Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 282

After all the children had finished drinking water and replenished their fluids, He waved for them to return to their places and began the lesson.

Jiang Luoluo stood next to the largest stone in the middle, with Nan behind her, followed by Zhi and Mai.

Mai gave up on competing with Zhi. Having failed to secure first place, the other rankings were meaningless to Mai.

After considering Nan's physique and good recovery, Zhi also backed down. Nan, who is large, strong, has good stamina and recovery speed, is Zhi's most troublesome opponent.

Her best tactic is to kite her opponent, but if she fights Nan, she might not even get the kite up before Nan pins her to the ground.

The other children were in much the same boat.

In the previous melee, they had a relatively clear understanding of their own strength and that of others around them, so they all determined their positions without much trouble.

The first thing He taught Jiang Luoluo and the other ten-year-old children who had just entered Xiaoshishan was how to break the large rocks in front of them.

To be more precise, it is about teaching them how to exert their power correctly to destroy enemies or obstacles from their previous lives.

Destruction is the first lesson they learn.

Jiang Luoluo had seen He teach her many times on Little Stone Mountain before, and she probably knew all of He's lines by heart.

But this was her first time trying it out.

A "bang" sound rang out, and the stones in front of some people stood up immediately, while the stones in front of others remained motionless.

Jiang Luoluo ignored her injured and bleeding finger, and stared at the stone that only had a mark left on it.

Although she knew many techniques, she only realized how difficult it was to sit to the level described in the brown-mouthed man once she started.

He walked up behind Jiang Luoluo, looked up at the stone, and comforted her, "It's inevitable that you won't be able to control the strength and angle properly the first time you try it. You'll get used to it after a while."

Brown had something left unsaid.

That is, even without finding the right technique and angle, she was able to leave such a deep mark on the stone. Jiang Luoluo's brute strength is truly terrifying.

Nan's performance was comparable to Jiang Luoluo's.

Moreover, Nan's performance was even more exaggerated than Jiang Luoluo's.

Since it was a punch to hit a rock, Jiang Luoluo subconsciously held back a lot of strength when she made the move. Nan, however, did not have such a "protective" mindset and used all his strength in his fist. At this moment, his fist was covered in blood, which was much more serious than Jiang Luoluo's finger.

However, without bandaging or rest, both Jiang Luoluo and Nan continued to strike the stone with their injured fists.

At first, there was some unbearable pain, but gradually I became numb to it through the monotonous and tedious punches, and then I got used to it.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Jiang Luoluo threw a punch out of habit, and the huge rock in front of her, which was taller than a person, suddenly shattered into more than a dozen pieces.

Jiang Luoluo was slightly bewildered. She was unsure whether she had found the stone's veins and then used the right angle of force to shatter it, or whether it was simply a matter of sheer force that caused the brick to shatter through repeated punches.

But that's normal.

This is a long-term training program that cultivates these children's physical instincts, enabling them to make the most appropriate attack method without thinking during combat, simply by reacting instinctively.

Using your fist to strike is just one method. Once you've learned to easily shatter stones with your fist, it's time to use your palms, elbows, arms, legs, and other body parts.

Once the children have fully developed their physical abilities through this method, it will be time for them to leave Little Stone Mountain and awaken their beastly nature.

Of course, every year there are a few geniuses who can master these things in a shorter time. For example, Ge mastered all the attack techniques in about half a year.

This does not mean that Go's limit is six months.

The stones on the small rocky hill are replaced only once every so often, sometimes every three to five days, and sometimes every ten days or more.

Jiang Luoluo used to see other children throwing stones at each other on Xiaoshishan Mountain. The stones they were throwing were the same stones that she had broken during training.

It could also be said that the "textbooks" cannot keep up with the pace of updates, so the only option is to make use of the textbooks and develop other ways to use them.

After breaking her own stone and standing still for a while, Jiang Luoluo finally had the energy to turn her head and look at the other people around her.

Nan broke the stone earlier than Jiang Luoluo, after all, Nan used more force than Jiang Luoluo from the beginning.

It's normal for the stone to break first.

Most of the other children failed to do this.

This includes some children over ten years old.

Although they had come to Xiaoshishan to study a year or two earlier and had a lot of experience.

