The free food was compressed biscuits, the taste… was acceptable.

But it couldn’t be called delicious.

Crunch crunch!

In a few quick bites, he finished the biscuits.

Turning his head, he saw that Jiu had only eaten half before carefully wrapping the rest back into the package and tucking it away inside her clothes.

“Is it that bad?”

Ning Yi asked.

“No, dear, I think it’s delicious.”

Jiu shook her head and said seriously, “But food is precious. We don’t have much, do we? I want to save it for when I can’t stand the hunger anymore.”

After saying that, her pink tongue darted out.

She licked away a crumb at the corner of her mouth.

“...”

Ning Yi couldn’t help but shake his head with a wry smile but said nothing.

In fact, while eating, he had already checked the other three white doors in this room.

Behind one of them.

There was exactly the kind of food they needed most.

“By the way, do you eat meat?”

He asked.

“Yes!”

Jiu’s eyes brightened slightly as if she thought of something.

“When I was by the lake, I used to go into the water to catch fish. But now there aren’t any fish left in the lake, otherwise I could have grilled some for you.”

Her face showed a trace of regret.

It seemed she was quite confident in her grilling skills.

“There’ll be another chance.”

Ning Yi smiled lightly at that.

At the same time, a sudden thought crossed his mind.

Could it be that the lake was empty of fish because Jiu had eaten them all? He remembered that her profile listed “glutton” as one of her traits.

And recalling the sight of her licking the crumbs from the corner of her mouth just now…

For this girl to have managed to resist and put away half a biscuit was no small feat.

Collecting his thoughts.

Ning Yi walked over to the door he had already checked.

The one with food behind it.

[This is a Resource Room. Behind the door is a barren meadow where a group of goats live, along with a treasure chest. No danger present.]

Click.

He directly turned the handle.

Not far away, twelve goats instantly grew alert and tried to run.

But the room was only so big. After a few steps, they were blocked by the white walls.

Ning Yi didn’t rush to deal with them.

Instead, he walked to the treasure chest in the middle of the meadow.

[Bronze Chest: Contains a decent Homestead Terrain Card.]

Homestead Terrain Card?

Ning Yi curiously opened the chest and took out a silver-glowing card.

[Name: Green Grasslands]

[Type: Homestead Terrain Card]

[Quality: D+]

[Trait: Green Grasslands (Automatically generates a patch of grassland around the Homestead each day, greatly boosting the reproduction of grassland animals)]

[Requirement: Main building Homestead must be D+ quality or higher]

Not bad!

It was a perfect match for this goat herd.

Without hesitation, he summoned the Homestead and used the card.

Shua!

Before his eyes, fresh green grass sprouted across the barren land around the house.

Baa—

The goats saw this and couldn’t hold back.

After a short hesitation, they were drawn in by the grass and carefully approached the Homestead, cautiously beginning to eat.

Naturally, Ning Yi did not stop them.

Seeing this, the goats quickly relaxed and happily ate the grass.

“This way, we won’t lack food for a long time.”

Ning Yi nodded in satisfaction.

“Mhm!”

Jiu’s eyes also lit up.

As a foodie, those goats in her eyes had already turned into moving racks of grilled lamb chops.

Ning Yi chuckled lightly at her expression, then began checking the other three doors.

Unfortunately.

His luck seemed spent for the day. Behind all three were dangers he could not currently face. It seemed today’s exploration had to stop here. He’d continue after the reset at midnight.

“Jiu, let’s rest.”

He turned and said to the elven girl at his side.

Since they couldn’t explore further, they might as well make people.

“Hm?”

Jiu froze, then blushed and nodded.

“Back to the forest?”

“No… let’s just stay home.”

Ning Yi shook his head.

The sky had darkened, the temperature dropping sharply. Outside… they’d probably freeze halfway through and lose all mood.

* * *

Meanwhile, outside.

When Ning Yi’s livestream went black.

The people of Kyushu immediately understood what he was doing.

“Damn, is Ning God really this energetic? He just exercised for hours and is ready again?”

“Ahem, Ning God obviously wants to quickly reach Stage Two to get the next wave of rewards.”

“Maybe it’s because of the strengthening?”

“Feels like Ning God’s style is so different from other players. While others are in deep trouble, he seems to be on vacation…”

“Vacations aren’t this good! This is heaven on earth!”

“Stop being jealous. Anyway, his luck today was great. He won’t lack meat from now on.”

“True.”

“The Russian player next door was lucky too, got a weapon from a chest.”

“Not as good as the Korean player, he got a Rainbow Chest.”

“Hahaha, don’t say that, or the Koreans will get mad.”

Compared to other countries.

Kyushu’s situation was much better. Life there wasn’t too different from before the National Fate Game began.

Society was still running smoothly.

* * *

Soon, night came.

At the same time, darkness fell in the National Fate Game.

As expected, aside from Ning Yi, the unprepared players were freezing.

While daytime had been mild, night turned into an icy blizzard. The wind was bone-chilling. Some weaker players, poorly dressed, were already at their limits.

At this moment.

Ning Yi’s livestream resumed.

He lay comfortably on a soft bed, a fireplace blazing, the whole room warm and cozy.

In the kitchen, Jiu was butchering a goat. Beside her was a grill. Tonight’s dinner was clearly going to be lamb chops.

Compared to other players shivering in the cold, the contrast was heaven and earth.

“Man, if the other players saw Ning God now, they’d be depressed to death.”

“A warm home, a beautiful wife, delicious meat…”

“No doubt about it, Ning God is an absolute lucky player.”

“Just missing a baby now!”

“Ning God, hurry and have one!”

The Kyushu people laughed and chatted.

* * *

National Fate World.

The next day.

As the sun rose, the temperature steadily climbed again.

Players other than Ning Yi finally let out a sigh of relief, pale and shivering as they moved stiff limbs.

Honestly, they had thought that with free food and water for the first three days, this must be a newbie protection zone. As long as they stayed in their starting rooms, nothing would happen.

But the freezing night had shattered that illusion.

If they didn’t start exploring soon, they wouldn’t starve to death but freeze instead.

Ugh—

But Ning Yi’s style was completely different. He stretched, full of energy and sat up from bed.

After washing up and eating the breakfast Jiu had prepared.

He picked up Jiu’s bow and the short sword dropped from yesterday’s kobold kill.

Ready to begin today’s exploration.

Click.

Opening the door.

Ning Yi glanced at the four doors around him, raising an eyebrow.

Because…

One of them was actually a Marriage Room!