsticks, and placed the rest back to the bowl. Lais blushed. Should he(L) eat from it like this? Or should he eat it? Or should he eat it?7

Lin Mu bites onto Patrik's grilled kebabs; the addition of ginger gave a different flavor. Of course, it is even better if they have honey.

Looking at pairs of people sweetly eating together, and the children livelily playing together, while the single ones are also very happy, Lin Mu asked, "Patrik, isn't it nice right now?"

"En." Patrik handed him the small bowl that was specially used by Lin Mu. "Drink some soup."

Lin Mu took a sip from Patrik's hand and said, "Then help me make some tables tomorrow." After they finished the house, they couldn't sit on the ground anymore like this.

"En." Anything Lin Mu wants to do is fine, he believed that Jason and Matt will be able to handle it.

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Chapter 19 Lawnmower

Life is still going on, and the group of people who just returned has joined the construction team.

Lin Mu's bed making team finally overcome several problems, and the first bed ever of another world was born. The bed was intertwined with dense black rattan, but fortunately, the black rattan was thin, so it doesn't hinder the usage of the bed. Lin Mu suggested that the size of the bed should be around three meters in length and two meters wide. As for the two other extra beds that are way larger than a normal king-sized bed, those were not within Lin Mu's scope of consideration.

"Lin Mu, your bed is ready. Let me try it for you."

Because Lal was not participating in this great creation, he has been watching the progress of bed making. As soon as he heard the news that the bed is out, he immediately rushed over. When he saw a few people standing around the wooden bed and checking it out, he went over and impolitely laid on the bed.

Lin Mu felt that it was funny when he saw Lal looking very excited about the bed, "How was it?"

"Comfortable!" Lal squinted slightly to show that he is speaking the truth.

Lin Mu thought for a while then decided with a wave of the hand. "Then, you get the first one."

Lal immediately sat up. "How can I? The first one should be given to the boss. How can I take it?"

Lin Mu did not expect that Patrik would be given the privilege of priority. But then again, as their leader, like a King of mountain bandits, the best should naturally be given to him and let him enjoy it first. But Patrik himself didn't care much for this kind of privilege. Lin Mu didn't think it was necessary to give Patrik the first bed, and he doesn't think Patrik would care about the first bed either, so he said, "Since you laid on it already, this is yours."

Lal said bitterly, "Lin Mu, this will give me a huge pressure if you do this."

"Really?"

"Really!" Lal nodded hard to make his words more credible.

Lin Mu smiled with an unscrupulous smile and said, "Then continue to feel pressured ba."

"Lin Mu, you're not kind anymore. It must be you have gotten too close to the boss, so you become bad."

Lal's exaggerated and distressed expression made Lin Mu laugh out loud, but to say that he has turned bad from being with Patrik, Lin Mu has to say that Lal is really sensitive, because very few people could see that Patrik is very black-bellied under his usual extremely strict expression.

"Quickly take away your bed," Lin Mu kindly reminded, "if you feel embarrassed, you and Cohen can find a hidden place to sleep tonight."

"Lin Mu, you are not cute anymore." After saying that, Lal lifted the bed and left in anger.

Now that the first bed is ready, as long as one copy the blueprint and follow the previous steps to assemble the bed, Lin Mu can gloriously quit his position as the technical guide.

"Jason, you can continue doing the next one. I'll go to help Lais and the gang."

Jason didn't even stop the movement in his hand and just nodded his head, considered as a response to his words.

"Then, I'll go first." Lin Mu was about to leave but was pulled away by Misha.

Misha has been following Matt around since he came back. Even when Matt went to work in the construction team, Misha still will be on his side. It can be seen that Misha was deeply saddened by the time they were separated. He wondered why Misha's expression would so black and wrinkling his small face, he looked quite dissatisfied.

"What's wrong, Misha?"

"Lin Mu, why did you give the first bed to Lal? It should be mine. Lal didn't even help out with anything and took away the first bed made by my father. Lal is the most annoying person!"

So this was the reason. Lin Mu smiled and said to him, "Misha, you can let your father make another one for you, make a better one than this. Let me think, how about asking Matt to make you a bed with a box built into it? This way, you can put some of your treasures inside. Also, Misha's bed can be carved with beautiful patterns, it would surely be better than Lal. Satisfied now?"

Misha stopped feeling angry when he heard that he could have a better and more beautiful bed made for him. "En, I'll ask my father to make a bed better than you, oh no I mean, make one just a little worse than yours." In Misha's heart, Lin Mu, as Patrik's prospective partner, should use the best.

