We jumped into the pit one by one. The stairs leading down were narrow and steep, just enough for one person at a time. After we reached the ground, holding onto the earthen walls on both sides, we realized what it meant to be destitute. The shelter was a small hut of about 20 square meters, completely empty inside, surrounded by earthen walls covered with hidden fruits. There was an exhaust fan near the upper right corner, so there was plenty of oxygen.
Zhu Dachang was the last to enter. As he was about to close the door, Ji Lin'an stopped him: "Don't close the door yet. I'll go upstairs and restore the floor to its original state. Otherwise, it's easy to expose our location if someone passes by."
After Ji Lin'an and Zhu Dachang came down, they went up to the ground. I followed them up and helped Ji Lin'an find some branches and leaves from around us, and pulled up some grass. We placed the branches side by side at the junction of our pit and the ground, leaving a gap for one person to pass through. Ji Lin'an then squatted down and said, "You ride on my shoulders and cover the branches with leaves and grass."
I climbed onto Ji Lin'an's shoulders. Ji Lin'an stood up while holding onto the wall. Half of my body was exposed above the ground. I reached out and spread leaves onto the branches, then laid a dozen small sticks flat on the ground and covered them with weeds and leaves. I gently lifted a row of branches so that Ji Lin'an could slowly squat down, until the branches in my hand perfectly covered the gaps left in the pit.
After finishing our business, Ji Lin'an and I returned to the shelter. Everyone was exhausted and sat on the ground. Ji Lin'an said, "Everyone, take a good rest. The area around us is full of Hidden Fruits, so we are safe for now."
After Ji Lin'an finished speaking, I led Song Yi and Wu Feng into the space to sort out the supplies we had received. There were about a hundred cardboard boxes of various sizes. I quickly took scissors and opened all the boxes to sort out the supplies.
10 boxes of bottled water, 10 boxes of bread, 10 boxes of canned braised pork, 10 boxes of compressed biscuits, 10 boxes of clothes and pants, 10 boxes of underwear and socks, 10 boxes of sleeping bags, 10 boxes of tents, 10 boxes of flashlights, 10 boxes of first aid kits, 10 boxes of raincoats, and 10 boxes of backpacks.
We took out 10 packs and packed everything except the tents into one pack. After packing, we took them all out of the space. Everyone was delighted to see us come out. Li Song ran up to us and asked, "Are all the supplies in the packs?"
I nodded, and Li Song held out his hand: "Can I take it first?"
I smiled and said, "Go ahead and take one, everyone come and get one."
After the distribution was completed, everyone opened their backpacks, just like when they were kids unpacking birthday presents. I said, "There are 10 portions of everything inside. For portability, pack one portion first. There's extra water and food. I'll give you more after you finish eating, so it won't be inconvenient for you to carry it around."
An Xin laughed and said, "These supplies are really complete; it's practically a wilderness survival kit."
Ji Lin'an said, "Let's eat something and rest for a while."
Everyone opened their food containers and started eating. While eating a can of braised pork, Thousand-Mile Eyes asked, "Have you acquired your skills yet?"
An Xin nodded: "I have them. They're the 100% accuracy skill, the energy skill, and the clairvoyance skill."
Both Wei Bin and Zhu Dachang, who had the ability to see far, were surprised. Wei Bin asked in shock, "How can it be a duplicate? It's the same as our skill!"
An Xin smiled awkwardly, "Yes, I killed four people and got three skills. One of them overlapped with my skill, so it added one more use to my original skill."
Thousand-Mile Eye took out his phone: "I knew I killed several people, but I only got two skills, one Ice Spike Shot and one Clone. The other skill also clashed with my skill."
With a dejected look on his face, Ji Lin'an smiled faintly without looking up and said, "Don't complain. It's good enough that you have any. I didn't get a single skill; they were all duplicates."
Curious, I turned to Song Yi and asked, "What about you? Have you learned any new skills?"
Song Yi nodded: "Yes, I've gained evasion skills and animal communication skills."
Wufeng laughed and said, "Haha, what a pity. The animal skills are the same as mine, they're useless. But this evasion skill does offer some self-defense capabilities."
I gestured with my chin toward Wufeng: "And you? Oh, I forgot you don't have a gun."
Wufeng grinned wickedly at me and said, "Who said I didn't have it?"
I asked in surprise, "How did you get it? Didn't you not have a gun? How did you kill people?"
Wu Feng said embarrassedly, "In the heat of the moment, I threw the long knife you gave me at the crowd on a whim, and it actually killed one person, hitting him right on the head."
I smiled incredulously: "So what skills did you acquire?"
Wu Feng laughed and said, "The man I killed was the one who set fire to us and almost steamed us alive."
I raised an eyebrow: "Fire attack?"
Wufeng nodded and asked, "What about you? I saw you were killing quite a bit too. What skills do you have?"
I laughed and said, "Yes, I got more: one hypnosis, one sneeze, and one manipulation."
Wu Feng gave me a thumbs up, while Zhu Dachang said with a disappointed look, "You guys are so lucky, you got so many skills, while I only have one useless skill."
Dai Qiang and Li Song nodded in agreement. Li Song said, "Yeah, if I had known, I would have thrown the knife away too. Maybe I could have picked up a skill user."
Thousand-Mile Eyes waved his hand and laughed, "It's alright, I'll protect you guys from now on. What do you need skills for? Just lie down and win."
I nodded in agreement: "Yeah, having too many skills isn't good either. You can only choose one skill to use at a time, and after using one skill, you need to wait half an hour before you can use another skill."
Zhu Dachang nodded: "I see..."
Ji Lin'an stood up, looked around, and leaned closer to me, saying, "I'll go into the space with you and take out the cardboard boxes containing the supplies. They can be used as mats for everyone to sleep on. Also, you and Song Yi, being two girls, need a separate space to change clothes and take care of your bodily needs."
I nodded and led Ji Lin'an to take out most of the cardboard boxes. Everyone helped to unpack the boxes, flatten them, and lay them on the ground. We then used some more cardboard boxes to create a space big enough for Song Yi and me to sleep in, and found a corner to create a small bathroom.
Seeing the empty bathroom, Song Yi said, "Sister Su, what... how do we solve this?"
Wufeng joked, "Don't we have mineral water bottles?"
I looked at Wufeng with a wry smile: "You're a boy, and Song Yi and I are girls. What are you thinking?"
Wu Feng awkwardly shut his mouth. I pulled Song Yi into the "bathroom" and said to her, "I'm going to go into the space later to get two buckets, but only the small ones, okay? The big ones won't work. This place is so small, it'll stink to death, haha."
Song Yi forced an awkward smile: "Why do we have to do it here? Can't we go outside?"
I patted Song Yi's head: "Going out would easily expose us. We might run into someone at any time. We have many skills and resources now, which could easily attract trouble. Let's be patient and get a good night's rest. We can go out and think of a solution tomorrow."
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