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

essential daily nutrition

gifts from Athena, extremely

maintain good health after trekking through the dangerous rainforest

tanc

solely on purified water and nutrients could only sustain basic vitality. He needed meat for

open area, uncovered a waterproof tarp, and retrieved dry firewood, stacking it on the rocks before

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

cooked it slowly, savoring it

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not attract wild beasts but would catch

the rebel leader in such

slightly above him, issuing the command, "Scan 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

had helped Matthew detect numerous threats, such as rebels,

was low, he remained calm, not at all worried about an impending crisis

him. "You owe Miss Donovan a lot, and since she doesn't lack money or status, your only option is to offer yourself in

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

a

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 attacks from angles I can't see, respond

The "Guard

"Guardian"

with a a

It

half of its eyes into its round

an AK47 from his backpack and concealed it in

mi-automatic pistol and buried it shallowly beneath the

a dagger and hid it in

Matthew

tablets,

by the

to emerge from