47: Captain Zou is a good man.

Shen Yi and Su Lanqing happily ate the roasted meat, while the others nearby could only swallow their saliva.

Everyone had witnessed Xie Pengyu's fate; he was still lying on the ground at that moment.

"I'm so full. Your cooking skills are amazing. It's a shame you're not a chef," Su Lanqing said, patting Shen Yi and teasing him after she had eaten her fill.

Su Lanqing ate more than half of it by herself, so Shen Yi had no choice but to run into the jungle and hunt another wild chicken. He quickly prepared it.

As he roasted it over the fire, a few more people arrived.

"Shen Yi, could you share some of your meat with us? We're all from the same class," a girl approached Shen Yi and asked timidly.

Damn it, can't he just eat something in peace? he thought to himself.

He looked up and saw that she was indeed from their class, but he couldn't recall her name.

"Sorry, there's only this one, just enough for myself," Shen Yi thought for a moment and still refused.

The girl's expression stiffened upon hearing this, but she said nothing and turned to leave.

"Isn't this our class's genius? How can he be so unwilling to share even a little meat?" a sarcastic voice drifted over.

"Here, I still have some food. You can have mine," the speaker took out a compressed food bar from his body and handed it to the girl who had just spoken.

Shen Yi looked up and saw it was Zou Yunliang from their class. This person had always been at odds with Shen Yi in class, but Shen Yi was too lazy to bother with him.

"Isn't this Class Leader Zou? I almost didn't recognize your voice. Did you just return from the Eastern Depot?"

"I'm not like you, unwilling to give food to my own classmates. Although I haven't hunted anything, I can contribute what little I have left," Zou Yunliang raised an eyebrow and said to Shen Yi.

"Class Leader Zou, you eat it. I'm not hungry," the girl, hearing Zou Yunliang's words, prepared to return the compressed food she had just taken.

Zou Yunliang pushed the item back, saying righteously, "You eat. What's there to fear about a man going hungry? I'm not like some people, eat without worry."

"Class Leader Zou is a true man. This is how a man should be."

"Class Leader Zou is so handsome."

Everyone else praised his actions, making Zou Yunliang feel grand.

Shen Yi handed the item in his hand to Su Lanqing, then walked up to Zou Yunliang, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted his entire body into the air.

"You!" Zou Yunliang's face turned beet red from being choked.

"Since Class Leader Zou is so generous, why don't you contribute all the food on your body?" Saying that, he swung Zou Yunliang back and forth, and items clattered down from his body.

Goodness, chocolates, canned beef, biscuits, all sorts of miscellaneous items were there.

"Don't be shy, everyone. Class Leader Zou said he was too embarrassed to give them to you himself, so he asked me to hand them out. Come and get them, first come, first served," Shen Yi said to the others.

"Whoosh!" Xie Pengyu was the first to run over, picking up a can from the ground.

He even thanked Shen Yi.

Xie Pengyu's followers saw their boss taking food, so they also came over, picked up several edibles from the ground, and began to eat.

The others, seeing that there were no consequences for taking, also rushed over, swarming, afraid they wouldn't get any.

Even the few who had been speaking sarcastically came over to snatch food.

After taking it, they also thanked Shen Yi, which almost made the hanging Zou Yunliang vomit blood.

Most people who made it here had little to no food left, either having eaten it all or dropped it during battles with fierce beasts.

After everyone received their food, they found a place and began to rest peacefully.

"Everyone, don't just focus on eating. Remember to thank Class Leader Zou. Class Leader Zou is a good person!" Shen Yi said loudly.

Zou Yunliang's face turned a liver-like color. If looks could kill, Shen Yi would probably have been torn to shreds.

Shen Yi threw Zou Yunliang aside, returned to his spot, picked up the roasted meat, and began to eat.

This place had become everyone's default resting area. After crossing the Gobi Desert and then the jungle, this was the only place with a relatively open view and a comparatively safe surrounding environment.

【Ding~】

【Option One: A beast tide is about to arrive here, with many fierce beasts coming to drink water. Remind the others to leave quickly. Reward for completion: Good Person Card. Wearing this card increases any creature's favorability towards you by 50%.】

【Option Two: Facing fierce beasts is no big deal for you. Secretly leave yourself. The fewer trial participants, the more advantageous for you. Reward for completion: Ability Level directly increases by one stage.】

【Option Three: Wait for the arrival of the fierce beasts with the others and jointly resist the beast tide. Reward for completion: Ability Technique, Incineration Art.】

Shen Yi, who had just eaten his fill and was about to rest, saw the selection box appear before his eyes again.

Damn it, why is it the Good Person Card again? He complained, "Am I really that safe-looking?"

The second option made Shen Yi drool. If he secretly left, his Ability Level would reach Stage Two, Seven Stars, making him a sure bet for a prestigious Ability university.

Even if he couldn't pass the rest of the trial, it wouldn't matter.

The third option was directly ignored. This was asking for immediate cremation, a one-stop funeral service.

After much thought, Shen Yi patted Su Lanqing, who was meditating beside him, then stood up.

"Fellow classmates, please leave here immediately. A large number of fierce beasts are about to come to the lake to drink water. For safety, I suggest everyone leave immediately and quickly head to the trial's end point," Shen Yi said loudly.

Su Lanqing looked at Shen Yi in confusion.

"Trust me."

She nodded, without asking for the reason.

【Task completed. Good Person Card has been placed in the system backpack.】

"Who do you think you are? Trying to trick us into leaving? Everyone knows this is the safest place. We've been here much longer than you and haven't seen a single fierce beast," someone said with dissatisfaction and disdain.

"Exactly! You're full and satisfied, and now you want to drive us away. This place is so big, isn't it enough for you?"

"What kind of person is he? He really thinks he's amazing and wants to hog this place to himself."

Shen Yi listened to these people's words, feeling quite speechless. How did these people's brains work? This wasn't some feng shui treasure land; would he really bother to drive people away?

"How do you know that a large number of fierce beasts are about to arrive? Everyone here has gone through life-and-death situations to reach this place and needs to rest," someone else said, half-believing, half-doubting.

"We've walked for so long, when have you ever seen a water source? This is the only lake here. Fierce beasts also need to drink a lot of water. This time of day is the hottest, so fierce beasts will arrive soon. I hope you all leave as quickly as possible," Shen Yi patiently explained.

He believed the system wouldn't lie to him. Although it often seemed absurd, he 100% trusted the system in matters like this.

"Everyone, listen to Shen Yi. Leaving here won't do anyone any harm. If there are no fierce beasts later, we can just come back," Su Lanqing also helped Shen Yi explain.

"Tsk, isn't it just that he wants to monopolize this place? This place is so big, isn't it enough for him? What a piece of work!" Then someone cursed.

Shen Yi shook his head. He wasn't some saint. His earlier warning was out of goodwill. He had a friend here, and since he was going to tell Su Lanqing, he might as well tell them all.

Seeing that they were unmoved, Shen Yi stopped talking, gave Su Lanqing a look, and the two decided to leave.