National Survival: I Supported the Dragon Nation by Hunting Dinosaurs

Li Yue rummaged through the stone stove and found a roll of cloth made from the skin of a dinosaur, along with half a jar of wood ash disinfectant paste that Hao Xiangqian had brewed before leaving. She then squatted down in front of Huo Wuji.

"Extend your arm."

Huo Wuji looked down at the open wound on the outside of his left arm. Erhuang's fangs had cut deep, and blood was still seeping out.

He offered his arm without saying a word.

Li Yue moved very quickly.

When the wood ash ointment was applied, Huo Wuji's forearm muscles tensed slightly, then relaxed.

She wrapped the leather strap around three times, tightened it, and tied a knot.

"Say it if it hurts."

"It doesn't hurt."

Li Yue glanced at him but didn't expose him.

This person was covered in new wounds upon old ones, having walked all the way from the far north ice plains, alone, without any evolution potions, without any teammates...

Li Yue didn't ask any more questions and stuffed the remaining strips of cloth into his hand: "Come change the dressing yourself, twice a day."

Lin Fei brought over a large piece of roasted tree fern marrow, its outer skin golden brown, and when broken open, the starchy aroma was irresistible.

Huo Wuji took it and took a bite.

After chewing a couple of times, his expression changed from blank to slightly surprised.

"...Sweet?"

"Yes, it tastes just like a roasted sweet potato." Lin Fei sat down cross-legged opposite him.

"This is the pith of a tree fern. I used my supernatural abilities to accelerate its growth. The toxin pathways have been blocked, so it's safe to eat."

Huo Wuji didn't say anything more, and kept stuffing food into his mouth.

He couldn't remember the last time he had eaten something sweet.

Seeing that he was eating too fast and his throat was obviously dry, Li Yue turned around and picked up a ceramic jar, handing it to him.

"Have a sip of water, don't choke."

Huo Wuji took two gulps and then paused for a moment.

The water is warm.

Li Yue casually explained, "It's strange, but the water we pumped out from underground today was actually hot."

She pointed to the water pumps in the camp, which were still steaming.

"The thermometer shows over fifty degrees Celsius, almost twenty degrees higher than yesterday. That saves us firewood for boiling water."

Huo Wuji held the earthenware jar, his gaze fixed on the steaming shallow well, but he didn't reply.

Lin Fei glanced at it too, scratched his head, and said, "When I was stimulating the tree ferns to grow, their roots reached more than ten meters underground, and I could definitely feel that the soil temperature had risen considerably compared to a couple of days ago. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time..."

Huo Wuji put down the pottery jar, put the last piece of marrow into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

"How long has Captain Zhang been gone?"

Lin Fei paused for a moment, then said seriously, "It's been three days. He's been acting alone, saying he has more important matters to attend to. Leng Feng is leading one team east, and Old Master Huang is leading one team west. Their targets are both B-level or higher secret realms!!!"

He lowered his voice and briefly recounted the intelligence about the secret assembly of modified bodies by the United States, the black vortex teleportation, and the disappearance of signals from sixty people.

Huo Wuji stopped chewing.

"I didn't expect the people from the US to still be haunting us."

"I encountered seven groups of people on the way."

Lin Fei and Li Yue both looked at him at the same time.

"Seven waves?"

"Starting from the south of the ice field, we'll run into them every now and then."

Huo Wuji wiped his mouth.

"The first two groups were lone and easy to deal with. The third group and the following groups were three-person teams. After they learned of my identity as a member of the Dragon Kingdom, they all attacked without saying a word."

He pulled open the collar of his tattered military uniform, revealing a twisted scar twenty centimeters long running across his chest below his collarbone, his skin an unnatural bluish-purple hue.

"The fifth one, his right arm can transform into a metal blade. I don't know if it's a superpower or a so-called Tek cyborg."

Lin Fei gasped.

Huo Wuji loosened his collar: "I killed him. But I also lost half a finger."

The camp was quiet for a few seconds.

The campfire crackled and popped, and Sandy huddled in a corner, turning the roasted meat, barely daring to breathe.

Erhuang lay down at the camp entrance, its rear end facing Huo Wuji, using its tail to completely cover its injured buttocks.

Huo Wuji stood up.

"Which direction is the secret realm in? I want to go out too."

Lin Fei opened his mouth as if to say something, but when he looked at Huo Wuji's legs, which were so unsteady that he could barely stand, his brows furrowed.

"Brother Huo, if you force yourself to go out in this state, you'll just be throwing your life away if you run into a dungeon. You should rest for a bit before you go."

Huo Wuji did not respond.

Li Yue stood up and blocked his way.

"Sharpening your axe won't delay your work. Your body has already been pushed to its limit. Get some sleep, eat well, and let your injuries heal. The difference in fighting ability between setting off tomorrow and setting off today is enormous."

Huo Wuji remained silent for five seconds.

His knees were indeed shaking.

No matter how strong the internal energy of ancient martial arts is, it is still based on the physical body, and his physical body has been operating continuously for too long.

"......OK."

Huo Wuji sat back down in his original spot, leaned against the stone wall, and closed his eyes.

Three seconds later, his breathing became long and even.

Fell asleep.

......

A vast sea area.

The guardian's six wings flapped with all its might, the blue geometric patterns shining brightly, and its massive body carried Zhang Li straight toward the sea.

The water pressure is decreasing.

The light is increasing.

In the last fifty meters, the seawater changed from inky black to deep blue, and then from deep blue to a clear turquoise.

Zhang Li squinted, his retina switching from deep-sea dark vision mode back to normal light perception, and his pupils contracted sharply.

"boom--!"

The 42-meter wingspan guardian exploded out of the sea, raising a white column of water more than ten meters high.

Seawater cascaded down the dark gray carapace, and the six wings unfolded fully in the sunlight, their geometric patterns refracting a cold blue light.

Zhang Li was riding on the guard's back armor when the sea breeze blew all over his face.

The gill slits automatically contract and close the moment they leave the water, and the lungs instinctively expand.

The first breath of air rushed in.

That's incredible.

Zhang Li coughed violently three times. The process of his alveoli switching from underwater breathing mode to atmospheric breathing mode was not gentle; his chest felt like it had been squeezed and then released...

He steadied himself by holding onto the horny bumps on his carapace, and gasped for breath for more than ten seconds before his breathing finally returned to normal.

It's very windy.

The sun was very strong.

He looked up and around...

The sea and sky meet at the horizon, and the azure sea stretches to the end of the field of vision in a 360-degree view. There is not a single island, not a single reef, not even a single driftwood in sight.

"...Where did I get this for?"