Sui Ying did the same, taking out a cantaloupe, cutting it open, and handing the only cup of grapefruit tea in her backpack to Xiao Jin.

"You seem to really like this light fruit tea. I have another cup here, here you go."

Xiao Jin didn't stand on ceremony: "Thank you!"

Sui Feng was awakened by the enticing aroma. He sat up groggily, his mind still a bit foggy. With his eyes half-closed, he sniffed sharply.

"Hmm? What's that smell? It smells so good!"

"Holy shit!" Yang Sheng was sitting with his back to Sui Feng when he was startled by Sui Feng's sudden shout.

He turned around, bowl in hand, and said, "Hey bro, you woke up pretty conveniently!"

"Brother! How are you?" Sui Ying put down her chopsticks and rushed to Sui Feng's side.

Sui Feng grinned, touched the back of his head, then patted his chest and looked around. Memories from before he lost consciousness also surfaced in his mind.

He immediately comforted Sui Ying, whose eyes were red: "I'm fine, I'm in good health, but I'm a little hungry, hehe."

Sui Ying smiled through her tears: "Alright, it's good that you're alright. We just started eating, you should get up too!"

Xiao Jin took out a lot of food from her spatial storage. As someone who had been through similar experiences, she knew that although Sui Feng had recovered from his injuries, he had suffered a severe loss of energy, so it was best for him to eat more to replenish it.

Sui Feng sat cross-legged on the ground. As soon as he saw the braised fish, sweet and sour pork, roasted corn, four-happiness meatballs, steamed prawns, and braised pig's trotters on the table, he knew that Xiao Jin had specially prepared these for him.

He laughed and said, "Thanks, brother."

Xiao Jin calmly handed over a pair of chopsticks: "Eat first, we can talk about it after we finish eating."

Sui Feng didn't stand on ceremony; he genuinely felt like he was starving to death.

After they finished eating, Sui Feng told Xiao Jin and the other two what had happened since they separated.

He was really unlucky; the entrance on the map in his hand was not only far away, but he was also surrounded by the territory of a mutated plant.

At first, Sui Feng didn't notice anything, but when he saw all the players who had entered the jungle inexplicably faint on the ground, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

But it was too late then.

Sui Feng didn't inhale much, but he still managed to absorb some of the mutated plant's toxic gas. Although he wasn't immediately affected, his strength was gradually dissipating.

At the time, Sui Feng did not know that this poisonous gas was not fatal; it would only cause people to be unconscious for a few hours.

In his panic, he remembered that he had once obtained a pill that could dispel negative status effects. After taking it, he could instantly remove the debuffs on his body.

However, the side effect is that after an hour, the user will be completely unable to resist, as if in a deep sleep, and this will also last for an hour.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have taken this medicine. On this isolated island, falling into a coma meant being at the mercy of others.

But Sui Feng had no choice. He had calculated that he could find Xiao Jin and A Ying within an hour. If they fainted outside before entering the underground city, that would be his fate.

Upon hearing this, Sui Ying suddenly realized what was going on.

"Ah! So that's why you woke up early. It turns out your unconsciousness wasn't due to the poisonous fog, but a side effect of the pills you took."

Sui Feng nodded, but his face showed a troubled expression, as if he was very distressed.

How could he not feel heartbroken? Those were pills that could dispel all negative statuses, they were so precious! Little did he know that the mutated plant was just a scare tactic. He should have known better than to eat it!

As for Sui Feng's injuries, neither of them asked, because that was the case.

Some players, having failed to find their tokens by the appointed time, became desperate and resorted to desperate measures. The closer it got to six o'clock, the more people there would be at the entrance. It was a miracle that Sui Feng hadn't died.

Or it's like those two people who came in but didn't survive, and dozens of people insisted on keeping you here, and you had no choice.

After the meal, the group rested for a while.

Sui Feng lost too much blood and went back to sleep, while Yang Sheng couldn't stay still and went out to do something.

Xiao Jin moved a small reclining chair and placed it at the entrance of the tent. She sat on it and observed the situation outside through the curtain.

At that moment, she understood why all players would automatically head in one direction after entering the city.

Directly east of the square, facing a huge building, is the place that Xiao Jin and Sui Ying had mentioned before, the royal palace or the city lord's mansion.

Around the high walls and gates of that building stood the same soldiers as those at the city gate.

They were heavily guarded, surrounding the building completely. Some players who tried to get close were almost killed by dozens of soldiers.

Strangely enough, as long as the player moves away from the building, the guards will automatically retreat.

As long as players don't step into their attack range, even if they swagger in front of the guards and provoke them, the guards won't react at all.

Just then, Xiao Jin keenly sensed something.

She looked up and saw Chu Yuan swaying over with his long legs.

Judging from the direction and the gaze, they were undoubtedly coming for him.

"We've been through thick and thin together, do you think I'm so unwelcome by my old friends?" Chu Yuan walked over and reached out to lift the tent flap.

But the next second, with a clang, a flash of cold light, a long sword blocked Chu Yuan's hand.

Xiao Jin: "Old friend? Who are you talking about!"

"Heh~" Chu Yuan calmly withdrew his finger, which had almost been broken in two, and looked up at a player not far away.

"Excuse me, could I borrow a chair?"

When the player met Chu Yuan's dark pupils, he immediately stood up with a 'whoosh' and quickly pushed the chair he was sitting on over.

"This is serious! Please sit down, please sit down!"

Chu Yuan pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Xiao Jin, his arrogant eyebrows raised high.

"Fine, whether we're friends or not is another matter, but it's always true that we'll go through thick and thin together! I haven't done anything to you, so why are you keeping me at arm's length?"

Xiao Jin glanced at him a few times, unsure of his meaning: "So?"

"It's nothing, it's just that we've known each other for so long, let's add each other as friends!"

Xiao Jin: "..."

"No!"

"Why?"

"trouble!"

Xiao Jin looked around, and because of Chu Yuan's actions, many people's eyes turned to him.

Curiosity, pity, malice, and worry—this string of emotions made Xiao Jin feel very uncomfortable.

Seemingly sensing Xiao Jin's impatience, Chu Yuan suddenly turned his head, his sinister gaze meeting the player behind him, his eyes filled with warning.

The players all looked away, not wanting to antagonize someone like Chu Yuan, who was like a hungry wolf.