C12 The Wolf Tide Is Coming.

Yang Tian could only rely on his psychic power to enter. At his current level, he was unable to see through the true species of the mutant fruit tree.

Since the Level-1 psychic power could not last out for too long, Yang Tian immediately retreated.

The distance between Yang Tian and the mutant fruit tree was at least 100 meters. The consumption of psychic power to communicate with it across the distance was extremely huge.

"Phew!"

Yang Tian wiped the sweat off his forehead. Without the support of special abilities, it was difficult to produce a strong enough deterrence to the mutant tree. Mental communication alone wasn't enough.

After expending too much psychic power, Yang Tian sat on the ground and rested.

By the time he recovered, it was already afternoon.

He was surprisingly not harassed by the insects today. It seemed that in this wilderness, other than Earthly mutant creatures, the alien ones preferred densely populated cities.

The manor was surrounded at all sides. Behind it was a massive towering mountain. To the left was a river with Blood Ants inside, and the students could attest to that. To the right was a town with a lot of humans, and probably lots of alien creatures too, because in front of the town was an extensive forest.

Before the apocalypse began, Yang Tian's harvests were all shipped or sold in wholesale to traders in the adjacent town. Furthermore, the town was the fastest and only path to F city.

It was a fact that the town was subjugated by only level-1 alien creatures. However, the earthly mutant creatures that resided in the mountains or jungles would not be at the first level.

And they were equally as dangerous as the alien creatures.

"What do you want?"

Lee Sikai walked in front of Yang Tian and asked with an awkward expression.

"Can you sell us some food?"

Since they hadn't eaten for a whole day, they were naturally starving. As such, Lee Sikai wanted to buy some food from Yang Tian.

"Sure! But how are you going to pay me?"

Yang Tian did not think that Lee Sikai would still have another Devil Fruit on him. Being able to pick up one such fruit was already enough luck.

"Well..."

Lee Sikai took out a Spirit-type Energy Crystal.

He could be considered lucky as he acquired it when the Night Bat fought with the Blood Ant. When the corpse of the Night Bat fell from the sky, the Energy Crystal fell out of its head.

"I can only give you a piece of jerky for this crystal."

Yang Tian said expressionlessly, slightly disappointing Lee Sikai. He originally thought that the crystal could be exchanged for a portion of food, but it didn't seem to be the case.

When they made the deal yesterday, Lee Sikai thought that if a strange-looking fruit could make Yang Tian agree to his request, then the crystal must be more valuable.

But today, much to his surprise, it seemed that the value of the fruit was higher than that of this crystal.

"Can you... give us some more?"

Lee Sikai plucked up the courage and asked. A piece of dried meat was not enough for the nine of them to split evenly.

"No, but of course, you can choose to eat it all by yourself, then go back and tell them that you didn't get any. It's up to you." Yang Tian saw through Lee Sikai's thoughts at a glance.

In this apocalyptic world, one couldn't even take care of himself or herself, let alone save others.

Yang Tian took a piece of pork jerky and placed it in Lee Sikai's hand.

"If you take it back, they will fight over a bite of the jerky. But if you eat it yourself, they won't be able to say anything against you. Moreover, this is your food, so you should eat it."

Lee Sikai was already hesitant, and after hearing Yang Tian's words, he became decisive.

"Eat slowly!"

Lee Sikai stuffed the jerky into his mouth.

Yang Tian was right. He acquired this meal by himself, so why would he give it to them?

Perhaps it was because he was too hungry, he finished all the jerky in a few moments. However, a piece of jerky didn't seem to be enough to fill the stomach of a cheetah warrior.

"You're still hungry?"

"Yes!"

"I think we can make a deal."

"What deal?"

"Your soul."

"What?"

To Lee Sikai, an atheist, the soul was a vague and unreal thing that did not exist. But ever since the monsters appeared, he was positive and non-skeptical about Yang Tian's words.

"I need to think about it."

Even though he was cynical about the realism of souls, Lee Sikai believed that trading his own soul would obviously have a huge impact on him, he couldn't afford to be reckless.

After eating the piece of dried meat which temporarily satisfied the hunger pangs in his stomach, Lee Sikai returned to the pigsty.

The pigsty was filled with the sounds of quarreling. Four boys led by Hu Jun were acting hostile to Lee Sikai, but with the mutant pig watching over them, they did not dare to act recklessly.

Cowering by a corner were the remaining four girls. Facing this kind of situation for the first time, they didn't expect that for a little food, trust would be broken, consequentially destroying their past harmony.

Only by hugging themselves did they feel a sense of security.

Darkness was beginning to set in. Although they never encountered any danger during the day, it didn't mean that they would get through the night safely as well.

For the entire day, Guan Qingxue was sitting still in the small house, unable to accept the shock brought by Yang Tian.

Yang Tian peeked through the small crack on the wall and saw Guan Qingxue, who had been sitting at the dining table the whole time.

She was still fiddling with her phone?

Guan Qingxue was still unwilling to believe Yang Tian. She kept fiddling with her phone and every time she pressed the start button with her thumb, there would be a trace of anticipation in her eyes, but it would soon be replaced by disappointment.

At night, Yang Tian tightly held the Tang Saber as he vigilantly observed his surroundings.

The four female students in the pigsty had already fallen asleep, but the four boys led by Hu Jun were still hostile towards Lee Sikai. They wanted very much to teach him a lesson, but when they saw the huge intimidating mutant pig on the other side, they didn't dare to act rashly. Lee Sikai ignored their insolence and found himself a corner to rest.

"Ahhh!"

Oh no!

Yang Tian frowned — this was the last thing he wanted to see at the moment.

"Awoo..."

The wolf tide.

The appearance of a wolf tide meant that there was an alpha wolf among the wolf pack.

A large number of mutant wolves was not something that the current manor could defend against. He only hoped that their target was not very close to it.

The howls of the wolves instantly woke up everyone in the pigsty. Animal's intuition made the mutant pig afraid and nervous.

"What happened?"

After hearing the wolf howls, Guan Qingxue immediately rushed outside. One by one, all the students in the pigsty approached Yang Tian's side.

"Get ready to fight."

Four simple words made the students' faces turn ashen immediately, as if they were about to die.

"You go back to the hut and stay there."