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

"..."

Ou Yun was trying to cut a piece of ice from the ice cellar with a knife, just like Hassan had done—the ice melted quickly, and he sighed, it seemed he wouldn't be able to enjoy it on the road.

He then patted Chen Hao on the shoulder.

"Looks like the camp will be quite lively after I leave with Captain Leng."

It seems Little Coal Ball really likes this place. That's good; practically, they have a free bodyguard here now.

No, there might be two?

Ou Yun secretly glanced at the aloof, large ice bird.

The Frost Giant Roc watched all of this silently from the side.

Its expression remained indifferent, but if you looked closely, you could see that the corner of its mouth seemed to twitch slightly—it was probably trying to suppress a laugh!

"Gurgle."

It spoke.

"Gaga gaga gaga—"

Then Black Hawk seemed even more agitated.

Leng Ruolan, watching from the side, turned to look at Ou Yun and asked, "When are we leaving?"

Ou Yun finished another glass of iced juice, let out a burp, and said, "Sigh, tomorrow then."

Since it's already dragged on for so long, one more day won't make a difference.

Leng Ruolan gave an "oh" and didn't object. Her gaze then fell on the little coal ball that was clearly cute in size but had an expression of indifference that was completely inconsistent with its size:

"Will this thing suddenly regain its memories when it grows up?"

"Theoretically speaking, it is possible."

"But who is its mother?"

"I don't know."

Little Coal Ball was clearly a bit confused and annoyed by Black Hawk's crying.

It jumped off Chen Hao's palm, wobbled, and flew back into the house to sleep.

Inside the camp, Black Hawk's even more pitiful cries began to echo.

Leng Ruolan chuckled, "Big brother, it seems our refrigerator project is off the table."

Ou Yun didn't care at all, "It's okay, we'll get it."

*

The mountain of meat that hadn't been eaten yet in the warehouse finally had a place to go—it used to be dried or cured, but now it could be frozen directly.

Fresh meat can be frozen and stored for a long time. When you want to eat it, just take it out and thaw it. The taste and nutrition are much better than dried meat.

Then comes wild fruit juice.

Previously, the juice extracted from wild fruits could only be consumed on the same day because there was no ice available; the rest could only be dried into fruit juice.

Now that we have ice cellars, fruit juice can be frozen into fruit ice, which can be taken out whenever needed.

So Ouyun went to discuss it with Anivia again—

The Great Icebird had been watching Storm, Blackhawk, and Storm Cry the whole time, and Ouyun noticed that this guy seemed to really enjoy watching the excitement. It had the same detached, gossipy expression when they were cheering around the ice cellar earlier.

Ou Yun approached with a smile, "Brother, there's something else we need. Can you help me out?"

The giant ice bird didn't reject the two-legged creature; it cooed, signaling him to speak quickly.

The rest is up to Chen Hao.

Ice cellars and refrigerators are actually the same thing!

The only difference is that one is outdoors and the other is indoors.

One big one, one small one.

Dude, you can build such a huge ice cellar so easily, wouldn't a tiny refrigerator be easy to handle?

Besides, look, with ice cellars and refrigerators, there will be even more of this delicious meat...!

Then came the food display segment.

—Fresh meat alone is not enough.

It has to be ice, since they figured out that the giant ice bird likes to eat ice.

Then, in addition to what it likes, add other flavors that it also likes.

Hey, let's win over its stomach first, then we'll be fine!

Sure enough, after a moment's thought, the Frost Giant Roc did not object.

That means you agree!

—Amidst the mournful cries of the Storm Black Hawk, the three of them chuckled and invited the Frost Giant Roc to the side.

Meanwhile, Storm Blackhawk finally calmed himself down.

What—what am I here for?

Oh right, didn't the two-legged creatures say they needed electricity?

This is where Alexander and his companions came in.

They had been watching their elder brother negotiate with those two enormous creatures, and while they wanted to, they didn't dare.

Now that my older brother has gone inside, they'll come in handy.

"Hey! We'll show you the way!"

Alexander was so excited that he was snorting loudly.

Great! It's finally my turn to play!

Black Hawk, of course, didn't care.

Bipedal animals all look pretty much the same...

So, under Alexander's leadership, Storm Hawk helped build a small power station with tears in his eyes.

It stood atop the highest watchtower in the camp, channeling the electricity from its body into a specially designed lightning rod—

This thing was specially forged by Chen Hao using the Abyss Furnace. It can withstand high voltage current and also has a voltage stabilization function.

The current was introduced from the lightning rod and extended along the wire to every corner of the camp.

Chen Hao specially made a simple distribution box. Although it was rudimentary, it was fully functional—it could be divided into several branches to control the power supply to different areas.

The black hawk on this side had just been powered on.

Inside the room, a small light bulb that Chen Hao had made earlier flickered a few times before lighting up completely.

Ou Yun and Leng Ruolan, who were moving the refrigerator nearby, were also surprised. "Wow, this guy recovered so quickly?"

"Wow, we're getting electricity so soon?"

"Absolutely! Superpowers are really useful!"

"Hilarious, I thought it was going to be some kind of industrial revolution."

"Hasn't this already erupted?"

Ou Yun pointed to a crooked tree outside the window, which Storm Black Hawk had used to wipe its nose.

"..."

"..."

The audience in China was even more astonished:

"I just went to pick up takeout, and now there's electricity?"

"Wait, man?! This construction speed?!"

"Did you take a rocket? What? In such a hurry to be reborn?!"

"Wait, aren't you going to explore the forbidden area later?"

"Hilarious! We already have electricity, what's the point of exploring anymore!"

"..."

Two hours later.

After inspecting the refrigerator and ice cellar, Chen Hao closed the cover of the electrical distribution box and dusted off his hands.

"Now, we can finally start making some electrical equipment!"

"For example, electric lights. Right now, we rely entirely on campfires and flashlights for lighting at night. With electric lights, we won't have to fumble in the dark anymore."

"This is good."

Everyone agreed wholeheartedly, "Finally, there's a light when we get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night!"

"Brother Chen, do you know how to make game consoles?"

"..."

"Yeah, Chen Hao, our team only has one stun gun, and it's pretty useful..."

"Stop, stop, I said stop."

*

The two large birds were also preparing to leave.

As it left, the Frost Roc glanced back at the camp, then at the busy crowd, and let out a low cooing sound.

"Gurgle."

It was still just the meaningless bird calls—

But for some reason, Ou Yun felt like he seemed to understand.

—You humans, your skills are not bad.

"Oh……"

Ou Yun fell into deep thought.

It seems that in the future, when they're out hunting in the wilderness, they'll have to prepare more of these forbidden land natives with some dimensional reduction attacks from Blue Star Industry, right?