Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 269: Let Our Fists Decide

"Indeed, we did discover an iron mine. It’s quite large and relatively easy to mine," Zhou Chun decided to answer Xu Yi to show his sincerity.

"Is it easy to find?" Xu Yi asked again, gripping the leopard’s head tightly to stop it from twisting, lest blood splatter everywhere.

"Not that easy," Zhou Chun answered truthfully. It’s not an exposed iron mine.

"That does sound tempting, especially since I happen to have some forging skills." As he spoke, Xu Yi drew out his dagger and cut the wound slightly larger, letting the blood flow more rapidly.

Upon hearing Xu Yi’s words, not only did the Zhou family father and son pause, even Lu Ke was momentarily stunned.

Because Lu Ke didn’t know that Xu Yi could forge.

"Then we should definitely cooperate. We have the mine, and you have the skills," Zhou Chun said with a smile, directly mentioning the word ’cooperation.’

"Wanting to cooperate isn’t easy. Who will lead after we cooperate, that’s a major issue," said Xu Yi as he glanced at Zhou Chun and Zhou Mo, even though these two appeared simple and honest.

However, a cunning person wouldn’t have their cunning written on their face.

If a team isn’t united, it’s better to work solo. Many teams have disbanded due to disagreements.

In a team, there can only be one voice. Therefore, one squad must take the lead, and the other two squads must support.

"Easy, whoever’s fist is bigger, listens to them. This is the wilderness, strength is the key to survival," Zhou Chun answered honestly. After all, he was quite aware that those who could make it this far were not weak and naturally had their survival skills.

No matter whom you listen to, survival continues.

Moreover, a big fist is intimidating. Zhou Chun felt this was the most traditional and effective method.

"Alright, that’s simple and straightforward, which I quite like," Xu Yi couldn’t help but smile. This declaration pleased him even more than their possession of an iron mine.

Simple and straightforward, without too much fuss about democracy and voting.

"So, does this mean in a hundred days, we have a chance to cooperate?" Zhou Mo asked happily; he figured that Xu Yi and Lu Ke capturing a leopard alive indicated strong abilities. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The sandbags in their camp were definitely not just decorations.

"It’s hard to say, we have two other friends who also want to cooperate with us. Two girls, one is a game streamer, and the other is a female special forces member," Xu Yi said directly, considering that there’s a high chance they’ll cooperate with Wang Jin and Lu Yao.

Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment upon hearing Xu Yi use the word ’friends.’

Were they friends before coming to the wilderness challenge, or did they become friends after arriving?

These two situations are completely different. If it’s the former, then their relationship with Xu Yi and Lu Ke must be very strong, and sometimes Xu Yi and the others would side with those two girls. For them, that’s very unfavorable.

If they met on this planet, then everyone is on the same starting line, which would be somewhat better.

"If you’ve taken notice of them, it shows they aren’t weak either. I think if we could cooperate, there shouldn’t be any problem," Zhou Chun shared his thoughts with Xu Yi.

He still hoped to cooperate with Xu Yi, given there’s a female special forces member on the other team. Even if the game streamer is weak, five of them supporting one shouldn’t be an issue.

Possibly, she’s not weak at all. After all, the truly weak ones have already been eliminated.

"Whether we can cooperate still depends on the situation after a hundred days. It’s not like we can succeed just because we say we want to cooperate now. We don’t yet know the conditions that might arise then," Xu Yi didn’t agree directly, although the father and son were quite decent, possessing not only an iron mine but also having tamed wild horses as their mounts, having mounts before them.

Besides, Zhou Mo was carrying a crossbow, a weapon stronger than what he and Lu Ke had.

"Exactly, that’s why you’re our top cooperation candidates. If we’re free to choose then, we’ll definitely pick your team," Zhou Chun understood what Xu Yi meant, and they weren’t insistent on Xu Yi and Lu Ke; they just seemed the most compelling cooperation opportunity for Zhou Chun at present.

"We’ll see about that; I think the cooperation opportunity is quite significant. So, for the next twenty-some days, you have to take care of yourselves," Xu Yi said with a smile, considering he hadn’t interacted with many groups, just the 403 group he encountered before and these father and son.

Between the 403 group and the father-son duo, Xu Yi was more inclined towards the Zhou family father-son duo.

"Definitely, no matter how difficult, we’ll survive till day 100," Zhou Chun stated with absolute certainty because, even if just to save his wife, no matter how challenging, he wouldn’t give up.

"We’re group 77, and you?" Xu Yi provided their group number, sensing it’s a critical piece of information.

"Dad, group 77, the first to acquire 100 points, group 77!" Zhou Mo exclaimed excitedly, remembering when all groups received that notification.

"It’s you guys, no wonder," Zhou Chun couldn’t help but glance at Xu Yi, who was skinning the leopard, and said, "We’re group 313."

"Just lucky," Xu Yi smiled slightly and continued with his skinning task.

"Let’s agree then, see you in a hundred days. We haven’t been back to our camp in a while, so we won’t linger here," Zhou Chun said, mounting his horse.

It was past three; both the horses and humans had rested for a long time; they could cover quite a distance before dark. With luck, they’d be back at their camp within two days.

They had no extra pig iron left as trade currency, so there was no way to showcase their advantages to other teams.

So continuing to search was pointless, and he felt their cooperation chances with Xu Yi were significant; they needn’t consider the other team now. They could then stockpile food and points in preparation for the hundredth day.

"Take care then, see you in a hundred days," Xu Yi paused his work and looked at the Zhou family father and son mounting their horses.

"Okay, see you in a hundred days," Zhou Chun clasped his fists towards Xu Yi and spurred his horse to leave.

Zhou Mo also clasped his fists, then followed his father on horseback.

Although he wanted to stay longer with Xu Yi and Lu Ke to converse, he hadn’t had a proper chat with anyone for a long time and felt incredibly lonely.

However, since Zhou Chun wanted to leave, he couldn’t linger here.

"Xu Yi, are we really going to cooperate with them?" Lu Ke, who had been mostly silent, immediately asked once the Zhou family father and son left.