Chapter 37 Plan

The four of them had a clear division of labor: Wen Le handled the ingredients, while Xu Dongdong and the others went to collect things that could be used for cooking so as not to delay the fire and cooking. Their main task was to take care of the three children, fearing they might feel unwell.

Xu Dongdong wailed, "The school is so cruel! They even confiscated the alcohol stove." He was also unsure: could something cooked in garbage be eaten? Was he sure it wasn't poisonous?

Wen Le glanced at him and said, "If you really don't want to, then let's switch. You kill the rats and I'll find something flammable."

Xu Dongdong quickly waved his hand: "I think it's fine like this now." Forget about killing mice or anything like that, he really doesn't appreciate it.

Lily raised her hand and slapped him: "You talk too much nonsense." Then she asked Wen Le, "Are you sure you can do it alone? How about I stay and help?"

"No need, I can handle it by myself." Wen Le said, "You guys should go and come back quickly. If you don't find anything to burn, come back early." It is estimated that there will be another storm soon, and they cannot stay outside for too long.

Lily nodded: "I understand."

…

After some effort, the four of them finally had dinner and lunch. Although it was a small amount of food and each person could only get a little, it was not enough to fill them up, but having something to eat was better than going hungry.

Xu Dongdong forced himself to swallow the roasted mouse with tears in his eyes. Although the taste was so bad that he wanted to vomit, he still held it in. This might be their food for the whole day. If he vomited it all, he would be even hungrier later. Plus, he would be hungry all night. Just thinking about it made him feel dizzy.

Wen Le was probably the one who had adapted the best among the group. It had to be said that people's adaptability was truly remarkable. A few months ago, Wen Le's performance was probably even worse than Xu Dongdong and the others', but after spending some time in the safe zone, he managed to eat these dishes without batting an eyelid. He was even in a mood to savor the taste: "Actually, this roasted rat is quite tender. If it were seasoned with chili peppers or cumin, it would probably be delicious."

Suddenly, Xu Dongdong and the others looked at him with strange eyes, even Lily looked at him with an indescribable expression. Xu Dongdong covered his mouth as if he had a toothache, and almost squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Stop talking, I'm really going to vomit if you say anything more." Can't people eat properly? The more he talked, the more disgusting it became. Imagine a little mouse with its eyes open being smeared with chili powder and roasted on a fire... He couldn't stop imagining things... So Xu Dongdong really cried, it was too horrifying.

Their principal is really sick!

Why do we have to do a field training when everything is fine? Aren’t you just bored?

So Xu Dongdong stuffed roasted rat into her mouth while crying and mumbling, "I think I will definitely lose ten pounds after this field training! Do you think it's easy for me to gain this little weight? Wuuwuwu..."

Li Zhenzhen, who couldn't stand it anymore, couldn't help but complain: "To be honest, it's really not easy to gain so much weight like you." I've never seen a classmate fatter than you in my life.

Looking at Xu Dongdong's miserable appearance with tears on her face, Wen Le forced himself not to laugh, for he was really afraid that laughing would make the little fat boy even more upset.

Lily looked at Jin Cancan with envy as he ate pet food nearby. She couldn't understand why a cat could eat better than them. Don't think she didn't smell how delicious the pet food was! If it weren't for her pride, she really wanted to grab it.

Because this rat meat is really disgusting and the taste is simply inhuman!

After finally finishing this unforgettable lunch, the four of them were about to go out and try their luck and bring back something, but a storm started outside. They had no choice but to retreat.

"We can't go on like this. If we can't pick up anything, we'll lose," Xu Dongdong said impatiently. "How about we carry this rack away?" As he spoke, he patted the metal rack that supported the sky and the earth. He had suffered so much in this damn place, and it would be really unfair to himself if he didn't take anything with him when he left.

"What if this place collapses? Who will save us then?" Lily asked in her daily routine.

"You're stupid. When the time comes, let the teachers move it. We can just mark the shelf and it will be fine." Xu Dongdong said without thinking. The school is torturing them, so they can find something to do for the school. This is called "not returning the favor."

This idea was unanimously agreed upon by the other three people, which showed that everyone was also resentful about this sudden wild training. Anyone who had a good vacation taken up like this and was thrown into such a place would have some thoughts in his mind.

"What if this shelf is not valuable?" Li Zhenzhen said.

"Then go and rob others. There will always be a team that picks up valuable things." Lily said with great dominance.

