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

"Brother Fan, don't rush to eat yet. Wait until this stew is ready before eating from here. It will taste absolutely delicious!" Ji Ran greeted Jiang Fan warmly upon his return.

When Jiang Fan went over to take a look, he discovered that the color of the meat in his "pot" was a little different.

It's either caramelized sugar or dark soy sauce has been added.

It has a light reddish-brown color.

"Hey kid, where did you get this?" Jiang Fan asked with a smile. "Did you get it as a resource card or did you exchange for it?"

At the same time, he was looking forward to it. The snake meat he ate on the first day was boiled in plain water. It tasted fishy and the meat was tough. Although he was full, it was not very good.

The leopard meat served on the second day was itself mutated beast meat, and its taste was much better than that of ordinary beast meat. However, it was only seasoned with salt and wild vegetables and berries. Although the flavor was much richer, it was still a bit lacking.

Unexpectedly, the taste improved again on the third day.

As a result, the treatment of eating meat to one's heart's content is even better than the quality of life before the transmigration.

Ji Ran chuckled, his chubby face full of pride: "While you and Sister Yue went to the woods to hunt mutated animals, I made a trip to the East Campus and brought back some seasonings, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, chicken bouillon, and chili sauce. We're in for a treat today."

At this point, he added with some shame, "Actually, if I hadn't gone there myself, perhaps Qingquan and Lao Zhao wouldn't have been beaten so badly..."

"Come on," Chen Qingquan immediately retorted, "If you were here, we might have gotten beaten up even worse..."

Although his arms were wrapped in bandages and hanging around his neck, he was in high spirits because he had avenged his great enemy.

"I think so too," Zhao Yi echoed, his voice muffled. "If you had said something like, 'You're too weak, are you just tickling me?' we would have been lucky to escape with our lives."

Clearly, the two were teasing Ji Ran about his intermittent bouts of youthful angst and passion.

"Damn it!" The chubby boy was speechless. "You guys are so mean. Don't eat the meat I stewed later."

"No, Ran-ge, we were wrong, we were wrong, we'll never do it again." Chen Qingquan and Zhao Yi quickly begged for forgiveness.

As the three joked around, the atmosphere around them relaxed considerably, and the tension of the apocalyptic environment was quickly dispelled.

Even Jiang Fan, Nangong Yue, and the others standing to the side couldn't help but chuckle.

Similarly, other small groups around them would occasionally burst into laughter or start singing and dancing in celebration.

Clearly, Jiang Fan's establishment of authority at the East Campus and his "invitation to the whole village for a feast" gesture eased everyone's tense emotions.

Even Jiang Fan's gratitude points had increased significantly without him realizing it, reaching 7611 points.

Soon after, the food was cooked, and the aroma of the meat in the pot filled the air, making one's mouth water.

The group sat around the campfire, eating and chatting. Although many of them had bandages wrapped around their bodies, they still had a pleasant night.

Jiang Fan devoured the crocodile meat with gusto, dipping it in chili sauce and garlic paste made from wild garlic that someone had somehow found, finishing off four or five pounds of crocodile meat.

After finishing the pot of stew Ji Ran cooked, he even scooped out another seven or eight pounds from other people's pots.

Although these dishes weren't seasoned with soy sauce or other condiments, the flavor, achieved simply by stewing with salt, was uniquely umami.

Finally, he used the broth to soak two packets of instant noodles and ate them to feel seven-tenths full.

His actions left everyone dumbfounded, and they secretly marveled at why Jiang Fan was so "strong."

Jiang Fan was also helpless. His stomach capacity, which had already increased under the blessing of the Heavenly Cloud Vine, increased even more after breaking through to the first level of spiritual body.

But he could also sense that the food wasn't being wasted.

The energy contained in the mutated beast meat is subtly nourishing the body and the Heavenly Cloud Vine.

After the meal, Jiang Fan called all ten members of the Spark Core to his dormitory.

Upon entering the dormitory, the group was stunned by the "spectacular scene" before them.

"Holy crap! This is the third-ranked homestead? That's amazing!" Ji Ran exclaimed first. "My homestead just has a tent and a big bucket... and no water..."

"We all live in tiny apartments of just over 20 square meters, but Fan and Feng live in spacious apartments of over 100 square meters..." Zheng Xiuyuan, with a full beard, whispered enviously.

"Questioning Raymond Lam, understanding Raymond Lam, wanting to become Raymond Lam..." Chen Ke joked with a smile, "When will Boss Jiang bring one more person? I won't live with Yueyue anymore, I can let her move in with you too."

On the leaderboard, you can see that some of the top homeowners' names are followed by a name in smaller font.

Just like the third-ranked person on the list, Jiang Fan's name is followed by the two characters "Lin Feng" in smaller font.

But everyone present knew that Lin Feng, who was clinging to someone's coattails, could still get a top-ten reward every day for free, which made people quite envious.

