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

Late at night.

Now, Chen Hao finally understands what truly top-tier cuisine is—

That's all.

It's just a bowl of hot soup and a piece of meat that's been cooked until tender.

Add two more skewers of grilled kidneys.

Holy crap, this is the life I'm living...

As Chen Hao ate, he pondered, "What did I come to this forbidden wilderness for? It doesn't seem like I came here to enjoy life." — "Forget it, I'll finish eating first!"

While eating, he didn't forget to greet Leng Ruolan, "Captain Leng, please eat as much as you like, we have everything here—"

Looking up, I saw that Leng Ruolan had already finished her third bowl and was scooping out her fourth bowl from the pot.

Hearing Chen Hao speak, she turned around, "Huh? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Chen Hao said, burying his head in his rice.

Leng Ruolan snorted and continued eating.

That's strange. She usually doesn't have a strong appetite, so what's wrong with her today? Why does she want to eat so much?

And the more you eat, the more energetic you feel!

It's probably because I haven't eaten meat in a long time.

As Ou Yun watched his two teammates wolfing down their food, he felt waves of pity.

Poor kid, it's not seasoned at all, yet it tastes so good... The real world must be much more bitter than this.

"Don't rush, there's more after you finish eating."

Not to mention this black bear and red python, there are still other prey that the contestants hunted before.

The rats were fed to the cows, but the rabbits could still eat them.

After Leng Ruolan finished eating, she skinned the rabbit and started roasting its legs to have as a midnight snack during her night patrol.

Ou Yun looked at Leng Ruolan's actions with an expression as if he had suddenly remembered something.

"Captain Leng, I suddenly have a question for you."

"ask."

"Do you have a relative named Leng Feng?"

"?"

Leng Ruolan paused for a moment, then continued processing the rabbit.

"That's right, he is the brother of the nephew of my aunt's seventh maternal uncle's mother."

Ou Yun exclaimed, "Wow, that's quite a complicated relationship! Do you guys visit each other during the Lunar New Year?"

Leng Ruolan ignored him.

After a while, the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill.

Leng Ruolan, gun in hand, rubbed her hands together, ready to go on night patrol. Chen Hao and Ou Yun continued tidying up the camp.

"Dude, where's your backpack? You can leave this smoked meat here for now."

"Oh, you can put them in those mineral water bottles. I've washed and dried them all."

"OK--"

Stop, stop.

That's quite a lot to say!

Are you referring to those mineral water bottles?

Chen Hao looked at the pile next to the tent.

Goodness, there are dozens of them!

Was this found in the wilderness?

How long would it take to find so many?

Is my buddy out scavenging in the wilderness?

Ou Yun looked over, sighed, slapped his thigh, and muttered, "How could I have forgotten about that?" Then he told him an even more explosive piece of news:

"This is someone I summoned."

"?"

Summoned?

Summon what?

What summoning?

Summon pure water?

What is this guy saying?

Chen Hao subconsciously met Leng Ruolan's gaze, scratching the back of his head in confusion.

Leng Ruolan remained calm as always. "It must have come from a supply crate."

Ou Yun thought for a moment, "That's true."

It came out of a supply crate, and then I just kept opening them endlessly.

—I guess this can be considered something you found in a supply crate!

Chen Hao clasped his hands in a fist salute to Ou Yun and said, "Brother, you're awesome."

*

It's getting late.

Leng Ruolan was getting ready to go on night patrol.

Night patrols are simple: patrol the area around the camp, making a round every so often, and shooting any unauthorized personnel on sight.

However, she used to knock them unconscious. Sometimes, during night patrols, she could catch some nocturnal creatures, such as foxes and squirrels, which would also solve the problem of food for the next day.

It's not difficult, just tiring.

But patrolling at night was as ordinary to Leng Ruolan as eating and drinking, so when Ou Yun said he would come to patrol, Leng Ruolan refused.

"We've eaten a lot of your food, it's time to do something productive," Leng Ruolan said without blinking.

"What are you talking about? We're teammates! The three of us are the only Chinese in this entire forbidden area. Why are you distinguishing between us?"

Ou Yun, simply because he was used to patrolling at night, said, "Besides, you're new to this area, right? How about I show you around first?"

Moreover, with more people, we can go further and maybe even gain something new?

Leng Ruolan thought about it and it seemed like a good idea. "Alright then, let's go together."

The two set off, while Chen Hao stayed home.

Ou Yun instructed him, "If there's any danger, just hide behind that cow, and you'll be safe!"

"oh oh……"

Why do I have this uneasy feeling...?

Now that we've come this far...

As Leng Ruolan walked out, she glanced at him and asked, "How did you raise this cow?"

Ou Yun then recounted the entire story of how the cow came to be—

"It doesn't seem malicious, and it's even more obedient than a dog."

Ou Yun laughed, "Probably another mutant."

Leng Ruolan immediately noticed the key point: "A mutated species?"

"Yes, mutants...the kind that are clearly different from other ordinary wild beasts..."

As I was talking, I suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Wait a minute, haven't you guys seen a mutant before?"

Leng Ruolan shook her head. "What are you talking about?"

Ou Yun was stunned. "No, you guys really haven't encountered this before?"

It's been almost half a month, and I haven't seen a single one?!

"Isn't this forbidden wilderness full of mutated beasts?"

"...There are wild beasts, but they're all similar to those on Earth."

Leng Ruolan gave him a cool look. "What do mutated species look like?"

"It's a leopard with six eyes..."

Ou Yun said that the animal hides in the camp and what they had just eaten came from mutated species.

"..."

Hearing this, Leng Ruolan stopped abruptly.

"A black panther with six eyes?"

Leng Ruolan's eyes widened like copper bells.

"yes!"

Ou Yun thought to himself, "What's going on? It can't be that he's the only one who's encountered mutated beasts!"

That's incredibly unlucky!

"What we just ate was...?"

"The meat broth of the armored black bear."

"..."

Leng Ruolan felt dizzy.

The amount of information is overwhelming; I'm having trouble processing it all.

She said there were many suspicious points.

I've never seen leopard or bear skin with such a strange texture before.

And those bones, they looked like bear bones, but she couldn't guess which part they were. So they were exoskeletons!

And that broth...

She said, "Why do I feel a surge of power out of nowhere?"

Even the pain from the wounds he sustained while fighting the hyenas has eased considerably.

"..."

He rubbed his forehead.

Her teammate seems to be... quite something!

"Okay, then I'll ask you a question."

Leng Ruolan narrowed her eyes, her gaze sharpening.

"How did you take down these mutants?"

A mutant, right?

Since it's a mutant, it must be much stronger than ordinary wild beasts.

Even ordinary black panthers and black bears would be considered extremely dangerous in the real world.

What about the mutant species in this forbidden wilderness?

Sure enough, when asked how he was defeated, the European athlete's expression became somewhat complicated.