Survival of the Nation: My luck was a tiny bit worse.

The lions were furious when they saw their fellow lions being decapitated!

"roar--"

They roared to the sky and charged towards Leng Ruolan in unison.

Leng Ruolan remained relatively calm.

She calmly got up.

Calmly, he tucked the knife into his waistband. Calmly, he turned around.

Take a calm, deep breath—

Ran.

"Captain Leng, run away!"

Upon hearing Ou Yun call out, Leng Ruolan turned around and glanced at him.

The man rummaged through his backpack and pulled out a bow and arrow.

"..."

Damn it, bullets are useless, what's the point of using a broken bow!

Leng Ruolan was out of options, but she could only listen to Ou Yun and try her best to distance herself from the lions.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow was shot out, but it went straight through the pride of lions.

"Thump!"

It was nailed to that piece of meat that no one wanted.

Immediately, Ou Yun yanked the rope tied to the arrow's fletching—

The meat, propelled by inertia, was pulled high into the air and gracefully flew over the heads of the lions.

"..."

The lions stopped moving again.

Another lion suddenly jumped up.

"Awoo!"

It snatched the meat in its mouth and ran away.

"roar--!!!"

The battle to defend the steak has begun yet again.

This time, however, Leng Ruolan didn't even need Ou Yun's reminder.

She carried a knife, looking menacing.

She would cut down whichever lion squatted down to eat.

Tired? Even if you're tired, time still counts, keep cutting!

Once their heads are cut off, their self-healing ability is completely disabled.

This is probably the balance patch for the forbidden area.

Of course, Ou Yun wasn't idle either; he also went over with a knife.

Leng Ruolan wiped the blood from her face and glanced at him. "Didn't you say there was only this one knife?"

"I was lying to you."

"Ha! I knew it."

Leng Ruolan thought to herself, "Anyway, this guy has lied about so many things, one more won't make a difference!"

The viewers in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream were having a blast!

"Holy crap! Cold Team is awesome! One hit, one kill!"

"This is like a last meal before someone's execution!"

"Wow, that Lucky Guy is amazing! I thought he only relied on luck, but I didn't expect his knife skills to be so sharp!"

"What do you mean by using luck? Being so lucky that lions start fighting on their own, isn't that more impressive than swordsmanship?"

"Hilarious, absolutely!"

Soon, the two men had beheaded more than a dozen lions.

The lion king had realized the danger; it abandoned its fight for the steak and instead faced the two men.

It was the first to regain consciousness, its scarlet eyes fixed intently on Ou Yun and Leng Ruolan—

"Captain Leng, let's stick to the usual rules."

Ou Yun drew his bow and arrow again, ready to try again, but Leng Ruolan stopped him.

"Wait a minute, there seems to be something there."

"Um?"

Ou Yun looked up.

The lion king's body was covered with wounds of all sizes, some of which had healed, while others were still bleeding.

But its eyes remained fierce, and a low growl came from its throat.

But there was no desire to rush forward.

The lions around them did the same.

Ou Yun asked, puzzled, "What's going on?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the lion king suddenly turned around and ran wildly into the depths of the dense forest.

The surrounding lions also left.

The two exchanged a glance, but didn't give chase. As if by unspoken agreement, they turned to look in the opposite direction the lion had fled.

A deep, secluded forest.

There are eyes in the dense forest.

Many, many pairs of eyes.

*

"What is it?"

Leng Ruolan immediately drew her gun.

Ou Yun also stared at that dense forest.

Those eyes glowed with a faint green light in the darkness, like little lanterns.

They remained motionless, quietly watching the two of them.

"It's not a lion," Leng Ruolan said softly.

Lions don't have this color of eye.

Moreover, if it were a lion, given their habits, they would have already charged out.

"It's a lynx," Ou Yun suddenly said.

How did you know?

"Just a guess."

"..."

Guess? Kids can't even guess!

Sure enough, the eyes in the dense forest began to move.

A huge lynx emerged from the shadows.

It is more than twice the size of a lynx on Earth, and almost the size of an adult lion.

Its fur is snow-white, without any spots, and has a soft sheen.

Its gait was unhurried, and its tail was held high.

Behind it, more lynxes emerged from the dense forest.

There were more than forty of them, of all sizes.

They all maintained the same posture—tails held high, gait unhurried.

"Another cat. Looks like this mountain is Mount Hakimi."

Leng Ruolan said with interest, "What, you're not here to avenge those lions from earlier, are you?"

Ou Yun said it probably wasn't: "With its tail held so high, it doesn't look like it's here for revenge."

As soon as it finished speaking, the giant lynx leading the pack stopped in its tracks.

It tilted its head and sized up the two of them.

Then he looked around at the headless lions on the ground.

"Meow..."

It let out a sigh-like cry.

These two hairless monkeys are pretty impressive, aren't they? They managed to clean up this group of lawless lions so well!

The lynx was drawn by the scent and looked at Leng Ruolan, sensing that she was probably the one who had killed the most.

The female hairless monkey reeked of blood, suggesting she was stronger than the male.

As it spoke, it looked at Ou Yun again.

"..."

As I watched...

"...!"

Its eyes widened!

Its fur stood on end, and it was breathing out a bit of steam.

Leng Ruolan whispered from the side, "Big brother, it's watching you."

"I know."

"Does it have a crush on you?"

"Can't you be serious for once?"

"I'm very serious."

Ou Yun ignored her.

He also stared at the lynx.

The person and the cat just stared at each other.

A while later.

The lynx automatically smoothed its fur, as if it had made peace with itself—and then sat down.

"Waaah—"

The sound wasn't loud, but it was very clear.

It didn't seem like a protest; it looked more like a greeting.

"Waaah—"

So Ou Yun tentatively let out a whimper.

The lynx's ears twitched, and it called out again.

"Waaah—waaah—"

Ouyun then barked twice more.

One person and one cat started the team voice chat.

Leng Ruolan was shocked. "Wait, you two actually started chatting?"

"may be."

"Can you understand what it's saying?"

"Can't understand."

"Then why are you yelling like that?"

"polite."

"..."

Being teammates on this team is truly a blessing I earned in my past life. (Peaceful)

Suddenly, the lynx moved.

It walked slowly toward the two of them with elegant steps.

The lynx herd behind them did not follow and remained standing in place.

Leng Ruolan instinctively gripped the gun tighter.

What, negotiations failed, now preparing for a tough battle?

We just saw off a group of lions, and now a group of lynxes are coming?

But Ou Yun stopped her: "Don't be nervous."

"Are you sure it won't attack us?"

"If it wanted to attack, it would have done so already."