Near the survival area, the sounds of axes chopping down trees echoed continuously, one after another, as towering trees fell.

Ye Zi is still chopping down trees, spending all her time chopping down trees except for the time she spends building the fireplace in the morning.

Tree branches were piled up into small mountains, and tree trunks that were four or five meters long were also piled up, but he was still chopping down trees because there weren't enough. Not even one shelter was enough, let alone two.

Moreover, after taking the Thousand-Jun Pill, one needs to exercise and simply cannot stop.

When we dragged the tree back, we replenished its water supply. We didn't even need time to eat; we just kept pruning it, relentlessly pruning it.

To speed things up, Ye Zi took a second pill after the effects of the first one she took in the morning wore off.

As the sun set, Ye Zi finally stopped plucking the tree trunk and dragged the dismembered trunk back to the shelter pit.

I originally planned to start building the shelter today, but we didn't have enough materials. After a whole day of work, we should have enough materials now, but we don't have time anymore.

Having rested well yesterday, Yezi is not tired and has plenty of energy. She doesn't plan to rest and has built a campfire in the middle of the shelter pit so she can continue working by the light of the fire.

The viewers in the live stream thought Yezi was going to rest again, but unexpectedly a campfire was lit, and Yezi dragged two four-meter-long tree trunks into the shelter pit and put them down one after the other.

Knowing that they would have to keep working, many viewers stayed to continue watching.

They were curious about what kind of shelter the leaves would build using these tree trunks.

In fact, Ye Zi had a plan before he started cutting down the trees. He had seen the Russians use tree trunks to build houses, except that the tree trunks they used were much thicker than the ones he had prepared.

Moreover, all the tree trunks were treated, smooth, and straight.

The tree trunks he felled to build the shelter were all relatively straight, but don't expect them to be smooth. As long as the parts where the branches grew out were cut flat, that would already meet his needs.

A four-meter-long tree trunk fit perfectly into the shelter pit. Then, a five-meter-long tree trunk was dragged in, and a groove was cut out at each end of the trunk with an axe.

With the groove facing upwards, insert the four-meter tree trunk that was brought in earlier into the groove, and the foundation is halfway done.

The reason I say "half" is because a door needs to be left on the front, and this operation can only be done once.

The location for building the fireplace cannot be directly placed with a five-meter tree trunk. A frame in the shape of an A-frame is needed to prevent the fireplace from being damaged and to stabilize the tree trunks used as walls.

The frame is A-frame shaped, with two tree trunks slightly longer than the fireplace. One end needs to be sharpened, but not too sharp, just enough to partially insert into the ground.

One of the trunks has a groove cut into the cross-section at the other end, which helps to stabilize the trunks when they are placed together.

The leaves can't braid rope, so this is the only way to do it, and it's much stronger than tying with rope.

Although it was more difficult to cut grooves in the cross-section, there was no other way to ensure the stability of the shelter.

Furthermore, there are many tree trunks that need to have grooves cut into their cross-sections, since Ye Zi's plan is for each of the three people to have their own shelter, and each shelter should have a fireplace. If conditions permit, he even wants to build a heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed).

I just don't know if time will allow it.

Based on the current consumption, ten Thousand-Pound Pills are only enough for him to not worry about food for five days. After five days, he will also have to worry about his appetite. Two days have already passed, and there are only three days left.

Moreover, with the arrival of their teammates, the two of them will need quite a bit of food.

Fortunately, the heavy work of digging holes and cutting down trees has been mostly done, and I now have the strength to weigh 4,000 jin, which is enough to complete the remaining work.

The remaining six Thousand-Pound Pills can guarantee that there will be no need to worry about food for six days.

He hadn't explored the area in the past two days. Although the system had indicated that pheasants and rabbits had been within 500 meters, he couldn't keep up with their speed, and he didn't have any suitable tools to hunt.

Therefore, shelter should be the priority.

After setting up the A-frame support above the fireplace, Ye Zi continued cutting the trunk; tonight's task was to complete the foundation assembly.

The wall with the fireplace needs to have its original five-meter tree trunk cut again because of the addition of an A-frame shelf. Moreover, the length of the trunk also needs to be adjusted as the height increases. This is a delicate task that needs to be done in good daylight.

However, all that needs to be done right now is the foundation, so it can be completed by the light of a fire.

Soon, a five-meter-long tree trunk was divided into two sections. One section had a groove cut into its cross-section, and the other end had a groove cut into its side to ensure that it could hold the four-meter-long tree trunk lying horizontally.

Once all that was done, the foundation frame was complete. But it wasn't time to rest yet; the shelter couldn't be without a floor, so the stones that had been dug out during the excavation came in handy.

Stones are not only used as flooring; they can also provide some moisture protection and stabilize the foundation.

After all, the tree trunk is held in place by grooves and filled with stones, leaving virtually no room for movement, so there's no need to worry about it shifting.

According to the Russian method, the middle part is usually filled with tree trunks, and then a layer of wooden planks is nailed on to ensure that the ground is flat.

But since the leaves don't have that feature, we can only fill the gaps with stones and try to flatten them as much as possible.

Stones of all sizes were thrown into the middle, and then arranged and combined. When they were too big, they were dug a few times with a pickaxe, and then the excess parts were trampled into the soil.

It's impossible to lay out all twenty square meters at once, but I laid out about half of it. After feeling sleepy, I took a shower, did laundry, and then went to sleep.

Even after finishing his shift, Zhuang Yan, the "King of Soldiers," continued to monitor the contestants' progress after returning to his residence.

After seeing Ye Zi's actions, he nodded secretly. Although he didn't know how things would develop, at least his shelter was quite good in terms of both warmth and safety.

Based on this progress, as long as they can obtain enough food, the competitiveness of Yezi's group of contestants is definitely worth looking forward to.

Furthermore, Zhuang Yan discovered another problem: the size of the leaves. From the first day of arriving at the survival site to the second day of digging a hole, and then to the third day of chopping down trees.

Except for the first day when he didn't take off his windbreaker, he basically didn't wear it for the next two days, and Yezi's figure visibly lost weight.

It wasn't the kind of starvation that made him thin; rather, he went from being fat to being robust. However, this is understandable, since he didn't eat any food for the next two days, except for some berries on the first day.

With a lot of physical labor, excess body fat will be consumed to some extent, so it's understandable that you lose weight.

But the fact that he could maintain such stamina without eating made Zhuang Yan very puzzled.

A normal person would be exhausted after two days of intense work, but Zhuang Yan did not see any signs of weakness in Ye Zi. On the contrary, he felt that Ye Zi was even stronger.