This is an extremely thin woman, lying there like a skeleton, her eyes are empty and numb, only her belly is swollen.
That is the consequence of eating dirt. In this era of hunger, eating dirt has become eating dirt in a literal sense.
"I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry..." The woman's voice was extremely weak, but even so, she still comforted the thin girl in a low voice.
In the first four months of this era of hunger, they could still rely on the little food they produced before to support themselves, and the ant nest was still in order.
After four months, the food supply continued to decrease, and by six months, each person only had less than half a bowl of bran per day.
In the seventh month, the food supply was completely cut off, and everyone was forced to live on grass roots and bark. Even tender grass roots with no calories have become a luxury. Now that they have persisted for more than two months, everyone
They have reached the breaking point.
"Mom, when can we eat... I want to eat steak..." The little girl lay in her mother's arms and said weakly.
As for the woman, the girl's situation is obviously much better, because most of the grass roots collected by the woman were given to her.
The woman didn't want to talk much. The extreme hunger made her drowsy, but she still forced a smile and said: "Yes, yes, we will have food soon..."
Although she said this, she glanced desperately at the entire ant nest.
Under the night, the once well-organized ant nest was now in dilapidated condition. No one had cleaned it, and the wells dug with great difficulty also collapsed due to no one maintaining them.
Everyone is too hungry.
Under the cover of darkness, everything fell into a deathly silence. The soldier ants were no longer standing guard. Everyone was lying silently in their tents, as if waiting for death to come.
suddenly.
There were footsteps, one after another in the dark camp.
"Mom," the girl swallowed and whispered, "Yes, is there any meat to eat?"
The woman's empty eyes revealed a look of hope and disgust, and she sighed: "It seems there is someone else..."
But she swallowed instinctively and stood up slowly: "Mom, go get you some broth..."
"There is meat soup again!" There was a smile on the little girl's thin face: "Mom, can you get me a piece of meat... Me, I want to eat meat too..."
"Don't eat it...you can't eat that kind of meat..." The woman held her hands on the ground and tried to stand up, but the next moment, she was suddenly stunned.
Those footsteps were actually heading towards his tent.
Three or four tall figures with the same sunken cheeks stood silently at the entrance of the tent.
"Uncle Dylan..." The little girl looked at one of the figures and said hello.
However, the woman seemed to have no idea where the strength came from. Her thin body stood up precariously from the ground, protected the little girl behind her, blocked the door of the tent, and gasped: "Dylan... you, what are you going to do..."
"Damn it, why is she still alive? She hasn't been out for three days." A man sighed, seeming a little disappointed.
Dylan glanced at the man: "Is there any difference? How long can she last?"
"We haven't eaten anything for five days... All the grass roots within a ten-mile radius have been eaten..." Dylan's face was gloomy: "Dina, please don't blame us..."
"Don't touch my child!" The disheveled woman tremblingly picked up a knife from the corner. Her thin body stood against the door frame, like a dying beast, with a hint of murderous intent in her empty eyes: "I
, we agreed, only if someone dies..."
For a moment, facing this weak woman holding a knife, the three men hesitated.
One of the men looked unbearable and sighed: "Dylan, forget it, wait one more day."
"I can't wait any longer." Dylan glanced at Dana, his eyes a little guilty, "Dena, I'm sorry, my wife is starving to death. I can't watch her starve to death... I can't wait to feed her my own meat.
, but I can't die in front of her. Otherwise, she will be you today."
The guilt in his eyes became complicated. After a moment of confusion, his eyes turned cold. Dylan slowly took out a crudely made pistol from his arms.
"I'll fight with you..." The woman wanted to pounce, but obviously she overestimated her own body and fell directly to the ground.
The woman could only insert the knife into the sole of the man's foot, but perhaps because the knife had not been sharpened for a long time, she could not even penetrate the shoe.
"Dina, don't get me wrong." Dylan looked at the frightened girl in the tent and slowly moved the gun down, "We don't want to attack the child yet... We are here to find you..."
Maybe it's the last bit of humanity left, or maybe it's because the child is too young and doesn't have much meat.
But no matter what
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For some reason, when the woman heard this sentence, she suddenly gave up her struggle.
Panting heavily, she lay on the ground, looking at the black muzzle of the gun, and begged: "You... promise to treat my child well... and give my child a piece of thigh meat... She hasn't eaten meat for a long time.
, I won’t let her eat…”
"I promise."
Dylan sighed and glanced at the other men. The men bent down and tried their best to drag the woman toward the kitchen in the distance.
The woman no longer has the strength to resist, or she doesn't want to resist.
But those men were too weak, and they couldn't even drag Dana, even though Dana weighed just over seventy pounds now.
"Help me, I, I'll walk over by myself." Dana took a deep breath, looked back at the girl in the tent, and stood up tremblingly with all her strength.
With the support of four men, she worked hard towards the kitchen.
"Mom!" the little girl staggered out of the tent and beat Dylan with a cry, "Uncle Dylan, what are you going to do, what are you going to do to your mother..."
