From how this incident was handled, Liu Ruoxi began to understand Wang Lun's principles. His handling of the poisonous mushroom stockpile clearly showed that Wang Lun had considered the future. Whether for hunting or ensuring camp security, poisonous mushrooms might be needed. Even if they didn't directly kill the animals, they would at least reduce their fighting ability. Their absence didn't diminish her own strength; it was equivalent to her own increasing hers. Furthermore, if someone sneaked into the camp after they left, taking food, they would certainly take the poisonous mushrooms as well. But how many people would know what dried poisonous mushrooms looked like? Even if they didn't die instantly, they would at least be eliminated. From the poisonous mushrooms, it was clear that Wang Lun had a certain degree of shrewdness and calculation, but it was primarily for his own protection. Therefore, Liu Ruoxi was quite happy; after all, they were now in a small team, and having such a leader was quite fortunate.
Soon, Liu Ruoling had cooked a typical pot of wild vegetable and fish stew. The three of them quickly finished breakfast, then packed their baskets, water, and tools, and set off. As for the pots and pans, Liu Ruoxi took care of them, since leaving early meant a greater chance of finding food.
After Wang Lun and the other two left, Liu Ruoxi locked the camp gate and then began to clean up the pots and pans. After cleaning up, it was time to brew her medicine. After drinking the medicine, Liu Ruoxi didn't plan to rest and prepared to continue weaving straw mats.
Wang Lun and his two companions entered the woods and split up, each taking charge of one side. They maintained a distance from each other, ensuring they could still see each other, before beginning their search for food. Wang Lun had previously stated that they should pack anything edible, regardless of whether it was wild vegetables, herbs, animal products, fruit, or seasonings. He wanted it all; if their baskets were full, he'd smile at them. If they weren't, even if they were full of animals, he'd have to consider getting angry. Li Ling understood this all too well, as Wang Lun was the type who would pick up a stone even after just a trip to the stream. Seeing that Liu Ruoling understood, Wang Lun began their search. Wang Lun was in the middle, Li Ling was about seven or eight meters to his right, and Liu Ruoling was about seven or eight meters to his left, advancing simultaneously and maintaining contact. Then, their sweeping operation began.
The rain stopped, meaning the typhoon had passed. Many teams were eliminated in this typhoon; the remaining lone wolves collapsed under the weight of days of heavy rain and ultimately chose to withdraw. Some near-shore competitors were also forced to withdraw due to the typhoon. Among them was Team 10, to which Wang Yuan belonged. Before the typhoon arrived, rescue teams forcibly evacuated teams at risk of injury near the shore, including Team 10, which caused a stir online. However, the organizers were quite humane, placing a mannequin in the campsite for each forcibly evacuated team to stand in for the competitors in the shelter.
The online uproar subsided after the typhoon, with mannequins being blown dozens of meters high, and few people objected to the forced evacuation. Of course, some die-hard fans remained stubborn, but the production team wouldn't interfere; they were a minority. Those teams forced to evacuate, upon learning of the typhoon and the situation with the mannequins in the shelter, were very grateful for the production team's intervention, as they had initially thought it was just a light rain, not a typhoon. Even Wang Yuan, forced to withdraw, didn't complain about the production team; instead, he felt he hadn't done his job well and rarely apologized to his teammates.
As for the other teams, some withdrew due to various issues. After the typhoon, the number of teams and players on the island decreased from 100 to 37, with 72 players. Only two lone wolves remained. One was Qian Xiaoxiao from team number 83, but she probably wouldn't last much longer, as she had caught a cold after being caught in the rain and would likely withdraw soon. The other lone wolf was Feng Gang, a male player from team number 4, reportedly a veteran. His teammate withdrew after being bitten by a snake while going to the toilet at night. When the female player withdrew, a doctor examined her and found it was a non-venomous snake, leaving the doctor speechless. Upon hearing this, the girl cried, feeling that if she hadn't been bitten, she might have been able to help Feng Gang more. Filled with guilt, she kept watching Feng Gang's livestream. In the end, after Feng Gang withdrew, the girl even went to pick him up. Later, I heard they even got married, but that's not important anymore; those are things for the future.
Time flew by, and it was almost noon. The three men's baskets were nearly full, so Wang Lun decided to return to the camp first, have lunch, and then change direction to continue the raid.
Meanwhile, at the campsite, Liu Ruoxi had prepared lunch for the three of them in advance and kept it warm. Of course, Wang Lun had instructed her to do this before leaving in the morning, cooking the rice and boiling the water, waiting for their return. If the harvest was plentiful, they would continue out after lunch, leaving Liu Ruoxi to manage things at the camp. If the harvest wasn't so good, they might not return until the afternoon, eating lunch outside and saving the cooked rice for dinner. Of course, Liu Ruoxi didn't need to wait for them to return for lunch; after all, her diet was different from theirs, and she had to take medicine, so she had to eat on time. Liu Ruoxi stewed a pot of meat with only some wild vegetables, similar to what Li Ling had previously stewed for Wang Lun.
Soon, Liu Ruoxi heard Wang Lun and the other two calling for her to open the camp gate. Liu Ruoxi ran to the gate, opened it, and saw that the three men's baskets were full, with some wild vegetables piled on top, especially Wang Lun's basket, which was overflowing with wild vegetables. And to top it all off, he was also carrying a rabbit, which was kicking its legs.
The three placed their baskets by the pond. Wang Lun put the rabbit in the shelter and then went to empty the baskets. They threw the wild vegetables and mushrooms from the baskets into the pond, to be dealt with by Liu Ruoxi later at the campsite. Li Ling placed the small animals in a basket, intending to deal with them when they returned in the afternoon. With Liu Ruoxi's help, the three quickly emptied the baskets, revealing the pond overflowing with wild vegetables and mushrooms. Even the baskets were filled with small animals: snakes, squirrels, pheasants, rabbits, and some larger deer, which were already dead when found, seemingly drowned. However, they didn't care how they died; they only cared if the meat hadn't spoiled and the hides would keep them warm.
Then the three of them went inside to eat. Liu Ruoxi filled their bamboo tubes with water and added some salt. After the meal, Wang Lun took Li Ling and Liu Ruoling and set off again, this time in a different direction, not towards the peach tree they had visited before. Wang Lun planned to take the two of them to the peach tree area and the woods towards the beach the next day.
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