Chapter 238: Battle Royale • Wilderness Survival (5)
Thanks to Old John’s past teachings, Everly had very strong practical skills.
After constructing the basic outline of the stocking-made net in her mind, she proceeded step by step, starting from one edge and carefully stitching it together without haste.
It was a task that tested both attentiveness and patience. Before she knew it, Everly became fully absorbed in it, forgetting everything around her.
While she was sewing, a choking smell of smoke drifted into the cave from somewhere.
Everly checked her surroundings but didn’t see any sparks or flames. She also listened carefully. Since she had begun her stitching work, the sounds of fighting in the steep-slope forest had gradually faded. She had deliberately kept her hands busy, giving those players who had rushed in for the airdrop enough time to retreat, and had therefore not stopped.
So where was this smoke coming from…?
With curiosity and caution, Everly walked to the edge of the cave, poked half her head out, and looked toward the direction the smoke was coming from—
Damn it, those brainless idiots. If you’re going to steal things, just steal them—why set the mountain on fire?!
About a few hundred meters away, on a jagged headland jutting upward like canine teeth, a fire had started at some unknown time.
