Chapter 9 The First Night
Although his analysis of this star rating was just his own inference, with so many two-star panels as a basis, Zhou Xu felt that his judgment should be roughly correct.
Under this premise, it is normal that the panel attributes of other tribal members around are all two stars, because they are just very ordinary people.
Of course, some tribe members, including Dashan, went to pick up branches, and he had not seen them at this time.
But I'm afraid this matter will have to be postponed for a while.
Because he felt that his current condition had deteriorated significantly, and even his head began to ache slightly.
Under this premise, he is not sure whether this negative state can be completely recovered by sleeping or resting for a while.
If he cannot recover in a short period of time, he will continue to activate the "Eye of Insight" to look at the panel of Dashan and others. Judging from the current negative feedback, Zhou Xu has reason to suspect that he will be at risk of fainting.
In this primitive world, even the most basic problem of food and clothing has not been solved. If he fainted, it would be a nightmare.
Zhou Xu had to avoid this situation at all costs.
By the time Dashan and his friends came back from picking up the branches, the sky had already darkened, and the temperature had dropped along with it.
The special situation of the black forest nearby and the barren wasteland around made it impossible for Zhou Xu to confirm whether the season they were in was spring or autumn by observing the morphology of the plants.
These two seasons are followed by summer and winter, one hot and one cold, and the preparations required are completely different. This situation gave Zhou Xu a headache.
There was no other way but to give it a try and talk to Dashan and the others about the climate.
Faced with the problem, Dashan didn't think much about it.
"Next, the climate should gradually become warmer."
Although Dashan and his people have no concept of seasons, as long as they have lived in this world for a few years, they will always have some understanding of the changes in hot and cold climates.
Now that Zhou Xu heard these words from Dashan, he immediately understood what was going on.
[In other words, it is spring now. ]
This answer made Zhou Xu feel slightly relieved.
If Dashan and the others had summoned him in summer or winter, the situation would definitely be worse than it is now.
Imagine, his current situation is bad enough.
If the climate were to change to a scorching hot summer or a freezing cold winter, he would have been killed right off the spot...
As his thoughts raced, a gust of night wind blew, causing Zhou Xu, who was only wrapped in a piece of animal skin, to shiver.
It is still quite cold after nightfall in spring, and there is a risk of catching a cold if you are not careful.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu quickly moved closer to the fire in front of him, and immediately felt a little warmer.
At the same time, before Dashan and the others came back, he had already taken the time to tie out a few torches with bark ropes.
They needed more wood right now and couldn't stop once it got dark.
Fortunately, as long as they had torches to provide them with light, Dashan and his friends didn't mind continuing to collect branches nearby during this period of time just after nightfall.
After giving a brief explanation and watching Dashan and the others leave, Zhou Xu sat back in front of the fire, his face already showing an uncontrollable look of fatigue.
The main reason was that he had used the Eye of Insight for a long time and had checked the attribute panels of nearly twenty tribal members, which consumed a lot of his energy.
In addition, the bizarre experience he had today forced him to be on edge the entire time, which was undoubtedly one of the reasons.
In this state...
“Gurgle…”
His stomach acid began to churn in his stomach.
That little bit of bugs wasn't even enough to fill his teeth, let alone fill his stomach.
This also led to his current state of being tired, hungry and cold.
On the other hand, the tribe members around him, perhaps because they were used to being hungry, their overall performance was obviously much better than his.
With no other choice, Zhou Xu could only drink some water to fill his stomach.
As long as there is water to drink, a person will not die if he does not eat for a day or two, not to mention that he still has some food in his stomach.
This made him feel at ease, but a little uncomfortable.
Zhou Xu worked quickly. Without having to weave too well, he had basically finished weaving three small baskets before nightfall, which were enough to catch a mouse.
In comparison, although the other tribal members were slow in compiling, there were more of them. Even if one person compiled one in one night, there would be five in total, not counting Zhou Xu's three.
[Eight baskets, should that be enough? ]
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu let out a long breath.
"Okay, that's all for today. We still have a lot to do tomorrow, so let's all take a rest. To save wood, we'll put out that fire first, but keep the water boiler burning."
Zhou Xu stood up, stretched his muscles, and went straight to talking about his plans for the evening.
After accumulating prestige, the tribal members now obey his orders, making his arrangements easier to carry out.
"At night, the tribe needs someone to boil water, watch the fire and keep watch. Although these things can be done by one person, it is somewhat unsafe, so I decided to arrange two groups of people, one group of three, one group for the first half of the night, and one group for the second half of the night."
Having said this, Zhou Xu paused.
"As for how to distinguish the first half of the night from the second half, just look at the moon in the sky. The glowing thing is called the moon. When the moon moves to this position, you can change shifts."
After saying that, Zhou Xu gave some further instructions about boiling water.
It certainly wouldn’t take the entire night to fill up those water bowls.
Therefore, considering efficiency, except for leaving half a bowl of water for the night watchmen to quench their thirst and fill their stomachs, the rest of the water was distributed to the tribe members before going to bed.
I can’t find food, I can’t fill my stomach, and I can’t even drink a few more sips of water?
Anyway, by the time they wake up the next day, the water bowls will be full again, so no water will be wasted anyway.
Within the tribe, Dashan and his men had naturally prepared a hide tent for Zhou Xu to rest in advance.
The tent is not big, you have to bend over to get in, and it’s not very spacious to lie down.
Compared to staying outside, the biggest advantage of this animal skin tent is that it can help them block most of the wind.
That’s right, it’s just most of it. It’s impossible to block it out completely as this tent is leaking air in many places.
But considering the current environment, he certainly can't ask for too much.
Zhou Xu tightened the animal skin around his body and quickly curled up and lay down.
This day was really tiring for him. Even though he was lying in the animal-skin tent with air leaking from all sides, Zhou Xu fell asleep immediately, and soon bursts of snoring could be heard...
Updated, thanks to book friends 'Galaxy Desolation', 'Mosquito at a loss', 'Dreamlike helplessness', 'Shepherd Li Qiye', 'Book friend 20211109180439672' for their rewards (end of this chapter)
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