132: Pretty little fawn

On the boundless desert, two five-year-old Silver Wolf Cubs were still wandering.

Lang Mu was in a very sorry state. "Brother, I'm so thirsty, so hungry... I'm going to die of thirst and hunger..."

Lang Xian said, "Hold on a bit longer. In a few more days, we'll reach the Mining Area."

"Why do we have to go see our Father Beasts at a time like this..."

"Xiao Mu... I think Sister Nan might be my mother."

"Why do you think that?"

"Instinct... or you could call it a sixth sense. In short, it's just a natural feeling..."

Lang Xian tightened his grip on the hair tie. "Xiao Mu, as long as I let our Father Beasts smell this hair tie, they'll be able to tell if she's our mother."

Lang Mu said, "But I'm about to die of thirst and hunger... Brother Xian... I'm so thirsty..."

Lang Xian was also anxious. In this boundless desert, there was simply no food or water to be found.

What should they do?

Were they really going to die in the desert?

"There's some shade here. Let's rest here for now."

Even sitting in the shade, their bottoms felt like they were burning. Little Lang Mu was so miserable that tears were about to fall.

Lang Xian had no choice but to hug him. "I'm sorry, Xiao Mu. It was my insistence to find Mother and Daddy."

"I don't blame you, waah. I want to find Mother and Daddy too. I just don't know when we'll find them. I'm so hungry, I want water... I can't even cry out any tears, waah..."

The two pitiful Silver Wolf Cubs fainted in the desert.

A massive Giant Roc was flying high in the sky, carrying Little Fu, Huo Jun, and Lan Xing.

"Brother Chi Xiao, it seems Sister has already entered the Mining Area," Lan Xing said.

Chi Xiao gritted his teeth. "That Stinky Snake Xuan Jin is in such a hurry, running so fast!"

Never mind those eight-mark beastmen; even he could barely keep up.

Lan Xing looked down and saw two tiny little things in the desert. "Brother Chi Xiao, you have good eyesight. Look and see what's down there?"

Chi Xiao said, "It looks like two beastman cubs."

Chi Xiao descended rapidly and landed on the desert ground. Lan Xing jumped off Chi Xiao's back and almost immediately bounced back up.

"..." Holy crap, the desert ground is definitely not a place for a fish to stay!

Lan Xing originally wanted to go back onto Chi Xiao's back, but after seeing them up close, he hurriedly ran toward the two cubs.

"Lan Xing, do you know these two cubs?"

"They are cubs Sister knows. They helped out while we were looking for Little Fu. Why did these two cubs run into the desert?"

Lan Xing patted the two Little Cubs' faces. "Wake up, wake up quickly."

Little Fu crawled out of the wooden bucket, her big eyes looking at the unconscious Silver Wolf Cubs, and called out softly, "Brother, Brother."

Huo Jun held Little Fu's bucket and said, "Don't worry, our Father Beasts will save them."

Lan Xing picked up Lang Xian and Lang Mu and jumped back onto Chi Xiao's back.

"Brother Chi Xiao, they're dehydrated. The water I have is salt water and can't be used. We need to find a water source quickly to replenish their fluids!"

"Alright!"

In the boundless desert Mining Area, there was a continuous range of snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Not too far from the snow-capped mountains, small oases were scattered here and there.

Chi Xiao flew several circles with Lan Xing and the Cubs. He found a small Oasis closest to the Wasteland and landed.

They found a freshwater source in the Oasis, and Lan Xing cupped the water to feed the two little Silver Wolf Cubs.

"Cough, cough, cough!" The two Little Cubs, Lang Xian and Lang Mu, slowly woke up.

"Where is this?" "Where are we?" "Are we dead?"

"Brother!" Little Fu clung to the wooden bucket, her big eyes gazing at the two Silver Wolf Cubs, blinking.

Lang Xian and Lang Mu suddenly sat up. "Fu Fu? Am I dreaming?"

Several heads appeared in front of the two Silver Wolf Cubs. Lan Xing and Chi Xiao were both looking at them, and even Huo Jun was listening nearby.

"It's you, you're Sister Nan's fish beast husband. You found Fu Fu?"

"Yes," Lan Xing asked, "how did you two end up here?"

"We were planning to visit the prison in the Mining Area. Our daddy is in the Mining Area," Lang Xian said.

"Visit the prison?" Chi Xiao said, "It's not that easy to visit the prison in the desert Mining Area. How are you two cubs going to visit?"

The two Silver Wolf Cubs paced in circles anxiously. "Then what should we do? we have something to tell daddy. It's very urgent."

Lan Xing said, "How about you wait for a bit? We'll wait until Brother White Fox and the others arrive, and then we'll discuss it together."

Chi Xiao said, "Yeah, wait for White Fox to come and make the decision."

Chi Xiao and Lan Xing settled the two cubs in the Oasis outside, waiting for White Fox to rejoin the group... Meanwhile, inside the Mining Area.

Xuan Jin was in a very good mood.

No Males to compete with him, and no cubs to compete with him.

Great! Today is another day of having the Little Female all to himself!

Of course, at this moment, Xuan Jin didn't expect that his exclusive time would be so short, and the beasts coming to snatch the Little Female would arrive so quickly.

In the neighboring Cave, a six-year-old Little Deer Cub secretly listened to the movements in Nan Zhisui's mining Cave.

When the time was about right, he brought some water, washed his little face clean, ran out of his Cave, and crouched in a spot where Nan Zhisui would see him as soon as she stepped out.

After a comfortable nap, Nan Zhisui walked out of the Cave and stretched lazily.

Xuan Jin had gone back to mining. He seemed quite dedicated to it and was working quite hard.

