Wilderness Survival (IV)

[Phase One, Volcanic Lava Terrain. Officially begins.]

Mechanical electronic sounds echoed in the stadium.

The temperature quickly rose to over 50 degrees, the air was distorted, and the heat wave seemed to be materializing.

As Lingge's shoes touched the ground, they sizzled like fried eggs, and she felt the sticky, melting water on the soles. The sweat didn't even have time to drip down, and as it emerged from her pores, it turned into scalding salt grains, stinging her skin painfully.

"Fiery Suanni, armored!"

Amidst the raging flames, a mythical beast resembling a lion suddenly appeared. At its roar, the heat wave seemed to retreat and fled for a distance.

The temperature around Izumo Academy dropped by at least ten degrees.

"38 degrees." Daoming Si Lian looked at the current temperature marked on the holographic map and couldn't help but praise, "Lingge, good job."

In such an extreme environment, talents who can provide the entire team with survival capabilities are hard to come by.

Even a Heaven-level mythical beast might not have the ability to protect teammates like this. Thinking of this, they looked a hundred meters away with some complacency. The Thorn Flower should all be holding up their mythical beast armor to support them by now.

Linyin and the others were wrapped in a huge transparent bubble. The bubble was in the lava, like a crystal ball falling into purgatory.

Rinyin stared at the current ambient temperature jumping on the holographic map.

50℃.

43℃.

37℃.

28℃.

Hot beads of sweat dripped down her chin, and Rinyin rubbed the kitten, "It's okay."

"Meow!" The kitten curled up in her arms and called out, "If you feel hot, just tell me anytime. Even if the temperature drops below zero, it's no big deal." The kitten wagged its tail proudly.

In the bubble, the hot and sticky air turned into cool dry air, and the scorching ground degenerated into warm soil.

Belle breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, I'm alive..." This was no longer wilderness survival; it was apocalypse survival, and it was truly difficult for her to adapt. She opened the water she was given and gulped down a few mouthfuls.

Crystal touched the inner wall of the bubble, "What a miracle of thermodynamics..." Yuzhu pulled her down, "Take a break, then you have to start making the disc."

Crystal slapped her head and thought, yes, nothing can be brought into the virtual arena of the survival competition, including these small props, of course. She can only collect materials on the spot.

"Boss, why don't we dismantle those junk and make them into CDs?" Crystal moved in front of Linyin and pointed at the phantom guns and phantom shields.

"The shield can be removed, but the gun can be kept." People always have moments when they are exhausted. The power of each attack from the phantom energy gun can match the full-strength attack of a Xuan-level phantom beast, so it still has some effect.

Linyin felt a breeze on her face, and when she turned around, she saw the Dream Mammoth fanning itself with its big ears in a wronged manner.

"Save your energy." Lin Yin patted Su Lian, signaling him to stop the Dream Mammoth. They didn't need a little more attention. "We were too much of a star before, and now we're the target of everyone's criticism. You're our team's strongest attacker, and we'll be relying on you a lot later."

If the Eight Little Ones were more afraid of them than wary of them, then the Four Big Ones should be eager to get rid of a team that showed the strength of the new Four Big Ones.

Hearing Lin Yin's words, Su Lian instantly felt a surge of power into his body. He nodded repeatedly, trying not to look too excited.

He had always thought that he had no presence in the team, so he had never received any praise from Rin. Now it seemed that she recognized his existence as a teammate - she actually said that he was... the strongest attacker...

Not far outside the bubble, a river of lava roared down, engulfing the rocks along the way. The splashes of fire waves hit the transparent barrier from time to time, but the seemingly fragile bubble did not move at all.

Seeing this, all the students in Izumo Academy silently withdrew their gazes.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. There's no shame in losing to the thorn flower.

………

Other teams in the high temperature and lava terrain are experiencing perhaps the most embarrassing and desperate moments in their lives.

Cappadocia encountered great difficulties.

Their initial supply pack contained only ten phantom shields. Even more terrifying, after Phase 1 began, the terrain around them transformed into a volcano...

They could only recycle the waste and form the ten phantom shields into a barely supportable circle. After the five people were armored, they huddled together tightly and huddled inside it.

The holographic map showed that the ambient temperature had reached around 65 degrees Celsius, and Wei Ka felt that the alloy shield was about to be roasted red by the high temperature. "Theoretically," she said slowly, "if we stack the shields into a pyramid structure, maybe it can last a little longer."

Lei Qin glanced at the lava gradually approaching outside the shield. The golden-red light reflected on his face, like the last spotlight before the curtain fell on a stage. "There is no theoretical basis. Dismiss."

"It looks like we're going back home. But it's not bad, it's better to be eliminated early and suffer less." One team member's eyes lit up when he mentioned "going back home". "I really want to go home and eat baked naan."

"We're almost like naan."

The magma bubbled up with a gurgling sound, and the heat flow moved an inch closer.

Weika was completely pissed off. "When we're eliminated, will they add some tragic background music? Then I'll have to start paying attention to my facial expressions now."

