Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 354: Day 119 Gift Pack

"This request is simple. I, Jiang Yu, willingly lead my team to join." Jiang Yu said with a smile, Xu Yi’s alliance wouldn’t make him a subordinate.

Although he wasn’t ambitious, he didn’t want to become someone’s subordinate or lackey.

Having successfully challenged for over a hundred days, he still had some pride.

"Welcome to join us!" Xu Yi said happily. Now they had three teams, which could conveniently form a triangular formation.

Once Lu Ke and her group, along with Jerry and his team, arrived, the three groups got acquainted before continuing southward.

Very soon, they encountered a group of beasts.

The three teams jointly attacked, and in less than two minutes, they exterminated four Fierce Beasts, with great speed. After all, everyone had exchanged for weapons, completely different compared to the ones from 100 days ago.

After the battle, those with extra Star Chart Space stored the beasts’ meat.

When they genuinely run out of food, this meat could still be eaten raw.

It had already been 8 days and they still hadn’t reached the Jungle Area. Who knows how long it will take?

Planning for the worst is very necessary.

With time passing, Xu Yi’s allies increased to 12 teams, totalling 71 people, since one team happened to be fighting beasts when encountered, costing one life.

Everyone continued to maintain distance, surrounded by others on all sides.

Many times, when encountering beasts, the team furthest away would arrive after the fight was over.

Having so many teams together, it was indeed safe.

Since joining the alliance, no one had gotten injured.

Regretfully, Xu Yi hadn’t met Su Yan and her group.

Days passed quickly, and seven days had gone by.

Today was the day Xu Yi marked his 119th day.

This meant he could receive a new gift package.

Before dawn, Xu Yi woke up.

Beside him lay the Black Qilin.

Over the last 7 days, Xu Yi had successfully tamed it twice again.

Now, it wouldn’t attack humans, and its relationship with Lu Ke had grown closer, even able to play together.

For now, the Black Qilin was still the only tamed Fierce Beast. While encountering others of its kind, they couldn’t be tamed, only killed.

Seeing Xu Yi awake, the Black Qilin nuzzled his head against Xu Yi.

Xu Yi petted it, then thought, "System, check-in."

"Ding, checked in for 7 days, received one Basic Gift Package."

This was Xu Yi’s 17th Basic Gift Package, and he was eager to see what it would bring him.

Skills or items?

"Open Basic Gift Package," Xu Yi said mentally. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Ding, received Basic Surgical Knowledge Package. (Basic)!"

Basic Surgical Knowledge?

After hearing it, Xu Yi was a bit stunned.

He hadn’t received a knowledge-based package in a long time, unexpectedly medical knowledge.

This package seemed like it was steering him towards becoming a doctor.

"System, receive package," Xu Yi said in his mind.

Then Xu Yi’s mind tingled for over ten minutes.

After digesting the knowledge, Xu Yi opened his eyes.

It truly was comprehensive and systematic surgical medical knowledge.

It could be said that Xu Yi was now like a doctor who had studied diligently for years, able to perform surgery with a scalpel.

The system’s power impressed Xu Yi once more.

"Xu Yi, are you okay?" Lu Ke asked upon seeing Xu Yi staring into the distance motionlessly for over ten minutes.

She had checked with binoculars, and there was no sign of anything in the distance.

"I’m fine, just spacing out." Xu Yi smiled, then joined everyone in practicing the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening.

The scene of 71 people practicing the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening was rather grand.

After finishing the Eighteen Forms, everyone ate a little, then started moving south.

They hadn’t been on the move for half an hour before encountering 5 beasts.

Then, 6 teams advanced and killed the 5 beasts.

A little less than two hours later, they ran into another group of beasts.

After dealing with them, less than an hour passed before encountering yet another wave of beasts.

"Xu Yi, isn’t today’s beast encounter rate awfully high? Are we possibly nearing the Jungle Area?" Lu Ke asked from atop the Black Qilin.

"It’s quite likely; otherwise, the encounters wouldn’t be so frequent. We’ve been moving for half a month, it seems about due." Xu Yi replied, thinking they were nearing the jungle’s edge.

Thinking this way weren’t just Xu Yi and Lu Ke; others shared the same belief.

Previously, they’d encounter beasts once or twice a day at most, never this frequently.

"Look at the sky, there are birds over there," a challenger exclaimed, pointing into the distance.

But it was so far away that they looked like mere black dots.

"Could it be the Jungle Area then?"

"Great, we’ve finally reached the Jungle Area’s edge. We’ve been traveling for 14 days, and our legs are worn out."

"Apart from resting for 10 hours a day, we’ve been on the move for the remaining 16. We’re so tired of this routine."

"Come on, everyone, speed up! Let’s reach the Jungle Area. Once there, we’ll live well, and enjoy warm meals."

Excitedly, they quickened their pace.

Walking for less than half an hour, they encountered some beasts.

These beasts appeared larger and seemed more aggressive.

Crucially, their defense power was extremely strong, no weapon could penetrate it.

Ultimately, they were shaken to death.

Six beasts, each tackled by 11 people at once, giving it no chance to bite, just holding it down. Then, frantically hammered its head, eventually dying from the shaking.

Killing just one was time-consuming, taking at least half an hour.

The situation cast a shadow over the challengers’ hearts.

Was it only this previously unseen beast with such absurd toughness, or did others possess that same formidable defense power?

Even with just six of them, they had the 12 teams in a bit of disarray.

If there were 12, they might not guarantee nobody getting hurt.

With 20, possibly many would die or choose to abandon the challenge faced with death threats.

Thus, after slaying the 6 beasts, all teams suggested to stop and hold a meeting to discuss.

After all, the organizers had mentioned the Desert was relatively safe, while the Jungle Area posed great danger.