Apart from these, Austin's Dragon Nest Tribe also has a mushroom farm, which has now undergone a significant expansion.

During the month of food shortage, the importance of the mushroom farm, led by the deer-bodied Finn, became apparent.

After a year of exploration, the deer-bodied Finn has discovered a method to cultivate non-toxic mushrooms, achieving a 99% success rate, and under Vini's arrangement, began large-scale production with his subordinate beastmen.

Due to the low input, high output, and short growth cycle of mushrooms, they have become another important food source within the Dragon Nest Tribe, contributing significantly to the tribe's food supply during the month of shortage.

Moreover, the mushrooms themselves, after various culinary preparations, have won over many Dragon Nest Beastmen with their delicious and sweet taste, especially after a certain beastman chef, guided by Austin, created the incredibly tasty dish of chicken stewed with mushrooms, which became the top choice in the beastman canteen.

Even Austin himself, who originally fed on various magic substances, couldn't resist his cravings and had the beastman chef prepare special meals for him several times.

In six months, the achievements of the Dragon Nest Tribe were remarkable.

In both military and civil affairs, there has been significant progress. Compared to a year ago, the entire Dragon Nest Tribe has expanded more than tenfold.

However, Austin also understands that despite the current accomplishments, there is still a long way to go before reaching his envisioned level.

Moreover, now with the mutated evil spirit zombie army rampant, looking around, the landscape is filled with crises. With the current strength of the Dragon Nest Tribe, they might rule in rural lands within a hundred miles, but once the zombie army sweeps through, they would inevitably have to flee in disgrace.

To prevent the kingdom he painstakingly built from being destroyed overnight, Austin decided to work even harder.

The first step was to address the issue of the captured Blood Claw Tribe beastmen. Austin decided to release two or three beastman captives from the Blood Claw Tribe, let them return to the Blood Claw Headquarters, and convey a decision to the Blood Claw Tribe chief.

That decision was that Austin and his subordinate Clan Tribe could replace the previous Blood Claw Division, monitor the zombie army's movements for them, and to some extent, snipe them.

The price for this would be that once the Beastman Alliance captures the Bloody Border, the Dragon Nest Tribe would be allowed to enter the Human World together to avoid disaster, and during the war, provide substantial war material support, such as magic arrows, weapons, and some transcendent beastman troops, etc.

Of course, all of this sounds noble, as if sacrificing for the Tribe Alliance, but in reality, Austin wouldn't really lead the beastman Clan to fight to the death with the zombie army, nor would he put all his chips on the Beastman Alliance.

It's necessary to resist a bit, relying on the rugged mountains to snipe the zombie army. After all, he spent a lot of effort to establish this base and wouldn't retreat and waste it easily, but if things turn unfavorable in the war, he would immediately retreat to avoid the zombie tide.

Before that, Austin also planned to send out several beastman exploration teams to the north and east to see if they could find another escape route, at least not putting all hope on the Tribe Alliance.

Meanwhile, Austin would prepare for retreat, including storing more food, training more wild cattle to achieve greater transport capacity, etc., so that if the zombie tide gets too close, he and his subordinate beastmen could quickly retreat and escape.

As for whether the Blood Claw Tribe would let go of the grudge of their division being annihilated, allowing him and his subordinate tribe to replace the Blood Claw Division's function, and whether the Beastman Alliance would agree to have him as a member of the alliance against the evil spirit zombies, Austin felt confident.

After all, the main focus of the current Beastman Alliance is still on the Bloody Great Wall. If they could get fresh forces to help resist the following zombie army's pursuit, it would be greatly welcomed.

Even if the Blood Claw Tribe wanted to stir trouble, the Beastman Alliance likely wouldn't agree, and if the Blood Claw Tribe truly led the tribe for revenge, it's not certain they could succeed. Even if they destroyed the Dragon Nest Tribe, they would still need to rebuild the base in this direction, a self-damaging thing that the Blood Claw Tribe chief shouldn't be ignorant enough to do.

Of course, Austin wouldn't solely rely on the rationality of the Blood Claw Tribe chief. Thus, before the few Blood Claw beastman captives left, Austin took them on a personal tour of the Dragon Nest Tribe's military parade.

Although some things were kept hidden, the display of the elite Dragon Vein Attendants and the elite beastman legion alone left the Blood Claw beastmen utterly amazed.

The information revealed in the military parade, combined with Austin's own strength, led the Blood Claw beastmen to estimate that even if the Blood Claw Headquarters attacked with full force, they might be able to destroy the Dragon Nest Tribe, but they would inevitably suffer heavy losses themselves.

As for the Blood Claw beastmen's reactions, Austin was quite satisfied, and after they had witnessed the strength of the Dragon Nest Tribe, he let them go.

Besides the intimidation from the military parade, Austin also planned to send a few people to follow behind them, to see if they could infiltrate the Beastman Alliance and gather information about the Blood Claw Tribe at any time.

With multiple preparations in place, Austin felt he had basically no worries and began to focus on other aspects.

As for the other captives from the Blood Claw Tribe, they were naturally locked together with the die-hard mercenary captives, forced to work for the construction of the Dragon Nest Tribe. Without a few months of hardship, they wouldn't have the opportunity to truly desire to surrender and join the Dragon Nest Tribe.

With the first six months of the year gone, to face the upcoming mutated evil spirit zombie tide, under Austin's leadership, the entire Dragon Nest Tribe began mobilizing, acting according to the previously established plan.

The beastman transcendents were gathered effectively, several teams were selected to explore toward the east and north, while a part of the elite beastmen went to the southwest to monitor the zombie army's movements and collect detailed information.

Meanwhile, the entire Dragon Nest Tribe entered into intense production work, striving to produce more food and manufacture more copper tools.

And a few days later, after directing and distributing a large amount of work, Austin led most of the elite of the Dragon Nest Legion and the remaining beastman transcendents to begin sweeping dangerous areas within the Dragon Nest Tribe region.

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