189: Chapter 189 Claw Machine

This taste...

Mia's pupils dilated instantly.

This impeccable texture completely shattered all the pride and defenses in her heart.

"It's so delicious!"

A layer of mist welled up in Mia's large eyes, and she blurted it out uncontrollably.

"I'm serious, I've never eaten anything this delicious in my entire life!"

She snatched the remaining half-carrot from Xia Li's hand.

*Sniff, sniff...*

Mia sniffled hard, her nose aching, not even having time to wipe the juice from the corner of her mouth.

"Just one more bite!"

She took a big bite, the crisp sound of chewing echoing exceptionally clearly in the quiet corner.

As the sweet juice slid down her throat,

Mia closed her eyes in bliss, her long, fluffy ears softening in comfort and swaying back and forth on both sides of her head.

"Ahhhh~"

She let out a long, trembling sigh of pure satisfaction.

"This is amazing! It's so delicious it touches the very depths of my soul!!"

Mia stared intently at the half-carrot in her hand, as if looking at some peerless treasure.

"Where on earth did this thing come from?!"

"How can something be this delicious..."

For someone who had grown up chewing on bitter red grass on the wasteland, this high-grade mutated carrot was practically nectar and ambrosia that only gods could enjoy.

But...

As she ate, Mia's tears began to fall like broken pearls, pattering down.

*Sob, sob, sob...*

Large tears splashed onto the back of her hand; she was crying so sorrowfully.

Duoduo, who was frantically gnawing on a carrot, stopped chewing when she heard the crying and leaned over.

The adorable toddler blinked her big eyes, her cheeks still bulging.

"Mmh... Thithter Mia, why are you cwying?"

Looking at Duoduo's innocent little face, Mia's tears flowed even faster.

"Ugh... I miss the clan leader, I miss my mother..."

Mia choked up, her voice filled with endless desolation.

"They suffered their entire lives and were killed before they could even eat a single full meal."

"If only... if only they could have eaten something this delicious too..."

Hearing this, the carrot in Duoduo's hand also stopped.

The adorable toddler also seemed to remember her relatives who had been captured by the Wolf Cavalry.

A hint of loss flashed in her watery eyes, and her long rabbit ears drooped limply.

Seeing her fellow clan members fall into depression because of her words,

Mia wiped her tears fiercely and shoved the carrot into her mouth viciously once more.

She chewed in large mouthfuls while her tears gushed wildly.

She cried while she ate.

She ate while she cried.

These damn humans!

Mia cursed frantically in her heart while stuffing her cheeks to the brim.

Feeding us such good food, they definitely have malicious intentions!

They must want to raise us to be plump and juicy!

So that when they slaughter us, it will be more satisfying to eat!

Dammit!

So insidious!

I, Mia, will absolutely never yield to you just for a meal!

...

In the distance, on top of the armored roof of the red wolf heavy tank.

Xia Li brushed the carrot crumbs off her hands, nimbly jumped onto the turret, and walked over to Lu Yuan's side.

"How is it? Fed?" Lu Yuan asked without even raising his head, staring at the holographic tactical map in front of him.

Xia Li's lips curled into a smug smile, and she nodded.

"These little guys are quite wary, but in front of high-grade ingredients, they couldn't even hold out for three seconds before completely surrendering."

Lu Yuan looked at the blinking red dots on the screen, which were signal responses from unknown monsters deep within the Grass Sea.

"Boss, do you really plan on bringing this bunch of dead weight along?"

Beside him, Lin Zihao was wiping his gun and couldn't help but ask, "That's over a hundred mouths to feed, and their combat power is only 5. If any random grassland behemoth so much as grazes them, they'll be gone."

"You're thinking too small!"

Lu Yuan pointed at the Velvet-Ear Tribe members in the distance who were frantically gnawing on carrots.

"Why were those Wolf Cavalry able to track them so precisely in the Grass Sea? Because of the wolves' sense of smell."

"But how do you think this Velvet-Ear Tribe managed to survive under the Wolf Cavalry's long-term pursuit until now?"

Lin Zihao was startled and looked in the direction of Lu Yuan's finger.

He saw that although those rabbit girls were eating, the pair of long, fluffy ears on their heads were like radar antennas.

