Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

Zhang Shi didn't know what everyone liked, so he simply washed the fresh vegetables, sliced ​​the meat, and prepared to make a hot pot.

Soon, the steaming hot pot was served, and various kinds of meat, seafood and vegetables were placed on the table in order.

Zhao Feng was impatient and put the whole plate of meat into the pot without any hesitation. He swallowed his saliva and rubbed his hands at the table.

"Everyone, please make yourselves at home. You're welcome to come to my place."

After saying that, Zhang Shi took out a few cans of canned Coke that he had treasured for a long time.

Ge Dalong and Wu Qing were relatively introverted. Now, under the influence of the hot pot, they gradually relaxed, tucking into the meat with big mouthfuls and occasionally chatting about past events in the real world. The atmosphere was quite lively.

These few people are considered to be the best survivors in this area. They have no shortage of food and resources. What is rare is the sense of relaxation when friends get together. It makes everyone have the illusion that they have returned to the stable real world.

Through chatting, Zhang Shi learned that Ge Dalong's ancestors were of good family background. Three generations before him were all well-known figures and he was considered a young master of the elite class.

He also worked hard enough to step out of his comfort zone and pursue other fields of development. As the saying goes, gold shines wherever it shines, and at a young age, Ge Dalong became a manager at a company in a first-tier city.

In his spare time, he likes to go camping in sparsely populated areas. Over time, he has accumulated a lot of knowledge about wilderness survival.

It was these factors combined that allowed him to quickly adapt to the wilderness. His tenacity, combined with a bit of luck, allowed him to stand out among tens of thousands of survivors.

Wu Qing's parents were typical intellectuals. Her father was a doctor, her mother worked at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. After graduating with a master's degree, she followed the routine and took an internship in a provincial capital. On the eve of the national time travel, she received the news that she would be a full-time employee. But before she could celebrate, all her relationships were forcibly reshuffled, and she was thrown into this wilderness to fend for herself.

Wu Qing was a strong-willed girl. Even when she found herself alone in the wilderness, surrounded by dangers, she didn't panic. Instead, she used the knowledge she'd learned from watching short videos to gather resources and upgrade her shelter.

Wu Qing believes that if one wants to survive for a long time, relying on opening treasure chests and picking wild fruits will not work. If one wants to obtain a long-term and stable source of food, the safest way is to plant.

Fortunately, she perfectly inherited her parents' strengths, possessing both medical knowledge and planting techniques. After stumbling upon a key item, she began cultivating medicinal herbs in the wilderness, blending them into incense, which she then used to great effect during her last dungeon run.

Zhang Shi had long known about Zhao Feng's family situation.

His parents were both businessmen, and his family was well-off. Zhang Shi attended university in the same city where Zhao Feng lived, and on holidays, Zhao Feng would take a few close friends out to have fun in the city. He was always the first to pay the bill, demonstrating his generous and unfussy nature.

After crossing over, Zhao Feng was lucky. There was a small river at his doorstep. He even bought a high-quality fishing rod and made a good living by fishing and hunting.

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After eating and drinking, the host and guests were very happy.

Zhang Shi cleared away the tableware and the four of them began to discuss business.

Ge Dalong spoke first.

"I still have to say this: this dungeon is rare and more dangerous. If you're not prepared, you don't have to rush. Wait a while for everyone to settle down before opening the dungeon. It's the same as before."

Zhao Feng shook his head.

"The bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish. It's been three days since we last explored the dungeon, and everyone's harvest has almost settled. With our strength, as long as we don't commit suicide, there shouldn't be any major danger."

Zhang Shi also agreed with a smile, "High risk, high reward. This dungeon is mainly about decryption, so it may not be that dangerous. At worst, we can be decisive and give up if we encounter any problems that we can't solve."

Wu Qing did not express any opinion, but concentrated on stroking Pipi. Looking at its intoxicated expression, Wu Qing felt that her heart was about to melt.

Because of the experience of the previous copy, several people made a detailed plan for this exploration. Until late at night, the four of them agreed to set off at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and then they teleported back.

After Zhang Shi sent the others off, he crafted some useful props on the construction interface before resting. When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.

On the fifth day of the severe cold weather, Zhang Shilei signed in without hesitation.

System prompts, congratulations on signing in and getting:

[Shelter Migration Card (Green) x1: A one-time item. After use, you can migrate the entire shelter to the selected area.]

"This system is really a worm in my stomach."

Zhang Shi was overjoyed. He had been thinking about moving recently, and the system gave him a migration card, which could save him a lot of trouble.

As they had agreed to explore the dungeon today, Zhang Shi decided to put the moving matter on hold for now.

After cooking a pot of noodles with the leftover soup from last night and having a simple meal, Zhang Shi hurried to get back to his daily work.

After feeding them for a while, the two chicks had grown significantly and looked like they would soon reach adulthood. The sheep in the pen were also growing fatter. Zhang Shi resisted the urge to indulge in some mutton hot pot and decided to wait until the flock expanded and could produce milk stably before making a decision.

The vegetables in the greenhouse finally ushered in a bumper harvest, and Zhang Shi's vegetable inventory was greatly expanded. Tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, green peppers and other common vegetables all matured on the same day with the help of the system.

After carefully collecting the ripe fruits, Zhang Shi decided to take some seeds from the fruits later to achieve true vegetable freedom.

Zhang Shi wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The weather is getting warmer."

Zhang Shi had previously learned from Revelation that the next natural disaster would be extreme heat. Now it seemed that the so-called natural disasters didn't happen overnight; the climate would gradually change according to the dates given by the system.

With the previous experience, many survivors were keenly aware of the rising temperature and began to have some guesses about the next natural disaster. They began to stockpile food and water in advance to prepare for the next natural disaster.

This also caused the price of food to soar further in the trading market.

Zhang Shi had no shortage of food, but as the space in his refrigerator and freezer was limited, he sold some food that was difficult to store.

Zhang Shi remembered that he still had two basements. Seeing that the ice and snow outside had begun to melt slowly, he thought of storing ice.

In ancient times, there was a lack of refrigeration methods, so people would store large amounts of ice in ice cellars in advance during the winter and use thatch and straw for insulation. Although the ice was severely damaged, at least some of it could be preserved to last until the summer.

"The ratio of ice storage to usage is about three to one. Minus the time difference, the space in these two basements should be enough for me to survive seven days of extreme heat."