Several little dirty children looked at the wild vegetables in their hands, then thought about the situation outside. In unison, they fell into a silent contemplation.
If the adults didn’t come soon, even if they were not caught by the Zergs, they would starve to death.
A few scarce wild vegetables were consumed, and Lele, whose body was not in the best condition and could be described as delicate, developed a fever in the late night.
Given the extremely harsh living conditions in the past few days, the fact that Lele only developed a fever now is actually a testament to his resilience and effort.
The little child touched Lele’s forehead, and when he found out that Lele had a fever, he panicked.
Wagner, who was even more panicked than him, looked at Lele and almost collapsed: “Ningning, what should we do? Lele has a fever, we have no medicine, and no doctors.”
When someone had a fever, it’s essential to see a doctor, but now they couldn’t even find any adults around.
Seeing that the mentality of other children was about to collapse, Ningning, with a nervous heart, raised his hand to rub his eyes. He sniffed and forcibly stabilized his childish voice: “It’s okay, having a fever won’t lead to death.”
“We’ll go find food and medicine for Lele.”
Ningning, who had been responsible for finding food for the past few days, continued to make arrangements: “Wagner, you take good care of Lele, wait for us to come back.”
“Okay.”
After instructing Wagner, Ningning, with a backpack with a broken strap on his back, went out with Savi to find food and medicine.
Lele had a fever and couldn’t eat cold vegetable porridge anymore; he needed to eat something hot.
“Savi, we need to cook something for Lele.”
In the past few days, the little child and Savi had been going out together, and their cooperation had been quite tacit. They took advantage of their small size and dirty appearance, making it hard to discern their child-like features. This way, they had become increasingly safer outside.
Savi followed Ningning’s side, lowered his voice, and asked, “What soup should we cook?”
“Vegetable soup.”
Just as Ningning finished saying that they would cook vegetable soup, he suddenly discovered a brightly colored mushroom in a corner.
“Let’s cook mushroom soup!”
Ningning, with gleaming eyes, instantly changed the menu: “Mushroom soup is so delicious; Uncle Ling Qi cooked it for me before.”
He had also grown mushrooms on the barren planet. Uncle Ling Qi picked fresh mushrooms and cooked a very tasty soup for him.
Savi didn’t have much knowledge about food, and now he could even swallow wild vegetables. Naturally, he had no aversion to mushrooms.
“Let’s gather them all back.”
Savi spoke and unzipped his backpack, starting to collect the mushrooms on the ground. After collecting them, they didn’t take them back to cook soup.
Making a fire where they stayed was a risky move. To ensure Wagner and Lele’s safety, they decided to cook the soup outside.
The tool for cooking the soup was a concave stone they had found. The stone wasn’t very thick; they placed water and mushrooms in the hollow of the stone, and after burning for a while, they could barely bring the mixture to a boil.
Due to Ling Qi’s teaching, Ningning knew that some mushrooms were poisonous and could not be eaten.
Therefore, to test for toxicity, Ningning, crouching in front of the stone pot, started cooking the picked mushrooms one by one.
On the third type, after eating it, he collapsed to the ground after a short while.
Seeing this, Savi picked out the poisonous mushrooms that Ningning had eaten and threw them away.
The toxicity of the mushrooms wasn’t lethal, but it had hallucinogenic effects.
When Ningning woke up, his head was buzzing. He saw many little people who looked like his brother, but when he reached out to grab them, he couldn’t catch any.
Worried that something might happen, Savi, holding the mushroom soup, dragged Ningning back to the temporary place where Wagner and Lele were staying.
After returning, Savi informed Wagner, “Feed the mushroom soup to Lele. We need to keep an eye on Ningning; he’s experiencing hallucinations after eating the mushrooms.”
To prevent Ningning from wandering in a daze, Wagner and Savi temporarily tied his feet with a backpack strap.
The warm mushroom soup had no salt or anything added. In fact, the taste wasn’t great, but compared to the wild vegetables that were hard to swallow, it was indeed much better.
Lele, looking somewhat listless, opened his mouth and was fed most of the soup by Wagner. The remaining soup was shared among the three of them.
Lele’s medicine hadn’t been found yet. Wagner glanced at Ningning, lying beside Lele, whose hand was being held by Lele. He made a decision. “Savi, you watch over them. I’ll go find medicine for Lele.”
