About how my wife resurrected me as tentacles after my death.

Sandworms...are worth a lot of money.

Meat is 10 points per pound.

They also have teeth, which can be sold to pharmaceutical companies as materials.

Venom is also a valuable substance.

A whole sandworm, just the sellable parts can be exchanged for several hundred points.

Yu Wan stared at the giant sandworm that was devouring Xiao Chen's remains.

Her hand reached behind her back.

There he was carrying a long bundle wrapped in white cloth.

The white cloth was removed, revealing the modified long sniper rifle.

This gun has twice the range of a regular sniper rifle, and its recoil is also much greater.

"Bang--!!"

A loud bang made the ears of everyone in the car ring.

Ah-Qing shuddered and almost pulled the steering wheel off, while Lao Zhou's eyes widened in surprise.

They looked at Yu Wan.

She knelt on one knee, a sniper rifle resting on her shoulder, the muzzle still smoking.

The wind lifted the brim of her hood, revealing half of her pale face and her scarlet eyes.

In the swarm of sandworms, a medium-sized sandworm had a bloody hole exploded in its head.

Dark red blood spurted out.

The sandworm writhed wildly, its body rolling on the ground, raising clouds of sand and dust.

"Engineers are rich..." A-Dao muttered.

This kind of modified sniper rifle would cost at least several thousand dollars on the market.

These people are all poor bastards, otherwise they wouldn't be risking their lives outside the city.

I can't even afford a decent weapon, let alone equipment of this level.

Yu Wan ignored them.

Her gun had already been turned to another one.

The largest one was a giant sandworm that was over ten meters long.

It is angry.

Its companion's death enraged it. Its massive maw opened, and it charged towards the car.

Twenty meters.

ten meters.

Yu Wan's finger rested firmly on the trigger.

"Bang--!!"

Another shot.

Chen Yuan felt Yu Wan suddenly jerk backward, her shoulder slamming hard against the car.

Her thumb and forefinger split open instantly, and blood seeped from between her fingers, dripping down the gun barrel.

This time, however, the giant sandworm merely shook its head before charging at the group with even greater rage...

But then... the sandworm's head flashed red.

"Beep beep beep beep beep, bang—!!!"

It was an even louder explosion than before, and the sandworm's head exploded as well.

It wasn't just a small hole; half of his head was gone.

Dark red blood and bits of flesh splattered like rain as the massive body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The remaining sandworms paused for a second.

Then...they all ran away.

They frantically burrowed back underground and disappeared without a trace.

……

The air suddenly became quiet.

The sandstorm was still blowing, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.

But no one in the car moved.

Ah-Ching stared wide-eyed, mouth agape, as if frozen in place.

Old Zhou's cigarette had long since fallen from his hand, but he didn't bother to pick it up.

Is this an engineer?

Is this guy an engineer?

Yu Wan slowly stood up.

Her breathing was a little heavy, but she didn't make a sound.

My shoulder is numb, like I've been punched dozens of times.

The crack in the tiger's mouth was still bleeding, staining the entire palm red.

She glanced down at it, but didn't pay any attention.

Then she did something that shocked everyone even more.

She took out two burlap sacks... and began to fill them with the corpses.

She didn't want the big one; it was too big, she couldn't fit it in, and she couldn't drag it around.

But we can take as much of the smaller one as we can, as well as some of the remains of the one that was blown apart.

She squatted down next to the sandworm carcass, cut off pieces of flesh with a knife, and stuffed them into a sack.

Ah-Ching finally came to her senses, jumped out of the car, and walked over.

"Are you... are you out of your mind?" Her voice was still trembling. "Your hand is like this..."

Yu Wan didn't look up.

"The meat will rot if it's not cut."

Ah-Ching choked.

She watched Yu Wan's retreating figure.

Thin and frail, wrapped in a large, old coat.

Blood was still flowing from her hand, and her shoulder was clearly injured, but she continued to cut flesh, piece by piece, and stuff it into the sack.

It weighed about 300 kilograms.

Both sacks were full; there was no more room to put in.

Yu Wan then stopped.

She looked at the remaining sandworm carcasses, which weighed at least a thousand pounds.

