Among the victims, a small figure is somewhat special.

　　In this world, there are very few orphans who survive.

　　Not to mention surviving a famine!

　　Among the hard-to-escape crowd, Suki was the only child with no relatives.

　　It's a bit of a miracle that he's lasted as long as he has.

　　But it's also close to the limit!

　　The last time Suki ate was 4 days ago.

　　There were plenty of people who had been hungry longer than him, but he was a child after all.

　　After 4 days of not eating any rice, Suki only felt dizzy and weak in her limbs.

　　If he didn't eat again, he could only last another day at best.

　　Death, it has crept closer!

　　"Is this the way to be starved alive?"

　　Su Mu was unwilling in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

　　He was just a sinking, withered leaf in the midst of the famine, ready to be swallowed by the waves that struck.

　　......

　　Night is beginning to fall.

　　Suki lay helplessly next to a tree stump, her consciousness beginning to drift.

　　I don't know if I'm going to fall asleep or pass out.

　　Just as Su Mu was staring in confusion, a figure sneaked towards him.

　　"Su-boy, Su-boy, wake up!"

　　Despite the long hunger, the figure's bones remained tall.

　　It was evident that this man had also been a strong man.

　　"Who? Uncle Lee? Can I help you?"

　　Su Mu glanced at the visitor and immediately recognized this person.

　　Li Tiezhu, a blacksmith from the same village as Suki.

　　His son, Li Lei, is the same age as Suki, and they have a good relationship.

　　Most importantly, in the three years after the death of her parents, half of Su Mu's food was given by Li Tiezhu.

　　With this favor in place, Su Mu was still relatively close to Li Tiezhu.

　　Li Tiezhu looked around vigilantly and realized that no one was paying attention to them before whispering to Su Mu:

　　"Su kid, I have food here, you come with me. Don't ever make a sound!"

　　Hearing this, Su Mu's eyes lit up.

　　The little strength left in his body burst out and he climbed up to follow Li Tiezhu.

　　......

　　Under the cover of night, the two walked out of the crowd and into the distance through a forest of dead trees.

　　"Uncle Li, what have you found to eat?"

　　Earlier, when he heard that there was food, the hungry Suki didn't think much about it for a while.

　　Now that he had calmed down, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

　　"It's a deer, I hunted a deer."

　　Li Tiezhu spoke casually, glancing sideways at Su Mu every now and then, as if he was afraid that he would fall behind.

　　"Deer? Uncle Li you still know how to hunt? But with no bow and arrow and no traps, how did you hunt a deer?"

　　Suki's breath stuttered, feeling more and more out of place!

　　After the famine, the animals that were easy to hunt and catch had long since been taken.

　　The rest of the animals are either "hunters" or ghosts.

　　Li Tiezhu, a blacksmith, catching a wild deer with his bare hands?

　　What kind of joke is this!

　　"Oh, luck, luck."

　　Seeing that Li Tiezhu looked like he didn't intend to explain too much, Su Mu's heart sank to the bottom.

　　He looked up at Li Tiezhu.

　　Only this person's cheeks and eye sockets were deeply sunken, and a pair of green eyes were staring at him dead in the face.

　　Shaped like a ghost!

　　What was even more terrifying was his eyes that were ferocious and crazy in their strangeness, unlike anything a human could possess.

　　Walking here, Li Tiezhu was no longer going to hide it.

　　The fierce look is revealed!

　　......

　　This scene made Su Mu secretly say that it was bad.

　　He took a few deep breaths and his mind came to attention.

　　Su Mu asked Li Tiezhu as if he was fine:

　　"By the way Uncle Lee, how come I don't see any rocks?"

　　Stone is Li Lei's nickname.

　　If it wasn't for Su Mu's suggestion, his big name would probably be Li Shi.

　　"O stone, eat on, eat on."

　　"See that broken temple up ahead, he's waiting for you in there."

　　Li Tiezhu pointed to a broken temple two or three hundred meters ahead, and his voice became eerie.

　　He was full of malice that had spilled out!

　　Su Mu pretended to be oblivious and sighed with a lowered head, saying:

　　"If only Auntie were still around, she wouldn't starve to death with this deer."

　　Li Tiezhu's wife left what little food she had left for her husband and son, plus her health has never been very good.

　　Not long after he fled, he died of starvation and cold.

　　Hearing this, Li Tiezhu's gaze stared, and his hideous and bizarre expression revealed a few points of guilt and pain.

　　But without waiting for him to think more, Suki suddenly pointed at his side and exclaimed in horror:

　　"Auntie! Auntie is standing beside you!"

　　"What?!"

　　Li Tiezhu was startled by Su Mu's shout.

　　His face changed drastically, and he hurriedly turned his head to look.

　　Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Mu then spread his legs and ran wildly, plunging headlong into the forest of dead trees.

　　There's something wrong with this Li Tiezhu, definitely can't go to that broken temple with him!

　　"Bastard, how dare you fool me!"

　　Li Tiezhu, who hadn't seen anything, immediately reacted.

　　He cursed and hurried after him.

　　Su Mu, relying on his small size, dodged from side to side in the deadwood forest, trying to shake off Li Tiezhu.

　　But after all, he was only eight years old and had been starving for three or four days, so how could he have much strength left?

　　Despite exhausting his methods, after running for half a quarter of an hour, Su Mu was still caught by Li Tiezhu.

　　"Brat, let's see where you can run this time!"

　　Li Tiezhu's large, rough hands that were used for iron working were like iron pincers.

　　One stuck Suki's neck and one clipped his hands behind his back.

　　Su Mu was suppressed and unable to move, like a chicken, carried by Li Tiezhu toward the broken temple not far away.

　　Along the way, no matter what Su Mu said, Li Tiezhu no longer cared.

　　This made Suki a little desperate.

　　......

　　After getting close to the broken temple, Su Mu smelled a faint scent of meat.

　　The meaty flavor made his saliva secrete like crazy, and his hunger increased exponentially.

　　But Suki had already vaguely guessed what kind of meat it was.

　　A vicious chill spread through his entire body!

　　The intense nausea made him want to vomit, but there was nothing in his belly to vomit, so he could only dry-heave.

　　Li Tiezhu didn't care what Su Mu thought, and carried him quickly into the broken temple.

　　The temple was small, with only a half-human-tall earthen statue sitting in the center, bright and dim in the moonlight.

　　The statue was a bit badly broken, and it was no longer clear which god or Buddha it was.

　　There were four hombres crammed into a small area.

　　A large vat in the center, with a fire set up underneath, had soup cooking in it.

　　Many bones could be seen sinking and floating in the soup as it rolled around.

　　The flesh and blood on it had been gnawed clean, but it still couldn't be thrown away.

　　I guess I'll have to crack open the bones later and eat all the marrow inside.

　　It was just a few tumbling moments though.

　　But Su Mu could see clearly that these were not beast bones at all!

　　Stone, did eat on ......