Wilderness Survival Kit

Jiang Yunlu opened the trunk and struggled to drag out a massive travel backpack.

With a dull thud, the backpack hit the ground, kicking up a thin layer of dust.

The backpack was almost half her height, its various buckles and side pockets stuffed to the brim. Rather than a hiking bag, it looked more like a mobile wilderness survival fortress.

Let alone comparing it to Lin Mo's bag, even Xie Yuling and the others' backpacks looked miniature in front of this behemoth.

If one had to describe it, it was roughly the size of a Delta tactical backpack, a massive 6x8 forty-eight slot bag.

Lin Mo lifted the enormous backpack with one hand, the weight of it making his eyebrows twitch slightly.

With a quick sweep of his divine sense, the contents of the backpack instantly became crystal clear in his mind.

Inside, there was a tent, a sleeping bag, various types of water, food, and a medical kit.

Did this girl treat this mountain climbing trip as a wilderness survival challenge?

With a load of at least forty or fifty catties, let alone climbing a mountain, an ordinary girl would struggle just walking on flat ground.

"Are you preparing for wilderness survival?" Lin Mo weighed the backpack in his hand and teased.

Jiang Yunlu's cheeks instantly flushed crimson. She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear in embarrassment and said, "I... This is my first time camping. I didn't know what to prepare, so I... I brought a bit extra."

Seeing her anxious appearance, Lin Mo chuckled softly, took his own backpack off his shoulders, and casually handed it to her.

"You carry mine, and I'll carry yours."

His actions were crisp and clean, without a hint of hesitation.

Jiang Yunlu subconsciously took it, bracing herself for the expected weight. Who knew that when she lifted her arm, the backpack swung onto her shoulder as light as a feather, nearly causing her to stumble backward from overexerting herself.

"Ah? It's so light!" She widened her eyes in surprise. "What did you even pack in here?"

"Taiqi Eight Treasure Porridge, water, and some clothes," Lin Mo said breezily.

"That's it?"

At this, not only Jiang Yunlu, but even Xie Yuling and Chu Miaomiao beside them revealed astonished expressions.

They had seen Lin Mo's appetite with their own eyes. Was this little bit of stuff even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth?

Lin Mo shrugged, looking completely justified. "Yeah, that's it. Anyway, you guys definitely brought a lot of snacks. You wouldn't just leave me to starve and not share some with me, right?"

Watching Jiang Yunlu comfortably carrying Lin Mo's bag, Xie Yuling felt inexplicably stifled. She let out a delicate snort, crossed her arms, and turned her head away.

"I won't give you any. Besides, there's definitely plenty to eat in the bag you're carrying."

Chu Miaomiao looked at Xie Yuling, wanting to tell her she was being foolish.

Just as she was about to speak up to smooth things over, Xie Yuling grabbed her wrist tightly.

Chu Miaomiao froze, only to see Xie Yuling shoot her a swift "don't say a word" look.

Chu Miaomiao looked at Lin Mo, then at Jiang Yunlu, and finally rested her gaze on Xie Yuling.

She could only think to herself, 'Fine, once we get up there, you won't be able to resist talking to him anyway.'

The four of them walked toward the toll gate.

The night had fallen, but the entrance was brightly lit, and the sound of commotion could be heard from afar.

A dense crowd of men and women had gathered over there, numbering around twenty people.

Lin Mo swept his gaze over them and was somewhat surprised to find that people from Class 15 made up the majority.

However, Wang Zhenji and the other guy who had provoked Lin Mo before (the ones plagued by nightmares in chapter fifty-something) were not here.

Beside Fang Jun, Cai Junhuang stood calmly with her arms crossed.

An Yuexin, looking like a punching bag, shrank to the other side, gazing longingly at the crowd from Class 15.

Mai Chuwen had already been pulled away by the people from Class 15.

Lin Mo and the others walked over and asked directly, "Why... are there so many people?"

As soon as he spoke, An Yuexin approached with a miserable face, his voice tinged with a sob, "Master Mo, my Xiaomai has been taken away."

Fang Jun slapped him on the back of the head and explained in annoyance, "Originally, it was just a few of Mai Chuwen's classmates coming together. But some loudmouth yelled about it in their class group chat, and now look, the boys in their class all rushed over like dogs catching a scent."

Indeed, the vast majority of the people from Class 15 were boys. With gleaming eyes, they were surrounding a few pretty girls from their class, fawning over them.

Lin Mo glanced around. "Our class has fifty people, but not many came. I guess night climbing really isn't that interesting to them."

Cai Junhuang rolled her eyes. "Bullshit it's not interesting. It's because of Mai Chuwen and those female classmates of hers."

Lin Mo swept his divine sense over. There were indeed a few pretty girls in the crowd, and most of those from Class 15 were boys.

That made sense.

This made him unable to help but scratch his head and look around.

"The girls in our Class 8 seem to be prettier, though."

Jiang Yunlu, Chu Miaomiao, and Cai Junhuang could be considered the three great beauties of Class 8.

Fang Jun raised an eyebrow at Lin Mo. Did he really not know the reason why no one pursued Jiang Yunlu and Chu Miaomiao in Class 8?!

As for Cai Junhuang, quite a few people in the class liked her too, but not many actively showed it.

You could only say that they weren't quite up to the task.

Just as An Yuexin was staring a hole through the crowd, Mai Chuwen finally squeezed out and jogged back to their side.

Her cheeks were slightly red, but her tone was firm. "I'm going with you guys!"

An Yuexin was instantly revived to full health, his eyes lighting up.

Over there, the main force of Class 15 had already started getting their tickets checked to enter the mountain, surging forward noisily.

On Lin Mo's side, it was still just their solitary little group.

"I remember there's also Ma Li, Lin Jiajun, and Lyu Na, right?" Lin Mo asked casually.

"Right, it's not quite nine-thirty yet."

Fang Jun replied, his gaze falling on the massive hiking bag on Lin Mo's back. "No, seriously, Old Mo, isn't this backpack a bit too exaggerated? Are you preparing for wilderness survival?"

As expected of friends, their wording was almost identical.

Before Lin Mo could speak, Jiang Yunlu next to him raised her hand somewhat embarrassedly and said softly, "The bag is mine... It's my first time hiking and camping, and I don't have any experience, so I brought a bit too much."

A blush spread across her fair cheeks, making her look a bit awkward.

"So it's not your first time watching the sunrise?" Xie Yuling suddenly spoke up.

This question caused the atmosphere to shift slightly.

"Yeah, I've seen the sunrise many times at Uluru in Australia. Because it was winter then, the changes in light and color during sunrise were very special, so I really like watching the sunrise there."

Uluru?

Australia?

As soon as these place names came out, Fang Jun and An Yuexin looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

After all, none of them had ever been abroad; the most they had done was visit Hong Kong or Macau.

Instead, Lin Mo said, "Where you watch the sunrise isn't the point; who you watch it with is the point."

At this, Mai Chuwen and An Yuexin looked at each other and smiled.

The slightly stiff atmosphere livened up again.

And Lin Mo simply spread his hands. "It seems we still have some time to wait. Let's get something to eat."