Xiaoyan turned around and saw a little girl who was a little taller than her, with messy hair, holding two longan-sized larvae in her hands, looking at her.
"Sister, you..." The little girl was a little at a loss.
"Shhh" the little girl made a sign of silence, glanced around warily, then took Xiaoyan and hid behind a pile of rocks.
"Eat quickly, this bug is edible. If you are afraid, you can twist the head off..." As she spoke, the little girl handed the larvae to Xiaoyan.
Xiaoyan was really hungry. She looked at the weevil larvae, threw it directly into her mouth, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it.
"I'm not lying to you, it tastes a bit weird," the little girl said with a smile.
"Sister, I ate it, what should you do?" Xiaoyan asked.
"I've already eaten three, so we won't be starving for a while. How about we look for something to eat together? By the way, my name is Gu Nianrou, what's your name?" the little girl asked.
"My name is Leng Yueyan." Xiaoyan replied.
"I'm older than you, so you can call me Sister Nianrou, and I'll call you Xiaoyan, okay."
"Okay, that's what my parents called me..." Leng Yueyan suddenly thought of her parents, and her eyes turned red for a moment.
"Good sister, all our relatives who were brought here were killed, and all of us are the same.
Now, if we want to live, we must rely on ourselves. Don't think about anything now, let's go find food." Gu Nianrou pulled Leng Yueyan and walked away.
Although Gu Nianrou is only more than a year older than Leng Yueyan, she has a maturity and stability that belies her age.
"Try to stay away from those who are taller than you, otherwise your things will be taken away by them, and they may even kill you and eat your flesh." Gu Nian Judo.
Leng Yueyan trembled with fright. Cannibalism? Isn't that what demons can do? That's what the elders in the village said.
After climbing over a small mound, the two dug some earthworms in the soil, but Gu Nianrou didn't eat them, nor did she let Leng Yueyan eat them. They had to find water first.
But there were barren mountains and ridges all around, and there were no rivers at all. However, Gu Nianrou was so powerful that she squeezed out a little bit of water from the stems and leaves of some plants to moisturize the two people's dry and smoking throats.
"Sister, why are you so powerful?" Leng Yueyan said with admiration.
"My family is a hunter and we make a living by hunting all year round. When I was three years old, my father and I set traps everywhere and started hunting.
We are seriously short of water now and cannot eat much, otherwise we will die soon. We will continue to look for earthworms, but don’t eat them and replenish water first.”
After Gu Nianrou finished speaking, she took Leng Yueyan to look for various water-bearing plants in the mountain stream, absorbing the water drop after drop.
During this period, the two of them only ate a few earthworms and were still in poor condition. When it got dark, they returned to the camp and got into the cage.
This cage is their shelter to prevent wild beasts from coming out at night and eating them.
This night was an extremely difficult one. She was cold and hungry. Leng Yueyan woke up several times due to the cold. In the middle of the night, there were constant strange noises and some screams, which were creepy. Some children were frightened.
Stop crying.
Finally at dawn, some children had begun to climb out of the cage, but a few children did not get up.
One of them, the stronger one, was the boy who robbed Leng Yueyan's yam eggs yesterday. He was already dead.
"They didn't find water, but they ate a lot, so they died." Gu Nianrou glanced at the children and took Leng Yueyan away. They wanted to continue looking for water.
The little water they looked for yesterday was not enough for their consumption. They had to find more water today.
Food, on the other hand, came second. In the morning, because it was cold and dewy, Gu Nianrou put her clothes on the grass and dragged them back and forth. Soon the clothes got wet.
"Xiaoyan, open your mouth"
Gu Nianrou twisted her clothes and water immediately overflowed. Leng Yueyan drank the water hurriedly. Seeing Gu Nianrou's actions, other children also followed suit.
However, the dew was not heavy, and the amount of water that could be extracted was very limited. After several attempts, Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou each drank only half a cup of water at most.
As the sun rose, the dew quickly disappeared, but Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou were refreshed. They walked away, deliberately avoiding others, and secretly ate a few earthworms dug yesterday.
Gu Nianrou saw a small dead tree not far away.
He took a branch, folded it into two sections about half a foot long, found a stone, smashed it a few times to make one end sharp, and then began to grind it on the stone.
"Sister, what are you going to do?" Leng Yueyan widened her eyes and looked at Gu Nianrou in confusion.
Gu Nianrou smiled slightly, said nothing, and continued to sharpen. Soon, two rough wooden daggers were sharpened. Gu Nianrou held them in her hands and waved them several times, showing a satisfied smile.
"Here, this is our secret weapon. If anyone comes to bully us and rob us of food, we will kill them." Gu Nian Judo.
"I...I don't dare," Leng Yueyan said with some fear.
"It doesn't matter, I will protect you. I have a sister who is as old as you. I failed to protect her. This time, I will definitely protect you." Gu Nianrou looked at Leng Yueyan, her eyes a little red.
