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

daily nutrition

these were gifts

trekking through

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could only sustain basic vitality. He needed

tarp, and retrieved dry firewood, stacking it on the rocks before dousing it with lighter fluid and lighting it with a

prepped snake meat from a ziplock bag, skewered it on a

savoring

he was creating

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would not attract wild beasts but

rebel leader in

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

weeks, the "Guardian" had helped Matthew detect numerous threats, such as rebels, the approach of pythons, and

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

him. "You owe Miss Donovan a lot, and since she doesn't

on Matthew's lips as he pondered. It actually

a a low

feet to the north, possibly armed, spreading out as if to surround this location." Thank you." Matt u." Matthew commanded, "Guardian, remain

The "Guard

"Guardian"

a

It

eyes into its round body, blending into the greenery, effectively

retrieved an an AK47 from his backpack and concealed it in

Semi-a mi-automatic pistol and buried it shallowly beneath the

hid it in

Matthew

small bottle containing purification tablets,

by the fire, continuing to grill the

began to

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