Chapter 46: Changing the Future
"Boss, I know what to do. Once the piglets are weaned, I'll assign each brother to raise one piglet."
Grinning, Li Meng turned and began unfastening the wild boar saddle from the boar.
After removing the saddle, Li Meng patted the boar's sturdy body.
"This boar has good genes; let's use it for breeding."
And so, Li Meng's goblin army gained a new division of wild boar riders.
However, cultivating a wild boar cavalry couldn't be achieved in a short time.
The gestation period for wild boars was over two months.
It would take an additional three months for the piglets to reach maturity.
This meant that the first batch of piglets would only reach adulthood as mounts six months later.
Watching the boss's departing figure, Gobuqiang looked on with admiration.
The boss was truly brilliant—nothing like an ordinary goblin.
Returning to his wooden hut, Li Meng sat down at the entrance.
Glancing at Benben, who was snoring loudly nearby, Li Meng chuckled softly.
Benben had almost become his guardian deity.
Raising his head slightly, Li Meng looked toward the dense canopy above.
Goblins didn't like staying under sunlight for long periods.
As such, the construction of the settlement hadn't involved cutting down trees.
The wooden huts were built using the trees as supporting structures.
"I wonder when the black-robed man will show up!"
Li Meng thought of the black-robed figure that had appeared in the simulated future, a person tied to the mysterious sacrificial disc capable of summoning the Savage God.
But what exactly was the Savage God?
Was it some sort of deity in this world?
"Bai Ling, what is the Savage God?"
The door behind him was open.
Bai Ling sat just inside, leaning against the wall.
Although she was out of sight, Li Meng knew she was there.
"Each race has a deity they worship. The god worshipped by the barbarian race is called the Savage God."
Could it be that gods truly existed in this world?
"Why don't goblins have a deity they believe in?"
During his time in the goblin nest, Li Meng had never heard of anything like a Savage God.
"Goblins are a foolish and savage race. Their ugly nature means they think of nothing beyond eating and reproducing."
Bai Ling's disdain for goblins was unreserved.
Sitting at the doorway, Li Meng grinned and didn't take her words to heart.
Just as Bai Ling said, goblins were indeed primitive and ignorant.
Beyond eating and reproducing, everything else was superfluous to them.
The only reason his tribe appeared somewhat normal was because of his leadership.
Standing up, Li Meng dusted off the dirt on his clothes.
"I'll be leaving the tribe for a while. Bai Ling, you'd better take good care of my bloodline descendants. If your hatred for me leads you to harm them, believe me, I'll make every lizardman wish for death yet be unable to die."
Faced with Li Meng's threat, Bai Ling, sitting behind the door, turned pale.
Although the goblin's tone was calm, Bai Ling knew he meant it.
This wasn't an idle threat.
"Master, where are you going?"
Li Meng didn't reply. Bai Ling only heard the sound of his footsteps fading into the distance.
Half an hour later, on the southern riverbank of the tribe's territory:
A shadow flashed through the forest, and a figure darted out.
The figure emerging from the woods was Li Meng.
"Looks like the flood season is over!"
Looking at the calm water, Li Meng thought to himself.
Compared to the surging waves he encountered a few months ago while crossing the river, the current was much slower now.
The water level had also dropped significantly.
"If I cross the river, the future should change, right?"
In the simulated future, he hadn't crossed the river to return to the goblin nest.
Yes, Li Meng planned to return to the goblin nest to challenge Gobuba.
With his current strength, Gobuba was no longer a match for him.
His bloodline was also from Gobuba's lineage, granting him the right to challenge Gobuba.
Once he killed Gobuba, he would gain dozens of elite goblins.
With the addition of these goblins, the tribe's strength would multiply several times over.
Without hesitation, Li Meng leapt into the river.
A miraculous scene unfolded: instead of sinking, Li Meng ran across the water's surface.
Wherever he stepped, the water beneath his feet instantly froze.
The hundreds-of-meters-wide river was crossed in a single sprint.
Standing on the opposite bank, Li Meng stopped and turned back to look at the ice bridge spanning the river. Grinning, he muttered to himself:
"Magic is such a wonderful thing—so practical."
Under the force of the river's current, the ice bridge began to crack and gradually melted downstream.
"System, start Life Simulation!"
[10 second-tier magic crystals consumed. Life Simulation begins.]
[You crossed the river and returned to the goblin nest.]
[You confronted Gobuba and issued a challenge to the goblin leader.]
[You killed Gobuba and devoured his flesh.]
[Your territory expanded rapidly, and your tribe flourished.]
[A human airship appeared above the forest near the goblin nest.]
[Please make a choice:]
[1. You are curious about the airship and choose to observe it.]
[2. You are intrigued by the structure of the airship and decide to capture one for study.]
"Option two!"
Until now, he had never seen humans.
Li Meng was eager to see what kind of tools humans used.
[You watched the airship fade into the distance and decided to develop a weapon capable of capturing airships.]
[After some research, you successfully created a giant crossbow.]
[One day, a mysterious figure in a black robe arrived at the tribe and sought you out.]
[You acquired the sacrificial disc capable of summoning the Savage God and smashed it in front of the black-robed figure.]
[The black-robed figure was enraged, and you died.]
[As a transmigrator, your efforts ultimately amounted to nothing due to your arrogance. As the saying goes, weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival; arrogance is. Staying humble allows you to live longer.]
[Life Simulation ends. Score: 40.]
[Please choose a reward:]
[1. Spend 10 points to increase a level by 1.]
[2. Spend 1 point to increase an attribute by 1.]
[3. Spend 10 points to increase Luck by 1.]
[4. Spend 10 points to increase the "Regeneration" skill level by 1.]
"Option four!"
[40 points consumed. "Regeneration" skill level +4.]
Sitting on the riverbank, Li Meng stared blankly at the sky.
"What on earth made me act so arrogantly in front of the black-robed figure?"
Smashing the sacrificial disc in front of the black-robed man didn't seem like something he would do.
No matter how arrogant he was, there was no reason for such behavior.
"Am I really that stupid?"
Li Meng got up, muttering to himself.
Could it be that his goblin body was making him dumber?
"It's a pity. The future involving the airship is gone!"
The thought of the airship made Li Meng itch with curiosity.
In this world, anything capable of flying must be extraordinary.
Even if he couldn't replicate it, Li Meng wanted to understand how the airship worked.
"I guess I'll have to wait until next month's Life Simulation!"
Knowing that provoking the black-robed figure would lead to death, altering the future didn't seem too difficult.
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