He knew where Ningning had wanted to go to find the medicine just now.
On their spaceship, not only were there communication devices but also food and a medical kit.
They were at a dead end now. If they didn’t take the risk of going to the spaceship again, they would undoubtedly be doomed.
“No.”
Savi looked at Wagner, who was about to act alone, and frowned. “Ningning said that no one should act alone.”
Despite his young age, Ningning, who had already watched numerous movies, had gained some experience.
Ningning’s first piece of advice: Don’t randomly set any flags in dangerous situations.
Ningning’s second piece of advice: If you have several teammates, never act alone. That’s a surefire way to lose them.
Ningning’s third piece of advice: Don’t sacrifice yourself when you can’t win the fight.
It was under Ningning’s guidance that they managed to survive these past few days.
Wagner was stopped by Savi, and he became a bit angry.
“My mental power is very high. Going out doesn’t mean certain death.”
He pointed at Ningning. “Do you know what level his mental power is? He can’t even kill a small fish with his mental power. Letting him go to the spaceship to find medicine will be even more dangerous!”
Just in terms of mental power level, Wagner’s was much higher than Ningning’s.
Wagner insisted on replacing Ningning and going out to find medicine. Savi stood in front of him, listened to his tantrum, and then continued to make him sit down.
“Wait until Ningning wakes up.”
As Savi spoke, he also tucked Lele into his arms. “I heard that when you have a fever, sweating a bit can help you get better quickly.”
Wagner, who couldn’t leave, looked somewhat regretful. He glanced at Savi, then at Lele with a fever in Savi’s arms. In the end, he sat down with a sigh, holding Lele with Savi, hoping Lele would sweat soon.
Time passed minute by minute.
After an unknown amount of time, several children, exhausted and uncomfortable from many days, all fell into a deep sleep.
Children’s illnesses are easy to spread. When the little child, who had been poisoned by toxic mushrooms, groggily climbed up, he noticed that Wagner and Savi, holding Lele, had flushed faces, surprisingly hot and red.
Perplexed, the little child reached out to touch Savi's and Wagner’s faces.
It’s very hot.
Without a doubt, Wagner and Savi were both running a fever.
Three out of the four children were running a fever, and one was poisoned by toxic mushrooms. Although awake now, it’s still uncertain if there were any lasting effects on the body.
Wave after wave of setbacks made Ningning, who had been strong for several days, unable to hold back any longer, and tears streamed down his face.
He crawled outside the cave, looking at the deserted road with no one in sight. In a heartbroken voice, the little child spoke, “Dad, brother, hurry and come get Ningning.”
The child missed his father and brother.
Through tearful eyes and a slightly dizzy head, Ningning, feeling a bit disoriented, vaguely saw someone tall not far away looking in his direction.
He stood up, wanting to see if it was his father.
But just two steps forward, the little child was terrified. Staring back at him from a distance wasn’t his father or a tall person; it was a thin, tall Zerg.
He locked eyes with the Zerg.
In that instant, cold sweat covered the little child’s back. Without thinking, he turned and crawled back.
Once back, the child quickly hid Wagner and Savi in a corner and covered them.
He couldn’t carry three children at once, so he had to take one at a time.
Lele had mentioned that these Zergs wanted to catch him. If he left Lele behind, the Zergs might come for Lele. Carrying Lele might attract the Zergs away, providing more safety for Wagner and Savi.
In just a few days, the child, who used to be lazy in thinking, had now learned to think and strategize in the shortest possible time.
His strategies might not be as perfect and fitting as an adult’s, but for him, it’s already the limit of what he could do.
After carrying Lele out, the child saw the Zerg again.
Sure enough.
The Zerg was getting closer, and upon seeing Lele on his back, it stood still for a few seconds, not knowing what to do. After a pause, the Zerg started to chase after them directly, and the cave where Wagner and Savi were hidden remained unnoticed as the Zerg passed by.
Seeing this scene, the little child suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
After catching his breath, he continued running with Lele on his back.
Perhaps due to the aftermath of eating toxic mushrooms, the little child felt his body weakening as he ran. He wanted to wake Lele up, but even if Lele woke up, he wouldn’t be able to run.
The scorching temperature on Lele’s body could be felt through the fabric.
“Lele.”
The little child called out to Lele on his back, “You have to hold on, don’t die.”