Nan Zhisui withdrew her gaze and saw a thin, ragged Little Cub in the neighboring Cave out of the corner of her eye. It seemed to be the little neighbor she had startled today.

The Little Deer Cub was very thin. He was crouching down, carefully tending to a small yellow flower and a few wild grasses growing at the Cave entrance.

Nan Zhisui crouched down to look at the flower with him.

The Little Deer Cub looked up.

Nan Zhisui saw the Little Deer's features clearly for the first time.

The Little Cub's skin was a porcelain white that didn't seem to belong to the Wasteland, and his green pupils were like dewdrops on a flower.

Although his clothes were tattered, his appearance was exceptionally beautiful. With two small deer antlers on his head, he looked as beautiful as an elf at first glance.

How could there be such a beautiful cub?!

It wasn't the soft cuteness of Hu Qi that made one want to rub him, nor the handsome aura of Huo Jun that made one feel he would be a great heartthrob in the future.

It was a kind of ethereal, indescribable beauty!

So beautiful.

Nan Zhisui couldn't help but stare blankly for two seconds.

The Little Cub looked flustered. He grabbed some dirt from the ground and hurriedly smeared it on his face, as if trying to hide his troublesome appearance.

Nan Zhisui acted familiar: "Hehe."

The Little Deer was startled and fell back onto the ground. His newly dirtied face turned red. "Fe-Female... Auntie..."

"How rude, call me Sister!"

The Little Deer Cub's eyes lit up, and he called out sweetly, "Pretty Older Sister."

"Did you plant these?" Nan Zhisui curiously examined the flowers and grass in the corner.

This was a Wasteland with sparse vegetation, yet these few plants were growing very well, showing how much heart this cub had put into planting them.

The Little Deer Cub nodded with a red face. Seeing that Nan Zhisui had no ill intent, he began to share with her.

"I planted these. They're fresh, tender, and delicious. When they grow a bit bigger, I'll share some with Sister to eat."

The soil here was hard for lush grass to grow in, and the withered grass distributed in the Mining Area was not only unpalatable but also insufficient for a deer beastman.

These little grasses he grew himself were fresh and tender; they were his treasures.

Nan Zhisui smiled until her eyes crinkled and touched his little head. "Thank you, but Sister doesn't eat grass."

The Little Deer Cub looked a bit disappointed.

The Little fellow's disappointed look was truly heart-wrenching. Nan Zhisui changed the subject. "Are you very good at planting things? I know a little bit about planting too."

The Little Deer Cub's eyes lit up again. "Sister knows how to plant things too?"

"Yeah. Back in my hometown, I used to plant vegetables in the fields with my grandparents."

Speaking of which, when she was hoarding supplies, she had also hoarded a lot of seeds in her space.

If she had the chance in the future, she would also clear a large piece of land in the Beast World and become a farming mogul!

Nan Zhisui looked down and asked with a smile, "This place is so dry. These few stalks of grass must need quite a bit of water to grow."

The Little Deer hushed her softly and whispered to Nan Zhisui, "Pretty Older Sister, I'm only telling you, don't tell anyone else. I found a small Earth Spring nearby."

Nan Zhisui asked curiously, "An Earth Spring? Can you take me to see it?"

"Sure, follow me."

The Little Deer Cub really led Nan Zhisui to a place not far away.

Nan Zhisui followed with some caution. After going a short distance, the Little Deer Cub moved a large rock aside.

Nan Zhisui actually saw a very small puddle of water under the rock.

Her geography wasn't very good, and she wasn't sure how an Earth Spring could emerge in such a water-scarce place.

She cupped some water from the Earth Spring and drank it.

Mmm... sweet and refreshing. It was drinkable and tasted good.

"I secretly get water from here to water the grass. Don't tell anyone else there's water here," the Little Deer Cub said solemnly.

"You're sharing your water source with me? Do you know what a water source means in the Mining Area?"

The Little Cub nodded seriously. "Yes. I know. I'm very smart."

The way the Little Cub praised himself for being smart was quite cute.

"Okay," Nan Zhisui promised, "thank you for trusting me. I definitely won't tell anyone about this Earth Spring."

The Little Deer Cub blinked at Nan Zhisui.

To get a Female's attention, one first had to make her have a good impression of oneself.

Beasts are visual creatures; a good-looking face is always a powerful weapon. Inadvertently revealing a beautiful face and then hurriedly smearing mud on it would evoke her pity.

The second step was to tell her the little secret of the Earth Spring, proving he was a simple Little Cub who had no defenses against her, making her trust him and let down her guard.

There was a third step coming right up.

The third step: showing weakness and being injured. When his weak self was bullied, it would surely trigger the Female's protective instincts toward the weak.

At that time, he could naturally join her Family.

The Little Deer Cub could already imagine the kind Female holding his injured self with a pained expression.

Proceed according to plan!

The Little Deer Cub took a detour, intentionally passing by the Cave entrance of a Grizzly Bear Beastman... At this time, Nan Zhisui still just treated the encounter with the Little Deer Cub as a pleasant little interlude.

After she parted ways with the Little Deer Cub, on her way back to the Cave, she noticed many beastmen lining up to receive food.

Strong beastmen could get a small piece of raw meat in the carnivore area.

Weak beastmen got dried-up weeds in the herbivore area.

Nan Zhisui followed the example of the beastmen and joined the queue.

Perhaps because she was a Female, the beastmen in line voluntarily made way for her.

A Male Beastman reminded her, "Female, you can go straight to the front to get food."

Nan Zhisui politely said "Thank you" to that Male Beastman and then used her privilege to walk directly to the front.