At the moment, we can only proceed cautiously, taking one step at a time.

Time trickled away, day by day.

In the following days, the wooden fortress in the Northern swamp began major construction.

The Lizardmen were tasked with chopping down trees in the forest on the eastern shore.

The Goblins were responsible for transporting the various sizes of timber to the wooden fortress.

On the island, the wooden wall construction started from the eastern shore.

On the first day, only 30 meters of the wall was built.

With a start made, the progress accelerated on the second day.

On the second day, 50 meters were built.

On the third day, 70 meters were constructed.

After three days, the daily construction length of the wooden wall never fell below 70 meters.

On the morning of the fifth day.

"Boss, Boss, Gobu Zhang is back!"

A Goblin came running up to Li Meng excitedly.

At that moment, Li Meng was observing the construction efforts of the Goblin underlings from a distance.

Without his supervision, Goblins loved to slack off.

The report from the Goblin underling made Li Meng's eyes light up.

"Finally back!"

Li Meng turned and walked towards the northwest shore.

Hastily arriving at the shore, Li Meng gazed towards the distant swamp.

In that direction, a massive procession was approaching.

A dense mass of figures, large and small, stretched out.

The small ones were Goblins, the large ones were Lizardmen.

Although the number of Lizardmen far exceeded that of the Goblins,

The Lizardmen obediently walked alongside the Goblins.

Both sides coexisted peacefully, each going their own way.

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It took over an hour for the massive procession to reach the island.

"Boss, I'm back!"

Seeing the boss waiting on the shore.

From afar, Gobu Zhang ran towards the boss.

Gobu Zhang, panting heavily, came ashore.

He shook his body vigorously, shedding the water from his animal skin.

Li Meng glanced at the Lizardmen team not far away.

"Are they all here?"

Gobu Zhang nodded and grinned.

"They don't understand what I'm saying. I gestured for a long time before they got it. Some Lizardmen didn't want to come with us and started attacking us, so we ate them, and then they were willing to come along!"

At this, Gobu Zhang laughed heartily.

"Boss, those Lizardmen are so stupid, we weren't going to eat them!"

Li Meng's gaze turned to the Lizardmen team coming ashore not far away.

There were quite a few, nearly eight hundred.

Most were women and children.

The number of adult male Lizardmen didn't exceed three hundred.

Female Lizardmen and male Lizardmen were easy to distinguish.

Female Lizardmen were much smaller than their male counterparts.

"How many male Lizardmen died?"

Gobu Zhang looked down at his fingers.

"There... there... 3... 33!"

The number Gobu Zhang mentioned made Li Meng grin.

"Not bad, good job!"

Only 33 male Lizardmen had died.

Such a loss was within Li Meng's acceptable range.

Gobu Zhang chuckled, his gaze greedily eyeing the plump female Lizardmen.

"Boss... you... look..."

Seeing Gobu Zhang's lecherous expression, Li Meng knew what was on his mind.

"Now's not the time for that. Get them to work. Gobu Zhang, take your underlings to catch fish, bring the female Lizardmen along, they're good swimmers and can effectively assist you. As for the male Lizardmen, have them work on building the wooden fortress."

With more and more Lizardmen arriving here,

The demand for food would only increase.

Li Meng was uneasy about letting the Lizardmen go out hunting.

If they took the opportunity to escape, it would be a loss.

Losing one or two didn't matter, but a mass escape was unacceptable.

Seeing Gobu Zhang's reluctant face, Li Meng's expression turned cold.

"What, do I need to say it again?"

Gobu Zhang felt a chill under the boss's gaze.

"Boss, I... I got it!"

Instinctive fear made Gobu Zhang's heart race.

He took a step back in fear.

Turning, he sprinted towards the team coming ashore.

Under the Goblins' orders, the Lizardmen team was forcibly split in two.

The male Lizardmen wore expressions of anger.

But they didn't dare to resist too fiercely.

Surrounded by Goblins, their wives and children were here too.

If a fight broke out, it would affect their families.

Thus, with the arrival of the Black Scale tribe Lizardmen, the island became livelier.

The abundance of manpower made the island bustling.

With the male Lizardmen, the Goblins started slacking off.

Transforming from laborers to overseers.

The next afternoon, on the busy construction site of the island.

A Goblin was slacking off.

It lay leisurely on a log, basking in the sun.

Though Goblins didn't like sunlight,

Even the most hated sunlight was better than hard labor.

A passing Big Goblin gave it a kick.

The kick flipped it over, its butt in the air.

"Don't slack off, the boss's boss is watching!"

The Big Goblin scolded.

This startled the Goblin, making it jump up in fright.

It smiled obsequiously, kneeling at the Big Goblin's feet.

"Boss, I wasn't slacking, I was watching these male Lizardmen work!"

The Big Goblin glanced around.

Indeed, there were many male Lizardmen working nearby.

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

The Big Goblin looked down at the Goblin at its feet.

The Goblin quickly shook its head.

"No, I... I wouldn't dare!"

The Goblin nodded vigorously.

The Big Goblin grinned at its underling.

Suddenly, it swung its right hand, slapping the Goblin's face.

"Ouch!"

The Goblin cried out in pain.

Its body flew several meters, rolling on the ground.

"You think I'm stupid? I'm a Big Goblin, you're slacking off, now get to work."

The Big Goblin glared angrily at the fallen Goblin underling.

Though its face hurt, the Goblin scrambled up in a panic.

It ran towards the working team, stumbling along the way.

This scene was witnessed by the surrounding male Lizardmen.

They were quite pleased to see the Goblins fighting among themselves.

"What are you looking at? Get to work!"

Seeing the male Lizardmen watching,

The Big Goblin roared.

Though the male Lizardmen couldn't understand the Goblin language,

They could sense the Big Goblin's reprimand from its demeanor.

The nearby Lizardmen quickly buried themselves in work.

"Yes, the Big Goblin is quite obedient."

This scene was observed by Li Meng from a distance.

Standing on the shore, Li Meng nodded repeatedly.

He was very satisfied with the Big Goblin's performance.

The higher the rank of a Goblin, the smarter it was.

Ordinary Goblins were like big fools who couldn't focus.

Though they were obedient, they were easily distracted by other things.

Out of his sight, they would have a tendency to slack off.

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