Lin Mu rubbed Misha's little head. "Hehe, alright. Mine is the best, and Misha's one will be the most beautiful bed."

After that, Lin Mu went to Matt and discussed how to make the beds more beautiful and convenient. He mainly talked about the style of some modern beds, and let the rest of them freely expand their ideas. Matt has lived up to expectations, so with that, Lal's bed became the simplest bed in the tribe.

Lin Mu came to where Phil worked, and they are still mowing the grass. They needed a lot of thatch to build the roof, so Lais and Sasha helped out as well. Lloyd, who was originally helping out because of his injury, immediately left the female group the moment he was fully healed. With that, Lloyd has once again let Lin Mu experience the powerful vitality of the beastman. Lin Mu handed them some fruits he brought along the way and said, "Don't worry too much, just balance your work and rest. Eat some fruits, drink some water, and rest a bit before going back to work."

The three wiped the sweat from their foreheads and went down to rest on the grass.

Lin Mu handed some water to Lais and the other two, asking, "Tired?"

After drinking a few gulps of water, Sasha wiped the water droplets from his mouth. "I've never been this tired, but I'm happy doing it."

Lais nodded in agreement.

"I felt tired at the beginning. It was quite unbearable, but it's much better now. My arm didn't throb at night anymore." Phil felt that he had made great progress.

"You have to let your beastman massage your arms at night, and it will be better. Everything needed to be so rushed because the time is tight."

Looking at the large grass field in front of him, Lin Mu kind of missed the lawnmower. Lin Mu felt that there should be another way to do this. They still have a lot of work to do, and they can't keep cutting the grass here. Lawnmower, lawnmower… then a light bulb suddenly flashed in his mind, "Yes! Lal, there is no better person than Lal."

"Lin Mu, why do you need Lal for?" Phil knew who Lal is, he is a very lively beastman. But why would Lin Mu suddenly became excited and asking for him?

"Of course we need to ask him for help. Hehe, we can save a lot of time and effort now."

"No need to get the beastmen for help, we can do it ourselves." Lais felt that they had a good division of labor. He didn't want to ask the beastmen for help, and they were doing fine.

Lin Mu winked and said, "You'll see."

Lal was very happy that Lin Mu came to ask him for help but hesitated when he heard that they want him to help cutting the grass. He is a beastman, so being in the female group makes him feel so awkward.

When Lal was still immersed in his thoughts, Lin Mu hopefully said to Lal, "Lal, quick. Transform now."

"Transform?" He glanced at the other three females looking at him curiously and said, "That's not good ba." After all, his beast form is not very cute.

"I ask you to transform, so hurry and transform." Lin Mu urged.

Lal saw Lin Mu insisted, so he agreed. He asked them to step aside and then instantly turned into a huge beast, a huge centipede.

Lin Mu looked at Lal's numerous feet and ordered, "Lal, your legs are so sharp, you just need to cut the grass as you go. Also, please help us to make a path in all four directions."

Because there isn't anyone living in the valley before, naturally, there aren't any obvious pathways in the mountain. There were lush grasses everywhere. They still have to go up the mountain to find treasures, so how can they be blocked by the road problem?

"Okay, no problem."

It was a piece of cake for Lal. After he said that, he shook his huge body and started sweeping the grasses with his legs.

Phil and the other two looked at the grasses and branches that went flying wherever Lal passed by in surprise, and Lin Mu was very satisfied with Lal's efficiency.

"This is a very useful lawnmower." Then he spiritedly asked the three who were still stunned in amazement, "What are you waiting for? Let's pack the grass that Lal cut."

The efficiency has increased several times, Lin Mu's group only need to pile up the grass cut by Lal, and let the beastman carry it back. Following behind Lal, they also collected the branches that Lal swept down. Picking firewood is also one of their tasks. After all, in the rainy season, they still need to make fire and busy around in the morning cooking, and this method was very effective.

Four people were very tired from doing the chores and laid in their respective hammocks to rest. The hammocks were made by Lin Mu using black rattan. Because when he looked at the bed and then at the trees, he thought of hammocks. There are ready-made materials around, so Lin Mu naturally will not let the chance go; hence, hammocks are born, and it was very popular too.

"I have decided, I will not cook at noon. I want to rest."

"En, me too. The beastmen know how to make soup anyway."

"En, we don't have to eat stir fry at noon."

