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"How is it? How much did you get?" Yu Sheng asked anxiously.

"That's all!" Kaori Orimoto said indignantly, showing off what she had received.

"Only ten in total?!" Yu Sheng was shocked.

"That Tsukikawa Shuu did it on purpose!" Nakamachi Chika also said angrily.

"He's deliberately making things difficult for us, wanting to watch us slowly die." Another boy's mood became very low.

After the initial anger was followed by the realization that it was merely impotent rage, all that remained was endless fear and despair.

Yu Sheng stared intently at the hard-won food.

So hungry, so thirsty...

I don't know if it's the maggots inside her body causing this, but Yu Sheng becomes even hungrier and thirstier when faced with food. I really want to pounce on it, snatch it away, and eat it right away.

But he forced himself to suppress these thoughts, or rather, he tried his best to appear normal.

Yu Sheng looked at the string of food, reached out, and took it from Orimoto Kaori's hand with a slightly hurried gesture.

Kaori Orimoto didn't notice anything unusual and simply handed it over to the other party.

After all, Yu Sheng is still the student council president and has leadership authority, so he should be in charge of distributing the food.

"Even though we only have this little bit of food, we can't let that guy look down on us!"

Yu Sheng paused for a moment, picked off a few fruits from the bunch, and then hid the rest in his pants pocket.

"Come here." Yu Sheng stretched out her hand.

Then, he gave each of the other three people present a piece of fruit.

"This...this isn't nearly enough!" Chika Nakamachi exclaimed anxiously. "This amount of food doesn't even provide enough energy for the two of us to use while massaging Hiiragi Tsukikawa!"

“Food is limited, but we can’t eat it all at once. It’s necessary to keep some as reserves,” Yu Sheng said. “Moreover, this fruit is very nutritious, with high sugar and water content. Eating one can keep you full for half a day.”

"As for the rest, it must be allocated reasonably and only taken out to eat when strenuous exercise is required."

The three people looked at each other.

“That makes some sense…” Orimoto Kaori said.

This single fruit was the only food the three of them had eaten for the past two days; it wasn't even enough to fill a gap between their teeth.

……

As night fell, Kaori Orimoto tossed and turned, unable to sleep. After eating this little bit of food, her digestive system was reactivated, and she seemed even hungrier.

But in order to conserve her energy, she could only force herself to distract herself and try to fall asleep.

Just then, a rustling sound came from not far away, accompanied by the sound of chewing.

Kaori Orimoto turned over and found that it was another boy in the group besides Tamaki. He was sitting alone on the ground with his back to the sleeping group, gnawing on something and making a crunching sound.

The object he was holding had some parts sticking out, which Orimoto Kaori saw.

This is half the body of a giant ant, and the boy is eating the insect!

And it's eaten raw!

This was no longer just shock, it was terror.

These insects weren't tasty, and it was unknown whether they were poisonous or not. The other person was just holding the insect corpses and gnawing on them.

By the moonlight, Kaori Orimoto could see the worm's internal organs and viscera sliding off its abdomen; the green, viscous, disgusting fluid was splattered everywhere, including on the boy's face and clothes.

Moreover, the corpse wasn't found here; it was clearly picked up by the boy in the previous secret realm area, and he'd been hiding it, either not eating it or too afraid to eat it.

But now he could no longer bear the hunger; a single fruit was simply not enough to fill the huge energy deficit he had expended over the past two days.

Has she become so hungry...? Orimoto Kaori covered her mouth, trying her best not to vomit.

Looking at the snot-like liquid, Kaori Orimoto didn't want to look at it directly, let alone imagine what it tasted like.

However, the boy seemed to have lost his sense of taste, biting into the half-eaten worm's internal organs along with the green juice, one bite after another...

After being starved for more than two days, some people finally started to go crazy.

……

The next day, Yu Sheng's mental state was somewhat better.

He was able to stand up, walk, and even pick out the maggots from his body.

