National Survival: I Supported the Dragon Nation by Hunting Dinosaurs

Inside the cave, Zhang Li squatted down next to Huang Xiaoying, his brows slightly furrowed.

At this moment, Huang Xiaoying's arm was covered with a grayish-black wound, and the edges were red, swollen, and shiny.

Your wound is infected.

"The rotten flesh has already invaded the fascia layer. If it is not treated soon, you will have to face amputation in a few days."

Huang Xiaoying's face was pale. She glanced down at the rotting flesh, a resolute glint in her eyes.

"Please clean that piece of meat for me."

Her voice was soft, but every word was firm and resonant.

Zhang Li raised his head, and his eyes showed a flicker of emotion.

"There's no anesthetic here."

"I know."

"I would use a red-hot dagger to cut away the rotten flesh directly; the pain would be enough to send you into shock."

"I know."

Huang Xiaoying took a deep breath and clenched her fist tightly with her uninjured hand.

"Let's get started. I'm a soldier, not a burden."

Zhang Li stopped wasting words.

He turned and walked to the campfire, pulling out the military dagger.

The blade was heated over a flame.

The carbon steel turned red and emitted a slight hissing sound.

Inside the live stream, hundreds of millions of viewers held their breath.

The story of Guan Yu undergoing bone-scraping treatment is a fictional account, but this is a live broadcast without any special effects.

Zhang Li walked back with the bright red dagger in his hand.

"Bear with it."

Before he could finish speaking, the blade fell.

Huang Xiaoying's body stiffened abruptly.

Cold sweat instantly broke out on her forehead and slid down her pale cheeks.

Even a muffled groan was swallowed back by her.

Zhang Li's hands were very steady.

five minutes.

Once the last piece of rotten flesh has been removed, wrap it tightly with a clean, hemostatic bandage.

"call……"

After finishing all this, Zhang Licai let out a long breath and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.

He glanced at Huang Xiaoying, who remained conscious, and a hint of approval flashed in his eyes.

"You're a ruthless person," Zhang Li commented.

……

At this moment, in the Dragon Kingdom's live broadcast room.

Professor Xu Zhiping stared at the screen, his eyes slightly red, and suddenly slammed his hand on the table.

"Women are no less than men! Who says women are inferior to men? Even without anesthesia, even in excruciating pain, our Dragon Kingdom's warriors will not utter a sound!"

The surgery is over; the next step is recovery.

Zhang Li took out a sturdy earthenware jar from his storage space and placed it on the fire.

After the water boiled, he threw the prepared devil frog into it.

This prehistoric giant frog has extremely firm flesh, is rich in protein, and is currently the best health supplement.

As the broth boiled, the milky white soup began to release an enticing aroma.

Zhang Lishen grabbed a small handful of white crystals and sprinkled them in.

A few minutes later.

"Drink it to replenish your energy."

Huang Xiaoying took the pottery jar with trembling hands. The aroma that filled her nostrils instantly aroused her most primal desires.

Ignoring the heat, she took a small sip.

The next second, her eyes widened suddenly.

Extremely delicious.

The meat of the devil frog is smooth and chewy, in no way inferior to that of the top-grade bullfrog.

But what shocked her most was not the meat, but the faint salty taste.

She had been trying to survive in this world for three days, drinking raw water and eating berries, and her mouth was already incredibly bland.

"This is... salt?"

Huang Xiaoying looked at Zhang Li in disbelief, her voice trembling, "Where did you get this salt from?"

It's worth noting that competitors from other countries have fought tooth and nail just to find a clean sip of water.

Zhang Li not only has meat and earthenware pots, but he even has refined salt?!

Zhang Li tore off a piece of golden-brown roasted snake meat, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed, saying casually, "I was lucky; I passed by a saline-alkali land and extracted a little bit on the way."

Good luck?

Huang Xiaoying was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, the viewers in the live chat were laughing hysterically.

"Damn, you're so lucky! You tracked this salt lake for hours before you found it!"

"Refining it casually? Dude, that's using rudimentary crystallization methods, making it sound like Breaking Bad, okay?"

"Team Yellow is still too young and doesn't know the power of the God of Versailles."

"If Team Leader Huang saw that huge thing at the cave entrance, his jaw would probably drop."

……

After finishing a bowl of hot soup, Huang Xiaoying's complexion visibly became rosier.

She looked at Zhang Li, who was packing up his equipment, and struggled to stand up to help.

"You need to rest." Zhang Li didn't even turn his head, as he was counting the arrows.

"I can do it."

Huang Xiaoying gritted her teeth and propped herself up. "The seventeen-nation coalition could come at any moment. Every extra person means extra strength."

Zhang Li paused.

He turned around, looked at the stubborn Huang Xiaoying, and remained silent for two seconds.

"what ever."

He pushed aside the vines blocking the cave entrance. "But don't push yourself too hard; your body can't handle strenuous exercise yet."

After saying that, he crawled out.

Huang Xiaoying took a deep breath, enduring the excruciating pain in her arm, and followed closely behind.

When she emerged from the hole, she froze on the spot.

In his field of vision,

On a flat area to the left of the cave entrance stands a strange building about half a person's height.

It is made of yellow mud and stones, in the shape of a cone, with a ventilation opening at the bottom and stones used as a chimney at the top.

As a specially trained bodyguard captain, she naturally recognized what it was.

Kiln.

Or to be more precise, it was a primitive kiln!

"This...you built it?"

Huang Xiaoying pointed at the blast furnace, her voice hoarse with shock.

Zhang Li squatted beside the blast furnace, checking the tuyeres for any obstruction. "I was bored the other day, so I tinkered with a furnace."

Huang Xiaoying felt that her worldview was collapsing.

Everyone is fighting for survival in this primeval forest full of dinosaurs, desperately trying to live to see the next second.

You're something else.

It directly unlocked the metallurgical technology tree?!

"We've only been here a few days..." Huang Xiaoying muttered to herself.

If given enough time, could this man really build tanks and cannons by hand in this prehistoric world?

Zhang Li ignored Huang Xiaoying's shock; at that moment, he was making plans in his mind.

"The Desert Eagle only has three bullets."

Zhang Li pulled out the silver pistol from his pocket and waved it in the sunlight. "This is our last resort. We can't use it unless absolutely necessary."

Moreover, the gun has too much recoil, and even with attribute bonuses, continuous firing will affect accuracy.

"We're running out of arrows..."

Zhang Li frowned as he looked at the three carbon fiber arrows remaining in his quiver.

"Including the ones you stole from Sang Biao, that makes eleven in total. Against a coalition of seventeen nations with just over a hundred men, that's barely enough firepower to fill a tooth gap."

We must replenish our arrows!

Zhang Li's gaze fell on the pile of pyrite and charcoal in the space.

His eyes gradually turned dangerous.

Making arrowheads from iron is fundamental, but it's not enough.

To win, we need explosives.

With charcoal ready and sulfur extracted from pyrite, the remaining...

Potassium nitrate.

Where can I find this thing?