"I'm hungry."

Lin Mu: "…"

Lais: "…"

Phil: "…"

…

Sasha: "I'm really hungry."

Hahaha…The three laughed out loud.

Lais thinks that life is really good now.

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Chapter 20 Clothing

These days of getting along let the relationship between the four people become very harmonious, and they eventually became a small group of friends.

Lin Mu gets up early every day and wash his face by the stream. He breathed in the fresh air in the morning and starts a new day with a pleasant feeling. After a while, Sasha and the rest also came to the stream, yawning. Sasha squatted down to wash his1 face after greeting Lin Mu. Cool water from the stream was splashed on his face, and his drowsiness instantly disappeared, wholesomely refreshing.

Phil shook the water from his hand and asked, "Say Lin Mu, we have all the grass we need now. What are we going to do next?"

Cutting and gathering the thatch was done in just two days, plus they also collected a lot of firewood along the way, all thanks to Lal's strong and sharp legs. Looking at the mountain-high pile of grasses and firewood, Lin Mu really regretted that he didn't realize sooner that Lal is a useful lawnmower.

"Let's look for edible stuff in the valley in the next few days. We can't just eat meat like the beastmen, so we need to store more vegetables, especially spicy balls. The beastmen will go out to hunt during the rainy season, we will prepare these for them to drive out the cold. Other than that, Lal has helped us to open a road in four directions. That way, our trips to the mountain would be easier to go. "

"Alright." They were happy to have something to do.

"Phil and I have been to the west side before. Let's go check out the east side today."

"En, we'll listen to you."

After a few discussions, they made a simple breakfast and set off.

On the way.

Phil picked up the wild vegetables he saw and started chatting with Lin Mu. "Lin Mu, I saw that the house has been built quite high now. I wonder how it'll look like when it's finished? Really looking forward to it."

"I'm really looking forward to it too, Lin Mu. I think the house you built is unique. It makes me curious what it looks like when it's done." Sasha then smilingly asked Lin Mu while holding onto his arm, "Lin Mu, say, do you know when the house will be completed? I can't wait to move in. "

Lin Mu smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, they have started building the beams of the house now. The house will be done soon."

"Also, I heard Phil said that the house would be brighter and warmer than a cave, is that true?"

Lin Mu nodded.

Sasha said with emotion, "We used to move into a cave during the rainy season. Because it often rains, the cave will be very humid, and it will be very uncomfortable to sleep at night. Also, for safety purposes, we will all stay together in the cave. During the whole rainy season, everyone will stay in the cave, so boring and uncomfortable. So I hated the rainy season the most." Then he fiercely bit on a fruit.

Lais looked at him and laughed, "You ah, must be too active to sit still. As for our tribe, we will start sewing winter clothes in the rainy season, we weren't as leisurely as you said."

"En. I also used to make clothes during the rainy season. After the rainy season, I would be busy storing food. I'm already that busy in the past, just by searching for fruits and herbs. Now that I know about a lot of food in the mountains, I will definitely be busier." Phil said, already making plans about food storage in his heart.

"I'm not in a hurry to make clothes. And I'm not in the mood to do so during the annoying rainy season." Sasha wrinkled his nose.

Sasha is taller than Lin Mu. Lin Mu will definitely feel weird if someone else does the same action2, but Sasha, who has a babyface, looked cute doing that.

"Make clothes?"

Lin Mu doesn't know how to do that, and he doesn't know if Patrik could make clothes either. He should ask Patrick when he returned to the base later.

Talking about clothes, they have always been curious about Lin Mu's clothes. They don't know what material was used to make his clothes. His clothing was softer and thinner than the softest Kaka beast's skin.

"Lin Mu, what kind of animal skin are your clothes made of?" Sasha asked before reaching out to touch Lin Mu's clothes. "So soft and beautiful."

Lin Mu looked down at his clothes. His t-shirt has the simplest style, a little inconspicuous pattern was printed on a white background, but it was the best-looking clothing for those who are wearing animal skins.

"This clothing is from where I came from, it is not made of animal skin. This is called cloth … kind of related to a plant called cotton, but I don't know much other than that."

Lin Mu knew that the materials to make clothing are acrylic fiber, cotton, or something similar, and some use animal fur, such as wool. Thinking of wool sweater, Lin Mu was feeling hopeful for a bit. There is no shortage of animals in this world; naturally there will be a lot of animal fur that can be used. But when he thought of the fact that he can't spin fiber, he can only fantasize about it. Lin Mu can't help feeling disappointed in his heart.

