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

Outside the dormitory building, Li Chuxue stood there blankly, seemingly at a loss.

Not far in front of her, Ding Rui busily directed everyone: "Everyone, please work hard and prepare more wood. We'll need it today. Don't be afraid that you won't get anything in return for your efforts. Everyone has seen Brother Fan's style of doing things, and he will never treat anyone unfairly."

"The food is already being cooked over there. I can't guarantee anything else, but as long as you work for Spark, you'll definitely be well-fed. We'll even have celebrations like yesterday's opening feast in the future."

"We will also start implementing a contribution system in the future. I will record everyone's contributions, and no matter what needs we have in the future or if we want to officially join Spark, our current contributions will be taken into account."

"Come on, everyone, this tree is about to fall over, please move aside so it doesn't get hurt."

Opposite Ding Rui, there were more than a dozen students who were busy cutting down big trees and picking up dead branches.

Not far away, Nangong Yue and Chen Ke, along with a group of girls, were stewing and grilling the leftover crocodile meat from the previous night.

Meanwhile, many boys and girls returned from the woods and handed over the wild vegetables and fruits they had gathered to the girls who were cooking.

Jiang Fan and Lin Feng exchanged glances, the latter asking in confusion, "This...you told me to?"

Jiang Fan shook his head.

Ding Rui caught sight of Jiang Fan and his companion just leaving the dormitory building out of the corner of her eye, and quickly ran over to them.

"Good morning, Brother Fan and Brother Feng." Ding Rui greeted Jiang Fan first in a generous manner, then looked at Lin Feng and said sincerely, "I was being ignorant before and offended everyone when I was dividing the snake meat. I apologize to Brother Feng."

Then, she took out a bottle of safflower oil from her body and handed it to Lin Feng with both hands: "This is quite effective in treating sprains and bruises. If you don't know how to apply it, Brother Feng, Xiao Rui can help you."

"ah...?"

Lin Feng scratched his head, somewhat at a loss, feeling a little uncomfortable with Ding Rui's sudden enthusiasm and humble attitude.

Because they had a conflict with Ding Rui on the day they first traveled through time, when they tried to use the way to the rooftop, he never had a good impression of her.

If he hadn't trusted Jiang Fan's judgment, he would never have accepted the other party joining Xinghuo.

But in the current situation, Lin Feng suddenly felt that he might be being a little too petty.

For a moment, Lin Feng and Ding Rui were locked in an awkward stalemate.

One person earnestly offered something with both hands, while the other, bewildered, didn't accept it.

Finally, it was Jiang Fan who prompted Lin Feng to accept the safflower oil handed to him by Ding Rui.

Ding Rui smiled and looked at Jiang Fan again: "Congratulations, Brother Fan, on taking first place on both lists. I reckon your blacksmith shop and carpentry hut will be making tools or weapons today. Both raw materials and fuel require wood, so I took the liberty of asking them to help prepare them. If there are any problems, I'll make them stop immediately. I can cover the cost of their payment myself."

Jiang Fan secretly admired her; this girl, who knew how to assess the situation and adapt to changing circumstances, was indeed a rare talent in management.

Know when to advance and when to retreat; be able to take on responsibilities and let go of burdens.

He shook his head: "No need, you did a great job."

He had originally planned to use wood as fuel for the blacksmith's shop, but he acquired a coal mine last night, giving him a better option.

However, coal mining also requires manual extraction, so the prepared timber is not a waste.

Seeing that Jiang Fan had no objections, Ding Rui then looked at Li Chuxue, who had been observing, and asked, "Sister Xue, why don't you show Brother Fan the contribution policy you prepared?"

Li Chuxue was taken aback upon hearing this, glanced at Ding Rui with a complicated expression, and then took out a stack of papers from her small bag: "Brother Fan, actually this is Rui..."

Just then, Ding Rui suddenly interjected, "I gave some suggestions, and Sister Xue stayed up all night to finish writing it."

Jiang Fan glanced at Ding Rui's bloodshot eyes and the faint dark circles under her eyes beneath the concealer, shook his head and chuckled: "There's no need for that. Since Chu Xue and Sister Yue suggested you join, they won't care if you overstepped your bounds. What you wrote is what you wrote; there's no need to give credit to others."

