All the food was distributed.
Only a small portion of the water was kept back.
The food would basically all be eaten.
The Exploration Team members sat at the cave entrance, eating in silence.
Some wore grave expressions; others looked toward the scorpion swarm, their eyes brimming with intense killing intent. Everyone knew that what came next would be the final gamble.
Perhaps sensing the Exploration Team members' unusual killing intent, the scorpion swarm also stirred restlessly, letting out strange, piercing hisses.
As usual, Zhen Jin ate the most food. He chewed every portion carefully before swallowing it, letting it roll down his throat, through his esophagus, and into his stomach.
That simple process alone filled Zhen Jin with an indescribable sense of happiness.
His stomach had long been starving beyond endurance. Like a bottomless pit, it devoured everything that entered it.
Very soon, Zhen Jin felt much of his strength return.
Yet at the same time, his stomach still churned violently. It sent a signal to its master—I want more. I still want more food!
But there was none left.
Zhen Jin stood up, leaped a few times, and arrived before the scorpion swarm.
The Silver Gun Scorpion sensed Zhen Jin's fighting spirit and immediately stepped out from among the swarm.
But this time, Zhen Jin did not tangle with it. Instead, he suddenly sprang up and jumped directly into the scorpion swarm.
He descended from above, landing on the back of an ordinary gun scorpion, and drove his sword through its head.
The unlucky gun scorpion let out a shrill hiss, its body twisting madly like a wild horse with an explosive temper. Then yellowish-brown blood spread across the ground, and it soon lay completely still.
For an instant, all the gun scorpions froze, as though stunned by