The Rise of the Star Panda

Chapter 397 Helpless
Fortunately, the weather was not particularly cold. Not only was it not cold when I slept next to the fire, I was also slightly sweaty.

Even so, there are still old people and children who are sick. Fortunately, they only have low-grade fevers. Even if there is no medicine, they will be almost better after warming themselves by the fire and sleeping.

The problem today is that everyone is running out of food.

There were only a few people like Tang Tang who packed a backpack with food. Most people fled in a hurry and didn't bring any food with them. So inevitably, they needed to find something to eat before hitting the road.

My uncle knew the layout of the Magic City better, so he was used as a guide to lead a group of space soldiers out to search for supplies.

Worried that there would be an attack by beasts here, Yan Chengjun deliberately left a few space soldiers here.

Although Tang Tang was worried, he also knew that it would be impossible not to go, and since he had sprained his foot, it would only be a hindrance if he insisted on following.

Because someone had a cold, the hot water on the fire was kept running. There is no medicine, so I can only drink more hot water.

"I feel so useless." When Tang Tang looked at the entrance of the cave, Mu Yao suddenly said at the side.

"Why do you say that?" Tang Tang was a little helpless, "If you, the person who saved your brother from the beast, are useless, wouldn't it be even more useless for me, who sprained my foot and had to be carried on my back to escape?"

Mu Yao lowered her head. Tang Tang couldn't see her face, but saw big tears falling to the ground.

"My grades in science back then were very good. Although I couldn't even pass Chinese and English, I often got full marks in math, and my deductions for physics and chemistry were never more than five points. At that time, my teachers and parents wanted me to take part in the Olympiad. I wanted to take the recommended route, but I just didn’t want to. I didn’t want to be a doctor, a lawyer, or a researcher. I didn’t want to follow any path they set for me. I just liked makeup, so I chose to go to college instead of going to college. I studied makeup at a beauty college. I always felt that my decision was right and that I was shining in my field of work. But now... I can't help but think about how great it would be if I were a doctor or a researcher, at least. As a technical worker, I can get a high salary at the base, so that my brother and the others don’t have to join the construction team one by one, and they won’t be the first to be cannon fodder when the beasts attack.”

Tang Tang was silent, Mu Yao was telling the truth.

Because of the family business, the cousins ​​of the Mu family all studied majors such as financial management, and those majors were of no use at the base. For this reason, in order to earn more food, they all chose to join the construction team.

On the contrary, although the Mu Yao sisters also went to the construction team, they were responsible for cooking for the construction team and did not leave the base, so their safety was better guaranteed.

If not, grandma and Mu Yao's sister and brother would not have been the only ones who survived in the Mu family.

but……

"People have to look forward." Tang Tang said: "You should live well even for the sake of the people who died."

"I know." Mu Yao lowered her head and said, "I know everything." But I still feel uncomfortable.

She didn't say this, but Tang Tang could guess it.

She didn't say words of comfort because she knew it would be useless.

There are many things in this world that you need to handle on your own.

The sky gradually darkened, and there were faint sounds of footsteps. Everyone in the air-raid shelter stood up one after another. Some people went to get weapons, and some hid food. Everyone looked outside the cave nervously and expectantly.

——Outside the base, even if they are of the same kind, it does not mean they are safe.

Yan Chengjun's face appeared first, and everyone was obviously relieved.

"You are finally back!"

"You're not in danger, are you?"

"You're not hurt, are you?"

Some people came forward to say hello, while others did not speak and looked at everyone carefully. Tang Tang looked at his uncle first. He was the only ordinary person in the team.

"Dad!" Yi Yi rushed over.

The uncle picked up his son, then looked at Tang Tang and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Chengjun has always been standing in front of me. I haven't encountered any danger."

Tang Tang breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Yan Chengjun.

Yan Chengjun also strode over and handed over a bulging mountaineering bag.

Tang Tang took it and his hand suddenly sank.

"Why is it so heavy?" She was a little surprised.

Yan Chengjun smiled bitterly and said: "Half of it is potatoes and sweet potatoes, and some corn. This is a suburb, and there are not many shops. There are not even fish in the pond. They must have been plundered by insects. There are only these crops, and insects I don’t like them all.”

He originally thought that there should be a small supermarket in this kind of suburb. He didn't want to look for it but found it, but it was all empty.

Although officials try their best to move people into the base, it is inevitable that some people are left out, or some people are unwilling to enter the base for various reasons.

In this way, these small supermarkets in the suburbs have become the primary targets of these survivors.

He originally wanted to find some food for Tangtang, such as instant noodles or self-heating hot pot rice, so that she would not be reluctant to eat it herself and give it to him, but...

"These are not bad." Tang Tang said: "Potatoes and sweet potatoes can be eaten by throwing them into the fire. As for these corns, they are also very tender and can be eaten by boiling them in water."

The hiking bag Yan Chengjun was carrying was very large. It probably held thirty to fifty kilograms, which was enough for them to eat for several days.

The food was found, and then it was on the road.

It was only then that Tang Tang began to truly understand the creature Kunzhu. Body parts similar to those of insects, but thousands of times larger.

They either have great strength, or have extraordinary speed, or have wings to fly in the sky, or can travel underground.

This is a power that is completely beyond the reach of normal humans.

The space force's confrontation with them also bears risks that are unimaginable by ordinary people.

Tang Tang put a gun under his backpack and a box of bullets given by Yan Chengjun. She tried shooting the insects, but found that the bullets not only failed to cause damage but even rebounded when they hit the insects.

Only by shooting at their weak points can the beasts be harmed.

Yes, cause damage, not kill them.

If Tang Tang shoots, it will also attract the attention of other beasts, which will force Yan Chengjun to spend more effort to protect her.

So, after a few times, she stopped trying to "help."

She realized that the only way she could help Yan Chengjun was by doing nothing at this time.

After a small-scale battle, everyone found a shady foot of the mountain to rest. Yan Chengjun was injured. A mantis-like beast slashed his back, and a large amount of blood spattered out.

Looking at it at this time, his entire back was bloody.