Chapter 1170 - 18: The Decision

"Such an easy defeat."

After brushing off the sand from his head, Chen Wen opened his eyes and looked at Yoshikawa Feng, who was clutching his stomach and unable to stand.

Yoshikawa Feng groaned in pain, and seeing his condition, Chen Wen didn’t continue to make things difficult for him.

He walked over to Yoshikawa Feng and pillaged all his supplies and tools, not even leaving him any clothes.

At this moment, Yoshikawa Feng also realized his fate.

He held his stomach with a blank expression, as if still in a dream.

But Chen Wen didn’t care about that. After eliminating Yoshikawa Feng, he left without looking back.

As for why he took Yoshikawa Feng’s clothes, it was mainly because Yoshikawa Feng didn’t have body odor and had a similar build to Chen Wen, so his clothes could serve as spare clothes to change into.

Watching Chen Wen’s retreating figure, a trace of despair flashed in Yoshikawa Feng’s eyes: "Still can’t do it! Damn it!"

He suddenly fell to the ground, full of unwillingness!

What angered him the most was Chen Wen’s attitude towards him.

He thought he would be Chen Wen’s biggest rival in this survival round, and that after eliminating him, Chen Wen would surely taunt him and throw some harsh words.

But seeing Chen Wen’s behavior...

Yoshikawa Feng truly felt sidelined.

Chen Wen didn’t care at all, just dealt with him casually.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

...

Listening to Yoshikawa Feng’s shouts behind him, Chen Wen couldn’t help but shake his head.

"Why is this guy so dramatic?"

Forget it, ignore him.

With Yoshikawa Feng eliminated, this oasis is entirely mine now!

Chen Wen looked at the oasis ahead, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

With the oasis completely safe, now he could execute his plans without restraint!

Time to return to the camp!

Chen Wen followed the footprints from earlier and picked up Yoshikawa Feng’s discarded backpack, then quickly returned to the camp.

The water on the campfire had just boiled by now.

"Does this count as water boiling and chopping Yoshikawa Feng?"

Chen Wen narcissistically likened it slightly, but thought about it, Yoshikawa Feng’s level seemed not high enough.

Eliminating him and boasting about it felt kind of embarrassing.

Forget it, forget it.

Chen Wen shook his head and started checking the supplies confiscated from Yoshikawa Feng.

The supplies Yoshikawa Feng carried were quite basic too.

A water pouch, fire starter, a set of bow and arrows, a dagger, a few packs of military rations.

Additionally, a set of clothes and a backpack.

With this, all the supplies of everyone at the Fourth Oasis were in Chen Wen’s hands.

But Chen Wen now felt that these four people were truly a bit like a ragtag bunch.

"Don’t they know how to cooperate, bringing duplicate tools!"

Chen Wen couldn’t help but say: "Did they not trust each other from the start? Then why bother cooperating!"

Just as Chen Wen said, these four people, after all, came from different teams and lacked a real leader; the temporarily assembled team naturally couldn’t trust each other.

Chen Wen calculated that each person’s equipment was meant for solo survival.

Moreover, Yoshikawa Feng’s supplies seemed designed for fleeing.

If it weren’t for his greed, relying on those few packs of military rations, he might actually have reached another oasis.

After reviewing Yoshikawa Feng’s situation, Chen Wen saved the military rations properly.

"Although their tools are quite repetitive, it’s still decent overall; it enriched my toolset, plus I gained five extra backpacks, that’s great."

Chen Wen organized the supplies, categorized them, and stored the usable items outside, with all the unusable ones stuffed into backpacks and pressed beneath the simple shed.

Having taken everything from all four people, Chen Wen, now alone in the oasis, faced the urgency of finding food.

Chen Wen gathered the Long Pod Yellow Hemp found in the morning, some unidentified scorpion species, along with three fat-tailed sand rats and one red-tailed sand rat caught by Yoshikawa Feng.

Consuming these would account for four entries.

Chen Wen pondered these items’ value.

Besides the entries’ value, they didn’t provide much energy.

Long Pod Yellow Hemp was just dietary fiber, serving as a thickening agent when thrown into soup.

Scorpions had a high protein ratio but were too small in size.

The three fat-tailed sand rats could sustain for a while, but they were all rather lean. The red-tailed sand rat was quite big, but there was only one.

"All things considered, to maintain daily activity and strength, these items would only last a day."

Chen Wen frowned slightly, muttering: "Next either find a one-shot big game or start hunting the small game of this oasis."

Speaking of big game...

Chen Wen recalled the camel herd seen while taming a camel.

Camels were quite good big game, and when the time comes, letting his tamed camel avoid the hunt, he could chase and dry some camel meat as food.

But the problem was, camels were too big, and Chen Wen could only carry part of the meat.

Moreover, with more gear now, before hunting a camel, Chen Wen felt the need to try taming one, or even two, more camels.

This way, the camels could carry supplies with him to other oases.

"This morning, I won’t go out; instead, I’ll explore the oasis and see if I can find some game."

Chen Wen decided: Prioritize getting entries from this oasis then hunt camels and head to the next oasis.

But before starting the action, this morning’s breakfast couldn’t be skipped either.

Chen Wen skinned the four sand rats, then gutted them, grilling three fat-tailed sand rats and the scorpions on sticks by the campfire.

Then he cleaned another pot, chopped the red-tailed sand rat, and added it to the pot with Long Pod Yellow Hemp for stewing.

This morning’s plan was to eat the red-tailed sand rat and Long Pod Yellow Hemp, have two fat-tailed sand rats for lunch, and one more for dinner along with a scorpion.

Chen Wen had already planned out today’s meals.

Soon, daybreak came.

Chen Wen’s breakfast was ready as well.

He took the stew pot down, broke two branches to use as chopsticks, and began sampling the Long Pod Yellow Hemp.

The texture of Long Pod Yellow Hemp was mediocre, its taste akin to plain boiled vegetables.

To put it harshly, it carried a hint of plant fragrance coupled with the red-tailed sand rat’s meat flavor.

But overall, it was quite unpalatable!

Chen Wen swallowed the Long Pod Yellow Hemp expressionlessly, transforming into an unfeeling entry acquiring machine.

The Long Pod Yellow Hemp entry was fairly decent.

[Fatigue Relief (Blue): Every night’s rest will be more effective, allowing you to reduce fatigue through sleep more easily]

This entry must be Long Pod Yellow Hemp’s effect.

Chen Wen recalled that Long Pod Yellow Hemp has calming and fatigue-reducing properties.

Not bad.

Then he picked up a piece of red-tailed sand rat meat.

The flavor of red-tailed sand rat was somewhat unique.

The texture was that of regular small rodent meat, but the taste was more of a meaty aroma overridden by a soil-like flavor.

It might be because these creatures burrow in the dirt daily.

Chen Wen found it quite difficult to eat; it even had a stinky musk odor.

But prolonged survival had adapted Chen Wen’s taste to nature.

He smacked his lips and devoured the remaining red-tailed sand rat down to the last drop, even the soup.

The ability to eat unpalatable food without changing expression garnered quite a bit of admiration from outside spectators.

After eating the meat and drinking the soup, Chen Wen chose the red-tailed sand rat entries.

The red-tailed sand rat actually yielded two fairly decent entries.

One entry boosted nighttime activity abilities, while the other enhanced stamina; both entries were quite effective, and both were purple, making Chen Wen a bit hesitant.