The dry branches crackled occasionally, and the aroma of grilled fish gradually filled the cave.

"How much longer until we can eat?" Gu Mian swallowed, feeling extremely hungry.

Xu Kun carefully turned the fish on the branch. "They'll be ready in a few more minutes."

"It's so hot, I wonder if these chickens will spoil by tomorrow."

Inside the cave, Jiang Bai was making a simple drying rack.

Xu Kun looked over and said, "If we can't dry it, we'll have to dry it overnight. Otherwise, it'll be ruined tomorrow, and all the work we did today will have been for nothing."

"That's settled then." Jiang Bai nodded, hung the cleaned pheasant on the drying rack, and then moved the rack and pheasant together to the fireside.

"It's almost done. Little sister, come and try the grilled fish. How is it?" Xu Kun said, handing the branch he was holding to Gu Mian.

The freshly grilled fish has an enticing golden-brown color and looks delicious.

Gu Mian blew on the grilled fish to cool it down before carefully tearing off a piece of fish and putting it in her mouth. Her eyes lit up after just one bite.

“It’s delicious!”

Although no seasonings were added, the fish tasted delicious and not fishy at all.

"As long as it tastes good." Xu Kun smiled, skewered a new grass carp on a branch, and roasted it over the fire.

Jiang Bai: "Was this grilled for me?"

"What are you dreaming about?" Xu Kun's smile vanished instantly. "If you want to eat, grill it yourself. You're not my good little sister, are you? You think you can just sit back and eat without doing anything?"

Gu Mian: ...

No, are you just leaving me here?!

...

Having not had a drop of water all day, Gu Mian woke up thirsty again in the middle of the night.

Gu Mian pursed her slightly chapped lips and checked the time on the system panel.

It's past midnight, so I should be able to unlock a backpack slot by now, right?

Opening the backpack, it indeed showed the number of unlockable slots: 1.

After hesitating for two seconds between the compartments filled with ice and the bronze box, Gu Mian decisively unlocked the compartment filled with the bronze box.

Each backpack slot can only store 99 identical items. If they unlock the ice blocks, the three of them will probably use them all up in less than a day.

Unlocking bronze chests is more worthwhile. Bronze chests not only contain water, food, and weapons, but opening a chest also grants double the resources.

After unlocking the backpack, Gu Mian took out a bronze box and opened it.

[Received: 1 bottle of mineral water]

[Received: Spicy Strips *2]

[Talent activated, obtain 2 bottles of mineral water and 4 spicy strips.]

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Gu Mian didn't even glance at the extra spicy strips, but instead opened a bottle of mineral water and gulped it down.

I took a few sips, intending to save half the bottle for tomorrow, but I couldn't control myself and drank it all in one go because I was so thirsty.

Gu Mian didn't plan to dismantle the bronze box; she intended to use it as a storage box. Otherwise, when she opened more boxes later, there would be nowhere to store the supplies.

With the thirst problem solved, sleepiness returned.

After placing the remaining bottle of mineral water and four packs of spicy strips on the box, Gu Mian leaned against the wall and fell asleep again in less than a minute.

...

At seven o'clock in the morning, Gu Mian was awakened by the clear and melodious chirping of birds.

She yawned, opened her eyes, and was about to stand up when she felt a stiffness in her lower back.

"hiss……"

She slept against the wall all night, and her back was so stiff it almost didn't feel like her own anymore.

"Awake?" Jiang Bai walked in against the light. "Xu Kun caught five more fish this morning and is cleaning them now. They'll be ready to grill in a bit."

Gu Mian's first reaction was: "Then did he get the flare gun?"

Jiang Bai: "Yes, he said he'd let you call in the airdrop once you woke up."

"Then what are we waiting for!" Gu Mian's back pain and leg numbness disappeared instantly, and she stood up excitedly and rushed out.

...

The flare gun is only the size of a palm, looks like a toy gun, has a bright red muzzle, a black body, and contains a flare.

Gu Mian pointed the signal gun at the sky, and with a "bang," the signal flare was fired.

"Did you see the airdrop?" Xu Kun squatted by the pond washing fish.

Gu Mian shook her head: "No."

As soon as he finished speaking, a red box appeared in the sky, with a parachute attached to it.

"The airdrop is here." Gu Mian stared intently at the airdrop, trying to see where it would land.

Three minutes later, the airdrop slowly landed in front of Gu Mian, within her reach.

Who will open the box?

Xu Kun: "Come on, I believe in your luck, good luck!"

Jiang Bai: "Don't feel pressured, just treat it as a joke."

Gu Mian: ...

I wasn't under any pressure before, but what you said has made me feel a little pressured.

Gu Mian took a deep breath and reached for the airdrop.

[Open the airdrop?]

"yes."

[Received 1 flint, 10 mouthwash, and 2 x 10g salt.]

Gu Mian: ...

No way, such a big box, and such a grand entrance, and all you have inside are these three things? How can you be so shameless?

Upon seeing the three items of supplies on the ground, Xu Kun and Jiang Bai fell silent.

After a long pause, Jiang Bai coughed, breaking the silence: "Not bad... these are all things that can be used for now."

Xu Kun chuckled twice: "Yes...yes!"

Gu Mian... Gu Mian didn't want to talk.

...

It's still early, the sun hasn't fully risen yet, and the temperature is just right.

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