"Host, several survivors have appeared ahead."

"Their target seems to be the same as ours, which is the cave we chose earlier!"

At night, choosing a narrower cave can keep you warm, but during the day it's best to choose a more spacious cave.

This provides more space to move around, preventing them from being confined to a cave and barely surviving.

Are there any other habitable caves nearby?

Wasteland survivors sometimes crammed into a cave to endure the harsh days.

However, this is not a safe method, as a lone survivor is likely to be bullied by others.

Looting all the supplies is the least of your worries; in more serious cases, you might be thrown out of the cave and left to rot in the sun.

"That's all, host!"

629 scanned the surrounding environment again and found that there was only this one large cave in the area.

Unless the host is willing to stay in those cramped caves, like a hibernating animal, lying motionless for a whole day.

"Since there isn't one, let's keep moving forward. With my strength, I'm not afraid of anyone!"

To avoid arousing suspicion, Lin Xue secretly transferred a leaf the size of two palms from her spatial storage and placed it in her package.

Then, carrying the rabbit, he swayed back and forth as he walked towards his destination.

When she arrived, there were already four or five people inside the cave.

When they saw Lin Xue, their eyes immediately lit up.

Especially when he saw the rabbit in Lin Xue's hand, his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

The action of swallowing saliva was too obvious and could not escape Lin Xue's notice at all.

Lin Xue ignored them and went straight into the cave.

Looking up, I saw that the innermost part of the cave had already been occupied.

Now only a small area near the outside remains.

"Give me half of the cave, half of the rabbit!"

Looking at the survivors in their tattered clothes, Lin Xue did not choose to deal with them.

Although their eyes held a hint of greed, so far no malice has been detected.

These people are all in their twenties or thirties.

There were three men and two women in total. Although they looked dilapidated, they were no different from most of the survivors outside.

However, his eyes held a foolish, yearning look, suggesting he had never killed anyone.

Are you serious?

To Lin Xue's surprise, the first person to speak among these people was actually a woman.

"real!"

"I want the innermost, coolest half of the cave, will you trade me half a rabbit?"

Lin Xue glanced at where the group was sitting; the innermost spot was definitely cooler.

Compared to the high temperatures outside during the day, the cave is miraculously cool.

Although it wasn't exactly cold, it was much more comfortable than outside.

But the closer you get to the cave entrance, the hotter it gets, and nobody wants to be in a hot place.

Although there are a few too many people, as long as they don't mind, they can squeeze into half a cave.

Lin Xue was hoping to get a good night's sleep after dinner. With the system watching over her, she wasn't worried about these people having bad intentions.

"I'll make a change, and I hope you'll keep your word!"

After the woman finished speaking, she had her companions move all their belongings to the other side, making room for Lin Xue.

Lin Xue was very satisfied to see how self-disciplined they were.

He tossed his bundle into the cave, then stepped out and began to process the rabbit in his hands.

She hadn't killed the rabbit along the way, so now that she'd arrived, she naturally had to deal with it first.

He pulled out his kitchen knife, first bleeding the skin before peeling it.

Because of Lin Xue's technique, there was almost no dirt on the rabbit meat.

After treating the rabbit, she took out a handful of powdered seasonings from her bosom and applied it to the rabbit.

The rabbit was tidied up, but she didn't have a stick to hold it in place.

Lin Xue entered the cave and glanced in the direction of those people.

She thought she had just seen these people holding sticks.

It's important to know that even a wooden stick used as a walking stick is a very scarce resource on this wasteland planet.

"Can I borrow a stick?"

Lin Xue waved the prepared rabbit in her hand and said to the people inside.

"Use mine, I'll help you!"

The woman stepped forward again, took out her wooden stick, and walked out of the cave with Lin Xue.

It's impossible for a rabbit to be sun-dried too far from a cave.

They simply inserted the wooden sticks into the crack at the entrance of the cave.

Lin Xue tied the rabbit to a wooden stick and pulled out several hemp ropes from somewhere to make sure the rabbit wouldn't fall off the stick.

Even without a stick, she would simply spread the rabbit out on the ground to dry in the sun.

But now that there are better options, who wants to eat rabbit meat with soil on it?

"You put in quite a lot of seasoning; it seems we got the better deal this time!"

The woman felt a warmth in her heart when she saw the seasoning evenly spread on the rabbit.

You must understand that this world is extremely resource-scarce; even seasonings are rare commodities.

Originally, Lin Xue only applied the paint to her own side, and they had no objections.

But now Lin Xue has covered the entire rabbit with the paint, without treating it differently, which is undoubtedly a huge surprise to them.

Being able to eat meat is one thing, but being able to eat delicious meat is even more touching.

Lin Xue didn't notice this; perhaps she hadn't fully adapted to life in the wasteland yet.

However, the woman's words did remind her that she should pay more attention to this aspect next time.

After securing the rabbit, it was 8:30.

Everyone huddled inside the cave, watching the world outside become blurry.

Because of the high temperature, the scenery outside the cave appeared somewhat blurry for a moment.

It was as if there was an invisible layer of air twisting and turning in the air.

Of course, apart from Lin Xue, everyone's attention was focused on the wild rabbit at the cave entrance that was already oozing oil.

Wild rabbits are very fat. While humans are struggling to find food, they live close to the forest. As long as they find a suitable routine, they will never have to worry about not having enough to eat.

After all, animals aren't as picky as humans; they'll eat even mutated plants containing potent toxins without hesitation.

These small animals, buried deep underground, have a much stronger resistance to toxic drugs than humans.

From this perspective, it seems as if everything the world experiences is directed against humanity.

Lin Xue wondered countless times what divine law the humans of this world had broken to make them suffer so much.

"Girl, the rabbit seems to be cooked through. If you keep roasting it, it'll probably turn into jerky!"

Just as Lin Xue was in a daze, one of the men over there finally couldn't help but speak up.

"Who will go and bring the rabbit in?"

To be honest, Lin Xue didn't want to go out in the sun either.

Even though it was only for a few seconds, she didn't want to get covered in sweat.