Chapter 105
After turning off the world channel, the two continued to fish, cut fish, and freeze fish. In the afternoon, they changed jobs.
Qiao Sheng went fishing, and Li Mu cut fish. It was obvious that the fishing speed had slowed down. Before, they would fish for a while, take a break, and then freeze fish. Now it was no longer possible. Basically, the speed of cutting fish was equal to the speed of fishing. However, they were not short of food and clothing, and they were not waiting for the rice to cook, so the speed was not important. As long as there was something, it was good.
In the evening, the two counted and found that they had earned more than before by fishing and collecting supplies. Unfortunately, this way of earning supplies can only be used in winter.
The next morning, the system informed them that they would drift to an island at noon. Qiao Sheng, who had not met any normal people recently, immediately asked if there were other players nearby and if there were any NPC natives on the island.
[Detection found players in the nearby waters and on the island.]
Qiao Sheng was confused when she heard that there were people everywhere. In addition, the system did not directly answer whether there were NPCs, so she was a little confused about what this meant.
Li Mu told her not to worry, and that things would work out when they got there. They were turning on the drive equipment now, and they might be able to reach the island in a while. They had to go back to the boat at noon, and they had to add water to the mulberry bark in the pot. It would be useless if it dried up.
Considering that there would be many players to meet, Li Mu first determined the direction of the island, went downstairs to turn on the drive equipment to speed up the ship, and went upstairs to open the storage box, and found that the raw materials were not enough. He opened the trading system and looked for orders to exchange them. Only then did he gather the raw materials and make enough medicine
. Through the cannibal island, they found that there are ways to deal with people and beasts. Even if they knew that it was an NPC or data, they could not solve the problem with one cut, so using knockout drugs was the simplest method.
Tie the drug upside down to solve all problems. As for the beast, it may be because humans have always been at the top of the food chain, so they have no pressure to kill pigs and fish.
Thank the ancestors for their efforts to eat other species, otherwise they would have to live on grass now.
Qiao Sheng fed all the animals at home. Qin ordered the snowy owl and the Arctic fox to go with the army. The reward was ten fish balls for this meal and ten more for the return. The cassock cub was forced to stay on the boat to guard the house because it was still a cub. Even though it protested rolling on the ground, it was rejected by Qiao Sheng.
"Try to grow up, little bear spirit. When you are tall and strong, you will be so cool when you go out. You will hit wherever I tell you to. Of course, you have also done a good job by guarding the boat. I will reward you with three fish balls. Don't scatter or roll around. It is not easy for Teacher Li to wash you once. If you cheat, you will lose these three." Qiao Sheng touched the boy in the cassock who had obviously grown a lot taller.
Hearing that the meatballs were gone, the boy in the cassock jumped up and quickly took away the iron basin filled with three meatballs, ran to the corner, head inward, butt outward, and showed off with a grunt.
After they finished breakfast, Qiao Sheng made a new wrist bag and put the water bottle and food in it. They planned to go back to the boat for lunch at noon, but they were afraid of any accidents. The hunger seriously affected their activities, so they had to be prepared.
When they approached the island, they saw four or five boats parked nearby. This situation was really unexpected. I knew there were people on the island, but I didn't expect there would be so many people. There were more people drifting here later. How much supplies must there be on the island to be collected by so many players?
Between getting off the boat to take a walk and sailing away directly, the two chose the former, because they were going to make more planting pots, which would require a lot of soil. If there was a chance, they could peel more mulberry bark. After all, the little mulberry bark in the pot might not be enough for them to try a few times.
They parked the boat away from the other boats, lowered the anchor, and as soon as they stood on the bow, the Arctic fox jumped onto Qiao Sheng's shoulder and rolled its tail around her neck. The snowy owl also squatted on Li Mu's head.
"It's a scarf made of fox fur. My neck is warm now, so my shoulders feel heavier." Qiao Sheng stretched out his hand and stroked the fox tail on his neck. It felt really good.
"Your weight is not considered heavy. Look at the one above me. Can you squat on my shoulder? It's too uncomfortable on your head." Li Mu raised his hand and pushed the snowy owl squatting on the rabbit fur hat.
The bird ignored him. Its big eyes looked at Li Mu's shoulder, then turned to look forward. Then Qiao Sheng saw that its claws grabbed the hat more forcefully.
"Don't waste your energy. I guess it's because your shoulder is not warm enough. It must be soft and warm squatting on the rabbit fur hat. Go back and sew a piece of rabbit fur on your shoulder, and it should be able to move to another place." Patting Li Mu's shoulder, Qiao Sheng got off the boat first.
After they got to the island, they chose a spot that had not been felled yet and entered the forest. The trees had already lost their leaves in the winter, leaving only bare trunks and branches. Li Mu looked up to observe the trees, while Qiao Sheng lowered his head to pick up the fallen trunks and branches on the ground.
