Chapter 174

The temperature was at 46.7 degrees at noon.

Even with blazing sun and oppressive heat, Matthew had himself packed into his backpack, sitting on a rock with only half his face showing. "10, 9, 8, 7.""

When he reached "0," the sunlight vanished rapidly, and dark clouds quickly gathered.

The wind suddenly picked up, howling menacingly as it shook the trees and underbrush, seemingly trying to uproot them.

In less than three minutes, the sky turned from white to black, and visibility dropped to zero.

A torrential downpour began.

Such a heavy rain would be a once-in-a-decade event in Kitmore City or Valemont City, but here in the tropical rainforest, it occurred almost daily. Thankfully, it didn't last long. After about ten minutes, the rain stopped, and the wind calmed.

The darkness lifted to a a gloomy shade and then brightened to white.

Like the dawn, the sun reemerged, the dark clouds vanished, and the rainforest became stifling again.

Matthew opened his eyes, , stood up, and and took off his backpack.

He pulled out a small bottle from the pack and poured a peanut-sized white cotton ball into a waterproof box filled with rainwater.

The white cotton slowly expanded, gradually darkening in color.

It

was

absorbing impurities and harmful substances from the rainwater.

When the purification tablet stopped expent from the bottle and swallowed it down with the purified rainwater. He then took a sma I concentrated nutrient

This single

e nutrient

turned black, it meant the

essential daily nutrition and most of their dietary

these were gifts

after trekking through

tanc

and nutrients could only sustain basic vitality. He

uncovered a waterproof tarp, and retrieved dry firewood, stacking it on

some prepped snake meat from a ziplock bag, skewered it on a stick, and placed

it slowly, savoring

he was

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rising would not attract wild beasts but

couldn't find the rebel leader

a 300-foot radius for humans or dangerous creatures and alert me immediately if you spot any." The round "Guardian' emitted a kitten-like sound "Understood, sin Then, two "eyeballs popped out from its body, swiveling

helped Matthew detect numerous threats,

and his ammunition was low, he remained calm,

a lot, and since she doesn't lack money or status, your only

smirk appeared on Matthew's lips as he pondered. It

a

300 feet to the north, possibly armed, spreading out as if to surround this location." Thank you." Matt u." Matthew commanded, "Guardian, remain

The "Guard

"Guardian"

a

It

into its round body, blending into

AK47 from his backpack and

Semi-a mi-automatic pistol and

hid it in the sparse grass

Matthew

containing purification tablets, nutrients, and multi-functional antibiotics into the

acting nonchalant, he sat by the fire, continuing to grill the

sounds began to

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