Where are your teammates? Why are you the only one here?

After thinking it over, Lin Li decided against selling the spirit artifact dagger. Since he needed one himself, he decided to keep it for personal use.

He injected some psionic energy into the spirit artifact dagger, and a faint golden spiritual light immediately appeared on the blade.

"Ching."

With a swift movement, Lin Li cut a large chunk of meat from the Gray Wolf Exotic Beast with the spirit artifact dagger, which now glowed with faint golden spiritual light.

After taking a large piece of Exotic Beast Meat, Lin Li placed his hand on the Gray Wolf Exotic Beast's corpse and stored it in the Mysterious Small Island.

"Splash..."

He washed the blood-soaked Exotic Beast Meat with water, then broke off a branch from a tree, threaded the meat onto it, and stuck the branch into the campfire to roast.

Picking up his half-eaten instant noodles, Lin Li sat on a small stool, eating his noodles and occasionally looking up at the Exotic Beast roast cooking by the campfire.

Under the heat of the flames, the Exotic Beast Meat on the branch began to ooze oil after a short while.

"Sizzle, sizzle..."

As the dripping oil hit the campfire, the flames would flare up from time to time.

"Gulp, gulp..."

"Ah..." After finishing his instant noodles, Lin Li drank all the soup. He then let out a sigh.

The Exotic Beast Meat would take a while longer to cook. There was a stream not far ahead, so Lin Li got up, tidied his dishes, and headed to the stream to wash them.

"Splash..."

In the crystal-clear stream, small fish could occasionally be seen swimming by. The bright sunlight shone on the water's surface, making it sparkle with golden brilliance.

Lin Li squatted by the stream, washing his dishes. After he finished, he stored all the pots, bowls, and utensils in the Mysterious Small Island.

"It's so hot today!" After squatting by the stream and washing dishes for a while, Lin Li felt a light sweat break out on his body. He looked up at the sun in the sky and mumbled to himself. Then, he cupped some stream water and splashed it on his face.

Washing his face with the cool stream water made him feel refreshed.

Lin Li then got up and returned to the campfire. He pulled the branch stuck in the ground and brought the roast closer to sniff it.

"It smells great. Just a little longer, and this Gray Wolf Exotic Beast meat will be ready."

Lin Li took out two small bottles of seasoning from the plastic bag beside him.

He sprinkled some salt and chili powder on the Gray Wolf Exotic Beast roast.

"Roasting meat like this in the desolate and dangerous wilderness has its own unique flavor!"

Sitting on the small stool, Lin Li held the roast over the campfire, turning it. He looked out at the boundless wilderness in the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

A few more minutes passed, and the Exotic Beast roast in Lin Li's hand was completely cooked.

"Hoo..."

He blew on the steaming Exotic Beast roast, then took a bite.

"I think I put too much salt. I'll have to use less next time. The chili powder is just right, though. Any more and it would be too spicy."

Lin Li ate the Exotic Beast roast bite after bite. After eating half of it, he regretted not bringing any "happy fat-kid water" on this trip.

"I've been hunting Exotic Beasts from dawn till dusk these past few days, and the food I bought last time is almost gone. When I get home, I'll go to the supermarket for another shopping trip.

This time, I'll buy more non-perishable food to store on the Mysterious Small Island... Hmm, I definitely can't forget the happy fat-kid water this time. I'll buy a few cases to drink slowly."

As Lin Li was eating the fragrant Exotic Beast roast and thinking about his upcoming supermarket shopping trip, there was another rustling sound from the dense grass where the Gray Wolf Exotic Beast had previously emerged.

"Rustle, rustle..."

Lin Li, who was sitting on the small stool eating the Exotic Beast roast, heard the noise and immediately stood up again. He looked at the rustling grass in the distance with a hint of surprise, thinking to himself.

"No way, am I this lucky today? Another Exotic Beast has just walked right into my trap!"

Soon, three figures emerged from the grass.

Upon seeing the three figures, a flicker of disappointment crossed Lin Li's eyes, and he sat back down.

He continued eating the roast in his hand while watching the three Exotic Beast Hunters who were looking at him from a distance.

These three wore camouflage uniforms, carried backpacks, and wielded different psionic weapons: a longsword, a saber, and a spear.

The three Exotic Beast Hunters' expressions had initially been vigilant. However, upon seeing Lin Li sitting in the shade, eating roast meat, their vigilant expressions instantly turned to astonishment.

When cooking in the wild, the smoke from a campfire could attract Exotic Beasts, which would then likely attack the person who made the fire.

Therefore, most Exotic Beast Hunters entering the wilderness for hunting now ate portable food they carried with them when they got hungry.

This included self-heating meal boxes, self-heating hot pots, energy bars, canned goods, and so on.

Although the taste of portable food wasn't great and could become tiresome with frequent consumption, it didn't require starting a fire, saved time, and was convenient to carry. These factors were very important for Exotic Beast Hunters.

Of course, if you were confident in your own strength, weren't afraid of being ambushed by Exotic Beasts, and didn't mind the trouble of cooking, you could still start a fire to cook.

"Hello there! Friend, having lunch?" The leader, a man with a buzz cut in his early forties, approached to within five or six meters of Lin Li and greeted him.

The three Exotic Beast Hunters consisted of two men and one woman. The leader, the buzz-cut man, was in his early forties. The other two were in their early thirties. One was a bald man, and the woman had short hair that reached her ears.

Seeing the other party approach to greet him, Lin Li swallowed the Exotic Beast barbecue in his mouth and replied to the buzz-cut man, "Mm, have you guys had lunch yet?"

"We have."

"Oh!"

The buzz-cut man glanced around and then asked Lin Li, "Friend, where are your teammates? Why are you the only one here?"

"Teammates?" Lin Li shook his head and said, "I don't have any teammates, it's just me here."

"Just you alone?!!!" The three Exotic Beast Hunters were immediately taken aback upon hearing Lin Li's words.

The buzz-cut man had been an Exotic Beast Hunter for some years. As a seasoned Exotic Beast Hunter with Second-Order Early Stage strength, after his surprise, he looked at the young man in his early twenties before him, his brow furrowing.

Sigh, another inexperienced but incredibly bold newcomer. What are these young people thinking? Aren't they afraid of death at all? the buzz-cut man judged Lin Li in his heart.

Then he spoke, "Little brother, you haven't been an Exotic Beast Hunter for long, have you!"

Lin Li, who was eating Exotic Beast barbecue, nodded and then said to the buzz-cut man, "I haven't been an Exotic Beast Hunter for even ten days."