Chapter 223: Chapter 165: Cleaning up the Battlefield, Searching for the Dissolving Cave._3
The Ice Cave was small and served as a dwelling for the Variant Species Grizzly Bear, situated atop a steep glacier.
The icy path leading to the cave was extremely treacherous, with little friction, and even Xiao Hui had to attempt several times before climbing up to the cave.
It was far more perilous than the caverns in Su Lin’s Wolf Pack Territory to the south.
Su Lin had also followed to take a look and found that the cave’s area was about five to six thousand square meters.
Given the increasingly large size of the Wolf Pack, the cave could accommodate about fifty to sixty wolves.
Therefore, Su Lin did not plan to make this Ice Cave the main dwelling for the Wolf Pack but intended to use it as a food storage site for the pack.
In the future, he would dispatch more than twenty elite wolves to guard it here.
When Su Lin left, his highly sensitive sense of smell naturally detected the Variant Species Grizzly Bear’s stockpile in the cave, which were seven to eight fruits with the scent of aquatic plants.
Within these fruits, Su Lin could sense they contained surging Pure Energy Values.
It was evident that these were the Energy Fruits spawned by the Land of Adventure.
With such Energy Fruits, it was no wonder the strength of the Variant Species in this land had skyrocketed!
Su Lin collected several Energy Fruits and then gestured for the Wolf Pack to drag some of the carcasses of the Musk Oxen and the Reindeer into this Ice Cave.
These provisions in the Ice Cave would become the Wolf Pack’s real food reserves in the future.
The other Dissolving Cave, however, was very spacious.
But the scent of the Musk Oxen was too strong there, and Su Lin even saw several panic-stricken juvenile Musk Oxen upon entering.
Confronted with the sudden arrival of the Wolf Pack, these juvenile Musk Oxen could only retreat in terror, their immature calls echoing repeatedly.
Su Lin merely glanced at them and did not signal the Wolf Pack to pounce on the young Musk Oxen and kill them outright!
After all, the Wolf Pack wasn’t intent on exterminating the Musk Ox species; rather, any Musk Ox that dared to bare its sharp horns and resist the Wolf Pack was to be eradicated without mercy.
These juvenile Musk Oxen, however, could serve as food for the future.
The Wolf Pack still needed to grow and survive,
and with the potential for the pack to expand further in the future, more food would be necessary, so waiting for these juvenile Musk Oxen to grow before slaughtering them was prudent.
Upon Su Lin’s signal, the Wolf Pack simply drove the juvenile Musk Oxen out of the Dissolving Cave.
Following that, the Wolf Pack officially took over the Dissolving Cave formerly inhabited by the Variant Species Musk Ox King and his Musk Ox Group!
This Dissolving Cave stood seventy to eighty meters tall, and its interior was immensely spacious—it could easily accommodate hundreds of wolves. Even if the number of wolves were to double several times over, this cave would still be more than sufficient.
In the Dissolving Cave, Su Lin naturally found more than a dozen fruits containing Pure Energy.
Besides, there were also many stacks of aquatic plants in the cave.
It was clear that the intelligence of the Variant Species Musk Ox King was not low, as it had started to accumulate food for emergencies.
Su Lin did not clear out these aquatic plants.
While wolves were carnivorous, bears were omnivorous, and should food become desperately scarce one day, these plants could very well be the lifesaving straw for the bears under Su Lin’s command!
Plan for defeat before victory!
After the great changes in the world, it was necessary to make more extensive preparations.
After all, no one knew how the situation in The World would evolve in the future. If the day came that even his Wolf Pack had difficulty obtaining food, then the chaos in The World must have reached an ultimate peak!
Once Su Lin stepped outside the Dissolving Cave, standing on a tall snow slope, he directed the Wolf Pack to transport the remaining Musk Oxen and Reindeer carcasses into the cave,
then looking towards the direction of the Pole Heart in the Arctic, his golden-brown eyes narrowed, and a sharp, cold light flashed by!
Divine Demons awaken!
If the last fragment recorded on the Crystal Coffin were to come true, then the chaos of The World might indeed reach an unimaginable level!
It took the Wolf Pack another seven to eight hours to carry all the food into the Ice Cave and Dissolving Cave.
It could be said that since the Wolf Pack had launched its attack on the Land of Adventure and began the bloody slaughter of the Deer Clan, they had gone for more than a full day without rest.
In the pitch darkness of the polar night, without the concept of time, and given the Wolf Pack’s great Endurance, though their Physical Strength was severely drained, they all clenched their teeth and persevered.
After all, the spoils of this great battle were so bountiful that the entire Wolf Pack buzzed with excitement.
This thrill and the watchful eye of the Wolf King were the greatest sources of motivation for them.
After all the food had been completely transported, Su Lin also inspected the carcasses of the Variant Species.
The largest among them was undoubtedly the Musk Ox King, measuring twelve to thirteen meters and weighing at least fifteen to sixteen tons of Variant Species flesh.
The other two were the Variant Species Grizzly Bear and the Variant Species Reindeer King, both of which were eight to nine meters in size and each weighed about ten tons.
The other kills made along the way, including several Variant Species, ordinary Variant Species Reindeer, Variant Species Musk Ox, and Variant Species Snowy Owl, added up to about thirty tons.
By this count, the Wolf Pack had not only amassed a wealth of ordinary food but also a significant amount of valuable Variant Species flesh.
The sixty or so tons of Variant Species flesh were enough to spur another significant leap in the strength of the Wolf Pack.
After the battlefield had been thoroughly cleaned and the food completely dragged back, the many wolves and bears gathered together, lifting their heads to gaze up at Su Lin on the snowy slope.
Their eyes blazed with frenzy and respect.
And when the busy wolves had finished their tasks, Su Lin did not disappoint them, beginning to signal the Little Lone Wolf, Xiao Hui, and his Cousin to start distributing the food!
No matter what, food was always of paramount importance to the Wolf Pack.
With food, the wolves, already very tired, raised their voices in grateful howls.
The collective howl of a hundred wolves echoed through the chill of the polar night.