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

All beings are suffering.

The unprecedented punishment imposed on three countries in a row has instantly created a climate of fear across the entire planet.

"I've been watching Chinese livestreams and laughing all the time, I almost forgot this is forbidden territory..."

"Why is Little Day Country shortening lifespans again? Are they really that lucky?"

"Perhaps the aging population is a serious issue."

"Damn, what a hellish joke. Even the punishments are targeted, huh?!"

"Acid rain? Really? What time of year is this? Acid rain? This feels even more severe than a purge!"

"Hey, why don't you two, Korea and Japan, make up? One of you doesn't live long, and the other has nowhere to live. You'd complement each other!"

"Wow, the drop rate was already low to begin with, and now they're cutting it in half?"

"Holy crap, it really is! Doesn't this mean we've cut off all our escape routes?"

"That was terrifying! I need to watch the Dragon Kingdom live stream to calm down."

In response to this...

Eyewitness Ou Yun began to give an important speech, "The United States was actually wiped out in one fell swoop? I thought those two who were dragged away had a chance to live."

It looks like it was eaten as a midnight snack.

"The ones I tied to the tree before were also eaten."

Leng Ruolan, who was cleaning her gun, agreed.

However, it seems that a player from a small country still managed to escape.

But it doesn't matter, no one cares.

"The meat is cooked!"

Chen Hao, who was not far away, shouted.

The two agreed and began to eat.

"What are your plans for today?"

"Should we continue searching the mountains?"

"Go ahead and search. They even have oil; who knows, there might be something even more amazing."

"That's true."

Leng Ruolan naturally had no objections.

"However, I suggest we still get the camp ready while we're at it."

Like a tribe, it has walls, fortifications, watchtowers, and the like.

Otherwise, if the three of them were not at the camp again, wouldn't the camp's resources be wasted?

This time it was luck, but what about next time?

Chen Hao said, "I saw a saw, let's go cut down some trees later!"

Leng Ruolan said, "Don't rush, let's take stock of everything first."

The three people achieved their goal, quickly finished eating, and then started counting.

How many weapons do we have left?

"There are 3 sniper rifles with 30 rounds of ammunition left. There is 1 grenade launcher with all ammunition. There are 23 hand grenades and 4 artillery shells."

"Looks like we were relatively restrained last night."

Looking at the remaining weapons, Leng Ruolan felt both satisfied and heartbroken.

Last night was truly a blast! Even Chen Hao joined in later, which shows just how captivating the weapons are!

"I have 10 jin of porcupine meat, 5 jin of rabbit meat, 8 jin of venison, half a jin of fruit and two liang of rat meat slices."

"Is it that accurate?"

"There's a scale here."

"oh."

Ou Yun thought to himself, "After all this time, I've finally finished eating the meat of the black panther and the black bear."

"There are also wolf, fox, and rabbit pelts, quite a lot of those, but we don't need them for the time being."

It's early summer now, and the group just stripped the corpses to change their clothes.

"What about the tools?"

"That's too much!"

Chen Hao said that there were already a lot of things in the car before, and they were all messy. This time, he brought back a lot more from the hideout in the United States. Basically, he had everything he needed.

Leng Ruolan sighed, "Why isn't there a chainsaw?"

They still have to cut down trees later.

With just this saw, it would take the three of them ages to build a proper business.

"It's a miracle that there's even a saw; right now, many contestants probably aren't even having a basic survival problem."

Leng Ruolan said that's not necessarily true, "More than half a month has passed, and there must be some players who have developed well."

Ou Yun stood to the side, deep in thought, looking at this and touching that, before asking Leng Ruolan, "I'm not very familiar with this. Does building a camp require a lot of manpower?"

"Of course. This counts as infrastructure, right? The more people there are, the more efficient it is."

"Then how about..."

Ou Yun gave a wicked smile.

*

Meanwhile, on the other side...

After separating from the European team, Alexander, a player from the Xiong Kingdom, met up with his teammates who had come looking for him after he came down the mountain.

Maxim, a combat coach who is slightly smaller than Alexander but still very muscular.

And Ivan, an amateur boxer and wilderness survival expert who is of average build but bald.

The two of them came under the cover of darkness.

To be honest, when they arrived, they were extremely nervous.

"Those beasts from America are the most ruthless. They've stolen countless supplies from the athletes. If Alexander falls into their hands, I'm afraid..."

The two were taking a short break at the time.

As soon as he stopped, those terrifying thoughts involuntarily popped into Maxim's mind, and his brows furrowed so deeply they could have trapped a fly.

"No, this just means Alexander will be fine, because they need this hostage in exchange for supplies."

Ivan touched his bald head, appearing calmer than Maxim.

The athletes' fate is tied to that of the nation; if three athletes die, the country will also be punished.

The United States' tactic has proven incredibly effective time and again; it's utterly insidious.

After a short rest, the two prepared to set off again.

Good heavens, they didn't want to wake up the next morning to hear that a Xiong Kingdom player had been killed and that Xiong Kingdom would be punished by national fortune!

however.

The two hadn't gone far, almost as soon as they turned a corner—

Alexander appeared at the end of the road.

Although he was covered in injuries and looked pale, his body was bandaged up and he looked quite energetic.

He was even carrying a bag of meat.

Goodness, it's as if this guy wasn't kidnapped, but just came back from visiting some relatives.

"My God! Look who that is!"

"Alexander?! How did he get back on his own?!"

"Thank God, I'm so glad he's alright!"

The three of them hugged each other tightly, crying tears of joy.

Alexander was overjoyed; today was truly a double celebration! Not only did he return alive, but he also got a bag of meat and ran into his teammates so quickly!

"Brothers! You'd never guess who I ran into!"

On the way back to camp, Alexander couldn't wait to tell everyone what he had seen and heard at the American hideout.

It's all about giant snakes eating people, and Chinese soldiers descending from the heavens to the scene, blah blah blah.

"Look, he even shared some meat with us!"

Alexander immediately held up the meat in his hand to his two teammates as if it were a precious treasure.

"..."

I told my two teammates, and they almost started to question their existence.

"Wait a minute, don't rush, I have something to ask you."

"what?"

"You said that Chinese man saved you...?"

"That's right! His name is Ou Yun!"

Alexander laughed, "He was tied to me at the time. But he wasn't afraid at all, and he even rescued me too!"

—Because the situation was so chaotic and the events that followed were so intense, he almost forgot the facts that Ou Yun had stated.