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

"Well……"

This time, neither Leng Ruolan nor Chen Hao took a picture of him—because they were both stunned themselves.

Space ring.

It does not affect the load-bearing capacity.

What the hell does this mean?

This means that when we go out hunting in the wild in the future, we won't have to carry big bags and small packages like we're fleeing a disaster.

Food, water, weapons, ammunition, sleeping bags, tools, spare equipment, and everything else were stuffed into a ring, allowing for a light-loaded journey.

This means that in the future, when moving things, we won't need several people to huff and puff as we carry a huge load of supplies up and down the mountain.

Even Chen Hao could move everything by himself in one trip.

This means that if you encounter anything good in the future—such as a whole piece of abyssal crystal or a large amount of high-grade ore—you don't need to worry about how to bring it back; you can just stuff it into your ring.

"This thing..."

Leng Ruolan took the ring from Ou Yun's hand, examining it closely. "Is it real?"

I still can't quite believe it.

Ou Yun shrugged and said, "Why don't you try and see?"

Leng Ruolan put the ring on her index finger—the ring was flexible and would automatically adjust to fit the wearer's finger size.

She stared at the wicker basket in front of her, filled with equipment—

The wicker basket vanished instantly.

Only a thin circle of dust remained on the ground.

"..."

Leng Ruolan blinked.

The wicker basket remained exactly where it was.

"Wow!"

"How amazing!"

European Express: ...

Look at your pathetic state.

Leng Ruolan held the ring on her hand, looking it over from left to right, then her expression hardened. "Brother Chen, could you write this down for me?"

"What should I remember?"

"Starting today, I no longer have to carry bags for my older brother."

"Hahahahaha!"

Hearing this, Ou Yun facepalmed. "It's not like I always make you carry heavy bags!"

"It's heavy."

Leng Ruolan actually started counting, "Weapons, ammunition, food, water, sleeping bags, spare clothing, first aid kits, climbing ropes, and gold supply boxes—"

"Don't you have any idea how much that golden supply crate alone takes up?"

"Didn't you tell me to bring that?"

"That's two different things."

"?"

Leng Ruolan waved her hand, deciding to give the spatial ring to Ou Yun. "You keep it. I'll just take a few that I can handle."

However, this seems to eliminate the need to open supply crates anymore.

"The rest can all be put into the spatial ring, right?"

"So, does that mean our campsite can fit them too?"

"Shall we give it a try?"

"Don't even try. How are you going to get it out once it's inside? You don't want it to collapse again. It's too difficult to build."

"Sigh, if it weren't for the rule against bringing live animals, I would want to go in myself."

"..."

"..."

Then Europe plans to open another regular one—

"Hey, what's that white supply crate here?"

"The most common kind, I guess. It's been a long time since I've seen that."

"Yeah, ever since we started following Big Brother, our supply crates have all been purple. We're not familiar with the white or blue ones."

"So where did this box come from?"

"It must be tribute; we haven't gone hunting lately."

The European Express package opened with a snap—

Dozens of small jars were bundled together, neatly arranged, even those with obsessive-compulsive disorder would agree.

Congratulations on obtaining the item: All-Purpose Seasoning Set!

[Note: Automatically replenished every seven days.]

Salt, sugar, chili powder, cumin powder, five-spice powder, black pepper powder, etc. - each jar is about the size of a palm.

"Oh, it's seasoning..."

"We can make some of the seasonings ourselves."

"No, this one must taste better."

"Automatic replenishment every seven days? That's not bad."

Ou Yun looked at this set of seasonings—

Then he slowly raised his head, looking at Leng Ruolan and Chen Hao, his expression extremely serious:

"This box... is the one I'm most satisfied with opening today."

"……Um?"

Chen Hao was taken aback, thinking to himself, aren't seasonings very common? And making them himself isn't difficult, is it? All he had to do was ask the monkeys next door to gather the ingredients, right?

He was just about to open his book, "The Complete Collection of Outrageous Incidents in Forbidden Zones," when he found that his hands were empty.

Leng Ruolan took it away without anyone noticing—

"Cumin powder can be used to grill lamb chops."

"Five-spice powder can be used to braise wild boar meat."

"Chili powder can be used to make spicy stir-fried bear meat."

"We still have sugar—sugar! We can make sweet and sour flavor now!"

Leng Ruolan was reading from the book, "Big brother, now we can eat well even when we're out."

"I knew it!"

Ou Yun, hands on hips, looked quite pleased with himself. "When it comes to unpacking, the important thing isn't quality, it's practicality!"

"That's not what you said when you activated the Tranquility Bead."

"A Tranquilizing Bead?"

Ou Yun stroked his chin. "You mean the one that got messed up by Nanbei the other day?"

"Don't think I don't know you deliberately put it on the table and then called Nanbei over."

"Hey, I called it over, I didn't ask it to clean the desktop."

"Alas, this is how Hakimi was betrayed by treacherous humans."

At that moment, Alexander's voice came from outside—

"Guys! Time to eat!"

"Oh, it's already noon?"

"It'll be noon by the time you open a few crates?"

Leng Ruolan then asked, "Is it still open?"

Ou Yun stood by the window and said, "You guys eat first!"

Hassan replied from below, "For lunch today, it's fried pork cutlet! The kind coated in batter!"

Ivan chimed in, "And roasted lamb leg! Sprinkled with Big Brother's favorite cumin and chili powder!"

Maxim, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, chimed in, "And...and beef hot pot too...!"

"..."

Ou Yun hesitated for a moment, "Captain Leng, then let's—"

When he turned around, Leng Ruolan was nowhere to be seen.

"Brother Chen, that—"

Chen Hao has also disappeared.

"..."

Forget it.

Ou Yun thought to himself, "I'll just open another purple supply crate then—if it's useful, I'll save it for the camp."

Ou Yun put all the other supply boxes into his spatial ring, leaving only the purple supply box.

Then it opens with a snap:

Congratulations on obtaining the item: Mutant Plant Seed!

[Item Description: After planting, plants with special abilities will randomly grow. The specific effects are unknown; please explore on your own.]

Well, it looks like we'll have to leave it to the camp now.

Ou Yun took the seeds and went out the door.

*

Today's lunch is all-meat feast.

So everyone stayed away all morning, finishing their work and then going to prepare food.

It was said to be a farewell party for Ou Yun and Leng Ruolan, so everyone brought out their best-kept secrets and delicacies.

Leng Ruolan surprisingly declined the vodka Maxim offered, saying, "I won't drink it; I have to drive later."

"oh……"

Feeling wronged, the tough guy had no choice but to replace the vodka with chilled fruit juice.

"Come on, try my new seasoning."

"Wow! You even have this? No wonder you're the eldest brother!"

"Ivan! Eat less! We still need to pack some for our older brother!"

"No, no, you've done the most work during this time, so please eat more and don't worry about us."

"How can that be? Big Brother and Captain Leng are going out. If we don't eat our fill, we'll really be going to hell..."

The table, several meters long, was packed with people, jostling and shoving each other in a lively atmosphere.

Ou Yun showed Chen Hao the newly sprouted seeds.

"It's a mutated plant that came out of the purple supply crate. Why don't you give it a try sometime?"

Chen Hao took it in his hand and examined it in the sun. "This is interesting. Our experimental field happens to be empty, so we can plant a few and try it out."

"Give it a try."

"By the way, what kind of mutated plant seed is this?"

"I don't know, it can't be a man-eating plant, right? Hahaha..."

"..."

"...What's wrong?"

"...It's nothing."