Live Strong in the Wilderness

Chapter 543: Damn Loneliness

After clocking out, Xu Yi started cooking breakfast.

After practicing the Body Refining Technique for a few days, Xu Yi and Lightning had breakfast and then continued on their journey.

Forward, always forward.

For Xu Yi, not finding the territory of a level 6 Fierce Beast held little meaning.

By noon, two more people had given up.

One was number 45, and the other was number 53.

These two were from Lei Jie’s team.

Upon hearing the hint, Gong Bin immediately put down the stone in his hand and looked around.

Soon after, two people suddenly appeared out of thin air.

"Do you need help?" Gong Bin proactively asked.

He felt that since they were all now eliminated, sharing the same status, they should band together.

"Ne-need, we... we’re injured... very..." Before finishing the sentence, the person collapsed.

At this point, Gong Bin noticed that the other person’s lower body was covered in blood, clearly from excessive bleeding.

The other person didn’t speak before also fainting directly.

Gong Bin rushed over immediately to start rescue efforts.

He had learned first aid; Li Kang had high standards for his core team members. The team had a military doctor, so Chen Hui taught everyone emergency medical skills in their free time.

Each person having a first aid kit was one of Li Kang’s team’s essential supplies. After all, each person had two Star Charts.

These two were severely injured, their bodies already torn apart by the Fierce Beast.

Gong Bin immediately stitched them up and wrapped them with an emergency bandage.

Whether they could survive would depend on their luck.

The likelihood of infection was very low here.

Then, Gong Bin took out his tent, placing the two inside.

That was all he could do, given his limited abilities.

Time ticked away, and soon it was dark.

After sunset, Xu Yi continued forward.

Time was tight, and he hoped to find the territory of the level 6 Fierce Beast sooner.

After all, Lu Ke and the others were getting closer to the teleportation point, and Xu Yi wanted to meet them.

Loneliness, that kind of loneliness, was overwhelming.

Even though Xu Yi had Purification Skills, not long after purifying, he would be engulfed by loneliness.

He was alone, with no one to talk to, and more than twenty days had passed.

Lightning, though a Fierce Beast, could not speak or communicate.

If Xu Yi had been in ’seclusion’ training, it wouldn’t have been so bad, as the environment would stay the same, and he wouldn’t be so aware of the passage of time.

But traveling was different, making one feel particularly bored, and long hours of boredom led to loneliness.

The audience in the live broadcast room couldn’t watch Xu Yi’s broadcast room indefinitely; watching too long would make the audience feel lonely.

Xu Yi didn’t talk to himself; occasionally, he gave Lightning a few commands, but otherwise, he was silent.

After seeing the scenery on the prairie for a few days, it lost its initial appeal.

So Xu Yi felt he couldn’t act alone anymore; he at least needed to bring Lu Ke along.

Previously, he was too confident, thinking that with Purification skills, loneliness wouldn’t be a problem.

The result proved that enduring that kind of loneliness alone was exceedingly difficult.

People need social interaction; if not possible in reality, then it must be on the network.

It’s unrealistic to avoid all social interactions or communication with others.

Most people can’t go long without any form of interaction or communication with others.

Of course, if the Star Chart had communication functions, Xu Yi wouldn’t need to bring Lu Ke along.

A message or a few words with everyone would suffice when he felt lonely.

The boring days flew by.

In the blink of an eye, another day passed.

Xu Yi completed 247 days of check-ins, trained in the Body Refining Technique, had breakfast, and continued on his journey.

Tomorrow would be the 248th day.

Perhaps due to boredom, Xu Yi’s anticipation for the gift pack had grown significantly.

At this time, Gong Bin also walked out of the cave at the teleportation point.

After another night’s sleep, his injuries had fully healed.

Stretching, he began preparing breakfast.

However, today he was cooking for three people. After all, there were two other eliminated contestants in the tent.

Before going to sleep, Gong Bin checked on the two’s conditions; they shouldn’t die.

After cooking breakfast, he opened the tent.

The two inside had woken up, but their bodies were too weak, lacking the strength to get out of bed.

"Brothers, thank you, thank you for saving us."

"I’m Tian Ming, and my life is yours from now on." Tian Ming said, patting his chest.

"I’m Zhu Jun and will repay you in the future."

"It’s great you’re okay. I cooked some meat porridge for you. I’ll bring it in once it’s ready," Gong Bin said with a cheerful smile as he left to busy himself.

Over twenty minutes later, he brought in the pot.

After feeding Tian Ming and Zhu Jun two bowls of meat porridge made from level 5 Fierce Beast meat, Gong Bin left the tent.

Yesterday, he had planned to build a stone house next to the cave entrance; a small part of it was done, so today he planned to continue his work.

Without Xu Yi’s weapons, he couldn’t dig a cave, so he could only collect stones to build a structure.

He had no intention of continuing with the 300-day challenge because he felt his training aptitude was very average.

The Fierce Beasts he would face after 300 days would undoubtedly be more formidable than the level 5 ones.

He had already used the opportunity to quit; he had no more. If he faced danger like before, he would undoubtedly perish.

Why take unnecessary risks now that he could stay in this place?

Someone would eventually complete the 500-day challenge anyway.

Even if it couldn’t be completed, he could spend the remaining two hundred days here, which was better than risking his life, right?

Moreover, he could train here and potentially break through to a level 5 Mage.

And now, he wasn’t the only eliminated contestant; he had companions.

He believed more would come.

Life here would be even safer then.

Living is having everything.

Death equates to having nothing.

After seeing the cameras Xu Yi set up, Gong Bin regarded this place as ’home.’

Building a house was not necessarily for living in, but for a sense of ritual.

Previously, as a construction worker, Gong Bin dreamed of returning home to build a grand house after earning money.

Unfortunately, this never materialized, but he had a chance to participate in a wilderness challenge on an alien planet and activate Telekinesis.

He thought building a personal house on an alien planet was something many people wanted to do.

The land here belonged to no one, yet belonged to everyone.

If he built a house, it would be his and feel like home.