"Lin Mu, your tribe is quite amazing that you can make clothes without using animal skins. Not sure if we can find what cot-something you mentioned, so we can all wear clothes like Lin Mu." Sasha excited expressed his hope.

Phil added, "It's called cotton. But Sasha is right, it will be great if we can find cotton."

'Even if we have it, I don't know how to weave yarn from the raw cotton.' Lin Mu thought to himself. But if he had cotton, he could make a quilt. Though a quilt made of animal skin would still be warm, he can only just think about it for now.

"Ah!"

Lais's painful exclaim caught their attention. Sasha and Phil rushed away to support him.

"What's wrong with you, Lais?" Lin Mu asked with concern.

Lais pressed and rubbed the soles of his feet, and said with a smile, "It's all right, my feet just grazed some jagged stones."

Lin Mu looked at the animal skin wrapped around Lais's feet. In this world, beastmen generally does not wear shoes. Only females cover their feet with animal skin because they were more fragile.

Phil glanced at the sneakers on Lin Mu's feet, and sighed in admiration again, "Your people are amazing, to be able to make such peculiar shoes."

Sasha nodded.

Lin Mu looked at the animal skin wrapped on the three's feet. The skin was so thin that Lin Mu admired them for still being able to walk with it. When the weather is hot, it was uncomfortable to wear sports shoes. Thinking about the other's animal skin wrapping, Lin Mu thought for a while and decided, "We'll make wooden clogs when we go back." They were not extremely busy at the moment after all. Wooden clogs, ancient China's sandal, is best to be used during summertime. In order to liberate his feet, Lin Mu made this decision.

The three men looked at Lin Mu in doubt; apparently they could not understand the word 'wooden clogs' from Lin Mu's decision. But Lais manage to react a little faster. "Do you mean the shoes you are wearing right now?"

"It's another kind of shoe, different from mine. It's shoes used in summertime."

"Let's go back and make wooden clogs, I want to wear it."

Lin Mu speechlessly looked at Sasha anxiously wanting to go back. Really someone who 'hears the wind and said it's rain3'.

Lais grabbed the anxious Sasha, and Phil, who was covering his mouth with a smile, helped to hold Sasha's other hand. Lais said warmly, "Sasha, our task today is to find wild vegetables. How can we go back before we finish our task, you don't need to eat lunch?"

"Of course I have to eat." In Sasha's mind, food is the most important. As Locke, well, he has to find it himself4.

The four continued their picking activities along the way, when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they can barely hold onto their stuff. It's really troublesome not having anything to put vegetables in. Lin Mu missed the tote bags, but in the times when there isn't any cloth around, Lin Mu can only think about it.

"Put things on the ground, let's take a break." Lin Mu told them while sitting down under the nearest tree. The others followed him to sit down and rest.

Everyone took out their own water container and drank from it, while Lin Mu accidentally looked up and saw a unique tree. The tree is very tall, it can be regarded as 'a crane in a flock of chicken' in the woods where everywhere were towering trees. And what caught Lin Mu's attention was its leaves that are shaped like a tung tree's leaves, but the large size reminded Lin Mu of Princess Iron Fan's Bajiao fan5 in the Journey to the West.

So Lin Mu pointed at that prominent existence and asked, "What tree is that?"

Lais looked up and said, "That's a giant leaf tree."

Giant leaf tree? Their names really signify their characteristics.

Phil looked at the giant leaf tree. "Lin Mu, we can pluck some back. The leaves of this tree are very special. They become soft after being dried in the sun and won't crumble away like other leaves."

"En, we often use these giant leaves to wrap food." Sasha agreed.

Lin Mu looked at the leaves – soft, huge, used to wrap stuff. He then smilingly said, "It sounded really useful. We don't need to pick them. Let's get Patrik to send someone to pick them after we returned."

"Why don't we pick them ourselves? The beastmen are all busy building the house now." Lais couldn't understand why Lin Mu need other people to help.

"Because we need a lot, really a lot."

Phil was confused, "A lot? What are you going to do with it?"

Lin Mu smiled proudly and said, "Mountain people have their own magic.6"

"Mountain people? What people?" Sasha looked at Lin Mu in wonder.

Lin Mu was stunned speechless by Sasha's gaze. How can he explain to this child that he has become 'a mountain man'? To save the trouble explaining it, Lin Mu decided to shut up.

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