The First Order - Chapter 52

Chapter 52: 52


To Liu Bu, Luo Xinyu, and the others who lived in the stronghold, a rat was synonymous with dirtiness . Traditionally, they were creatures that scuttled around in the sewers and represented plague, disease, miasma, and so on .

Although Ren Xiaosu also did not eat rats, it was only because he had seen them feeding on carrion before . It left a terrible impression on him . But to the other refugees in town, their natural mindset was that rats in the wilderness were food all the same . These rats stole food from humans and even preyed on other living creatures, so there was no difference between them and any other wild animals .

Since there was a shortage of food in town, they would even turn to eating termites, not to mention rats . This rat would look just like a walking piece of meat to them .

Compared to those in the stronghold, the refugees' perception of food was different . The refugees felt that anything could be eaten as long as it didn't kill them .

The pickup was now destroyed, and the provisions had been shot to smithereens by the soldiers . Even if there were still food left, no one would dare retrieve it at the risk of being attacked by the wolves . As such, they would have to bear with the hunger and starvation that was to come .

However, Ren Xiaosu was not afraid . Anyone but him could starve in this wilderness .

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was looking at Yang Xiaojin . Earlier, he thought that she wanted to save him when she pointed a gun at the driver . But when she pointed the gun at him as well, he realized she only needed a guide who was familiar with the environment .

Or maybe Yang Xiaojin had realized it would get more difficult to find food from now on, while Ren Xiaosu had displayed skill in this aspect . That was why she had to bring along someone who could find food for her .

As persons specialized in different professions, being skilled with firearms did not necessarily mean that they would be skilled at wilderness survival as well . But as it happened, Ren Xiaosu was also skilled at wilderness survival .

Ren Xiaosu wondered what his wilderness survival proficiency would be if it were classified as a skill .

He asked in his mind, "What's the proficiency of my wilderness survival?"

"It can be evaluated . You're at master level," the voice from the palace crisply answered .

Ren Xiaosu was momentarily stunned as he did not expect that it could be assessed . He had never thought that his wilderness survival skill would be at master level . It felt amazing .

For some reason, Ren Xiaosu was getting suspicious of Yang Xiaojin's identity . As someone living in the stronghold, she acted too decisively and never did anything sloppily .

It was still the middle of the night, so everyone was extremely tired . Since the wolves did not dare to enter the canyon, they stopped to rest after walking several kilometers in .

They stopped because they had to discuss the countermeasures to adopt . On top of that, they were afraid of what was beyond the canyon . They wanted to delay walking through the canyon for as long as they could .


"We can only keep going forward," Xu Xianchu said as he stood in the canyon . "This canyon is called the Howling Canyon . It looks calm now, but all of you have seen how strong the wind can get around here . I wouldn't be surprised if someone's been blown out of this canyon before . "

"But there doesn't seem to be any wind here at night," Liu Bu wondered . "From the evening until now, there hasn't been much wind . By parking the vehicles side by side to act as a shield, the wind shouldn't be much of a problem for us . "



"That won't do . We can rest here for now but we have to leave before dawn," Xu Xianchu refuted . "And we don't have any food left . Our top priority is to make it out of the canyon so that we can look for food . It doesn't seem like there's any food in this canyon . "

"Now that you mention it, I'm getting a little hungry," Liu Bu murmured .

During the night, everyone sat around the campfire that was set up . Because of their fear, they did not have much appetite . But it was five to six hours past dinnertime, and everyone had expended a great deal of stamina and energy while making their escape, so they were all a little hungry .

"If I had known, I would have gone to get the food supplies first," someone complained . "Although the pickup was shot beyond recognition, the food was still edible . "

"What can we do now? We still have almost a fortnight's journey ahead of us . What can we eat and drink?" Liu Bu asked .

With this question, everyone turned their eyes to Ren Xiaosu . In everyone's opinion, Ren Xiaosu was amazing at surviving in the wilderness . Didn't Ren Xiaosu catch a large fish?

However, Ren Xiaosu pointed to the rat at his feet . "Do y'all want to eat this?"

Everyone fell silent, but they knew they would definitely eat the rat if they were at their wits' end . This was the reality of things .

In fact, everyone in the convoy knew that Ren Xiaosu would definitely be unwilling to help them look for food . After all, the convoy did not provide Ren Xiaosu with any food before this . Not only did they ostracize him, they also deliberately made fun of him and constantly put him in difficult positions . As such, how could they expect that he'd help them find food?

Some people suddenly started to grumble in their heads about Liu Bu . 'What was wrong with giving Ren Xiaosu some food when there was plenty of provisions in the pickup? Look at how things have turned out . '



They had also never thought they would end up in this situation . Although they did not say anything at the time, they were all laughing when Liu Bu refused to provide Ren Xiaosu with any food .

Ren Xiaosu sneered in his mind at the time . 'It's every man for himself out here . '

"Let's take a break for now . At dawn, we'll pass straight through the canyon," Xu Xianchu decided . "Once we get out of here, we'll all have to be careful . Let's be sure that there's no more danger before we talk about food . One or two days isn't enough to make us die of hunger . "

When there was a shortage of food in town, Ren Xiaosu saw someone eating tree bark and roots . After that, they even ate soil before eventually dying .

Ren Xiaosu knew exactly what would happen to people when they got hungry . Right now, they would not eat the rat . But in another two days, they would get so desperate they would even eat soil .

At this moment, Yang Xiaojin went over to Ren Xiaosu and handed him a dagger . Ren Xiaosu was taken aback . "Are you giving that to me?"

"I'm just lending it to you," Yang Xiaojin said .

"Conditions?" Ren Xiaosu asked . These two people conducted themselves in a very straightforward manner . Love and hate didn't exist for no reason in this world, so there must be a reason why Yang Xiaojin was lending her dagger to Ren Xiaosu .

"Food," Yang Xiaojin said .



"Then it's not enough to just lend it to me . " Ren Xiaosu shook his head and said, "You'll have to give it to me . "

"Sure . " Yang Xiaojin turned around and left .

Ren Xiaosu was stunned . In fact, Yang Xiaojin had already planned to use the dagger as a trading condition right from the start . When she said that she would lend it to him, it was only to leave some room for negotiation .

Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry . He felt that he must be more careful when dealing with Yang Xiaojin in the future .

He inspected the dagger and could tell it was of much better quality than all of the metal weapons he had ever seen in Old Wang's grocery store . He figured this even though he did not understand much about knives .

Ren Xiaosu put the dagger back into its sheath and hid it up his sleeve . All of a sudden, Ren Xiaosu looked horrified . He looked above the cliff, and everyone followed his gaze . "What's that up there?"

Right as he finished speaking, the rattle of hard shells grinding against each other could be heard inside the canyon . Xu Xianchu shone a bright flashlight over his head and saw an uncountable black swarm of insects crawling down the cliff walls .

No one here had seen these bugs before . The patterns on the back of the black bug's shells resembled the human face . Their mandibles were opening and closing as they wildly rushed down at the group of people at the bottom of the cliff wall . It was as though they were following some sort of command, as some of them leaped from a height onto Ren Xiaosu and the others .

Ren Xiaosu pulled out his dagger and sliced apart a huge bug that had lunged for him . Then he shouted, "Run!"

"What the hell is that?!" Liu Bu was scared to death .Please download our sponsor's game to support us!