Chapter 1 Eat Him When He Falls Down

In the sixth year of Yong'an in the Great Xia Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Suzhou.

When there was famine, people ate each other.

In the seventh year of Yong'an in the Great Xia Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Suzhou.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no cock crowing for thousands of miles.

In the eighth year of Yong'an in the Great Xia Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Suzhou.

The land became desert, the rivers dried up, and only one in ten people survived.

Early in the morning, southwest of Suzhou, by the Jinta River.

One after another, skinny figures staggered slowly upstream, leaning on wooden sticks, with painful expressions and numb eyes.

These are refugees from Daxing City.

There was a severe drought for three years. The people of Daxing City struggled to survive and waited for relief from the imperial court. However, relief did not come after one year, two years, or the third year. Not a single grain of food was seen.

There were tens of thousands of people, but in the end less than ten thousand were left.

Seeing that there was really no hope, some of them decided to go to Yuanwu City, which was a hundred miles away.

That is one of the ten main cities of Suzhou. Not to mention its own reserves and the magical powers of the powerful monks, it is impossible for the imperial court to ignore it.

Only three years had passed, and most of the young and strong men were now skinny and just skin and bones, with an average weight of no more than 70 kilograms.

In this way, it is really a pipe dream and almost impossible to walk to Yuanwu City without any food.

So, before setting off, they agreed that whoever fell down would be eaten!
So they set out on their journey, walking along the banks of the Jinta River.

Time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, two days and two nights had passed. Now they were about one day's journey away from Yuanwu City.

"~~"

Wang Yuan was walking in the middle of the team. With every step he took, he felt dizzy and was about to fall down.

He hadn't eaten anything for at least a day and a night, and being starving was no longer enough to describe it.

Or maybe he was too hungry, and now he no longer felt hungry at all.

I just felt so weak that I would die in the next moment.

Many people around him stared at him, expecting him to fall.

If he falls, others can live.

There is no emotion at all, staying alive is the only thought on everyone's mind now.

Of course, Wang Yuan is not the only one in the same situation.

Although people kept falling down on the first day of the journey, not everyone could get food.

Survival of the fittest!
Except for a few people who were already starving, there was no such thing as rules or equal distribution.

Whoever grabs it belongs to whomever.

"Yuan, please eat something."

Beside him, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was about 1.8 meters tall and weighed more than 90 kilograms, handed a piece of meat that looked like a dried worm to Wang Yuan and said.

This is Wang Yuan’s childhood friend and also his senior who learned boxing with him at the Huangmen Martial Arts School. His name is Zhang Zheng and he is one of the team leaders.

The three years of severe drought were quite good for Wang Yuan.

only……

"No~no~eat!"

Wang Yuan shook his head and refused with difficulty.

Because that was human flesh, he couldn't eat human flesh.

"Gulu~~"

There were many sounds of people swallowing saliva around.

Their eyes turned red and they wanted to snatch it, but knowing how powerful Zhang Zheng was, no one dared.

"Zheng, just stop worrying about him. Eat him when he falls down. Don't let everyone's expectations go to waste."

In front, a strong young man with a body most like a normal person and sword-like eyebrows stopped, turned around and smiled.

His name is Li Yu. He used to be a member of the Huangmen Martial Arts School and is considered a senior brother of Wang Yuan and Zhang Zheng.

It's just that he had his "enlightenment" early, and now he has recovered 70% to 80% by eating meat. He is the strongest and best-conditioned person in the entire team.

In fact, he can reach Yuanwu City alone without so many burdens, but he insists and is also the leader of this team.

"That's right, Senior Brother Zhang, you're meddling too much."

Another young man spoke. He was not tall, had a scar at the corner of his eye, and was in better condition than Zhang Zheng.

This man's name is Zhou Xing, and he is also from the Huangmen Martial Arts School, but his martial arts skills are not as good as Zhang Zheng's.

Among the dozens of people on this trip, there were four from the Huangmen Martial Arts School, three of whom were team leaders.

"~~"

Zhang Zheng didn't say anything else and quietly put away the shredded meat.

It has been three years, and we all know what everyone is like. There is no need to argue with them, and it is meaningless.

In fact, he quite admired Yuan in his heart. He had always adhered to his principles during the three years of chaos.

But he didn't hold on after all.

But he didn't want to die. If a person died, everything would be gone.

He wanted to live and become strong.

Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and pretended not to hear what the two said. When he couldn't hold on any longer, he stopped and drank some water.

Cold water can also stimulate people to wake up.

And so they persisted.

"Snapped--"

Suddenly someone fell down and the air suddenly became quiet.

"I come!"

Li Yu spoke quickly and loudly, suppressing the restless crowd.

He came to the man, didn't care whether he was still breathing or not, stripped off his clothes, and cut him with a knife.

An hour later, the team continued on their way.

Just five people are missing.

Three of them fell down during the scramble and could never get up again, and one who was in poor condition was frightened to death.

With the addition of these five people, the remaining people's conditions were obviously much better. Their eyes were brighter, they walked with more energy, and they were more hopeful about reaching Yuanwu City.

Because of this supplement, everyone stopped staring at Wang Yuan and quickened their pace.

They wanted to reach Yuanwu City before dark tonight.

Wang Yuan was gradually left to the back of the team, and then the distance between them widened, getting farther and farther.

"A Yuan."

Zhang Zheng also fell behind the team and even stopped to wait for Wang Yuan.

"You~you go away, don't~care about me."

Wang Yuan said with difficulty.

He didn't want to drag Zhang Zheng down.

"No! Let's go together! We have to go to Yuanwu City together!"

Zhang Zheng shook his head, his eyes firm.

"you……"

Wang Yuan didn't know what to say.

It was difficult for him to say a word now. It was useless to say more, so he simply stopped talking and walked away silently with gritted teeth.

"~~"

Zhang Zheng was standing next to him, glancing at Wang Yuan from time to time.

He was worried that Wang Yuan would fall, but he had no intention of helping him up.

He did not have the ability to carry Wang Yuan to Yuanwu City. If Wang Yuan fell, he would have to leave him here and catch up with the main force alone.

This was his last friendship.

"Ow~~~"

Suddenly a wolf howl echoed through the wilderness.

"Ow~~~"

"Ow~~~"

Then one after another.

"!"

Wang Yuan shuddered and suddenly woke up.

"!"

Zhang Zheng also widened his eyes and his soul trembled.

However, neither of them ran away, because the wolf howl came from the front, still far away from them.

Two or three hundred meters ahead of them was the fleeing team from Daxing City, and they were the target of the wolves.

Even if they don't want to say it, it's enough for the wolves to hunt.

The Daxing escape team was in chaos in an instant...

But there was nowhere to run on the empty river beach, and the wolves were moving too fast.

Each of these wild wolves was half a person's height and weighed 100 to 200 kilograms. They were as fast as the wind. It only took a few breaths from the time they howled to the time they ran to the fleeing team.

The fastest runner in the fleeing team had only run less than thirty meters at this time.

Moreover, seven or eight wolves surrounded the area, blocking the front, back, left and right in the blink of an eye. The one who ran the fastest became the first to fall into the wolves' mouths.

“Hmph—”

“Hmph—”

"what--"

"what--"

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(End of this chapter)