Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

It was true that she could face death with helplessness or even relief, but she could not accept causing the death of others because of her physical condition.

Not to mention that the man is a completely innocent person and has a naughty sister waiting for him to go home.

She didn't want a girl who would completely lose her smile because of the death of her family.

Looking at the monster in front of her that shifted its gaze towards the forest, Yae Sakura gritted her teeth and took a deep breath.

"Sir Kainuo, I've encountered several powerful monsters that I can't defeat. Please flee quickly... Don't return to the village, run as far as you can!"

The slightly hoarse voice spread out, echoing continuously in the woods. Countless birds took flight in fright, and then the forest fell completely silent.

Looking at the Honkai beasts in front of her whose attention had been refocused on her, Yae Sakura breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the monster's intelligence was not high, and she simply shouted once or twice to attract its attention back to herself.

But that alone is not enough.

Yaezakura held Sakura Fubuki's hand tightly.

Monsters can track the breath of living people. Although Yae Village has a large population and they will most likely be attracted there after his death, he cannot rule out the possibility that they will be attracted to Kaino first.

In this case…

Yaezakura turned around, sheathed her sword, and quickly went into the woods on the other side.

Although his speed was not as fast as that of the monsters, it was still no problem to pull them away for a distance. On this basis, if Kainuo listened to him and fled to another place, he would most likely not encounter danger again.

Then you can rest assured...

Yaezakura quickly stopped and stared into the depths of the forest with her pupils slightly dilated.

As if noticing her gaze, the two ballista-class Honkai beasts that were originally facing him towards Yae Village turned around and met her gaze.

At the same time, the sound of trees breaking and heavy footsteps gradually came from behind her.

Yaezakura gritted her teeth and her eyes became sharp. She took a deep breath, then half-crouched and lowered her center of gravity.

The next moment, the air was ripped and the flying leaves were cut off. Sakura Fubuki's blade gleamed with a pink and silver light under the sunlight, and with a sharp wind blade, it stabbed fiercely at the two Honkai beasts in front!

Chapter 165 Salt Ramen

"Ugh!"

Yaezakura was smashed back at a speed faster than she had rushed forward.

A huge red sphere, its light gradually dimming, stood quietly on the ground. Sakura Fubuki was now firmly stuck in it, leaving a deep crack.

(Behind the giant sphere, two Honkai beasts were intact and slowly approaching her. However, compared to before, the sphere in front of one of the Honkai beasts had been thrown away.

After rolling on the ground for several times, Yaezakura finally came to a complete stop. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, struggled to prop herself up, and looked forward with a slightly desperate look, a self-deprecating smile on her face.

Miscalculated.

Because she had never seen this kind of monster before and her mind was not clear due to excessive fatigue, she mistakenly judged the huge sphere to be the head of the monster and attacked it recklessly.

But the result is obvious.

What's more, the sphere is not only not a vital point, but is actually the opponent's most powerful weapon - and it can be thrown out for long-range attacks.

"Really... never mind."

Yaezakura gritted her teeth and suddenly sighed.

Although she still wanted to hold herself up and continue fighting, even if it was just to delay for a while, she couldn't hold herself up even with all her strength, and had no choice but to lie on the ground.

She ran such a long distance and it took her quite some time. By now, Kayno should have almost escaped.

In that case, she doesn't need to fight anymore.

Completely relieved, Yaesakura slowly closed her eyes and relaxed her cheek against the soil on the ground.

The scene of her frail sister acting coquettishly towards her, the smile her sister gave her when she was carried to the altar by the people of Yae Village... The scenes that happened since she was born began to replay in her mind one by one, explaining to her all the past of her life, all the joy, sadness and anger.

But Yaezakura didn't feel any joy or sadness about this.

She didn't begin to recall her life until she was dying. Everything she had experienced since that day four years ago replayed in her mind every moment. Even the most emotionally fraught person could face those memories with equanimity at this moment.

only…

The human brain's thinking speed is not infinite. Yaezakura knows very well that it is impossible for the person to recall and savor all the experiences of his life in the moment before death as described in those storybooks.