, seems to have remembered something.
The two climbed over a steep mountain. They were more than ten miles away from the camp. This was already an extremely long distance for the two children.
For them, this is an extremely risky thing. Walking so far requires them to consume a lot of precious energy and water.
However, when they climbed over the high mountain, the two of them screamed with excitement. They discovered a kind of vine. On the vine, there was a gourd the size of a human head growing.
Even Leng Yueyan knows this plant. It is a gourd melon, which is hollow inside and full of water. Farmers often use this melon shell to make various utensils.
There were more than a dozen gourds on it. The two of them picked one each and poked a small hole with a wooden dagger. Water immediately overflowed with a faint sweet smell. The two of them refused to waste a drop.
Soon, they drank up all the liquid in the two gourds.
The two of them each picked another one. When they finished drinking, they were completely full. Leng Yueyan proposed to take one back, but Gu Nianrou rejected it.
Although they drank enough, their bodies were still weak. It was impossible to replenish water completely in one go, and they would need to continue to replenish their bodies tomorrow.
If this place is discovered by others, it will not be their turn, and it may even lead to death. The two of them will eventually return along the original route.
It took the two of them a whole day to go back and forth. On the way, they ate the flesh of the gourd melon to satisfy their hunger.
When they returned to the camp, they found that some people had not returned, and the few people who died this morning had also disappeared.
The next day, Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou set out again, but this time, Gu Nianrou chose another route, took a detour, found the gourd vine again, and continued drinking water.
The two of them had just finished drinking a gourd when suddenly there was the sound of footsteps and a group of strong boys appeared. When they saw the gourds in their hands and the gourds on the vine, the look in their eyes suddenly changed.
They shouted and rushed over quickly. Gu Nianrou pulled Leng Yueyan and ran away. Leng Yueyan said anxiously: "That's ours."
Those children were like hungry wolves, drinking up all the gourds and melons, and suddenly rushed towards Gu Nianrou and Leng Yueyan.
Leng Yueyan was too young to run fast, and was quickly caught up by the group. A boy with many scars on his face, who seemed to be the leader of the group, shouted:
"Kill them"
The boys immediately rushed towards the two of them, their eyes flashing fiercely and their faces full of ferocious looks.
"You have stolen the water, what else do you want?" Leng Yueyan shouted loudly.
"We want to eat meat"
A boy roared angrily and was the first to rush forward. He pounced directly on Leng Yueyan, making Leng Yueyan scream in fright.
"puff"
But just as the boy rushed towards him, the wooden dagger in Gu Nianrou's hand pierced the boy's forehead fiercely.
The boy's body froze, and then he slowly fell down. The blow was clean and sharp, hard and sharp. The boys who rushed towards him suddenly turned pale with fear and stopped.
Gu Nianrou pulled out the wooden dagger, which was still stained with blood, and said coldly: "This should be enough for you. If you come here again and our sisters fight hard, we will pull a few of you onto our backs."
The boys were frightened for a moment. They thought the two little girls were just two little sheep, but they didn't expect them to be so cruel.
"Before I came here, I went through an elimination process. There are dozens of souls who died in my hands. If you don't believe it, you can give it a try." Gu Nianrou stared at the boy with scars on his face and said.
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For a moment, everyone was shocked by Gu Nianrou's cruelty. Gu Nianrou pulled Leng Yueyan and slowly backed away. She didn't leave with Leng Yueyan until the distance was far enough.
The group of boys watched helplessly as Gu Nianrou left with Leng Yueyan. Finally, they also left and took the boy's body with them.
On the third day, when they woke up in the morning, some people did not wake up again. Looking at the corpses, they seemed to be numb, and everyone began to look for food and water.
And the competition is becoming increasingly fierce, especially between Leng Yueyan and Gu Nianrou, because there are only two of them, and Leng Yueyan is too young, so it is very easy to become the prey of others.
However, Gu Nianrou showed her extremely ferocious side. The wooden thorn in her hand was stained with blood several times, which completely frightened these people.
Later, no one dared to attack them anymore, and instead went to grab food and water from others, because as the search area expanded, everyone began to save some water and food, which was not as scarce as before.
They need water and food to keep themselves strong, otherwise, their things will be robbed or even killed.
Here, they can rely on nothing but themselves, and they can believe in nothing but strength.
Seven days later, there were only a few dozen people left out of the hundreds, which was almost one-tenth of the original number.
Among these people, Leng Yueyan was the weakest. Without Gu Nianrou's protection, she would have died long ago.
Seven days later, the one-eyed men came back again and took them away. Three days later, they were taken into a sect, where tens of thousands of children were standing in the square.
In the square, a towering statue stands in the center of the square.
"From today on, you are followers of the evil god. Everything about you belongs to the evil god, including your body, your soul, and everything you own."
At this moment, a cold voice came, making everyone shiver.