However, besides skill, physical strength also plays a significant role. Under the same circumstances, Jiang Luoluo and Nan Neng can break a stone with one punch, but they cannot; it would take two, three, or even more punches.

This is probably the simplest and most direct manifestation of talent.

Jiang Luoluo looked around and suddenly felt fortunate that she had a little talent. Although that talent was not exaggerated, it was enough to save her from many detours and give her more time and energy to do what she wanted to do.

Shortly after Jiang Luoluo stopped, He glanced at the time and began to urge the children on the small rocky hill to go home for dinner.

Although they experienced a tense and exciting melee, then lined up to drink water and rest, and used stones for basic attack training, it really only took a morning.

After all, fighting is extremely physically demanding, and being able to last an hour in a melee is considered to be an amazing feat of stamina.

Training on Xiaoshishan Mountain is not at a fixed time. Some children arrive as early as 6 or 7 o'clock, while others arrive later than 8 o'clock. The training starts at 8 o'clock and they rest for half an hour at 9 o'clock.

After another hour or so of basic attack training with stones, it was almost 11 o'clock, time to go home for lunch.

However, before going home, Jiang Luoluo took a detour to Yuan's house.

She was going to pick Angela up and take her home.

Because Yu really liked Angela, when Jiang Luoluo went to class on Little Stone Mountain, she sent Angela to Yuan's house so that Angela could help take care of the child and free Yuan to do his own things.

Of course, Angela wasn't working for free. As payment for looking after the children, Angela received a lot of bird meat as food. Jiang Luoluo only discovered this later: compared to the wild animal meat that the tribe usually ate, Angela preferred bird meat as food.

Perhaps it's because its own kind comes first in its diet.

It just so happens that Shou often catches birds and collects their beautiful feathers to give to Yuan—even after they got married, the way this young couple communicated their feelings didn't change much.

Bird meat, which the tribesmen didn't particularly like to eat, happened to be Angela's favorite.

Both parties got what they wanted and were very satisfied.

Jiang Luoluo can't bring Angela with her when she goes to Little Stone Mountain for training, because Angela's presence is too attractive to the children on Little Stone Mountain.

If Jiang Luoluo brings Angela over, it will easily attract the attention of the other children, making it difficult for them to focus on serious training.

It may even lead to some competitive behavior.

For example, after returning home, ask their parents to catch one or two juvenile wild animals for them to raise.

For powerful orc warriors, this was no big deal; they could easily capture a whole bunch of them.

The problem is that it's fine if only one person in the tribe raises wild animals, but if everyone raises them, the friction, conflicts, and even the uncertainty of wild animals could potentially cause various kinds of harm to the children.

So both Brown and Witch warned Jiang Luoluo not to take Angela to Little Stone Mountain.

So Jiang Luoluo took Angela to work to earn her own food expenses.

It's also because Yu is a well-behaved child that Angela doesn't dislike him. If it were one of those noisy kids who would pluck Angela's feathers, Angela definitely wouldn't agree, and neither would Jiang Luoluo.

Since Ge and Shou had gone hunting and weren't home, Yuan invited Jiang Luoluo to stay for dinner, and Jiang Luoluo didn't refuse.

After finishing his meal, he took a look at what Yuanqi was making.

It's still a compound bow.

Although many compound bows have been made, this is not the optimal state of compound bow manufacturing. There are still many areas for improvement, such as the combination of different materials and different curvatures, all of which affect the power of a bow and arrow.

What Yuan is doing is constantly upgrading and improving the power of the compound bow.

As for the research and production of telescopes, although it has not yet reached a point of complete saturation, it is sufficient for the daily needs of the tribe. They only need to produce some periodically to replenish the number of damaged ones.

Qing is in charge of improving the telescope's precision and conducting research, so there's no need for Yuan to worry about it.

Source's direction has always been to create items that are easier to use in hunting, and the Code takes on part of the responsibility for practice. No matter what Source makes, the first thing to use is always the Code.

Unfortunately, after having a child, they were inevitably tied down by the child and could no longer participate in hunting together; one of them had to stay behind to take care of the child.

Although Jiang Luoluo could help, Jiang Lele is still a child herself. Taking care of her occasionally is fine, but doing it too often is inappropriate.

Jiang Luoluo also saw some materials for mechanical crossbows nearby, but only their external shape was known; their internal structure was still unclear.

