"Boss, Boss!"

At that moment, Gobu Ge came running over.

He didn't dare get too close and shouted to the boss from about ten meters away.

Li Meng waved his hand to signal to Benben.

Benben put down the big iron hammer and plopped down on the ground.

After hammering for hours, Benben was feeling a bit tired.

Li Meng turned and walked towards Gobu Ge.

"What's up?"

Gobu Ge gave a flattering smile.

He turned and pointed to the cave entrance.

"Gobu Qiang is outside, he wants to see you, Boss!"

Why is Gobu Qiang here?

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Meng's eyes, and he murmured to himself.

Without thinking much, Li Meng walked towards the cave entrance.

Although there had been a skirmish with the Lizardmen on the edge of the Ghost Spider Forest.

But that was just a minor conflict, and it shouldn't have changed the future predicted by the simulated life.

Gobu Qiang coming to find him probably wasn't anything important.

"Boss!"

As soon as he stepped out of the Iron Cave, Li Meng saw Gobu Qiang outside.

Seeing the boss come out, Gobu Qiang hurriedly approached.

"Speak, what's the matter?"

Gobu Qiang grinned, a flash of greed in his eyes.

"Boss, there's a lingering scent of Lizardmen in the forest near the tribe recently, they've come looking for us!"

The scent of Lizardmen near the tribe's forest?

Li Meng frowned slightly, a contemplative look on his face.

It seems the future predicted by the simulated life has indeed changed a bit.

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In the predicted future, Lizardmen shouldn't appear in the forest near the tribe at this time.

"Should I use the simulated life?"

After thinking it over, Li Meng decided against it.

Although the future had changed slightly, the overall situation hadn't shifted.

The Lizardmen discovering the tribe wouldn't alter the course of the future.

"Gobu Qiang, how's the crossbow usage coming along?"

Hearing the boss inquire about the crossbow, Gobu Qiang nodded repeatedly.

"Boss, the crossbow is amazing. We can easily hunt prey we couldn't catch before. The amount of food the hunting party brings back is several times what it used to be, and the hunting area is rapidly expanding."

It seems the Goblin underlings are making good use of the crossbows.

Gobu Qiang's words filled Li Meng with satisfaction.

All his effort in creating the crossbows hadn't been in vain.

"Gobu Qiang, starting today, your hunting party doesn't need to go out hunting. Your only task is to eliminate the Lizardmen in the forest between the swamp and the tribe. We can't let the Lizardmen know our movements."

If the Lizardmen were left unchecked, it might alert them.

Fortunately, the tribe isn't very large, with only a few dozen scattered wooden huts.

It shouldn't scare the Lizardmen, allowing the White Scale tribe to escape.

The forest outpost is just a breeding ground.

The hunting party doesn't usually gather in the tribe.

Even after hunting, they don't stay in the tribe.

After dropping off the prey, they continue hunting.

Gobu Qiang was delighted and quickly pounded his chest in assurance.

"Boss, leave it to me. I won't let them get close to the tribe again!"

The thought of Lizardman meat made Gobu Qiang almost drool.

"Boss, I'm off then!"

Gobu Qiang ran excitedly towards the forest.

Li Meng turned and headed back to the Iron Cave.

Back at the tribe, Gobu Qiang didn't linger.

He immediately led the hunting party into the western forest.

As the sun set, Gobu Qiang faced his first night.

The dense forest blocked the moonlight, casting the woods into darkness.

But the forest wasn't silent, with footsteps and whispers echoing.

A group of shadows moved through the forest.

"Boss, what are we looking for?"

A Goblin underling approached Gobu Qiang to ask.

Since entering the forest during the day, the boss seemed very excited.

"Hehe, don't you think this forest smells like the swamp?"

"The smell of the swamp?"

The Goblin underling sniffed the air.

"It does a bit, Boss, what's up?"

In the darkness, Gobu Qiang grinned.

"Being this far from the swamp, where would the swamp smell come from? The Lizardmen are too dumb."

The Goblin underling didn't quite understand what the boss meant.

"Don't overthink it. You're still a Goblin. When you evolve into a Big Goblin, you'll understand what I mean."

Is that so?

The Goblin underling nodded, half-understanding.

"Crossbowmen, draw your strings and load!"

In the darkness, Gobu Qiang let out a strange cry.

The sound was so piercing that it startled a flock of birds.

The Goblins scattered throughout the nearby forest paused at the boss's voice.

They quickly bent down, stepping on the foot ring rope, drawing the strings and loading.

The Goblin underlings, holding crossbows, searched forward.

Looking into the nearby forest, there were no fewer than a hundred Goblins.

Among them, at least thirty held crossbows.

Meanwhile, whispers sounded from the forest not far away.

"Have we been discovered?"

"Not sure, maybe it's just a Goblin hunting party. They love hunting at night."

Behind a large tree, several strong shadows were visible.

At a glance, there were five of them.

The five were close enough to hear each other even when speaking softly.

"A Ke, what should we do?"

"Hide and wait for them to pass!"

"Let's climb a tree and hide!"

"No, Goblins can see at night. If we're spotted, we won't be able to escape."

"Hide in the bushes and don't make a sound!"

The five quickly left the tree and found dense bushes to hide in.

As the five hid in the bushes, the forest gradually quieted down.

But soon, the noise from the east began to sweep in.

Shadows surged in the forest, accompanied by the rustling of vegetation.

"They're close, don't miss any bushes!"

The Goblins in the forest were busy.

They poked their long spears into the dense bushes.

"Not good!"

A Ke noticed the Goblins poking the bushes with their weapons.

He thought it was bad, his heart tightened.

Goblins acting this way clearly weren't out hunting.

It was obvious the Goblins had discovered their presence.

They just didn't know where they were, so they entered the forest to search.

"A Ning, A Ba, retreat!"

A Ke quietly backed out of the bushes.

He lowered his voice as much as possible to notify his nearby companions.

"There's a sound over there, it's the Lizardmen, shoot them!"

Even though A Ke's voice was low, the nearby Goblins heard it.

A Goblin pointed in the direction of A Ke's group and shouted.

The nearby crossbowmen quickly pulled their triggers in the direction indicated by the Goblin.

"Whoosh!"

Crossbow bolts whistled through the air towards the depths of the forest.

"Ah!"

The next moment, a scream echoed from the forest depths.

A Lizardman, just crawling out of the bushes, was hit in the back.

The crossbow bolt pierced through its body, the arrowhead protruding from its chest.

As it tried to stand, it stumbled and fell to the ground, unable to rise.