The steaming hot dinner warmed not just the body but also the heart.

Hua Yun comfortably drank the broth and ate the boiled smoked meat, feeling quite satisfied in her stomach.

Chen Wen felt the same way.

The lynx at the side was also eating the boiled meat; its taste had changed.

Only the Golden Eagle continued to eat raw meat.

Of course, this was due to its physical structure.

The body structure of the Golden Eagle made it difficult for it to eat smoked meat and boiled smoked meat.

After dinner, Chen Wen initially planned to let Hua Yun rest while he kept watch.

But Hua Yun was adamantly opposed, her stance quite firm. Chen Wen had no choice but to lie down in the shelter and drift off to sleep as before.

Listening to Chen Wen's steady breathing, Hua Yun finally let out a sigh of relief.

She wasn't used to accepting so many favors from others.

Yet during the night watch, Hua Yun sneezed several times in a row.

The lynx tilted its head to glance at Hua Yun.

It smelled a change in Hua Yun's scent.

Was this change good or bad?

The lynx didn't know.

Hua Yun frowned, moving slightly closer to the fire.

After falling into the water, hypothermia occurs immediately.

If you endure hypothermia, other issues may follow.

For instance, catching a cold or developing a fever.

Suddenly, Hua Yun had a bad premonition.

As time moved toward midnight, Hua Yun woke Chen Wen for his shift.

Chen Wen sat up, rubbing his eyes: "No disturbances around, right?"

"Mm, it's very quiet."

Hua Yun said, handing back his clothes to Chen Wen: "My clothes are dry now, you should wear them, it's cold at night."

Accepting the warm clothes, Chen Wen was momentarily stunned.

Why are these clothes so warm?

Moreover, Chen Wen also noticed that Hua Yun's face was very red.

Hua Yun seemed to notice Chen Wen's gaze and explained, "I just sat closer to the fire and drank quite a bit of hot water."

"Oh, that's fine, I thought maybe it was…"

Chen Wen didn't dare to speak the word fever aloud.

After all, he had heard her sneezing just now.

Hua Yun nodded: "If there's nothing else, I'll go rest first."

"Alright."

Chen Wen put on his jacket, sat by the fire, and began the long night watch.

...

The next early morning.

The thing Hua Yun and Chen Wen feared most had happened.

"Murphy's Law may be late, but it never fails to arrive!"

Chen Wen said helplessly.

In the morning, when Hua Yun got up, both she and Chen Wen noticed something was wrong.

Hua Yun's face was very red, and she appeared very sluggish.

When Chen Wen placed the back of his hand on her forehead, the warmth there sank their hearts into despair.

"A fever, but it's not very severe yet."

Hua Yun was quite aware of her own condition.

She calculated the remaining journey and said, "Five days, we can reach the town in five days. As long as we endure these five days and get fever-reducing medicine in town, it will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen shook his head.

He refused Hua Yun's idea of taking a gamble.

Having a fever in the wilderness is not a trivial matter, especially in an icy, snowy environment.

Even someone as tough as Roland.

When he had a fever in the Sonora Desert, he was bedridden in the camp for an entire day having a low fever.

Chen Wen witnessed his miserable state firsthand.

A tough guy, yet because of persistent fever, it was difficult for him to even stand.

"This is no small matter, we must get well before continuing our journey."

Chen Wen's expression was very serious.

He interrupted what Hua Yun was about to say, speaking directly: "I understand, you want to take a chance, rush to the town while the fever is not severe, but you underestimate the danger of fever, especially as we don't have sufficient means to handle it."

"We can't think about gambling or taking chances right now, we need to be cautious. If your condition worsens, our only outcome is elimination! No matter how much advantage you accumulated earlier, it would all become meaningless."

Upon hearing these words, Hua Yun said no more.

She could feel that she wasn't as clear-minded as Chen Wen right now.

So, she handed the decision-making over to Chen Wen: "Tell me what to do, and I will listen to you."

Chen Wen nodded: "That's more like it, you should just lay down and focus on getting better, I'll think of a way to treat you. If I could cure Roland back in the Sonora Desert, surely, I can cure you here."

...

Meanwhile, in the coniferous forests of the northern United States.

Roland, who was attempting to build a pure stone shelter, sneezed.

"Got a cold?"

His wife kindly handed him a hot cup of coffee.

Roland shook his head and accepted the coffee.

As if remembering something, he asked his wife, "Dear, have you heard what Chen Wen is up to?"

Chen Wen?

Roland's wife wore a contemplative look, then said, "I chatted with his assistant, Jiang Chang, and heard that Chen Wen is currently in the Yukon Territory."

The Yukon Territory...

Roland felt emotional: "He is also compensating for his shortcomings, I can't let him surpass me! This newly announced survival location for the wilderness alone is just at the same latitude as the Yukon Territory, a great advantage for me. I will surely defeat him here and become the wilderness survival champion!"

Seeing Roland's suddenly soaring competitiveness, his wife laughed.

"Of course, dear, you will definitely beat him here. You are the true king in the northern coniferous forests!"

His wife's praise was no less invigorating than a shot of adrenaline.

Roland immediately put down the coffee and began moving stones, spiritedly building his shelter.

...

As for Chen Wen.

To treat Hua Yun's fever, he used the three usual methods: physical cooling, inducing sweat, and drinking plenty of hot water.

Physical cooling was relatively simple.

Winter in the Yukon is a natural big freezer, so he just needed to get some snow and toss a rabbit skin into it for a while.

When he took it out again, it was the perfect cooling pad.

Even needing to be placed near the fire for a bit to avoid it being too cold.

Inducing sweat was more challenging.

But Chen Wen utilized the leather he had obtained earlier.

He wrapped Hua Yun in the leather, moving the fire closer to the shelter.

Drinking plenty of hot water was even simpler.

The surrounding snow could be drunk, and not far from them, the Yukon River allowed for ice to be broken for water.

After placing some over the fire, it turned into hot tea in no time.

Under these various measures, Hua Yun soon felt her forehead gently sweating.

But the effect didn't immediately become apparent.

By noon, however, when he cooked, Chen Wen asked Hua Yun how she felt.

Yet the news wasn't very good.

Hua Yun's voice remained weak, and her forehead was becoming hotter.

"Hmm, something's wrong!"

Chen Wen retracted his hand, instinctively shaking it.

Could it be that his treatment method was mistaken?

No, there was absolutely nothing wrong with his method.

Chen Wen was very certain.

According to the information he'd read beforehand, dealing with fever in the wilderness, these three methods were the most effective.

Could it be that Hua Yun's fever was more serious this time?

Chen Wen pondered and decided to intensify the treatment.

When boiling hot water, he added some salt.

This was to replenish the lost salts.

In addition, Chen Wen opened a second can of corn.

He poured the corn into the pot, added some water, and cooked it into corn porridge.

Then he boiled some smoked meat.

To improve Hua Yun's food intake and ensure her nutrition was more balanced.

He even avoided letting her eat too much at once, but rather adopted a small-meal, multiple times approach, easing her digestion.

In short, Chen Wen tried every approach he could think of.

But whether Hua Yun could endure it was still unknown.

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