The entire school embarks on a survival journey, starting from a primeval rainforest.

Ding Hang took a deep breath, vigorously rubbed his bald head, and then slowly spoke:

"I know Qi Ran has always been hostile to you, Fan Ge, because he feels that you have stolen his limelight and have been going against him at every turn."

"Actually, that's what I thought at first too, but after you saved my life, I realized that those things were all just his own assumptions."

"I've spoken to him privately several times about this, hoping he'll apologize to you and let the matter drop."

"But he's just stubborn and inflexible. No matter what I say, he won't listen. To be honest, we even got into a physical fight about it yesterday."

He sighed again at this point: "Actually, I've only known him for a little over a month, so we're not exactly good friends. He's not a bad person at heart, but he does have personality problems... But... but if it's really possible to save him, I'd still like to give it a try."

"No matter what, before I traveled through time, he was definitely my best friend in our dorm..."

Jiang Fan nodded inwardly; Ding Hang's reaction was almost exactly as he had expected.

Just like him and Raymond Lam, although they had only known each other for a little over a month since the start of their freshman year.

However, their shared hobby quickly led them to become very close friends, much closer than their other two roommates who did not travel through time because they were away from school for National Day.

He could understand Ding Hang's feelings and appreciated his choice even more.

If Ding Hangming still has brotherly feelings for Qi Ran, but chooses to give them up in order to survive better in the future.

Jiang Fan's opinion of him actually dropped several notches.

"In that case, you two and Lin Feng go back first, I'll go ahead and take a look by myself." Jiang Fan decided to use this incident to test the effectiveness of the Twin Mask.

"How can that be!" Ding Hang immediately retorted, "If anyone's going, it should be me, not you, Brother Fan!"

"Listen to me." Jiang Fan held his broad shoulders, their eyes met, "The people from the Honglu Society are not easy to deal with. If you go alone, not to mention rescuing people, it's uncertain whether you can even come back."

"But I'm different."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Heavenly Cloud Vine in his hand suddenly shot out and tied itself to the branch of the large tree above his head. Then the vine contracted, and in the blink of an eye, he "flew" up the tree.

Ding Hang rubbed his eyes in disbelief, surprised that Jiang Fan had such amazing abilities.

Even Nangong Yue, who was standing to the side, blinked her beautiful eyes repeatedly, a hint of surprise flashing through her heart.

Once Jiang Fan was back on the ground, he continued, "With this ability, even if I can't save anyone, I certainly won't put myself in danger."

"But this is ultimately my own business..."

Ding Hang wanted to argue, but Jiang Fan shut him down with one sentence: "Your business is everyone's business, and everyone's business is my business."

"Alright, your priority now is to quickly improve your own strength. After Spark, we'll need you to expand our territory!"

"Brother Fan..." Ding Hang's eyes reddened. He wiped his eyes with his sleeve and choked out a promise, "You'll see from now on... As long as I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt one of our brothers..."

"Don't talk nonsense. I'll leave this to you. I'm leaving now."

...

The tabby cat was firmly secured to Jiang Fan's shoulder by the Heavenly Cloud Vine, and the two of them steadily approached the area where the purple beam of light was located in the rainforest.

The surrounding fog grew thicker and the visibility was extremely low, but thanks to the spirit cat's perception and warning, and Jiang Fan's own level 4 proficiency in gun-type weapons, those mutated creatures that suddenly emerged from the fog or shadows and were not very strong all became his victims.

His psychic power also accumulated along the way, growing from the initial 57 points to 71 points.

This naturally includes the portion that was shared with Nangong Yue and the other two when they hunted together.

"Are you really going to risk your life to save that guy named Qi Ran?" The tabby cat suddenly meowed, its tail tip brushing against Jiang Fan's neck. "I saw him secretly cursing you several times."

"Huh?" Jiang Fan was taken aback.

It wasn't just because of the intelligence displayed by the tabby cat, but more importantly, something he had been worried about all along seemed to be emerging.

He also recalled that one of the notes in Lingmao's profile was that he had a voyeuristic tendency.

