She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

Chapter 413 The Matthew Effect

As Ruan Xiyue watched the wooden cart disappear from her sight, she was still filled with worry.

She had never felt so deeply the meaning behind those seemingly trivial words: "A mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles."

Qin Ye gently put his arm around Ruan Xiyue's shoulder, Xia Weier wiped away the tears that Ruan Xiyue had unknowingly shed, and Cong Xian waved to the orcs surrounding him. Only then did Ruan Xiyue turn around and walk back into the inner city.

Ruan Xiyue did not let the emotions of parting and worry consume her. Instead, she kept herself busy while walking to prevent herself from indulging in her worries.

“Ah Ye, the progress of the outer city wall is too slow. It’s only a little over a hundred meters long. At this rate, the entire outer city wall won’t be completed by the end of the year, before the beast tide season. This won’t do. We need to find a solution to this problem.”

Qin Ye immediately dispelled his worry and said seriously, "The Black Dog Tribe originally promised to send more orcs to help, but I don't know what happened. Now they're using all sorts of excuses, saying they need to hunt more wild animals, so they can't send any more orcs to help."

Ruan Xiyue frowned and looked at Qiu Ran, who was following not far behind her: "You guys need to reflect on your inadequate information work. Try to find out for me within three days why the Black Dog Tribe went back on their word."

Qiu Ran looked ashamed, nodded, placed her right hand on her left chest, and lowered her head deeply.

At this moment, Qin Ye's mother suddenly spoke tentatively: "Ah Yue, I think I know what's going on, but I only got this information from some conversations among the females of the Black Dog Tribe. I'm not sure."

Ruan Xiyue raised her eyebrows slightly, took out a square plate resembling a compass that blocked sound transmission, and asked curiously, "Mother, what do you think?"

Seeing that Ruan Xiyue's attitude towards her seemed to have no more barriers, Qin Ye's mother organized her words and said, "Before, I was teaching females from other tribes how to knit sweaters with yarn with some of my old sisters, and I often chatted with those females."

"There is a female member of the Deerhound tribe in their Black Dog tribe. Her mother is an elder of the Deerhound tribe, so she inadvertently mentioned that everyone in their tribe knows that the Beast God should not interfere too much in the affairs between beastmen."

Ruan Xiyue narrowed her eyes. It seemed that this was a large tribe with some history and knowledge.

When Qin's mother saw Ruan Xiyue's expression, her heart skipped a beat.

But she continued, "The elders of the Black Dog Tribe have decided that the Snow Rabbit Tribe will offer more benefits. If we hope that the Beast City won't offer more benefits, they won't fawn over us like the Tanuki Tribe."

Ruan Xiyue took a deep breath and sneered.

Qin's mother quickly grasped Ruan Xiyue's hand: "Ayue, don't be too angry. It's not worth getting angry over these things."

Ruan Xiyue stopped in her tracks, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Qin's mother. How could she forget such a vast intelligence network?

In her past life, she had heard of the formidable reputation of the "Chaoyang Masses".

While chatting with elderly people, they can guess pretty much everything about your family: whether you're a blue-collar or white-collar worker, whether you work for a state-owned enterprise or a foreign company, and how many people, cats, and dogs you have.

Ruan Xiyue immediately said to Qin's mother, "In the future, if your good sisters chat about similar news, you can summarize it and give it to Chu Jiayun. Every time we get important information, our aunts can get a free window."

"After replacing the windows, we can also accumulate points specifically for our guard team!"

Qin's mother quickly waved her hand and refused, saying, "This is what we should do."

Ruan Xiyue pressed down on Qin's mother's hand: "How can you say that, Mother! It is indeed what the beastmen of Beast City should do, but I should also give every beastman who loves Beast City the reward they deserve!"

Ruan Xiyue looked at Qin Ye: "We don't need to fight with the Black Dog Tribe anymore. I thought the Tanuki Tribe had been indifferent all along, and they seemed to be wavering between the two sides."

"As it turned out, the Black Dog Tribe gave me a result that overturned my preconceived notions."

Ruan Xiyue smiled: "That's interesting."

“I used to really like this saying, ‘To everyone who has, let him have more; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.’ Since the Tanuki tribe is closer to us, we should give the Tanuki tribe more.”

Ruan Xiyue looked at Cong Xian: "The Tanuki Tribe is under A-Xian's charge. How is the construction of the academy going?"

Cong Xian nodded: "They are currently in second place, mainly because the group with the help of the Mammoth Tribe orcs is moving too fast."

Ruan Xiyue raised an eyebrow: "Who is the Mammoth Tribe cooperating with?"

"Parrot tribe, honey badger and bear tribe."

Ruan Xiyue nodded: "Jiuchen hasn't recovered yet, and I don't want him to work too hard, so I'll have Jiumu stay with you and keep an eye on things. Thank you for your help."

Cong Xian shook his head: "It's nothing. I find great satisfaction in these things, which is good."

Ruan Xiyue looked at Xia Weier: "You've also seen the changes in the configuration, system, and new workshops in Beast City. In Holy City, you can choose to integrate these new things."

"But don't let those wealthy and power-hungry clans devour you until there's nothing left. You need to know how to use them, and then use a shared interest to make them fight each other. You can sit there and balance them out, reaping the benefits without lifting a finger."

Xia Weier smiled. He knew it. The little female he liked was a perfect match for him, "wicked".

Ruan Xiyue looked at Qi Heng: "When will your mother receive the call? Let her take her medicine as soon as possible and check on her condition."

Qi Heng nodded: "They're already on their way, and should arrive in about half a month."

Li Miao shrugged: "I've been practicing trading recently. The Treasure Rat Tribe is unusually easy to talk to. Maybe the Fourth Prince said something to the elders and chieftains in the tribe. They are very clear about their own position now."

"To put it bluntly, they believe you are their destiny, the female chosen by the Beast God. They've decided to closely follow in your footsteps, sharing your joys and sorrows. In fact, they've already thought of many things for us, even things I haven't considered yet, making things twice as efficient!"

Ruan Xiyue nodded; the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe has always had a keen sense of opportunism.

If they see enough benefit, they will definitely be a good partner for win-win cooperation.

Therefore, apart from needing a sufficiently large force to keep them under control and prevent them from betraying them, cooperating with the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe is indeed an ultimate enjoyment of being taken care of in every way.

At this moment, Qi suddenly appeared, holding his eldest daughter, and said to Ruan Xiyue, "I haven't found anything that can help you yet, but I have something I want to talk to you about later. The cub may need to be entrusted to you for a while."

Xia Weier was initially uncomfortable when he heard that Qi was going to see Ruan Xiyue that night, because he had already made an appointment with Ruan Xiyue.

As a result, upon hearing Qi say the next sentence, I knew that things were not so simple.