Chapter 145 Meow Meow Meow
Wang Rong and Wang Tao were walking in the wilderness, one step deep and one step shallow, and both of them looked very unhappy.
They had been trekking in this wilderness for ten hours, and there was still endless darkness all around them.
The cold wind was blowing. Both of them were wearing thick cotton clothes, but it was still difficult to resist the biting cold wind.
... "Damn it, I've been so unlucky lately!"
After walking forward for an unknown amount of time, Wang Rong saw that the surroundings were exactly the same as they were ten hours ago, and he kicked the mound next to him angrily.
Wang Tao stood by without saying a word, holding a small heater in her arms, which was almost out.
Unlike his tall and strong brother Wang Rong, Wang Tao was petite and his face was scratched by the cold wind. Even though he was holding onto a heater, his hands were covered with frostbite.
While Wang Rong was venting his anger at the mound, Wang Tao sighed and stared into the fireplace.
It’s not that she wasn’t discouraged.
The main thing is, being discouraged is useless. So what will it matter even if you get angry? It can't change their current situation.
But Wang Tao agreed with what Wang Rong said.
——"It's really unlucky."
Yes, can’t the experience of these brother and sister be described only by the four words “extremely unlucky”?
At this time, they should have been sitting in front of a small stall in the black market of the Eastern Base with their teammates, drinking a bowl of hot porridge, eating two pancakes, and if they were lucky, they could even buy a pot of liquor to warm their bodies, chat and laugh, and recharge their energy for the next day's mission.
But they lost their way in the severe cold and couldn't find the way back to the base.
Not to mention eating hot porridge, even the most basic survival has become a problem for them at this moment.
"I shouldn't have accepted that crappy mission in the first place!" Wang Rong said viciously.
The brother and sister might have really been obsessed with money at the beginning.
The day before yesterday, Wang Rong and Wang Tao, a brother and sister, saw the task of "Collecting C-level pollutant fluorite samples" on the bulletin board. The bounty was very high, a full thousand credit points, and they were tempted.
They planned to save money to buy a high-end shop in a residential area so that they could run a small business and no longer have to live the life of mercenaries, risking their lives for money.
...and the shop they had their eyes on had just enough savings of 1,000 credit points to buy it.
Everything seemed so natural and just right.
Although the mission location is a bit far from the base and is already in the heart of the "Death Desert", Wang Rong and Wang Tao are both B-level mercenaries, one is physical and the other is water. In addition, Wang Rong has just completed speed enhancement, so it is no problem for him to run back and forth in the Death Desert within a day.
They had taken on similar missions before and had come away with it, so they naturally thought that this mission would be a piece of cake.
Who could have thought that was the beginning of a nightmare.
They underestimated the Desert of Death.
——Everything went smoothly at the beginning, but when they collected the fluorite required for the mission, they were unexpectedly attacked by Class A pollutants. The two of them tried their best to escape.
They did escape, but their luggage, which contained their survival supplies, food, maps, and compasses, was folded inside.
Without a compass, how could they find the way back to base in this vast desert?
Fortunately, they each carried a breath-blocking device with them, which could avoid detection by most alien pollutants, so they were not attacked.
But now, ten hours later, the shielding device is reaching its limit and is about to fail.
Moreover, at this time, eight hours had passed since they last ate.
What's worse is that the temperature in the wasteland is dropping little by little. It dropped below zero not long ago. The breath they breathe turns into ice. Even if they are not attacked by alien species, they will probably starve to death or freeze to death soon...
With a beeping sound, the last bit of charcoal fire in Wang Tao's hand burned out and went out.
The extinguished stove was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Wang Rong couldn't hold it in any longer, his eyes turned red, and he murmured:
"It's all because of that mission. If we hadn't accepted that mission, we would have been in the base a long time ago... We shouldn't have been greedy for those 1,000 credit points..."
Who could have imagined that the one thousand credit points would become the life-saving money for the brother and sister.
"What's the use of saying this now!" Wang Tao said coldly.
Wang Rong also suddenly became quiet.
Yes, if you say you regret it now, what did you do before?
The brother and sister stared at each other, speechless for a moment, but they both saw the despair and resignation in each other's eyes.
...Now that things have come to this, what else can we do?
The two of them lowered their heads silently, stopped talking, and continued to walk forward quietly.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in front!
The rustling sound was quiet, like someone or an animal touching the grass, but both of them were B-level mercenaries with sharp senses and noticed it immediately.
Wang Tao and Wang Rong opened their eyes wide and looked at each other in bewilderment:
"Wait, did you hear that sound?"
"You heard it too? I thought it was an illusion. Oh my god, look—"
Wang Rong pointed forward, and Wang Tao looked in the direction he pointed, and actually saw a figure!
It was a gray silhouette.
The figure was very thin and shrouded in a large cloak, so it was difficult to see his details clearly. In a hurry, Wang Tao saw the other person's handsome profile and tightly pursed thin lips.
