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

black, it meant

with essential daily nutrition and most

were gifts from Athena,

allowed him to maintain good health after trekking through the dangerous rainforest for

tanc

water and nutrients could only sustain basic

more open area, uncovered a waterproof tarp, and retrieved dry firewood, stacking it on the rocks before dousing it with lighter fluid

snake meat from a ziplock bag, skewered it on

cooked it slowly, savoring

truth, he was creating

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would not attract wild beasts but would catch the

find the rebel leader in such a vast

a gift from Athena, on a branch slightly above him, issuing the command, "Scan a 300-foot radius for humans or dangerous creatures and alert me immediately

the "Guardian" had helped Matthew detect numerous threats, such as

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

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

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

a

a tiger's came from 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

The "Guard

"Guardian"

a

It

eyes into its round body, blending into the greenery,

his backpack and concealed it in the grass behind a

Semi-a mi-automatic

hid it in

Matthew

tablets, nutrients,

nonchalant, he sat by the fire, continuing to grill

began to