"I... I'm called Hui Nana!"

  Li Meng grinned and gave Hui Nana's round backside a pyful sp.

  Then, feeling quite satisfied, he walked out.

  Among the many female Lizardmen in the wooden hut, Li Meng only knew Bai Ling's he reason, of course, was the nguage barrier.

  But now, Li Mehere was o hide anymore.

  That said, he didn't really o know the names of the female Lizardmen. Asking Hui Nana's name was just a whim.

  Hui Nana shivered as her backside was touched. She looked at her departing master with a plex expression.

  This Goblin in front of her was different from the Goblins she knew. His eyes cked the usual savagery and madness of Goblins, giving off a very rational and intelligent vibe.

  It was already afternoohe creaky door of the throne cave iribe opened.

  Li Meng emerged from the wooden hut, looking refreshed.

  Seeing Benben sleeping soundly outside the door, Li Meng smiled.

  Without waking Benben, Li Meng headed towards the nursery.

  "Boss, your bloodline desdants are over here!"

  Led by a Goblin, Li Meered a rger nursery.

  He didn't go ihe wooden hut but stopped at the entrance.

  Inside, a group of young Goblins ying and frolig.

  There were over a hundred of them, making the hut buzz with chatter.

  When they noticed Li Meng at the door, the noise abruptly stopped.

  All the young Goblins huddled in the er, looking at Li Meng with nothing but fear in their eyes.

  Young Goblins have an instinctive sense of danger when fag adult Goblins.

  After watg for a while at the door, Li Meng turned a.

  Goblins have no cept of family.

  Even their mothers are just female creatures in their eyes.

  Ohey reach adulthood, mothers bee nothing more than breeding tools.

  If the female creatures don't separate from the young Goblins in time after giving birth, they might even bee food for the young ones.

  After leaving the nursery, Li Meng headed to the carpentry workshop.

  Before he even got close, he heard the sound of wood being shaved from the wooden huts.

  "Boss, what brings you here?"

  In the rgest carpentry workshop, Li Meng found Gobu Da.

  Seeing the busy Goblins in the workshop, Li Meng nodded in satisfa.

  Goblins might be a bit dim-witted, but they are obedient and hardw.

  While they ck creativity, their ability to mimic is even strohan humans.

  "I o make some big things, clear this pce out for me!"

  Soon, airships would appear in the sky he Gobli. Knowing this, Li Meng wasn't pnning to do nothing. The future predicted by the simuted life could serve as an important source of intelligence.

  In the following days, Li Meng was busy in the carpentry workshop studying rge ballistae. Gobu Da and a group of Goblins assisted him.

  Oernoon of the seventh day, outside the workshop, a massive ballista was carried into the forest by the Goblins.

  A ballista is essentially a rger version of a crossbow, with a structure not much different from the single crossbows used by Goblins. It just has an added winch to pull the b.

  "Boss, the bolts are here!"

  Three Goblins carried over a bolt about 1.5 meters long, made entirely of low-carbon steel. The bolt had iron fins at the tail to help maintain band dire during flight.

  "String it up!"

  At Li Meng's and, the three Goblins quickly turhe winch. With a "creak creak" sound, the b was gradually drawn back.

  It took over a minute for the b to be successfully cocked. The Goblins carrying the bolt the into the ballista's slot.

  "Boss, everything's ready!"

  With all the pre-unch preparations plete, it was time to test the power of the ballista.

  Li Meng stepped forward to aim the ballista at a rge tree several hundred meters away.

  "Whoosh!"

  Li Meng pulled the trigger. With a "click," a pierg whistle followed.

  The massive bolt shot out like a bck streak, slig through the dim forest and heading straight into its depths.

  "Thud!"

  Over two hundred meters away, there was a "boom" as the massive bolt embedded deeply into the tree trunk. The entire arrowhead was buried, and the tail was trembling violently.

  Seeing this, a hint of disappoi fshed in Li Meng's eyes. The ballista's power was far too low, much less than he had anticipated.

  The bolt started losing altitude after just two hundred meters. How could such power satisfy Li Meng?

  "Is it a problem with the materials and structure?"

  Li Meng pondered as he looked at the ballista before him. The materials were already at their limit. There was no wood tougher than ironwood in the Goblin Forest. Spider silk rope was also the best material for bs in terms of esticity and toughness.

  "It seems I'll have to think of a solution with the structure!"

  Li Meng turned and walked towards the carpentry workshop.

  "Take the ballista back!"

  Upon hearing this, the Goblin underlings quickly swarmed around, lifting the ballista and carrying it back to the workshop.

  In the following days, the carpentry workshop was once again filled with the sound of wood being shaved, occasionally apanied by the "thud thud" of hammering.

  "Boss, boss!"

  Oernoon, Gobu Ke rushed into the workshop. Inside, Li Meng was meticulously refining a massive bow frame.

  "Boss, something's wrong. We've discovered the Pigmen tribe in the eastern forest!"

  Gobu Ke ran to the boss's side, panting.

  Hearing this, Li Meng's heart tightehe Pigmen tribe had indeed appeared. It had only been a little over a month. The Bck Robe was supposed to appear after the airship, so the timing shouldn't be off.

  "Don't eh the Pigmen tribe. If you enter them, avoid them!"

  The simuted life predicted many future sarios. Those futures were known intelligeo develop the future he envisioned, he had to proceed cautiously.

  "Boss, 't we eat them? Pigme is much tastier than wild boar."

  Gobu Ke's face was filled with greed. Remembering the taste of Pigmen, he almost drooled.

  "Now is not the time for war with the Pigmen tribe. Tell the Hunting Party in the eastern forest not to eh the Pigmen. If they enter them, avoid them. Go!"

  "Alright, boss, I'm on it!"

  Though disappointed, Gobu Ke still had to follow the boss's orders. He turned and dashed out.

  The m.

  The long-silent carpentry workshop was bustling again. This time, an even rger ballista was carried out by more than ten Goblins.

  pared to the previous ballista, this one was much bigger, almost twice the size of the st. Its structure was also more plex.

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