Wen Le: “…” The tone of this female bandit really fits her Tyrannosaurus Rex personality.

"That's great!" Xu Dongdong expressed his full support for this. He was not a person who would settle down to his lot. When he had nothing to do, he would always think of doing something to have fun. Now that he was supported in doing something, he couldn't help but have fun.

Li Zhenzhen was a little hesitant: "Isn't this a bad idea?" She always felt that directly snatching things from others was a bad behavior.

"There's nothing wrong with it," Xu Dongdong said. "Since the school has a ranking system, isn't it just for us to compete with each other? How can we possibly get first place if we don't compete? Otherwise, in two days, if you pick up a bunch of banana peels and hand them in, maybe the teacher will even praise you for protecting the environment."

"What's wrong with banana peels? Don't look down on them. Banana peels can be used as fertilizer." Li Zhenzhen replied.

"Yeah, yeah, a lot of garbage can be recycled, but what's the result?" Xu Dongdong pointed toward the cave entrance. "It's all household garbage."

Logically speaking, these are recyclable and made of degradable materials during production, so there shouldn't be so much garbage.

However, as resources become more abundant, these garbages are increasing day by day. The once abandoned planet was also a habitable planet, but it has become what it is today due to various human factors.

Interstellar law clearly stipulates that anyone who destroys a habitable planet into an uninhabitable one will automatically have their citizenship downgraded, and in serious cases, their citizenship will be revoked.

In other words, the people on abandoned planets were once legal citizens, but they became so-called illegal immigrants as punishment for destroying the environment and making it uninhabitable. Isn't this a harsh punishment? Yet, many planets still don't take it seriously.

However, they dare not openly dispose of the garbage, so they secretly throw the domestic garbage to the abandoned planet, because it costs money to turn domestic garbage into recyclable resources. With ready-made resources available, who would be willing to collect these garbage and reuse them?

Everyone probably thought of this, so they fell silent when they heard Xu Dongdong's words. This topic was a bit heavy.

At this time, Jin Cancan's howl broke the solemn atmosphere, and Wen Le realized that the pet food in its bowl had been eaten.

When Jin Cancan saw that Wen Le noticed her, she pushed her food bowl towards him with her paw. Wen Le immediately understood and quickly took out a wet towel to wipe the bowl. Only then did Jin Cancan lie back down in satisfaction.

Lily glanced at the large lump and said, "Wen Le, you're spoiling it too much. You're treating it like a son. Look at it, it's so fat lately that wrinkles are forming on its body."

Wen Le smiled and said nothing, but he was complaining in his heart. If the system hadn't said that this thing might transform soon and asked him to replenish it with as much energy as possible, would it have thought he wanted to feed it like this?

Pet food is expensive!

Lily looked at Jin Cancan and thought to herself that when she returned, she would persuade Wen Le to send it to her mother's group and let Aunt Jasmine train it well. In her opinion, a pet should act like a pet, and Wen Le was still too soft-hearted.

…

"The target has appeared, everyone take cover!" Lily's voice came from the communicator.

The school had issued each student one communicator, originally intended for them to use to call for help so that nearby classmates could rush over. However, Lily had tinkered with it, creating a separate encrypted channel just for the four of them.

When Lily and her friends planned to rob their classmates, they started to think about this communicator. In Lily's words, it was too insecure not to have an independent channel belonging to their team. What if they accidentally touched it and turned on the talking mode, wouldn't their entire plan be exposed?

Wen Le was not in favor of the robbery at first, as he always felt that it was too unfair. It felt as awkward as a junior high school student "borrowing money" from an elementary school student. As a flower growing up under the red flag, he was taught to be friendly to his classmates, but there was no such thing as cheating classmates.

But he has no final say, he can only execute.

Lily tried to comfort him: "Even if we don't rob others, they will do the same. This is the rule of survival on the Abandoned Star. You have to adapt to it."

Xu Dongdong once asked Lily privately why she said these words to Wen Le, as this was not her character.

Lily thought for a moment and said, "Because there are fewer and fewer people like him on Abandoned Star with principles, I want to protect him." Everyone is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and who knows when they'll sell out their friends for personal gain. Although Wen Le has a soft temper and might sometimes seem like a hindrance, it's safe to have someone like him around. There's no need to worry about him stabbing you in the back, and he'll do his best to help you when you're in trouble.

This is also why everyone hates the Virgin Mary, but at the same time hopes to have such a person around them, because it is a very happy thing.