CHAPTER 336: CHAPTER 316: THE VILLAGE AND GOU (PART 2)

Lu Xi’an couldn’t judge Lu Shou’s merits or demerits, nor did he have the mind to do so. It wasn’t his job, and it didn’t matter to him.

He was just thinking it was time to talk to Luo Ping, to seize the time to tell Luo Ping what he knew, then gather supplies, build a sailboat, and set sail.

Lu Shou walked to the edge of the RV. Lu Xi’an opened the car door and glanced at him, confirming his eyes were indeed red. However, there were no tear marks on his face. He must have held back for a long time to stop the tears from falling.

Ha, still an emotional person.

Lu Xi’an jumped out of the car and said, "So, are you planning to wait for death with these people?"

Lu Shou sighed and said, "What else can I do? They do have a point. They are used to living with me. Going elsewhere would probably be worse than death for them, right?

"Besides, these people who followed me might not survive in the end. When the people from Northern County come, those people will probably kill me and also kill and eat them.

"Death is just death. I’ll protect them to the end and let them die after me."

As he said this, he paused and asked, "Would you two like to take a look around my village? It should be the best place in this world."

Lu Xi’an didn’t mention Luo Ping. At this time, mentioning Luo Ping to Lu Shou wouldn’t make much sense.

He tried to connect to Institute 923 through Gou but failed. Since there was nothing else to do, he agreed to Lu Shou’s proposal.

So Yao Wei got out of the car too, casually bringing Gou along.

They locked the car and followed Lu Shou into the village.

This was a very rudimentary village. All the houses were built haphazardly using the trees from the forest, giving it a rough and primitive feel.

The people here lived like savages and dressed like savages, but they indeed looked more human than the people Lu Xi’an had seen in other villages and towns.

Leading them along, Lu Shou received respectful greetings from the people who began to get busy working, and he responded. Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei also followed suit in responding.

While talking and responding, Lu Shou introduced every place and everyone to Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei.

This was Old Chou’s home, that was Old Chou’s family, and the new dog was arranged here, as well as Old Chou, next to Gou. They both went out with people to find food.

Healing Village had many people, so the demand for food was high, and many people had to be sent out daily to get food. Luckily, the coast was not far to the east, and there were plenty of things by the sea, more than on land, so they could always get some food.

Of course, sometimes they couldn’t get anything or got very little. But no matter what, they would never eat their own people.

Lu Shou said this was a rule he set himself, and the villagers agreed.

There were always newcomers here, and there were always people who died. In these times of food and nutrition shortages and extreme weather changes, the lifespan of ordinary people was very short, even if diluted Fungus Stone Water couldn’t save them.

Sometimes there would be more people here, sometimes fewer, but Lu Shou always remembered everyone’s name, even those who had already died. As he walked through the village, he could introduce them all to Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei.

There were even one or two dogs in the village that he recognized and could distinguish.

They were hunted by him previously, meant to be eaten, but at the time, it was freezing, and they couldn’t go out to hunt, so they kept the two dogs, planning to eat them when food was extremely scarce.

Unexpectedly, these two dogs were never eaten and instead became hunting dogs for the village, following people to hunt.

Lu Shou said one dog was called Big Dog, and the other Small Dog, both quite good.

He also said that the Small Dog was about the same size as Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei’s Gou, but probably wasn’t as formidable.

—Of course, he didn’t know exactly what abilities Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei’s Gou had, but just by looking, he felt this Gou was extraordinary and couldn’t be compared to his dogs.

What a joke, whose dog is clad in metal and has eyes that can glow!

Lu Shou had poured too much affection into this village, and now as he introduced everything to Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei, his tone was full of nostalgia, as if it were already a month and a half later, and everything here had perished with the arrival of Northern County people.

The village wasn’t large, and after walking around, someone started cooking. It was seafood picked up from the seaside, roasted over fire by the villagers, and they ate with shells just like that.

After their things were cooked, they would let Lu Shou eat first, and only after he had finished would they eat.

This was the class consciousness of this world. Even though Lu Shou was different from most Neo-Humans in this world, he still didn’t feel there was anything wrong with it.

But this time, he was already full and didn’t take the food handed over by the villagers. Instead, he said, "I ate outside. You give it to them first."

The villager quickly brought the food over to Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei.

Yao Wei put Gou down beside her and said, "Thank you," before taking the food. Lu Xi’an also expressed his thanks.

The villager was startled, then suddenly laughed, "You two are good people too."

Lu Xi’an couldn’t help but laugh, having finally obtained a new "good person card."

Gou’s eyes didn’t glow, and Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei could confirm there was nothing wrong with the food, so they started eating.

The villagers then went back to cooking, and people returned in twos and threes, some with grasses—which were also edible—some with fruits, and others brought some seafood from the seashore.

These things, more or less, barely allowed people to have food today.

The two dogs also returned, and Lu Xi’an finally saw real dogs in this world, one looking like a husky and the other like a corgi. No wonder Lu Laohu said the small one was about the same size as Gou.

The two dogs panted as they ran over, circling, and Lu Shou wagged their tails, seeming to butter up.

Lu Shou sighed and said, "Had I known they hadn’t gone far, I would have brought back the tiger from under Yang Shuxia and the rat corpse, too. It’d be enough for us to eat for a while too. These two dogs could have some meat to share as well."

But the two dogs didn’t dare to think further about Lu Shou’s words and had already gone to find their kind.

—They seemed to have considered Gou as a fellow kind and were interested in it.

Lu Xi’an said, "You can drive over there again, it’s not too late now."

"True."

Lu Shou nodded and said, "So what do you think, should I try eating the Fungus Stone?"

Lu Xi’an said, "I think you’d better not try. Among so many people in Northern County, only two survived after eating the Fungus Stone; the success rate is too low. If you die directly, what would they do?"

Lu Shou thought for a moment and asked, "Or... if I die, you can eat me?"

"Get lost!"

Lu Xi’an angrily snapped.

Did this guy think he and Yao Wei looked like cannibals?

Yao Wei’s face also turned unpleasant.

Lu Shou noticed and quickly shrank his neck, saying, "Sorry, sorry, I said the wrong thing." He finally gave up on that idea.

Lu Xi’an thought for a moment and said, "You’ve already eaten the meat from Yang Shuxia. Just digest it well. As for other things, if you want to improve further, I can teach you some methods. I know a few..."

He stopped mid-sentence because he suddenly noticed something on Yao Wei’s side.

By Yao Wei’s side, Gou had been put down earlier. The two dogs sniffed Gou curiously for a long time; the smaller one, which looked like a corgi, suddenly circled to Gou’s back, climbed onto it, and started humping.

The other larger dog, which resembled a husky, bounced around a couple of times and looked eager to try too.

Yao Wei got angry immediately and was about to slap down when Lu Shou’s face changed, and he quickly reached out, exclaiming, "Show mercy!"