But if that’s the case, why haven’t I been killed by those monsters that prey on humans after lying on the ground for such a long time?

Yaezakura opened her eyes in confusion.

Then she saw the light red mist in the air and a familiar figure tiptoeing towards her in the mist.

Keno? Shouldn't he have escaped?

Not only that, what about those monsters? And what is this reddish mist?

Countless doubts surged in her mind, and Yaezakura was about to ask Kaino.

But before his mouth could fully open, Keno, who had hurried over, blocked it with his hand.

"Shh, don't talk!"

He lowered his voice and whispered something in the other person's ear. Then, he looked around and turned around, lifted Yae Sakura onto his back and carried her on his back.

"I'll take you out first, and we'll talk later."

Glancing around again through the red mist, Yae Sakura nodded silently.

Unlike her previous state where she was close to the ground, her perspective became higher after being lifted up, and she could see more things clearly.

At this moment, the two monsters seemed to have been poisoned, and just like her before, they lay limply on the ground and twitched slightly.

The remaining monsters have also retreated. Although their restless figures can still be seen through the red fog, they seem to be facing some natural enemy and have never stepped into the range of the red fog.

What exactly is this red mist?

Yaezakura frowned.

Without paying attention to the situation of Yae Sakura on his back, Kayno took out the spirit sword from the giant ball that was already somewhat collapsing in the mist of his blood. After thoroughly cleaning up the battlefield, he looked around at the figures around him, chose a direction without Honkai beasts, and quickly drilled out.

Keno kept walking along the way. After leaving the blood mist, he quickly made a big circle and returned to the road they took to leave the village.

"Okay, you can talk now."

After putting Yaesakura down, Kainuo turned around and supported her.

After taking a look at the scratches and stains all over Yae Sakura's body, Kaino hesitated for a moment before confirming with her, "By the way, you should still be able to walk on your own, right?"

"No problem. Although I have a few serious wounds, it's nothing new to me as I've been practicing swordsmanship since I was a kid. I was just unable to move because I was exhausted."

Yaesakura shook her head, stared at Kaino's slightly pale face for a few seconds, then moved her gaze to his right arm.

The originally slender sleeves had been torn off and bandaged there, with traces of blood seeping out and dyeing it red.

"Are you injured?" Yaezakura frowned, and then thought of the red mist just now: "Or the red mist before..."

"Well, it's a personal secret, I can't say more." Kainuo dealt with it with a laugh.

Although he didn't even need to use his power to deal with several Chariot-class Honkai Beasts, and could easily kill them with just the Xuanyuan Sword, he was, after all, playing the role of a traveler who fell into a stream after being ambushed by a Honkai Beast and even contracted a cold and became weak. Acting too strong would inevitably arouse the enemy's vigilance.

However, it is different for blood to have special effects. In this small village where there is no specific understanding of Honkai, it can be considered strange at most, but it does not lead to his character being OCCUP.

As a traveler from a foreign land, it's normal for me to have some special features, right?

Yaezakura didn't ask too much about this. After pondering for a moment, she nodded and said, "I understand."

Yae Sakura sheathed the Sakura Snowflakes that Kaino handed her, walked aside, and put the bamboo basket that had fallen on the ground back on her back.

"We've finished gathering the herbs. I'm a little exhausted, and you, Keno, seem to have lost too much blood. If we continue walking, we'll inevitably run into danger. Let's head back today."

"Okay." Kainuo nodded.

"That's fine if you don't mind." Yaezakura also nodded.

After a pause, Yaezakura fixed her gaze on Kaino, her eyes more serious than ever before: "Thank you."

"Huh?" Kainuo was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and waved his hand, "It's just a favor, no need to thank me."

"Besides, Yae, didn't you first shout to warn me and then actively draw attention? You were willing to sacrifice your life for your companions, so it's only right that I return to help you."

"Companions...?"

After chewing on these two words, Yaezakura's eyes were slightly dazed. Then she took a deep breath and a slight smile inadvertently appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"In that case, Kaino, you don't need to call me Yae anymore. Just call me Sakura." After a pause, Yae Sakura added, "That's what my friends call me."

