Chapter 173 - 175: Encountering a Crisis

Chapter 173: Chapter 175: Encountering a Crisis

After things finally quieted down, Su Luoluo could at last take a proper bite.

However, just as she picked up her chopsticks to get some food, a frantic voice called out, "Luoluo, the leader wants you and your Beastmen to come to the square."

The person looked panicked, as if something terrible had happened.

Seeing this, Su Luoluo lost her appetite. She put down her chopsticks and looked at the messenger. "What’s going on?"

"Someone in the tribe... someone’s dead!"

"What did you say?" Luan Ting was also shocked to hear this. "Was it an attack from another tribe?"

The Wolf-eared Beastman shook his head. "No. Ah Xi and Ah Dong just suddenly collapsed and died."

’That doesn’t sound normal.’ Su Luoluo didn’t press for more details. She waved her hand and said, "Let’s go. We’ll see for ourselves."

The group followed the Wolf-eared Beastman and soon arrived at the square.

A large crowd had gathered in the square. Many people looked tense; some were frightened, others worried.

In short, the entire tribe was in a state of panic.

As Su Luoluo walked over, the crowd automatically parted to make a path for her.

They hadn’t forgotten that it was Su Luoluo who had uncovered Su Nuannuan’s poisoning plot last time.

Perhaps Su Luoluo could figure out what was going on this time, too.

Su Luoluo passed through the crowd and came before Su Yang.

Two young Wolf Clan People lay at Su Yang’s feet. They wore black Beast Skin Skirts, and their skin had a yellowish tint. They probably hadn’t been dead for long, as their bodies had not yet stiffened completely.

Su Luoluo glanced at them briefly before looking up at Su Yang. "Father, you were looking for me."

Seeing her arrive, Su Yang’s tightly furrowed brow relaxed slightly. He pointed at the two prone Beastmen. "You’re here. Take a look and see if you notice anything unusual."

Su Luoluo nodded and was about to crouch down.

Luan Ting stepped forward and said gently, "Leader, let me look. Luoluo is pregnant with a cub; she should have less contact with things like this."

Su Yang was about to agree when Su Luoluo smiled at Luan Ting. "I’m fine. I’ll just take a quick look."

’Back in the post-apocalypse, I had to hunt zombies every day. I’d see at least dozens of hideous-looking zombies a day, sometimes even over a hundred. I’m immune to the sight of corpses.’

’I even felt a little strange on days I didn’t see any.’

Seeing Su Luoluo’s insistence, Luan Ting could only relent. He shielded her behind him while he looked at the bodies himself.

When Fu Feng, Xiao Ye, and Mo Xuan saw Luan Ting shielding Su Luoluo, they all inwardly cursed. ’Damn it, he beat us to it again.’

However, the three of them knew what was important. This was the best arrangement for now, so they didn’t disturb Su Luoluo.

At the same time, they grudgingly admitted to themselves that Luan Ting was more considerate than they were.

She had only given them a cursory glance when she first walked over. Now, crouching down for a closer look, Su Luoluo noticed that the two Beastmen’s faces were somewhat dark, and there were traces of blood around the corners of their mouths. It looked like they had coughed up a lot of blood before they died.

After examining their faces, Luan Ting reached out to check their ears.

Just as his hand extended, Su Luoluo quickly grabbed it and pulled him back a step. "Don’t touch them!"

While Luan Ting and the crowd of onlookers were still looking confused, Su Luoluo quickly made a suggestion to Su Yang, "We can’t keep these two. We have to burn them, quickly. It’ll be dangerous if we wait."

Su Yang was taken aback. "Burn them?"

Before Su Luoluo could explain, two older females began to curse at her. "Su Luoluo, how can you be so vicious! They were such good children! What right do you have to say we should just burn them!"

Another older Beastman also jumped out to object. "I’m the boy’s Beast Father, and I refuse! If my child’s body isn’t whole, he won’t receive the Heavenly God’s blessing and can’t be reborn!"

"That’s right! The body must be whole to receive the Heavenly God’s blessing."

"Exactly! Even in death, you can’t burn them. If they’re burned, there will be nothing left."

...

It wasn’t just the deceased’s Mother and Father who disagreed with Su Luoluo’s suggestion; the other Beastmen and females of the tribe also disapproved of her proposal.

Even when someone died of old age, the tribe would hold a grand funeral for them, let alone for someone who died so young.

"We refuse."

"We refuse."

"We refuse."

In an instant, a chorus of opposition rose up.

Su Yang knew that Su Luoluo wasn’t one to speak carelessly.

He held out his hand, gesturing downwards to quiet the tribe members. Then he looked at Su Luoluo. "Is there a reason for this? We have never cremated anyone from our tribe after they’ve passed."

Su Luoluo pressed her lips together. "I know it’s hard for everyone to accept that Ah Dong and Ah Xi are gone just like that, but their deaths weren’t accidents. They were infected with a virulent plague. If we don’t dispose of them soon, it will spread through the tribe, and everyone in our Wolf Clan Tribe will be in mortal danger."

As soon as she said this, everyone started talking at once.

Some said disbelievingly, "What virulent plague? I’ve lived my whole life and never heard of such a thing."

"Exactly! Who knows if you’re telling the truth or not?"

"Leader, maybe we should wait for the Witch Doctor to get here before we decide."

’It’s normal that these people don’t understand how terrifying a plague is, since they’ve never seen one.’

’But if we really wait for the Witch Doctor to arrive, it’ll be too late.’

’Medical conditions in this primitive society are basic, and germs can breed easily. I’m afraid the entire tribe would be wiped out before the Witch Doctor even gets here.’

Facing the crowd’s doubts, Su Luoluo asked, "Let me ask you, before they died, did their faces turn dark, and did they cough up a mouthful of blood right before they collapsed and died?"

"That’s right, that’s right! That’s exactly what Ah Dong and Ah Xi looked like when I saw them."

"I saw it too! They really did spit up a huge mouthful of blood before they fell."

"Ah Dong and Ah Xi were fine when I saw them this morning. By the afternoon, their faces had started to turn dark."

...

After listening to Su Luoluo, many in the crowd nodded, recalling the events and murmuring among themselves.

However, some were still unconvinced and raised a doubt. "You just looked at Ah Dong and Ah Xi. They have blood on their mouths and their faces are dark. It’s not strange that you’d be able to say all that."

"Besides that, were their limbs twitching before they died? And did their whole bodies curl up?" Su Luoluo added in response to the doubt.

This time, the doubter had nothing to say, because everything had happened exactly as Su Luoluo described. Both of them had collapsed while convulsing.

And people kept adding more details.

"It’s uncanny! It’s just as Luoluo said. I watched Ah Dong die exactly like that."

"Luoluo wasn’t even there when Ah Dong and Ah Xi died, but she can accurately describe what they were like right before it happened. I believe what she’s saying," Cai Xia spoke up at this moment.