Lu Dangui's voice was cool: "I see it, the sky is blue, the land is blue, and the air is blue too."

Xia Chuhe withdrew his gaze, and as far as the eye could see, the world seemed to be covered with a blue filter, and this filter was getting thicker and thicker.

"Run!" Xia Chuhe felt extremely tired.

A soft, delicate hand touched the back of Xia Chuhe's hand, then grasped it tightly without hesitation and ran with her.

This captivating blue hue did not soften its heart and let them go just because they ran away.

Xia Chuhe's vision was gradually invaded by the blue.

"Stop." Xia Chuhe and the owner of the hands slowed down at the same time. "It moves, just like a carrot. No matter where we run, we can't escape its hunting range."

Exhaustion and relaxation, two completely opposite feelings, intertwined and clung to Xia Chuhe. It was as if she had just finished a painstaking thesis defense and worked almost all night.

Now is the time to relax after being exhausted to the extreme.

Xia Chuhe wanted to sleep, and perhaps he would never wake up again.

Xia Chuhe knew perfectly well that this was a plant's conspiracy, its hunting tactic. But her body craved the feeling of relaxation, and she recklessly indulged in it.

Xia Chuhe sat cross-legged on the ground and chatted with Lu Dangui about trivial matters: "I don't think I've ever told you that I come from another world."

“You said it,” Lu Dangui said, “that the upper class and us are from two different worlds.”

"So tired..." Xia Chuhe lay on the ground. From the first day she entered the wasteland, she had been busy surviving and making money. Even corporate slaves could work six days a week and rest one day a week. Wastelanders were even worse off than corporate slaves.

Lu Dangui seemed to be affected by her exhaustion as well, and she slowly said, "Everything is predestined, just like our meeting."

The blue completely filled Xia Chuhe's eyes, and she could no longer see.

A vast emptiness enveloped Xia Chuhe, the air grew still, and she didn't know when death would come: "Have you ever tried it? The life of a blind person."

Lu Dangui shook her head, then remembered that Xia Chuhe couldn't see, so she added, "No, there are no blind people among the evolved beings."

One of the fundamental evolutions of evolved beings is the ability to see in the dark, so there are no people who are born blind. If blindness is caused by acquired factors, then death is not far away.

Xia Chuhe stretched and said, "I've tried living with my eyes closed. I couldn't stand it for more than an hour. It wasn't because it was inconvenient, but because... it felt empty."

Black is different from the color when your eyes are closed.

Black has color, but when you close your eyes, there is no color, only nothingness. Nothingness easily breeds fear.

Now, blue is not blue, but nothingness.

For Xia Chuhe, nothingness was more unbearable than death.

Xia Chuhe placed her hands comfortably at her sides, and the blazing flames spread around her, precisely bypassing Lu Dangui, and recklessly staining the void with a strong crimson and fiery aura.

The blue slowly faded from Xia Chuhe's eyes, and a blue blade of grass raced wildly in the flames.

Xia Chuhe gathered the flames and pursued relentlessly, while Lancao, like a thief caught in the act, desperately fled.

Lu Danggui threw the iron hairpin with all her might, and the hairpin accurately hit the stem of the blue grass, pinning it firmly to the ground.

Blue sap slowly oozes from the punctured part of the stem.

The blue grass struggled weaker and weaker until it finally stopped moving, and the blue flowers turned purplish-red.

Xia Chuhe stepped forward, picked up the indigo plant, and examined it carefully: "It looks a bit like indigo."

Lu Danggui: "Never heard of it."

There is a saying, "Indigo comes from the indigo plant," which literally means that indigo is extracted from the indigo plant, whose scientific name is Polygonum tinctorium.

"The surface meaning? What about the deeper meaning?"

"The deeper meaning is..."

Halfway through Xia Chuhe's little class, Li Qiusheng's upper body emerged from the soil.

Li Qiusheng hugged Xia Chuhe's leg and cried, "Waaaaah, boss, I thought I'd never see you again."

Xia Chuhe struggled to pull his leg out: "Speak properly!"

"Waaaaah! I just ran out and I couldn't see anything anymore, and then I bumped into something. My head hurts so much, I was so scared!" Li Qiusheng wailed.

Xia Chuhe ignored her.

Lu Danggui ignored her completely.

Li Qiusheng howled for a while, then, finding it pointless, wiped his face and fell silent: "Where's Mao Mao?"

"I don't know, let's go back and look for it."

Xia Chuhe opened the farm map and glanced at it. Her and Lu Danggui's travel route was roughly an arc.

After walking back along the way they came, the three of them found Zhao Maomao lying dead on the ground.

Li Qiusheng squatted down and felt around Zhao Maomao's neck: "Still alive."

Li Qiusheng pushed him: "Stop pretending to be dead, get up quickly."

Zhao Maomao did not react.

Xia Chuhe also squatted down and pinched Zhao Maomao's philtrum repeatedly.

Zhao Maomao groaned and slowly woke up.

"Are you alright?" Xia Chuhe asked.

Zhao Maomao rubbed her head: "It's okay, just a little dizzy. I suddenly couldn't see anything, and I was afraid of bumping into something, so I quickly squatted down. Then some monster suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It was incredibly strong and knocked me over in one go."

Xia Chuhe glanced at Zhao Maomao's swollen forehead, then at Li Qiusheng's flushed forehead...

Li Qiusheng was confused. Why was the boss looking at me like that?

Xia Chuhe covered his mouth: "Let's rest for a bit before continuing."

Xia Chuhe started a fire on the spot and roasted some corn and eggs.

As the corn husks are roasted over a flame, they slowly turn charred and crispy, releasing a slightly smoky and sweet aroma.

The three inexperienced individuals immediately focused their attention on the roasted corn.

Xia Chuhe took out a few cups from the farm warehouse and poured water for the group.

Xia Chuhe clinked glasses with Li Qiusheng: "Cheers!"

This simple action seemed to trigger a switch, and Li Qiusheng was suddenly filled with boundless pride.

She downed the water in her glass in one gulp and tapped Xia Chuhe's glass against her empty one: "What does this mean?"

Xia Chuhe smiled and said, "It's a mysterious ritual to celebrate."

Li Qiusheng seemed lost in thought. She then clinked her empty cup against Xia Chuhe's: "Cheers! Long live freedom!"

Li Qiusheng held the empty cup, feeling a little aggrieved.

Xia Chuhe chuckled and tossed her a whole bottle of water.

Li Qiusheng picked up the water, his expression suddenly changed drastically: "It seems like something is coming?"

Xia Chuhe pressed her ear to the ground and heard the ground shaking.

Xia Chuhe quickly gathered up the half-roasted eggs and corn, the sound growing closer.

"Get down!"

Lu Dangui roared and tackled Xia Chuhe to the ground.

Countless tiny black dots rained down on the four people.