Wilderness Survival (V)
"To put it bluntly, who do you think you are?"
The scroll unfolded, the ink darkened, and Flora's face was gradually devoured by the vines. "When you can stand before me without falling, come and negotiate with me."
Linyin suddenly opened her eyes, cold sweat soaking her back.
She tossed and turned for a while, but couldn't fall asleep. She was afraid of disturbing the others in the bubble, so she walked out of the bubble silently.
"Can't sleep?"
Su Lian's voice came from the other side. The young man, wearing mammoth armor, was sitting on a mound and talking to her.
Linyin walked over and sat down.
The scene of the two of them keeping watch together reminded her of the night in the Bright Moon Forest. Song Baiyue once told her about their first meeting as children - at that time she seemed to remember nothing, and he must have laughed at her for being a fool.
She thought about it and smiled lightly.
When I think of him, I feel that this person is still there.
Su Lian looked at the smile on Lin Yin's face, her heart beating like a drum.
I haven't seen her smile for a long time since Song Baiyue left.
The chances for the two of them to be alone together were few and far between. Su Lian got excited and mustered up the courage: "Lin Yin, I..." His face flushed, "I really like you..."
Linyin didn't hear clearly and asked subconsciously, "What?"
"I, I, I don't need a formal status. It doesn't matter if you like someone else... as long as you allow me to have a place by your side... is that okay?" The light of the flowing lava reflected on Su Lian's face, flickering like the hope in his heart.
Lin Yin finally realized what he was talking about. After a moment of silence, she said, "Su Lian, you are my teammate." She looked at him seriously, "You are already one of the people I trust the most, but you will only be a teammate."
Su Lian's shoulders slumped.
He doesn't want to be the only one, he just wants to be one of them. Is that not possible?
"Well... you're still young, so you might have some misunderstandings about your feelings."
"You... can reject me, but please don't judge my feelings. I am very clear about my feelings." Su Lian retorted to her for the first time in such a long time of knowing her. "I know that saving me is no different from saving a kitten, but..."
The kitten hit him with its tail in dissatisfaction - what are you talking about, who is like him.
"Even if Song Baiyue never comes back, you won't accept me?"
Linyin looked at him in surprise. Why did he think that without Song Baiyue, she should accept someone else?
"Even when he was around, you didn't seem to really..." You didn't seem to like him very much.
"Yes, you're right. I'm the kind of bastard who only knows how to cherish something after losing it." Lin Yin nodded in affirmation, "But regardless of whether I'm a bastard or not, I still cherish everything that happened between him and me."
boom!
A loud noise from nearby interrupted the increasingly dry conversation between the two people.
Linyin reacted extremely quickly, and the curved cone appeared in her hand in an instant.
When the smoke and dust cleared, it turned out to be a huge airdrop box, which fell right in front of them.
Crystal rushed out of the bubble, her hair still messy, "Is someone here to attack?"
"It's almost the same as a sneak attack. The airdrop coordinates have been reported, and someone will probably come over soon." Belle yawned, wrapped herself in the dark night orchid, and walked out of the bubble.
"200 energy bars, um, not bad." This is exactly what they need. Otherwise, with so many people, they will soon have to use exotic beast bait to lure some exotic beasts as food.
"Five gas masks." Are these useful? Honestly, Belle felt that temperature was far more lethal than poison. Everyone's beast armor had a visor that could filter the air.
"One bottle of refrigerant." The standard gameplay should be to constantly open resource points and use these props to fight the natural environment. Unfortunately, they had the kitten Bubbles with them, so they were destined not to play that way. "Here you go," she tossed the refrigerant to Wei Ka.
"Two ether warmers." Belle held a small egg-shaped hand warmer and looked at it from left to right. "What use can this be?"
"There's only one kitten, but we may split up into teams. It's not a bad thing to have more reserves like this." Rinone commented.
"Three stored-value cores." Belle found a heavyweight supply. "Who's luckier?"
"Just look at it, the value above won't change." Su Lian joined the conversation. What he said stunned everyone around him. Before going to bed, he was a gentle, shy and easy-going boy, but why did he feel like a vicious woman when he woke up?
Linyin held her forehead and walked over to open the movement.
50 points.
"Not bad." Belle grabbed the next one and said, "Let me open one and try it too."
1 point.
"...Let me do it." Linyin began to understand why she wanted to find someone with good luck.
500 points.
Belle's eyes widened like copper bells, "Rinyin, oh my god...oh my god...you've reached the upper limit."
[The total score of an academy exceeds 500 points, and the real-time leaderboard is opened.]
As electronic sounds rang out, six colleges slowly emerged from the corners of the sky.
[1 Thorn Flower Academy 611]
[2 Embroidery Dream Academy 252]
[3 Mithril Academy 211]
[4 Iberia College 98]
[5 Babel Academy 87]
[6 Izumo Academy 55]
It was no longer possible to develop quietly. From this moment on, the thorn flower became the target of everyone's criticism - the hardest bone to chew but the one with the most meat.
Crystal deftly pulled a palm-sized metal box from the airdrop box. "Boss, we still have a Fantasy Beast Blind Box left. Want to open it?"
