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 the water

provide e an adult with essential daily nutrition and most of their dietary

these were gifts from Athena, extremely

good health after trekking

tanc

and nutrients could only sustain basic vitality. He needed meat for sufficient

a more open area, uncovered a waterproof tarp, and retrieved dry firewood, stacking it

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

it slowly, savoring it like an

was creating smoke

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would not attract wild beasts but

rebel leader in such a

the snake meat, he placed the "Guardian," 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 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 it surveyed the

helped Matthew detect numerous threats, such as rebels, the

even though Matthew's bulletproof vest was damaged and his ammunition was low, he remained calm, not at

Donovan a lot, and since

smirk appeared on Matthew's lips as he

a a low

to surround this location." Thank you." Matt u." Matthew commanded, "Guardian, remain silent and avoid detection. If you notice

The "Guard

"Guardian"

a

It

into its round body, blending into the greenery,

from his backpack and concealed it

out a Desert Eagle Semi-a mi-automatic

dagger and hid it

Matthew

the small bottle containing purification tablets, nutrients, and

he sat by the fire, continuing to grill

to emerge from the