171: Smell

Chen Wang: That's not right, how does the Zang Ai Family have food?!

Yan Anyi: Really or fake?

Wang Tianhang: It seems to be real. Our scouts came back and said they smelled food at the Zang Ai Family.

Zhang Hao: It's true, my scout just said the same thing!

Yu Yuze: You're full of crap!

Han Luo: It's true, our scouts smelled it too!

Zhang Hao: Didn't we agree to peaceful coexistence and united front during the mountain seal up period? Why did you send scouts?

Wang Tianhang: Our scouts only went after they smelled it!

Yu Yuze: Our two guilds are one in the east and one in the west, and you're telling me you smelled it?!

Chen Wang: Don't worry about that! Where did your food come from?!

Wang Tianhang: Exactly, exactly! Everyone is starving, why do you have food?

Han Luo: Everyone, don't argue, calm down. Big Brother Yu would never watch us starve, he'll definitely share with us!

Yu Yuze: We don't have any extra food either; this is the last bit!

Yan Anyi: Big Brother Yu, everyone knows your Zang Ai Family is a big enterprise, so stop hiding it!

Han Luo: Exactly, exactly!

Chen Wang: As fellow players, can you really bear to watch so many people starve to death?

Han Luo: Exactly, exactly, how can you bear it?!

The channel was in an uproar, and Yu Yuze was momentarily flustered. He could only turn his head and ask anxiously:

"Dad, they smelled it. What do we do now?"

"What do you mean they smelled it? You're a child, you're already fifty years old, why are you still so flighty? It seems I've spoiled you too much," Yu Yushan scolded.

"Now is not the time to talk about me, Dad, look at the chat channel," Yu Yuze said urgently.

"Sigh, you child." Yu Yushan sighed, then clicked into the chat channel.

The more he read, the uglier his expression became. Finally, when he saw that the players were going to unite to attack their Zang Ai Family, his expression changed drastically.

"How did you let them smell it? Didn't I tell you not to cook these days?"

"Wait until they're completely starved and incapacitated, then we'll cook. Only by accumulating strength can we eliminate them!" Yu Yushan cursed.

"Who knew they had such sensitive noses like dogs? I saw that the food had already filled several granaries, and I was afraid it would spoil.

Besides, if I don't eat something warm, my body can't hold up, so I had someone secretly make a little bit," Yu Yuze said in a low, ashamed voice.

"You can't hold up? I'm old and haven't said I can't hold up, but you can't!" Yu Yushan cursed, his face flushed, his chest heaving constantly, clearly very angry.

"Dad, don't be angry yet, let's first talk about what to do now!" Yu Yuze asked, supporting Yu Yushan's back.

Yu Yushan was so weak from anger that his lips trembled uncontrollably.

After a long while, he finally spoke:

"You're going to make me die of anger!

Quick, give me some warm porridge to calm down."

"I didn't make porridge, I made rice," Yu Yuze said softly.

"You unfilial beast, at a time like this, you actually made rice. You've wasted all that precious grain!" Yu Yushan pointed at his nose and cursed, then said in despair:

"Give me a bowl of rice, I'm starving to death, my head is muddled now."

Yu Yuze lowered his head in shame upon hearing this, stammering and unable to speak.

"Speak!

Have you become mute, or are you unwilling to even give your father a bowl of food?" Yu Yushan cursed.

"I ate it all," Yu Yuze said in a low, soft voice.

"You! You..."

Yu Yushan pointed at him, his face flushed, and suddenly he couldn't catch his breath. His frail body fell back onto the chair.

Yu Yuze was a bit stunned. After realizing what happened, he quickly laid Yu Yushan on the ground, making his body flat, and performed CPR.

He found the midpoint of the line connecting Yu Yushan's two nipples or two finger-breadths above the xiphoid process, roughly at the junction of the lower 1/3 of the sternum.

Then he knelt on Yu Yushan's right side, interlaced his hands, straightened his elbow joints (both arms must be straight), and pressed down with force until the chest cavity sank 5-6 cm, pressing thirty times (at a frequency of 100-120 times/minute).

Yu Yushan hadn't eaten much recently, so there was no need to clear his esophagus by inducing vomiting.

Suddenly, he remembered that after every thirty compressions, he should perform two rescue breaths, and then repeat the cycle.

So he pinched Yu Yushan's nose, preparing to exhale into it.

But when he closed his eyes and blew, he found that he was actually blowing up dust from the ground!

When he opened his eyes again, he found that there was only a storage bag in front of him; his father's body had disappeared!

"Gone?"

Yu Yuze was struck by lightning, collapsing on the ground, dumbfounded.

After a long while, he came back to his senses and muttered to himself, "I angered my dad to death?"

...Chen Wang stepped into the main tent at this moment: "Guild Leader, the alliance against the Zang Ai Family has been formed, and our brothers can depart at any time!"

Shao Tianlong frowned. An allied army was unreliable; everyone knew that, but they had no other choice.

Even if the Zang Ai Family had a lot of food, when divided among many allied forces, each guild wouldn't get much.

But now they had to act. Their remaining food was almost gone, and they had to fight for every extra moment they could live!

It wasn't just them; almost all guilds were in the same situation, otherwise, they wouldn't have formed an alliance so readily. One must know that in normal times, no one wanted to provoke the Zang Ai Family.

"Depart! Take a thousand brothers, assemble!

Tell the thousand brothers staying behind to be extra vigilant, to prevent others from raiding our home!" Shao Tianlong said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Chen Wang responded.

Subsequently, all the guilds on the entire mountain sprang into action, rushing towards the location of the Zang Ai Family!

And Yu Yuze, who had just recovered, listened to the continuous reports from the scouts, his face ashen.

All the Mountain Bandits on the entire mountain were coming for them, a force of tens of thousands. Their Zang Ai Family simply couldn't stop them!

In the cold winter, he broke out in a cold sweat. With his father gone, he had no solution at all!

He could only make a final effort in the chat channel.

"Yu Yuze: Everyone, don't be impulsive! Please don't be impulsive!"

"Wang Tianhang: Old scoundrel, clean yourself up and wait for us!"

"Yu Yuze: Everyone, listen to me!"

"Chen Wang: Get lost!"

"Yu Yuze: If everyone is still impulsive, I'll burn all the food!"

"Shao Tianlong: Then let's all starve together!"

"Wang Tianhang: That's right! If we starve to death, we won't let you live alone!"

"Han Luo: If you keep the food, we might spare your life. If you do something foolish, I guarantee you'll wish you were dead but can't be, and wish you were alive but can't be!"

Yu Yuze was pacing around like an ant on a hot pan, extremely anxious.

Finally, he made some kind of decision, gritted his teeth, and said in the chat channel:

"Yu Yuze: Everyone, don't be impulsive. Tonight, there are merchants delivering food down the mountain!"