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In the early morning, just as dawn was breaking, everyone got up, ate breakfast, and packed their equipment.

After a day of rest yesterday, most people have started exploring today, some even starting earlier.

"Let's go! I got my fishing rod last night, how about we go fishing in the lake today? It's such a big lake, the fish must be huge!"

Ji Mingyu waved his fishing rod and said:

"The dorm only has half a box of instant noodles and a few bags of sausages. With our dorm's appetite, it won't last three days. We need a sustainable way to get food. I think fishing is a good option."

"Fishing is likely to result in going home empty-handed, so let's go hunting instead. My composite bow is itching for a good hunt!"

Wang Tianyuan yelled excitedly and grabbed Zhong Mo next to him:

"Hey Fatty, come with me. When I hunt a wild boar, I'll give you a pig's leg!"

Zhong Mo smiled, shook his head, and looked at Xiao Yun, who remained silent to the side:

"I'll listen to Brother Yun."

Ji Mingyu and Wang Tianyuan were slightly taken aback and both looked at Xiao Yun.

"What's up, Ayun? What's your plan?"

Ji Mingyu's eyes were burning with excitement. After a night's rest, he had almost forgotten Xiao Yun's top-notch awareness and skills from yesterday.

Xiao Yun smiled faintly, and with a wave of his hand, the beast trap he had collected last night appeared in his palm:

"I cleared the animal trap last night, go set a trap and hunt."

"It's a good idea, low risk and high reward, but... setting traps is an art. Do you know how to find animal habitats, how to identify animal trails, and how to determine which animal owns the nest?"

Wang Tianyuan asked a series of questions, while Xiao Yun remained silent.

To be honest, although I've watched a lot of wilderness survival shows and am a loyal fan of Dezi, I can talk about those wilderness survival skills quite fluently.

But if you actually tried it yourself, you definitely wouldn't be able to catch even a mouse.

However, since they have access to systematic advance warning information, what can they do?

[Preview Announcement 2: On the west side of Starlight Lake, there is a sparsely populated area overgrown with shrubs, inhabited by a large number of animals called long-tailed rabbits. These rabbits are extremely vigorous and reproduce rapidly, and their meat is tender, making them a high-quality food and livestock. However, these animals are naturally alert, extremely fast, and very difficult to catch. Long-tailed rabbits are also extremely fastidious and sensitive to foul odors, treating anything rotten or smelly near their burrows as if they were predators.]

Upon seeing this message, Xiao Yun immediately had an idea.

Although we don't know what long-tailed rabbits like, we know what they dislike. We can do the opposite and still achieve the same effect of trapping them.

As for the rotten and smelly things, thank you to the students who sacrificed themselves, aren't rotten pieces of meat everywhere?

Have you ever heard of the proverb "waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump"?

Two hours later, Xiao Yun led the three of them to the west of Starlight Lake and found the habitat of the long-tailed rabbit.

Without looking for animal trails or rabbit holes, Xiao Yun casually chose the most convenient spot and placed the animal trap in the bushes.

At the edge of the bushes, Xiao Yun placed the rotting flesh into the last animal trap. He sniffed his hands, which had just handled the meat, and his face paled.

"Ugh... This tastes disgusting... Okay, that's all done. Just wait, we'll have rabbit to eat tonight."

Wang Tianyuan stood at a distance, looking at Xiao Yun with a complex expression, a mixture of three parts admiration and seven parts disdain:

"Even if you've really caught the rabbit, I still won't eat it!"

"Hehe, wait until you say it smells good."

"Brother Bao won't."

Wang Tianyuan said with great confidence:

"I've caught rabbits before when I was doing wilderness survival in the Rocky Mountains, but how can you do it like this? You didn't even look for animal trails, you didn't put the traps next to the rabbit burrows, and you used such disgusting bait."

He sighed and patted Xiao Yun on the shoulder:

"It's not that I don't believe you, Brother Yun. I believe you can catch foxes and wild dogs, but there's no way you could catch a rabbit."

"Hehe, how about a bet? If I actually catch the rabbit, you three have to wash our socks for a week! If I don't catch it, I'll wash your socks for a week."

Xiao Yun spoke with great confidence.

Wang Tianyuan hesitated, not because he lacked confidence, but because the bet was too bold.

Zhong Mo's socks, which are comparable to biological weapons, are no joke.

