In the evening, it stopped snowing.
As far as the eye could see, all they could see was white. It was as though they had entered a different world.
A large vole crawled out of the ground and started digging around in the snow. It seemed to be looking for new food as it could already smell the grains from its burrow. By winter, the animal's fur had become much thicker, so the vole looked like a furry ball.
But not long after it left the burrow, Ren Xiaosu, who was hiding in the snow behind it, suddenly pounced on it. As the young man had been lying in the snow for too long, the snow on his body had covered up his presence.
The fat vole was so shocked that its fur stood on end. But it was too late for it to crawl back into its burrow.
Nowadays, voles could move extremely fast in the wilderness. If it were a normal person, they would not be able to catch it. However, a dagger shot towards it as though it had predicted its movement and stabbed it to death on its way back to its burrow.
Cheers came from afar. Jiang Wu and the students were rubbing their hands together in the cold while cheering. They would have meat to eat tonight again!
Ren Xiaosu carried the vole by its leg and walked over. "You need to be patient when hunting in the wilderness. Nowadays, wild animals won't just fall for some bait. They're starting to get smarter. If you're not as patient as them, you'll have no choice but to starve."
The snow had just stopped, but Ren Xiaosu had been lying in the snow for several hours. Although he and Chen Wudi could hunt for wild boars to kill, such a hunting method was not suitable for the students.
Ren Xiaosu's main purpose was still to teach and … earn gratitude tokens.
When Ren Xiaosu finished sharing his experience, the students hurriedly thanked him with a smile. In just a day, Ren Xiaosu had earned more than 400 gratitude tokens by relying on the blind worship of the students.
Ever since he received the side mission, he had tried his best to earn so many gratitude tokens. In the end, Ren Xiaosu realized it was easier to deceive the students.
Previously, Ren Xiaosu was worried that Jiang Wu was leading too many students and would delay everyone's escape.
But now, he felt that Jiang Wu was teaching too few students and that the gratitude tokens were not coming in fast enough …
Every day, Ren Xiaosu would patiently come out to hunt and teach the students how to set traps and how to dig out squirrel nests. Seeing that everyone was eating and drinking well while they were on the run, their faces actually became a lot rosier.
As he led the students to their campsite, he said, "If you can find a squirrel's nest in winter, it'll be a great harvest. Inside are its winter rations. It's definitely enough for you to eat several meals. Besides, you won't be poisoned if you eat the food that it dares to eat. "
A student asked curiously, "Then if we eat the squirrel's food, how will the squirrel survive the winter?"
Ren Xiaosu comforted him, "Eat the squirrel too. It won't have to survive the winter."
The student thought about it and it seemed to be the case …
Jiang Wu followed behind them slowly. When she heard how Ren Xiaosu taught his students, she felt a little complicated.
At the campsite, Yan Liuyuan and the others had already set up a campfire. The students were all carrying firewood over, so it would not be as cold tonight.
A large group of escapees had set up camp not far away. Wherever Ren Xiaosu and the others went, the escapees would follow. However, none of them dared to go near them.
However, compared to the number of escapees who had just escaped, only less than half of them were still able to keep up.
Sister Xiaoyu took the dagger from Ren Xiaosu's hand and skillfully peeled the vole's meat. Then she wiped the blood off her hands with snow.
Yan Liuyuan whispered to Ren Xiaosu, "The escapees have started forming their own cliques. I discovered some people ordering others to work while enjoying the fruits of their labor."
"Mhm." Ren Xiaosu sat down by the campfire and stoked the flames a little more. He added a few more pine branches to it and listened to the crackling of the pine branches. He said, "Don't mind them. This is inevitable. At the beginning of the escape process, everyone will be exhausted from running for their lives. But very soon, the smart and ruthless people will learn how to enslave others. This is human nature."
"In the past, when they lived in the stronghold, they could live a good life as long as they followed the rules of the stronghold every day. There were also many entertainment programs for them to spend their money on. Although they worked, they couldn't save up much money. They just had to repeat their lives day after day and didn't have time to think too much about it." Ren Xiaosu continued, "But when they got out into the wilderness, they understood what the world was supposed to be like."
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu lamented, "Those strongholds are the worlds that the consortiums have meticulously designed for them."
At this moment, a commotion broke out in the group of escapees. Ren Xiaosu looked up and was surprised to see several men trying to capture a lone escapee.
The escapee broke free from the other party's grip and ran over to Ren Xiaosu and the others.
"Bro, what should we do?" Yan Liuyuan asked.
"Let's keep an eye on her for now." Ren Xiaosu said as he placed the peeled vole over the campfire.
The men chased after the escapees. But when they were halfway there, they saw Ren Xiaosu sitting by the campfire, so they stopped in their tracks.
The escapee had wrapped herself up tightly. Even though the people behind her had stopped in their tracks, she was still stumbling around in the snow. Eventually, she fell to the ground not far from Ren Xiaosu and the others and stopped moving.
The escapee seemed to have thought that the commotion would alert Ren Xiaosu and the others. At the very least, someone would help her up. As a result, she lay there for more than an hour.
After a long time, Chen Wudi, who was sitting by the campfire, could not help but say, "Master, there's someone over there."
"It's fine. She's just sleepy and wants to sleep for a while. Don't disturb her," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile. Others might not know, but he could sense that the person lying in the snow was breathing erratically.
An unconscious person's breathing could not possibly be like that. Moreover, perhaps because she was uncomfortable lying there, she had even secretly changed her position.
A moment later, the person in the snow slowly got up as though she had just woken up. She took off the scarf wrapped around her head and revealed a delicate face. Yan Liuyuan whispered, "It's a woman."
The woman looked at Ren Xiaosu and the others in confusion. "Why did I faint? Hello, I'm Fang Yujing."
Ren Xiaosu glanced at her. "Since you're awake, go back to your place."
He really had no interest in this kind of scheming contestant. Although his opponent was beautiful, she wasn't the prettiest among all the women he had met.
"Don't you know me?" Fang Yujing was taken aback.
Ren Xiaosu and the others by the campfire looked at each other speechlessly. Ren Xiaosu said, "You might not believe it when I say this, but there really isn't a single person who knows you."
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