On the way to becoming the strongest, I first became a popular person.

"Why hasn't the alliance's army arrived yet?" Lan Yin was holding a child in her arms and looking at the terminal in her hand anxiously. When she found something wrong, she immediately sent a message to the federal defense center, but they haven't shown up yet.

How can they be so slow?

Unless... unless this area has already fallen, and there is not just one star beast that broke in, but... a group. This is not an accident, but an attack deliberately launched by the star beasts.

There must have been a big problem on the front line... otherwise they would not have been able to attack the main planet.

She took a deep breath, tried to suppress the shock and fear in her heart, and patted the child in her arms who was trembling and crying softly.

No, let’s put the child back into the protective cave first. It’s too dangerous outside and it’s not safe to take her with us. We’ll come out and look for other people when the time comes.

She hid in the corner, watching the star beast outside still gnawing at another corpse. She carefully took a long detour and quickly ran towards the protective cave with the girl.

……

In the abandoned old building, a thin girl hid in an inconspicuous corner. From another room separated by a wall, there came the sound of sharp fangs biting flesh and blood, accompanied by the creepy sound of breaking bones and greedy swallowing, which seemed particularly terrifying in this dead silent space.

She covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from making any sound. Tears fell like pearls from a broken string, soaking her thin clothes.

Run, she must run, she can't die here, she has to live.

She had promised Seventeen that she would live well. The director had taught them that they should not break their promises to others and should not be bad children.

She wiped her tears with her rough clothes, leaving red marks on her face. She forced herself to hold back her tears, and while the star beast was devouring her flesh and blood, she quietly moved a stool and placed it under the window on the other side. She climbed up with great effort, and then, trying not to make any sound, she slowly grasped the window sill and carefully reached the ground with her feet.

After landing carefully, she ran quickly towards the protective cave.

There was only one thought in her mind: run!

Run, run, don't stop!

The danger behind her was like a surging tide that could drown her at any time. She must not stop. She just had to reach the protective cave, where she would be safe.

However, when she came to the door of the protective cave, she hesitated. The heavy metal door was covered with ugly scratches, and there was a big hole in the middle. The sound of chewing flesh came from inside, exactly the same as she had heard before.

Eleven seemed to have foreseen some horrible scene. His pupils suddenly shrank and he almost screamed. He quickly raised his hands to cover his mouth tightly, looking forward with trembling body.

Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, she slowly walked to the door and carefully looked inside through the big hole.

However, there is no hope, and the reality is always countless times more cruel than imagination.

In that not very large protective cave, it was filled with mutilated corpses. A giant green beast shaped like a lizard was lying on a pile of corpses and eating. The scene was like Asura Hell.

I saw countless corpses lying on the ground, their limbs were broken, broken arms and legs were twisted at weird angles, white bones sticking out from torn muscles, some still hanging with strands of tendons.

They were like rag dolls that had been discarded wantonly. Their torn old clothes were soaked in blood and stuck to their bodies so tightly that their original color could no longer be distinguished. The blood flowed freely on the ground, gathering into a dark red pool of blood.

Her heart trembled suddenly and she subconsciously took a half step back, but her eyes suddenly met a head not far from the cave entrance.

The usually gentle and resolute face was extremely terrifying at this moment, his eyes were wide open, and his eyes were filled with the fear and despair before death.

His lips were purple and slightly open, as if he was still screaming his last scream. His hair was scattered messily on his blood-stained face, making it almost impossible to distinguish his original appearance. But she recognized him at a glance.

That is Number One, the eldest sister in the orphanage. Although she lost her right leg and has difficulty moving, she often takes the initiative to help the director and others share chores and takes care of them the best.

Her gaze slowly moved down and she saw another familiar face, it was Eighty-two. They had just separated not long ago.

The star beast inside seemed to have noticed something and turned its head suddenly. It was still chewing a broken leg in its mouth. Sticky scarlet blood dripped down its chin onto the other corpses and merged into the pool of blood below.

It glared outside fiercely and let out a roar.

However, there was nothing at the door except one or two pieces of dry grass blown by the breeze. After observing for a moment and seeing nothing unusual, it turned back and continued to enjoy its food, making a "gurgling" sound from its mouth.

Eleven leaned against the wall near the door, tremblingly covering his mouth with his hands, tears flowing uncontrollably again.

Dead, they are all dead.

why?

She had never seen that star beast before, so where did it come from? How could it break through the protective cave and get in? Wasn't it said that it was safe in there?

Why? Why? Why on earth?

No, run, she has to run!

She couldn't stay here any longer. That star beast was obviously much stronger than the previous two. She had to leave.

She wiped the tears from her face and ran madly in the other direction.

……

eleven?

That direction was a protective cave, why didn't she stay inside but ran out instead?

Lan Yin was running quickly towards the protective cave with the child in her arms. When she saw Eleven coming towards her, she felt a little confused and had a bad feeling. She slowed down her steps and subconsciously wanted to stop.

At this moment, there was a sound of breaking wind behind him, accompanied by a foul and pungent smell of blood.

She had no time to dodge and subconsciously held the child in her arms tightly.

However, the next second, a huge force came from the side and someone pushed her hard.

Lan Yin rolled on the ground a few times holding the child, then quickly got up and turned to look back at the place where she had been.

I saw a familiar figure standing there, with a white tail as sharp as a scimitar piercing her heart, and blood gushing out like a flood, staining the gray clothes in front of her red.

Its lips trembled, as if it wanted to say something, but it could only make a faint "cluck" sound. The thorn in its tail flashed a cold light in the sunlight, like the ruthless scythe of the god of death.

"Chen Xiao!"

"Teacher Chen!"

Chen Xiao blinked with difficulty and looked at the three people over there. Her vision began to blur. She tried her best but only uttered a weak voice: "...Run...quickly..."

It seems like she is really going to die this time. She used to laugh at Lan Yin for being stupid, but isn’t she a fool herself?

She slowly lowered her head and looked at her heart. Her eyes gradually lost their luster and her face turned pale.

The last thought before death is not complaints and regrets about the past life, nor is it regret for standing up and sacrificing one's life.

But:

That voucher ticket...is broken...