Help! I transmigrated to a Beast World-Chapter 60: Xiao Long’s Tiny Dictatorship

"WAKE UP!!!!!!"

Xin Yi jolted awake with a start, nearly hitting Qing Lin.

"WHAT?! WHAT’S HAPPENING?! ARE WE UNDER ATTACK?!"

"No attack!" Xiao Long’s face was RIGHT there, inches from hers, his eyes huge and excited. "But Pink Skin! The sun is up! We have to BUILD!"

Xin Yi blinked. Once. Twice.

The little boy was vibrating with energy, bouncing on his toes.

"Xiao Long," Qing Lin’s voice came out as a low growl. "How did you find us?"

"I followed your scent trail!" He said it like it was obvious. "Papa said if I want to be a good tracker, I should practice! So I practiced on you!"

[DING! (⊙_⊙)]

[Mo Yan strikes AGAIN!]

[That snake is teaching the child VERY questionable skills!]

Qing Lin pinched the bridge of his nose. "Of course he did."

"Also Kuan Tie told me where you went! And also I saw you carrying Pink Skin into the forest so I just walked in the same direction and—"

"Xiao Long." Xin Yi rubbed her eyes. "What time is it?"

"Dawn! The PERFECT time to start building!" He grabbed her hand and started tugging. "Come ON! Everyone’s waiting!"

"Everyone’s—" She looked at Qing Lin. "Did you tell them to gather?"

"No." He stood up, stretching. "But apparently word spreads fast when the ’Pink Skin Goddess’ has plans."

[DING! (◕‿◕)]

[Tribal Enthusiasm: MAXIMUM]

[Everyone wants to see what crazy thing Host does next!]

~

By the time they got back to the cleared land, there were at LEAST fifty snake beastmen waiting.

Fifty.

FIFTY!

"Where did all these people come from?!" Xin Yi whispered.

"Other parts of Azure Scale territory," Qing Lin said. "Word spread about yesterday. About the clearing. About your plans to build a city."

"I didn’t say CITY, I said—"

"You said ’civilization hub,’" he reminded her with a smirk. "Whatever that means."

Kuan Tie stepped forward, grinning. "Pink Skin! We’re ready to work! What do we do first?!"

Xin Yi looked at the eager faces. The cleared land. The rising sun.

Then at her mental blueprint knowledge that was practically SCREAMING at her about proper construction procedures.

"Okay!" She clapped her hands together. "First things first! Before we can build ANYTHING, we need foundations! And drainage! And water access! And—"

"Pink Skin is using big words again," someone whispered.

"Just listen! She knows things!"

"OKAY!" Xin Yi raised her voice. "I’m going to split you all into teams! Each team has a job! And we’re going to work for the next TWO TO THREE DAYS on this!"

"Three DAYS?!" Xiao Long’s eyes went huge. "That’s so long!"

"That’s actually REALLY fast for what we’re doing!" She ruffled his hair. "Trust me, baby. This is important. We have to do it RIGHT or the buildings will fall down!"

That got everyone’s attention.

"Fall down?!"

"Buildings can FALL?!"

"Yes! If we don’t build proper foundations!" She pulled out a stick and started drawing in the dirt. "See, when it rains, water collects. If we don’t have drainage, the water pools under the buildings and makes the ground soft. Soft ground means buildings sink. Sinking means COLLAPSE!"

Dead silence.

"We don’t want collapse," Kuan Tie said slowly.

"NO! We do NOT want collapse! So!" She drew more lines. "We need trenches! Deep trenches where the buildings will go! And we need drainage channels that carry water AWAY from the buildings! And we need a WELL for clean water! And we need—"

[DING! ψ(`∇´)ψ]

[Host has entered CONSTRUCTION MANAGER MODE!]

[Engineering Knowledge: ACTIVATED]

[Beastmen Confusion Level: HIGH but decreasing!]

Qing Lin stepped up beside her. "I will focus on the teams."

"Really?"

