Judging from the position of the sun, everyone was separated in the morning. Since these eight people had nothing but clothes, it was extremely difficult to make a fire, so they agreed that no matter how the exploration progressed, they would start returning in the afternoon and try to return before sunset.

However, they soon discovered that the night may not be the main problem they need to face...

Buzz

"What is that?" Ran Xiangtian's nerves were always tense, so when a huge beep sound came from the air, he couldn't help but be startled and was stunned.

He Huai, who was following him, also looked frightened, looked up in the sound and looked around in panic.

Only Yan Wushang, who was walking at the end of the three, still looked very calm, as if he had become accustomed to this situation.

【Day1, Wild Boar 30, Cold Weapon 35, Auxiliary Tools and Consumables 35, Start Airdrop】

Immediately afterwards, such an electronic voice without any emotion came from a distant high place.

Everyone in the jungle heard the above words. Before they could react, parachute flowers were blooming in the air, and under each parachute there was a box of different sizes hanging.

What’s strange is that when these boxes were “dropped”, there was no sound of plane flying by, and there was no sign of the plane in the cloudless sky; the trajectory of these “airdrop boxes” when they fell was not linear, but evenly distributed...

"Isn't this an illegal online reality show?" Ran Xiangtian has done many TV shows, so his first reaction is this.

"Reality Show?" He Huai repeated these three words, muttering while thinking, "Does that mean...we will not be in danger of life?"

"Not necessarily." But Yan Wushang's answer immediately poured a basin of cold water on him.

Ran Xiangtian immediately turned around and nodded and continued: "Brother Yan is right, not necessarily..." He paused and explained, "If it is a legal TV or online program, it will naturally ensure the safety of the participants; because like that, participants register on their own initiative and have to sign many legal documents in advance to understand the various risks.

"But now we are kidnapped and thrown into the jungle without knowing anything. This is a good guess... I said it was an 'illegal online reality show'. Even if someone told me that this is a kind of perverted collective abuse game, I believe it."

He may be a bit alarmist, but it is basically the truth.

He Huai's already bad face became even more ugly under the sudden increase in psychological pressure when he heard this. The next second, his hand subconsciously raised and covered his stomach. Of course, this is not surprising. Many grassroots civil servants suffer from chronic stomach problems due to irregular diet and long-term stress.

"Okay, it's useless for us to guess here. If there is an airdrop, it falls not far away. Let's go and take a look first." Yan Wushang calmly and immediately made a very constructive proposal.

"Ha... I'm a mercenary, my psychological quality is really good. I see that you never showed a surprised expression no matter what you see from beginning to end." Seeing this, Ran Xiangtian immediately responded.

Yan Wushang could hear that this was testing himself, but he was unmoved: "Because 'surprise' cannot solve any problem... 'surprise' will only turn you into 'brain-dead' or put you in a dilemma."

"It's right, it's always right to stay calm." Ran Xiangtian didn't know that Yan Wushang's words were not just metaphors or examples. He just felt that he hadn't tried anything, so he shrugged and went to the front to make a way again.

Yan Wushang also gently patted He Huai who was frozen in place and signaled the latter to follow.

In this way, the three of them set off again. They had nothing to say all the way. After more than ten minutes, they arrived at the location of the "airdrop not far ahead" that Yan Wushang had just mentioned.

It is said to be "not far", but in the jungle, it may take several times more time to reach a place that is "not far" than you are on the ordinary road, so more than ten minutes is already considered fast. If it weren't for the wild survival experts like Ran Xiangtian, they might have used it longer or even missed their goals.

"I'm not very lucky." When the box entered his sight, Yan Wushang blurted out and said.

Ran Xiangtian and He Huai also quickly understood what he meant because the box was empty.

It was a metal box that was more than two meters long and about one meter and two in width. The material used in the box was a very heavy alloy. Of course... it was not a high-end product like "net alloy", but it was also strong enough and could play a certain buffering role.

When the three of them arrived, one side of the box had been opened. Looking inside from that side, you could see that the box was empty except for some animal excrement.

According to previous broadcasts, this box is undoubtedly used to throw wild boars and should not contain any weapons or supplies.

"Strange, why is the parachute gone?" A few seconds later, Ran Xiangtian immediately realized an abnormality.

Before, when these airdrop boxes fell in the air, they could clearly see open umbrellas even from the gaps in the forest. However, at this moment, except for a metal buckle that was originally used to fix the umbrella rope, the umbrella rope and umbrella suit were gone.

"Did someone take it first?" For experts like Ran Xiangtian, parachutes can be made into many things that are very helpful for survival in the wild, so he cares very much about it.

"It's an automatic dissolution umbrella bag." Yan Wushang quickly gave him another answer, and the correct answer.

As early as the early 22nd century of this universe, the invention of "automatic dissolution umbrella bag" appeared. If you are interested in military affairs, you will be familiar with this word.

