The cactus fruit of the pear cactus is different from the giant pillar cactus.

The pear cactus fruit is larger and has a relatively thinner skin.

Moreover, the inside of the pear cactus is also different from the giant pillar cactus.

Chen Wen peeled off the outer skin and put the flesh into his mouth.

His eyes immediately lit up.

The taste of the pear cactus is more sour, completely unlike the giant pillar cactus.

But its juice content is exceptionally high!

Just with one bite, the sweet and sour juice seemed to explode from the fruit.

Instantly filling Chen Wen's mouth.

Moistening Chen Wen's body and soul.

Apart from the sweet-sour taste, this thing is also very cool!

Under the scorching sun, taking a bite like this,

it's like on a scorching afternoon during the summer break, playing wildly with friends.

Rushing to the small shop to buy a bottle of iced cola and taking the first sip!

Damn, it's so refreshing!

After thoroughly enjoying an entire pear cactus fruit, Chen Wen was still not satisfied.

If it were a normal day, he would definitely sit there and enjoy another round before moving on.

But now isn't a normal day; to continue surviving, he needed to quickly reach the nearby mountain range.

Because a more terrifying heatwave was brewing.

If he couldn't reach the nearby hills by afternoon, even though Chen Wen's survival traits helped him overcome most of the sun's heat.

The high ground temperature would make him feel like he's in heaven and hell.

After eating the pear cactus, he could seize new traits.

[Seizing natural creation—pear cactus, initiating the plunder!]

[Plundering... Plundering completed!]

[Please choose one of the following three traits]

[Dislike Dampness (Purple): You utterly detest damp environments, and long-term living in such an environment will severely rot your feet]

[Note: I'd rather live in a dry desert all my life than spend a second in a damp rainforest! —Pear Cactus]

[Passionate Light (Gold): You love intense sunlight, and the stronger the sunlight, the happier you'll be. You can now continuously draw nutrients from sunlight]

[Note: Sun! My life's light, the fire of desire, my sin, my soul! —Pear Cactus]

[Cactus Quality (Gold): Dry, hot, and barren environments no longer affect you]

[Note: Who is the light of the desert? —Pear Cactus]

[Please make a choice within one minute or forfeit! Failing to choose will automatically select the first trait!

Holy crap...

Purple, Gold, Gold!

The characteristics of pear cactus are this fierce?

Chen Wen's mouth dropped open.

This plant is too extreme, right?

Survive in a humid environment, and it's rot city?

Chen Wen hesitated for a long time between the two golden traits.

[Passionate Light], it's almost like photosynthesis.

It could hugely boost him.

But this trait may conflict with [Resilience].

[Cactus Quality] is equally exaggerated, unaffected by three types of environments directly.

Heat, aridity, barrenness.

These three environments are ones Chen Wen will often encounter in the future.

But this trait has slight conflict with [Drought Tolerance].

It's quite a dilemma!

With time running out, Chen Wen gritted his teeth.

For the future, he chose [Cactus Quality]!

Nutrients, he doesn't lack.

This desert is quite abundant, with lots of edibles.

But being unaffected by three extreme environments directly offers an immense upgrade!

After choosing, Chen Wen felt the change very distinctly this time.

The surroundings that seemed like a steamer became instantly refreshing!

Yes, refreshing!

You couldn't call it an air-conditioned room, but not too far off, barely like a fan room.

This should be the effect of not being affected by heat.

As for overcoming aridity, Chen Wen felt his water consumption likely decreased.

Maybe now, he only needs to drink three hundred milliliters of water a day to meet the minimum life requirement!

The last effect of overcoming barrenness.

Chen Wen felt it reduced his nutritional consumption.

Now eating two meals just about equals to three meals before!

"Take off!"

Chen Wen couldn't help but shout.

This time, it's really a take-off!

[Cactus Quality] directly turned a hell-level desert into medium difficulty!

Imagine, others exhaust their brains for water, trying hard to obtain fresh water resources from the desert.

Chen Wen just needs to eat a dozen cactus fruits a day.

Others need continuous hunting, setting traps, barely sustaining activity.

With the same food, Chen Wen can directly sustain vigor!

A slight difference in words, but a world of difference!

Also, Chen Wen still comes equipped with a fan, weakening the desert's most terrifying high temperature to the extreme.

Under the confused gaze of the monitor.

Chen Wen stood up with a grin.

Who said my main venue is the ocean?

Clearly, I'm the child of the desert!

No, child of the desert is too low.

I'm the desert's emperor!

Gonna find someone to rename the Sonora Desert to the Shurima Desert.

Chen Wen mumbled, swiftly moving towards the small hill he discovered earlier.

Though he could endure and overcome sunlight and extreme heat,

Really getting scorched for days would still cause him harm.

...

"Seven kilometers!"

Seeing Chen Wen finally reach the foot of the hill, the monitor sighed in relief.

Under the extreme heat of the Sonora Desert, this yellow-skinned kid ran a seven-kilometer cross-country!

And looking at him, he seemed to have energy left!

"Terrifying Chinese Qigong!"

"He must be the legendary Grandmaster!"

"After this is over, we must seek him out to become our mentor!"

Several assistants of auxiliary contestants gathered, fervently discussing Chinese Martial Arts.

This scene gave Lin Jiawei and Jiang Chang a headache.

Isn't it?

Why are a bunch of foreigners discussing Huaxia's Qigong?

And with such confidence? Are foreigners all like this?

However, Lin Jiawei thought of foreigners who still believed in the flat earth theory nowadays and smiled understandingly.

"Hey, why can Chen Wen endure the sunshine and heat so well?"

Jiang Chang elbowed Lin Jiawei, nearly making him gasp for air.

He said with a darkened face, "I'm not 'hey'! I'm Lin Jiawei! Your leader!"

"Chen Wen... maybe it's related to his profession, a fisherman fishing in tropical oceans would generally be more tolerant of sunlight and heat."

"Didn't you see that black guy? He's exploring under the sun now too, probably a racial talent."

That makes sense too.

Jiang Chang fell silent and continued watching Chen Wen's next move.

...

After reaching the shade at the hill's base.

Chen Wen felt much cooler.

Now it really is like an air-conditioned room, just that the temperature was set to 28 degrees by mom.

"Now I need to first find a place suitable for establishing a shelter, and make it the camp for the next thirty days."

"Then I'll prepare fire materials and get the bonfire going before the sun sets."

"The desert's night is more dangerous than the day because the daytime dangers are visible and fair. The sun and heat scourge everything in the desert."

"But nighttime is different."

"At night, the desert, the sun withdraws its power, and the temperature drops; then the desert's danger comes from various creatures!"

"There are loads of venomous bugs in the desert! As far as I know, there's the extremely dangerous Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and the neurotoxin-bearing Gila Monster!"

"These two creatures could make me lose my ability to continue surviving, let alone the more common desert spider wasps and all sorts of scorpions!"

"Sounds terrifying, right? But as long as there's fire! These dangers will stay farthest from us!"

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