But her physical condition actually worsened.

The boy who ate the insect carcass last night started vomiting and having diarrhea, and couldn't even stand up.

His lips were pale, his face was bloodless, and only his lips were twitching.

Looking at what he vomited, a mixture of large amounts of green liquid and the remains of insects, everyone knew what had happened.

He was already extremely dehydrated, but now he was vomiting even more precious water. Lying on the ground, he could only exhale and not inhale, and he was basically useless.

"Should we bring him along?" Chika Nakamachi asked.

"Why bring him along?" Yu Sheng glanced at the boy lying on the ground, too weak to move, paused, and said, "Let him stay here. We'll continue exploring and come back to see him after we get enough water and food."

Why not take out the remaining fruit? Kaori Orimoto wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, she also felt that she couldn't do that.

This boy is clearly poisoned and probably won't live much longer in this alternate world. There's no need to waste those precious fruits to save him.

As for waiting until enough water and food are found before rescuing him... everyone understands that he is unlikely to survive until the end of this area, and the few who can go out may not be able to find food and water again.

Yu Sheng, on the other hand, had both hands in his pockets.

It was empty inside.

“Let’s go, let’s go as far as we can,” Yu Sheng said.

……

……

Before setting off, Tsukikawa Shu ran into Tamahane and his group again.

The team that originally consisted of ten people has now been reduced to three, with some dead and others gone.

Kaori Orimoto and Chika Nakamachi's condition hadn't changed much. In fact, they seemed to have become even weaker.

Yu Sheng, on the other hand, seems to have recovered some of her mental state.

Tsukikawa Shu could guess what had happened, but it was an internal matter for their team, and Tsukikawa Shu couldn't be bothered to get involved.

Just like the previous two times, when the time was set, another stone staircase rose from the square, connecting to the Sky Islands.

[Sky Islands Third Region Opens]

[Countdown begins: 24:00:00]

Chapter 132

Tsukikawa Shuu and his group arrived at the Sky Islands, a place quite different from the other regions.

Here, you can see seas of flowers everywhere. No matter where you are, there are large swathes of flowers, all colorful and vying for attention.

A gentle breeze blows, and these seas of flowers sway in the wind, truly resembling an ocean.

These flower fields are actually more dangerous than the previous area.

Previously, there were many trees, but the path was still visible, and by removing the weeds, the danger could still be discerned.

However, this sea of ​​flowers is so dense that it's impossible to distinguish between paths and dangerous areas; one wrong step and you could fall into an abyss.

Without saying a word, Tsukikawa Shuu drew his katana and slashed.

A golden sword light flashed, clearing a path through the air.

Just as Tsukikawa Shu had predicted, countless traps were hidden beneath these flower fields.

Small stones float in the air, varying in size and spacing. If you step on the wrong one, you'll fall straight down and be smashed to pieces.

"There aren't any monsters hiding here like before?" Hiratsuka Shizuka remarked after observing the scene.

"In other words, these plants are actually the more dangerous ones," Tsukikawa Shuu said.

I picked up a broken flower.

The flowers are still very vibrant, but small thorns grow below their sepals.

What's even more peculiar is that these tiny thorns move and automatically point towards the animal's location.

"These plants are indeed dangerous." Fujiwara Chika looked at the plants with great surprise.

Although the thorns of these flowers are not poisonous and can only cause superficial injuries, if the plants are already this aggressive at the beginning, their aggressiveness will only increase as you go deeper.

However, none of this mattered to Tsukikawa Shuu.

With her katana in hand, Tsukikawa Hiiragi cleared a path for them, giving these strange plants no chance to succeed.

Yui Yuigahama had completely overcome her fear of the Otherworld. After learning that the flowers were not poisonous, she even picked up a small flower from the ground and played with it casually.

How are you feeling?

At that moment, Hiratsuka Shizuka moved closer to Yuigahama Yui and asked with a smile.