Chapter 258 (1/2)

Refugees (1)

“Hey, what are you running for? I’m here! Didn’t you all want something to eat? I have a lot with me!!” When Ye Lang saw the refugees underestimate his presence, he had to immediately show them what he was worth!!

Ye Lang poured a pile of food out of his space ring. Although there were many types, they all tasted good. Ye Lang had spent a long time collecting them, they were all luxury food!

At this point, ‘luxury’ was just a word. They were all food. To the refugees, anything edible was the same, as long as it filled their stomachs!

Humans are the same as all other living things. Under starving conditions, we have only one goal left--- to eat!

And then warmth, and then…

“Food!! Food!!”

The refugees roared, shoving each other to snatch Ye Lang’s pile of food. Those who first arrived didn’t stop when they took enough to fill their stomachs-- they continued taking to fill their pockets.

Perhaps this was a form of selfishness, a dark streak in humans. Then again, it was human nature- or the nature of any living thing. Any animal would first stock some food for themselves, they wouldn’t care if the others of the same species starved.

Unless it came to their offspring!!

At this point, if this continued, it’d definitely escalate into fights. Ye Lang was initially being a kind soul but he could’ve done something bad here!

Other people might ask them to slow down, to not fight. They’d tell the refugees there was enough for everyone. But Ye Lang didn’t know he ought to stop them, or rather he knew nothing would change even if he tried.

Ye Lang and Little Xin retreated aside, watching the refugees fight.

At this moment, a dark, thin refugee was watching from the outer circles. He wanted to squeeze into the crowd but failed. He made many attempts but gave up out of frustration in the end.

Suddenly, he seemed to recall something. He looked around, then his eyes stopped once they found Ye Lang, immediately running towards Ye Lang.

Ye Lang looked into the pair of eyes, puzzled. He could see the desire for survival within them, but there was a deep clarity in them too. It didn’t feel like they should belong to a refugee, especially not on this dark, thin person.

The owner of the intelligent eyes arrived by Ye Lang’s side. He reached out with a dark, thin little hand, then with a raspy voice, “Can you give me some food? I haven’t eaten in five days…”

Everyone seemed to have forgotten Ye Lang was the person who gave them the food. They didn’t have to fight for the pile, they could get it straight from the source.

However, under the influence of ‘one drop of honey’, everyone forgot about Ye Lang. They only saw the ‘one drop of honey’!

And this skinny person, other than his clear eyes, he had a pure heart too. Although he was tempted too, at least he could quickly find a solution.

“Yeah, I have a little with me here,” Ye Lang gave him some food.

Once he received the food, he didn’t swallow it all whole but carefully pinched off small pieces. He seemed to understand that this was the way to best absorb the nutrients in them, the most efficient method to utilise all the energy in this food.