Chapter 005 Desert Island Crisis

A new day brings new challenges.

The clothes on his body seemed to have a smell, so Xie Yunsui simply took them off and washed them by the pond. Then he dried them with the residual heat from the fire. When he put them on again, it felt like he was wearing dried sauerkraut.

The stone knives and stone axes were not durable enough and often broke down after being used, so we had to make new tools.

"Okay, let's go back first."

There is a small bamboo forest at Huluzui. After Xie Yunsui cut down enough bamboos and picked bamboo shoots here, he saw that Youyou's space was full again, so he called Xiao Mifeng and Youyou to go back.

As time went by, there would be some small prey in the trap every day. Although Xie Yunsui no longer had meat for every meal, he was not as hungry as he was in the past few days.

There are often sweet potato leaves popping up next to the stone pile. You can dig out sweet potatoes with a wooden hoe, and you can dig out two sweet potatoes at a time.

Sweet potatoes can be used as staple food, temporarily alleviating Xie Yunsui's desire to eat rice.

He had enough materials, and every time before bed he would make a few traps. Now, there was a large fishing net and two small fish cages in the small pond. The large net didn't often hold prey, and when it did, it was only silver carp. The small fish cages, however, would yield two or three finger-sized fish and shrimp every day.

As more bark is collected, two ropes can be cut from one piece of bark, which, combined with stone chips and wood, can be made into a slate trap. Place the slate trap near the small mound of earth where the rabbit's nest is. There's a chance you'll catch a wild rabbit the next day, but most of the time you'll only catch some bamboo rats.

Xie Yunsui has now made a bow and arrows, but just like the bamboo fork, there is a limit to the number of arrows he can carry. He can only carry a maximum of five arrows. They can be recycled, but they will break if used too much.

After a few days, Xie Yunsui walked through every piece of land in Huludao and knew all the usable supplies on the island.

Sharp stones, large stone flakes, thick wood, large sticks, sturdy sticks, dry weeds, large leaves, resin and vines can be found everywhere.

The bark needs to be cut with a stone knife, and the bamboo needs to be chopped with a stone axe. In addition, after chopping thick large wood with a stone axe, five large wooden sticks can be obtained.

Most of the food on the ground can be collected directly, including blueberries, cranberries, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and mugwort. The food on the tree can be collected with a lasso, such as bird eggs, and the food on the ground can be collected with a wooden hoe, such as sweet potatoes.

Xie Yunsui also discovered that there were circular patches of black soil scattered across the island. Some were large, some were small, with the smaller patches being the majority. There were ten large, and thirty small patches. Digging them up would yield maggots, though the chance of finding one was also very random.

Maggots can be eaten, but Xie Yunsui didn't want to eat them, so he put them away for the time being.

At present, the traps made by Xie Yunsui are only large fishing nets, small fish cages, small bird traps and stone traps. At most three traps can be placed in each area. If there are more, no prey can be caught. The two trap areas can only be separated by a certain distance, and the traps cannot be placed near the camp.

The prey he currently offers include silver carp, small river fish, small river shrimp, small birds, bamboo rats, hares, and bullfrogs.

Bullfrogs only emerge after rain and are everywhere. They can be killed by hitting them on the head with a small stone.

In the above illustrations, the daily harvest amount is random, and sometimes when you are unlucky, you can only harvest a small shrimp and a mouse.

He had never seen a wild boar, but he could hear the calls of wild bulls from time to time, and was occasionally chased by them. He got used to being chased after a while. After Xie Yunsui mastered the skills, he found that he could fight back. The wild bulls would run away without looking back after being attacked twice.

How could such a wild bull kill the owner of the survival manual?

Xie Yunsui was quite curious. Judging from the contents of the manual, the owner of the manual must have lived here for a long time to be able to combine the materials into various trap combinations. It was impossible for him not to have noticed the fact that the wild bull ran away after being attacked twice. Most people would always fight back when attacked.

With deep curiosity, Xie Yunsui began to cut the bamboo rats and birds he had saved.

The strips of meat cut from these animals are exactly the same, regardless of their status in life. Therefore, Xie Yunsui can accept eating rat meat. After all, when you put it in your mouth, rabbit and bird rat taste the same, just pure meat, and the meat is still a bit woody after roasting.

Simple repetitive operations can only kill time. Xie Yunsui chatted with the little bee out of boredom.

"How long have we been here?"

The little bee said, "According to the desert island calendar, today is the 14th day."

Xie Yunsui sighed, "It's been almost half a month."

As soon as I open my eyes every day, I go out to work and pick up things. When I return to the camp, I eat, drink and sleep. I cut food and make tools under the cover of night. I dare not waste any time. Every day is very fulfilling and I live every day to the fullest.

The 200-square-meter warehouse in one shed was no longer enough, so Xie Yunsui built two more sheds, lining up with the first one.

He tidied up the sheds, using one for food and the remaining two for materials.

Even though they kept consuming more, the three sheds were about to be full.

Meat can be eaten roasted alone, but it is not nutritious and tastes bad. Xie Yunsui followed the recipes in the survival manual and made several servings of exquisite smoked meat and boiled river fish.

A serving of fine bacon requires 2 large chunks of meat, 3 small strips of meat, and two large leaves for wrapping. It does taste like bacon, which is better than dry barbecue.

