I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Jiang Li stopped refusing.

She had exerted herself too much and felt an abnormal hunger in her body, and her stomach was burning.

As you drink the mung bean juice, the sweetness slides down your tongue, a refreshing blend of coolness and mung bean flavor.

It felt as if all my internal organs were being nourished; it was a wonderful feeling.

She's had mung bean soup before, so why does it feel so different this time?

Could it be because food is scarce in the apocalypse that she feels a sense of cherishing it?

Never mind, Jiang Li took a big gulp of mung bean juice. The cool sensation washed away the heat from the trek, and she felt refreshed!

Looks like she'll have to work hard to earn points to get a refrigerator...

"Tch! They haven't even started working, yet they're already enjoying themselves!"

Wang Guihua saw Jiang Li and Li Lan resting on a tree trunk not far away from a distance, and her face turned extremely ugly.

It's obvious they're drinking mung bean juice.

Jiang Feng, who lives next door to Wang Guihua, leaned over and whispered:

"Has Li Lan gone mad?"

"Look at the way she's treating her like a mistress. She just gives away such precious mung bean soup like that. Does she think Jiang Li is a cash cow?"

Jiang Feng didn't come out the day before yesterday, but she did learn that Li Lan had gotten a lot of good things from the mountain with Jiang Li.

Jiang Li is indeed lucky, but who can be lucky all the time?

"I think she's been blinded by her gains the day before yesterday!" Wang Guihua sneered. "Does she really think Jiang Li can lead her on a continuous search for good stuff?"

They actually had the nerve to fawn over a new junior! They're a disgrace to their elders!

Su Xiao listened to their conversation, glanced in the direction of Jiang Li and Li Lan, and a smile appeared on her lips.

She picked up the small shovel and got up.

"Aunt Wang, Aunt Jiang, I'll go check the other side first. If I find anything good, I'll call you over!"

Today she's determined to find as many things as possible and show Jiang Li how capable she is!

Jiang Li will just have to watch helplessly then!

"Alright, alright, let's go find some wild vegetables."

Jiang Feng and Wang Guihua also separated and hurried off in different directions.

Jiang Li drank half a bottle of mung bean juice, put the rest into her basket, and stood up, saying:

"Aunt Li, let's go."

Walk two kilometers ahead, and you'll find a large patch of wild vegetables.

Having had the experience of digging for wild vegetables once, Jiang Li knew that if she wanted to dig for more wild vegetables in the fastest and most efficient way, she had to go directly to wild vegetable clusters.

Searching sporadically on the roadside is both laborious and not cost-effective.

Li Lan followed Jiang Li without asking any further questions.

Upon arriving at their destination, Jiang Li took out a small shovel and turned to Li Lan, saying:

"Let's dig first, and leave some for them."

Because Jiang Li was too focused on her goal and walked too fast, she got a bit far from the main group and couldn't see anyone nearby.

Li Lan dug with great enthusiasm, feeling fortunate.

After they've dug up most of the place, they'll leave the rest for the next group, and each person will get a small share.

But when Jiang Li asked her to dig with her, that was a completely different story.

In other words, she would get a similar share of the wild vegetables as Jiang Li.

After a morning, Su Xiao had not found any more wild vegetable patches.

Her luck seemed to have run out after discovering the shepherd's purse patch; she could only find scattered wild vegetables, often only one plant every few hundred meters.

At noon, everyone gathered under a big tree to rest and discovered that two people were missing.

"Where are Jiang Li and Li Lan? Why aren't they here?"

"Who knows what he's been up to!"

Wang Guihua snorted coldly, "They really have no manners! Running around everywhere!"

If we get too far away from the main force, we won't even have time to call for help if we encounter a mutated beast!

"I just saw them heading deeper into the woods," someone said.

"What?!"

Wang Guihua's eyes widened. "Going deeper into the woods? Are you out of your mind?!"

She glanced into the depths of the forest, where the eerie trees resembled menacing wild beasts, looking dangerous no matter how you looked at them.

How dare Jiang Li and Li Lan venture so far into the woods?

We had clearly agreed beforehand that we would search along both sides of the stream.

When Su Xiao heard that Jiang Li and Li Lan had gone deeper into the woods, her face fell.

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Jiang Li paused, her hand holding the small shovel still.

What is that?

She was digging for wild vegetables when she suddenly sensed green dots and lights disappearing one after another a few hundred meters away.

What does this mean?

Plants...can disappear on their own?

"What's wrong?" Li Lan asked, looking at her with confusion as she saw her stop.

Jiang Li: "Aunt Li, what type of evolver are you, and what level are you?"

Li Lan: "My husband and I are both Level 4 Power Evolvers."

Jiang Li reminded him, "Hold your machete tight, there's something ahead."

Upon hearing this, Li Lan's expression tightened. She took out the machete and held it in her hand, looking warily in the direction ahead.

"Girl, how did you know there was something ahead?"

Jiang Li: "There are animals eating."

After thinking it over, I realized that those missing plants must have been eaten by something.

It is a herbivorous animal that eats wild vegetables.

Jiang Li frowned as she watched the green dots disappear one after another at a rapid pace.

What is this thing, happily munching on wild vegetables?

She stood up, clutching her machete. "Aunt Li, it might be an unmutated animal. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Jiang Li wasn't sure either; she wasn't sure how many there were, nor how big the body was.

"Not mutated?" Li Lan swallowed hard. "You mean... an edible animal?"

Jiang Li nodded.

Because it eats unmutated plants.

Generally speaking, mutant animals are resistant to toxins, so they can eat both poisonous mutant plants and ordinary plants. However, ordinary plants are slightly smaller, so mutant animals prefer large mutant plants that can quickly fill their stomachs.

Therefore, a phenomenon will occur in the forest, which is—

Mutant animals eat mutant plants, while ordinary animals eat ordinary plants.

The unidentified creature in front of them was eating ordinary plants, so Jiang Li was more inclined to believe that it was an ordinary animal rather than a mutated one.

"Aunt Li, I'm not sure what's up ahead either. I just think it might be an ordinary animal, but I can't rule out the possibility that it's a dangerous mutated animal. I want to go and take a look. You can decide for yourself whether you want to follow."

After saying that, Jiang Li drew her knife and stepped forward.

She needed to know exactly what that thing was, no matter what.

Li Lan nervously clenched her fists. After hesitating for a few seconds, she made up her mind and said, "Jiang Meizi, I trust you! I'll follow you! We can lend a hand if there's anything!"

"Um."

Jiang Li nodded.

The two slowly moved forward.

Jiang Li sensed the condition of the plants over there.

It keeps disappearing, and it keeps eating!

What a little glutton!

Approaching, we came to a patch of grass.

That thing should be behind the bushes.

Jiang Li gave Li Lan a look, then slowly parted the grass to see what was happily munching on wild vegetables in the field—

A pink little running pig with transparent downy hairs all over its body.

Jiang Li was stunned.

The piglet, its rear end facing her and its short tail curled up, was busily rooting around in the wild vegetables, unaware of the human's arrival.

Li Lan covered her mouth.

They're piglets!