Upon hearing this, Kaino looked at Yae Sakura with a strange look.

Do you have any friends?

However, although he had this question in his mind, he did not ask it out loud in a foolish manner.

"Alright then." Nodding, Kaino shifted his gaze to the bamboo basket behind Yae Sakura: "By the way, Sakura, didn't you say you were going out to collect herbs? Why are there so many stones in it?"

"Stone? Oh, you mean rock salt?" Yaesakura blinked. "Well, I don't know many kinds of rice to cook. I thought it wasn't a good idea to keep asking customers to eat rice balls, so I decided to make salt ramen."

"Ramen... requires stones?" Kainuo looked strange.

"Of course not to be eaten directly, but rock salt is a good seasoning for making soup base." Not noticing the increasingly strange expression on Kaino's face, Yae Sakura said confidently: "Don't worry, it's delicious. I used to give... No, it's nothing."

Kainuo stroked his belly gently, his eyes revealing deep despair.

He always felt that he was about to eat the food from hell again.

As the title.

I have to say, it is really uncomfortable to have no secrets qaq

But I'll ask just in case. Is it okay for me to say it? If anyone objects before tomorrow...

Ah, forget it. It's boring to play it again after playing it once.

Anyway, that’s all.

Well, let me also say that what I said above was purely to make up 100 words, even including this sentence...

omomomomo

Chapter 166 Prelude

"Sorry for the wait, dinner is ready."

Carrying a few bowls of freshly cooked salt ramen, Yaesakura placed them safely on the table in front of Kaino.

Through the contact over the past two days, she had roughly figured out Kainuo's approximate appetite, so she specially prepared a large dinner.

It was even enough to make Kainuo's heart tremble as he looked at these bowls of noodles.

Although Yae Sakura said she could cook a limited number of dishes, her cooking skills were actually quite good. The ramen she served was very appetizing, the noodles coated in golden broth looked very chewy, and the aroma of the broth made Kaino's stomach swell with worms.

But Kaino always felt that there was a black aura floating on these bowls of ramen that could drag people into the abyss.

If he hadn't seen Yaesakura throw those pieces of rock salt into the pot while cooking noodles, or if he hadn't been traumatized by Bianca's equally delicious bowl of noodles that landed him in the hospital six months ago, he would probably have eaten all of it with anticipation...

Even if it was just one bowl, he would have eaten it without hesitation, but if he ate so much ramen at once, he would definitely die from excessive heavy metals, right?!

The kind where the power of the Ruler of Death will never come back!

"Why, aren't you hungry yet?"

Yaesakura, who had picked up a rice ball, looked over here, her voice tinged with doubt. "Even on the way back, Kaino, your stomach growled more than once... Is the ramen not to your liking?"

"No, Kaslana is never picky about food!" Kayno shook his head decisively in denial.

Although not liking the food was a good reason to avoid this hellish meal, Kaslana's genes refused to allow him to do so. Moreover, Yae Sakura cooked a meal despite her injuries to reward his guest, and he felt too embarrassed to refuse her kindness.

Even though he thought this couldn't be called kindness in a sense - in fact, he suspected that the reason why the villagers he saw during the day were so strange might be because they had eaten too much of this mineral ramen.

Thinking of this, Kainuo turned his head to look at Yae Sakura, his eyes becoming serious.

If you think about it this way, could it be that Yaesakura is the one secretly controlling the entire village through ramen...

"Kaino?" Yaezakura frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable under Kaino's gaze, and said, "If you keep going like this, the noodles will clump together."

"what."

Keno came back to his senses, blinked, and quickly shook his head to get rid of those random thoughts from his mind.

"But speaking of which, Sakura, do you want one too?" Pushing a bowl of noodles in front of Yae Sakura, Kaino winked and smiled, "It's a bit embarrassing to see you eating rice balls by yourself. After all, you're the host here."

Even if he has to die, he will take someone with him.

"That's not necessary." Shaking her head, Yae Sakura rejected Kaino's offer. "As I said, I only know how to cook a few dishes. And after living in Yae Village for so many years, there's actually not much difference between rice balls and ramen for me. To be honest, rice balls are a little easier to eat."