"Open. Kitty said that with it here, there won't be any accidents."
The lid of the box opened, and a dazzling white light shot up into the sky, followed by a low beast roar echoing in the night.
Linyin narrowed her eyes, looking at the huge monster slowly walking out of the light, a dangerous arc appeared at the corner of her mouth - she came up with a good idea.
"Are there any strange beasts near us?" Linyin asked the kitten.
"I, I can't feel it..." Kitty was a little embarrassed, "Maybe it's because the exotic beasts in the arena don't really exist...but the fantasy beasts in the blind box are basically all old acquaintances of mine."
"It's okay," Linyin was not discouraged. She rubbed the kitten's head and opened the two exotic beast baits that Cappadocia got from the surprise gift package.
"Are we going to dry the exotic beast meat now?" Yuzhu also got up and looked at Linyin with some confusion.
"Well...we can also dry some at the same time." Linyin thought this was a good idea.
Soon, the smell of a strange beast and the sound of its footsteps could be heard.
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The hot magma flowed slowly through the cracks. The people from the four major academies were facing each other silently, with flames flickering in their eyes.
Mond of Avalon College kicked over a bottle of refrigerant, and the bottle rolled onto the hot rocks. The refrigerant inside leaked out and immediately began to vaporize.
"You are one of the four major colleges after all, yet you actually embezzled refrigerant!" He grabbed Iberia's Case by the collar, and the ferocious expressions on their faces seemed even more distorted than usual in the scorching air.
"After all, they are one of the four major colleges. It's just a few bottles of refrigerant. Is it necessary to hurt so much?" Keith said disdainfully.
"Are you done arguing? Instead of bickering, we've already discovered new resources." Tracy from the Tower of Babel rolled her eyes and pointed to the newly lit red dot on the holographic map. "The new airdrop coordinates are about three kilometers away. Let's go and get some."
Seeing the two still unwilling to accept it, she said helplessly, "Later, when there are environmental items, Iberia will take three less and return the extra ones to the other teams."
The magma was bubbling and gurgling.
The Mithril Academy team stood quietly, watching the dispute in the distance with cold eyes.
The magma was surging and the heat waves were distorting the air, but the Mithril people seemed to be in another world - they had eliminated several teams and took back all the resources. At this moment, they opened three bottles of refrigerant at once, and the ambient temperature dropped to 22 degrees.
"Captain, are we really not going to ally with them?" Watching the people from Avalon, Iberia, and Babel arguing endlessly, Flanders whispered to Eisen. "A lean camel is bigger than a horse. The four academies might have a better chance of victory if they join forces."
"Just a mob." Eisen shook his head slightly. "Mithril only allies with the strong."
"Then who else can we form an alliance with?" another team member couldn't help but ask.
Aisen Mithril, the successor to the Mithril Academy's dean, was a gifted child, having forged a contract with the Celestial-level mythical beast, the Star Wolf King, at the age of ten. However, the Celestial-level mythical beast's growth period was too long, and despite numerous attempts by the Mithril Family, they were only able to get it through most of its larval stage, barely enough to transform into a half-armored form.
Eisen did not answer immediately. Deep in his consciousness, a manic voice kept invading his mind.
"Eisen! Quick! Go find her! Give me the Breath of Life!"
That was his phantom beast, the Star Wolf King.
At this moment, the system notification sounded, and the leaderboard appeared above them. Aisen looked at the Thorn Flower that was far ahead, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
"Let's go." He turned around. "If these three idiots want to join the Big Four, they'll definitely hit the hardest wall. If we follow them, we'll find our allies."
The Star Wolf King growled excitedly in his consciousness, as if he had already gotten what he wanted.
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"It's just ahead."
"Why are there already three teams?"
"...The one with black hair looks like Daomingsi Lian, and the khaki one is Cappadocia. Who else is there... Damn, Thorn Flower! 611 points, here I come!!!"
"Let's do it one-on-one. The supplies we found will be distributed evenly. Between us and Cappadocia." Keith said first.
"I agree. Let's choose Izumo," said Tracy.
Avalon Academy, automatically left behind, was furious. Why? Why were they given the scariest thorn flower? Are these three schools all on the same level of difficulty? Abacus beads were flying in his face!
Some team members covered their faces. Are they still the Four Great Colleges? Why are they like uncles grabbing eggs at the vegetable market? Is this the result of aristocratic inbreeding?
"Fuck, why are there so many fantasy beasts around them? Are they all from blind boxes?" The Avalon team members trembled.
"How is that possible? I think they used bait to lure the beast. Look, they're still drying meat there."
"I have a good idea." Mond of Avalon had an idea. "Look, the beasts are attacking them. We can sneak in and attack them. And then, you see, their two most precious mythical beasts are those two little lions. If we kill the little lions, they will be eliminated."
How can he be so talented?
He turned around and began bargaining with the other two colleges. "We can go fight Thorn Flower, fine. But grabbing supplies depends on your own ability. 600 points, at least 400 of them are transferable stored value cores, which are ours."
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