The bonfire finally burned under Chen Zheng's careful care.

"Goo~~~~"

After being busy for a long time, Chen Zheng felt even hungrier, his stomach was empty, only the more and more concentrated gastric juice swayed with the movement of his body, and the slightly larger range of movement gave him the illusion that gastric juice was going to come out of his throat.

At this time, the star in the sky had already crossed its highest point, and before I knew it, half a day had passed.

Chen Zheng swallowed his saliva, moistened his hot throat, lowered his head and continued to work.

The fire is already there, and you need a container to boil the water. Chen Zheng picked up the lump of wood that had been split before, looked at it, picked the relatively large hemisphere, and dug it up in the middle with a dagger.

That's right, he's going to make a "bowl".

The wood of the tree is very hard, and the tools do not fit well, so it is very laborious to dig.

As sawdust flew on the tip of the dagger, the shape of a wooden bowl began to take shape. The thinner the bowl wall, the larger the solvent and the better the heat conduction, but the thinner the thinner, the easier it is to break, once the hand shakes and pierces the previous process will be in vain.

"Hoo ......"

Chen Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and pursed his chapped lips.

But that's not all, you can't just set it on fire yet. Chen Zheng came to the fire with the prepared wooden bowl, and after such a long time, the snow on the ground had been roasted, and the ground mixed with snow water became muddy.

Chen requisitioned the bark to scoop the thin mud, evenly paste it to the bottom of the wooden bowl, and then put the wooden bowl on the fire. As tongues of fire licked the bottom of the bowl, the mud hardened and became a protective layer of flammable wood.

Seeing that the mud was hardened, Chen Zheng took out the bowl with a wooden stick, put it on the stove that had just been built of stone next to it, shoveled some snow and put it in the bowl.

As the heat gradually rose and the snow began to melt, Chen Zheng stayed by the stove, stirring it with a wooden stick from time to time.

The thermal conductivity of snow is very poor, if you don't stir it, it looks like a full bowl, but after burning for a long time, it is still a full bowl of snow, and the stirring of the wooden stick makes the snow that has not melted on the top melt into the hot water below, and as the snow water increases, it is good to put the snow blocks directly into the snow.

Finally, a bowl of hot fresh water was boiled.

The warm water moistened the chapped lips, rolled through the throat and slid through the esophagus into the stomach, making the whole body warm, even the gastric juice was diluted a lot, and the burning feeling in the stomach finally subsided a little.

"Whew...... It's alive......"

Chen Zheng sat on the bark of the tree, took off his shoes and leaned on his feet, holding hot fresh water in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh happily.

After tossing and turning for most of the day, the fire has risen, the fresh water has been replenished, and the day is almost over.

The sun is setting in the west.

After sitting by the fire and drinking water and resting for a while, Chen Zheng stood up again, taking advantage of the fact that it was still dark, he still had some other work to complete.

The replenishment of water solves the urgent need, but the precious time is still passing. Next, Chen Zheng should try to find food as soon as possible within 3 or 4 days.

Although according to scientists' predictions, humans can live for about 7 days without drinking water and eating, in fact, as we get closer to this deadline, the human body will become weaker and weaker, and if we do not get food when we still have the physical strength to hunt and gather, even if an animal appears in front of it when it is finally weak, it will starve to death because it is unable to catch it.

However, hunting was still very difficult for Chen Zheng, who had nothing but a dagger, and he couldn't run fast, jump high, or even see clearly...... The only thing that is stronger than animals is intelligence.

That's right, Chen Zheng once again turned to ancient wisdom.

When it comes to hunting, people think of carrying a shotgun on their backs, driving a jeep with their friends on the plains, or following a guide and a hound to follow the trail of prey in the jungle......

However, those impressions are far from what was actually hunted for survival.

The old hunters' guns were more used for self-defense, or loaded with iron sand to shoot pheasants and other birds, and their sources of prey were more carefully arranged traps and beasts, among which the lasso trap was the most ancient, simple, and the most practical for Chen Zheng. This is also the origin of the old hunters' mouth "set a XX (prey name)".

In order to obtain the rope to make the trap, there is a material that must be prepared tonight - tree bark.

He picked up the bark that Chen Zheng had used as a cushion and tore off a thin layer of membranous fibers from the inside of the bark. This layer, between the woody layer and the bark layer, is the toughest part of the bark fibers.

Tearing the torn film into thin fibers and placing it beside him, Chen Zheng returned to the woods with a wooden stick and a dagger.

It wasn't until the afterglow of the setting sun reflected the whole sky that Chen Zheng stopped what he was doing, spread the torn fibers on the bark, and finally poured a stomach full of water, and then used the bark to carry a lump of stones that still had residual warmth back into the snow cave.

The snow cave was covered with tree bark as a mattress and a thick layer of hay.

Chen Zheng stuffed a few warm stones into the hay and then got into it himself.

Today, after drinking enough water, the snow is no longer cold, and my body and face are warm.

Tomorrow I will get up and use the dried fibers to make a rope, and then go to explore the surroundings, if I can see the footprints of some small animals, then put a lock trap, and after a while, there will be fat rabbits to eat......

Chen Zheng, who was tired after a day's work, fantasized about roast rabbit meat, called flower chicken and other foods, and fell asleep in the company of hunger.

……

"Goo~~Lulu~~~"c

The next morning, Chen Zheng was once again woken up by the protesting sound of his stomach.

But this time he didn't rush to get up, but looked at his hands with some confusion.

It's dawn.

Light shone in through the vents, and the white snow reflected the light, illuminating the entire cave. Chen Zheng pursed his chapped lips and opened his eyes wide to observe the slightly bluish snow.

I don't know if it's an illusion......

…… Why do you always feel that something is different?

Air?

Ray?

Or something else?

If you put it from Chen Zheng's point of view, you may think that this is an illusion that you are hungry - the air is still yesterday's air, the sun is still yesterday's sunshine, and you are no different except that today is hungrier than yesterday.

But for Chen Zheng, the feeling of being clear and clear, as if the whole world was under his control, he really felt it!

That's right! It's time to activate the pendant!

Chen Zheng suddenly pulled the pendant from his neck......

…… Really!

It's emitting a faint blue light!!

Just like when he activated it before!!

Could it have happened before?

Chen Zheng frowned and pondered.

Don't......

…… Is it because of that weird dream last night!?