Seeing that Jiang Fan had seen through the truth and hadn't blamed her, Li Chuxue secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave him a grateful look.

Ding Rui's face showed a timely "cautious" expression: "...I just feel that it's not good for me to take credit so soon after joining..."

Jiang Fan didn't care about her performance and picked up the stack of papers to look through them.

The handwriting is neat and well-organized, and it seems to have considered almost every possible scenario.

For example, going to the East District yesterday to provide support with Lin Feng, temporarily lending my personal card to the organization, working for the organization, and providing the organization with supplies that I don't need, etc.

There are twelve pages in total, and the dense text is estimated to contain three to four thousand words.

There were no signs of erasure, so it must have been copied again after it was written.

"We'll only know if it works by trying," Jiang Fan said. "Let's show it to everyone. If there are no suggestions, let's try running it first, and we can adjust it as needed if there are any problems."

Then, Ding Rui beckoned over a few boys: "These guys have been interested in handicrafts since they were little. I think blacksmithing and carpentry jobs require some basic knowledge or design skills. How about we let them give it a try later?"

Jiang Fan looked at the group of people, one of whom was an acquaintance, none other than Li Wanneng, who had provided Qi Ran with "help" on the first day.

However, he seemed to have been resting since then due to illness.

To thank him for providing the swimming goggles and safety rope, Jiang Fan also had anti-inflammatory drugs and mutated beast meat delivered to him several times.

"Are you skilled in blacksmithing or carpentry?" Jiang Fan asked Li Wanneng. "Can your body handle it? If it's due to food shortages, there's no need to rush."

"I'm fine. I've been very grateful to Brother Fan for taking care of me these past two days." Li Wanneng adjusted his glasses and smiled somewhat embarrassedly. "I've had a wide range of interests since I was a child, and I know a little about everything. Besides, I'll be in charge of directing things later, and the others will do the work."

Jiang Fan looked around and realized that the others were indeed much more robust than Li Wanneng.

He nodded: "Okay, then you guys give it a try first."

The group was immediately moved and expressed their gratitude. Jiang Fan's simple words were, to them, an opportunity to find a safe haven in the face of the apocalypse.

Then Jiang Fan looked at Ding Rui and tossed her the dormitory key from his pocket: "Then you can have this place for now."

"Thank you for your trust, Brother Fan." A look of excitement flashed across Ding Rui's face as she bowed solemnly.

A flash of snow-white light disappeared before Jiang Fan's eyes, but he didn't care about Ding Rui's "little trick." Instead, he turned around and left to enjoy breakfast with the core members of Xinghuo.

"Brother Fan, what did you get for first place this time? Was it a blue card?" Ding Hang couldn't help but ask first.

The others couldn't help but turn their gazes over upon hearing this, all filled with curiosity.

"Ahem..." Lin Feng coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention. "It's blue... the specifics are a secret!"

"Tch!" Ji Ran retorted, giving him the middle finger.

Jiang Fan gave a brief introduction, which drew another round of excited cheers from the group.

Unexpectedly, in just one night, our side gained another coal mine resource.

Others nearby also turned to look in this direction. Nowadays, people have the habit of checking the rankings first thing in the morning, so it is no surprise that Jiang Fan's achievement of taking the top spot on both rankings has become the hottest topic this morning.

Many people have even straightened their backs more when they walk now. In their view, Jiang Fan's top ranking on both lists does not only belong to him personally, but also to all the freshmen in the entire West Campus.

After the meal, Jiang Fan instructed Nangong Yue, Lin Feng, and the others: "I'll take Qingquan to the East Campus later. His dislocated arm can't be healed by rest alone. Even if eating mutated beast meat can speed up the recovery of external injuries, it won't work. He needs to have his bones set."

"You can explore the area first, or help build a home."

"it is good."

"No problem, I was just about to visit Brother Fan's villa again."

Everyone responded enthusiastically.

Jiang Fan left with Chen Qingquan.

Walking along the road, Chen Qingquan hesitated several times before speaking.

Jiang Fan noticed his unusual behavior: "Just say what you want to ask, why are you being so long-winded?"