Gu Mian returned to the cave around 1 a.m.

As soon as she entered the cave, she saw Xie Yu holding a weapon and staring warily at the entrance. She nodded in greeting, sat down on the ground, activated the protective shield, and fell asleep exhausted.

Xie Yu, who was about to speak, immediately swallowed his words and sullenly sat back down to add a few more pieces of wood to the fire.

The fire, now fueled with new fuel, crackled and the faint flames began to burn brightly again.

...

10:00 AM.

The scorching sunlight filtered through the dense canopy of trees, gently dappling the cave floor. Gu Mian's eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Her eyes were unusually clear, showing no signs of drowsiness whatsoever, and she didn't look like someone who had just woken up.

The fire had gone out, and the travel bag containing some food was placed aside, but Xie Yu and her daughter were nowhere to be seen in the cave.

Gu Mian didn't have the mind to think about where Xie Yu had gone. Her satiety level had dropped to 40, and she needed to eat something as soon as possible.

Last night, from 8:30 pm to midnight, she refreshed 35 smog-related posts and earned 70 points.

Its ranking remains firmly in first place, unchallenged by anyone.

35 smog creatures dropped a total of 14 small bottles of energy potions, 4 large bottles of energy potions, 10 bars of soap, 4 250ml bottles of cola, 2 beef burgers, 10 bottles of mineral water, and 2 boxes of spicy instant noodles.

2 slices of chocolate cake, 2 servings of mushroom and chicken claypot rice, 6 face masks, 6 chive pancakes, and 8 chocolates. (Doubled number)

Because she had too many supplies to carry, she traded two bottles of mineral water, two bottles of cola, a beef burger, and a serving of mushroom and chicken claypot rice with other players for a space card to store the supplies.

[Space Card: A one-time use storage item containing a 100-square-meter time-stopping space. It can be used for 3 days, after which the card will automatically destroy itself.]

The items are quite useful, but their usage time is too short, and they require too many traded resources. Otherwise, she would have liked to get a few to save for later use.

Gu Mian took out the spatial card and slowly immersed her consciousness into it.

Inside the card space, countless supplies floated in mid-air. She gently touched the claypot rice and mineral water with her consciousness, and when she opened her eyes, the two supplies had already appeared on the ground.

[Mushroom and Chicken Claypot Rice: Satiety level +60 after consumption.]

As the lid was opened, the aroma of chicken gradually wafted out. Gu Mian swallowed hard and instantly transformed into an enhanced version of a rice lover, devouring the food.

After a whirlwind of eating, Gu Mian, feeling completely full, let out a satisfied burp.

After resting for a while, Gu Mian got up to get her travel bag and casually rummaged through the supplies inside.

The freshly squeezed orange juice was gone, as was the ham and egg fried pancake, but the instant noodles and bottled water were still there. It seems that Xie Yu only took the orange juice and fried pancake for breakfast.

After putting all the remaining supplies from her travel bag into her spatial card, Gu Mian opened the blind box shop and redeemed three premium blind boxes.

I was so focused on grinding monsters yesterday that I completely forgot to redeem the blind boxes! What a rip-off!

[Obtained: 100x Copy Card. (Special item, cannot be copied)]

[Received: 2 Garan Fruits. (Doubled)]

[Received: Fire Crystal *2. (Doubled)]

[Galan Fruit: Increases constitution by 1 after consumption.]

[Fire Crystal: A special crystal that, when incorporated into a weapon, has a chance to grant the weapon fire-based skills. (Requires fusion at a forging station)]

A forging platform? What's that?

Gu Mian opened the chat channel and asked around, but didn't get any useful information, so she had no choice but to leave it for the time being.