Boiled river fish: Take 1 silver carp, 3 small river fish, and 4 small river shrimps and cook them into a delicious fish soup. Put it in a bark bowl. Eat and drink a bowl of it and your whole body will feel warm.

After a night passed, at the moment of dawn, Xie Yunsui suddenly felt uneasy, as if something bad was going to happen tonight.

Most of the resources on the island had been collected by Xie Yunsui, and they had not yet been refreshed, so he only picked up sturdy sticks and wood near the pond, and went to Huluyao by the way to see when another ginseng would appear.

Two hours before the early night arrived, Xie Yunsui, who was becoming increasingly uneasy, had already returned to the camp.

He ate meat and drank plenty of water, but still couldn't relieve his inner uneasiness.

"Tiantian, check for nearby dangers."

The little bee rose into the air, monitoring the situation in 360 degrees. The deserted island was as peaceful as usual.

“Ding Di—No abnormalities have been found yet.”

Xie Yunsui was not relieved, because this was a game-derived world, and many things could not be thought of through common sense. Just because there was no such thing now did not mean that there would be no such thing in the next second.

He asked the little bee to keep an eye on it at all times while he went to the shed to rub his attack weapons.

A bamboo fork can carry a maximum of two. He had previously speared fish and rabbits several times and broke one of them. He had not replaced it yet, so he replaced it now.

The same goes for arrows. He lost two arrows when attacking the bird in the tree, and now he has made up the maximum number of arrows he can carry.

Youyou had no means of attack, so Xie Yunsui put it in the shed. It was a very useful backpack for him and he didn't want it to be scrapped.

Time passed by bit by bit, and as Qianye was getting closer and closer, the sense of crisis remained, and I became more and more nervous.

As it got dark, many things became unclear. Xie Yunsui lit a fire to provide some illumination, but fearing that the fire would be difficult to carry with him while escaping, he also made a torch.

"Shopkeeper, the day is almost over."

A reminder from a little bee came from above my head, and after a few seconds, the sky turned gray.

"Moo—"

As the roar of the wild bulls came, the little bee suddenly flew down: "Shopkeeper, be careful, three wild bulls suddenly appeared."

Xie Yunsui also felt a sense of "it's finally here" in his heart, and then three red-eyed bulls appeared in front of him, one on the left and two on the right, surrounding him.

He gritted his teeth. Normally, he would only encounter one wild bull on the road, and if he was not careful, he would still be hit by the bull.

Although he did not appear to be injured, Xie Yunsui could feel his health value dropping, as if he had suffered internal injuries.

He can now face one wild bull calmly, but if three come at once, he is not sure if he can avoid them.

He closed his eyes. No wonder the survival manual...

Before Xie Yunsui could sigh too much, the bull stepped on the ground with its front legs, already in an attacking posture.

Xie Yunsui subconsciously dodged to the side, and the other two bulls also took attacking stances...

This night attack came suddenly. Xie Yunsui had no combat experience and could only dodge by feeling, and then hit the bull with a spear or an arrow when it turned around. However, he was still hit by the bull from time to time, and sometimes he was hit again before he could get up.

Xie Yunsui stood up despite the pain, and was the first to repel a wild bull with two forks. Then he continued to move. Without having time to pick up the bamboo fork on the ground, he took aim with the bow and arrow.

Fortunately, he had practiced attacking birds these days and his proficiency with the bow and arrow had increased. After surviving two more collisions, Xie Yunsui finally repelled all three bulls.

"It's finally over..."

This thought came to Xie Yunsui's mind, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The night attack lasted for a full hour, and it was already pitch dark.

Fortunately, the torch continued to burn. Xie Yunsui picked up the arrows and bamboo forks on the ground and found that the defeated bull had left him a gift.

A pile of cow dung and a cow horn.

Xie Yunsui picked up the cow horn and looked at the cow dung, thinking about something.

Feces would occasionally appear on the island, but Xie Yunsui always ignored it. After all, what was the point of collecting feces?

If this was the spoils of repelling a night attack, then the meaning would be different.

Is there any other use for this pile of feces?

After thinking it over, he took a large leaf and picked up the cow dung. He even built a shed and put the cow dung in it.

"Huh?"

Xie Yunsui looked at the items in the shed and found that there was not only cow dung, but also a seed.

The seeds are red ginseng seeds, like the small red "flowers" on the ginseng I saw that day. Those small flowers are actually red ginseng seeds.

"The ginseng was indeed eaten by the cow!"

Xie Yunsui forced the blame of the disappearance of the ginseng that day onto Manniu, and did not care why Manniu excreted the seeds after eating ginseng for half a month.

Upon hearing this, the little bee angrily slammed the shed, wishing he could catch the bull and shoot it to pieces.

The seeds can be taken out individually, but Xie Yunsui went to the pond to wash them, then put them away and prepared to plant them the next day.

Since Xie Yunsui couldn't see any use for the ox horn for the time being, he put it aside. After fighting in the middle of the night, he was exhausted and felt that he had serious internal injuries. He was a little weak. He ate some boiled river fish to increase his health value. After replenishing his energy, he fell into the shed to rest.

A dreamless night.