Chapter 70

Egbert Reed grabbed the biscuits and water, starting to munch in silence.

His appetite wasn’t much; he only had three biscuits and a small sip of water.

Seeing that the food consumption wasn’t much, Eileen Lopez relaxed a bit. She put the remaining food back into her bag, then asked him, “Got a sleeping bag?”

Egbert replied, “Nope.”

Eileen looked at him, all empty-handed and all, a bit disdainful, but she still dug out Elaine Lopez’s sleeping bag from her backpack and threw it at him, saying, “You’ll sleep in here,” and referring to the twig tent.

Egbert took the sleeping bag and looked at her.

Seeing him standing there, not moving, Eileen frowned, “Sleep when I tell you to sleep! What if you get sick again? Don’t you know you’re weak? How long were you ill last time? Have you forgotten? A whole twelve hours! Wasn’t it me taking care of you?”

Egbert thought back to that time and said helplessly, “That was an accident…”

“I don’t care if it was an accident; go in and sleep!” Eileen ordered.

Egbert just grinned and went into the twig tent with the sleeping bag.

Eileen took out her own sleeping bag, crawled in, and sat near the fire. She asked while warming herself, “What’s your plan for tomorrow?”

Egbert paused, then said, “Since we’re both team-less, why don’t we stick together?”

Eileen looked at the sky and snorted, “You want me to protect you?”

Egbert couldn’t help but laugh, then said softly, “If you say so.”

Eileen turned her head to him suddenly and said, “Then say something nice to make me feel good.”

Egbert was startled, then said in a coquettish manner, “You’re the best. Please promise to protect me.”

Eileen laughed, “Alright, since you said so, I’ll do you this favor.”

She then crawled into her sleeping bag, laid down, and said, “It’s bedtime now.”

Egbert sat in the twig tent, watching the lonely girl by the fire. The smile in his eyes never faded.

The next day, dawn was breaking.

footsteps woke Eileen

her with

she had no idea what time

fruits and his water bag on the ground, and said, “Time to

besides two bottles of drinking water for each team, there were

the water bag and asked, “Did you

answered nonchalantly, “Just the

her bag, and checked it. Indeed, only one water bag was missing. She said unhappily, “Don’t touch my stuff in

giano notic

ked it sh

noticed it was heavy,

the man replied.

sniffed it. The water had a

a tree.”

lived in a privileged environment, to have such broad knowledge,

tree is a type of tree that can store water. If you puncture the

its own unique water

immediately drink the water. She stood up

she was skeptical and pointed in a

walked over, and from a distance, she saw

finally took a big gulp of water, feeling instantly refreshed!

also washed her face and brushed her teeth there. When she

the Ink Berry from the previous day,

patted the ground next to him, indicating for her

So, Eileen did.

a cleaned fruit.

a look; it was a mutated fruit, non-toxic, and shaped a bit

took a bite. It was very sweet, much

the

large amount of sugar before exercising because sugar, when broken down in the body, forms water and carbon dioxide, which are excellent sources of energy during exercise.

were living in the wild, having sugary food was a great

at Egbert contentedly, and said, “You’re really good at

and casually picked up the water bag next to Eileen, opened

watched him drink

that water bag

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