In the evening.
Mu Liang and Mi Nuo returned to the camp's wooden shed.
"Today's harvest is really plentiful." Mi Nuo squatted by the fireplace and happily played with the little lizard.
He had captured a total of 45 small lizards today.
Twenty-three of the small lizards were caught by the three-colored lizard, and the rest were caught by the two of them.
Other than the small lizard, he also caught three palm-sized mice.
"Have you always been eating small lizards?" Mu Liang asked as he polished his military saber.”
"Yeah, if you're lucky, you can eat some wild rabbit meat occasionally.”Mi Nuo replied without even lifting her head.
It was a great harvest today. Usually, she could only catch two or three small lizards.
"Are you full?" Mu Liang's hand, which was polishing his military saber, paused.
"Full?"
Mi Nuo tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying in distress,""I don't know what's considered full.”
They had never eaten their fill before, so how could they know what it felt like to be full?
"..." Mu Liang listened to the young girl's heart-wrenching words and then looked at the young girl's confused and probing eyes.
He felt inexplicably frustrated and threw away the stone used to polish the military saber.
"What's wrong?" Mi Nuo blinked her blue eyes blankly.
"It's fine. I'll go to the camp for a walk.”Mu Liang sheathed his military saber at his waist.
He was going to scout out the situation in the camp and then spread the news of the bandits 'attack.
Yes, it was a good way to relax.
"Be careful." Mi Nuo reminded.
She had to stay behind to deal with the little lizard and smoke it dry to make dried meat. Only then could it be preserved for a longer time.
"Alright." Mu Liang took his backpack and opened the wooden door to hide in the shadows of the surrounding wooden houses.
It was evening now, but the sky was already dark.
There was no moonlight shining down from the sky.
Such a pitch-black environment was just right for Mu Liang to move about.
The air was filled with the aroma of roasted meat. From the cracks in the wooden shed, sparks of fire could be seen.
However, it was mostly quiet. The sound of sleeping breathing could be heard from some of the wooden shacks.
After all, if he didn't have enough to eat, he would move less and sleep more.
Mu Liang learned from the young girl that there was a hunting team in the camp that was responsible for hunting some wild beasts in the distance.
For example, wild rabbits, dry turtles, wild dogs, and so on.
The food they hunted was distributed to the people who worked for the camp leader. As for the others, the leader did not care.
Living in the camp required paying taxes. This was a deal between the leader and the hunting team to protect everyone.
It was very dangerous to live alone in the wild. One would be attacked by wolves or encounter ferocious beasts.
However, from Mu Liang's point of view, the most important thing for the people in the camp to be willing to pay taxes was that the water source was controlled by the leader.
Only those who paid taxes could receive a portion of water, a portion of water that would prevent people from dying of thirst.
One of the main reasons why Mu Liang came out at night was to prepare more water for the trip the day after tomorrow.
The camp wasn't big, but it was divided into two layers.
The inner layer was a fence made of wood and stone, which was where the leader and the hunting team lived.
The outer layer was for people like the girl who paid taxes.
Mu Liang easily climbed over the two-meter-tall fence and evaded the patrols.
The aroma of roasted meat wafted through the air in the inner layer, and the firewood was burning well.
Occasionally, Mu Liang would pass by some wooden houses, and sounds that made people daydream would come from inside.
"Aren't you afraid of getting sick in such an environment?”
Mu Liang ridiculed in his heart as he stuffed the rock back into his mouth.
The leader's house was in the middle of the camp.
Mu Liang walked around the house and was surprised to find that the house was more than four hundred square meters in size.
It was already the size of a basketball court.
"How extravagant." Mu Liang sighed.
He also understood what the people working for the leader in the camp were doing.
Mu Liang picked a remote corner and easily climbed into the leader's house.
He landed soundlessly. There was a bonfire burning in the room, so it was not very dark.
"This should be a side room." Mu Liang muttered.
He listened to the discussion coming from the depths of the house and judged where he was.
After observing for a while, Mu Liang discovered that there were seven or eight maids.
He followed one of the maids who was carrying a clay pot to a room guarded by guards.
Mu Liang quietly stayed in the shadow of the corner. Coupled with his 'color changing' ability, he was not afraid of being discovered even from a few meters away.
He looked around and found that there was not even a window in the room. The only entrance was that door.
Not long after, the maid came out with a clay pot filled with water. She dodged the gatekeeper's mischievous hand and left in a rebuke.
Mu Liang temporarily remembered the room where the water was poured and once again followed behind the maid to a bright hall.
There were four people in the hall, and they were currently having dinner.
The maid placed the clay pot on the table. She did not immediately fill the water for the people around her. Instead, she caught a wild rabbit, slit its throat with a knife, and dripped its blood into the clay pot.
Mu Liang instantly lost interest in the jar of water and was about to leave to explore the other rooms.
The conversation between the four of them caught his attention.
"You may leave."
The middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table waved his hand at the maid.
He scooped up the blood from the pot with a clay bowl and poured it into his mouth.
The maid bowed and left the hall.
"Leader, are we really leaving this place?”
"As long as we water the vegetables less, we can still hold on for a few months.”
"Watering those vegetables is a waste.”
After the maid left, the other three spoke up.
The vegetables were all enjoyed by the leader, and he would only occasionally share a little. Of course, the three of them were dissatisfied.
"Bang!"
The leader suddenly slammed the table and said coldly,"Not leaving? Staying here and waiting for death?"
He scooped another bowl of blood into his mouth and said in a low voice,""The water in that underground well can only last for another ten days.
If they did not leave, everyone would die of thirst.”
"But finding a new water source is too difficult.”One of them complained softly.
"We can move to the Moon Lake Tribe. They should accept us.”Another person said.
"I agree to go to the Moon Lake Tribe. We can join their hunting team."”
" No way!" The Ruler's face was cold as he rejected," Impossible! I will never agree to go to the Moon Lake Tribe."”
If a camp leader went to another tribe, he might not even be a small leader.
He was used to being above others. He was definitely unwilling to be a servant.
"Then where are we going?"
"I don't want to die of thirst."
"If I can't find a water source, I'll bring my family to the Moon Lake Tribe.”
The three of them said unhappily.
"I've already sent people to find a water source. If there's no result in five days, we'll go to the Moon Lake Tribe.”The leader looked at the three people in front of him, his eyes flashing with killing intent.
"Alright, then we'll wait another five days.”
The three of them finished the roasted meat in big mouthfuls and drank a few bowls of blood before getting up and leaving.
"..." Mu Liang quietly stood in the corner and watched the entire process with cold eyes.
He did not expect the camp to run out of water.
Moreover, he was surprised that there were vegetables planted.
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