A year later.
Northern forest by the Goblin River.
Throne tribe, morning.
"The boss is back!"
"It's the boss!"
"That's great!"
Early in the morning, Li ng returned to the tribe amidst the cheers of the goblin underlings.
Although he hadn't returned to the throne tribe for a year, not much had changed.
The goblins were still the sa goblins.
The newborn goblins, once grown, wouldn't stay in the throne tribe.
They would follow their boss to establish new sub-tribes elsewhere.
When the familiar throne cave ca into view, Li ng stopped at the entrance.
"Gather all the high-ranking goblins to et !"
The goblin guarding the door quickly scurried into the depths of the forest.
"Benben, what's wrong?"
Seeing Benben lying on the ground staring at him, Li ng asked, puzzled.
Could it be that Benben didn't recognize him?
That's impossible; ogres aren't like fish.
"Boss, you feel kind of strange to ."
Benben scratched his head and said sullenly.
"A strange feeling?"
Li ng grinned and flexed his arm muscles.
"Maybe it's because your boss has gotten stronger."
Benben plopped down on the ground to the right of the entrance, occasionally glancing at the boss.
Before long, the tribe was bustling.
Hundreds of high-ranking goblins gathered from all directions in front of the throne cave entrance.
"What I'm about to say, you must rember. If anyone doesn't listen, I'll eat them!"
The high-ranking goblins shrank their necks at the sight of the boss at the door.
After a year, the boss's oppressive aura was even stronger.
It was as if a terrifying magical beast stood before them, its nacing jaws open, ready to swallow them whole.
"First, from January to April is the groundhog's closed season!"
"A closed season ans no hunting groundhogs during this ti."
"Second, from July to December is the forest boar's closed season."
"Third, from May to September is the forest deer's closed season."
"Fourth, from April to July is the forest rabbit's closed season."
"Fifth, from January to April is the lowland dragon's closed season."
"Sixth, ..."
For the next half hour, Li ng's voice echoed throughout the tribe.
The high-ranking goblins listened until they were confused.
"Did you all understand?"
Faced with the boss's fierce gaze, the goblins looked at each other.
If they said they understood, wouldn't that be deceiving the boss?
If the boss asked, wouldn't they be eaten?
Gobu Tian shook his head vigorously.
The other goblins quickly followed suit.
Li ng grinned at the goblins' reaction.
"Good, if you don't know, you don't know. You can learn, but if you deceive , you won't have a second life."
The boss's nacing smile made all the goblins shiver.
"In a while, I'll have Gobu Ge deliver the 'Goblin Codex' to you. You must follow the rules in the 'Goblin Codex'. If you don't understand, I won't bla you, but if you can't read it, you're only fit to eat dung."
Although goblins had language, they had no writing.
Therefore, the Goblin Codex was in animal illustrations.
Li ng had long taught the high-ranking goblins Arabic nurals and the calendar.
The high-ranking goblins would relay orders to the lower goblins verbally.
"Boss, we understand, we understand!"
The high-ranking goblins nodded vigorously.
"Go back and wait. You have three days to figure out the contents of the 'Goblin Codex'. If you have any questions, you can ask ."
"In five days, the bosses of the tribes can return."
"High-ranking goblins with over two hundred underlings should co to in seven days."
After a year away, the tribe was set to embark on a new phase of developnt.
There was much to do, but it could be done step by step.
"Disperse!"
The high-ranking goblins outside the throne cave scattered.
They ran in all directions.
The green-skinned figures, large and small, disappeared into the depths of the forest.
"Benben, go find so yellow clay and water!"
Benben got up and walked into the depths of the forest with a thud.
He had done this before and knew where to find yellow clay.
Watching Benben's tall figure disappear, Li ng turned and entered the wooden house.
Inside the wooden house were the female Lizardn, still thirteen of them.
Li ng didn't know what status they held in the Yue Clan, nor did he want to know.
Regardless of their status, in Li ng's eyes, they were rely breeding tools.
Li ng's arrival caused the female Lizardn in the wooden house to show signs of fear.
Ignoring them, Li ng went straight to the sand table.
Sitting beside the sand table, Li ng stared intently at it.
A year had passed, and it was ti to expand the map.
Over the past year, besides investigating the ecology of the Goblin Forest, Li ng had explored every corner of it.
He had gained a general understanding of the geography of the Goblin Forest.
The Goblin Forest was located in the southeastern corner of the continent.
The southern and southeastern sides were coastlines.
To the northeast lay a wasteland.
The Pign tribe ca from there.
The western end was a steep, barren mountain range.
The Goblin Forest spanned about 700 kiloters north to south and over 1100 kiloters east to west.
The source of the Goblin River was in the western mountains.
There were two tributaries at the estuary.
One was at the northeastern border with the wasteland.
The other was near the mountains to the southwest.
Besides magical beasts, Li ng also discovered the Barbarians.
"Those things are really ugly, even uglier than goblins!"
Li ng recalled a tribe of Barbarians he found outside the western mountains.
Their appearance was very similar to that of mice.
They were like enlarged, upright-walking mice.
The system identified them as the "Ratn tribe."
Their individual attributes were slightly stronger than those of goblins.
Their average attributes ranged from 10 to 20.
There were also so stronger mutant individuals, but they were relatively rare.
After discovering the tribe, Li ng observed them for half a month before leaving.
The Ratn tribe not only looked like mice but also liked to dig like them.
Their tribes couldn't be seen on the surface.
Their nests were all underground.
Only when they went out to hunt did they leave the underground.
Unlike goblins, who only ate at, the Ratn tribe were omnivores.
at, plant roots, stems, leaves, and fruits were all part of their diet.
"Strange, where have all those Barbarians gone?"
Li ng's face showed a contemplative expression, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
Besides the Ratn tribe, Li ng discovered sothing strange.
Over the past year, Li ng found many Barbarian tribes in the Goblin Forest.
But those tribes had long been abandoned.
Only a pile of broken remnants and traces of Barbarian life remained.
Moreover, the further west he went, the more it seed that the goblins scattered throughout the Goblin Forest had disappeared.
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