Chapter 3: White Despair

Stepping on the warm soil, through the not dense jungle, the staggered branches of the trees split the gray-blue sky into small pieces, accompanied by the cold wind blowing, it is not a warm season, and the temperature from the skin is not so cold.

He looked up, and behind him was a small orc village that had temporarily sheltered, and it might not be quite correct to say that it was a village, because apart from the bamboo huts gathered together, there were only never-ending bonfires, and the land had no trace of being cultivated, that is, it had no connection with farming, and the source of food was only provided by women who picked wild vegetables and hunting teams.

Since he woke up, Shen Yi has been living here for nearly a month, and he has more or less some understanding of this village, for the orcs who live here, the food obtained from hunting is divided into two parts, one part is used as the day's food materials to solve the diet, and the other part is air-dried to make dried meat that can be stored for a long time and stored.

In addition to Shen Yi and Vivien, for the other orcs who live here, this is far from enough, counting adults and children, the amount of meat consumed every day is close to the amount of hunting, and if you add the occasional empty-handed and use the dried meat that has been saved before, the consumption is even more amazing.

As the weather turned colder, the atmosphere in the village gradually became solemn, perhaps it was more certain to wait for the battle, the children were driven out of the village to collect fruits, the women were more busy, curing meat, sewing coats with the fur peeled off by the prey, and the time when the hunting party came back was getting later and later, Vivian rarely hid the food, and seriously warned Shen Yi not to steal it, and the innocent little face pretended to be strict, but it made him cry and laugh, but most of them could guess that they wanted to do it before winter came, Stock up on more food to survive the torment, but there shouldn't be so much to spare except Vivien, and if the first snow falls, there shouldn't be a few who can't survive it, and of course, if there are such things as "winter" and "snow" in this world.

However, why not reclaim the land when it is so overstretched? Whether it is planting some wild vegetables and fruits or raising livestock in captivity, it will definitely be of great help to solve the current predicament, so he wonders from the bottom of his heart.

He had asked Vivien about this question, but such a doubt was obviously not something she could answer, and the fox-eared girl just looked at him with innocent eyes, as if she couldn't understand what Shen Yi said.

In the atmosphere that the whole village was busy like ants beginning to stock up for winter, Shen Yi also began to prepare, walking through the jungle, picking up seeds of melons and fruits, although he had not experimented, but the soil around the village had not lost its vitality, and when he could not get an answer, he took action and relied on his own hands to find a solution was the truth he realized after the old man died.

Thanks to him, whether it is good or bad, killing people or saving people, when no one comes to tell him whether he is right or wrong, Shen Yi often insists on going his own way, and his obedient character may have been formed in those years, but it is just ...... He really doesn't have much confidence in planting.

Then he glanced at the sky, the gray dark clouds were suppressing getting closer and closer, noticing the substantial sight beside him, he turned his head, and the figure of the old orc appeared not far from him, bowing slightly, he did not hide the doubts in his eyes, it was a gloomy look, Shen Yi thought that he did not have any ulterior secrets, so he raised the thing in his hand in the direction of the old orc: "Seed ......"

"Seeds?" When he reacted, the old orc's eyes flashed with all kinds of colors, heaviness, doubt, incomprehension, and a slight hope mixed in with it.

Soon, white snow finally fell on this small piece of land......

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Night-

The howling cold wind blew on the ** chest, but the falling snowflakes melted and became invisible when they touched the red skin, and the aura that steamed up like a substance gradually dissipated as the hands were withdrawn from the abdomen.

Is it just back to half the level of the previous heyday? Dark injuries and other things are miraculously gone, Shen Yi closed his eyes and felt the churning energy in his body, unlike the icy and snowy scene in front of him, he ** his upper body.

The potential of the body seems to have been developed again, and as a price, it is the inexplicably reduced energy in the body, he stretched out his fist and slowly clenched it, the realm of [Li] has not been reached! Sighed softly.

Raising his head and looking around, he was already in a snowy landscape, which was completely different from the original world, without warning, in just half a month, the entire orc village and the surrounding scenery were dyed white.

Dressed in a rough leather coat, which Vivien had made for him with her own hands, he jumped out of the cliff, a few ups and downs, his dexterous figure fluttering like a feather, and in the blink of an eye, his figure had disappeared without a trace......

When she awoke, Vivien had already slipped into his arms, her sweet face as if she had fallen into a nightmare, her uneasy, slightly trembling eyebrows, and curled tails, instinctively looking for a sense of reassurance, she arched towards his arms.

Looking at her back, a little thin, and as if helpless, a murmuring whisper sounded in her ears: "...... Woo, mom ......" The inexplicable murmur seemed to touch Shen Yi's heartstrings, before she appeared, was she also alone.

Feeling the trembling delicate body, he stretched out his hand to hug the weak girl, and the snowflakes that kept falling outside the window were accumulating the cold little by little.

In the following half a month, the heavy snow seemed to show no signs of stopping, and from the time I woke up in the morning and opened my eyes, the white spots became the main tone of the world, and the hunting team was temporarily disbanded, after all, in such weather, neither the prey nor their own safety could be guaranteed.

