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

"right!!!"

Chen Hao grabbed Ou Yun's shoulder, his glasses reflecting an excited light.

They've been in the forbidden area for so long, either hunting or on their way to hunt.

If they can farm, they will have a stable food source!

No need to patrol the mountains every day! No need to fight mutated wild beasts every day!

Truly zero risk and high returns!

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and his spittle almost sprayed onto Ou Yun's face.

"And think about it, can ordinary fertilizer grow anything in a forbidden area? But this fertilizer is made from the corpse of an Abyss Bone Demon! Sounds amazing, right? Maybe it can grow some kind of super crop!"

Ou Yun was so dizzy from being shaken that she pushed his face away.

"Calm down, Brother Chen, calm down. We can talk about farming after we rebuild the camp."

"Oh right, the camp..."

Chen Hao then remembered that their camp had been reduced to ruins.

He turned his head and looked at the charred wood and rubble scattered on the ground.

"...Our camp is gone."

Leng Ruolan finally recovered. She got up from the ground and moved her still numb right arm.

She walked to the ruins of the camp and looked at the mess.

The cabin is gone. The watchtower is gone. The warehouse is gone.

The wall was mostly destroyed. Even the rocket launchers they used as fortifications were melted down into lumps of iron.

Although we won.

But for some reason, I have a feeling that I've lost...

Leng Ruolan sighed.

Although I had a great time fighting just now, it would be a lie to say I wasn't heartbroken to see the camp I had worked so hard to build turned out like this.

Ou Yun walked over, stood next to her, and also looked at the ruins.

The three of them remained silent for a while.

"Never mind, it's nothing."

Ou Yun said slowly, "Out with the old, in with the new. We've got a 20% boost to all our attributes now, building a camp will be a piece of cake, right?"

Don't forget there's also a national fortune bonus!

"Big brother is right!"

"And we also have our brothers in Pakistan to help us. Didn't they promise to come often? There's strength in numbers."

"And the people from the Bear Kingdom, I wonder if we can get in touch with them."

"Okay. Let's rebuild it. Build a bigger one!"

"That's right!"

Europe made a grand gesture.

"Dragon Kingdom Camp Version 2.0 begins testing today!"

"Yay!"

Chen Hao clapped his hands.

The chat in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream was also filled with cheers:

"Great, great, Camp 2.0!"

"Out with the old, in with the new! We're tired of this little cabin anyway, let's build a big one!"

"That's it? I haven't had enough!"

"Mr. Ou, let's do it again!"

"By the way, what do the blueprints for that Abyss Forge look like? I'm curious!"

"Farm! Farm! Farm!"

"I just want to know what vegetables grown with Abyss Fertilizer taste like. Do they taste like flames?"

"What does 'flame flavor' taste like? It's probably burnt!"

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The three began clearing the ruins and taking stock of the remaining supplies.

"There's nothing left... Captain Leng, what about your side?"

"It was burned too clean, haha."

"Well, this is perfect for us to use as fertilizer!"

"So, does this mean we'll eventually have to switch to farming...?"

The three of them were still chatting casually.

Suddenly, a squeaking sound came from the other side of the woods.

The monkeys have arrived.

The largest monkey was still leading the way. It swung down from the treetop and landed at the edge of the camp ruins, cautiously peeking out.

They were so stunned by the earth-shattering battle that their legs went weak.

And even if they wanted to help, they couldn't—in a battle of this level, they'd probably be burned to ashes the moment they got close!

There was no other way but to stay far away.

That's a seven-meter-tall monster! And it can breathe fire!

It has to be the boss; he blasted this guy to smithereens!

Only then did they dare approach the camp, cautiously trying to please their leader.

The large monkey walked up to Ou Yun, holding a fragment of bone armor in its two paws—it had been thrown out during the battle.

It held up the fragment, looked up at Ou Yun, and squeaked twice.

Ou Yun looked at it, then at the fragment of bone armor.

"For me?"

The monkey nodded vigorously.

"Oh……"

Ou Yun took the bone armor fragment and casually patted the monkey's head.

The monkey squinted its eyes as it was being petted, its tail wagging happily. Then, as if remembering something, it turned around and squeaked a few times towards the troop of monkeys behind it.

Soon, a group of monkeys shoved and pushed their way over.

They each held something in their hands—all fragments of bone armor that had been scattered during the battle, large and small, some of which were still quite intact.

The monkeys piled the fragments in front of Ou Yun, then lined up in a row, looking up at him and waiting for his praise.

Ou Yun looked at the fragments of bone armor scattered on the ground, and then at the monkeys who were clearly terrified by the battle but still insisted on bringing gifts.

A little touched.

Alright, with you guys as his underlings, he's not wasting his time as the boss.

Ou Yun squatted down and took the fragments one by one.

"I'll treat you to a meal once the camp is rebuilt."

Although the monkeys didn't quite understand, they could tell from their leader's expression that it was a good thing, and they all started squeaking and doing somersaults on the spot.

Chen Hao squatted down to the side and began to examine the bone armor fragments.

"The hardness of this bone armor... is higher than any material I've ever seen. If it could be processed, it might be able to make armor."

He picked up a palm-sized fragment and examined it against the sunlight.

The bone fragments had a translucent quality under the sunlight, and the solidified dark red patterns could be vaguely seen inside.

"And these patterns... could they have some special effects?"

Upon hearing this, Leng Ruolan immediately leaned closer. "What special effect?"

"I don't know. But given the nature of forbidden areas, the drops of such top-tier materials should generally... have a multi-functional purpose?"

Chen Hao pushed up his glasses, his expression very serious.

"I suggest we keep these fragments safe and see if we can smelt them into equipment once the Abyss Forge is built."

That makes sense.

Ou Yun also came over, picked up the largest bone armor fragment from the ground, and weighed it in his hand.

It's very light.

It's much lighter than it looks.

This piece of wood is so big, yet it feels lighter than a piece of wood of the same volume when you hold it in your hand.

"If this thing could be made into armor, wearing it shouldn't hinder my movement, right?"

Chen Hao was flipping through his notebook, nodding repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes! That's what I was just thinking about!"

"Lightweight, high strength, and possibly with special properties..."

He muttered excitedly to himself.

"Alright, what you're saying is practically wishful thinking, given the current situation."

Ou Yun was holding that special architectural blueprint in his hand.

"Why don't you take a look at this first?"

"The Abyss Forge..."

Chen Hao took a deep breath.

The three people huddled together head to head, their eyes meeting on the blueprint.

The drawings were made of sheepskin and contained symbols, numbers, and geometric figures.

All the content was in Mandarin Chinese, and in standard Song typeface, size 3.

pity.

Leng Ruolan and Ou Yun not only couldn't understand it, they simply couldn't comprehend it at all.