A wandering poet in Nest City No. 3 once said that money, that bastard, is like your ex; it's never there when you need it, but sticks to you like glue when you don't.

Yun You found this quite reasonable.

The 130,000 Silver Cannon she had, finally depleted completely in the 10th hour of the physical enhancement process.

"Darn it."

Yun You glanced at the morning sun outside the curtain with the corner of her eye, and a sense of unease passed through her heart.

After a full ten hours of physical enhancement, her physique increased by 1.9 times across the board, which was the effect most people would achieve after a day of enhancement.

Looking around Nest City, it's rare for someone to endure a day during the physical enhancement process. Most people's enhancement lasts only 1 to 2 hours and the extent of enhancement wouldn't exceed 1.2 times.

But Yun You easily achieved a day's worth of enhancement, and her enhancement seemed far from over.

"I... my talent is too strong!"

The little girl frowned, distressed for the first time due to her excessive talent.

The feeling of hunger clung to her.

Although she just ate nearly a ton of snacks, and the ground was already covered with plastic wrappers, she was still hungry! Desperately hungry!

The only thing she had in hand was a piece of white chocolate, purely industrial food without a trace of sweetness, bitter enough to make one cry.

But under the influence of hunger, it turned into a gourmet meal, and even though Yun You nearly threw up, she gobbled it down, swallowing without chewing, and couldn't resist licking her fingers.

But it was still not enough.

The energy gap was enormous, so large that even if given a ten-person feast it wouldn't be sufficient...

"Hungry... hungry... hungry...!"

Slowly, she became dizzy with hunger, hallucinating, and her stomach began to cramp.

This was her stomach warning her that if she couldn't find food, it would start "self-feasting", breaking down her own internal organs and muscles to provide the necessary energy.

Yun You couldn't care less anymore.

In this desperate hunger, the word "picky" no longer existed in her mind.

Eat whatever you see, grab whatever you can, was her only thought now.

She grabbed the potted plant beside the TV, soil and flowers thrown into her mouth...

In the end, the flowers weren't digested, but the soil was!

"Damn, electronic flowers!"

The little girl cursed, spitting out the broken mechanical flower flashing with electric light, then rushed to the balcony to chew on the greenery...

But it turned out to be goddamn plastic!

"..."

Utterly speechless, Yun You finally plunged into the bathroom, opened the shower, and poured water into her mouth...

Hey, it actually had some effect.

The tap water source of Nest City Lower City—around the Lower City lake there are three waste disposal stations and two biological waste dumping sites.

These things are long piled there, no one deals with them, naturally breeding bacteria and contaminating the water and soil of Lower City lake.

And because Lower City lacks sufficient equipment, "purified water" is practically non-existent, so no matter where one is born in Lower City, people drink water with a bit of "taste"...

Once, this water was Yun You's nightmare; she'd rather run over ten kilometers to fetch underground water from a well older than her than drink this stuff.

But now, this strange-tasting water with unknown biological residues helped Yun You a bit.

Maybe because the water had mixed "stuffing", it was considered food. The instant it entered Yun You's stomach, it was digested.

They truly provided energy.

But it still wasn't nearly enough...

Slowly, Yun You even lost the strength to drink water.

Hunger made her hallucinate, thinking her small hand looked like soft glutinous pig's trotters...

"Wait..."

Just then, a mixed-up thought appeared in Yun You's mind.

She slowly raised her head, looking at the back of her hand, at Red Scale...

[What the heck? Yun kid, what are you trying to do?]

Master Zero, also dizzy with hunger, seemed to realize something and woke up from its daze, sounding a bit horrified...

Yun You didn't answer immediately, but clenched her palm, calling out the giant red claw.

"Hungry... hungry..."

Her eyes were hazy, her rationality nearly evaporated, even mistaking the sparks on the giant claw for someone cooking with a big flame... The cold air at the tip smelled like spicy chicken feet.

"Smells so good... so good..."

"Let me have a bite! I promise, just one bite!"

As she said this, she slowly raised the claw and opened her mouth...

[You fool! Stop eating that hammer!]

[Stop—no, stop your mouth!]

Master Zero grew increasingly terrified.

It tried to resist, but the truth was no matter it or Red Scale itself, they were Yun You's properties.

Don't be fooled by Master Zero's usually arrogant words; in reality, the little girl was their absolute owner, her thoughts and desires above all.

Not to mention biting once, even if she wanted to pull out the claw to scratch an itch, Master Zero and Red Scale had to hold it by the side, preventing Yun You from getting tired of scratching the itch...

So it couldn't resist at all, only watched helplessly as the small mouth got closer to the claw...

[Wait! I said wait!]

[Why must you eat me? Don't you have something edible in your pocket? It's got more nutrition than me, right?]

At the critical moment, Master Zero had a flash of wit, mentioning an item.

Hearing this, Yun You froze.

Initially, she didn't understand what Master Zero meant.

But soon, the little girl came to her senses, quickly dismissing the giant claw and rummaging through her pocket.

A moment later, a shiny white stone appeared in her hand.

Mutant Creature Soul Stone, a treasure dropped by a level-one monster, a material crystal containing soul energy.

When she tried selling it earlier, Yuanbao told her that soul stones are highly nutritious... though not the conventional nutrition people recognize, they are definitely a "nutritious item" one could consume.

Even the mighty Apprentice Death God would treat soul stones as "blood packs" to restore physical strength.

Yun You didn't initially think of it, simply because the mystical nature of "soul" didn't align with food conceptions, so she overlooked it.

But now...

With Master Zero's reminder, she noticed this nearby feast.

Without the slightest hesitation, the little girl tossed the hard stone directly into her mouth, swallowing it whole, looking just like a gluttonous little beast...

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