The original intention of this umbrella bag was to increase the concealment of military or espionage operations involving parachute jumping. The principle is also very simple. It is to use a material that will automatically dissolve and gasify under certain conditions to use a fabric that is umbrella coat and parachute rope: before opening the parachute, the material is in a relatively stable state, and there will be no chemical changes, and it will not dissolve after opening the parachute; but when the parachute stops gliding and lands and is at a standstill, the changes in air pressure, the changes in the air flow rate on the surface of the fabric, and the changes in temperature all reach a certain value, the parachute will begin to vaporize and completely "disappear" within a few minutes.

Unfortunately, the invention faded out of the historical stage after being put into actual combat...

According to the design concept, this kind of umbrella bag can solve the problem of "the skydiver was entangled in a tree and unable to escape and was eventually found and shot dead", "the skydiver was entangled in a tree and starved to death", "the skydiver was accidentally delayed by a parachute after landing", "the skydiver was caught because he was wasted too much time after landing", "the skydiver was caught after landing in the darkness", "the skydiver ran away smoothly after landing in the dark, but the remaining parachute exposed his whereabouts".

But this kind of parachute will also become a double-edged sword in some cases. For example, in the case of "the parachute jumper being hung on the edge of a cliff when he fell", if he used a normal parachute, the person could hold on for a while or even climb up by himself, but if it was "automatically dissolving"... you can imagine how desperate this person was in those few minutes.

In addition, when one of the three factors affecting the digestion of the umbrella body exceeds the standard in mid-air, it may also cause early dissolution, such as near craters or desert areas, they are unexpectedly high-incidence areas.

To sum up, coupled with the expensive cost and the accident rate that is not low compared to similar products, it has become a factor that has made it worse, making it the tears of the times.

Unexpectedly, today I saw someone using this parachute to release airdrops here. Combined with the heavy airdrop box that could not be moved at all... The people who organized this "show" were very thoughtful and did not intend to let these participants take advantage of anything extra.

"Have you actually achieved that level..." After hearing Yan Wushang's thoughts, Ran Xiangtian immediately reacted. He pondered for a while, and a few seconds later, his expression suddenly changed, "Wait, did you hear it?"

As soon as he had the word "天" exited, a wild boar had already rushed out of a grass on the right side, and rushed towards Ran Xiangtian while howling.

In the midst of lightning, Ran Xiangtian almost instinctively held his right hand into a tiger's claw shape, closed it to his waist, and drew a semicircle with the toe of his right foot, turning it to face the wild boar, preparing to "take a move".

But just as the wild boar was about to hit him, he lost his posture and shouted, rolled aside in a rather embarrassed posture, barely avoiding the collision.

"Be careful!" When Ran Xiangtian turned around and shouted this, He Huai, who had reacted half a beat, had already shrunk under a tree with his head in his arms, and his mouth made a strange "yayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayaya

Yan Wushang stood there, watching the wild boar running across from his eyes as if this scene had nothing to do with him.

Tulu

The sound of the wild boar's hooves was gone. After slowing down, it slowly turned around and turned around. This time... it seemed to be rushing towards Yan Wushang.

"Oh..." Yan Wushang just sighed lightly, stood there, silently waiting for the giant to attack.

puff

Two seconds later, accompanied by a slightly dull sound, a black shadow flew up.

That black shadow...is a wild boar.

From the perspective of He Huai and Ran Xiangtian, this scene is roughly: Yan Wushang stood there in his hands with his hands in his pocket, and kicked a wild boar that rushed straight into the sky with one foot.

The wild boar weighing hundreds of pounds flipped in the sky like a kicked football, and finally landed on the ground with a bang. The wild boar's head, which had already been kicked, hit a heavy blow on a raised stone when it landed on the ground, and it was killed on the spot.

After a brief twitch, the wild boar stopped moving, and some blood flowed out of the wounds on its head and mouth, and the smell of blood quickly spread in the wet forest.

"Ha...ha...hahaha!" I don't know if there was a string in my mind. When the dust settled, He Huai, who was still holding his head and squatting in defense in the last second, laughed out loud the next second, and took a step with his trembling legs, and walked towards Yan Wushang excitedly, "So that's it! You are a transformation person! It's so amazing!"

Ran Xiangtian, who was squatting on the other side, had a slightly changed expression. He didn't know what he thought about secretly. After a while, he stood up and said, "Brother Yan..." At this time, his name for Yan Wushang changed, "... Could it be a capable person?"

"That's right." Yan Wushang knew that he couldn't hide this matter, so he didn't plan to hide it.

In fact, when the wild boar rushed towards Ran Xiangtian before, Yan Wushang realized that Ran Xiangtian was also a capable person. This guy could use his ability to deal with the wild boar, but he deliberately did not use it and pretended to be an ordinary person's reaction... just to test Yan Wushang again.

Yan Wu thought sadly: Since this guy is so hard, I'll just go with the flow. It's not interesting to "play" with him. It's better to make him feel that he has succeeded, so he will relax his vigilance.

"Mr. Ran is indeed a big man and has a lot of knowledge." Yan Wushang immediately began to say some scenes, and his secret was discovered, so he wanted to have a good attitude with the other party. "But I can't tell you the type of ability. This is also the rule on the Tao. I believe you know a little."