Dylan touched the pistol in his arms, but looked at the girl and still tried to smile: "I took your mother to hunt, and we found a cow. When we come back, we will have steak to eat. You know, the whole
Among the worker ants in the nest, only your mother’s traps are the best.”
"Steak..." The girl swallowed subconsciously, but still looked at her mother: "Mom, is it true?"
"Santi, don't be afraid, it's true. Mom went hunting with them." The woman looked at her child and forced a smile: "That's a big, big cow. Wait, wait until mom comes back from hunting.
You have meat to eat..."
"Santi is a good child. She behaves well at home and waits for her mother to come back."
"Well, Mom, come back quickly, I'm scared to be alone at home." After hearing what her mother said, the little girl was reluctant to leave, but she still listened to her mother and returned to the tent again.
Looking at the girl, Dylan hesitated: "Dina, why don't you go back..."
"It's meaningless. I'm indeed about to die... Don't forget your promise to me, let's go." Dana looked at Dylan expressionlessly and was slowly helped into the kitchen.
"Let's do it." Dana lay on the table, put her head on the chopping board, and looked at Dylan: "Give me a good time."
"I'm afraid...blood is also a very important food. We can't waste it, and we can't use knives." Dylan sighed: "You can bear with it."
His hands held Dana's neck, and then slowly exerted force.
Dana opened her mouth wide, but couldn't shout anything. Her eyes that gradually bulged were full of pain, but there was no struggle.
She was abandoned, and her life had no value in the eyes of some people.
Perhaps it would be better to die here in this abandoned land than to live as one of the abandoned ones.
but.
"Hang!!"
There was a gunshot.
"What are you doing!" came a voice, and a man with sunken eyes was seen walking towards him with four or five other men.
The man was tall and turned out to be a god. He and the other two people behind him exuded a faint aura of strength.
But his condition was not good either. The coat that was originally close to his body was now extremely loose. He started to pant after just walking a few steps. Several men behind him also had sweat on their foreheads.
Even so, they still stared at Dylan.
Dylan felt guilty for a moment, and subconsciously let go of Dana's hand: "Boss, boss... we are too hungry..."
"We said that we can only eat the dead... This is already against human nature and morality..." The man stared at Dylan, "They don't treat us as human beings, but we can't help but treat ourselves as human beings! We
Not a beast!"
"And you guys are obviously soldier ants protecting the ant nest, and now you want to kill your comrades who are not dead yet! Are you using your comrades as food? Do you know that Dana's husband died because we lured the mining team away?
Yes! Without her, we would all be dead now!"
"He protected us, and now we want to eat his wife. Are you a human or a beast?"
A strong pressure from the gods slowly emerged. Behind Dylan, the two men looked guilty and whispered: "Boss, we were wrong."
"I'm really hungry, boss..."
"Shut up, where did we go wrong?" Dylan said suddenly.
"Dylan, what do you mean?" The man stared at Dylan.
"Boss, I know you can't stand this." Dylan stared at the man without fear, "But please, can you be realistic?"
"Look around!"
"Look at those people standing next to you!"
Because the sound in this silent night was too harsh, some hungry ant-men thought it was dinner time, and were attracted by the sound and walked out of the tent one after another and gathered around.
"Look at them!" Dylan pointed at them and said solemnly: "They are all so skinny and skinny. They will starve to death in a few days. They still look like humans!"
"They even ate the roots and bark of trees. How much better are we than the beasts now?"
"When did that gentleman's assistance last arrive? Was it a month ago or two months ago? Do you think I don't want to eat steak, drink beer, or lie in bed without any worries? Do you think I don't want to eat steak, drink beer, or lie in bed without any worries?
Do I want to do this?"
"What's wrong with eating the same kind? Do we still need to pay attention to the so-called civilization at this time?"
The man looked at Dylan and gritted his teeth: "They gave up on us, are we going to give up on our civilization?"
Dylan grinned and sneered: "Boss, don't you understand? We are beasts abandoned by civilization!"
"In their eyes, we are already beasts!"
"Boss, wake up. If this continues, we will all starve to death! After eating Dana, we can survive for a few more days, and Dana... can also be freed! Don't think I'm cruel, if this continues,
We all have to die, and if I can't hold on anymore, I will become food!"
"You are a soldier ant who defends the worker ants, and now...I will kill you!" The man suddenly raised his fist, and the "power" godhead was revealed behind him.
A third-level god!
Although he was very weak due to hunger, with the blessing of divine power, even a punch in a weak state was enough to kill Dylan with one punch.
but.
"boom!"
A piece of wood suddenly caught the fist.
"King Ant, don't be angry." Behind the man, a god who became a god said softly.
Although he was only at the second level, but in the same weak state, the strength he could display was comparable to that of the ant king of this ant nest.
The ant king turned his head in disbelief: "Buck, you..."
"Boss, I know you are right, we should not regard ourselves as beasts." Buck swallowed and said dryly: "But we need food, we..."
Another god-like person also slowly stood in front of the boss and sighed: "Dylan is right. Instead of everyone starving to death together, it would be better..."
As soon as these words came out.
Those who were watching also spoke one after another.
