She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

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

provide e an adult with essential daily nutrition and most

these were gifts from Athena,

health after trekking

tanc

water and nutrients could only sustain

retrieved dry firewood, stacking it on the rocks before dousing it with lighter fluid and lighting it

brightly, he took out some prepped snake meat from a ziplock bag, skewered it on a stick, and placed it over

slowly, savoring it

he was

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smoke rising would not attract wild beasts but would

the rebel leader in such a

dangerous creatures and alert me immediately if you spot any." The round "Guardian' emitted

had helped Matthew detect numerous threats, such

vest was damaged and his ammunition was low, he remained calm, not

him recall what Louis had told him. "You owe Miss Donovan a lot, and since she doesn't lack money or

on Matthew's lips as he pondered. It actually seemed

a a low

the "Guardian". "Attention! Multiple live individuals spotted 300 feet to the north, possibly armed, spreading out as if to surround this location." Thank you." Matt u." Matthew commanded, "Guardian, remain silent and avoid detection. If you notice any

The "Guard

"Guardian"

a low

It

round

from his backpack and concealed it in the

took out a Desert Eagle Semi-a mi-automatic pistol and buried it shallowly

a dagger and hid it in the sparse grass

Matthew

stashed the small bottle containing purification tablets, nutrients, and

he sat by the fire, continuing

sounds began to emerge from