But after hesitating for a long time, seeing Xiao Yun's increasingly mocking expression, Wang Tianyuan gritted his teeth and stamped his foot:

"Let's gamble!"

"Awesome, bro!"

Xiao Yun patted Wang Tianyuan on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up:

"You've got guts!"

"Hehe, you're guaranteed to win, bro."

Looking at Xiao Yun's completely unreliable trap, Wang Tianyuan's confidence gradually returned.

As soon as he finished speaking, a soft rustling sound came from the grass not far away.

Wang Tianyuan froze instantly, looking in the direction of the sound, his eyes flashing with disbelief:

"No way!"

The next second, a scream came from the bushes not far away, and judging from the direction, it should be from the location of the first animal trap.

"Ah—ah!"

Then came the sounds of hammering and scratching against the iron cage.

"Holy crap! This...this is way too fast!"

Ji Mingyu stared wide-eyed, stunned by the efficiency of the trap.

After setting the trap, they rested here for a while and chatted for a bit, but it only took about half an hour in total before they finished.

Was it just pure luck? Or was Xiao Yun's skill exceptional?

"You...you must have just gotten yourself into this by chance!"

Wang Tianyuan's face flushed red as he tried to argue:

"It must be that the wild animals here have never seen a trap before, so they weren't on guard. Plus, they had just finished breakfast and were coming back from their walk, so they fell into your trap without realizing it."

Wang Tianyuan continued to be stubborn:

"Besides, the agreement was to catch a rabbit, and we don't even know if what we caught was actually a rabbit!"

Xiao Yun shook his head and chuckled, saying:

"No problem, no problem, let's wait for the final results."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soft rustling sound came from a little further away.

Everyone fell silent, and Wang Tianyuan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Immediately afterwards, more screams rang out.

"Ah—ah!"

"Awesome..."

Ji Mingyu sighed softly, his eyes filled with nothing but admiration as he looked at Xiao Yun.

"Brother Yun is awesome!"

Zhong Mo chuckled and gave Xiao Yun a thumbs-up.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Wang Tianyuan waved his hand, his smile somewhat forced:

"This is a wild animal, not an idiot. How could it keep walking into a trap? It must be that this kind of wild animal likes to make that sound! It must be..."

This time, he didn't even finish his sentence.

A soft rustling sound...

A plump gray rabbit, almost the size of a corgi, emerged from the grass and greeted the group.

The air suddenly became quiet. Wang Tianyuan glanced at the rabbit, then at the animal trap next to it, his eyes filled with panic and even a hint of pleading.

However, the long-tailed rabbit merely looked away, its nose twitching as it searched for the source of the stench.

Soon, it discovered the rotting flesh inside the trap.

The long-tailed rabbit's originally docile expression instantly turned serious, as if it had encountered a natural enemy, and a roar like an engine came from its throat.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, it let out a loud war roar, and then resolutely crawled into the cage, reaching out to grab a piece of rotting flesh.

At the same time, the door of the animal trap slowly closed...

The victorious long-tailed rabbit looked back and was shocked to find that it had become the prey of a despicable outsider.

Then it opened its mouth and let out a mournful roar:

"what!"

At the same time, an even more grief-stricken cry rang out:

"Ugh...oh dear, you're even dumber than that fatso!"

Wang Tianyuan wailed in grief.

"Are you going to eat now, or wait until I get back to eat it later, after I've warmed it up for another half day?"

Zhong Mo patted Wang Tianyuan on the shoulder, but only received a glare in return:

"Get lost! Who wants to eat your socks!"

Xiao Yun smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and then called Ji Mingyu to retrieve the prey.

A dozen minutes later, the two returned with two plump long-tailed rabbits.

"This rabbit is really strong; it even managed to break through the cage and escape."

Ji Mingyu sighed softly, but when he looked at the harvest in his hand, his face was still full of joy.

At the same time, a system notification sounded in the ears of all four people.

[Ding! You have captured the animal 'Long-tailed Rabbit', and your encyclopedia has been updated!]

Even though he was defeated, Wang Tianyuan looked at the two plump rabbits and imagined the tempting aroma of the rabbit meat sizzling on the grill tonight, and tears involuntarily streamed down his face.

"Let's go, let's go. We've had a great day. Let's head back early. I've been craving bread and fruit for the past two days. Let's go back and roast a rabbit to satisfy our cravings."

Wang Tianyuan urged, and Zhong Mo also cast an expectant glance his way.

