novelaction Chapter 445 Survival Trade
Chapter 445 Survival Trade
Chapter 445 Survival Trade
When the tribespeople learned that the snow beast was about to leave, they couldn't help but feel an indescribable sense of reluctance.
After all, snow beasts! They are legendary ferocious beasts, yet they live together with their people in the same valley and get along quite well.
If such a strange tale were to spread, probably few orcs would believe it!
Moreover, snow beasts are not commonplace; every encounter is a rare one. Perhaps today's farewell will be the last time they see each other in this life. Thinking of this, many members of the tribe had tears welling up in their eyes.
Despite their reluctance, everyone understood that the snow beast had to embark on its journey home as soon as possible and return to the distant snow-capped mountains.
Because winter is fleeting, if they set off too late, they may not be able to return to their snow-covered homes in time.
On the night before their departure, the kind and thoughtful Ruan Mianmian busied herself preparing a large amount of sumptuous food for the snow beasts.
It's important to know that snow beasts possess an amazing special ability—they have four large pouches inside their bodies, which they can use to store a large amount of food. This unique physiological structure is undoubtedly the key to their tenacious survival in harsh environments.
The snow-capped mountains, covered in snow year-round, have extremely scarce food resources. Under such harsh conditions, it is thanks to these four magical pouches that the snow beast is able to store enough energy to survive the long and frigid winter.
Bai, Xue, and Xiao were all amazed by the mountain of food piled up in front of them. How wealthy must this tribe be to have so much good food in the winter?
Seeing them standing there dumbfounded, Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but urge them, "Don't you have pouches to store things? Hurry up and put them in!"
Bai and Xue exchanged bewildered glances. "Chief, we can't take this food. Although winter is almost over, food is still very important. This food is enough for our family to eat for a long time. We are already very grateful for your kindness and help, and we absolutely cannot take this!"
Hearing their words, Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but be surprised. This snow beast looked so tall and big, how come it ate so little!
To be honest, this amount of food would only last two or three people a day or two in their tribe. How come it can last so long for the snow beasts?
Perhaps sensing Ruan Mianmian's question, Bai glanced in the direction of the snow mountain and slowly said, "To outsiders, the snow mountain is a mysterious and sacred place, but to us snow beasts, it is a barren and resource-scarce land. Ordinary beastmen only know that the snow mountain has top-quality plants like snow lotus, but they don't know that apart from snow lotus, no other plants can survive and grow, and even animals are rare. This leads to a shortage of various resources."
He sighed again. “Every year, we snow beasts actually go down the mountain once, just to hunt. Once we’ve hunted enough to fill our bags, we go back up to live on the mountain. Because of the year-round snow, we don’t have much to do besides planting and protecting the snow lotus, so we move around less, which means we need less energy and therefore less food. That’s why we are so big but have such low energy requirements.”
When Ruan Mianmian and Sen and the other beastmen heard Bai say this, they couldn't help but feel sorry for them. Everyone in the beast world said that the snow beasts on the top of the snow mountain were very mysterious, but in their eyes they were just a group of pitiful beasts.
They can't even get enough food, they have nothing and can only survive on the barren snow-capped mountains. If they are not pitiful, who is?
"Sigh, all we have on this snow-capped mountain is snow and snow lotus, and you can't eat snow lotus. There's nowhere to get something else to eat!" Mao couldn't help but say.
But no sooner had he finished speaking than Yan suddenly jumped up excitedly. "They can't change their leader, that's fine!"
While everyone was still thinking about the snow beast's miserable life, Yan and Mao's words suddenly made them understand.
Oh, right, others can't, but their leader can! Every winter they exchange ice and snow for a lot of good things. What's on those snow-capped mountains? An endless supply of ice and snow!
When Ruan Mianmian heard what Yan and the others said, her mind started working. She suddenly felt that she could make a fortune!
"Bai, if I can solve your tribe's food problem, what will you give me in exchange?" Ruan Mianmian suddenly asked.
Bai was also completely bewildered. How could he suddenly not understand animal language?
What do you mean by "exchange"? And didn't the Eastern leader just say that it could solve their survival problem?