Constantly capturing even the slightest rustle in the wind.

As the breeze blew, even the chirping of insects hundreds of meters away caused their ears to twitch slightly.

"An excellent talent for hearing," Xia Li pointed out instantly.

Lu Yuan sneered.

"In this damn apocalyptic game, who knows when we might encounter a situation where our radar is jammed!"

"When that time comes, their ears will be the best living sonar."

"Spending a bit more high-grade vegetables to raise them stronger might prove extremely useful one day."

Lu Yuan spread his hands.

"Besides, it's only a hundred or so people. We can easily afford to raise them!"

"Just treat it as a benefit for the girls in our guild!"

...

The sky gradually darkened.

On the barren Scarlet Grassland, the temperature difference at night was extreme.

After the scorching sun of the day receded, the freezing wind swept across the wilderness like steel blades, and the temperature plunged close to zero degrees.

In the past, when they encountered such freezing nights,

the displaced Velvet-Ear Tribe girls would huddle tightly together.

All of them were like penguins huddling in an Antarctic blizzard.

Back-to-back, they would form a tight, seamless circle, relying on each other's body heat to keep warm.

At this moment,

the little rabbit girls, now full and satisfied, shivered in the cold wind.

They subconsciously gathered toward a wind-sheltered corner of the camp.

"Sisters, huddle closer..."

Mia called out to her clan members, just about to form a circle to ward off the cold as usual.

However, before they could even complete the circle,

*Whoosh!*

a large crowd of female Red Wolf players with green-glowing eyes suddenly rushed out from the surroundings.

These human girls were like claw machine masters who had spotted limited-edition plushies at an amusement park.

Without even saying a word, they immediately grabbed the girls!

"Hey, hey, hey! The one with a tuft of red fur on her ear, I've been eyeing her all afternoon! No one steal her from me!"

"Holy crap, let go! This one has the roundest tail! She's mine!"

"Come on, my sweet daughter, go back to the RV with mommy to sleep on a soft bed!"

Amidst an incredibly noisy scramble,

the female Red Wolf players grabbed the little rabbit girls by their slender waists and scooped them up.

Then, stepping out like bandits stealing brides, they ran joyfully toward their respective warm tents and armored RVs.

Their movements were incredibly swift and neat, for fear that if they were too slow, such cute "living pillows" would be completely snatched up by others.

In less than two minutes,

the hundred or so rabbit girls who had been planning to huddle for warmth were completely divided up.

"Eh?!"

"Let go of me! What are you doing?!"

The sudden turn of events plunged all the Velvet-Ear Tribe girls into extreme bewilderment and terror.

Mia only felt her waist tighten as her feet instantly left the ground.

The mecha girl who had bathed her during the day was grinning, tucking her under her arm like a giant plush toy, and striding toward a heavy RV.

It's over!

Mia bit her lower lip hard in the cold wind, tears of humiliation welling up in her eyes.

These hypocritical humans!

Feeding them well, washing them clean—it turned out they wanted to treat them as playthings for lust and send them to sleep with those disgusting male thugs!

*Thud.*

The RV door was shut.

Mia went completely stiff, closing her eyes tightly, braced for inhumane torture and humiliation.

But...

...the next second,

she wasn't thrown onto some man's bed; instead, she was tightly wrapped in a soft sensation.

"Whew... it's freezing out there!"

The mecha girl stuffed Mia into the warm down duvet.

Then she crawled in herself, unceremoniously wrapping her arms around Mia's soft body, hugging her tightly like a teddy bear.

"Wow! As expected, sleeping while hugging a bunny baby is the warmest!"

The mecha girl let out a sigh of satisfaction, casually stroking Mia's long ears.

"Goodnight, little one."

Within a few minutes, even breathing could be heard from beside her.

Mia froze in place, slowly opening her eyes.

Feeling the warm air conditioning in the RV and smelling the scent of sunshine on the down duvet,

she looked at the human girl beside her who was already fast asleep, with absolutely no intention of handing her over to a man.

Mia's brain completely short-circuited.

Not only did they wash them until they smelled sweet and feed them the highest-grade vegetables,

but now, they were even letting them sleep in such a warm and comfortable bed?!

What on earth do these humans... want to do?!