I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 20 Jormungandr

Startled by the light reflected from the dagger, Lezhi half-closed her eyelids, then eagerly opened them again.

"Wow, this looks really sharp."

"Haha~"

Amused by the cub's adorable reaction, he toned down his sharp edge as he held the blade.

"Of course, there is a weapon master in the tribe. The weapons he makes are both beautiful and functional, and they are very popular among the tribe. When you grow up a bit, you can try to get a weapon of your own."

Listening to Le Chu's explanation, Le Zhi had even more expectations for her future life in the Lingyu tribe.

They chatted idly, while the tribespeople quickly set up a makeshift barbecue grill over the campfire and began roasting meat. The meat gradually changed color as the fire crackled and popped. A gentle breeze rippled the tranquil lake, carrying the aroma of the roasting meat that made everyone's mouths water.

Fortunately, their group was quite strong in this forest, and the lakeside area was open and uninvited by any creatures. It was with this in mind that Le Chu and his companions chose this place as their resting spot.

"By the way, Chief Lechu, could you tell me about the Lingyu Clan? And also about this forest, these... insects."

The aroma of the barbecue, carried by the airflow, rushed straight to his head. Lezhi reflexively swallowed the saliva that was rapidly secreting in his mouth. In order not to appear too greedy, he started talking again, trying to distract himself with conversation.

"Of course, let me think about how to say it..." Hearing that the cub was interested in the clan's affairs, Le Chu, as the clan leader, felt obligated to take responsibility and immediately began to organize her thoughts.

"The continent we live on is called Jormungandr, which is also the name of the Mother Tree. In other words, the entire Jormungandr is the embodiment of the Mother Tree. Our Spirit Feather Clan is located in the central area of ​​the Jormungandr continent. This forest is called Cloud Dream Forest, which borders our clan's territory. Together with Flowing Cloud Valley and the more distant Cloud Dwelling Plain, it is all protected by our Spirit Feather Clan. Therefore, this place can also be considered our territory."

"Our closest neighbors are the Longtail Clan and the Windwalker Clan. The territories of our three clans are adjacent. I'll take you to see them sometime..."

Speaking of the Mother Tree, Le Chu's expression became much more solemn. "The Tree Spirit race was born from the Mother Tree, so our mission is to protect Jormungandr from all threats, which currently specifically refers to the insectoid race. There are currently tens of thousands of insectoid species in Jormungandr, and our goal is to maintain the insectoid population and keep them at a level that will not harm Jormungandr's existence."

“Maintain?” Lezhi asked upon hearing this word.

“Yes, maintain.” With a knowing smile, Le Chu continued, “An excessive number of Zerg will cause some harm to Jormungand, but they are not entirely useless. They are also a very important part of the Jormungand biosphere, and an important food source for birds, beasts, and our Treant race.”

With a playful wink, Le Chu said in a relaxed tone, "There are many insectoid races that we can coexist with as long as they can't reproduce. The tree spirits rely on insectoids for many aspects of their lives!"

These words left Lezhi stunned, somewhat transported back to her previous life when she was in class. After a moment's thought, Lezhi immediately understood. After all, even in her previous life, many animals and insects oscillated between being beneficial and harmful. Such matters should be judged based on the actual situation and cannot be generalized.

Seeing Lezhi's brow relax, Lechu knew that Lezhi understood what she meant, and nodded with satisfaction, feeling a great sense of accomplishment for her effective teaching.

"Chief, the roasted meat here is ready to eat! Come on over..."

Their science popularization activity had just come to an end when the tribesmen called out. Lezhi glanced at Lechu, and at his signal, picked up Maoqiu and followed Lechu to the campfire to begin their first proper meal of the day.

Chewing on the roasted meat that his tribesmen had specially handed him, Lezhi tried his best to control his facial expressions and avoid showing any inappropriate reactions. As for the tribesmen's roasting skills, well, they just cooked it well, and Lezhi could only taste the saltiness of the seasoning. This piece of insect meat was completely different from what he had eaten before; it looked just like the red meat from his previous life, so without any seasoning to mask it, the meat had an indescribable, faint fishy smell.

Fortunately, the meat was fresh enough, and there was a lot of smoke from grilling it, so it was still edible. However, it was far inferior to the piece of meat he had casually prepared before. One issue was the seasoning; there were no scallions, and the other was the type of insect meat.

As a complex and intelligent being, Lezhi would consider matters of human relationships and social interactions, but Maoqiu was not. It assumed that all meat roasted by two-legged creatures would taste as good as that roasted by Lezhi, so when Lezhi fed it, Maoqiu happily snatched it up in one bite without the slightest hesitation.

However, after the roasted meat entered its mouth, Maoqiu's momentary daze and the expression that slowly began to question its very existence made Lezhi both laugh and cry.

Fortunately, although the furry ball's disgusted expression was almost noticed, it was suppressed by Lezhi who discovered it in time.

"Good boy, we're on our way now, so make sure you eat something to replenish your energy. Once we get to the tribe, I'll cook something for you myself."

Lezhi whispered soothing words in Maoqiu's ear, holding a skewer of grilled meat in one hand and stroking Maoqiu's body with the other.

Seeing the two little ones chirping softly, the tribesmen sitting around the campfire exchanged glances and shoved each other before Lechu finally spoke up to ask.

"Lezhi, what's wrong with Maoqiu?"

"Ah, what? No!" Startled by Le Chu's sudden words, Le Zhi turned around abruptly, only to find that the clansmen were all staring at them with curious expressions.

Seeing the worry faintly revealed in Le Chu's eyes, Le Zhi lowered her head, bit her lip, and said somewhat shyly, "Well, it's just that Mao Qiu might not be used to this meat. It's not a big deal. I'll make some more of Mao Qiu's favorite foods later."

Hearing the cub's hesitant explanation, the tribespeople chuckled.

"That's all. It's okay. It's just not to your liking. If Maoqiu doesn't like this, we can change it to something else. Or maybe there's nothing grilled over there. Maybe it prefers raw food."

The tribesman in charge of grilling the meat was the first to speak up for Lezhi, and since he had spoken up, the tribesmen around him were even less concerned.

"Yeah, yeah, if even the furry ball doesn't like it, you can go hunting. Sigh, if possible, I'd really like to go with them and see..."

"Speaking of which, the most delicious thing is actually the leaf wasp, but it's too hard to catch. I wonder who will win if the furball makes its move?"

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Seeing his tribesmen flip over the article almost instantly and start discussing hunting, Lezhi was still a little stunned. Maoqiu had also finished the roasted meat that Lezhi had fed him with great difficulty. It jumped into Lezhi's arms and rubbed against him for a while, then chirped twice and spread its wings to fly away, looking just like it was ready to go hunting.

Maoqiu moved quickly. Before Lezhi and the others could react, it had already chosen a direction and shot into the jungle. Its petite size allowed it to move like a fish in water in the dense jungle, and it quickly disappeared from sight.

Lezhi watched as Maoqiu disappeared in an instant, and muttered helplessly, "We still have the meat left over, sigh..." How much did Maoqiu not want to eat this meat!