The team member who wanted to go back home nodded: "It would be best if it was a hero's end style, with some virtual snowflakes, to make us look very desolate."

"Then I'm going to be photographed from the side," another team member adjusted his pose. "In the preliminary round, they only took photos of me straight on, with top lighting. It was so ugly."

The lava was about to overflow the last inch of safe distance, and the heat wave hit them. Everyone in Cappadocia closed their eyes at the same time.

"Oh shit! That hurts!"

The expected burning sensation did not come. The teammate who wanted to go back home the most was hit by a parachute falling from the sky and was wrapped up like a spring roll, leaving only his two legs outside and kicking twice.

Everyone: “……?”

An airdrop box landed precisely next to Cappadocia's shield formation. Simultaneously, a system announcement rang out cheerfully:

[Surprise gift pack delivery completed! Contains: High-energy refrigerant x3, Phantom Shield Repair Module x1, Random Phantom Beast Bait x2 (Note: This may attract the Earth-level Lava Lizard, so use with caution.)]

Lei Qin was silent, looking at his teammates who were wrapped up like dumplings: "...Do you still want to go home?"

A teammate stretched out a hand from the parachute with difficulty and made a "yeah" gesture: "...I suddenly feel like I can fight for another five hundred years."

…

"Boss, the coordinates of the surprise gift package have appeared! It's not far from us."

"Got the coordinates so soon?" This means the airdrop landed near this lucky team.

"Should we go over there?" There were fireballs flying everywhere, and Belle was reluctant to move.

"The repair module of the phantom shield can be used to make a disc trap. I think it's worth a trip." Crystal said.

"We already have more than enough combat power. Is it really necessary to make CDs?" Belle expressed her disagreement in a low voice.

"We have to do it." Linyin smiled meaningfully, "Even if we can't use it, there will always be people who need it. This is a strategic material."

"Okay, you have the final say..." Belle leaned limply into the bubble.

"Belle, Yuzhu, come sit on the rocks." Crystal called to them. The mountain monster summoned some rocks made of volcanic ash, which were two or three times larger. "Come on, it's very spacious."

In this way, the group, with the Izumo Academy following them unconditionally, marched towards the new airdrop in a mighty manner.

…

"Hey! There seems to be a small box here." Wei Ka took it out of the airdrop box and opened it.

"Wait, stop!" Lei Qin wanted to stop him, but it was too late.

A palm-sized snail crawled out from inside. When it saw Weika, it touched her affectionately with its tentacles.

Weika let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Ahhhhhhhh she hates mollusks aaaaaaaaaaaaa.

…

Hearing the extremely miserable scream, Linyin was stunned. Why did the voice sound like Weika?

Nothing will happen, right?

Let the stone and mammoth speed up their pace. Soon, a group of people came into view.

Although surrounded by magma, the few people still looked safe and sound due to the presence of high-energy refrigerant.

"Are you okay?" Linyin cupped her hands into a megaphone and shouted at them.

"Ah! It's the thorn flower! Ally!" The team members became excited.

"Rin! Help me! Take this snail away!" The girl in crocodile armor cried, holding a palm-sized snail in her hands. "It won't get off my hands..."

Looking at the clean airdrop inside, Linyin took a deep breath, "Did you get this from a blind box?"

Weika nodded like a woodpecker.

In other words, it cannot be killed or thrown away, it must be kept by your side and well protected.

"...Let's take them out first." Linyin winked at the kitten.

The kitten received the brain waves, flicked its tail, and several transparent bubbles flew out, wrapping around several people from Cappadocia, slowly lifting them up from the lava, and floating towards the safe area where Linyin and the others were.

When it was Weika's turn, the kitten tilted its head and blew out another small bubble, silently wrapping the snail.

Wei Ka moved her hands carefully. The snail was still stuck, but now... at least it was stuck inside the bubble, not directly on her skin. She breathed a sigh of relief, tears welling up in her eyes. "Thank you... the psychological barrier has been reduced a lot."

After everyone in Cappadocia landed safely, Captain Leiqin waved his hand generously: "Thank you very much! You can take any of our supplies!"

Well... apart from the surprise gift package, the only supplies they have left are the ten phantom shields with slightly raised edges.

Linyin didn't hesitate and reached out to take away the phantom shield repair module.

Three groups, two close together, the third at a distance, formed a strange scene. Ling Ge crossed his arms, glanced sideways at the group from Cappadocia, and couldn't help muttering, "Fools are lucky..."

Daoming Si Lian was squatting on the ground counting supplies. He didn't even look up when he heard this: "Trusting them is indeed less troublesome than being on guard against them."

"Daomingsi, come quickly."

It was the first time he heard Belle call his name, even though it was just a surname, Daoming Si Lian was still a little happy. He turned his head, and Belle waved at him, "Let's discuss the distribution of rations."

He pretended to be calm as he walked forward, but he tripped on the third step.

Ling Ge was shaking from trying to hold back his laughter.