Although the compound bow has been made and works very well, Gen and Shou have not given up on the mechanical crossbow—the compound bow is already so good, they can't imagine how good the mechanical crossbow would be.

Jiang Luoluo originally wanted to tell Yuan Heshou to give up on the mechanical crossbow. Even if it were made, its effect might not be much better than the composite bow, and it would be more troublesome.

The various parts are cumbersome and complex, and the profits are completely disproportionate to the costs.

But then Jiang Luoluo thought of something else—gunpowder.

It is known that there are hot springs in the Taz Forest, and sulfur is usually found near hot springs. Jiang Luoluo also has some ways to obtain saltpeter.

She remembered that before, she, Zhuang, and happy went to the village to clean up the large pit containing excrement, and Zhuang almost fell in...

If Jiang Luoluo could really make a mechanical crossbow, she could also try making gunpowder and modify the crossbow bolts into a gunpowder version.

Jiang Luoluo felt that the gunpowder-powered crossbow was more suitable for the tribe than the musket.

Because the firing principle of a musket is to shoot bullets out through the force of an explosion. Although the impact is strong and the penetration is good, the bullets are too small and the resulting damage is also small.

Therefore, Jiang Luoluo was thinking that using a mechanical crossbow to fire bolts filled with gunpowder, which would cause an explosion upon hitting the prey, might result in even greater lethality.

Even if the destructive power is insufficient, the smoke generated by the explosion can still provide some concealment, especially for large wild animals.

Compared to simply focusing on attack power, addressing functionality might be more effective.

It can also be used to set traps. If there is enough gunpowder, it can be buried underground and large animals can be lured to the gunpowder to trigger an explosion. Isn't that just a landmine?

Jiang Luoluo pondered for a moment, and then suddenly realized that another use of gunpowder was to blast rocks and create their forging industry. The biggest problem at present was the insufficient supply of ore.

The quantity of ore cannot be increased much in a short period of time because mining requires manual collection and excavation by mining teams.

In other words, the tribe members were physically strong and powerful enough to mine enough ore for the tribe's use without the aid of mechanical tools.

If we had enough gunpowder... wouldn't we be able to save a lot of mining time and increase the amount of ore extracted?

Thinking of this, Jiang Luoluo said goodbye to Yuan, left Angela behind, and ran out to find Zhuang.

Jiang Luoluo remembered that Zhuang's father, Nu, was a member of the mining team. The mining team's travel time was relatively long, and they could only make a round trip once every month or so, so their rest time was also longer.

For example, during the period right after the snow season ends, they won't be in a hurry to go out and work like hunting teams or herb-gathering teams.

After all, heavy snow and ice during the snowy season can freeze mining areas, and if you go there before the weather warms up, you'll have to waste extra effort to break through the ice, making it less efficient.

It would be better to take this time to rest and recharge, and then start digging and mining when the temperature rises.

It was lunchtime, and Nu and Zhuang had just finished lunch at home and hadn't left to do anything else yet.

Upon seeing Jiang Luoluo approaching, Zhuang and his son Nu exchanged remarkably similar smiles. "Luo, you're here? Is there something you need?"

Zhuang stood up. At 14 years old, he was as strong as a calf, a teenager.

Zhuang, with his honest and simple manner, greeted Jiang Luoluo, "Luo, I heard you! You beat Nan and the others today, that's amazing!"

When Zhuang was ten years old, he was constantly being beaten, and he couldn't even beat Xi.

Jiang Luoluo wasn't surprised by how quickly news spread within the tribe. After all, there were many children from Xiaoshishan in the Zhuang family's area, and they would definitely tell her about what happened that day when they came back for dinner.

"Of course!" Jiang Luoluo didn't stand on ceremony with Zhuang, proudly puffing out her chest in acknowledgment of the praise.

However, she didn't exchange more than a few pleasantries with Zhuang before turning her gaze to Zhuang's father, Nu. "Nu, I want to know about the mining team. Can you tell me?"

"Of course." Nu's attitude was very friendly and kind, with a warm but extremely fierce smile on his face, and he asked in as gentle a tone as possible.

"What do you want to know, Luo?"

"What kind of environment do you use for mining, and what methods do you typically encounter?" Jiang Luoluo had already prepared her questions.