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

it meant

essential daily nutrition

these were gifts from Athena, extremely

health after trekking through the dangerous rainforest

tanc

and nutrients could only sustain basic

dry firewood, stacking it on

he took out some prepped snake meat from a

it slowly, savoring it like an outdoor

he was

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wild beasts but would catch the attention

the rebel leader in such a

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 around as

past couple of weeks, the "Guardian" had helped Matthew detect numerous

ammunition was low, he remained calm,

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

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

a a

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,

The "Guard

"Guardian"

a a low tone,

It

into its round body, blending into

his backpack and concealed it in the

mi-automatic pistol and buried it shallowly beneath the

and hid it

Matthew

tablets,

nonchalant, he sat by the

began to