Xia Chuhe offered another solution: "I can help you remove the cartridge case, apply medicine, and bandage it."

I just don't know if the wasteland-produced medicines will be useful in the game.

Xia Chuhe was immediately given the opportunity to conduct the experiment.

Because Lu Xiaofeng agreed to her proposal while crying.

Xia Chuhe, being malicious, didn't give him painkillers, and Lu Xiaofeng was trembling with pain. Without special tools, only rough bandages, his arm probably would never recover to its former state.

However, Bai Jiu brought back some good news.

While Xia Chuhe was treating the injured, 03 informed Bai Jiu of the location, and Bai Jiu carefully returned with the little snake.

“There were two of them, and I didn’t manage to take them down. However, when they retreated from the fire, one of them was bitten by a small snake. I saw them use a healing item, and the wound healed instantly. After the three groups reunited, I followed them for a while. There were five of them, all dressed in the same clothes, and they were heading west.”

Bai Jiu spoke at length in one breath.

Xia Chuhe gave him an approving look, then his trouser leg was ripped again. Lu Xiaofeng wailed, "Lord, save me! Get me some medicine..."

"Besides robbing, we can also look for things. We'll head west and keep an eye out for medicine along the way," Xia Chuhe said dismissively.

Before heading west, Xia Chuhe checked on the man killed by 03. He had been burned to a crisp, leaving nothing of value. If Liao Ning hadn't arrived early, they would have gotten nothing.

From the rest point to the ignition point, it was only a few hundred meters, but Lu Xiaofeng was in so much pain that he couldn't walk any further and fell behind several times.

03 said with a stern face, "That won't do."

Xia Chuhe thought for a moment: "You guys go first. Lu Xiaofeng and I will look around for any props. Be careful, and keep in touch if anything happens. Also, we must find a place to rest before nightfall. If there isn't a suitable place, we must rest in the trees at night, and do not light any fires unless absolutely necessary. Understand?"

"Understood," Liao Ning replied crisply.

Xia Chuhe's gaze swept over Liao Ning and Wang Mei, then stopped on 03, and he reiterated: "Safety first."

03 nodded: "Okay."

Xia Chuhe watched the four figures leave, then scratched the little snake's brow and chin: "Follow them, protect them, okay?"

The little snake flicked its tongue, circled Xia Chuhe's wrist twice, and reluctantly trailed behind the four of them.

With tears in his eyes, Lu Xiaofeng looked at Xia Chuhe and said, "Lord of the City, you are such a good person."

Xia Chuhe stared at him with a half-smile.

Feeling a bit guilty under that strange look, Lu Xiaofeng turned away and asked, "Where...where do we find the props?"

"Let's look around the neighborhood first."

Xia Chuhe gave Lu Xiaofeng a perfunctory reply, but her decision to stay had another reason.

The group cleared the door-breaking checkpoint quickly, and didn't waste much time searching for items. However, the opponents who had ambushed them earlier clearly had more weapons, medicine, and items, and were able to preemptively divide their forces to surround and attack them from their positions. After being repelled, the opponents retreated resolutely.

Xia Chuhe suspected that the other side possessed a device capable of tracking the movements of others. Their decision to head west likely indicated a temporary abandonment of their attack on Xia Chuhe and his companions.

Therefore, Xia Chuhe chose to stay behind alone with Lu Xiaofeng, partly to verify his conjecture. With only two people, they could "lure" the enemy into attacking, since in a team battle where the exact strength of the opponents was unknown, having more people than the enemy would definitely be an advantage.

On the other hand, if Lu Xiaofeng were to have an "accident," Xia Chuhe would have an even easier time fabricating a story without any other witnesses.

Xia Chuhe decided to set aside the night to verify her conjectures about the props. If no one attacked her and Lu Xiaofeng before tomorrow morning, she would personally deal with Lu Xiaofeng, this burden, and then rejoin the others.

So, while Xia Chuhe claimed he was looking for props, he was actually looking for a suitable place to spend the night. Besides, this area had already been trodden by many people, making it unlikely that any props would be left behind.

Lu Xiaofeng, unaware of Xia Chuhe's scheme, endured the pain and focused on finding medicine for himself.

The two were neither lucky nor unlucky; they didn't find any props, but they did find a suitable place to spend the night.

The forest is full of dead trees, some of which wither from the center, eventually becoming hollow trees.

Xia Chuhe found a hollow tree with a diameter of more than one meter. Although the interior space was not spacious, it was just enough for two people to sit down and rest.

Lu Xiaofeng pressed his lips against the tree bark, licked his dry, chapped lips, and took a sip of water from his tactical pack. The warm water moistened his lips, briefly easing the anxiety in his heart.

However, after drinking a glass of water, Lu Xiaofeng was still thirsty.

Although the combat pack could be folded to save space, it couldn't reduce weight, and he didn't carry much water. So, Lu Xiaofeng held out a cup to Xia Chuhe: "City Lord..."

Xia Chuhe's farm has water, and even a water purifier, so she immediately filled Lu Xiaofeng's water tank.

However, after drinking two glasses of water, Lu Xiaofeng noticed something was wrong: "It's like I didn't drink anything at all."

His words were transmitted to the other four people through the earpiece.

Soon, 03 gave feedback: "It's the same here, we don't feel anything from the food and drinks."

Xia Chuhe's heart sank. It seemed to be due to the nature of the instance. They not only needed to find weapons and items in the game, but also survival resources. Without weapons and items, they might be able to survive to the end, but without survival resources, they would have no choice but to surrender within two days at most.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late yet, and the problem was discovered early enough.

Xia Chuhe briefly explained to the others several methods for finding water in the jungle.

Bamboo, banana trees, palm trees... are all water-storing plants. The base of young bamboo, the trunk of banana trees, and the inflorescence of palm trees all contain abundant water. Many vines also contain water; you can extract water by cutting the vines.

Unfortunately, 03 and the others didn't recognize many trees. Apart from bamboo and banana trees, they couldn't identify almost any others. Xia Chuhe could only tell him to look for plants with broad leaves or hollow stems and try his luck.

"You stay here, I'll go get some water."

Lu Xiaofeng, however, mustered his spirits and said, "I want to go too."

Lacking combat capabilities and still consuming survival resources, Lu Xiaofeng immediately realized he had become a burden, fearing that Xia Chuhe would abandon him.

Xia Chuhe didn't insist much, nor did he pay any attention to him. He continued to move at his own pace, trying to conceal his tracks along the way to avoid being ambushed.