"Yes. Anything for my female." He turned to the assembled warriors. "Everyone! Listen up! Pink Skin—I mean, Xin Yi—has a plan that will make Azure Scale the most advanced territory in the Beast World! But it requires HARD WORK! Are you all willing?!"

"YES!" The roar was immediate and enthusiastic.

"Good! Now—" He pointed at a group. "You twenty! You’re Team Foundation! You will be digging trenches!"

"Team Drainage!" He pointed at another group. "You fifteen will dig the water channels!"

"Team Well!" Another group. "You ten will dig for water access!"

"And the rest of you are Team Materials! You’ll gather clay, stones, and sand!"

Xin Yi stared at him. "That was... really efficient."

"I am a king, little female. Organizing warriors is what I do." He smirked. "Now, tell them WHERE to dig."

Right. Okay. She could do this.

~

DAY ONE: THE GREAT DIGGING

"No no NO! The trench needs to be THREE FEET DEEP! Not two! THREE!"

"But Pink Skin, my arms are tired!"

"I DON’T CARE IF YOUR ARMS ARE TIRED! DIG DEEPER!"

[DING! (ಠ_ಠ)]

[Drill Sergeant Mode: STILL ACTIVE

It turned out that "digging trenches" was harder than it sounded.

First problem: The snake beastmen didn’t have SHOVELS.

They had their hands. And their tails. And occasional sharp sticks.

"We need better tools," Xin Yi muttered, watching a warrior try to dig with what was basically a glorified twig.

"System, do you have tool blueprints?"

[DING! (◕‿◕)]

[Of course! ☆]

[BASIC TOOL KIT: 50 points]

[Includes: Shovel design, pickaxe design, hoe design, basic hammer design]

"Buy it!"

[DING!]

[PURCHASED!]

[Knowledge downloaded!]

Xin Yi’s brain immediately filled with information about simple tool construction.

"WAIT! EVERYONE STOP!"

The digging paused.

"We need to make tools first! Qing Lin!"

He appeared at her side. "Yes?"

"I need the Materials Team to gather wood and stones! Specific types!" She started sketching in the dirt. "Long straight branches like THIS! And flat stones like THIS! We’re making shovels!"

"Shovels?"

"Tools for digging! Trust me, it’ll make everything SO much faster!"

~

It took two hours to make crude shovels.

But once they had them?

HUGE difference.

"This is AMAZING!" Kuan Tie was shoveling dirt like a madman. "Look how much I can move at once!"

"I KNOW RIGHT?!" Another warrior laughed. "Pink Skin is a true GODDESS!"

Xin Yi felt a little swell of pride.

Qing Lin leaned down and whispered in her ear. "My female is adorable when she is proud of herself."

Her face went red. "Shut up and help me measure the drainage slope!"

"So demanding." But he was smiling.

[DING! (¬‿¬)]

[Qing Lin Affection: 96/100]

[He’s whipped and doesn’t even care!]

Meanwhile, Xiao Long had appointed himself "Official Trench Inspector."

Which meant he walked along the trenches with a stick, poking at the walls and announcing whether they were "good" or "bad."

"This one is good!" Poke poke. "Very straight!"

"This one is bad!" Poke poke poke. "Too wobbly!"

"Xiao Long, you can’t just—"

"Pink Skin said we have to do it RIGHT!" He put his little hands on his hips. "So I’m making sure it’s right!"

The warriors actually listened to him.

"The small prince says it’s wobbly! Fix it!"

"On it!"

[DING! (╥﹏╥)]

[Xiao Long’s Authority: INCREASING]

[He’s going to be a terrifying leader someday!]

~

By midday, they had dug foundation trenches for three buildings.

THREE!

Xin Yi stood looking at them, sweaty and exhausted but grinning like crazy.

"We’re doing it," she breathed.

"Yes we are." Qing Lin handed her a water skin. "Drink, Xin Yi. You need your energy."

She drank gratefully.

Suddenly, Kuan Tie ran up. "Pink Skin! We hit water!"

"WHAT?! Already?!"