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Chapter 2 - Survival guide

Zhang LiYing opened her eyes and got up. She was lying in the middle of a forest. She got up and felt a lot of pain.

{...Ow. Oh right. LiYing had her face ruined...}

She touched her face and she felt the wound. There was no blood since the blood was dried up. Her clothes did not have blood on it but the ground had a lot of blood.

LiYing walked away to find a shelter. On her way, she saw a lot of herbs. She picked some herbs that helped stop bleeding and herbs that healed wounds. After a while, she saw a house and a river as it's neighbor.

The house looked old and worn out. LiYing went in and she didn't see anyone. LiYing saw a lot of spider webs and dust.

{...It looks like nobody lives here...}

LiYing saw a bed and got some black cloth. She went to the kitchen and saw a bucket. She used the bucket to get some water and she cleaned the cloths. She hanged the cloths and found a grinder. She started grinding the herbs into powder.

She found some empty rouge boxes. She went out and cleaned the rouge boxes so she could put the medicine powder in it. Then she cleaned her wound using water.

{...Urgh. I hate cleaning my wound. It hurts...}

When her wound dried, LiYing put a herb powder onto her wound. The herb powder was called Centella Asiatica. It could heal wounds and it would not leave a scar on the wound. LiYing laid on the grass and she fell asleep.

"Arooooo!" LiYing quickly woke up and got some sticks. She looked in her pockets to find something. She looked for several minutes and she could only find a bag full of money. She wanted to keep on looking until she remembered something.

{...Oops. I forgot that I didn't have a lighter. How do I make the fire then? Ah, I could use a stick to spark a fire...}

LiYing tried to use a stick to make friction with another stick. After a few minutes, not even a flare of fire was seen. "Oh come on!"

LiYing looked at her pockets again and she looked at her shoes. She saw a black dagger. "What's this?" She recognized the dagger right away.

{...This is my blade from the modern world. What is it doing here? Are my other stuff also here? I should make a fire first...}

Since her dagger was made up of steel she could easily make a fire. She used the steel dagger and rubbed it against the sticks and a flare of fire appeared. LiYing began blowing on the flare and a fire appeared.

"Arooooo!" LiYing began to see wolves. There were more than 5 wolves. LiYing grabbed a stick with fire to protect herself. The wolves didn't attack her though. They just sat down and stared at LiYing.

{...Are they going to attack me? It doesn't look like it though. Should I pet them?...}

LiYing put the torch down and tried to pet a wolf. The wolf did not dodge nor flinch. He nudged and went closer to LiYing. She tried to pet the other wolves. They also didn't dodge nor flinch.

{...They are so cute. Am I the wolf queen or something? They are not afraid of me. I probably can trust them...}

LiYing fell asleep with the wolves. The wolves did not attack LiYing in the middle of the night but they felt a strong aura and they got afraid. The wolves howled in front of LiYing to make her wake up. LiYing woke up and said, "Why are you trying to wake me up? Is something bad happening?" The wolves barked. "I would take that as a yes. You guys can go. I can protect myself," said LiYing. The wolves barked and ran away.

{...At least they are not cowards. They tried notifying me before they ran away...}

She was sitting on the ground and waited for a few minutes. There was not a shadow seen so LiYing laid back down. She was about to fall asleep until she heard a rustling sound.

She got up and took out her dagger. A shadow appeared and LiYing got prepared to attack. A man in black got out of the bush and fell face-first on the ground. LiYing wanted to laugh so hard. She had never seen a man fall face-first on the ground. The man turned around and there were dirt and grass on his face. LiYing started laughing.

"Hahaha! Look at your face! Sorry that I am being disrespectful but it's very funny!"

{...Oh, wait...}