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

"The Farmer's Three Punches!"

The sound was extremely loud.

Shout with the force of an avalanche.

"Crack!"

Sure enough, a bottle of purified water appeared out of nowhere next to it, perfectly upright.

There were already several empty water bottles next to it.

Yes, he's become addicted to it ever since he got this ability.

Well, nothing else, just summoning them for fun.

Once the water inside is used up, it can still hold leopard meat and wild vegetables.

You can even make a boat out of a lot of bottles! As long as you have enough and tie them tightly enough, you'll be fine.

He also tried various methods of summoning.

Loud babbling, soft muttering, and silent chanting in one's mind.

They can all be successfully summoned and appear precisely beside you.

"Oh my god..."

Ou Yun's heart pounded with excitement, his hands trembled.

Unlimited pure water.

What is this?

I'm awesome.

At least I won't die of thirst in this godforsaken place again!

Once they reunite with their companions, they too will not die of thirst!

After venting his anger, Ou Yun lay back down, his expression turning serious again.

Obviously, this matter cannot be publicized.

If athletes from other countries find out...

Sure enough, the most urgent task is to reunite with my teammates.

Forget it.

Since things have come to this, let's go to sleep!

*

Its daybreak.

The second day finally arrived.

The forbidden area is vast, divided into various sections, with the forest occupying only a portion of it.

Each section has different terrain, climate, vegetation distribution, modeling, texturing, and difficulty levels.

The three players from the Dragon Kingdom were very lucky; they all landed in the forest, which is the easiest place to obtain resources among all the sections.

"This thing is edible?"

"Of course, it's an insect egg, rich in protein, three times that of pork."

"Alright then, you eat the insect eggs, and I'll eat the roasted wild boar."

"Comrade Leng Ruolan, you can't be too unethical. Especially as the team leader, you need to make sure your teammates don't go hungry."

Meanwhile, in another part of the forest.

A short-haired, mature woman wearing a military green vest squatted on one knee on the freshly cleared grass, deftly skewering pork for roasting on a wooden stick while glancing at her teammates beside her.

"Then why aren't you coming to help? What are you dawdling about?"

While Leng Ruolan was speaking, her hands were not idle. After quickly skewering the meat, she held the entrenching tool in her right hand and quickly chopped off another two ounces of meat from the wild boar next to her that had its throat cut and was bleeding.

"I want to walk around the area first to determine the direction of the water source."

Teammate Chen Hao wiped his glasses with the corner of his shirt, looking quite serious.

"Water is very important. Although we are in the forest, if we can't get clean water in the short term..."

"You won't die of thirst, don't worry."

In a short while, Leng Ruolan had already set up a campfire, surrounded by skewers of roasted meat, and then precisely interrupted him.

"I've been through countless special operations. I can go a week without food or water and still survive perfectly well."

After saying that, she glanced at him again and said, "Hurry up and smoke the meat. I think it's going to rain, so we won't have to worry about not having water to drink."

Chen Hao thought about it for a while and said okay, he would go back and work for Captain Leng obediently.

"But your craftsmanship is pretty good, isn't it?"

The meat cooked quickly. Leng Ruolan handed a few pieces to Chen Hao first, and then continued grilling.

"The wooden sticks are well-carved, the smoking rack is well-assembled, and the ropes are twisted very sturdily."

It was quite a coincidence.

The two met shortly after the system transmitted the team members' information.

The starting supplies she received were a high-level tent, an entrenching tool, and a waterproof tarp.

Chen Hao drew a flint, a fishing rod, and a protective suit.

She has extensive combat experience and is adept at judging weather conditions, wind direction, fighting, hunting, and more.

Chen Hao is a researcher with rich experience in theoretical knowledge, and his craftsmanship is even more outstanding.

The two, one scholarly and the other martial, complement each other perfectly without hindering each other; they are truly the best teammates in the Dragon Kingdom.

Leng Ruolan was used to being straightforward, and she spoke her mind even more frankly to the only person of her kind with whom she could communicate.

Feeling embarrassed by Chen Hao's praise, she said, "You flatter me. I practiced it in real life, and I never thought it would actually come in handy..."

Leng Ruolan shook her head, "That's how everyone lives, but I don't see many people as skilled as you."

Although it rained on the first day, Chen Hao encountered a wild boar that was just passing by when it was his turn to keep watch that night.

Chen Hao was so startled that he was almost thrown off his feet.

Fortunately, Leng Ruolan acted quickly enough. She used her entrenching tool precisely on the wild boar's neck, plunging it in and out. The boar, in excruciating pain, lost its bearings and crashed into a tree, dying in despair.

pity.

This wild boar failed to trigger the 10,000x multiplier.

Now, sizzling and dripping with oil from the fire, it's making the viewers in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream incredibly hungry.

"I never expected that watching a live stream of a forbidden wilderness area would make me drool."

"Pork...it's so juicy...help me, I can't believe it!"

"I huddled tightly to my mutated leopard meat, trembling with fear."

"Damn, why do I suddenly feel like you three came to the forbidden area to enjoy life? You're all so carefree!"

"You only just realized this upstairs?"

"..."

After the two had filled their stomachs and cleaned up the scene, they were about to continue working.

At that very moment, a message that caught all viewers completely off guard appeared in all the live broadcast rooms for the national fortune prediction:

[The list of the dead is now being published.]

[Indian athlete Idgorami was attacked by a pack of wild animals and has been confirmed dead.]

[Korean athlete Park Deok-myoo has died after ingesting poison.]

[Japanese athlete Umehisa Abiko fell off a cliff and has been confirmed dead.]

[Bai Xiang Guo athlete Ba Se has died after consuming too many wild fruits in one go.]

[French athlete Philipp has been killed after being preyed upon by a wild animal.]

【…】

【…】

The announcement came out of nowhere, startling the audience:

"Holy crap, so many people have died on just the first day?"

"My goodness, almost every country has players who have died in battle..."

"Wait, how come there's someone who choked to death from eating too much? This poet, huh?"

"Sigh, I was so caught up in Brother Ouhuang's live stream yesterday that I almost forgot this is the Forbidden Zone of National Fate..."

"What era are we living in? It's all about survival of the fittest. Isn't that how our world is now?"

"Nothing to be alarmed about. Many more people die every day on our planet. How many is this?"

"There will probably be more in the future, so let's all take it easy and just live our own lives!"

"..."

After the list of deaths was released, a new notification appeared:

[There aren't enough contestants for the national team, so we're now starting to randomly select new contestants...]

[Note: For every three athletes who die in a country, the country's fortune will be randomly reduced as a penalty.]

The comments section erupted in another uproar:

"It's bad enough that a player is eliminated, why add further punishment?"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter who we get. Our India... is probably just like that."

"One of our athletes died on the very first night. I don't think they have much hope of surviving..."

"It's meaningless, what's the point of living!"

"Brothers, I only have one question right now: is it still possible to smuggle myself into China?"

"Going there won't do any good. They'll be checking your ID carefully. If they find out, you're definitely in for a world of hurt!"

"..."