Chapter 204: Desperate Situation

Everything was ready, Yunxiao once again gathered her courage, and quietly opened the shelter's door.

"No insects... great... great..."

Yunxiao only felt her little heart pounding thump-thump, and saw she was carrying a small pack, while dragging a huge trap part in her hand.

For this trap, she had expended all usable resources, and her goal was merely to hunt a single insect.

As long as she hunted one, it could extend her survival time by a month.

The trap was disassembled by Yunxiao into several parts; she needed to take advantage of the insect disaster's inattention, repeatedly transporting the parts until assembly was complete.

This was a huge and dangerous task.

And Yunxiao ultimately completed this arduous task.

Looking at the trap she had assembled after great effort, Yunxiao felt a surge of unparalleled anticipation.

She poured out the Yunxiao blood she had prepared beforehand, since there was no good bait, she could only use her own blood as a substitute.

To be safe, Yunxiao also took a heavy crossbow, hid quietly in a high position, and disguised herself with torn clothes.

Xiaoyunxiao just waited like that, kept waiting...

And finally, perseverance paid off; a slightly smaller keratin-level worm discovered human blood.

Yunxiao's eyes lit up, her small hand hooked the trigger, constantly aiming at the hooked insect.

With a click, Xiaoyunxiao exclaimed in delight, then suddenly stared wide-eyed in shock.

Her meticulously designed trap... actually caused not the slightest harm to that keratin-level worm!

As the insect emitted a piercing scream, Yunxiao frightenedly wrapped herself in old clothes, trembling all over, daring not to move.

"How could this be... how could this be...."

Yunxiao was scared stupid, constantly muttering, praying the insect wouldn't notice her.

"I can't do it.... I can't do it!!"

Fortunately, the insect didn't notice the trembling Xiaoyunxiao; after dry-howling twice in place, it leisurely walked away.

But even so, Yunxiao still dared not move, merely clutching her small pack helplessly, eyes shut tight, praying the other wouldn't detect her.

After a while, the sky gradually darkened; Yunxiao finally mustered courage to lift the old clothes and peek outside.

Seeing no insects, Yunxiao exerted all her strength and ran toward the shelter.

Until the door was shut, Yunxiao's extremely frightened heart kept pounding.

"Why... why are the insects so strong..."

The insect disaster gradually planted an indelible nightmare in her heart, step by step consuming her inner self.

Several days later, gazing at the last empty can in her hand, Yunxiao vented her anger by smashing it hard onto the ground.

She quietly leaned against the wall, gazing at the bright light, knowing it was time to make a choice.

Either quietly starve to death in the shelter, or make a final effort to go outside and search for food.

The survival instinct made her lean more toward the second option.

Quietly starving to death here would not only subject her to dual blows of body and mind, but even if rescue arrived, they couldn't spot her immediately.

The terrifying time of setting up the trap last time remained etched in her memory, but Yunxiao now couldn't think of so much.

That night, she confided many things to 118's head....

The next day, she assembled 118's body and quietly placed it in the shelter.

"Brother, I'm leaving..."

Yunxiao gently touched the rough paper with her forehead, immersed for a long time....

After a moment, Yunxiao's steps became resolute; she stood up and opened the shelter's door.

Yunxiao had been driven to a dead end; this time, she must succeed no matter what!

The road to find food was extremely arduous; Xiaoyunxiao felt she should give it a try, going to the place she and 118 last visited.

That small supermarket, originally prepared by 118 as a retreat for her before he left, turned out to be his final battle.

Yunxiao originally feared a sudden insect disaster around her, but the journey was unusually calm.

"Where are the insects?"

Yunxiao looked left and right; the usual insect leg crawling sounds vanished, and the eerie emptiness made her heart grow ever more fearful.

Even so, Yunxiao did not halt her advance; she smoothly reached that small supermarket.

Gazing at the hole that seemed to lead to hell, Yunxiao swallowed hard, closed her eyes, stepped forward, and walked straight in.

But she hadn't yet reached the point where she could truly advance with eyes closed.

The flashlight switched on; Yunxiao looked at the opening made by 118 and walked in step by step.

Yunxiao never imagined this operation could go so smoothly, far exceeding her expectations.

Seeing the cans within reach, Yunxiao glanced around, quickly opened her backpack, and placed each can inside.

Yunxiao's mood was now tense and excited; she didn't stop until her small backpack was stuffed full.

"Can't be greedy... can't be greedy..."

Yunxiao silently recited the survival rule taught by 118, crouching as she walked outward.

Next, as long as she returned home... as long as she returned to that place!

Yunxiao's heart surged, her steps suddenly quickened; but this misstep caused her foot to slip violently, kicking up a large amount of stone fragments.

Yunxiao's heart instantly raced; behind her came the insect's screech; she hurriedly scrambled up and fled wildly outward.

A burst of wing-flapping sound rang out; Yunxiao's face turned deathly pale—it was the most dangerous winged insect disaster!

Yunxiao dared not look back; she simply mustered her legs to run, trying to escape the insect disaster's pursuit, but how could a winged insect disaster capable of sweeping the planet be outrun?

Along the way, the ruins were knocked over; seeing the organic-matter insects, they became overjoyed, emitted an extraordinarily cheerful howl, and surged forward.

Behind her, a massive force struck suddenly; Yunxiao instantly felt the world spin, then her head slammed hard into the ground.

In a daze, she heard the Insect disaster's sharp whistle, her heart again filled with fear, she forced herself to stand up and continue running.

Afterwards, it was falling down, getting up, falling down, getting up again; Yunxiao only felt as if all the bones in her body were about to scatter, she repeatedly staggered to her feet, only to be overturned again by the Insect disaster's Insect wing, again and again....

The Insect disaster was playing with its prey, that sharp insect chirp seemed to be mocking, or perhaps an excited hiss; this time there was no 118, Yunxiao, in repeated teasing, gradually lost her ability to resist.

She stared blankly at the sky, her face covered in wounds, but at the moment death was so close, Yunxiao's heart instead was not so afraid.

'Sorry... sorry, brother...'

'Yunxiao... I can't do it... really can't do it...'

Pfft, the Insect wing pierced her body, lifting Yunxiao high up; in extreme pain, Yunxiao finally lost all consciousness, fainted.....

(Because ginseng was playing around, I didn't finish writing; now I've filled it all in!)

(Don't say I can't do it!)