Upon hearing Chen Ke's joking remark, everyone cast ambiguous glances at Jiang Fan and Nangong Yue.

In their eyes, the two had already secretly become a couple.

Although Nangong Yue didn't show any extra expression, she secretly reached out and pinched Chen Ke's thigh, which made the latter shut up.

"A level 1 homestead can only be bound to one deputy homestead owner. As for whether it can be bound to more after upgrading, I don't know, but if it really can, then the reward slots will definitely not be wasted." Jiang Fan ignored Chen Ke's joke and gave a simple explanation.

"It really shouldn't be wasted." Chen Qingquan nodded, pushing up his glasses with his unbandaged right hand. "Every time I see Li Qingfeng's name, ranked 2nd, with nothing next to it, I feel that this guy is wasting his talent, it's such a waste."

"This may not necessarily be a bad thing," Nangong Yue analyzed. "The fact that he didn't bring anyone with him suggests that his relationship with Cao Bin and the others may not be as harmonious as outsiders imagine."

Jiang Fan strongly agreed with her analysis, and the reason he asked Tang Qingyu about the relationship between Li Qingfeng and Cao Bin was also based on this speculation.

Afterwards, Jiang Fan continued to expand the area of ​​his home in front of everyone, which caused the others to exclaim in surprise again.

First, the five [white function cards - expansion cards (5m*5m)] were used one by one, which expanded the room area by another 125 square meters, which amazed everyone.

Then, Jiang Fan looked at Lin Feng, who understood.

Take out 4 [White Function Cards - Expansion Cards (5m*5m)], crush them, and expand the homestead by another 100 square meters.

Afterwards, he scanned the crowd with an expression that said, "I'm not just lying around, I'm also very useful," with a hint of arrogance.

Ding Hang and Chen Qingquan were so angry they wanted to punch him.

Then, Jiang Fan chose a good location and finally placed the 225-square-meter [Green Building Card - Level 1 Blacksmith Shop] down.

A fiery atmosphere, so different from that of the dormitory and the meat drying room, wafted over them, once again making them marvel at the wonder of the homestead system.

It was only then that Ding Hang and the others understood why, when Nangong Yue was distributing cards to them earlier, Lin Feng had begged and pleaded to choose four expansion cards first.

It seems that Jiang Fan was behind this.

However, none of them complained, since they could enjoy all the benefits of the blacksmith shop.

Given Jiang Fan's past practices, this is not hard to guess.

Moreover, Jiang Fan could have taken all nine cards, but he chose to be more considerate of others and only took less than one-sixth of them.

After all, Jiang Fan deserves the most credit for killing the crocodile, and no one would say anything if he took half of the 32 cards he got in exchange for the meat.

Not to mention, these cards were only recovered because of him.

Afterwards, Jiang Fan took out the expansion card that Tian Mo had given him when he helped the boys in Building 4 get their keys, crushed it, and used it.

Take out another [White Function Card - Soil Improvement] that was obtained from the leopard meat exchange the next day, but it doesn't have enough area to be used and can be crushed.

Next, he used the spoils he obtained from the Honglu Association—the White Resource Card—Vegetable Seeds (Potatoes) and the White Function Card—Simple Irrigation—on this piece of land.

Finally, he discovered that when he touched the [White Building Card - Level 1 Fishpond], the existing Level 1 fishpond displayed the words "Upgradeable".

Jiang Fan's heart stirred, and he crushed the fishpond card, which he had also obtained from the Honglu Association.

The existing fishpond was successfully upgraded to a level 2 fishpond in a burst of light effects.

Subtly, it seemed to have a different effect than before.

It's a pity that Jiang Fan didn't have time to catch fish to put in, so this thing isn't in use yet.

However, he plans to make good use of the organization's power to better utilize the functions of the home.

With this, his expansion of his home came to an end.

手中还剩下【白色建筑卡-1级磨坊】、【白色资源卡-蔬菜种子（玉米）】【绿色资源卡-铁矿(200kg)】*2【绿色建筑卡-1级木工小屋 x1】以及第二天结算的两张拓展卡没有使用。

A simple calculation shows that the expansion card usage gap requires 1 + 1 + 4 - 2, a total of 4 cards.

It's worth mentioning that the woodworking hut doesn't take up as much space as the blacksmith's shop; it only needs to be 10m x 10m, or 100 square meters.

In addition, he also needs a land improvement card to plant corn.

As a result, the size of his current homestead has surpassed Li Qingfeng, who was originally ranked 2nd, and the Tang Qingyu & Shen Gaoyuan combination, who were ranked 1st, and has temporarily taken the top spot on the leaderboard.

As for why he wouldn't use the remaining two expansion cards, Jiang Fan planned to launch another "tower stealing" tactic before settling accounts tonight.