Looks a little... familiar.
But she couldn't remember where she had seen it for a moment. Moreover, this is the Death Desert. Is the other party a human or a ghost?
Before Wang Tao could think more, the gray shadow flashed and quickly went away in a certain direction.
Without caring about anything else, Wang Rong and Wang Tao looked at each other and rushed forward after the figure.
It would be best if you could stop the other person and ask for directions. If that doesn't work, maybe you can ask for some food?
Then, the figure ran very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye, like a gust of wind that came and went without a trace.
After looking around aimlessly, Wang Rong and Wang Tao had to admit that they had lost their target.
... "Damn it!" Wang Rong cursed with a dark face, "You're playing tricks on us, is that fun?!"
Wang Tao no longer had the energy to say anything.
She was no longer sure whether there was really someone there or it was just her hallucination.
The disappointment after hope is too great a blow.
The chase just now had exhausted the last of Wang Rong and Wang Tao's physical strength. Looking at the endless wasteland, they almost didn't have the strength to move forward.
and……
In the darkness, what is more torturous than cold and despair is hunger.
A layer of white frost accumulated on the wasteland. Wang Tao's hands and feet were frozen cold, as if they were soaked in wet mud. Every breath was icy cold, but she could still endure it.
The most unbearable thing is the cramps in my empty stomach. I'm hungry, so hungry.
If they could see a roadside stall at this time and buy a bowl of warm porridge... Wang Tao couldn't help but fantasize... No, that was too extravagant and unrealistic. There was no need for hot porridge. It would be nice if they could meet someone who could give them two compressed biscuits.
The battle and escape with Class A pollutants had almost exhausted the physical strength of both of them.
After another ten-hour long journey with no hope in sight, Wang Tao had no doubt that she and Wang Rong would soon starve to death.
Their consciousness became a little blurry, and the two continued to stagger forward almost relying on instinct.
Just at this moment, a warm breeze suddenly blew by.
The warm wind carried the scent of burning charcoal and the aroma of hot porridge...
"This must be an illusion." Wang Tao murmured.
"It seems like we are really going to die. We are all having near-death hallucinations." Wang Rong also shook his head and smiled bitterly.
She raised her eyes and looked forward, and saw a vague ball of fire not far away.
Isn't that what fairy tales say?
Before the little match girl starved to death, she saw a warm cabin and a sumptuous meal...
Wang Tao and Wang Rong lowered their heads and continued walking forward aimlessly, waiting for the illusion to disappear.
However, the illusion did not disappear.
Not only did it not disappear, it was getting closer!
Wang Rong stopped.
He reached out his hand stupidly, grabbed Wang Tao who was still walking forward unconsciously, pointed tremblingly to the front, and exclaimed:
"Wait, wait, sister, look, it doesn't seem to be an illusion!"
Wang Tao slowly came back to his senses, raised his lifeless eyes and looked forward.
A hint of light appeared in the dark vision.
——In the silent night of the wasteland, stood a small tricycle.
There was a fire and a stove on the tricycle, and it seemed that there was a figure busy doing something in front of the vehicle.
"Is that... a roadside stand?"
Wang Tao and Wang Rong looked at each other in surprise and doubt, and both of them couldn't help rubbing their eyes.
A roadside stall actually appeared in the middle of this "death desert" where there is no village in front and no shop behind?
They stood there staring blankly for a long time before they mustered up their courage, held hands, and cautiously approached the small shop in the wilderness.
The closer we got, the clearer the scene in the shop became.
The two saw the sign with four big characters "Simple Porridge Shop" written on it.
There actually is a porridge shop here!
Everything is so vivid, so vivid that it almost seems unreal.
Wang Tao was enveloped by the hot wind blowing from the porridge shop stove.
My hands and feet, which were almost frozen to the point of numbness, finally warmed up slowly, my senses became clearer, and even my palms began to sweat slightly.
Wang Tao couldn't help but close her eyes and take a deep breath——
The rich aroma of porridge fills your nose.
That fragrance was completely different from any other technological porridge Wang Tao had smelled before. It did not have the smell of cheap artificial flavors from flavor enhancers.
Instead, there is the natural fragrance of rice, the soft and delicate rice aroma, and the natural fresh aroma of chicken during the cooking process...
Wang Rong beside him expressed the same sentiment:
“It smells so good!”
When Wang Tao opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him gradually became clearer in his retina:
The warm wind and hot air from the stove on the tricycle blew away the coldness in the wilderness. The lucky cat waved its hands and the bright light shone down.
In front of the porridge shop stood a majestic silver dog. When the dog saw the two people, it barked.
The wind chimes rang, and a handsome young man in a down jacket pulled aside the curtain and walked out, giving them a warm smile.
"Welcome to Simple Porridge Shop! Steaming hot casserole mushroom and chicken porridge, three credit points a bowl, would you like to try a bowl?"
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