Jiang Bai: "Sent [3 bottles of Tiger Balm]. How's your water source search going?"
Xu Kun: "Don't even mention it, we've searched the whole area and couldn't even find a small ditch."
Gu Mian: "It's okay. If we really can't find it, that's fine. I still have a lot of water in my backpack. If we use it sparingly, it'll be enough for us to survive until the end of the competition."
In fact, even if she used it freely, her bottled water supply would be more than enough to last until the end of the competition.
However, one should still be more discreet in their words.
Xu Kun rubbed his hair in frustration: "I'll keep looking. If I really can't find a water source, I'll go hunt some game to take back."
The moon was exceptionally bright that night, and you could see your surroundings clearly even without a flashlight.
Using his Tang sword to clear away the weeds on the road, Xu Kun continued south.
I don't know what kind of weeds they are. Even with the high daytime temperatures, they only wilt under the sun, but they come back to life at night.
Its vitality can be described as extremely tenacious.
I had only taken a few steps when I saw someone lying on the ground.
She was a little girl, and she looked very young, about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The girl was pale, curled up on the ground with her eyes closed, her lips were so dry from lack of water that they had peeled off in several layers.
Xu Kun raised his foot and then lowered it again. After hesitating for a long time, he finally bent down to check his breathing.
He was still breathing, but it was very weak.
But if we leave it unattended, it certainly won't live to see tomorrow.
Xu Kun looked reluctant, unable to bear watching a young girl die. He took out some Tiger Balm from his backpack and applied it to the girl's temples and philtrum.
I gave her another half bottle of water, then tightened the cap on the remaining half bottle and placed it next to her.
Then he got up and continued walking south.
That's all the help he can offer; the rest is up to her fate.
...
Not long after Xu Kun left, the girl opened her eyes.
After the medicated oil was applied to her temples, she vaguely regained consciousness. For a moment, she thought her teammates had come looking for her.
It wasn't until she was fed half a bottle of water and her consciousness became clearer that she realized that the person who saved her was a stranger.
Her teammates really didn't care whether she lived or died.
A bitter smile appeared on her face as the girl struggled to sit up and watched Xu Kun leave.
A moment later, he staggered to his feet and chased after them.
...
"Seventeen days left, I don't know how I'm going to get through the rest of the days..."
"Just find a cave to hide in. As long as you have enough supplies in your backpack, it's easy to hide for more than ten days."
"It's terrifying. Staying in the cave all the time will just lead to the depletion of our resources. I have a feeling that this survival competition is just a way to consume the resources that players have stored up."
"Blind student, you've discovered the key point!"
"What a novel perspective! Now that you mention it, it's actually quite possible."
After all, you unlock a backpack slot for every day you survive on the island, and since everyone has survived for so long, they're probably not short of supplies.
The biggest challenge in this survival competition is that the temperature will rise as time goes on.
However, this problem is also easy to solve.
Just find a cave to hide in, or if you can't find a cave, you can build a shelter as long as the temperature isn't too extreme in the early stages.
"Oh no, no wonder I couldn't find many pollutants no matter how much I ran around every day. It turns out the main purpose of this competition wasn't to rack up points..."
"You just realized this? I gave up on farming points after a few days on the island because I couldn't find many pollutants."
Now I go out every night to look for mission cards. If I'm lucky enough to find one, I can even summon an airdrop to replenish my supplies.
If you can't find any, that's okay too; catching a couple of prey means you won't come back empty-handed.
They hid in caves during the day to escape the heat; although it wasn't the best time, it was comfortable enough.
"I've learned a lot! I'll follow in your footsteps and learn from you all from now on!"
"I don't lack supplies, and I have caves to hide in, but I'm dizzy from the heat every day."
I'd like something icy. Does anyone have a lot of ice cubes they could sell me?
If all else fails, I can buy you a bottle of dry ice spray so I can get some ice to cool the child down; the child is unbearably hot..."
Gu Mian: "Ten ice blocks can be exchanged for one purification stone. IOUs are available. Quantities are limited. If you are interested, please send a private message to request a transaction."
As soon as the message was sent, my private messages started flashing incessantly.
Zhao Yiming: "Boss, I've requested a transaction, should I still sign an IOU?"
Gu Mian paused. This person came every day to write IOUs in exchange for supplies, and she was already very familiar with him.
There was no reply, so I sent the IOU directly and waited for the other party to sign it.
After signing, the IOU was valid, and ten ice cubes were sent over.
All sixty IOUs were used up quickly.
After the transaction was completed, Gu Mian was about to close the chat window when she glanced up and saw a message from Zhu Zhixin.
"[Thermostatic Sleeping Bag] Hahaha, look what I got from the airdrop?!"
A sleeping bag that maintains a constant temperature of 26℃! What's the difference between this and sleeping in an air-conditioned room?
"Wow, with this wonderful baby, I can finally get a good night's sleep without waking up in the middle of the night from the heat."
"Another day of envying other people's luck..."
"Are you selling the temperature-controlled sleeping bag? I've sent you a private message with the items you're trading."
Zhu Zhixin: "No, no, I won't play whatever you use."
Xia Rumeng: "Wow, you're so lucky! You actually got a temperature-controlled sleeping bag. Unlike me, I always only get weird clothes~"
Zhu Zhixin: "Ahem, it's nothing special. By the way, what kind of weird clothes have you gotten?"
Xia Rumeng: "Hmm~ It's one of those weird clothes~ Would you like to see me wear it, handsome?"
Zhu Zhixin: "Ahem, I've already sent you a private message."
"Another dirty deal involving assholes has been witnessed!"
"The world is going to the dogs, and people's hearts have lost their way! Why can't I have such a good opportunity?"
"Upstairs, you seem to have given something away."
"Sigh, another lonely night. Anyone want to hook up with a girl nearby?"
...
"Zhu Zhixin".
Gu Mian silently repeated the name to herself.
This person has been targeting her in the chat channel from the very beginning, harboring inexplicable malice towards her, and every time he speaks, he exudes a foul stench.
Although she didn't exactly hate her to the core, she certainly held a grudge against her.
Since this guy is popping up again to make his presence known, let's find an opportunity to get rid of him, so he won't keep popping up and annoying us.
Just as he was planning how to get Zhu Zhixin's location and then rush over there, he saw Jiang Bai walk in, covered in sweat.
Jiang Bai was taken aback when he saw Gu Mian's murderous gaze: "Who offended you? Why do you look so fierce?"
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