It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was blazing.

Anran carefully retreated from behind the bushes.

"Huff... huff..."

She turned over and leaned against the old tree root next to Chen Zheng, panting heavily.

Chen Zheng remained as lazy as ever, with a blade of grass dangling from his mouth and binoculars in his hand.

"How is the situation?"

"They've scattered, they've all scattered." An Ran wiped the sweat from her face. "We broke up the group, just like you said, three people per group."

As she spoke, she anxiously moved closer to Chen Zheng and reached for the binoculars in his hand.

"Let me see over there, I'm worried about Ram and the others."

Chen Zheng didn't dodge, letting her snatch the binoculars. He then leaned back, finding a more comfortable position against the tree trunk.

"Those are three clowns, what's there to worry about?"

"What do you know!" An Ran held up the binoculars, her fingers turning slightly white. "Keyboard is a homebody, her physical fitness is terrible. Yao Yao's physical fitness is the worst in the team, and although Ram is a bit better physically, she's still young."

"To put it bluntly, none of them are reliable!"

The scene in the distance, captured on camera, made An Ran's face darken.

The bushes a few hundred meters away.

The three figures were supporting each other, looking utterly disheveled.

"Really...really not going to get involved?" An Ran put down her binoculars, turned to look at Chen Zheng, her eyes pleading. "With this setup, if there's an emergency, we won't even be able to run away."

"intervention?"

Chen Zheng chuckled softly.

"Captain An, it seems you still don't understand the situation."

"Now we are dead, and dead people can't speak."

"And..." Chen Zheng pointed into the distance, "Don't you want to see just how far they're capable?"

My gaze shifted to the trio.

Yao Yao slumped onto a rock, her usually sweet face now scrunched up in a frown.

Her training uniform was torn in several places by thorns, and the exposed skin was red and swollen.

"Water...I want to drink water..."

When a person is about to faint, they will have this kind of unconscious muttering.

The keyboard next to it wasn't much better.

She was squatting on the ground, muttering to herself.

"That's not right..."

Keyboard pushed up his wobbly glasses, his brow furrowed.

"I've watched so many survival anime, played games like The Forest and Green Hell, and even completed all the achievements in Red Dead Redemption."

She suddenly stood up and poked her fingers into the air in front of her several times.

"Where's the UI? Where's my status bar?"

"Shouldn't the system pop up a 'Find a Water Source' task prompt at this time?"

"Even a map would be helpful!"

Ram was bending down to tie her shoelaces when she heard this, and she was so angry that she laughed.

She straightened up and slapped the keyboard on the back of her head with annoyance.

Snapped!

"Wake up!"

"There's no system here, no resurrection coins. If you die of thirst, that's a bad end!"

Ram was also furious.

She originally thought she could make a living by following An Ran, but now that An Ran is gone, she has no choice but to take care of these two burdens.

"Stop whining!" Ram wiped his sweat, glanced at the scorching sun overhead, and said, "If you want to live, you have to get moving."

As she spoke, Lam squinted as she observed the surrounding vegetation, relying on her memories of herding cattle back in her hometown.

"Let me think..."

"The area under these broad-leaved plants is usually quite damp... And that one, the one with the leaves curled inwards, is to lock in moisture..."

Ram pointed to a dense forest to his right.

"Over there! I see that the terrain is low-lying over there, and the plants are so green, there must be water!"

"Really?" Yao Yao's eyes lit up, and she stood up, supporting herself on her knees.

"Even if it's fake, I have to go see it, otherwise I'll really turn into a dried-up corpse." Ram gritted her teeth, grabbed the keyboard that was still being studied by the invisible wall, and said, "Let's go! Keep up!"

……

Inside the concealed location.

Chen Zheng leaned against the tree trunk, watching the three stumbling figures in the distance, a playful smile curving his lips.

"Tsk tsk tsk." Chen Zheng shook his head. "One is mentally unstable, and the other is about to go into shock. Their manners are really terrible."

"It's just lucky we didn't run into any wild boars, otherwise we wouldn't have gone with the three takeout orders."

Anran lay prone in the grass, listening to these hurtful words, her fists clenching.

She wanted to argue, but the way these three people were behaving left her with no reason to object.

Even Ram, who performed the best, was looking in the right direction for the water, but she didn't pay any attention to the animal trail under her feet.

"They...they just haven't adjusted yet." An Ran bit her lower lip, trying to convince herself, as she subtly stood up. "Just give them some time..."

Will the battlefield give them time?

Chen Zheng interrupted her.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed An Ran's wrist.

Before An Ran could react, Chen Zheng had already placed his other hand on her lower back, rendering her unable to move.

What are you doing?

Chen Zheng lowered his head, his dark eyes fixed on An Ran's panicked eyes.

"Are you thinking of rushing out to give them directions?"

Having her thoughts exposed, An Ran's eyes darted away for a moment, then she stubbornly glared back.

"I'm the captain, I shouldn't just watch them die."

"Very good." Chen Zheng wasn't angry; instead, his smile deepened. "Since you're so confident..."

"Then let's take a gamble."

"We're betting on whether they can find water before dark and survive."

"If they do it, I'll treat you to barbecue tonight."

Upon hearing that there was meat to eat, An Ran swallowed hard, but instinctively remained highly wary of Chen Zheng.

"What if we lose?"

Chen Zheng released his hand from her lower back: "If you lose, you leave Mulan. By the way, you have no choice."

An Ran gritted her teeth and prepared to curse, but found that she couldn't beat him in a fight, and she couldn't win the argument either. She could only stomp her feet in anger.

She glared at Chen Zheng fiercely, then turned her head back and continued to hold up the binoculars.

You must strive to do your best!

……

Ten minutes later.

The three Rams finally made their way into a banana grove.

It's definitely much cooler here than outside.

"Where's the water...?"

Yao Yao perked up and rushed to a banana tree.

Unfortunately, there was nothing to see except for the damp soil.

"Don't rush..."

Ram spoke up to comfort her.

She clearly remembered the old people saying that there must be water in such a place.

She pushed up her glasses and stared at a mark on the ground.

"Based on my analysis..."

"The soil here is darker than the surrounding soil, which means it has a high water content."

"And there are animal footprints here, which means..."

"That means we're doomed!" Ram interrupted her impatiently. "Those are wild boar tracks! Do you want water or to be rooted up by a boar?"

Just when the three were arguing and about to give up...

Yao Yao suddenly raised her hand and reached for the buttons on her collar.

"It's too hot, I need some fresh air..."

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