At four o'clock in the afternoon, the sunlight was scorching.

In the shadows beneath the banana leaves, three disheveled figures were scrambling towards a crevice in the rocks.

"Water...water..."

Yao Yao's voice was already hoarse, and she rushed towards the puddle.

Completely unaware, a black and white striped object was hanging on a dead branch above the water source.

That's a banded krait.

It's extremely poisonous. If you take a mouthful and don't get an antiserum injection right away, you'll be seeing your grandmother within two hours.

At this moment, the startled silver-ringed snake had already arched its body.

Its triangular head shrank back slightly, poised to pounce, its target clearly the neck of Yao Yao, who was charging at the front.

"court death!"

An Ran's eyes suddenly turned cold as she looked up from behind the bushes a few dozen meters away.

Without thinking, her right hand had already touched a sharp-edged pebble on the ground.

We must take action.

But the distance is too far, and we can't reveal our location, otherwise that bastard Chen Zheng will definitely eliminate these three girls again.

Just as Yao Yao's fingers were about to touch the water's surface...

Anran moved.

She crouched down, using the rustling of leaves in the wind as cover, and suddenly squeezed hard with her fingertips.

call out!

The pebble whistled through the air and struck the snake precisely seven inches below its head.

Snapped!

The silver-ringed snake, which hadn't even had a chance to open its mouth, had its head smashed to the side.

Its entire body went limp and fell from the tree branch, landing deep in the dense grass beside it.

"Um?"

Yao Yao, who was about to bury her head in her water, paused for a moment and looked up with some confusion.

"I think I just heard a sound... a snap?"

"What sound is that!" Ram, who was already impatient, pressed Yao Yao's head underwater. "It's probably just a broken branch! Drink up! Let me have a sip too!"

Yao Yao didn't think much of it; the moment the cool spring water entered her mouth, she forgot everything.

"Glug glug..."

The three of them lay down by the small puddle and drank heartily without any regard for appearances.

Water trickled down his chin, wetting the front of his shirt.

far away.

An Ran slowly loosened her clenched fist, her palms covered in cold sweat.

"call……"

She let out a sigh of relief and was about to wipe the sweat from her palms when she felt a warm breath on her ear.

"Not bad aim." Chen Zheng had somehow appeared behind her. "If I had your skills when I was a kid, no kid within a ten-mile radius would dare to play marbles with me."

An Ran stiffened for a moment, not daring to turn around, but instead tilting her head and pretending to whistle: "Wh-what, I don't understand a word you're saying..."

Chen Zheng gave a wry smile and shook his head.

Never mind, he didn't want anyone to get hurt.

……

After the three men had drunk their fill by the pool, they slumped to the ground, rubbing their round bellies, and groaned in unison.

"Just drinking water makes me full... Who invented that phrase? It's a complete scam." Ram grimaced, her stomach rumbling in unison. "Drinking water makes me even hungrier. I want to eat meat..."

The keyboard was so hungry that its eyes were glazed over, as if it had been given a debuff that caused it to continuously lose health.

An Ran watched, her brows furrowing involuntarily.

A person can survive for three days without water, but without food, they lack the strength to get out of this jungle.

She looked around, her gaze suddenly locking onto a wild fruit tree above the three of them.

Several bunches of large, greenish-yellow wild fruits hung on the tree. Although they tasted bitter, they were rich in starch and were a good source of food in the jungle.

The location was too high, and those three idiots didn't notice it at all.

An Ran gritted her teeth and, while Chen Zheng was watching the show through binoculars, quietly took out a spare razor blade from her waist.

She silently circled around to the back of a large tree upwind.

Aim, swing your arm.

The blade flashed through the air, precisely severing the stems and leaves of the wild berries.

Then, the bunches of wild fruits, each the size of a washbasin, fell down and rolled down the slope to the foot of the keyboard.

boom.

The wild berries bumped against the keyboard and came to a stop.

The keyboard, which was questioning its existence, froze.

She looked down at the fruit at her feet, then looked up at the top of her head, and finally pushed up her glasses.

"Holy crap?!"

"This works?!"

The keyboard suddenly jumped up, raised the bunch of wild berries high with both hands, and roared at the sky:

"I knew it! I knew I was the chosen one!"

"Tremble, mortals! Luck is also a part of strength!"

Ram and Yao Yao were also stunned by this sudden surprise, and the two rushed over and hugged the keyboard's legs.

"Godfather! Please accept my bow!"

"I want some too! Give it to me now!"

The three of them didn't bother to wash themselves; they grabbed the fruit, wiped it on their clothes, and then wolfed it down.

The bitter juice burst in their mouths, which, to them now, was simply a delicacy.

Seeing this, An Ran couldn't help but smile slightly.

I've survived, at least.

"Oh."

A cold snort came from the side.

Chen Zheng leaned against the tree trunk, looking at An Ran with a mocking gaze.

"They're both beating snakes and offering fruit."

"Captain An, would you like to go over there and chew the fruit up and feed it to them?"

"That way it's easier to digest, and you won't choke."

Now that things have come to this, An Ran can no longer pretend that nothing happened.

She turned her head away, not daring to look into Chen Zheng's eyes, which seemed to see right through people, and awkwardly laughed:

"I...I didn't."

"I just think that if people starve to death on the first day, your report will be hard to write."

"Stubborn to the end." Chen Zheng shook his head. "I'll let it go this time."

"But remember, they will never grow up without experiencing real danger."

"Next time, even if a tiger pounces on them, you'd better hold back."

After saying that, Chen Zheng turned around and disappeared back into the darkness, leaving An Ran standing there, awkwardly scratching her head.

……

As the sun set, the light in the jungle quickly dimmed.

The trio, having eaten and drunk their fill, sprawled on the ground without a care in the world, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.

"It's so good to be alive..."

Yao Yao let out a burp and wiped the fruit stains from the corner of her mouth.

"Yeah, it would be perfect with some cumin too," Ram said, smacking her lips with a hint of satisfaction.

Only the keyboard was still analyzing the tree: "What's the cooldown for this drop mechanism? Should we camp the corpse?"

Just as the atmosphere was gradually relaxing and everyone thought they had passed this hurdle.

Ram suddenly sat up straight.

The silly smile on her face disappeared, and her expression became serious.

Those big eyes, which were always fixed on the food, were now silent, their brows furrowed.

She had been busy all along, running around and looking for water sources, and had no time to think.

Now that it's stopped, she feels something's not quite right.

After entering the jungle, Anran first mentioned that the instructor had disappeared, and then Anran herself disappeared as well.

Then, two bears, seemingly out of nowhere, suddenly attacked the camp, causing everyone to scatter and flee.

Is all of this really just a coincidence?

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