The water has already been boiled, so it can be drunk directly.
Xu Yi used the engineer shovel to cut open the bird meat and shared it with Lu Ke to eat.
Today, they must find a suitable place, not too far from the sea, to facilitate making salt. At the same time, it should be close to a water source to aid survival.
The two of them ate one-third of the bird meat and then set off again.
After all, time was limited and needed to be fully utilized.
After walking for about forty minutes, the terrain before their eyes suddenly changed dramatically.
On one side of the island appeared a large area of hills, with altitudes not exceeding 50 meters. On the other side were mountains like the one Xu Yi was on, with altitudes around four to five hundred meters.
Any low hill could serve as a campsite.
The coastline here was very long, and Xu Yi believed there must be plenty of seafood.
"It's like finding a bright new village in a seemingly hopeless spot, we found our long-term campsite!" Xu Yi exclaimed emotionally, feeling his luck had exploded.
"Xu Yi, could there be other challengers here?" Lu Ke looked at the stretch of low hills and couldn't help but ask.
"Even if there are, it doesn't matter. After 100 days, we can collaborate with the other two groups." Xu Yi said with a grin, exuding absolute confidence.
"But... we can also attack each other."
The live stream switched to channel 77 just as Xu Yi and Lu Ke found a new spot, sparking another wave of discussion among the audience.
"Dr. Glasses, what does this mean, a new regulation from the organizers?" Sun Bei turned to look at Dr. Glasses, as among the 499 groups above, there were people from all over the world, and some were hostile to each other.
"Yes, Doctor, after 100 days they can cooperate or attack, isn't this indirectly increasing the danger?" Song Jia's thoughts were similar to Sun Bei's. Cooperation and attack, neither is certain.
"This is indeed the organizer's intention because every hundred days, they will change the survival environment. I just learned about this situation. As for attacks, I think they will be rare since our rule is that no matter how many groups succeed, they can all win a huge prize, so there's no competition between them." Dr. Glasses calmly explained, pushing up his glasses.
"A hundred days and then change the environment?"
"Do the challengers know? It seems they only know that after a hundred days they can cooperate and attack, right?" Liu Yi frowned, feeling that the next four challenging locations might not be so easy.
This island might be the easiest to survive on.
"I don't know about that, after all, the organizers are a higher civilization, and we can only receive messages, not communicate." Dr. Glasses shrugged, expressing helplessly.
"Look, Xu Yi and the others are descending the mountain, probably having chosen their campsite." Sun Bei pointed at the screen, successfully diverting the topic.
Regarding the higher civilization, regarding this survival challenge, there are several attitudes among the public.
So, what's not said in the show remains unsaid.
However, the live stream was still discussing the events of the day.
"What do you think, if the girls from team 233 find out they'll have to relocate every hundred days, wouldn't they be shaking with anger? That picture would definitely be enticing."
"Hey up there, let me off, I'm heading to the kindergarten."
"Changing locations every hundred days is interesting, I hope it gets more difficult afterward. Otherwise, ten billion would be too easy to earn."
"Lemon essence, aren't you living in a dream, thinking it's already easy?"
"Exactly, half of the groups are still going hungry at this point. I dare say, in a couple of days, many will be forced to quit the challenge."
[Announcement: Group 85 has quit the challenge] (World Announcement)
"See, I told you, many would be forced to quit, didn't expect it to start so soon."
"Group 85 had really bad luck, they were thrown into the river at the start, and the neon girl caught a cold, she was already delirious this morning, and her boyfriend chose to give up."
"Each person gets a hundred thousand, do they really need your sympathy?"
This announcement was also received by Xu Yi and Lu Ke.
The two stopped and exchanged a glance.
Then, Xu Yi said, "Looks like, not every time someone quits; there's equipment to pick up."
"Hmm, seems that way. I wonder if anyone picked up the equipment from group 349 yesterday." Lu Ke was somewhat envious of the groups that could find equipment, somewhat annoyed that it wasn't them.
"The equipment isn't so easy to find, there must be a huge crisis forcing them to give up. After all, once you complete the challenge, there's a ten billion prize. Most people wouldn't give up. For ordinary people like us, we couldn't earn that much money even after battling for ten generations." Xu Yi said with a smile, thinking that tools have to be created by oneself rather than relying on others to provide.
"That's right, I was thinking too simply." Lu Ke stuck out her tongue, having only thought about picking up equipment without considering why others were forced to quit and leave their gear behind.
The two chatted for a while and then fell silent because they needed to listen for other noises, and chatting would interfere with that.
Xu Yi felt that there were probably animals in this area, which was suitable for animal activities; the forest was not very dense, and there was plenty of grass.
Such an environment was suitable for herbivores, such as rabbits, goats, deer, etc.
Besides, he had seen nibbled vegetation but had not found any droppings.
They walked for nearly an hour without encountering any animals or finding a water source.
"Xu Yi, listen, there's the sound of water flowing, and it seems there's quite a bit of it." Lu Ke suddenly grew excited; their water supply was running low, with only a third remaining.
The day was simply too hot, she was drenched in sweat with not a dry spot on her body.
If not for needing to protect herself, she would have taken off her clothes.
With such heat, the demand for water naturally increased.
Finding a water source became the most pressing task for her and Xu Yi.
Now hearing the sound of water, she was naturally delighted.
"I hear it. Let's cautiously approach, maybe we'll encounter animals." Xu Yi smiled broadly, thinking that with a stream, he could take a bath.
This sun was unbearably harsh, the temperature must have exceeded 35 degrees.
"Yeah, here's the crossbow." Lu Ke handed the short crossbow to Xu Yi, feeling that Xu Yi had better aim and worried she wouldn't be able to hit anything.
Xu Yi nodded, took the short crossbow, and the two moved cautiously in the direction of the water sound.
A few minutes later, they saw a small stream.
As for animals, they found none.
The vegetation on both banks was very lush, indicating that no animals came here to drink water.
"Wash your face, then let's look for the source. The stream isn't very big, so the source is probably very close." Xu Yi analyzed, planning to head to the source for a look.