"Jiang Yi, tell them to secretly search for Miss Xu's whereabouts, but don't make any noise. Remember not to let Miss Xu discover your whereabouts. If she does find you one day, you must apologize and leave immediately. You must never go against Miss Xu's wishes."

"yes!"

"If Miss Xu needs your help, you must obey unconditionally. Even if it costs your life, you must complete the mission. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Master!"

After everyone left the room, Jiang Yan stood alone in front of the study window, gazing at the scenery outside, and sighed softly: "I was too impatient."

On the other side, after leaving the valley, Xu Ning had climbed several mountains.

At this moment, she stopped at the top of the mountain, took out a small telescope from her backpack, and carefully observed the surrounding environment. Then, she took out a compass to determine her location.

After some thought, Xu Ning finally decided to continue moving towards the northwest.

"Bao, how many days will it take me to get out?" Xu Ning put his hands on his hips and kicked the stones under his feet boredly.

"Player, at your current speed, you may not be able to get out in a month." The voice of the treasure chest came from Xu Ning's mind.

"It's so far away, and the northwest is so deserted?" Xu Ning frowned slightly and swept his eyes across the barren fields around him.

"No, player, at your walking speed, you won't be able to reach a populated area for more than a month." Treasure Box explained helplessly.

"Oh, that doesn't matter. We're here for a trip anyway, and I'm not worried about sleeping outdoors." Xu Ning chuckled, casually picked up the weeds at his feet, picked out a piece of foxtail grass, broke it off and held it in the corner of his mouth.

"Baby, I have worked diligently to complete the mission over the years. Does the main system have any special rewards?" She asked casually while chewing foxtail grass.

"Hello player, your main quest has not been completed yet?" the treasure chest reminded.

"Let's be clear, I used to get rewards for completing even a few tasks, but why are my points not increasing, my task progress hasn't changed, and I don't even get any extra rewards? Tell me, is this reasonable?"

The young girl with a bun raised her eyebrows, with a hint of ruffian in her cute appearance, as if she was protesting to the system.

"Hello player, this is the arrangement from the main system."

"Come on, who knows if you have swallowed anything? You are in my mind, but I am not in yours. I now seriously suspect that either you have deceived me, or you have been deceived by the main system." Xu Ning said as he continued to move forward.

Her pace didn't slow down because of her conversation with the treasure chest; instead, it quickened. As the grass grew thicker, Xu Ning casually broke off a branch from the side, plucked off the leaves, and began to thrash and beat her way through.

The treasure chest was silent for a moment, as if considering how to respond to Xu Ning's question. After a moment, it emitted a whirring sound, expressing its grievance: "Player, I really didn't lie to you!"

Xu Ning curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a barely perceptible smile, but she ignored the treasure chest's explanation and continued to stride forward.

Before long, a vast lake appeared before Xu Ning. The water was crystal clear, the shimmering water reflecting the white clouds in the sky. Xu Ning looked around and found a large, shady rock to stand on.

Perhaps her movements were too loud, and the wild ducks hiding not far from the rock were suddenly frightened and flew out one after another, fluttering into the lake.

"Oh, a wild duck. Ducks should lay eggs in this season." Xu Ning's eyes lit up and he muttered softly. Then he jumped off the stone and tiptoed to the place where the wild duck had just run out.

"Sure enough, I'm in for a treat." Xu Ning showed a happy smile on his face. While carefully picking up one-third of the wild duck eggs, he communicated with the treasure chest and exchanged a small iron pot for outdoor use and a few packets of instant noodles for her.

"I want instant noodles with braised beef, and two noodles to go with it." Xu Ning cleaned every wild duck nest thoroughly, then clapped his hands and started looking for wild vegetables nearby.

Snow rarely falls in the south during winter, and even in late autumn, the weather remains relatively warm. The vegetation remains lush and green, and wild vegetables are abundant throughout this vast land.

Xu Ning pinched some tender tips of water celery and wild onions. The tender green water celery and wild onions gave off a fresh fragrance on his hands. Xu Ning couldn't help swallowing after smelling it.

Then she took out the small iron pot that she had exchanged for the treasure chest, built a simple fire by the lake and started cooking instant noodles.

Xu Ning poured clean lake water into the pot and waited for the water to boil.

“Gurgle gurgle…”

Soon, the water boiled, emitting white steam. Xu Ning unwrapped the instant noodles, placed two sheets of dough into the pot, covered it, and waited for them to tumble in the boiling water.

Xu Ning left secretly early in the morning. When he left, he didn't take anything except a few sets of clothes stuffed into the treasure box.

To be honest, Xu Ning was not worried about anything this time because she had the treasure chest. It wanted her to complete the task and naturally would not let her starve to death.

"Baby, exchange for a pair of chopsticks, a spoon and a bowl." After the water boiled, Xu Ning put in the instant noodles and realized that the chopsticks and other things were not exchanged. The next second, he got what he wanted in his hand.

Xu Ning didn't hear the sound of points being deducted. She didn't care and put her things away. While the instant noodles were still cooking, she took the wild vegetables to the lake to wash them. When she came back, the instant noodles were just cooked.

"Baby, give me another porcelain basin. I want to put the noodles in it." The next second, a clean porcelain basin appeared in his hand.

Xu Ning carefully scooped up all the instant noodles and set them aside to cool. He took out three wild duck eggs from the space, cracked two directly into the noodle soup in the iron pot to make poached eggs, and cracked the other one into a bowl and stirred it.

After waiting for about half a minute, the fried egg had turned completely white. Xu Ning cut the washed wild vegetables into several pieces and threw them in, and also threw in the instant noodle seasoning packet and instant noodles.

Xu Ning stirred it with a spoon, held the handle of the iron pot and placed it on the stone beside it. While the pot was still boiling, she poured the egg liquid in the bowl into it.

Xu Ning poured it very slowly, and the egg liquid flowed out of the bowl in a thin stream. The next second after it flowed into the iron pan, Xu Ning stirred it with chopsticks.

This method of cooking was taught to Xu Ning by her younger brother, who is a chef. He was always worried that she would starve to death in the apartment, so he taught her how to cook whenever he had free time.

As the last bit of egg liquid was poured into the iron pot, the bubbles in the boiling water in the pot also became smaller. Xu Ning took a bowl and scooped some boiling soup to scald the bowl. While the pot was still boiling, he poured the instant noodles on the side into it.

"Hmm, it smells so good!" Xu Ning couldn't help swallowing as he smelled the aroma wafting from the pot.

Xu Ning quickly flipped the food over twice with his chopsticks and couldn't wait to pick up a piece to taste it.

"Hiss, so hot, so delicious!" Xu Ning blew on it twice more quickly. This time the temperature at the entrance was just right. Every pore on Xu Ning's face relaxed with satisfaction.

Next, Xu Ning took a sip of egg drop and wild vegetable soup and a mouthful of instant noodles with ham and poached egg. It took him a full half hour to finish eating. After that, Xu Ning leaned against the big, cool rock and took a nap.