Chapter 527: Labor Chant

Chibing felt that what he said made a lot of sense, so he found many ropes and threw them onto the bear carcass, preparing to replace them at any time; after all, this journey was truly quite long, and the possibility of their ropes being worn through was too high.

Unfortunately, things were far from as wonderful as they had imagined. They thought they would only need to replace them once or twice along the way, but because the road conditions were truly too poor, pebbles and gravel were visible everywhere, and coupled with the bear's immense weight, the wear rate of the ropes far exceeded their expectations. When they had traveled less than one-fifth of the distance, the wooden Battalion clattered and fell apart from the back.

Chibing and the others were also stunned. The journey was still long, and even if they kept replacing and tying the ropes like this, they didn't have that much time; they would still have to push the bear down and then push it back up. Everyone felt that this method was likely unworkable, but having already left the camp so far behind, wanting to go back wasn't a solution either.

Chibing could only let everyone think of a way together. If there wasn't a good method, they would only be able to join forces to tie this bear up and carry it away.

There were no people from the Ministry of Works here, and everyone could be said to be completely ignorant about the modification and production of these tools. However, some Soldiers felt that carrying it seemed to be more imposing and could better reflect their abilities.

Once everyone heard this, it seemed to be the truth. Anyway, pulling was strenuous and carrying was also strenuous, so it was better to carry it; it could save quite a lot of time. With these several hundred people here, if everyone took turns carrying it for a stretch of the road, wouldn't they easily arrive at Lema City?

Chibing also felt that he seemed to have walked into a misconception, thinking that one should use tools for everything, yet forgetting that he lacked the skill to make tools. Thus, making something useless was not as good as exerting their own advantage—they had great strength, so they should just carry it and go.

So Chibing shouted, "Put the bear down, tie it up tightly with ropes, find more long pieces of wood, and everyone carry it together."

The crowd cheered in agreement, and then began to work with a clear division of labor. The replacement ropes they had prepared also became the things used to bind the bear. Because the giant bear's physique was too large, they could only let it be tied with its four feet facing the sky; otherwise, if they tied it upright, their height really wouldn't allow them to make it leave the ground.

With pulling and dragging, the bear was trussed up. They had also cut enough wood, and after slightly shaving the two ends smooth, they each found a gap to thread them through. Everyone scrambled for an end, and only when there was completely no place left to stand did they stop the scrambling. A single bear actually had over a dozen people scrambling to carry it together.

But because there were too many people and no one giving orders, everyone exerted their own strength. They carried it for a long time, but because the force was uneven, they couldn't lift the giant bear. Afterward, they tried several more times; it was lifted, but because the force was uneven and their paces were inconsistent, they walked a few steps and hurriedly set it down, and some people even sprained their waists because of it.

The big group had no experience either and could only count on Chibing. Chibing pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, you all get ready to lift first. When I say 'This bear is big—', at the word 'big', you all exert force together to lift it up. Don't be in a hurry to walk once it's lifted, okay?"

Everyone nodded repeatedly, then half-squatted with the wood on their shoulders, preparing to exert force. The person who sprained his waist was mocked by the Soldiers and replaced; he was supported by other comrades-in-arms. The accompanying doctor took a simple look and said with a smile, "It's nothing major, you sprained your waist from exerting force too violently. Go back and find a physician to massage it for you, and rest for a few days and it will be fine." The person himself turned bright red from pain and shame.

Seeing that everyone's posture was ready, Chibing walked to the side and said in a loud voice, "Everyone get ready, this bear is big—!"

"—Big!" The Soldiers also followed by shouting "big," and at the same time exerted force with their waists and legs, easily lifting the bear. This time, because the exertion was consistent, they actually didn't feel any strain at all; it felt very easy to lift.

There were only a few Soldiers carrying the mother bear on the side, but it was also swaying when lifted; now, they also followed Chibing's shout and exerted force again to lift it up.

Seeing that everyone was standing steadily, Chibing continued, "Next, everyone follow my chant for your steps. I'll shout one word and you take one step, okay? Still saying 'This bear is big—', get ready, this bear is big—!"

The Soldiers followed the rhythm and walked four steps, then immediately stopped. Seeing that it was effective, Chibing began to shout without stopping: "This bear is big—, this bear is big—!"

The Soldiers steadily followed the steps of Chibing's shouting and walked. Afterward, they began to shout it themselves; walking while shouting, they felt their steps were much lighter.

They started on the road just like this, easily carrying the giant bear. The scattered wooden Battalion was thrown into the forest by the side of the road. On the way, Chibing felt that this slogan was a bit simple; the ones they used during running drills were much richer than this. So, just like when he trained with the Soldiers, he shouted, "This bear is big—!" and the Soldiers followed with, "This bear is good—!"

By the time two more waves of Soldiers had changed to carry it, the chant had already developed into, "This bear is big, this bear is good, kill one, and we're all full!"

Chibing felt that this was the same as training troops to run. Although shouting slogans looked more tiring on the surface, it could unify everyone's pace, making it easier to carry heavy objects instead.

Because the slogan was loud, before they even reached Lema City, the Soldiers on the Lema City wall had already heard the strange shouting from afar, so they hurriedly set up their Telescope to observe. They saw a large group of people in the distance walking very neatly; the people in the middle of the formation were carrying something, and the slogan was shouted in perfect unison.

This was undoubtedly their Huaxia formation, so the Soldiers went down unhurriedly to open the city gate to welcome them, and then they also heard the increasingly clear sound of the slogan.

Everyone was curious about what this slogan meant. What did "This bear is big, this bear is good" mean? Which bear wasn't big? They were just bringing a bear back; was it necessary to make such a big scene?

However, those with sharp eyes saw the giant bear with its huge physique and four feet facing the sky, and were so surprised they stuttered: "So... so, so big!"

A comrade-in-arms was curious: "What's so big?"

The Soldier pointed at the formation and said: "They, the bear they are carrying is really so big, ridiculously big!"

The remaining Soldiers placed their hands over their eyes, squinting to look, and then one by one they also burst into exclamations: "It's too big, this is too big! Let's go, let's go, let's hurry down and take a look!"

The Soldiers on the city wall swarmed down, leaving only a few Soldiers controlling the Giant Crossbows calling out repeatedly: "Hey, hey, hey! Don't go down! We still have to guard the city!" In fact, they also wanted to go down incomparably, but as soon as they moved, the discipline carved into their bones made them unable to move.

The captain of the city guard came out from the Arrow Tower, and upon seeing that there was no one there, asked in a panic: "Where are the people? Where did everyone go!"