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

Ou Yun stared at the map, remaining silent for several seconds.

This map... it's obvious to the naked eye that it took a lot of effort to create.

The area marked on the map was more than twice as large as what they had explored before, and there were some places he didn't even know existed.

For example, the southeast direction is marked with a circular valley that appears to be a remnant of abyssal energy.

Another example is the enormous lake to the north marked with traces of giant creatures moving.

There were also several marked with question marks, and next to them were skulls, which looked very dangerous.

"Those are things we dare not look at...some are too scary."

Hassan scratched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"Yes, there are some places where there are no signs of life, so we could go in and take a look..."

"Brother, you have no idea, ever since the cleanup was over, we've seen a lot of traces of enormous wild animals coming and going!"

"We once saw a giant claw mark that was as tall as us, and we didn't even know what kind of creature it was..."

Ou Yun listened intently, staring intently at the map made of animal hide.

"How much time will this take...?"

"It won't be long, so don't worry about these details, brother."

Hassan smiled easily, "We're going the same way, so we'll just walk around a bit more and then draw it. Anyway, you get used to the paths in the forbidden area after you've walked them a lot."

"This isn't what you call going the way on the way—"

Chen Hao pointed to several places highlighted on the map, "The circular valley in this direction... is at least three days' journey from our camp."

Although Chen Hao's life has improved, he hasn't forgotten his old profession.

He was in charge of this a long time ago, before he joined his older brother, so of course he could see the ins and outs of it.

"Haha... It's really nothing."

Hassan chuckled twice, "We didn't just go by ourselves, we also brought along the Xiong Kingdom brothers—"

"Did you go and explore those dangerous areas on your own while we were away?"

Leng Ruolan's voice suddenly interrupted.

This information cannot be understood by just one or two random pieces of information.

Especially those places filled with danger and the unknown.

The forbidden area is now even more dangerous after the cleanup; this is clearly visible to the naked eye.

If things were as they were before, where would there be so many hordes of mutated beasts gathered in the forbidden area? And what about those eagles that can generate electricity?

At most, only the eldest brother will encounter a few mutated ones.

Oh dear, after all, none of them knew what a mutant was before they met their boss...

Therefore, she was also very aware of how dangerous it was to do so.

Upon seeing that Leng's expression seemed off, the Pakistani and Xiongguo members immediately panicked.

"No, no—"

Hassan quickly waved his hand, "We were just outside, wandering around and looking at things, we didn't actually go in!"

I really don't dare to go in!

Although they did get the idea to create the map after seeing their older brother and the team leader discussing farming in the forbidden area—

They may not be as capable as the big brother from the Dragon Kingdom, but it's good to do what they can.

After a brief discussion, the matter was settled between the Xiong Kingdom and the Pakistani Kingdom.

They had already made some preliminary considerations and gathered information about the forbidden area, and combined with their recent explorations, they summarized everything, conducted on-site investigations, and that's how they came up with this!

"Hmm... How could you record such detailed information without even going inside?"

But in Leng Ruolan's view, such behavior was extremely dangerous—

She pointed to a small, densely marked area on the map, tilted her head, and said, "They even drew the course of the internal rivers. You're telling me you didn't go inside?"

His tone was quite serious.

Everyone was shocked.

"..."

The three Xiong Guo members silently lowered their heads.

The three Pakistani soldiers hesitated to speak.

Even Chen Hao couldn't help but whisper to Ou Yun, "What's wrong with Captain Leng?"

Ou Yun chirped softly, "Shh, Leng Du is having an occupational hazard. Let her vent for a bit."

"Oh……"

Then Hassan and Alexander exchanged a glance, at a loss for what to do:

"Sorry for keeping this from you. We did go in... but there was really no danger!"

"Although that valley looks scary, there's actually nothing inside... just some glowing stones on the ground. There are no monsters or traps."

"What if there is?"

Leng Ruolan's expression was gentle, but her tone was authoritative.

"What if there's some new monster lurking in that valley? Like that Abyss Bone Demon? How can you few possibly fight it? You won't even be able to escape."

"So we only went in and explored a small section."

Alexander wasn't trying to refute, and his expression became serious.

"Captain Leng, we're not unaware of the danger. But you also know our individual strengths."

"We're not good at direct confrontations, but stealth and reconnaissance are our strengths."

"We will not take unnecessary risks. If we find something is wrong, we will retreat immediately and will never linger in battle."

"And we also brought the equipment our older brother gave us!"

Hai Shan drew a short knife from her waist—

This knife was the only prototype to pass Chen Hao's countless furnace tests, and it was made from a certain mineral material among the many tribute items—

Although it wasn't as precious as the later ones, it was still quite popular compared to ordinary short swords.

A faint blue electric light was flashing on the blade, which could be considered a small buff.

"With this, even if we encounter mutated beasts, we can handle them."

Leng Ruolan looked at the short knife, as if she had thought of something—and suddenly turned to look at Chen Hao.

The guy and Ou Yun were chatting about something, their faces beaming with excitement, gesturing wildly with their hands, completely oblivious to Leng Ruolan's expression.

"Hey, you know what? One night when Captain Leng went on patrol, he even caught some fish just for you!"

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yeah! Once you wanted to eat some dried fish, but Green Bean stole them all. Captain Leng went on patrol that night and caught a lot for you!"

"That's strange, why didn't I get to eat it later?"

"Yeah, halfway through grilling, Leng Dui went to relieve himself, and Nanbei stole and ate it all..."

"...I was wondering why Nanbei and Lvdou had been avoiding Leng for a while."

"Hahaha, yeah! Later on, Captain Leng got too lazy to go..."

"Oh, no wonder she made me catch the fish myself when I said I wanted to eat it later..."

"That's true, but every time you go on patrol or patrol the mountains, you still catch a few fish, don't you?"

"Sigh, Captain Leng is such a tsundere..."

The two shook their heads and clicked their tongues several times.

Leng Ruolan: ...

Dragon Kingdom audience: ...

"Hilarious! Playing with crickets in front of people, huh?!"

"Why don't you just use a megaphone to discuss it?"

"Oh dear, don't push an honest man too far, hahaha!"