Wang Lan let out a satisfying burp, feeling refreshed and relaxed. The swift and swift eating had completely eradicated his hunger, and even the fatigue from a long day had vanished.

But before he could even finish burping, he noticed that the hunters, who had been busy at work, were now pouncing on him like wolves, their eyes looking as if they wanted to devour him whole.

Wang Lan was startled and instinctively tried to assume a defensive posture, but the hunters outnumbered him and quickly pinned him against the cave wall.

"What are you trying to do?!"

Sun Muchen received the same treatment, but her mouth was stuffed full of food, so she couldn't speak at all. However, she saw through the hunters' intentions and began to chew heartily.

The hunters took away all the food that the two hadn't finished eating.

This really worried Wang Lan. "Are you guys so stingy? Aren't we a team? I haven't even finished eating yet!"

“Good heavens,” a hunter said, pointing to the garbage bags on the ground, “did you starve to death in your past life? How much of this have you eaten?!”

Wang Lan: "Hiccup..."

I don't know if I starved to death in my past life, but I was definitely starving to death just now.

From morning until now, except for falling asleep due to a headache, Wang Lan has been busy the whole time. Both her physical strength and her tolerance for hunger have reached their limits, or even exceeded them. Now that she sees food, she can't help but feel tempted.

Of course, the hunters' food was indeed delicious, including sugar cubes and fried meat, which were extremely rare items in the safe zone.

Wang Lan hasn't eaten anything delicious in a long time; the last time she did was when Aunt Yang was still alive.

Even in the safe zone, hunters can't have a good meal every day, because hunting is not easy. Sometimes they are unlucky and may not catch any prey for ten days or half a month, and can only eat wild vegetables and tree roots.

Especially under the strict control of the final fortress, the animals in the safe zone always seemed to be few in number. If it weren't for the emergence of the infectious virus, they would never have known that there were so many animals.

The hunters released the brother and sister, then sorted through the food. Afterwards, they looked at Bin with long faces and said, "It's over, big brother, this brat ate all the good food."

Yu Bin hurriedly went over to check, but what he saw made his face turn purple.

These two siblings really only pick the best food to eat. The candy and fried meat were things he had traded for in the final fortress after the last Eternal Night. It was a delicacy that he could never enjoy in the safe zone, and he usually couldn't bear to eat them. But unexpectedly, the two of them ate them all in a short time!

I'll kill you!

Yu Bin was instantly enraged and grabbed a large knife, ready to charge over.

"Wait!" Sun Muchen hurriedly waved his hands and said, "We're still children!"

Yu Bin: "Whose child eats like a damn animal?"

Sun Muchen quickly added, "The situation with the Eternal Night virus is already extremely bad. Fighting each other will only lead us to our destruction. It is precisely at times like this that we should put aside our past grievances and unite!"

Yu Bin looked on with a puzzled expression. "Past grudges? What past grudges?"

"I was annoyed when I saw you eating your food a few minutes ago."

Yu Bin: "..."

You two siblings are just alike, each more infuriating than the other.

The current situation is that danger lurks everywhere, day and night. Wang Lan's strength should not be underestimated; otherwise, he wouldn't have earned the title of "Hunter" at such a young age. Now is the time when he needs manpower, so he has no choice but to hold back.

So he threw down the machete, stomped his foot heavily, and sighed.

Seeing that the danger had passed, Sun Muchen exchanged a glance with Wang Lan, then leaned over and asked, "I've heard about you. Aren't you on good terms with the Final Fortress? Is this all the good food you're after?"

Yu Bin's eyes widened as he stared at Sun Muchen in disbelief. "What, you're not full? Want to eat more?"

“That’s not it…” Sun Muchen licked his lips and said, “I just thought that since you have connections with the Final Fortress, you should have no shortage of good food and drink, but judging from the amount of food, it seems a bit small.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Bin sighed and said, "Alas, you don't know that I haven't had any contact with the Final Fortress in the past year."

"Oh..." Sun Muchen suddenly realized, "So you were dumped!"

"Nonsense!" Yu Bin explained, "In fact, I haven't seen anyone from the Final Fortress since I met them once after the Eternal Night last year."

These words immediately caught Wang Lan's attention.

He realized that the border wall had been damaged by the impact, yet the final fortress had ignored it. Now it seemed that this was because no one from the final fortress had come out in the past year, let alone know anything about the situation on the other side of the border wall.

At this point, Yu Bin spoke up again, “Actually, this situation is quite strange. I’ve tried to find the final fortress several times this year, but each time no one even bothered to talk to me. Especially in the last month, I’ve noticed that the number of infected people has increased. I wanted to ask what was going on, but I didn’t expect to be turned away again.”

That's a bit unreasonable.

Although the final fortress doesn't interfere much with the affairs of civilians in the safe zone, it will still step in to stop the situation if it gets out of control.

However, the Fortress ultimately did nothing regarding this infectious virus.

Wang Lan couldn't help but wonder.

If keeping the lights on every night means that everything in the final fortress is normal, then there's only one possibility left.

First of all, they couldn't possibly be unaware of what was happening outside, and since they knew but didn't do anything about it, it means that the final fortress is likely to abandon the civilians.

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