Still hoarding supplies in the apocalypse? I'll just go on a killing spree and looting!

The bushes swayed, and a black wild boar rushed out of them.

Wild boars aren't large, but they still weigh around 200 pounds, making them quite ferocious wild animals.

The bespectacled man's pupils contracted instantly, and he instinctively reached out and grabbed the ponytail girl's arm, pulling her behind him.

The girl with the ponytail exclaimed in surprise, and when she looked again at the dense canopy of trees, she could no longer find those eyes.

"Someone's there!"

The girl with the ponytail gasped in surprise.

This sound directly provoked the wild boar that had been attracted by the aroma. It raised its rough tusks and charged towards the three of them.

As the proverb goes, "First a pig, second a bear, third a tiger."

Of course, it's not that wild boars can defeat bears and tigers; it's mainly because there are many wild boars, and people are much more likely to encounter them in the mountains than tigers and bears.

Especially lone adult male wild boars, which are irritable, will attack relentlessly if they feel threatened.

Like right now!

The wild boar charged toward the three of them, huffing and puffing, and was knocked down head-on. Its two thick, tusks would be its most deadly weapon.

The bespectacled man immediately raised his entrenching tool and aimed it at the direction the wild boar was charging from.

The girl with the ponytail also saw the charging wild boar and instinctively let out a sharp scream.

"Ahhhhh!"

The treetops swayed, and a black bird darted out from the woods, soaring straight into the sky. Then another dark shadow swooped out from the treetops.

The wild boar, which was running, made grunting noises.

They were getting closer and closer to the four people.

The bespectacled man swung his entrenching tool down hard at the wild boar, and then he was sent flying into the air.

The wild boar, without slowing down, charged towards the ponytail-wearing girl who was sitting on the ground screaming.

"Be careful!"

Amid exclamations of surprise.

A dark figure suddenly appeared above and to the side of the wild boar, crashing directly into its side.

With a "poof" sound.

The foul-smelling blood splattered all over the ground instantly, and the screams stopped abruptly.

The girl with the ponytail sat blankly on the ground, her face and mouth covered in the stench of pig's blood. The smell made her forget to scream.

Then came... the sound of vomiting, "Ptooey!"

Lin You gripped the wild boar's prickly bristles tightly with one hand, while the mantis knife in her other hand sliced ​​open most of the boar's neck.

The crowd stared blankly as the wild boar convulsed, the stench of blood making them dizzy.

The bespectacled man scrambled to his feet, clutching his arm and limping toward the girl with the ponytail.

He asked anxiously, "Charlene, how are you? Are you hurt?"

Charlene's face was covered in blood, and she kept waving her hands.

She said she was fine, but the nauseating, fishy smell in her mouth made her gag repeatedly.

"She's alright." Lin You looked at the dead wild boar before slowly standing up and looking at the group.

The short-haired girl then came to her senses and quickly stood up, bowing to Lin You and saying, "Thank you, thank you for saving Xia Lin."

Lin You glanced at the bubbling instant noodles, swallowed hard, and asked, "Who are you people? Why are you cooking noodles here?"

The tall boy quickly said, "We are students from XX University, here for a hike and spring outing. Thank you so much. If you hadn't suddenly appeared, we might have been in mortal danger."

Just as Lin You was about to speak, her stomach betrayed her with a series of thunderous rumbles.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

The short-haired girl reacted quickly, immediately saying, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? Sit down, sit down. The food is a bit simple, just make do with it."

Lin You glanced at the wild boar carcass beside her. "Do you guys want some barbecue?"

Upon hearing this, Charlene couldn't help but gag again.

Clearly, none of them wanted to eat wild boar meat.

Lin You knew that wild boar meat was fishy, ​​smelly, and had a strong odor, making it difficult to prepare.

However, it still needs to be dealt with, otherwise the blood might attract some other strange things.

"I'll go deal with the body and be right back." With that, Lin You picked up the mantis knife and chopped off two pig hind legs.

They dragged the body away into the distance.

More than ten minutes later.

Lin You and several young people gathered around the pot, reaching in with their chopsticks to scoop out noodles.

Puff out your cheeks and blow air.

Steam blurred her vision, and through the white mist, she could see a faint, shimmering light.

How long has it been since I last ate instant noodles?

Three years or four years?

No one else was in the mood for food, except for Lin You, who was slurping down her instant noodles, savoring a happiness she hadn't felt in a long time.

After finishing this meal of instant noodles.

Lin You looked at the four college students and smiled, asking, "Where are you planning to go?"

The tall boy shook his head and said, "No, Qin Ying is injured, we need to go down the mountain immediately."

Lin You then turned her gaze to the bespectacled man, and immediately knew that his arm was dislocated.

