"Brother, brother! Be gentle, you're... you're hurting me!"

"Just bear with it for a while, just bear with it for a while, it will be in soon!"

"Hurry, lift it up! It's coming out!"

The young man squeezed the blood from the girl's finger and dripped it onto the edge of a small hole in the mound. When he saw a white shadow swaying inside, he quickly lifted the girl's wrist.

The boy is called Ye Yun and the girl is called An Lan, and they are residents of District 127.

Not far away is the Jiangnan Nature Reserve, which is divided into 8 inner layers and 8 outer layers. Each layer has 8 areas in eight directions, and each area is separated by a high wall.

From this distribution pattern, it can be seen that Area 127 where Ye Yun and An Lan are located is the outermost 16th layer.

This place is undoubtedly the most dangerous, commonly known as the cannon fodder area. The people here have no security guarantees and are at risk of attacks from terrifying creatures entering the wilderness at any time.

But it is much better than the wilderness. At least there are night watchmen guarding here to prevent the danger from spreading further. For ordinary people in the wilderness, even if they have a hundred lives, it will not be enough.

As for Ye Yun and An Lan, two orphans, they just gathered together in the cannon fodder area to keep each other warm.

Today they were lucky enough to find a nest of white pig worms. After the contamination was removed, the worms tasted very delicious and were a top-notch delicacy that only the rich in the inner city could afford.

The white pig worms are fat, white and tender, with a good sense of smell but no eyes or ears. They like to drink the blood of young girls the most, so Ye Yun didn't care about feeling sorry for his little sister. If he caught this whole nest and sold the money to buy food, it would be enough for them to eat for ten days. If he saved some, he could eat for a month.

"Brother, it's getting dark, let's hurry."

An Lan looked at the sky worriedly.

Ye Yun's expression was also very solemn: "Don't worry, the white pig worm will come out soon."

He was also very anxious at this time. There was still half an hour before dark, and it would take them ten minutes to get back to Area 127.

But as a brother, he couldn't panic, but his slightly trembling hands betrayed him.

"Brother, why don't we come back tomorrow."

"No! This nest of white pig worms must have been made this afternoon. After tonight, I don't know what will eat it.

Besides, this place is so close to Area 127. What if some scavenger finds it before us tomorrow? Even if we catch three white pigworms, the food we get in exchange for them would be enough for the two of us to eat for a month!

"But...Okay, brother, if we haven't caught anything in ten minutes, we must go back!" An Lan gritted his teeth.

Ye Yun nodded heavily: "Of course, don't worry, I will leave at least 20 minutes for the return!"

"Um."

An Lan stopped talking and lay quietly on the ground. He opened an old mobile phone with a broken screen and checked the time and the battery level. His heart suddenly tightened and he muttered to himself.

"There are 13 batteries left, and one battery is missing."

Electricity is a very scarce resource nowadays. For these low-level cannon fodders, charging their mobile phones is a considerable expense.

The mobile phones collected now are basically found by scavengers in the old city, or are inherited from their ancestors. However, these scavengers come out to pick up rubbish just to check the time, or to send messages with the help of the communication base station in the Jiangnan Nature Reserve. They don’t use other functions. Of course, the current signal cannot be used for other functions.

As for buying a new one, it's just a thought. An Lan wouldn't dare to do it even in his dreams. I heard that few people in the inner eight cities can afford to buy a new mobile phone.

Normally, An Lan is reluctant to turn on the phone, so it is always turned off. Today, it was only because of a special situation that he was willing to turn it on.

"There are still 26 minutes and 42 seconds until night falls." An Lan turned off his cell phone and stared at the pile of earth under his finger.

Of course she also wanted to catch white pig worms. If she caught these worms, she could sell them for a hundred dollars each!

"I really don't know why those people in the Inner Eight Cities are so stupid as to spend 100 yuan to buy a bug." An Lan muttered in her heart. In her opinion, the bug was only the size of a thumb and was not even as full as a mouthful of potato. She really couldn't understand why those people would spend so much money to buy it.

"It's out!" Ye Yun, who was standing aside, suddenly said excitedly in a low voice.

A fat, white worm wriggled out with its obese body, and on its head there was an organ that looked like a pig's nose!

The pig sniffed the soil soaked with the girl's blood, and was obviously very excited. Then it stretched out tentacles like nose hairs from its nose, inserted them into the soil, and sucked up all the blood in the soil in a moment.

"An Lan, keep dripping out! I'll buy you an egg when I get back!" Ye Yun was very excited when he saw the second white pig worm come out.

When he heard about the egg, An Lan's eyes lit up. He licked his dry lips, changed his finger and pricked it again. Blood dripped out, leading the white pig worm to an iron plate next to the mound.

This white pig worm has a very strong ability to burrow into the ground, and it will run away if you are not careful. However, once it is lured onto a piece of iron, it will not be able to burrow any further. After catching it, use a thin wire to string it up through its nose. The white pig worm will lose its ability to move, but it can still remain alive. After all, a dead one is not that valuable.

"Another one comes out!"

"The third one!"

Three hundred dollars!

Ye Yun's eyes glowed green.

"Brother, there are more in there!" An Lan seemed to see banknotes waving at him.

"An Lan, quickly string the white pig worms on the iron plate together with the wire!"

"Okay!"

An Lan quickly pulled out a thin wire from his waist, inserted it into the nose of the white pig worm, and easily strung one together.

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