Chapter 71: The Survivors of the Small Town

"Now, I'll assign the first round of work to everyone."

Sang Qi drew a dozen or so circles in the snow, each circle bearing the name of a job.

These are the types of work needed for building the farm and pasture at present.

They include livestock caretaker, farmer, cook, construction worker, security team, statistician, and so on.

"If you think a certain job suits you, stand in the corresponding circle."

The crowd shifted, and soon everyone stood inside different circles.

"Lord Lion King, sir, we are ready."

After everyone made their choices, Bai Qi spoke.

"Roar!" (Then let's set off!)

The Ice Lion King stepped out of the ice cave.

At this moment, several clan leaders of the Ice Lion King's followers stood on the snow outside.

Ice Crystal Butterfly, Ice Horn Frost Sheep, Wintergreen Wild Bull, Frost Hound—these are the extraordinary beings among Chen Mo's clan that will now prepare to build the pasture and farm.

Seeing the Ice Lion King, they knelt and saluted.

"Roar!"

After the assembly, Chen Mo led the large force out in a grand march.

On the first day of building the farm and pasture, he still had to check; once the framework is up, he won't need to go again.

About twenty minutes later.

The main force arrived on the snowfield beside Sunset Town.

The original grassland had been covered by deep snow; the grass had long withered from the extreme cold, but the soil remained fairly fertile.

"Moo!"

Under the command of the various clan leaders, the extraordinary beings began to act.

The Wintergreen Wild Bull, with its brute strength, started plowing; the Ice Horn Frost Sheep was responsible for releasing a minor spirit‑rain technique to accelerate seed growth; the Ice Crystal Butterfly handled pollination.

Humans were mainly in charge of sowing, harvesting, and so on.

Each performed their duties.

It must be said, each of these extraordinary beings is a little farming prodigy; their efficiency even surpasses mechanized agriculture by a large margin.

Meanwhile, the pasture was also being rapidly established.

Ice Sky Elves used Ice‑Solidifying Technique to build icy fences, enclosing sections where different kinds of livestock would be raised.

"Roar!"

Chen Mo's gaze turned toward the nearby small town.

There are still some humans and extraordinary mice remaining in Sunset Town.

These extraordinary mice differ completely from Ice Crystal Rats; although they possess some ice‑type spiritual energy, they have not developed sentience and look rather ugly.

If his people want to settle there, they must clear out these extraordinary mice.

If possible, also bring the town's survivors into the Ice Lion Kingdom.

"Roar!"

Chen Mo delegated this matter to Ai Sha and Sang Qi, and he himself took up plowing and sowing.

After all, today's self‑discipline challenge of the Farming Lion has not yet been completed!

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Sunset Town.

【9】 Inside a locked house.

Inside a certain locked house.

Liu Bo and his wife lay on the bed; the room was dark, and a fair‑skinned little girl lay between them.

He and his wife are both Dongxia people who came to Tanzanira for aid construction four years ago.

As a result, after the spiritual energy revived, they became trapped here.

Earlier, when the Ice‑armored White Rhinoceros Beast tide attacked the town, they luckily escaped disaster.

Because their house was undamaged and other areas were also unstable, they decided to stay in the town.

With the intensifying revival of spiritual energy, some mice and insects in the town awakened as extraordinary beings, making the town increasingly dangerous and venturing out a difficult task.

At first it was okay; thanks to supplies they had stockpiled from the supermarket, they could get by.

But two days ago, their daughter developed a high fever due to the harsh weather. Liu Bo's eyes grew anxious; after rubbing his temples, he suddenly stood up from the bed.

As if he had made up his mind.

"Qiu Ping, I'm going out for a bit; the town's clinic is close by, it should still have antipyretics."

Liu Bo whispered to his wife.

"How about I go instead? My awakened ability is an Ice Shield, which makes it easier to protect myself."

Qiu Ping replied.

Liu Bo said in an unquestionable tone:

"Whatever, I'm also an awakener. I'll come back, Qiu Ping, just wait here!"

"If I don't return, you must take good care."

Liu Bo hadn't finished speaking when his wife covered his mouth.

"Don't set a flag, I'm scared."

"Then I'll go."

Liu Bo got up, gently opened a slit in the door just wide enough for one person, and quickly rushed out.

He sprinted toward the clinic at his fastest speed.

He arrived safely at the small-town hospital, found the medicine, and then rushed home at full speed.

Along the way he encountered no supernatural beings at all, making him feel somewhat incredulous.

However, when he was still over 400 meters from his front gate, three gray figures suddenly darted out from a pile of ruins.

They were three rats larger than dogs!

The moment they spotted Liu Bo, their eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty light, and they rushed at him.

After becoming supernatural creatures, their diet expanded rapidly.

Naturally, this now included humans!

Seeing his front door tantalizingly close, Liu Bo unhesitatingly chose to run in the opposite direction.

He burst forth with the fastest speed he had ever mustered, yet the rat monsters drew ever closer! So Liu Bo used his ability.

【Hail】

This should have been an ability with decent attack power, but for some unknown reason, when he released hail, the hail would turn into water balls as soon as it formed, possessing no killing power at all.

This time he used the ability in hopes that a miracle would occur.

Then, in response, a bunch of water splashes struck the heads of the supernatural rat monsters, as if giving them a bath.

"Hiss!"

The supernatural rat monsters emitted a sharp, piercing sound and lunged at Liu Bo.

Looking at the supernatural rat monsters drawing ever closer behind him, Liu Bo involuntarily saw the faces of his wife and daughter, his parents.

"This world, why."

"Roar!"

But the next second, a lion's roar like thunder suddenly came to Liu Bo's ears.

Hearing this terrifying sound, Liu Bo felt his ears sting and his head swim slightly.

Meanwhile, the three supernatural rat monsters behind him suddenly seemed to have spotted a natural predator, no longer paying him any heed as they sprinted off in some direction.

"What's going on!!"

Liu Bo covered his ears, heedless of everything, and sprinted toward his home.

The iron gate opened; after he entered, his wife quickly locked it again.

Outside the gate, the lion's roar did not cease, and soon after came the howls and growls of various supernatural creatures.

Liu Bo and his wife plucked up their courage, tiptoed to the window, and peered through a gap in the curtains to observe the situation outside.

Coming into view was a gigantic ice lion; beside it was an ice-frost hound with pure-white fur, and a snow-trek fox—"Ice Lion King?"

As for the Ice Lion King, a supernatural being that had once saved Sunset Small Town, Liu Bo was naturally no stranger to it.

Who would have thought that, at this critical moment, the Ice Lion King would appear again!

(End of chapter)