"without……"
Before Gu Mian could finish her sentence, she heard Xu Kun cursing outside the cave.
"What awful weather! It's so late and still so stuffy. I'm about to faint from the heat."
Gu Mian closed her open mouth, not continuing what she hadn't finished saying.
Although their relationship is currently good, they should handle the search themselves and not involve others.
Why hasn't he come in yet?
After waiting for a long time, all Gu Mian could hear was Xu Kun cursing outside, but he didn't enter the cave. Gu Mian looked at Jiang Bai with a puzzled expression.
"I don't know," Jiang Bai shook his head. "I'll go check."
The moonlight outside the cave was bright, and even without lighting tools, one could clearly see the surrounding environment.
Xu Kun squatted by the pool, rubbing the black short-sleeved shirt in his hands with the little water left in the pool.
Jiang Bai quietly walked over and suddenly asked, "Is it fun to mutter to yourself all by yourself?"
"Holy crap!" Xu Kun was so startled that he almost plunged headfirst into the pool.
"Old Bai, what are you doing? Why did you sneak out and scare people like that? Are you a kid?"
Jiang Bai certainly couldn't admit that he did it on purpose, so he argued, "You were so engrossed in washing clothes that you didn't hear my footsteps."
Xu Kun: "...Do I look like I'm easy to fool?"
"You still haven't said what you've been muttering to yourself about?" Jiang Bai chose to change the subject.
"Nothing..." Xu Kun paused for a moment, then glanced meaningfully behind a certain rock.
He never expected that his good intentions would bring him so much trouble.
Despite being physically exhausted, the girl persevered and followed him for nearly two hours, staggering along the way.
Jiang Bai noticed his gaze and glanced at it as well. Half a foot, not properly hidden, was sticking out from behind the rock.
He looked at Xu Kun questioningly, asking what had happened.
Xu Kun then briefly summarized what had happened.
After listening, Jiang Bai chuckled ambiguously, "Is it because they're good-looking that you can't bear to do it?"
Xu Kun rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Don't have such dirty thoughts, Lao Bai."
Jiang Bai shrugged it off, then asked coldly, "So what are your plans now? You've already brought everyone here?"
"I don't have any plans." Wringing out his clothes and laying them flat on the rock, Xu Kun said coldly, "I was just acting out of kindness, unable to bear watching a life vanish before my eyes. I did what I could, as for anything else..."
In this cruel game, ultimately, you have to rely on yourself.
When he said these words, his expression was very calm, yet it revealed a hint of coldness that was hard to detect. He seemed both contradictory and full of an indescribable charm.
Jiang Bai listened quietly without offering his opinion. However, when he looked at the stone again, the half-foot that had been visible behind it had disappeared.
It seems the person behind the stone understood what was said, and that's why they left.
...
[Day 14 of survival on a desert island, 5:00 AM, sunny.]
Today's temperature is 41℃-51℃.
The ice in the two bronze boxes barely maintained a comfortable temperature in the cave, but finding a water source remained an urgent matter.
Otherwise, although there is no shortage of drinking water, there is no extra water to make ice to cool down.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frug
If Gu Mian were to experience life in high temperatures again, she wouldn't be able to endure it for even a single day.
As of today, 14 slots have been unlocked in the backpack.
Three of the compartments contain 99+ bottled mineral water, two contain 99+ ice cubes, three contain 99+ unopened bronze chests, and the remaining six compartments are empty, used to store supplies that are inconvenient to leave outside.
Food that doesn't keep well was put in Xu Kun and Jiang Bai's backpacks, while tools and the like were placed directly in the storage box in the cave.
On the lid of the storage box were two roasted potatoes and a bowl of warm snake meat soup, clearly meant for her breakfast.
However, it was too early, and she wasn't very hungry yet, so she decided to open some boxes first, get some supplies, and then eat.
Gu Mian took out 30 bronze boxes from her backpack, opened them one by one, and obtained:
[Mineral water*30]
[Magic Faucet *5]
[Hot and Sour Rice Noodles * 5]
[Cooling Patches * 20]
The above supplies will be doubled.
[The Magical Faucet: A disposable item that, when installed on a wall, provides a flow of clean water for 1 hour.]
I’m so lucky today!
An item that grants access to water resources was obtained!
Put all the supplies into your backpack, then disassemble the empty bronze box and use the bronze to make a water storage container that is 1 meter high, 1 meter wide, and 2 meters long.
After the container was made, it was placed directly inside the cave. Then, a faucet was taken out and installed on top of the container.
Turn on the tap, and clear water immediately flows into the container with a "whoosh".
Done!
With a steady flow of water from the tap, there's no need to worry about running out of water to make ice cubes anytime soon!
After quickly finishing breakfast, Gu Mian opened the chat channel and typed a message: "One bottle of mineral water for one purification stone, limited to 60 bottles, no IOU required."
One cooling patch can be exchanged for one purification stone. Limited to 40 patches. No IOU required.
Those who need the service should send a direct transaction request; all other private messages will not be replied to.
"Cooling patch!!! I'll take out my three most treasured purification stones in exchange for it!!!"
"What exactly is the use of this purification stone? The big shots are actually buying it every day."
"I don't know. I only know that I can live without purification stones, but I absolutely cannot live without cooling patches!"
"I don't have a purification stone, and I can't write an IOU... I couldn't help but burst into tears with a 'woof'..."
...
Although not many players had purification stones, the sheer number of players meant that Gu Mian quickly traded away all the mineral water and cooling patches she had.
The trade yielded 100 purification stones in total, consisting of 60 bottles of mineral water and 40 cooling patches.
After doubling, you get 200 purification stones, which take up 3 backpack slots.
The transaction was completed, and Gu Mian was about to close the chat window when a new private message popped up.
Zhou Ye: "Shall we chat?"
Gu Mian: "What are you talking about?"
Gu Mian looked completely bewildered. She and Zhou Ye seemed to have no connection whatsoever, so what was there to talk about?
Zhou Ye: "If I'm not mistaken, you should need a lot of purification stones, right?"
Gu Mian raised an eyebrow, a guess forming in her mind: "And then?"
Zhou Ye: "I need a lot of drinking water, cooling patches and dry ice spray. I see you trade these supplies in the chat channel every day, so you should have plenty on hand."
I don't lack purification stones, so instead of you collecting them piecemeal every day, how about you just trade directly with me?"
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