"Dislocation, but it's not a big problem. Let me take a look."

Charlene, her eyes reddening, asked, "Are you a doctor?"

"Haha, no. It's just that I've encountered it a lot, so I've learned a little bit." As she spoke, Lin You was already groping on the man's arm.

He was still smiling and talking to other people.

"Click." The sound of bones colliding suddenly rang out, and Lin You said with a smile, "All done."

Everyone stared at Qin Ying in astonishment. Qin Ying moved her arm in disbelief.

I can move now, but there's still a strange discomfort.

Lin You instructed, "It's not a big problem, just don't put too much strain on your arm today, otherwise it will be troublesome if it dislocates again."

The group thanked Lin You one after another.

What an honest and simple college student! People before the apocalypse are easier to get along with; you don't need to be so wary of them.

It seems that he was inspired by these simple and honest college students.

Lin You smiled and waved her hand, saying, "No need to thank me, it was nothing. Um... could I buy one of your tents?"

Qin Ying was slightly taken aback, then quickly said, "No need, I can give you one if you want. After all, you just saved us."

"That won't do." Lin You said, reaching for her money.

The four people quickly surrounded her and grabbed Lin You's hand to refuse.

Surrounded so closely by four people, who were even physically assaulting her, Lin You almost drew her sword in a moment of panic.

She's not used to having so many people around her right now, even though she knows they mean no harm.

But instinct is resisting.

Charlene asked curiously, "Sis, what do you need a tent for?"

"Of course, it's sleeping."

"But... a wild boar just charged out, it's too dangerous to rest here."

Lin You didn't care. What's a wild boar?

In her eyes, it was just food, and the most important thing was meat.

"It's just a wild boar. Don't bring such fragrant things out in the wild next time, it will attract strange things."

Lin You was speaking the truth, and also offering advice. The apocalypse was fast approaching, and cooking in the wild would attract more than just wild boars.

Rather, they are the true predators—the strange beasts.

"It's still too dangerous, sis. Qin Ying is alright now. There's no need to leave for the hospital for now. We'll wait for you to wake up."

Lin You didn't know how to answer for a moment, as she had long forgotten her life before the apocalypse.

Every day I wake up and do everything I can to survive; my mind can't hold anything else.

Some people only had the thought of survival.

Seeing Lin You remain silent, Xia Lin smiled and said, "I'll give you my tent. We'll go down the mountain together when you wake up."

Charlene smiled sweetly, but her face was covered in blood that hadn't been wiped clean.

She looks like a female ghost straight out of a horror movie.

Lin You thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, don't call me for lunch. You can just have these two wild boar legs for lunch."

As she spoke, Lin You looked toward the tent.

Charlene immediately went to a blue tent and eagerly pulled it open.

Lin You looked at the neat tent, hesitated for a moment, and then placed the two mantis knives she was carrying on the open ground.

"This is more reliable than an entrenching tool. I'm going to sleep now. Call me if you need anything."

He then crawled into the tent.

Lin You didn't go to sleep immediately; the tent wasn't soundproof, but it could block the view.

Lin You reached out and touched her right forearm.

The moment my fingertips touched my skin, pale golden lines emerged from beneath the skin.

A burst of blue light shot out from his arm.

A semi-transparent holographic interface was laid out in front of her.

The text and icons floated in the air, shimmering with a thin layer of cold blue light.

Her gaze swept down line by line from the top of the screen.

The top is the status bar.

System primary level: lv.1.

Next to it is the mental strength value, a thin blue bar: currently 32 points, maximum 100 points.

The rightmost item is the technology points, a number less than 100: 50.

The left side of the interface is the quick access area. Four buttons are arranged vertically, each with a corresponding icon and a brief text label: Decompose. Recycle. Reforge. Merge.

The icons are not abstract symbols, but extremely concise mechanical diagrams.

Decomposition is a skeleton, recycling is a wrench, recasting is a gear, and fusion is a question mark surrounded by gears.

The right side of the interface is the material library window.

The top five categories are: Metals, Inorganic Non-metals, Organic Biomass, Extraordinary Energy, and Special.

The bottom is empty.

Next to each category label is a small circular color bar: white, green, blue, purple, or orange, indicating the highest quality of materials available in that category.

But at this point, all the color marks are gray.

The bottom right corner is the Blueprint Library window.

The thumbnails of the unlocked blueprints are arranged in two rows, categorized by tech tree branches: Weapon Workshop, Mechanical Workshop, Gene Lab, Energy Workshop, and Construction Workshop.

Each branch is completely grayed out, indicating that it is inactive.

The largest area in the very center is the information window.

Only one line of text floated in the very center:

The system is ready.

It awaits instructions from the host at any time.