Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

At this moment, Lin Xiaoyue only thought that if she settled down one day, she would buy a big house and move all the supplies in the space out.

Damn, these days, even space is unreliable.

Obviously, these are the things that one bought and "deposited" in the space, but the owner of the materials still has to look at the "mood" of the space before he can use his things... It's simply unfair.

She was so angry.

She really didn't like the feeling of being forced and held hostage. She could only say that what Space did this time had touched her minefield. She couldn't do anything about it now, but if she had the chance, she would never let anyone else hold her responsible, not even Space.

After taking a deep breath and trying to contact the space again to no avail, Lin Xiaoyue put the matter behind her. After all, she still had to rely on herself.

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There was no conversation all night. As the morning light faded, the sky gradually brightened and the surrounding scenery became clear.

People got up one after another to prepare for the day's rush. However, since there was a shortage of water and food, they did not dare to waste water on gargling and washing their faces. They only took a small sip of water and gargled it back and forth in their mouths, but they were reluctant to spit it out, so they swallowed it directly.

The wild mountains and ridges are a silent and desolate mountain area with only scattered wild grass and a large number of uprooted and fallen trees after being ravaged by the sandstorm.

Last night, everyone was too distracted to pay attention to the surrounding environment. When they woke up today, their minds that had been blown away by the storm returned to their minds. They saw a desolate scene, with large tracts of land covered in sand and becoming dry. The vegetation coverage rate decreased, leaving the surface exposed to the air without protection. The severe erosion made everyone feel sad.

"咴咴咴"

The silly mule was unhappy early in the morning because it was frightened last night and was not given any extra food to comfort it, so it was extremely unhappy at the moment.

As soon as the stupid mule saw Lin Xiaoyue approaching, it tactlessly broke free from the reins in Xiaocao's hands and kept moving towards Lin Xiaoyue. Xiaocao was so strong that he couldn't stop her at all and was almost tripped by her and fell headfirst.

Lin Xiaoyue saw the silly mule rubbing its dirty head against her. It hadn't been washed properly for many days, and the sour smell went straight into her nose, making her feel overwhelmed.

He raised his hand and hit the mule on the head. The mule shook its head in pain and cried out in pain. It looked so aggrieved.

Where's my snack? Where's my snack? Where's my snack?

Seeing that Lin Xiaoyue ignored it, the mule started walking away, and Lin Xiaoyue hurriedly followed her, shaking her head.

Ever since the sandstorm yesterday blew away all the heavy objects on its back, it has felt light and light-hearted, and it even looks light as it walks.

However, it didn't feel happy for long, because it found that no one had given it water last night, and even the bean cakes, vegetables, and bran were gone. Not only that, the worst thing was that its fruit snack... its fruit was gone too!

This left the mule dumbfounded.

Why?

Why don't you give it fruit?

You said you would give me fruit if I pulled something out, why didn't you give me fruit if I didn't want to? You didn't even tell me in advance, I was not mentally prepared.

Could it be that... now that the heavy things on my back are gone, these people just want to get rid of me? ? ?

It's not its fault that things were scraped away, why punish it???

The mule kept whining and followed Lin Xiaoyue anxiously, as if complaining and explaining.

Lin Xiaoyue didn't understand what he said. She just felt that this guy was making her feel anxious and confused, and she really wanted to use something to plug his mouth.

In fact, she did so, but she had no tools at hand, so she just picked up a lump of dry mud mixed with sand from the ground, and when the mule opened its mouth, she quickly stuffed the mud lump into the silly mule's mouth.

Then, when the mule was about to spit, he pinched the mule's mouth tightly and threatened in a cold voice, "Stop making noise, or I'll make you into donkey meat and eat you, huh?!"

The mule didn't understand, but that didn't stop it from sensing danger. Its desire to save lives surged, and it nodded decisively, nodding again and again.

Lin Xiaoyue: ...I've confirmed through his eyes that he is a cowardly mule.

Mule: ...I'm a good boy, I'm a good boy, I'm the best boy, really, really.

Xiaocao, who witnessed the whole interaction between Lin Xiaoyue and the mule, stared with his eyes wide open. He was full of admiration for Lin Xiaoyue's powerful aura that stood at the top of the food chain and looked down on all living things.

Lin Xiaoyue: Please take away that weird look of yours, it's creepy.

After brushing off the goose bumps on her body, Lin Xiaoyue walked over to help Old Man Lin sit on the backpack, then carried him on her back, called her family to set off, caught up with the team, and continued to cross mountains and rivers for the day.

However, what the group didn't know was that not long after they left, a pack of wild dogs jumped out of the dense forest. Each one looked sleek and slippery, and if you didn't look carefully, you could easily mistake them for wild wolves in the mountains.

The wild dogs looked ferocious, crawling on the ground and sniffing the air. One of them, whose body was shiny black, let out a short bark in the direction where Lin Xiaoyue and her group were leaving. The rest of the wild dogs, as if they had received an order, followed the black dog in the lead and quickly ran away.

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The team of more than 30 people was free of their baggage and went into battle lightly, but their steps were extremely heavy.

Everyone was like a punctured balloon, dragging their lead-filled legs weakly, climbing up the steep mountain road with difficulty, step by step.

However, just as they passed a steep slope and were about to reach the top, an ominous premonition suddenly filled everyone's heart.

The originally silent forest suddenly became restless, as if something ominous was about to break out of the forest.

Just as everyone was holding their breath, a group of fat and strong wild dogs, with bared teeth and drooling mouths, jumped out from the forest one after another, their eyes glowing with greed, their throats emitting low howls, and headed straight for the group of people.

The wild dogs had ferocious eyes, sharp teeth bared, and deep growls came from their mouths. They formed a semicircle and forced Lin Xiaoyue and her group onto a narrow mountain road.

Faced with the sudden attack, everyone felt panic and subconsciously raised their legs to escape, but except for the way back to the top of the mountain, there were ferocious and tall wild dogs with blood-red mouths all around.

"What...what should I do...it's so scary, I don't want to be here, I want to leave, I want to leave..." The headman's wife was so scared that she couldn't stop screaming.

The other women and children also began to tremble. They didn't know where to move their legs and feet. Their bodies were shaking like sieves, and tears of fear flowed unconsciously from their eyes.

The men protected the women and children in the middle. Although each of them had a weapon and was not helpless, they had never seen such a fierce situation before, and their hands holding the weapons could not help but tremble slightly.

"Don't panic, stay calm."