A person can survive for about seven days if they only drink water and not eat.

A person can only survive for three to five days if they only eat food and don't drink water.

Water is known as the source of life, and its importance is self-evident.

So after solving the basic problem of food, Wang Lan thought of finding a water source.

In fact, they hadn't drunk any water for over a day.

The night spent in the residential area of ​​the final fortress was the last time the brother and sister drank water; if their physical strength hadn't far surpassed that of the strongmen, they would have given up long ago.

At this moment, Wang Lan returned to his old ways, using the tip of the Vajra Umbrella as a knife to begin skinning and deboning the black bear.

Before long, Wang Lan had shaved off a pile of tender meat.

After breaking off a few thicker branches, Wang Lan skewered the bear meat and placed it on the ground. He then broke off some lush foliage and covered the bear meat with it.

"It's just that the smell is hard to mask," Wang Lan said, looking at the bear meat on the ground.

"Isn't that simple?" Sun Muchen said, waving his hand, and a blue light fell on the bear meat. "In this way, the smell of the meat will be completely covered up, and it will also serve as a marker so that we can easily come back and find it."

Wang Lan nodded in satisfaction.

Then Sun Muchen continued, “However, while you were shaving the meat, I looked around and unfortunately, I didn’t find any signs of water. I tried to find some flowing energy like a school of fish, but I didn’t. But I can confirm that this forest is lush and green, so there must be water. It just depends on whether we can find it.”

“There aren’t any nearby, but they shouldn’t be too far away,” Wang Lan said. “This black bear is good proof that large animals like this don’t seek out places lacking water and food to inhabit.”

Sun Muchen nodded and said, "Brother, you're right. I can sense that more energy bodies have appeared in front of us. They must be some animals that live here, which proves that this area is at least suitable for animals to live in. Maybe there really is a water source ahead, but I just can't detect it."

Wang Lan nodded and asked, "How strong are the energies you detected?"

Sun Muchen chuckled and said, "Don't worry, brother, they're nowhere near as good as you!"

She thought this answer would make Wang Lan beam with joy, but to her surprise, Wang Lan's expression changed upon hearing it. She glared at her and said angrily, "Why didn't you say so earlier! Wouldn't it have been better to go hunt some easier animals? Why did we have to fight this black bear and waste one of my 'Berserk' skills? I can't use it again for another 5 hours!"

Sun Muchen argued, "But I didn't see that far just now! Why are you so agitated!"

Wang Lan snorted, stopped arguing with her, and turned to leave.

But Sun Muchen called out to him, "Wait, brother, don't rush."

Wang Lan noticed a change in Sun Muchen's tone and turned around to ask, "What's wrong? Have you made any new discoveries?"

Sun Muchen thought for a moment and replied, "I suppose it's a discovery. I think we should still be careful, especially as we go deeper into the forest."

Wang Lan frowned and asked, "Why are you suddenly saying that?"

Sun Muchen explained, "I just feel that this black bear is a bit strange. Of course, I'm not questioning your strength. In fact, after you activated your 'Berserk' skill, you reached a very powerful level. But when fighting this bear, don't you think it went a little too smoothly?"

"this..."

To be honest, Wang Lan didn't think so.

Sun Muchen continued, "Bears are relatively gentle animals, but once they are threatened or encounter danger, they become extremely irritable and even incredibly fierce when fighting. I remember reading in a book that a bear before its mutation could lick a person to death with just its tongue. But what about this bear we see? It has an aura, but it doesn't seem as powerful as we imagined."

Wang Lan: "Uh... I think you're still questioning my abilities."

"No way!" Sun Muchen said, "I just think that the bear we encountered is not an adult bear, but a cub. Don't forget, what is the most prominent characteristic of mutations in animals?"

“Gigantification!” Wang Lan said, “Whether it’s animals or insects, their size has increased significantly.”

Sun Muchen nodded and continued, "Yes, gigantification. All creatures have become enormous, but this bear is not nearly as big as I imagined. Although it is very strong, its height seems to be no different from the bears I've seen before. So I think, could this just be a young bear?"

"This? A juvenile bear?" Wang Lan said, recalling the enormous figure of the black bear in his mind, and he couldn't connect it with the word "juvenile".

Sun Muchen patted him and said, "You need to compare it to before the mutation. You know, although bears are not social animals, mother bears usually stay with their cubs for a period of time. But if this bear is a cub, where is its mother?"

Wang Lan suddenly realized, and scoffed, "How the hell should I know!"

Sun Muchen: "......"

"Can you be serious for once!" Sun Muchen rolled his eyes at her and said, "This forest is very strange. We need to be careful of everything that might happen and anything strange!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Lan's smile faded, and she said, "Alright, I know what you mean. Don't worry, this is just to ease the tension. Rest assured, I'll be on high alert from now on. As for you, mark the location, and once we get the water, we'll head back immediately without lingering, okay?"

Hearing Wang Lan say this, Sun Muchen finally felt relieved.

The two then headed deeper into the forest.

Sun Muchen released his energy to probe forward. Although he detected many energy bodies, which were probably animals that were fast asleep at night, he still could not sense any energy related to the water source.

However, the two were also surprised, as if there was a strict order in the forest.

From the outside are some mutated trees and plants.

Then, inside the next layer, there are all sorts of mutated insects.

The animals we encounter now are mutated.

Who knows what strange and wonderful things will appear as you go further in?

As the two walked deeper into the area, Wang Lan suddenly felt a muddy patch under his feet. He immediately called out to Sun Muchen, squatted down, and looked down at his feet.

Under the blue light, a pool of liquid was visible, slowly flowing.

Wang Lan frowned, gently dipped her hand in the liquid, and brought it to the tip of her nose.

immediately.

A strong smell of blood wafted over!