"Boss, we, we do need food."
“Without food, there is no civilization!”
"Yes, we are all desperate now, we...we are very hungry!"
They held their rice bowls and stood in the dark night, their empty eyes shining with hunger.
The ant king stared blankly at the people in front of him and said tremblingly: "But, but Dana..."
"Boss, don't be angry... it was Dana's wish." Dylan sighed.
"What, Dana, you..." The Ant King looked at Dana in disbelief: "You are crazy, Dana, how could you..."
Dana lay weakly on the chopping board and gasped: "I...can't hold on anymore...eat me and help my daughter..."
When Dylan saw that the ant king stopped talking, he sighed and slowly walked towards Dana.
The ant king stared blankly at everything in front of him.
Hunger is terrible.
At this moment, human nature collapsed in the dark night, and civilization was shattered by hunger.
Many people are not afraid of death, but almost no one can resist hunger, especially long-term hunger, which is extremely torture.
Maybe some people can go hungry all night, and maybe some people can go without eating for several days in order to lose weight, but if they continue to be hungry for half a year or a year, it is more terrifying than any pain.
Horrible enough to overwhelm reason.
This is why it is said that people who have a good storehouse know etiquette, and only when they are full can they be humane. This is also why people in Daxia who have experienced hunger are so afraid of hunger and hoard food crazily.
The ant king stood blankly in the dark night, looking at Dana who was being strangled by the neck, and he felt something was broken.
That is the civilization and humanity they have preserved with great difficulty in the disaster.
The night has never been so dark.
"Plop."
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The ant king fell to the ground, looking at the woman whose face was gradually turning pale, looking at Dylan who looked ferocious and in pain, and looking at the figures standing silently in the dark night, holding rice bowls.
He knew that after tonight, those who persisted until now would become beasts.
Those people gave up on them, and now, they have given up on themselves.
"I'm sorry, Mr.
Looking at this dark night that seems to have no end in sight.
"God, if there is a God, please help us. I am willing to give everything I have, just to give us food and let us retain the remaining humanity and civilization."
Godless response.
Dana had fallen into a coma, her body began to twitch instinctively, and she began to move toward death.
Dylan's hands trembled and he continued to exert force. His expression looked like guilt, pain, cruelty, and madness. When combined together, his whole person looked ferocious, as if he was turning into a beast.
suddenly.
"Buzz!!!"
There was a huge buzzing sound between heaven and earth.
It was like the sound of the sky being torn apart, and the terrifying roar made the earth tremble!
"God, did God hear my begging?" The ant king raised his head in confusion.
His pupils shrank suddenly.
He saw a scene he would never forget in his life.
It was not God who responded to him.
But...
"boom!!"
In the terrifying airflow, planes like steel behemoths stretched across the sky, spreading out from the sky and the earth in the east.
Along with it, the rising sun pierced the dark night and fell into the sky from the east.
"It's over! It's the army of the shelter!" The ant king shouted loudly: "Everyone hide! We have been discovered! Hide!"
However, no one escaped.
Those hungry, desperate faces raised their heads and looked at the incoming planes, with a hint of relief in their eyes.
Dylan also released his hands from holding Dana's neck. He looked at the fighter plane that was about to drop the bomb, and then looked at Dana who was coughing and recovering her breath and opening her confused eyes. He laughed and said: "Finally..."
But the next moment.
"Wait, that's not right." The Ant King frowned.
This is a terrifying fighter plane that comes with the rising sun all over the sky, is plated with a layer of gold, and almost covers the sky. It does not seem to be a fighter plane.
That huge body seems to be...a transport aircraft?
Why did the shelter send transport planes here? Did they not allow bombers to cover the area and deliver food to us?
The ant king laughed at his own idea. He had been hungry for too long and his mind began to think wildly.
But the next moment, his pupils suddenly shrank!
It doesn't seem like random thoughts.
Printed on the metal fuselage that reflects the golden sunrise is...
"Ant Nest No. 32 has arrived!" In the cabin, a pilot said to the headset: "First Squadron of the First Flying Transport Brigade of Daxia, the cabin is open and ready for release!"
"Buzz~"
The cabin door slowly opened.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Boxes of supplies crashed down, and red parachutes spread out in the golden morning sun, bringing supplies and the sun to this dark land.
There are also bright flags falling here along with the rising sun.
Gold and red are flying, and in the sky full of golden and red sun, the whole sky seems like a huge flag.
"This is the First Flying Brigade of Daxia, this is the First Flying Brigade of Daxia!"
"These are emergency supplies from Daxia. Please distribute them simply. A sea beast transport team will transport staff and more supplies later! Please don't panic and be prepared to receive them!"
"wish all the best!"
A loudspeaker sounded throughout this place!
The living beings are in ruins, and the gods should not respond.
Only Daxia is still there!
Floating materials, golden rising sun, fiery red sun, bright flags, silent crowds, hungry people, and desperate eyes.
This scene constitutes a beautiful picture.
suddenly.
Long-repressed cheers and unprecedented wild shouts shattered the picture and resounded throughout the place.