Xiao Yun remained unmoved and lowered his head in deep thought.

The long-tailed rabbit was caught, but after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find the second spine on the rabbit.

"The long-tailed rabbit, which has reverted to its ancestral form, is a rare species, so it's not surprising that we can't catch it, but..."

Xiao Yun frowned slightly, looking at the continuous thicket of bushes in front of him, feeling that something was not quite right.

"Both of the system's predictive messages are about long-tailed rabbits, and the description says that long-tailed rabbits are numerous and widely distributed, yet the system specifically points to this area... This shouldn't be a baseless prediction."

Xiao Yun's mind raced, and he felt that he hadn't yet grasped the most important "blind spot".

"Long-tailed rabbits instinctively hate rotten and smelly things. Although rotting flesh is smelly enough, it's not the worst."

The world has entered early autumn; the temperature hasn't dropped completely yet, but the nights are still quite cool.

In this situation, the body was left there for less than two days, so the degree of decomposition was limited.

"Perhaps the stench of rotting flesh isn't enough to attract the attention of the atavistic long-tailed rabbit. But if I could find an even more stinky, extremely stinky 'bait,' would that be enough to lure it out?"

"So, where can we find bait that stinks to the extreme?"

Xiao Yun lowered his head and pondered, when suddenly he smelled a familiar and strong sour odor coming from beside him.

Xiao Yun suddenly looked up and glanced at Zhong Mo beside him.

Zhong Mo scratched his head sheepishly and said:

"Hehe, sorry, Brother Yun, I haven't washed my socks for the past two days, did they stink up to you? I'll stay away from you."

"No, no, this is exactly the flavor I wanted!"

With this kind of biological and nuclear weapon, not to mention the long-tailed rabbit, even its ancestors would be easy prey!

Xiao Yun's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he grabbed the bewildered Zhong Mo:

"Fatty, take off your socks and give them to me!"

"???"

"(･д･)!!!"

"Fuck! Are you crazy?!"

Wang Tianyuan cried out in surprise, leaping three meters away in one step, his face full of disgust:

"Brother Yun, I give up, okay? Let's not make this a big deal, people will die."

"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub!"

Xiao Yun nodded to Zhong Mo with a determined expression.

Zhong Mo opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a single word.

"Brother Yun must have his reasons for doing this..."

Zhong Mo thought for a moment, then bent down, took off his socks, and handed them to Xiao Yun.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Xiao Yun almost couldn't hold back when the sock, which emitted an extreme stench, was surrounded by yellowish-green gas, and was still warm, was placed in his hand.

"Ugh~ Ugh~ Ugh~"

Nearby, Ji Mingyu and Wang Tianyuan hid far away, vomiting uncontrollably.

"No... I can't take it anymore, I can't hold on any longer. Brother Yun, you're awesome! I'll be waiting for your good news by the lake."

As Wang Tianyuan spoke, he turned and fled.

"Um... Ah Yun, I settled my fishing rod account last night, I'm going to go fishing for a while, I'll come over later."

Ji Mingyu remained silent for a moment before hastily fleeing the scene.

"You can fish by the lake, but don't mess with the geese!"

Xiao Yun suddenly remembered the warning message and turned back to shout to the two who were leaving.

Ji Mingyu nodded, then left without looking back.

In the short time it took to say just that one sentence, an extremely foul stench entered his nostrils, the intense smell causing Xiao Yun to catch his breath and his vision to go black.

He looked at the socks in his hand and suddenly felt an urge to give up.

But, since we're already here...

"I'll give it my all for those attribute points!"

A resolute glint flashed in Xiao Yun's eyes. He had not forgotten how dire the situation was, nor how powerless he felt when Zhao Pengfei robbed him yesterday.

This is a cruel world. To survive, you must become stronger, stronger, and stronger by any means necessary.

Holding the "biological nuclear weapon," Xiao Yun set up a trap at the very edge of the long-tailed rabbit habitat.

The moment he finished setting things up, he turned and ran back, panting heavily.

"Brother Yun, are you alright...?"

Zhong Mo scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

"I've been exercising a lot these past few days, and to conserve water, I haven't washed my socks, so they smell a bit strong."

Xiao Yun raised her head and gave him a long, lingering look:

"You're fat... You don't need to be frugal in this area anymore..."

Suddenly, a sharp, explosive sound rang out, echoing in my ears like thunder.

"ah--"