Top and I arrived at the door of a house that was about 20 square meters in size, amidst Sisi's cheerful laughter.

The residential area here was also created by converting the warehouses from the Ark into countless individual rooms.

To make management easier, I arranged all these residences like hotel rooms, lined up in a row, with a wooden door serving as the basic unit marker.

The wooden doors are numbered so that people won't go to the wrong house. One family lives in one room; it looks a bit crowded, but it's actually quite comfortable.

Because the ark was made of wood, an unwritten rule came into play: all cooking and fire-related activities had to be done in a designated area on the deck.

The deck floor has been specially waterproofed with a large amount of resin, so there is no need to worry about moisture or corrosion.

There's a thick layer of mud on the deck, so you don't have to worry about burning the boat if you start a fire. Plus, there's an artificial water tank, making it easy to wash things.

There aren't many rules about meals; you can cook and eat on the deck with everyone.

When we were building the ark, we had already used a lot of sand to make glass, and we installed quite a lot of it on the deck.

These glass areas will not affect the normal growth of crops below, and everyone will have a place to shelter from the rain and cook and start fires in a designated area.

We pushed open the door and went inside, but Susu wasn't home. However, a huge straw mat was already laid out on the ground, which everyone could use as a table and chairs.

Su Su is probably still cooking on the deck right now. Looking at the extremely simple furnishings in the room, apart from this cushion, there is only a bed and bedding that I made for Su Su and the others.

The three of them slept in this bed, and even so, Su Su's family was considered wealthy on the Ark.

Most of the tribespeople don't have beds at all. They simply use some dry grass as a mattress on the ground.

The blankets used above were also made of animal hides, unlike the ones used by Su Su and the others, which had various bird down feathers filling the space between the two layers of animal hides.

After a year of continuous rain, the temperature here has been dropping again and again.

These indigenous people may not have had the chance to experience what it feels like to be in the cold for generations, but now they have.

It is still very necessary to have items such as blankets and clothes for keeping warm and protecting against the cold.

The only creature here that doesn't seem to mind the cold is probably Haru. In their living area, the rooms are shockingly simple.

They found sleeping in the cabin quite comfortable, as their thick fur provided some warmth.

Therefore, their rooms are very clean, and it is difficult to find even a single blade of grass; finding a few hairs might be easier.

I took Sisi's hand and led her to the cooking area on the deck; it was time for everyone to cook. A fire pit, several tens of meters long, stretched as far as the eye could see, resembling a fiery dragon.

As for cooking methods, most of the tribesmen still use the primitive method, simply roasting the food over a fire pit and then eating it, without having as many of the formalities as they would on land.

People preferred eating on the deck to eating at home. Life at home was too boring; here, there was no need for hunting or much work.

Now, everyone's main job is to survive, which is unbearable not only for Haru, but also for our tribesmen who, over time, feel mentally broken.

To release that pent-up energy, I brought out football, badminton, chess, jump rope, and even mahjong.

So everyone is doing quite well right now. Some families who have already finished eating are already eagerly getting into a mahjong game, and those mahjong tiles are naturally handmade, carved from wood.

Every now and then, shouts of "Twenty thousand!" or "Thirty thousand!" could be heard coming from somewhere on the deck. Because of these forms of entertainment and the strengthening of bonds, Haru and our tribesmen became very close.

However, Haru's favorite sport is football, a sport that seems to have been tailor-made for them.

Not only does it greatly deplete their abundant energy, but it also satisfies their desire for conquest. Every time they play football with our people, Haru almost always wins, and they feel very proud of this.

Playing football there was like going to war. The footballs, made from inflated pig bladders, would burst every few days.

When it's just the two of them playing, they'll play until everyone is exhausted and falls asleep on the field before they stop.

Therefore, in some open spaces after the crops have been harvested, there are often densely packed Haru people gathered together.

Not all of them went up to play together; most stayed on the sidelines, cheering and watching. They waited for one team to lose before their own team went up to play against the winning team.

This kind of football match, which looks like a series of games, is not fair, but Haru doesn't care at all. They believe that the best teams should always hold onto their winning position.

However, I think that with their kind of rotation strategy, even a world champion team would be exhausted.

Our tribespeople tend to prefer less strenuous sports, with mahjong becoming increasingly popular among women.

It could be said that half the deck was filled with Haru's shouts, and the other half with the clatter of mahjong tiles and skilled calls.

At that moment, Su Su saw me bringing Qianqian over and smiled.

"Master, it will take a while. You can wait in the house with Qianqian. Dante and the others should be back from fishing by now. I'll grill another fish, and then we can have dinner."

"Master, come and see your apprentice's skills. Since you're just idling around anyway, why not come here to warm yourself by the fire and help out my apprentice?"

I smiled, rolled up my animal skin sleeves, and started helping Su Su turn over the roasted potatoes and cassava in the fire pit.

"Huh! We even have Zhenji here?"

I looked at the wild bird that Su Su was processing with some surprise. In my world, this thing is called a flying dragon, the kind that can land you in jail for life if you eat just one bite.

"Oh, Dante caught this in the woods this morning. I thought it was rare, so I asked Sisi to call Master to come and eat it together."

Su Su had already used hot water to remove all the feathers from the dragon's body, revealing the fair flesh underneath.

The area here is more of an artificial forest and some bamboo groves that are useful to us than a wild area.

After all, besides growing basic crops, some wood and other natural materials are still very necessary in daily life.

The birds here are very likely animals that flew from the land to the ark to seek refuge during the Great Flood.

The ark also features forests and bamboo groves, which are where these creatures have made their home. It's truly fortunate to be able to enjoy such a delicacy today.