The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

We walked for a while longer in the dense forest.

Finally, Li Kaixin stopped in a clearing in the woods near the stream.

With a relatively open view and a huge rocky outcrop behind it, this is a good place to light a fire and rest.

Li Kaixin deftly gathered some dry, withered branches and leaves, along with a pile of dead wood, and skillfully built a small stove pit.

As the flames leaped up, they also dispelled some of the chill and dampness in the forest.

After starting the fire, Li Kaixin took out the aluminum lunchbox he carried with him, which he had specially taken out of his luggage this morning.

As Li Kaixin bent down to fetch water from the stream,

But my gaze was drawn to some dark brown figures moving slowly among the rocks in the stream.

"Huh, what's this?"

At first, I was puzzled, then overjoyed, recognizing that these were freshwater crayfish, a species unique to the streams of Northeast China, which I had heard was extremely delicious in my previous life.

So, Li Kaixin didn't immediately fetch water; instead, he placed the lunchbox on the shore first.

Without hesitation, he rolled up his trousers and entered the stream.

Li Kaixin bent down and reached into the stream. With a thought, he used the power of the secret space to send the crayfish into the stream to settle down. At the same time, he didn't forget to leave three crayfish in the lunchbox on the bank.

While exploring, he noticed that the fish in the secret stream seemed to be much fatter than before. On a whim, he used his mind to scoop up a palm-sized crucian carp and put it into his lunchbox as well.

Before long, twenty or thirty crayfish were already in the stream in the secret realm.

Li Kaixin searched the stream carefully again, but when he couldn't find it anymore, he gave up.

After turning around and going ashore.

Li Kaixin took two small pieces of the freshest tenderloin from the male deer stored in the secret realm, returned to the campfire, and began preparing the meal.

Clean the crucian carp by gutting it, and skewer it together with a piece of venison using a sharpened twig. Sprinkle a little salt on it and slowly roast it over a fire.

The other piece of venison was cut into small pieces and put into a lunchbox along with three crayfish. Wild onions and wild ginger that grow in the secret place were added, along with stream water and a pinch of salt. The lunchbox was then set up to cook over a fire.

Time passed slowly.

The sizzling sound of the grilled meat dripping into the fire, mingling with the increasingly rich aroma of meat broth emanating from the lunchbox, permeated the quiet mountain forest.

However, perhaps the fragrance was too strong.

Just as Li Kaixin was flipping the grilled fish, he caught a very unnatural sway in the bushes behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Li Kaixin's muscles tensed instantly, but his face remained expressionless, and he didn't even hesitate in flipping the grilled meat.

Having learned from the morning's lesson, Li Kaixin's vigilance had reached its peak.

Instead of turning around immediately, he used the corner of his eye to carefully discern the movement of that dangerous aura.

A large Siberian tiger with yellow and white fur is silently crouching closer, using the trees as cover.

Those amber eyes were fixed on the seemingly unsuspecting two-legged creature beside the fire, and on the deadly alluring aroma.

Li Kaixin was initially terrified, but then an overwhelming sense of excitement welled up inside him.

The tiger, the true king of the forest. Unlike the bee swarms he had encountered passively before, this time, Li Kaixin spotted it ahead of time.

He quickly and calmly assessed the situation: if the rifle couldn't kill the tiger with a single shot and it escaped, Li Kaixin would have nowhere to turn.

In a flash, a decision was made.

Li Kaixin pretended not to notice and continued to slowly tend to the food on the fire. In reality, all his senses were heightened to the extreme, like a fully drawn bowstring, silently calculating the distance to the dangerous creature behind him and its possible attack routes.

The tiger fell for the trick.

Seeing that its prey seemed completely unaware, the tiger patiently circled around to Li Kaixin's back, using the shadows of several rocks to perfectly conceal itself.

He crouched low, ready to pounce.

Right now.

Just as the tiger pushed off the ground with its hind legs and pounced out of the air like lightning.

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Li Kaixin suddenly slid and twisted to the side and back at an incredible speed and angle.

At the same time, his right hand moved with ghostly speed, precisely grabbing the tiger's thick, whip-like tail the instant the tiger brushed past Li Kaixin!

"receive!"

Silently recite the mantra, and your mind instantly connects with the secret realm.

The enormous golden object simply vanished into thin air.

It was as if the thunderous attack just now was an illusion, leaving only a few blades of grass that had been lifted by the tiger's claws and were still trembling slightly.

Without pausing for a moment, Li Kaixin's figure disappeared from the spot and entered the secret realm space.

Inside the space, the tiger landed blankly on the grass, seemingly at a loss for what to do about the sudden change in its environment.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Kaixin locked onto the tiger, his powerful will acting like an invisible hammer, instantly destroying its life force. The massive tiger's body crashed to the ground.

Looking at the corpse of the King of the Forest before him, Li Kaixin let out a long sigh of relief, his heart belatedly pounding violently, filled with an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

Li Kaixin suppressed his excitement and began skillfully dissecting the tiger carcass with his mind. The tiger skin had to be completely removed, and the bones and meat separated into different categories…

When I saw the tiger penis, I couldn't help but smile. It was a rare and precious item; my mother had used it when she bought her job.

After dealing with the spoils, Li Kaixin exited the secret realm.

Outside, the fire still burned, the aroma of roasted fish and venison wafted through the air, and the soup in the lunchbox was still bubbling gently.

Li Kaixin sat back down by the fire, finally relaxing and beginning to enjoy his lunch.

First, take a bite of the roasted venison. The meat is firm and has a slightly gamey smell, but it tastes much better than wild boar.

Take another bite of the grilled Secret Realm Crucian Carp, and the moment the fish enters your mouth, Li Kaixin's eyes light up!

It was an indescribable sweetness and tenderness, without any of the earthy taste that is unavoidable in ordinary river fish, and the richness of the texture was amazing!

I couldn't wait to peel open a cooked crayfish. The shell was easy to peel, revealing the plump, white meat inside. I put it in my mouth, and it was indeed much tastier than the crayfish I had eaten in my previous life.

"It's a pity I didn't cook enough!" Li Kaixin smacked his lips with lingering satisfaction, thinking to himself.

And so, Li Kaixin finished his lunch with great satisfaction.

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Kaixin let out a satisfied burp, and with a thought, he appeared in the secret realm space and closed his eyes for a short rest.

When I opened my eyes again, I was outside the secret realm.

Li Kaixin stood up, stretched his limbs, his eyes regained their sharpness, and tidied up the fire, making sure it was completely extinguished.

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