When Lin Xue woke up again, she found that Yu Yang and Yao Yao had already fallen asleep.
Ai Qing was guarding the gate at that moment. He leaned against the wall with one side of his body, his gaze fixed on the gate, looking preoccupied.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Xue walked over and quietly asked the young man, even though he usually seemed to follow his sister's lead.
But Lin Xue knew that this was a very thoughtful young man.
Although he usually seems harmless, Ellie will listen to her brother's advice when it comes to important decisions.
"The team is running low on food and water. If we can't find water soon, we'll have to risk going into the woods to find plants that contain moisture!"
"Otherwise, we would never have made it to that underground river!"
Ai Qing took out the map he had drawn and pointed out their destination.
On the map, it only looks like a few turns, but Lin Xue knew that the distance was definitely very far.
Given that they only have so much time each day to travel, if they don't plan carefully, they probably won't make it there before they die of thirst.
"Let's check again this afternoon. If there are no other survivors nearby, we'll send some people out to find supplies."
"I still have quite a few cabbages here. Share them with everyone first, and return them to me when we find more supplies!"
Lin Xue took out something wrapped in oilcloth from her bag.
Inside are large, square leaves that have been cut into neat squares; you can tell from the smell that this is cabbage.
She also took advantage of a moment to go into her spatial dimension, cut the leaf, and put it in her package.
When I was alone before, I could easily put my things away in my storage space.
Now that we're moving with the team, it's better to take these things outside; otherwise, if we urgently need them, we won't have any excuse to go into the space to get them.
"That's the only way. Don't worry, Sister Xue, we'll return your portion as soon as we find food!"
Although she felt embarrassed, Ai Qing didn't care about owing favors now that things had come to this point.
People are starving to death, what's the point of thinking so much?
At the same time, they were also secretly relieved. If they hadn't met Sister Xue this time, they probably would have had to risk going into the forest to find low-toxicity vegetables in the past few days.
You should know that every time we went to find vegetables, we were taking a huge risk.
Sometimes, it's common to sacrifice one or two teammates for a single leaf.
Even though their team was very harmonious, other teammates had sacrificed themselves while searching for supplies.
To survive, someone always has to step up. If everyone's lucky, they'll all come back unscathed; if not...
In short, it's all tears when I talk about it.
Around 5 p.m., Ai Qing woke everyone up.
Everyone was given a piece of cabbage leaf about the size of their palm.
"There are more survivors outside, so we need to hurry and find a cave to stay in for the night!"
"There's a rocky area about two hours' walk from here, with plenty of caves where you can spend the night!"
"We don't know how many survivors will choose to go there. We need to hurry. Finding a suitable cave won't be easy!"
Ai Qing called for everyone to stand up, and Ellie secretly went to a secluded corner to change the "soil".
Then everyone set off.
Throughout the journey, Ai Qing supported Ellie because of her physical limitations.
Ellie wasn't the only girl in the group, and everyone was very tolerant of her.
Even when they encountered forests along the way, they didn't bother going in to look for supplies; instead, they quickly made their way to the rocky outcrop.
Ellie led the way to find a cave that was both hidden and safe, with a small entrance, and then everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"We still have some time. Who wants to come with me to find food?"
"We won't go far, just take a stroll around the edge of the woods ahead!"
Lin Xue glanced at the group's condition; Ellie looked terrible and probably didn't have the strength to walk any further.
Yao Yao wasn't in good condition compared to the others; she was even swaying a bit while standing, so Yu Yang didn't let her follow.
Lin Xue asked Ai Qing to stay and take care of the two girls, while she led Yu Yang and Zhang Feng out of the cave.
"You two stay close to me, and you can also learn some survival skills in the woods!"
Lin Xue reminded the two of something and then peeked inside.
We must find some more food as soon as possible, otherwise the morale of this team will only continue to decline.
"Okay, Sister Xue!"
These people were clearly older than Lin Xue, but for some reason, they all called her Sister Xue, just like Ai Qing.
"Let's go, we don't have much time left, we have to get moving!"
Lin Xue didn't dwell on this title. No matter what world she went to, one thing remained unchanged: behind every strong person, there was always a group of followers.
Just like now, because Lin Xue is strong, others are willing to respect her and listen to her.
"etc!"
Upon seeing the several large, bouncy mushrooms ahead, Lin Xue immediately told the two people behind her to stop.
This was the second time she had seen these large mushrooms. If 629 hadn't said that these mushrooms were highly poisonous, she would have been shocked.
She really wanted to catch one and study it carefully.
Mushrooms with long legs that can move are practically sentient.
I don't know why they can move around in the forest without any problems, while other animals and plants are attacked whenever they trespass on someone else's territory.
After the giant mushrooms had gone some distance, Lin Xue led the two of them to continue forward.
"I didn't expect there to be advanced mutated plants in this place. It seems we'd better seal the cave entrance tightly tonight!"
Yu Yang watched the giant mushroom disappear into the distance, feeling somewhat worried.
"These higher plants generally don't leave the forest; they just wander within it!"
"However, sealing the entrance tightly is definitely the right thing to do; at least it will make it safer!"
Ai Qing also glanced at the backs of those large mushrooms. Don't be fooled by the cute appearance of these high-level plants; if it really came down to a fight, they would be no match for them.
"Let's go, let's search for another half hour. If we still can't find the supplies, we'll go back!"
With 629's reminder, Lin Xue knew they had an hour and a half to spend outside.
We must find an edible plant as soon as possible, whether it's a vegetable or a fruit, we must find one.
"Host, there is low-toxicity rice 100 meters to the left!"
Hearing the system notification, Lin Xue was overjoyed.
Low-toxicity rice is a plant that can be used as a staple food, but no matter how difficult it is to obtain, finding even one is extremely difficult.
This is no longer the normal world, where rice grows in vast fields.
After all the plants mutated, each plant developed its own unique characteristics.
Even the same type of plant can have different characteristics.
Lin Xue hadn't seen the low-toxicity rice, so she couldn't even imagine what it looked like now.
"Host, it's behind the rock ahead."
Following 629's instructions, Lin Xue quickly found the plant that was defined as low-toxicity rice.
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