Chapter 40: Poison Testing 1

"Squeak!"

Chieftain!

You're back!

Emerging from the tunnel of the grain storage warehouse, Ron saw the long beard waiting beside him, lying on his stomach next to the tunnel entrance, his slender beard hanging down to the ground, sleepy-eyed.

"Squeak!"

Are you sleeping here like this?

Didn't know that it was dangerous here?

Watching Longbeard wait for the entrance of the cave, Ron was a little moved, but immediately reprimanded with a rat face.

After all, this cave entrance was excavated by the insect swarm in the cave, and if it was not Ron who came out of the cave at this moment, but a giant armored insect with giant claws, the sleepy-eyed long beard would not have escaped being killed.

And that's what Ron doesn't want to see.

In the Moonlight Rat population led by Ron, except for the four group leaders, Longbeard is the only Moonlight Rat with enough intelligence to communicate with Ron, and he is also the only Moonlight Rat loyal to Ron.

With a long beard by his side, Ron can save too much cumbersome matters, and can also implement his ideas while concentrating on improving his strength.

"Squeak!"

It's not you who came out now!

Apparently the longbeard also felt the concern in Ron's chirp, and his nose twitched slightly, and he approached Ron with some flattery, and took the small cloth bag that Ron had untied from his back.

Once adopted as a pet by a mage, the intelligent longbeard not only reads a large number of books with his owner, can read human words and understand human language, but also becomes more sensitive, and can easily sense emotions in other people's tones.

This ability made Longbeard more and more loyal to Ron, as Ron not only gave it plenty of food, but also made it a member of the Moonlight Rat Leader's bodyguard, and even had full responsibility for the leader's daily life and the delivery of the leader's orders.

"Squeak!"

Grab your backpack and keep up!

I need to do some testing!

Emerging from the cave, Ron moved his body at will, then walked out of the warehouse and returned to the territory of the Moonlight Rat.

Outside the warehouse door, dozens of Ron's Moonlight Rat Leader Guards were patrolling and guarding, and when they saw Ron walking out of the warehouse, the Moonlight Rat guards who were patrolling immediately greeted him.

"Squeak!"

Guard the entrance to the warehouse, and no rats are allowed to enter except on my orders!

"Squeak!"

Got it!

Although the intelligence level is not as good as that of Ron and Longbeard, when Ron's consciousness descends, they are all within the range of the moonlight aura, so they can still understand the meaning of Ron's tweet.

After hearing a loud chorus, Ron nodded in satisfaction and ran off the stone path on the side of the sewer with his long beard.

............

"Squeak!"

It's here!

Cockroaches the size of thumbs were running around, and even the stone passages on either side of the sewer were in tatters from the erosion of the long stream.

Compared to the relatively dry and tidy environment in the center of the territory, this area near the Cockroach River Beach does look dirty.

However, this is still the territory of the Moonlight Rat, but it is only the living area of the disabled and low-intelligence Moonlight Rat.

"Squeak!"

I'm Ron, the leader of the Moonlight Rats!

I have some food that I need to volunteer to try!

Are there rats volunteering?

Claw took out his crossbow and nailed a cockroach crawling in front of him, and Ron let out a loud chirp, and hundreds of fiery red dots lit up from the piles of rags on either side of the sewer, followed by the sound of moonlight rats rubbing their teeth.

This made Ron's eyes narrow slightly, and the crossbow in his claws couldn't help but be raised in the air, and at the same time he flicked his long beard behind him.

Compared to the healthy moonlight rats in the central area, which can get enough food, the moonlight rats in the edge of the territory only have half the quota, and there are many low-intelligence moonlight rats who can't even figure out how to get food, and can only rely on instinct to hunt weaker sewer creatures for food.

So, this area is chaotic and disorderly, full of bloody competition and carnage!

"Squeak!"

Quiet!

But where there is killing, there must be rulers, just as there must be hunters at the top of the food chain in the wilderness.

With a rough chirp, most of the hundreds of fiery red points of light suddenly disappeared, and then from the largest pile of rags in the corner, three moonlight rats crawled out of it, and the first moonlight rat stood upright and limped in front of Ron with a curved wooden stick the size of a cigarette butt.

"Squeak!"

You...... Got food?

When he got closer, Ron immediately noticed that the moonlight rat with a wooden stick was not only lame in his right leg, but also pale in his left eye, while the two moonlight rats following behind him were more than one round larger than ordinary moonlight rats, the size of a cat, and the other was thin and weak, but had smart eyes.

Clearly, this disabled moonlight rat is the ruler of this chaotic region, and although he does not have the official status of the Four Lords and Ron, he has the actual right to rule.

And in the meaning of its chirp, Ron realized that this was another moonlight rat with excellent intelligence, and although it was not as good as the long beard, it surpassed most moonlight rat guards.

"Squeak!"

I have food!

But not sure about safety!

Ron wasn't afraid of killing, but it wasn't appropriate to slaughter his own people, even if they were so intellectually low that they were no different from rats, they still belonged to Moonglow Rats.

So Ron couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that a rat could command to stop the tragedy. Calling out the long whisker from behind and telling it to open the cloth bag, the sweet aroma of white mushrooms and a handful of rice immediately attracted the attention of the one-eyed moonlight mouse and the men behind it.

Ron could even hear their bowels and swallowing saliva.

Saliva swallowed, though, but the one-eyed moonlight rat was unexpectedly restrained, reluctantly taking its gaze off the enchanting food, and then suddenly staring at Ron's side with a longbeard and let out an uncertain chirp.

"Squeak?"

Long... Beard?

"Squeak!"

I'm a longbeard!

You are......?

Apparently also alarmed by the uncertain chirp, Longbeard took a few steps forward, and after a closer look, suddenly walked forward quickly, and then hugged the one-eyed, lame moonlight mouse tightly.

A brisk chirp followed, and after a conversation, Longbeard brought the one-eyed, lame moonlight rat to Ron.

"Squeak!"

Chief, this is my only friend in the Moonlight Rats, lame!

If it hadn't been for the food he used to bring me, I'm afraid I would have starved to death!

It's just that I'm away from this time, and it's blind in one eye, and it's almost unrecognizable!

Introducing his friends to Ron, Longbeard couldn't help but sigh a little.

However, during this short period of time, due to the abundance of food, the long beard became much stronger, and it was difficult to change the lame leg and was not immediately recognized.