Several people looked gaunt and thin, their eyes focused in unison on the pot of steaming instant noodles that Li Yao was cooking, the steam rising with an enticing aroma.

Their eyes held both a burning desire and an unspeakable bitterness.

The corners of their mouths twitched involuntarily, as if every breath was an attempt to capture the wisps of fragrance.

Some swallowed, their throats making faint noises. The air seemed to solidify, and time slowed down at this moment, with only the sound of the noodles bubbling. Intense desire shone in everyone’s eyes.

If someone were to step forward and try to snatch it, the others would probably swarm them.

Li Yao looked at the people in the opposite shacks, their faces all pale. The effects of long-term hunger had made their bodies thin.

And those who could awaken and evolve were pitifully few.

Li Yao turned sideways, blocking the others’ view.

“They won’t snatch our food, will they?” That burning gaze was too invasive and terrifying.

Tian Rui held the child, who had drunk the soymilk and now seemed to have more energy.

“They wouldn’t dare.” Li Yao’s gaze became fierce as he swept his eyes over them.

They were all frightened and pale, not daring to step forward, but they couldn’t help looking over here, their mouths constantly salivating.

Su Yu watched the children huddled in one shack, all orphans who had lost their parents. Only they cared for them.

“Yu-ge, these kids can’t eat leaves,” Wang Qiang said, his eyes red.

The leaves were poisonous. Most of them, as soldiers, had evolved and could withstand it, but some people who had been eating poisonous food for years were already experiencing problems.

Not to mention these little children.

“Give all the food here to the children!” Su Yu conjured a lot of food out of thin air, which stunned Wang Qiang.

“This, this is all clean food!” Wang Qiang said excitedly.

“There’s food!”

Several children, seeing the food, were filled with intense desire.

“From now on, you guys find me gold, all kinds of valuables, and I’ll give you food,” Su Yu said.

Valuables? Gold? What’s that stuff good for? But if it meant food, they would find it! They would find anything!

“Okay, Yu-ge!”

The space wasn’t big. Xia Qing’s food was all distributed, and he also kept some for himself.

Hearing there was food, many people crowded around, and some even wanted to snatch it.

For a bite to eat, anything was possible, but with him there, no one dared to cause trouble! All these people together were no match for Su Yu!

Su Yu called his other three brothers to maintain order and had the instant noodles cooked, distributing them to the children first.

Su Yu was strong! He was the leader of this base!

“Wang Qiang, Zhang Liang, call Li Yao. We’re going to the urban area at first light tomorrow.”

These three were all evolvers, and their physical fitness was still acceptable. The other brothers hadn’t evolved, and coupled with the long-term consumption of contaminated food, their physical fitness was declining.

“Okay!”

“Alright.”

Several people responded at the same time. Su Yu’s physical fitness used to be even higher. He had once crossed dangerous jungles alone to kill rebel soldiers, a true Soldier King.

But after the apocalypse, his physical fitness was also much worse than before.

However, he later discovered the Crystal beads, which could enhance their physical abilities, but the residual toxins could not be eliminated.

The space wasn’t big, and this little bit of food wasn’t enough for the children at their base. The children who didn’t get food looked at everything helplessly.

Some children even stuffed soil into their mouths, and some adults were strongly restraining themselves.

“There’s not enough food,” Wang Qiang said, frowning at Su Yu, and swallowing. The food had all been given to the children.

Su Yu said, “Wang Qiang, Zhang Liang, go collect any gold, diamonds, and other valuables from anyone who has them.”

Although Wang Qiang and Zhang Liang didn’t understand what Su Yu was going to do with these things, they did as they were told.

Immediately afterward, Su Yu sternly addressed the others at the base who hadn’t received food.

“As long as I, Su Yu, am here, everyone will have food to eat and clean water! But to survive here! First, no snatching! Second, no bullying the old and weak! Third, obey my orders! Anyone who disagrees can either die! Or get out of here!”

“We all listen to Yu-ge!” Wang Qiang quickly echoed.

“Listen to Yu-ge!”

Su Yu was already strong, and now that Su Yu could find food! He was like their reborn parents! They would do anything he asked!

Xia Qing looked at the space and saw that there were more gold jewelry, but they all looked dirty and needed to be cleaned. And the food in the space was all gone.

Thinking of Su Yu saying that they were short of water and food, she went to the town again in the afternoon and bought out all the steamed buns and baked flatbread from the small shops.

She found a secluded place and put them into the space. Then she went to the shopping mall to find a gold recycling shop and sold the jewelry.

This time she changed to a gold shop! It was a bit cheaper than the last time she bought it, but she still sold it for twenty thousand yuan.

Then she went to the market and looked for several warehouses, finally finding a suitable one.

“This warehouse is relatively remote, in the corner. If you want to rent it, I’ll give you a discount, 800 yuan a month!”

“It’s just that it’s inconvenient because it’s in the corner, otherwise this two-hundred-square-meter space, I’d have to rent it for 1500,” said a man in a striped long shirt amiably.

This warehouse hadn’t been rented out for a long time, and the boss was very worried!

“Okay, let’s add each other on WeChat, I’ll rent it for half a year first!” Xia Qing said.

She liked that the warehouse was in the corner, relatively hidden, and had no cameras.

The man was very happy to see that Xia Qing was renting it so readily. He was relieved to finally rent it out and immediately gave her the warehouse keys.

There were still a lot of empty spaces in the space, so Xia Qing went to the farmers market and bought a lot of vegetables, and also looked at the vegetable prices.

The vegetable prices were really cheap, the most expensive was only 2.5 yuan per pound, but in Shanghai, any takeout order cost twenty or thirty yuan, and a cup of milk tea was also twenty.

Xia Qing also bought a lot of pork bones and put them into the space. Seeing that the space was already full, she felt relieved.

It should be late at night over there now. He would definitely be happy to see so much food when he woke up the next day! When the space station was upgraded in the future, she would buy more food for them!

Then Su Yu would find her gold, diamonds, and all kinds of valuables!

If she could just take out a treasure from that space-time museum, she should be able to sell it for a lot of money, right?

Ding… She looked down at her phone. Her manuscript had been approved!

Only then did she remember that the novel only had the upper and middle volumes, but not the lower volume!