Old Zhou also came over at this time.

He glanced at the two bulging burlap sacks, then at the enormous sandworm carcass not far away, and remained silent for a few seconds.

Then he said, "The rest, five points a pound each for me and A-Qing, we'll transport it slowly."

Yu Wan raised her head.

It costs five points per kilogram, which is lower than the alliance's purchase price, but more cost-effective than her own round trips to transport it.

and......

She glanced down at her chest.

Chen Yuan was still lying there, quiet and motionless.

She didn't want Ah Yuan to take any more risks...

And since we'll probably be coming to the outskirts of the city quite often in the future, let's just consider this as... paving a way.

"Can."

She nodded.

Old Zhou nodded and didn't say anything more.

.......

The car started.

Dragging two sacks of meat weighing over 300 pounds, they slowly drove back.

As for that mission?

Who still remembers the mission?

That stupid task only costs a few points, and the penalty for breach of contract is minimal.

This truckload of meat can at least be exchanged for...

Yu Wan did some mental calculations.

Three hundred catties, ten points per catty, that's three thousand points.

Even if Lao Zhou takes some, she can still get at least two thousand.

A little over two thousand.

You can buy lots of meat, lots of bread, and lots of things that A-Yuan likes to eat.

We can also buy some materials to continue studying those ancient books... so that A-Yuan can really come back, not just like she is now...

In her dreams, there was only his image...

Leaning against the car window, watching the wasteland rushing past outside, a slight smile curved his lips.

The smile was faint, but it was indeed a smile.

Chen Yuan lay on her chest, secretly peeking out a tiny tip of his tentacle and looking at her.

He saw that the blood on her hand had congealed, but the wound was still there.

The hand holding the gun was still trembling slightly.

The recoil was so strong that it took a while to recover.

He saw that she was clearly exhausted, her shoulders were so sore she could barely lift them, yet she was still smiling.

Just because... you can exchange it for points?

Chen Yuan quietly tightened the suction cup, pressing it close to her skin.

Then I took another gentle sniff.

[Experience points +3]

Yu Wan gave a soft "hmm" and glanced down at her chest.

"Ah Yuan... stop fooling around," she whispered, her voice a little hoarse but with a hint of a smile.

"Be good."

.......

After driving for almost two hours, we finally got back to the city.

Old Zhou got out of the car and went to contact someone to deal with the sandworm meat. It cost eight points per pound, and he transferred 2400 points to Yu Wan.

He promised to sell the rest at five per pound.

But everyone knows that he decides exactly how many kilograms are left, but Yu Wan doesn't care, as long as she can make a profit.

A-Qing parked the car, glanced at Yu Wan, and hesitated to speak.

Yu Wan simply slung her sniper rifle over her shoulder and prepared to get off the vehicle.

She stumbled a bit when getting off the bus and almost lost her balance...

Then, step by step, I walked home.

There were still more than ten kilograms left to sell, and I was wondering if A-Yuan would like to eat them.

Of course, it's the current A-Yuan; the A-Yuan of the past definitely wouldn't have liked to eat this.

.......

I got home and closed the door.

She put the sack on the ground, then leaned against the door and slowly slid down to sit.

too tired.

My shoulder was so painful I couldn't feel it anymore, and the area between my thumb and forefinger was still throbbing. I felt like all my strength had been drained away.

She sat on the ground, lost in thought for a long time.

Then she bent down and lifted Chen Yuan out from her collar.

The small tentacles lay quietly in her palm, their deep purple bodies soft, and the tips of the tentacles slightly curled.

Yu Wan looked at him, her eyes suddenly turning a little red.

But she simply cupped him to her face and gently rubbed her cheek against him.

"Ah-Yuan... I was really amazing today, wasn't I?"

Chen Yuan didn't want to talk... nor did he want to admit these things.

Yu Wan's lips curved slightly again.

"Of course, he's not as good as A-Yuan..."

She rubbed against him again.

Then take a deep breath and push yourself up from the ground.

"Alright, let's process the meat first..."

"There's so much meat, we need to separate it, otherwise it'll spoil..."

She staggered toward the burlap sack...

Outside the window, the sky gradually darkened...