It was okay to cut down trees, but it was still good to pick up some branches as firewood. The two of them walked around the area, and Li Mu actually found a few mulberry trees. At first, Qiao Sheng thought he would just peel a few to prevent the trees from dying.
"The probability of us coming to this island in the future is very low, and the animals and plants on the island should also be refreshed. I think you can peel off all the skins, and then cut the tree into planks. It won't die because it has no skin, and you don't have to worry about how much to peel." Li Mu suggested sincerely.
The main thing is that Qiao Sheng is so cute now, looking up at the mulberry tree with his head worried. He is usually very smart, but sometimes his brain circuits are tangled.
When Qiao Sheng heard this, she paused her hand that was touching the bark, then pretended nothing had happened, took out a machete from her wrist bag, and cut the tree horizontally, and cut it vertically at the broken part, using the head of the machete to lift up the cross bark a little, put down the machete, pinched the lifted bark with both hands, and pulled it hard, feeling like enjoying the silky smoothness.
After peeling two pieces, she turned around and asked Li Mu who was still standing beside her if she wanted to be lazy, how could he just stand there and watch her peeling the bark so diligently.
Li Mu smiled and nodded to indicate that he would go right away, and asked Qiao Sheng to peel the bark where he could see it and not to go too far.
The two of them worked together and it took them nearly an hour to peel the bark of more than a dozen nearby mulberry trees. They did not climb up to the high places, but peeled the bark from the places they could reach. Anyway, there were many mulberry trees, and the bark peeled from the low places was enough for them. After
peeling the bark, they destroyed the bodies and traces. The machetes were picked up, and soon these mulberry trees became wooden boards. However, this time, in addition to the wooden boards and mulberry seeds, a bunch of light yellow grains fell. Qiao Sheng picked them up and took a look, and almost threw them all away. He
suppressed his disgust and took a piece of cotton cloth from his wrist bag, picked up all the silkworm eggs and put them in the cloth, curling his fingers and pinching the four corners of the cotton cloth, for fear of touching them.
In fact, Qiao Sheng is not afraid of many things. She dares to kill snakes without blinking an eye. She really can't stand this soft insect. Even if these silkworms are still in the form of silkworm eggs, she can't help but think of them growing up into cricket pupae. Just thinking about it makes her skin crawl.
"Li Mu, you can chop these mulberry trees later. Put this in your bag." Qiao Sheng pinched the small cotton bag and stuffed it into Li Mu's hand, then automatically pushed it away at an arm's length.
Li Mu opened it and knew it was silkworm eggs, and they were born not long ago. Silkworm eggs born in winter seemed a bit unreasonable. He had never raised them before, so he didn't know the details. He could only try to raise them. If they were raised well, they would produce silk, but if they were raised badly, they would die. In this weather, they probably wouldn't live long. He had to do his
best and leave the rest to fate. Qiao Sheng followed behind, picking up wooden boards and mulberry seeds. She didn't touch the silkworm eggs at all. She also said that if she really planned to raise them in the future, she would put them on the first floor and build a small room for them. They must not leave that place. She didn't want to see these animals outside the silkworm room.
When the two were discussing how to raise the silkworm eggs, the Arctic fox suddenly called out, and the snowy owl took off from Li Mu's head and flew east.
Before Qiao Sheng and Li Mu could figure out what was going on, they heard screams and shouts of killing the dead bird not far away.
They took out their crossbows and hurried to the place where the sound came from. They couldn't let those people hurt the snowy owl.
When they saw the figure of the snowy owl, they realized that they might have thought too much. Before they could stop the snowy owl, the Arctic fox on Qiao Sheng's neck suddenly flew out and cooperated with the snowy owl, attacking the man and woman over there from two directions, one in the sky and the other on the ground.
Qiao Sheng shouted twice, trying to get Snow Owl and Arctic Fox to come back, but they were so engrossed in the fight that they ignored her. She had no choice but to go up and block them, but she didn't know what was going on. What if
someone got hurt? There were more than just this couple in the forest. There were nine young men and women standing not far away, all standing far away. They had no intention of coming up to help. It seemed that the nine people knew each other, and the two were probably attacked together.
Qiao Sheng had just run forward two steps when Li Mu pulled her back, and whispered to her to see if the man rolling on the ground and the long-haired woman covering her face looked familiar.
After thinking for a long time, I finally remembered that these were the two people who had used a slingshot to hit their boat when they failed to get the snowy owl. No wonder the snowy owl and the Arctic fox were so excited and started to fight without any courtesy.
There was no need to persuade them. Qiao Sheng was waiting for the two babies to have a good fight before coming back.