Chapter 40: A Chance Encounter in the Woods

With the experience of crossing the primeval jungle of the previous desert island, this time it was much smoother.

Moreover, this time the IEA (Interstellar Exploration Alliance) did not use its hands and feet on the magnetic field of the desert island, and the compass could be used normally, which saved Yuan Haochen a lot of trouble of climbing trees and stargazing.

Yuan Haochen walked all the way with a machete in his hand, and he was lucky enough to kill a few non-venomous snakes on the way, so he didn't have to worry about having nothing to eat.

Seeing that he was about to reach the foot of the volcano, Yuan Haochen quickened his pace again.

Suddenly, the sound of gurgling water reached his ears.

Yuan Haochen was surprised for a while, and quickly looked for a voice.

When he cut through a dense bush, a small stream appeared in front of him, looking into the distance like a flowing band of light.

The water of the stream is crystal clear, all the way high or low, sometimes slow and sometimes rapid, meandering into the distance.

Yuan Haochen stepped forward quickly, picked up a handful and put it in his mouth, and a refreshing and sweet taste went straight to the depths of his body and mind.

"Sure enough, it's fresh water, it's really good, now you don't have to drink snake blood anymore"

Yuan Haochen drank happily, wiped the residual blood from the corners of his mouth, and felt a burst of joy in his heart.

Just as Yuan Haochen was holding the kettle to fill the stream, he suddenly heard a rustling movement in the distance.

Yuan Haochen quickly hid behind a huge broad-leaved tree and hid.

About two or three minutes later, a slender figure entered Yuan Haochen's field of vision.

"It's her, Princess Shama." Yuan Haochen was a little surprised at first, and then immediately figured out the reason.

It seems that the difficulty of the desert island of the female student should be much lower than that of the male student, otherwise with Shama's ability, she would definitely not have reached the volcanic island of the second stage of the mission so quickly.

Yuan Haochen continued to hide in the dark and observe, and did not appear immediately.

Princess Shama soon spotted the stream, and it could be seen that she was still very excited, and her entire upper body was submerged in the stream, and she drank wildly.

Yuan Haochen quickly noticed something unusual, Princess Martha's entire right hand hung weakly in the stream, she could only barely support her body with her left hand, it seemed that her right hand should have been seriously injured, Yuan Haochen quickly judged the reason.

Finally, Princess Martha stopped drinking, and struggled to prop her left hand on a large pebble by the stream, and then struggled to turn over, lying weakly on the edge of the stream.

Princess Martha was indeed exhausted, as if her whole limbs, all her bones, were soft and fluttery.

With her body severely overdrawn and physically wounded, she lay on the weeds like a mess of mud, and she had no strength to stand up, and several attempts to sit up failed one after another.

At this time, Yuan Haochen, who was hiding in the shadows, was full of contradictions.

First of all, he and Princess Martha are in a competitive relationship, and if you help her, there will definitely be a drain on her time and resources.

Secondly, if Yuan Haochen quietly left at this time, Martha might not be aware of it, and if she was in danger, she could also choose to withdraw and wait for the rescue of the base

After a period of contradictions, Yuan Haochen finally slowly walked out of the shadows.

Martha, who heard the sound, looked over in horror.

"I don't have any food on me anymore," Martha shouted at Yuan in a panic, as if she had exhausted the last of her strength.

Yuan Haochen was stunned for a while, and after standing for a few seconds, he didn't explain anything, just continued to walk towards Martha.

Walking in front of Martha, Yuan Haochen could clearly feel Martha's body trembling.

After showing a warm smile, Yuan Haochen slowly bent down, stretched out a strong and strong arm, gently wrapped around Martha's neck, and then slowly helped her up.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of your wounds."

Yuan Haochen didn't say anything, just quickly tore off a torn part of his coat, and connected it into several strips of cloth, carefully bandaging Martha's wounds.

At this time, Martha was much calmer, and her eyes slowly revealed a sense of trust and security.

"Why are you helping me? Aren't we competitive? ”

"I'm confident I'll arrive before you, so you won't be a threat to me." Yuan Haochen didn't even raise his head, but continued to help Martha bandage his wounds.

"Ha, yes, I'm hurt now, but I don't want to give up yet."

"Well, the spirit is commendable, but your current state is not optimistic. By the way, what about your brother? ”

"I don't see him either," Martha said, looking sad.

"Why did you tell me you had no food when you saw me?"

"My food was taken by Jones on the previous desert island." Martha was silent for a moment and then replied, "I'm afraid you'll too, uh, I'm really out of food." ”

Martha suddenly became nervous again, staring at Yuan Haochen to explain her situation again.

"Don't be nervous, I can see that your physical strength is seriously overdrawn." Hara continued, "Is it allowed to snatch other people's food during the test? “

"In addition to not allowing students to harm each other, the IEA does not seem to explicitly prohibit competing for each other's resources. This has happened before. Martha said and couldn't help but sigh again.

Yuan Haochen thought for a moment, then opened his backpack and took out a piece of snake meat with the skin peeled.

"Oh my God, I'm not going to eat this." Martha looked at the bloody snake flesh and immediately exclaimed.

Yuan Haochen showed a speechless expression on his face.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, these are extraordinary times, please try to overcome them."

"No, we MU~Si~Lin are determined not to eat snakes," Princess Martha shook her head with great determination.

"I see," Yuan Haochen thought as he reached into his backpack again.

Then, Yuan Haochen took out the few remaining compressed biscuits with a look of pity and threw them to Princess Martha.

"Why do you want to"

Before Princess Martha finished speaking, Yuan Haochen quickly turned around and left, disappeared into the night, and disappeared into the vast woods