He had previously thought that the side effect had not yet taken effect, but now it seems that this little thing has unknowingly mastered a lot of people's secrets.

"Besides him, what other secrets have you discovered? About a few other acquaintances of mine?"

"Hmm... let me think..." The tabby cat pondered for a few seconds before slowly saying, "That girl named Nangong Yue seems aloof and cold. But actually, she talks in her sleep at night. Once, when I went close to her bed, I heard her whispering in her sleep, 'Daddy, don't go...'"

"That big guy named Lin Feng, you all think he's carefree, right? But I saw him secretly getting up at night to exercise. Another time, thinking no one was around, he muttered to himself, 'Fanzi, when I become a cow, I'll protect you for life.'"

"That bald guy, Ding Hang, he looks fierce, right? But I noticed that every time he gets his share of mutated beast meat, he only eats a little bit himself, and secretly saves most of it. Once, I followed him back to his room out of curiosity and saw him wrap the dried meat in leaves and stuff it under the mattress, saying to the bed board, 'I have to save more for Brother Fan... just in case...'"

"That woman with the bow and arrow, Tang Qingyu, she's always cleaning the bow by herself, right? The other day when I went to find Tangdou, I heard her talking in her sleep, 'Grandma... I'll bring them all out...' Later she also said... Damn Jiang Fan, I'll stomp on your face sooner or later..."

"That Ding Rui..."

"Alright, alright, that's enough," Jiang Fan interrupted. He wasn't the type to pry into other people's secrets.

I never expected that these people would have such an unknown side to them.

Nangong Yue may have come from a single-parent family and had an unhappy childhood.

Lin Feng has an urgent need to improve his skills and doesn't want to rely on himself for everything.

Ding Hang has something wrong with his brain; he'll probably let the meat go bad.

Tang Qingyu... I need to be careful around her in the future to prevent her from doing anything underhanded.

"You still haven't said whether you're really going to save Qi Ran..." the tabby cat pressed, determined to get to the bottom of it.

Jiang Fan then remembered that there was another note in the tabby cat's notes: the spirit cat has a strong learning ability.

This little thing was trying to lead a team on her own, and she was clearly going down the wrong path of becoming a "gang leader". Shouldn't we give her a good talking-to now?

Should I tell the truth or make something up?

Jiang Fan began to think.

Finally, he stopped, lifted the tabby cat from his shoulder onto a tree branch in front of him, and looked intently into her amber eyes.

"Listen," Jiang Fan's tone turned serious, "I'm going to test the new item, the 'Twin Masks.' Only by becoming familiar with its abilities can we do more and deal with greater dangers in the future."

"As for saving Qi Ran..." Jiang Fan paused for a moment, "If I can save her while I'm at it, I will. But there's a condition: I can't risk my own life or the future of our 'Spark'."

The tabby cat tilted its head: "Aren't you angry that he insulted you? Don't you want revenge?"

"Angry?" Jiang Fan shook his head, looking into the depths of the rainforest. "My enemies are this man-eating rainforest, the monsters underwater, and the covetous forces in the Eastern District."

As for Qi Ran? I've never taken him seriously.

Even more importantly, if I can really bring Qi Ran back, Ding Hang will be completely devoted to "Spark" from now on.

Compared to this, Qi Ran is insignificant.

He put the tabby cat back on his shoulder, saying as he walked:

"If you're going to learn, learn something useful. Learn how to identify real threats, how to achieve your goals while protecting yourself, and how to get people around you to follow you willingly, instead of using your fists to recruit 'followers'."

"Like now, I'm exploring and testing my capabilities so that our entire team can live more safely in the future. Ding Hang and the others are going back to improve their skills so that they can truly be of help in the future, rather than dying in vain."

"Being a leader isn't about who's the best fighter or has the most followers, but about who can lead everyone to survive the longest and the best."

The tabby cat meowed as if it understood, its tail gently brushing against Jiang Fan's hair before falling silent, seemingly processing what he had just said.

Just then, the sound of fighting suddenly came from the distant jungle.