Chapter 16, Gathering Strength

In this way, the ratmen were divided into three parts.

The most numerous were slave rats, who were constantly digging caves to grow more cave mushrooms.

The second were ratmen warriors, who were constantly attacking the lizardmen positions every day, and they provided a steady stream of sacrifices.

There were also ratmen priests, who were the smallest in number and were responsible for the conduct of the sacrificial ceremony and the cultivation and planting of blood mushrooms and cave mushrooms.

Due to restrictions and food restrictions, this cave can only support 4,000 ratmen now, and among these 4,000 ratmen, 1,800 are fighting with lizardmen, 200 have become priests, and the rest have all been beaten into slave rats.

But the reproduction of ratmen did not stop, and even every day they continued to fill the troops in the hands of spear rats with small ratmen.

This was not a decision made by Du Yuan, but a decision made by the white rat himself. There were always losses in the daily battles, but the cultivation of small ratmen was not a loss anyway. If they died, they would be considered sacrifices, and if they did not die, they could be cannon fodder. If they were cowardly, they would become slave rats, and if they were brave, they would become ratmen warriors, or if they were more pious, they would become ratmen priests.

But sometimes there will be an overflow of population, and the solution is very simple. If the food is really not enough, just sacrifice another batch of slave rats.

It can only be said that as a rat leader, Bai Shu really has no moral bottom line and humanistic care, and Du Yuan also turned a blind eye to this.

As long as newborns continue, it is foreseeable that when more caves are opened in the depths of the mountains and more cave mushrooms are planted, the group of rats under Du Yuan will expand at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Population is war potential.

At dawn, the lizardmen left the forest, and the sentry towers entered the construction stage. At the same time, a team led by a burly lizardman also launched a charge towards the rats entrenched on the hillside not far away.

Faced with the charge of the lizardmen, the rats fled in all directions, running into the continuous mountains and disappearing.

Such performance made Du Yuan's mouth twitch. He knew that this was a strategy. The rats were fighting a harassment war.

But these damn rats run too smoothly, which makes people feel bad for no reason.

No wonder the first divine art in the inheritance of the rat priest is the berserk art.

He shook his head.

Soon, after those arrogant lizardmen left, the rats quickly ran back from the continuous mountains and gathered on the hillside again. There were so many rats that not many ran away. Almost all the rats came back.

Because of the herding characteristics rooted in the rat blood.

The weak rats must stick together to survive.

Thanks to this characteristic, even if Du Yuan's rats keep running away, they can still gather again.

The harassment will continue day and night, but the opponent's reaction is a bit puzzling.

Du Yuan doesn't understand what the lizardmen are doing, or what the gods of the lizardmen are thinking.

They clearly had an absolute advantage, but they did not directly attack the mountains to find Du Yuan's altar. Instead, they built a wall, and from time to time, a lizardman team rushed over to do this kind of inexplicable action as if to show off their power, which was really puzzling.

Du Yuan was waiting for the number of his ratmen warriors to increase, waiting for the excavation of caves and the increase in the production of cave mushrooms, but what were these lizardmen waiting for?

It was really confusing.

But this situation was a good thing for Du Yuan. Du Yuan was originally prepared to let the ratmen and these lizardmen fight guerrilla warfare in this intricate mountain range, and even dug out several fake strongholds.

Just prepare to play hide-and-seek in the mountains.

Although building walls and sentry towers is also a strategy, the mountain range occupied by ratmen is too barren, and even if they want to grow mushrooms, they cannot do without the resources in this forest.

It is true that we cannot let this group of lizardmen completely surround the forest, but that is a matter for the future. For now, I have the advantage if I delay.

After leaving the clan world and returning to the dormitory, he was not well-informed and naturally did not know what had happened in the school recently. If he knew, he probably would not be surprised by the lizardmen's strategy.

There was a banner on the school square, and a young man standing upright with a dazzling smile on his face, working hard to introduce to the crowd gathered in front of him.

This young man was Li Sheng, who was still fighting with Du Yuan.

This guy did not enter the clan world to command the clan. On the contrary, on the second day of the banquet, he announced the news of his bloody battle with Du Yuan, which caused an uproar among the junior students of the academy.

Everyone knew the special features of this batch of anchors. Some were happy and some were sad about the sudden change in the rules. There were more sad people. After all, according to the original plan, most of the trainees who completed the anchoring would have the opportunity to try to become demigods as long as their faith was stable, even if they had no resources and the subsequent path was inevitably difficult. However, the current rules made many students more pessimistic, because if they were defeated, they would probably have no fate with the word "god".

Some people were sad about this news, and of course some were happy. After all, the initial anchoring world was so much larger. If they had the confidence to defeat competitors and monopolize this anchoring world, then the road ahead would naturally be much easier.

Suddenly, there was a lot of confusion and people's hearts were floating. Of course, this situation was limited to ordinary students. Most students with backgrounds had already known about this matter and had already prepared for it.

This was not fair, but the world was indeed difficult to be fair.

As Li Sheng made clear the news that he had a bloody battle with Du Yuan, he naturally became famous as a whistleblower.

So there was such a scene.

The banner on the square, the smiling Li Sheng, and even a video of a lizard man beating a rat man next to him.

The video was about the story on the edge of the forest.

A so-called mutual aid association was established today.

If Du Yuan saw this scene, there would undoubtedly be a twisted expression on his face.

No respect, no respect!

As for this guy's purpose, it is easy to guess. He wants to use the momentum of being the first person to make this matter clear to pull up this so-called mutual aid association.

When more people join, it will be a good choice whether to sell it or sell it.

As for why it must be sold, it is very simple. Although this guy's background is not arrogant enough, he is also a second-generation kid.

Although the mutual aid association does not set a threshold so students can join, most of those who are willing to join are probably just ordinary students.

The two sides can't sit together, how can Li Sheng really benefit everyone!