Chapter 381: Escape from Famine in the Ancient World 2
Chapter 381: Escape from Famine in the Ancient World 2
A year passed like this, and suddenly one day, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky, flames were flying everywhere, and two asteroids collided in the sky, and this plane was also affected.
After that day, the world began to suffer from various extreme natural disasters every day.
Either today a violent storm and heavy rain will flood the entire village, or the temperature will drop sharply the next day, with heavy snow and ice covering the entire village. Or the day after tomorrow the sun will be scorching hot, the rivers will dry up, and the land will crack.
Under the influence of this extreme weather, the world's ecosystem has completely collapsed and the entire earth has become barren.
Most villages and towns were destroyed, and large numbers of people died every day.
People like the original owner, who were from the lower class and treated like cattle and horses by her husband's family, were even more like ants.
Before the natural disaster, she was hungry every few days, and it was even worse after the disaster. Her mother-in-law Zhou Ahua was reluctant to waste a grain of rice on her.
When the original owner was hungry, she could only eat tree roots and bark to fill her stomach. After a few days, her body, which had already been abused frequently, finally collapsed.
But no one in her husband's family thought of saving her. Instead, they were gleefully preparing to eat her up and squeeze out the last bit of value from her.
Since the natural disaster, society has long lost its order, and human evil has been infinitely magnified. In order to survive, killing and snatching food and water have become commonplace.
It became common to eat one's own children and the dead in secret.
However, before Zhou Ahua's family could eat the original owner, she was kidnapped by a butcher from the neighboring village.
Do you think the butcher wanted to save her?
Uh... not really.
Their food had long been washed away by the flood, and they had been able to survive these few days only by stealing food from others.
They stole the original owner's body with the intention of eating it, and they successfully skinned and boned the original owner and roasted and ate him.
Originally they wanted to collect the original owner's bones to make soup, but they were stopped by a young man passing by.
The young man couldn't bear to see her die without a body, so he exchanged the two cakes on his body for the original owner's body, and then buried her properly.
The original owner suffered a lot of hardships and misfortunes throughout her life, but she still had good intentions. She didn't think about revenge, but she just couldn't bear to see millions of people continue to suffer from this natural disaster.
She wanted the world to come back to life, and the people could continue to live their previous happy, carefree, and joyful lives.
She was very grateful to the benefactor who buried her body, but she had no way to repay him.
She knew very well that she was ugly, and she had no intention of repaying kindness with enmity by giving herself to him. She only wished that her benefactor could live a long life and enjoy eternal peace.
Yesterday, there was heavy rain for a whole day and night, causing floods and claiming countless lives.
This morning the sun was high in the sky, and under the scorching sun of 50 to 60 degrees, the land that was already flooded became dry and cracked again in just one hour.
Under the extremely high temperature, the air became hot and distorted.
A heat wave hit her, and Yuyan seemed to see a tall man slowly walking towards her in a trance.
She pondered for two seconds, looked at herself, then looked at the butchers who were huddled together with their heads covered in blood, watching her every move in horror.
Then, before they could react, Yuyan quickly flew towards the man.
Even when he passed by those people, he did not forget to wipe the blood on their heads and smear it on his face.
She rushed to the man, grabbed his arm and cried for help miserably.
"Brother, help me! He, they are going to eat me."
Butchers: …………
Their eyes were as big as bells. Although this was their intention, in reality the operation failed, didn't it?
Xiao Ying took one look at Yu Yan's miserable condition, then looked at those ferocious men, and immediately became filled with heroism, and protected Yu Yan behind him.
Then he swiftly drew out his sword and confronted those people, while still giving them admonitions in a righteous manner.
"Brothers, although the world is in chaos and life is difficult, you can't eat your own relatives, right? How about this! I have three cakes here. If you don't mind, I will use these cakes to exchange for this girl. Is that okay?"
"All right."
The three butchers' eyes lit up instantly, and they nodded rapidly, saying yes repeatedly.
Yu Yan glared at the three men fiercely, scaring them so much that they shrank back into the corner again. Then she explained to Xiao Ying beside her.
"Brother, they are evil people who specialize in robbing delicate women and cooking or roasting them for food. Brother, you can tell from your martial arts prowess that you are a skilled fighter. Just kill them! This will prevent them from harming other people."
However, Xiao Ying disagreed with her statement, and instead sighed and defended them.
"Girl, this is the way the world is. Life is hard, and they are just forced to do so."
After saying that, he threw the three cakes on his body to those people and left with Yuyan.
Yuyan followed behind him, looked at his back, then turned back to look at the three butchers who were holding the pancakes as if they had been reborn, and said to the system.
"Let me send down lightning and strike them to death."
"Host, aren't you making things difficult for me? You know I can't send down thunder, and I can't strike them!"
"You are still as useless as ever! When you strike me, there's thunder, but when you strike others, it doesn't work. You are just bullying in your own circle!" Yuyan was angry.
"Host, the lightning that struck you was from heaven, not from me. I just want to be a commander in peace. Don't blame me for your brutal deeds." After saying that, he quickly escaped.
"waste……"
Yuyan had no choice but to give up in the end. She glanced at those people with a dim gaze, then quickly followed Xie Ying and left.
Yuyan followed Xie Ying for a long time. Along the way, they met many refugees who were ragged, pale and skinny.
Under the extreme natural disasters in the past few days, the number of people who survived is less than half of the original number.
Faced with such strong sunlight, most of the refugees gathered near some broken walls to rest.
At this time, they were avoiding the scorching sun while looking at the passers-by.
Whenever they see someone passing by, they will immediately stand up from the ground and stare at the passerby with eyes like wolves.
When Yu Yan and Xiao Ying walked by, the eyes of those people suddenly became eager.
However, after they caught a glimpse of the strong and healthy Xie Ying and the sword on his body, they immediately retracted their gazes and lay down again with lifeless eyes.
After getting away from the group of refugees, Xie Ying stopped. He took out a few cakes and a water bag from his bag and handed them to Yuyan, saying kindly.
"Girl, I have something important to do, so I can't escort you anymore. I'll leave these to you. Go find your relatives!"
Yuyan looked at the precious biscuit handed to her and couldn't help but sigh that this man was really a bit of a pushover.
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