With a look of gratitude, he said, "Thank you so much for saving my life!"

Qi Yanxuan did not take the dagger that was handed to him. His eyes showed admiration for the few people, especially the girl, who was decisive and ruthless. Only in this way could she survive in this cannibalistic world.

"Keep it! This knife is for you!"

Upon hearing this, several people raised their heads and looked at Qi Yanxuan with eyes full of gratitude and emotion.

"Thank you, benefactor!"

The girl knew very well that she and her children could not survive in this world, and the best way was to follow the two benefactors in front of her, even if she had to become a slave. As long as she could follow them, she would definitely survive.

Thinking of this, the girl pulled the other children and knelt down in front of Qi Yanxuan and Shen Yanqing.

"I know you two benefactors have already saved us, and we shouldn't ask for anything more. But we simply can't survive in this world. I beg you to take us in! Even if it means being slaves, we're willing to do that."

Qi Yanxuan looked at the five children, three boys and two girls, and knew that their chances of surviving in the apocalypse were slim, especially the two girls who would be extremely miserable. The older one might be able to survive, but the little girl was less than ten years old. They seemed to have good character, and there were so many people in the team anyway that they didn't care about having a few more people. So let them follow if they could!

"You can follow me. We have other people in our team, but I don't support idle people. Even if you are a child, you have to obey my orders."

"Yes! We will definitely follow your instructions. Thank you so much! Thank you so much!"

The five people cried with joy when they received the approval.

"Alright! Get up! Qi Yanxuan, this is my name. You can just call me team leader like everyone else. The one next to you is Shen Yanqing, also one of the team leaders."

After the introduction, the children's stomachs rumbled, and Qi Yanxuan took out five loaves of bread and a bottle of water from the space and gave them to them.

After they had eaten their fill, Qi Yanxuan and Shen Yanqing led a few people towards the team.

Before leaving, Shen Yanqing burned all those people to ashes.

After returning to the team, Qi Yanxuan arranged a few children to follow behind him and led everyone to continue crossing the mountain.

evening.

Everyone climbed over the top of the mountain and started to go down. Because the mountain was steep, they dared not go too fast. Now it was getting dark earlier and earlier, and they had only descended halfway before dark.

Qi Yanxuan chose a relatively flat place for everyone to spend the night.

It was not easy to make a fire alone in this place, so Qi Yanxuan took out dry firewood from the space and built three large fires in the middle of the camp. Everyone cooked dinner on these three fires.

Everyone sat down around three fires and started to cook dinner. Except for those with children who were making porridge, most people just took out pancakes or steamed buns, heated them up on the fire, and ate them.

The fiery red sunset illuminated the entire sky. Everyone ate dinner, chatted with the people around them, and admired the beautiful scenery on the horizon. Even though life was hard, they believed that as long as they followed the leader, they would be able to settle down sooner or later.

Although the five children who had just been rescued were starving, they did not dare to eat more. They just took out a piece of bread, tore it in half and shared it among the five of them.

The bread was given by the people in the team. Seeing that the children had nothing, each family gave them a handful of food. Although each family gave not much, there were so many people, and the total amount was about 40 to 50 kilograms.

These days it's considered good if you don't harm anyone, but they are still willing to help a few strangers. I can only say that they are really lucky to have met such a good team even in desperate situations.

Qi Yanxuan took out a wooden barrel from the space, with more than a dozen fish in the barrel, and called several children to his front.

"What are your names?"

"My name is Zhao Ruixue!"

"My name is Zhao Fengnian!"

"My name is Li Changan!"

"My name is Chen Kangping!"

"My name is Ning Wan!"

Several children introduced their names one after another.

Ruixue and Fengnian are the brother and sister, Li Changan is a thirteen-year-old boy, Chen Kangping is the youngest boy, who is only seven years old this year, and Ning Wan is another girl, who is nine years old this year.

Qi Yanxuan looked at the children and pointed at the fish in the bucket.

"You help me kill and clean the fish, and as a reward, I will give each of you a fish."

"Thank you, leader! But we can't take the fish. The uncles and aunts in the team have already given us food. The leader has helped us a lot. We are willing to help the leader without any reward!"

The children bowed sincerely to express their gratitude, and took the fish aside to process it, scraping the scales and cleaning the internal organs. It didn't take long before they finished. They also cut a wooden stick and handed it to Qi Yanxuan together with the fish.

Qi Yanxuan would not really let them work for nothing. Since there was no shortage of food for the time being, Qi Yanxuan gave them four quilts.

They knew the leader was taking care of them; otherwise, how could they have been paid four quilts for killing a fish? But they sincerely wanted to repay the leader, so how could they have asked for anything from him? They all refused any reward.

Qi Yanxuan looked at the children and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. He knew that they were grateful and not greedy. They were indeed good people. However, he still stuffed the quilt into their arms.

"Now that the weather is getting colder, you will get sick without a blanket, and being sick will slow down the team. Please accept it!"

Several people looked at the quilts in their hands with red eyes and sore noses. Ever since their relatives died, they lived in fear every day. But since they met the team leader, they were faced with everyone's kindness. The five people could no longer control the tears in their eyes, but this time the tears were not from fear or sadness, but from being moved.

While Qi Yanxuan was communicating with the children, Shen Yanqing and Lin Zi had already started grilling fish, while Shen Yanshan was feeding Jin En porridge beside them.

While Lin Zi was grilling fish, he couldn't help teasing Qi Yanxuan who had just sat down.

"Love really can change a person! Xuanzi! You're much softer-hearted than before. There's already food in the space, but you used the excuse of asking them to help kill the fish. It's obvious that you're taking care of me!"

"We've experienced life without support, so why not help those with good character when we can? Besides, we're asking them to work in exchange for supplies. These people aren't like the ones we've encountered before. If they change one day, I won't bother them anymore."

Qi Yanxuan picked up a fish and grilled it while answering Lin Zi. For him, as long as the person was worthy of help, he would not hesitate to lend a hand. If he had made a mistake, he would just get rid of it. Life is all about following one's heart.

Lin Zi nodded casually.

"Yeah, it would be really boring if we were just a few of us living in seclusion. It would be nice to have more people to keep us company."

After a while, the fish was grilled. Shen Yanqing blew on the golden-skinned fish in his hand until it was no longer hot before handing it to Qi Yanxuan. He then took the fish from his hand and continued to grill it.