The distant sound began to slowly spread in all directions, although it was a bit late, Big and Small, Black and White Tuanzi also seemed to have sensed something, emitting sorrowful cries.
Su Li circled around Big and Small, Black and White Tuanzi several times and said, "I bet a piece of meat, these are definitely a mother and child."
Often, only a mother would go to such lengths to risk her life to save her own little one.
Though her hands itched to part Big Tuanzi’s long fur to see its gender, she managed to suppress this terrible thought.
In order to dispel her own shameful and terrible thoughts, Su Li turned away and started to talk about something else.
"Although you are pitiable, abandoned by your group, I won’t take you in for free here."
"From now on, you two are hired labor for me, and your payment will be a piece of meat."
After all, there was no such thing as a law against employing child labor in this Different World.
Su Li also felt quite pitiable herself, standing here for a long half a day, her new store having just opened to encounter a freezing period, except for two penniless Tuanzi, she hadn’t waited for any customers with purchasing power.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so neurotic, talking to two Tuanzi for the better part of the day.
She had been the boss of big corporations and conglomerates, but she hadn’t expected that even running a small little convenience store wasn’t an easy task.
Su Li was still complaining about how slow those survivors were, not considering whether the directions she gave might have been off.
Following the sound and proceeding according to the directions broadcasted by Su Li’s loudspeaker, many people stumbled and staggered for a long while but didn’t find any convenience store.
Such well-prepared individuals like Yuan Qingmei were unusual.
Most of the people had been dragged into this Otherworld with blank expressions, utterly clueless.
Forget about bringing food and drinking water, some even escaped wrapped only in a bath towel after being interrupted during a bath.
And there were some who rushed out in their pajamas.
As for why they were still bathing or sleeping in the middle of the day, who knew what was going on...
Anyway, most had undergone brutal and chaotic escapes and were now so hungry their stomachs were rumbling, their lips all parched and wrinkled.
The Primitive Forest was rich indeed, hiding the richest treasures, as long as you had eyes keen enough to discover them.
However, the dangers lurking in the Primitive Forest were beyond these weak urbanites, who couldn’t tell wheat from rice.
Trying to find a water source to quench their thirst often ended with either monsters lurking in the river or carnivorous animals by the water’s edge.
They were just going to be free delivery meal and dessert for someone else.
Up in the trees, watching the big and red fruit, before they could salivate, suddenly a soft-bodied creature would swoop down.
Even if they hid and took evasive maneuvers, a moment of carelessness could result in being snatched away by some bizarre bird from above.
It was truly difficult.
Water, land, air, in all directions, there wasn’t a single safe place.
The most important was the fall from the lofty position of controller to the very bottom of the food chain, a gap that was unbearable for humans to accept.
"Brother Xiao, should we keep looking? Our group originally gathered around a hundred and eighty people, but now what’s left is barely a third of the original number."
"I’ve really seen it now, this damn world just harbors deep malice towards us. Look at those beasts attacking us; they used to be served on our tables for us to enjoy, and now..."
The speaker was a youthful man who choked up with sobs and couldn’t continue.
In just a short time, he had witnessed more tragedies than all the rest of his life combined, one happening after another right before his eyes.
The person who was talking just a moment ago would become prey in the mouth and belly of those strange birds and exotic beasts in the next.
"Brother Xiao, I also think there’s no need to keep searching. We thought that voice was close to us earlier, but now we’ve been searching so long and haven’t found the place. Maybe that arrogant fellow already got eaten by an exotic beast because he revealed his own position."
"And a ’number one convenience store in the Otherworld,’ what is he selling... I don’t believe he has an adequate supply..."
Clearly the leader of the group, Brother Xiao slapped the despondent young man on the back, "Just now, you saw it, a rooster as big as a small house, a rabbit that likes to eat meat, fish climbing onto land to hunt for prey... If such scenes were mentioned in the past, you wouldn’t even dare to dream of them, right? Now what’s impossible?"
"The whole world has become so fantastical, is it really so strange that someone could open a small convenience store?"
Certainly, there was something different about those who could be leaders.
If Su Li were here, she would definitely recognize this somewhat insightful Brother Xiao, they actually knew each other.
But it wasn’t really knowing each other, just a passing acquaintance.
Who would have thought that Xiao Shang, the scumbag ex-boyfriend who decisively snatched Qing Mei’s backpack, would end up becoming the leader of a large group in such a short time.
It seems judging just by himself, he did have some abilities.
Actually, Xiao Shang was quite lucky too. After snatching the essentials for survival, he fled with a few others and happened upon a large-scale online sales team.
At the time of worldwide turmoil, this thousand-member team was gathered for some cruise event.
The disaster struck, and the event naturally couldn’t proceed, with only one in ten survivors making it through.
Even so, dropping into this Different World together, their number was still quite large.
Over a hundred people, and most were young, so even wild beasts wouldn’t dare attack casually.
But such a situation was only temporary. The online sales team was predominantly female, and very few could quickly and strongly come to terms with their situation at this time.
Most people vented their fear by crying.
Soon, the first wave of probing attacks descended upon them.
This caused these young women to become even more frightened and panicked. At this time, Xiao Shang’s stepping forward allowed him to successfully become the leader of this large group.
But Xiao Shang had also misjudged the adaptability of these young women. Although they have barely survived until now, a large price was paid as many became food for the exotic beasts.
The remaining survivors were either strong men or great mothers who had desperately protected their children throughout.
"Let’s stop here and rest for a bit; I’ll check the coordinates of the other party."
At Xiao Shang’s command, the two previously disheartened young men didn’t dare to speak further.
Xiao Shang walked quietly to the side; he had been thinking about that voice, finding it somewhat familiar.
Under the huge banyan tree, where could it be...
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he remembered.
Thinking about it, they really had taken quite the detour.
Compared to Xiao Shang, Qing Mei, who abandoned Su Li and ran away, ended up being the first among all to return to the very beginning place.