Chapter 270: choose

However, these people only thought about it but didn’t take any actual action.

Instead, a tall, burly man stepped forward and pulled the person lying on the iron plate down.

Without a word, he lay down on it himself, and as the chill subsided, he let out a comfortable sigh.

The person who was pulled down was initially a bit angry and wanted to settle scores with the other party, but after seeing the other party’s physique and then looking at his own slender frame, he wisely chose to back down.

He knew that only by doing so could everyone be well.

So he could only join others, find another iron plate and firewood, and make a new one elsewhere.

Those who had broken the ice and brought it back had already returned; they were preparing for the second round of transport, planning to transport as much ice as possible before dawn to store more water.

But when they arrived, they were all dumbfounded, unable to understand what this group of people was doing.

Before, they were complaining about the heat, but now, a group of people were all acting like two-legged sheep on iron plates.

These people couldn’t understand and stopped trying; transporting ice was their top priority.

So they bypassed this ‘crazy’ group and continued towards the ice mountain.

Even after these dozen or so ice transporters left, among the many people present, not a single one warned them.

Perhaps this was a case where wealth could not be shared, but hardship must be endured together; no one was allowed to escape.

Thinking about the way the other party had just looked at them, they would realize their mistake once they were eroded.

It was then that some people were already planning to move all the nearby iron plates and wood once their bodies recovered, leaving those dozen or so people to suffer slowly.

On the other side, at the source of the rumors, the instigators were somewhat disappointed when they saw over a hundred cannon fodder step onto the ice mountain without drawing out the Titan Python.

Originally, these people’s plan was to use these hundred-odd people to cause chaos, allowing them to fish in troubled waters.

These few people had even scouted the location of Liang Yu’s RV, just waiting for the chaos to erupt.

Unfortunately, things did not go as they wished, which made the leader quite helpless; he couldn’t understand why that man and the giant python he had tamed hadn’t appeared today.

At this point, he could only choose the second path. He looked at the few people following him, gathered his thoughts, and spoke.

“Brothers, I have a path now, and I’m not sure if you’ll come with me.”

“I’ll tell you first, think about it yourselves, no pressure.”

“I plan to seek refuge with someone else. If it succeeds, our lives won’t be so hard anymore, and we won’t have to live like rats. Although we’d be like dogs by that person’s side, we could be human in front of others.”

“It’s just that I’m not sure if the other party will accept us; we might die if we go, so think carefully.”

“I’ll wait for you ahead. If you want to come along, come find me.”

“Even if you don’t plan to seek refuge with him, I can understand.”

After saying this, the man directly left, leaving five people to weigh the pros and cons.

The five were very conflicted now, not because of anything else, but because of that last sentence: being able to be human in front of others.

This temptation was simply too great for them.

They knew that their small team was already struggling just to survive.

Why say that?

Because this entire area had basically formed gang-like factions, and to survive, to survive better, they could only join them.

Originally, everything was fine, with small groups of a few people everywhere, and everyone would very tacitly avoid each other.

Until a group of over thirty people appeared; every time they went out to search for food, they divided into two groups, each with more than ten people.

When these people met others, they would directly snatch the supplies you found, and the disadvantage of small groups became apparent; from the sheer number of people, it was clear they couldn’t win, and between injury and supplies, they could only give up the supplies.

More often than not, when searching for supplies, they wouldn’t just openly rob, but directly drive people away, commonly known as ‘monopolizing the area,’ leaving no room for them to survive.

Many small groups had encountered such situations, and out of necessity and desperation, these people could only choose to join a faction to barely survive.

As for their group, because they had firearms, they were able to survive until now.

Even so, many people already considered them thorns in their side, and it was only a matter of time before these few people would be challenged.

The choice before them seemed to be two, but in reality, there was only one: to seek refuge with others.

Everyone was well aware of these things; what these few people were currently agonizing over was whether to take a gamble. If they won, they might, as the man said, be able to be human again.

But if they lost, that would mean death.

Conversely, joining other factions might lead to death during a conflict one day, but at least not now.

At this point, the five began to have differences; some had already decided to follow the man and seek refuge.

But as this person was leaving, he was pulled back by another.

“Qu Ge, are you crazy?”

“You might die immediately if you go. Isn’t it better to just barely survive?”

The person called Qu Ge shook his head and pried the other person’s hand off him.

He looked at the other party with some disappointment, finally sighing.

“Alas!”

“I originally thought at least you would understand me, but I didn’t expect…”

Qu Ge’s eyes dimmed a bit as he spoke.

“I really didn’t expect even you to be like this.”

“I told you, if a spine gets used to bending, it can never straighten again.”

“Then that person has reached their limit as a human. If that’s the case, why bother living?”

After Qu Ge finished speaking, he looked at the other party once more, saying nothing more and leaving no parting words.

The other three were somewhat moved, standing in place, pondering something.

When Qu Ge’s back faded into the distance, someone suddenly stood up and shouted at Qu Ge.

“Qu Ge!!”

“Slow down, wait for your little brother!”

He said, running up as he spoke.

At this moment, another person saw someone else go over and also stood up.

“Crazy, crazy!”

“You’re all crazy, isn’t it good to be alive?”

“Wait for me, I’ll go crazy with you too!”

Saying this, he also followed behind, jogging to catch up with the people ahead.

Now only two people remained; the man who had pulled Qu Ge looked at the remaining one.

He asked with a very unkind tone.

“It looks like you also plan to go die with them?”

The person asked was momentarily speechless.

He didn’t know how to answer the other party.