Re-enter the Game：Village Carnival 17

The hole in the ground wasn't big, but the temperature was comfortable, there were no animal corpses, and it was relatively clean. Most importantly, it hadn't been discovered.

Zhang Yuan first used the dry hay from Wen Nannan's spatial item to make a bed. He placed Wen Nannan on the hay and let her treat her wound first.

Then they exchanged information about the past two days.

"Nannan, you were right to be cautious. If we hadn't left a backup supply in the cave on the summit, I would have starved thin these past two days! Haha."

Of course, they also talked about Li An's death.

Although Zhang Yuan had guessed it the moment he saw Wen Nannan, hearing her confirm it made the stone in his heart finally drop.

...

Rustle!

Someone's coming!

Wen Nannan and Zhang Yuan exchanged glances and fell silent.

Moments later, two people entered the hole. Judging by their clothes, they seemed to be townspeople from Fuguo Town.

Perhaps due to hunger sapping their strength and the lingering fear of being chased by locusts, they collapsed to the ground as soon as they entered the burrow and didn't get up for a long time.

As soon as they regained a bit of strength, they began to dig the soil under them, scraping it up and putting it into their mouths.

Zhang Yuan's eyes turned cold, and he walked towards them.

"No, Brother Yuan." Wen Nannan stopped Zhang Yuan.

"I know these two."

Zhang Yuan paused slightly, the killing intent in his eyes gradually fading. He moved to the side.

Wen Nannan got up and walked to the woman. Her voice was tentative.

"Aunt Zhang?"

After those words, the woman paused, wriggling on the ground for a long time before slowly raising her head. She revealed a face with sunken features and dirt all over it.

"Li...ttle Nannan?"

"Yes, it's me. What's happening outside?"

Wen Nannan frowned and took some food from her space and handed it to her.

After eating, Aunt Zhang's eyes brightened. She licked her lips, as if she wanted to ask Wen Nannan for more.

But she hesitated and didn't speak. Instead, she began to talk about the situation outside.

Just now, a large swarm of locusts flew over from the cliff.

They eat everything. Aunt Zhang had never seen so many locusts in her entire life.

It was only then that the townspeople of Fuguo Town realized that Wen Nannan and Zhang Yuan had collected fuel to burn the locusts, not to burn the mountain.

But it was too late.

The back of the mountain was already lacking in resources. Some had already starved to death because they couldn't find anything to eat. Not to mention that another swarm of locusts, eating everything they could find, had flown over.

They ate everything in sight, including people!

It was as if... they could never be full.

Aunt Zhang started coughing violently at this point. Wen Nannan quickly gave her a bottle of water, but didn't ask how they escaped to this place.

"Nannan..." Zhang Yuan hesitated to speak.

To be honest, the food in Wen Nannan's spatial item was enough for her and Zhang Yuan to last until the end of the game.

But it didn't include the two additional refugees from Fuguo Town.

While it might sound a bit inhumane, Zhang Yuan was reminding Wen Nannan that even though she knew these two NPCs, she had to keep a sense of proportion. She couldn't let these two NPCs threaten their interests.

After all, this was just a game. They had to go home alive.

"We'll leave soon."

The other survivor, besides Aunt Zhang, spoke up. Wen Nannan followed the voice and realized it was the mayor of Fuguo Town.

The last time they met, the mayor was coughing violently. But now, he doesn't even have the strength to cough. He just said apologetically,

"Because of my bias, Fuguo Town, which survived the catastrophe, suffered another disaster. I can't let our two old lives hinder your hopes of living."

The mayor's cloudy eyes were bloodshot, completely unlike his appearance on the first day of the game.

Aunt Zhang looked up at him, nodding in agreement.

Then she helped the mayor, step by step, out of the hole.

They could no longer hear their footsteps outside. Wen Nannan knew they were exhausted and wouldn't last long.

She could also guess the fate of Aunt Zhang and the mayor, but there was nothing she could do.

"Nannan, that's how this game is."

Zhang Yuan coughed a few times and sat down next to Wen Nannan.

"When I went through the survival game for the first time, I also had all sorts of crazy thoughts. But the further you go, the more you realize it doesn't matter, or you don't even have time to think about it."

After a pause, Zhang Yuan suddenly said with a serious expression.

"Staying alive is the most important thing."

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

Wen Nannan had rarely encountered such absolute silence, as if there were no living beings within a hundred miles.

Wen Nannan lowered her eyes. After a long silence, she nodded and looked at Zhang Yuan.

"I understand."

Aunt Zhang and the mayor would rather eat dirt than eat people like the two children from Fuguo Town. This was their choice.

They chose to leave the hole, resolutely giving Wen Nannan and Zhang Yuan their chance to live. This was also their choice.