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 the

provide e an adult with essential daily

these were gifts from

after trekking through the dangerous rainforest for

tanc

on purified water and nutrients could only sustain basic

a waterproof tarp, and retrieved dry firewood, stacking it on the rocks

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

cooked it slowly, savoring it

was creating smoke

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wild beasts but would

he couldn't find the rebel leader in

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 around

numerous threats, such as rebels, the approach of pythons, and lurking crocodiles and

low, he remained calm, not at all worried about

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

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

a a low

possibly armed, spreading out as if to surround this location." Thank you." Matt u." Matthew commanded, "Guardian, remain silent and avoid detection.

The "Guard

"Guardian"

a a low tone,

It

round body, blending into

his backpack and

Semi-a mi-automatic pistol and buried it shallowly

he retrieved a dagger and hid it in the sparse

Matthew

the small bottle containing purification tablets, nutrients, and multi-functional antibiotics

he sat by the fire, continuing

sounds began to emerge from the