Vivian, who had nothing to do, was tired of Shen Yi's side all day long, sometimes leaning on his arms and napping gently, sometimes falling asleep on his shoulders, showing her delicate face and defenselessness from time to time, as well as her fragrance around her nose, as if she was sticking to Shen Yi's small and shiny lips all the time.

He had protested against this, but in the vast white, the girl's figure was particularly weak, looking at the accumulation of snowflakes gradually thickening, her red eyes were full of tears, and her shoulders seemed to be holding back some kind of sad feeling, and only when he approached him, he could feel that the uneasiness was slightly reduced, and the harsh words could not be said in any way.

Time began to pass day by day, accompanied by the cold creeping in, it was the inexplicable anxiety that enveloped the village, and sometimes you could see the orc men gathered in front of their houses looking at the heavy snow in the sky that would stop at some point, and then fiddling with the arrow feathers, and the child also looked sick, perhaps not having eaten for several days.

Hunger and cold began to mingle in this small orc village.

Set up the boiler, Shen Yi boiled the little remaining dried meat into soup, in this way, maybe it could last a few more days, the boiler was naturally not the kind of iron thing, it was a strange hard fruit he found in the forest, the flesh was extremely unpalatable, but the husk was not afraid of fire, as for the other materials in the broth, it was a rice-like plant he found in the forest.

This is the current situation of Vivian and Shen Yi, for the other families in the orc village, I am afraid that they have already run out of food, after all, unlike them, Vivian and Shen Yi are only two people, and the other families in the orc village, if you count the children, there are probably several people.

However, even if he can survive for a few more days, but the next problem is the real test, Shen Yi absentmindedly thought about the solution, if it was just Vivien and himself, there should not be much of a problem, as for the others, from the beginning he had no obligation to save the orc village, and ...... Nor realistic.

Vivien didn't think about it so much, she was a little listless, her tail was lazily flicking behind her, and when the scent began to reverberate in the room, she seemed a little more energetic, leaning in front of her, leaning against his back, and could feel the girl's unique fullness squeezing her back.

"Wow~, Vivian, don't push it, I'm going to spill ......"

"Woo, it smells so good! It smells so good! ”

Glaring helplessly at the initiator behind him, Shen Yixuan was about to hand the soup bowl full of dried meat to Vivian: "Hmm, Vivian? The latter, however, seemed to turn a blind eye, and looked straight past him and behind him.

Following her line of sight, he could easily find the small figure standing at the door, it was an orc girl, her eyes were falling on Shen Yi's hand, she kept swallowing saliva, it seemed that she had been hungry for several days, and her body was so thin that only bones remained.

"Shen Yi, can we ......?"

"No way!"

Before Vivian's weak plea was finished, Shen Yi had already categorically refused, and from the expression on Vivian's face, he could probably guess what she wanted to say.

"But that kid is very pitiful, she hasn't eaten in days, hasn't she?"

"No way!"

She shook Shen Yi's hand gently, trying to get his support, but under this kind of condition that she can't even guarantee herself, it is really difficult for Shen Yi to agree, and there must always be a limit to kindness.

"That ...... Is it okay for me to give her my share......" Vivien glanced at Shen Yi secretly, then turned to the girl outside the door, and after a few back and forth, she muttered quietly and tentatively stretched out her hand.

“……”

Shen Yi didn't agree, but he didn't refuse, just glared at her, Vivian had to avoid his reproachful gaze, gently picked up the soup bowl and walked in front of the girl, with a smile that seemed too dazzling to him: "Give it to you......"

In his eyes, such a picture should be regarded as too beautiful and unreal, it has always been just a person's own self, if the lives of others and his own life are put on the scale, the pointer of justice will definitely be uncompromisingly tilted towards himself, even if there are hundreds of lives on the other side.

The "black eyes of the greedy wolf" are not selfless people at any time.

"Thank you, Sister Vivien."

Then, as if mocking him for his small values, the orc girl bowed her head to Vivien and thanked her, but in the blink of an eye, she ran to the bamboo house not far away, and distributed the food to the orc boy who was younger than her.

Vivien sniffed, the scene in front of her seemed to evoke sour memories hidden deep in her heart, and the sad feelings began to overflow from the bottom of her heart, but before she had time to relax, other orc children who saw this scene also rushed over.

"Sister Vivien, Sister Vivien......"

The childish cries came and went, and soon the kind girl was masked.

……

And then there's the ending that anyone can guess.

“…… Well, I'm sorry, Shen Yi ......" Looking at the pot that had been snatched up, Vivian lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.

Shen Yi looked at the cramped Vivian and sighed softly, but what could he say? Even if he said beautiful things to blame her at this time, it couldn't change the result, not to mention, he couldn't condemn the kindness of others because of the fact that he couldn't do it, and in the end he just lived in a hypocritical self, and then he stretched out his hand and rubbed the girl's hair like a vent, until her golden hair was scattered, and then he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Alas, you don't have to apologize to me, if you think it's right, don't feel guilty." ”

Then he turned his eyes to the window, it was a snow-covered world, according to this situation, how many days, two days? Three days? If in the midst of this white despair, he could still be optimistic......