The two asked several people before finally finding the canteen of the official shelter. Before they even went inside, they could smell a strong, sour stench.
"What...what is this smell! It tastes like something cooked inside, like an old lady's foot binding cloth, sour and smelly!" Shangguan Wan'er covered her nose and said with a disgusted look.
"Pfft~" Junjue was amused by Wan'er's words.
After suppressing his joy, Junjue smiled and replied, "Wan'er, if I'm not mistaken, they're cooking the mutated animals we killed a few days ago inside."
The meat of mutant animals is edible, but due to severe pollution and mutation, the taste is indescribable; you'll have to experience it for yourself.
Although this stuff tastes and smells terrible, it's actually very good for the body for most people!
"Really?" Wan'er asked in disbelief, smelling the aroma.
Seeing his girlfriend's adorable expression, the Duke smiled and said:
"Really? Didn't you want to know about the canteen? We'll go in and get some mutated animal meat in a bit. If Wan'er can't eat it, give it to me. I'll get you other food later, okay?"
"Alright! Let's go in and take a look!"
In the official refuge during the chaos of war, Junjue and Wan'er looked at a group of filthy refugees, each of them emaciated and skin and bones. Seeing their miserable state, they deeply felt the hardship and danger of this chaotic world.
They smelled an increasingly strong, sour stench emanating from the mutated animal meat.
Junjue led Wan'er, who was covering her nose, into the dining hall. They couldn't help but sigh when they saw the spacious hall.
In a hall of at least five or six hundred square meters, there were more than a dozen lines. Although the refugees in line were very weak, they knew that there would be mutated animal meat to eat today, as well as some other indescribable things. Everyone was excited and talking to each other.
Junjue and Wan'er delved deeper into their conversation and began to listen to it.
"I heard that a giant spider entered the abandoned factory near the shelter last night. It can spit out highly venomous stingers, so be careful not to get bitten!" a man sitting at the front of the line said to the woman next to him.
"Oh my, what a huge spider! It's getting more and more terrifying." The woman's voice was tinged with fear. "I heard that these mutated animals come out at night and hide during the day."
“That’s right. There are more and more mutated animals now, and the world has become unrecognizable. We have to be careful every day just to survive.” The man sighed, his expression grave.
In another queue, two middle-aged men were discussing something.
"I heard that a group of enemies recently attacked one of our outposts, taking advantage of the darkness of the smog and the threat of mutated animals. As a result, we suffered heavy losses," a thin man said sadly.
“Yes, the enemy is getting more and more cunning, and the mutated animals are becoming more and more terrifying. We’re trapped in this shelter, while they can roam around and constantly ambush us,” another man said angrily. “When will we be able to launch a counterattack and wipe them out in this chaotic world?”
Junjue listened to these conversations, his brow furrowed. He understood deeply that this chaotic world was not only threatened by mutated animals, but also by the brutal slaughter among humans.
Thinking of the salvation system that was not yet fully activated, he was determined to find a way to rebuild human civilization and restore the world to its former peace and prosperity once it was fully activated.
Wan'er gently tugged at Junjue's sleeve, looking at his anxious expression, and whispered, "We will find a way, Junjue. No matter how difficult it is, we must persevere."
Junjue turned his head, looked into Wan'er's warm eyes, and smiled slightly. "Yes, we must persevere. Only in this way can we find the bright path of hope." His voice was full of unwavering strength.
The world is becoming increasingly difficult, but Junjue and Wan'er believe that as long as they keep moving forward, they will be able to lead people out of this dark and chaotic world and towards a hopeful future.
But their battle has only just begun.
"Hey! I heard another group of refugees came in today, it seems to be a dozen or so people from a temporary gathering place not far away," someone in line suddenly said.
"Oh dear! There are already over a hundred thousand people here, and the food supply is dwindling. How are we going to survive?!"
"There's such a severe food shortage these days, we're really struggling to find our next meal!"
The mutated leeches, rats, and cockroaches from a while ago have just run out of food.
Fortunately, we managed to get our hands on some mutated animal meat, otherwise we'd be facing another food shortage.
"I ate a few pieces of mutated animal meat yesterday. Although it was really hard to eat, at least it filled my stomach!"
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As more and more gossip emerged, Wan'er listened with great interest, and before she knew it, it was their turn.
When Junjue heard what those people said, he thought about how when the extreme heat came, many insect plagues would begin to descend, and the dishes that were developed would be even more unacceptable to people.
What about worm rice, canned white worms, canned cockroaches, fried maggots, spicy leeches, spicy and sour cockroaches, steamed rotten mushrooms, sweet and sour rotten mushrooms...?
Each base went to great lengths to provide food for the lucky winners, employing a variety of creative methods.
He had eaten quite a lot in his previous life, so he could accept the meat of mutated animals.
As the two people slowly returned to the table, carrying two iron rice bowls, Shangguan Wan'er leaned close to the bowls and realized that she was the one who had prepared the ingredients for the day.
The watery rice was filled with tiny pieces of meat, each about the size of a little finger, and it emitted a strong, sour, and foul odor that almost made her vomit on the spot.
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