"Hehe...understand, understand." Ran Xiangtian also showed a hypocritical smile and nodded to say yes.

Only when He Huai looked confused, Ran Xiangtian explained to him a few words before he understood what the two were saying in a daze.

To put it short, after this wild boar attack, the three of them... Oh no... After a little discussion, the two of them decided to return.

The reason is simple: they have now got enough food for eight people to eat, and throwing the food in place and continuing to explore is not safe, and bringing the food to continue to explore is too low, so just take the part that can be taken back. Considering that the airdrops are evenly distributed, they may have the chance to pick up something that can handle food or make fire on the way back. Let's take a step back, even if they don't find it, there are two other teams of people there, they must have heard the radio and saw the airdrops, and most of them will try to pick up things.

…………

When I returned to the meeting place, the sun had not set yet, but it was already afternoon.

The way back was much slower than when he came, because Yan Wushang dragged a whole wild boar...

Ran Xiangtian did not expect that when he said "hold the part that he could take", Yan Wushang took the whole wild boar; after all, Yan Wushang is a man with "unlimited physical strength". As long as he can hold it, he can take it to the end.

As expected, the three of them were the first to come back, and on the way back, they successfully found an airdrop box of "consumables"; the box was much smaller than the "cage box" that contained wild boars, about the size of a water heater, and it was also an automatic opening design that would be installed on the ground, with five bottles of drinking water in it.

And these five bottles of water... in the end they only got two bottles back because Ran Xiangtian suggested that each of them drink one bottle before going back, and communicate with Yan He and the other two were angry in advance. When they returned, they said, "I only found two bottles in total."

His hand was undoubtedly to win over the hearts of the people; it was said that the right to distribute the water was not decided by him alone, but he made some arrangements with others, as if he had given Yan Wushang and He Huai some advantage.

Unfortunately, Yan Wushang, whom he wanted to win over, was not interested in this. He just drank the water with a "oh" and did not say thank you. However, Ran Xiangtian felt that He Huai, who was dispensable, showed a grateful look after drinking the water, and said that he would not reveal the secret of a total of five bottles of water.

…………

A few more hours later, when the sun gradually set, Daniel, Quint and Mel's group also came back.

These three people obviously have no experience in jungle trekking. Due to the lack of guidance from an experienced driver like Ran Xiangtian, the three of them walked in a very embarrassing way. When they came back, they were exhausted and covered in dust.

But when they arrived at the meeting place, they saw a whole wild boar, which also made them feel better when they thought they could eat enough at night and eat barbecue.

Ran Xiangtian immediately told them that Yan Wushang was a capable person, and Yan Wushang did not let him hide it. After all, the operation of "killing wild boars with bare hands" must have a reasonable explanation. Furthermore, even if Yan Wushang asked Ran Xiangtian and He Huai to keep this secret, it would be difficult to guarantee that the two of them would not secretly tell others in private.

After Daniel and the other two learned that Yan Wushang was a capable person, they also had a high acceptance; perhaps in the civilized world they are familiar with, they will still feel surprised and suspicious when they hear this, but in this strange jungle similar to the real version of the survival game, they might believe it if you tell them that there are aliens.

While everyone was communicating, Daniel and the others also took out the gains from their trip: two machetes, a dagger, a short saw, a wooden bow, five arrows, a roll of thin rope and three bottles of water.

These three people were obviously more honest. They said that there were five bottles of water in the supply box they found, and the three of them drank two bottles on the way, so they only brought back three bottles.

After hearing their words, Ran Xiangtian did not discuss with Yan Wushang and He Huai, and immediately made a decision that the three of them found five bottles of water and drank three bottles, so they only brought back two bottles.

Yan Wushang also understood Ran Xiangtian's actions. Originally, Ran Xiangtian dared to lie because he felt that he would not be exposed. At that time, no one knew whether the number of bottles per box of water drops was the same. However, judging from the information disclosed by Daniel and the others, it is very likely that all the airdrop boxes containing water were in groups of five bottles. If Ran Xiangtian lied here, he might be able to get away with it for the time being, but as long as they find more five bottles of water drops in the future, his lies today will be exposed sooner or later.

Trust between people is fragile. In extreme environments, any slight lie may lead to unpredictable consequences, so Ran Xiangtian decisively told the truth after weighing the pros and cons; anyway, their group has brought back a wild boar today, which has made a great contribution. No one will complain about drinking three bottles of water.

In this way, the six people who had returned to the rendezvous point were resting. After chatting for a while, they slowly began to prepare for the "dinner".

Yan Wushang was responsible for using a machete to initially deal with the wild boar's corpse. The large pieces of meat he cut were further broken down by chef Mel, and some cooking preparations were made in advance.

Daniel, He Huai and Kunte went to the nearby area to pick up firewood. Ran Xiangtian also specifically told them which type of branches they should choose to prevent the smoke from burning out.
To be continued...