Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 226: Unopened Weekly Gift Pack

Upon hearing the call, Ivica swiftly grabbed the Samurai Sword and stood in front of Lei Jie.

"You’ve always stood before me to protect me. Today, let me protect you for once," Ivica said, straightening her body.

"There’s no need; I haven’t reached the point where I need you to protect me." Saying this, Lei Jie picked up the Engineer Shovel from the ground, preparing to walk in front of Ivica.

"Lei Jie, if you have a mission to execute, you need someone who can fight alongside you, rather than a burden that constantly needs your protection."

"For these past fifty days, we’ve been growing stronger; I’m sure you’ve felt it clearly. So, you must let me grow, only then can we persist for 500 days. You can protect me for 50 days, but you won’t be able to protect me for 500 days," Ivica said, gripping the Samurai Sword tightly.

"Ivica..." Lei Jie placed his hand on Ivica’s shoulder, his eyes slightly moist.

He knew Ivica was speaking the truth; he couldn’t protect her for 500 days.

Indeed, he was growing stronger, much stronger than when he first arrived. Now, he could handle three of his former selves.

But now, the beasts are also getting stronger, increasingly many creatures from this world are emerging.

Even the strongest fists can’t fend off four hands; no matter how powerful an individual is, it’s useless, because the enemies outnumber you countless times over.

If there are two people, at least you can entrust your back to the other, far better than fighting alone.

Now, he finally understood why after a hundred days, collaboration with other groups was needed.

Because if you don’t cooperate, you might not be able to handle any beasts.

"Alright, we’ll fight together." Saying this, Lei Jie gripped the Engineer Shovel, deciding to have Ivica experience battle, allowing her to grow.

After all, Ivica was right; she was making progress. If he continued protecting her, he truly couldn’t do so for much longer. Perhaps, not even for another 100 days.

If after 100 days they needed to find someone to cooperate with, and Ivica always required protection, perhaps others in the group would not be willing to collaborate.

So, allowing Ivica to grow was very necessary.

Previously, he was driven by his damned self-confidence and pride, so he kept protecting Ivica.

But he realized, as time passed, the situation had completely slipped from his control.

The things he had learned, the abilities he possessed, were entirely inadequate for dealing with the increasingly dangerous environment.

If he insisted, it wouldn’t be long before he was eliminated.

So, he had to change.

"We’re definitely going to get through tonight peacefully, definitely." Saying this, Ivica’s grip on the Samurai Sword made a sound.

Because she was applying too much force.

Another call echoed outside, the sound was very loud.

However, as time slowly passed, no sign of any beasts appeared, seemingly not having discovered their camp, nor with any intention of attacking them.

Twenty minutes later, Ivica helped Lei Jie sit down, continuing to clean his wounds.

"Such a strong healing ability, this planet is truly amazing." Lei Jie said in a bit of astonishment, looking at his wounds. After all, he often got hurt and knew his recovery wasn’t usually this rapid.

"Yes, so our selection is really lucky." Ivica said, then applied Hemostatic Grass to Lei Jie’s wounds.

Even though all the wounds had already stopped bleeding, she still felt the need to apply some, to prevent any reopening of the wounds and potential bleeding later.

"Mm, so we mustn’t give up easily," Lei Jie said, putting on his clothes. Although they were a bit torn, they still provided warmth.

Despite experiencing an attack by the Little Corpse-eating Monkey, their camp remained undamaged.

Under Ivica’s persuasion, Lei Jie rarely went ahead to rest.

It was only 11 o’clock, for Xu Yi, the night was still young.

However, he had already finished setting up the bamboo bed.

Even Xu Yi himself didn’t expect such speed. He originally thought it would take several more hours tomorrow night to complete.

So, he and Lu Ke carried the bed back into the house together.

"Xu Yi, your craftsmanship is amazing, this bamboo bed is so comfortable, and particularly sturdy, it doesn’t shake at all," said Lu Ke, happily lying on the bed, twisting and turning, testing the bed’s stability.

Their previous bed had required caution until the mattress was installed; if the bed board moved, they would fall off.

But Xu Yi’s bamboo bed had no such worries.

"It’s cool sleeping on a bamboo bed in summer; now if we don’t lay some fur, there’s really no way to sleep." Xu Yi joked, glancing at Lu Ke, then ignited the fire in the house.

The time was about right; Lu Ke should be able to sleep now.

"Yeah, once laid, it’s particularly soft, we’ll have a good rest tonight." Sitting up, Lu Ke stretched lazily.

"Get some early sleep. I’ll go check on how the smoked meat is coming along." Saying this, Xu Yi clapped his hands and went downstairs.

Returning downstairs, Xu Yi checked on the smoked meat, realizing it needed about another hour, planning to finish smoking it before bed.

Lu Ke laid out her wolf fur coat, although it couldn’t cover the entire bamboo bed, it could at least cover most of it.

When sleeping, as long as Xu Yi was close, he could lie on the wolf fur.

The two had been together for almost two months, Xu Yi always maintained a respectful distance. In most situations, he turned his back to Lu Ke.

So, Lu Ke trusted Xu Yi very much.

Not long after lying down, Lu Ke fell asleep.

Persisting until past midnight, Xu Yi collected all the smoked meat, completing these tasks before returning upstairs to sleep.

Since there was a fire in the house, it remained fairly warm.

Plus, wearing clothes, lying on the bamboo bed didn’t feel cold.

The next morning, upon waking, Xu Yi discovered Lu Ke’s wolf fur coat draped over him.

Smelling the faint fragrance, Xu Yi couldn’t help but smile slightly.

"System, check-in."

Now, this was something he did every morning upon waking.

Successfully checking in for 65 days, two days ago Xu Yi received a weekly gift pack.

But he hadn’t opened it.

He wanted to save it to open today because today was his birthday, so giving himself this birthday gift seemed appropriate.

This birthday was from before he crossed over; in the future he could only celebrate on his own.

Additionally, he wanted to remember this day well.

After all, he did not want to forget he was a traveler.

So, will the system give him a surprise?