"Alright, now's not the time to talk about that. What should we do now?"
A voice, filled with anger but forcibly suppressed, rang out.
The Black Rat paused and fell silent.
"Those guys are rebelling; they must be trying to escape. That's why they head straight for the valley entrance as soon as they start moving!" one of the Black Rat said.
"Therefore, we need to transfer all the clansmen currently in the valley to this area!"
"We absolutely cannot let them escape!"
"Right now, we're just saying a lot are heading that way, but we're not sure if they're all really going there! Maybe some are trying to escape by other means?" said another Black Rat.
"What other methods are you referring to?" the Black Rat asked.
The other Black Rat also looked over.
"For example, those who climbed out through the outer ring of mountains?" another Black Rat asked.
"Heh, have you forgotten what time it is?!" the Black Rat sneered.
Upon hearing this, the other Black Rat looked outside.
The afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the ground outside the house.
It paused, as if the Black Rat wanted to say something.
Sure enough, the Black Rat explained from the side, "Even if some of them have already started crawling at this time, there definitely won't be enough time for them to crawl out before nightfall!"
"And when the time comes, those that can't climb out will only become nourishment for the Forest Demon!"
"Why should we care about that!"
"Yes, that's right!" The other Black Rat nodded in agreement.
The other Black Rat fell silent.
Suddenly, another voice rang out from the side, "But we can't just transfer all the tribespeople over there, can we?!"
Several Black Rat looked over.
Feixu sat there with his brows furrowed, his usual relaxed demeanor completely gone.
"There are so many of them. If we don't send the rest of the tribe over, are you going to hold them off?" the Black Rat who spoke first frowned.
"You know there are a lot of those guys, but there will be even more Calamity Beast in the circle! Although their strength is much weaker, their numbers are overwhelming! If you dare to move your people from the circle, I suspect there will be a riot there soon! I even suspect that some guys have already gone to the circle to try and release the beasts inside! Have you forgotten what happened last time?" Feixu said angrily.
The room fell silent upon hearing this.
Then, another voice, which had not spoken before, rang out.
"The tribespeople in the enclosure really cannot be moved; in fact, if possible, it would be best to send some more over!"
"Huh?" The Black Rat who spoke first couldn't help but exclaim, "Have you forgotten how many of those guys there are?! Several thousand! That number is almost equal to the number of our clansmen in the valley right now! The only difference is that they have fewer Tier 3 and Tier 2 members than we do!"
"Given this situation, you're telling me to send more clansmen to secure the territory? What about defending the valley entrance?!"
"At most, if we can't transfer people from there, we can transfer them from other places!"
From where?
"Many of our tribesmen should have escaped from the mines; we can search for them and send them there. Also, some have escaped from the resting place; then there's the forest; and the temple, and..."
After a pause, the Black Rat looked at the other Black Rat and said,
Should we guard the portal in the woods that only appears at night?
Several Black Rat paused.
Gray Whiskers also paused for a moment, then sat down in place.
A strange sense of unease washed over me again.
If those creatures knew there was a teleportation portal in the forest, why did they go to the valley entrance? If they didn't know, why did they send their people to guard it there?
They sat there blankly, their eyes somewhat vacant.
Suddenly, his eyes moved again.
"That is indeed a problem!" the Black Rat, who spoke first, said gravely.
There are too many places to guard. If it weren't for the fact that it's nighttime and they can't move around in the forest, they would probably be even more helpless in the face of this situation.
"I have a way!" Feixu said from the side.
"Huh?" The other Black Rat were taken aback and quickly looked over.
"We just need to go to the valley entrance and check the situation. If there are too few Calamity Beast heading there, then we can determine that quite a few are heading there, and then we can go and provide support. If there are many Calamity Beast heading to the valley entrance, then there shouldn't be many left, so we should head there!" Feixu said quickly.
"That's a good idea, Feixu. I didn't expect you to be so clever..."
Applause and cheers rang out.
One Black Rat after another praised Feixu.
Subsequently,
"Alright, let's get moving quickly. Then, arrange for the guys to go to their respective resting spots in the woods..."
The command rang out.
Feixu down there, listen up.
Actually, it had another suggestion: why not just let those guys get away? After all, there were just too many of them!
Even if they all get through, stopping them would likely come at a considerable cost!
only...
Looking up at his angry companions, Feixu paused for a moment, but ultimately remained silent.
Well, this is probably for the best. Maybe things will get better from now on...
" Feixu!"
Somewhere, in the woods.
Several figures lay quietly in the grass.
As time flows by, the sunlight that falls upon us goes from dense to sparse, then to nothing, and finally to complete darkness.
Night had completely fallen.
I waited for quite a while.
Finally, whispers arose among them.
"Lord Two-Horned Lizard, those Black Rat don't seem to be planning to come and get rid of Black Rat here!" Black Jade Lion couldn't help but say.
There was no response. The Two-Horned Lizard frowned as it looked at the cordoned-off area in the distance.
Yes, it still performs its original task: contacting these Calamity Beast.
Then, the original plan was to release the Calamity Beast in the enclosure as planned, creating even greater chaos.
It doesn't have to be all released, but at least an opening should be made.
Unexpectedly, those Black Rat didn't come here to send more Black Rat to provide support?
There are so many here!
It turned its head, somewhat annoyed, and said, "Fine, if you don't want to come, then don't. In that case, let's just head straight for that portal! Besides, the Black Rat over there should have already been killed by the Calamity Beast that were sent there!"
Upon hearing this, the Black Jade Lion and the Steel-Mane Bear, who were standing to the side, nodded.
but...
"Lord Two-Horned Lizard, there will be Calamity Beast hiding in the forest to attack us at night. Will we be able to return to the portal normally?" the Black Jade Lion asked.
"Don't worry, the chances are great. No matter how powerful that guy is, he can't manage so many creatures that have entered the forest at the same time. If we hurry, we'll definitely be able to get back! However, for safety's sake, let's split up. That way, the guy hiding in the forest will have even less of a chance to deal with us!" The Two-Horned Lizard, who was thinking about how to get rid of them so that he could reunite with his companions, said casually.
Hesitantly, the Black Jade Lion nodded.
Just as I was pondering this, I heard Lord Two-Horned Lizard say,
"By the way, don't call me Two-Horned Lizard anymore!"
"Hmm?" The Black Jade Lion paused, looking over. "But before you came in, weren't you Lord Two-Horned Lizard?"
The Two-Horned Lizard paused, its eyes wide with astonishment as it looked over.