At the end of the day, Lu Ning returned to the campfire and counted today's harvest.

"Berries, one, two, three...... Fifteen. ”

"Two turnips."

"A dead rabbit."

"I don't know what kind of plant seeds are six."

"Four stones that might be useful."

"Three twigs."

"A bundle of grass."

"and ......"

Lu Ning took out a strange, bright red pebble from his coat pocket.

"This thing ......"

Lu Ning pinched the stone and looked at it.

The stone is beautiful, and it seems that the beautiful should not be called "stone", but by something like "gem", "ruby", etc.

Under the firelight, the surface of the stone faintly circulated with wonderful brilliance.

Lu Ning originally had a hobby of collecting this kind of thing - although survival was very problematic after arriving in this world, hobbies were the lowest priority.

In fact, even if he got it back, it was really useless, and Lu Ning didn't have the heart to polish it as carefully as in the past, but when he was clearing the snow, Lu Ning happened to find this stone, so he took it back.

And now he didn't pay much attention to it, and just put it next to the campfire and didn't bother with it.

Among the harvests this time, the most heavyweight is undoubtedly the dead "rabbit".

Lu Ning used a hand axe to skin and bone, then cleaned the blood and internal organs with snow water, and finally skewered the branches and roasted them on the campfire.

Of course, he didn't forget to cautiously ask the ghost if he could eat it.

The ghost's reply was to remove the head and eat it.

……

The meat was roasting over the campfire, and Lu Ning sat down to chat with the ghost.

"By the way, where are you from, and why do you call me Captain?"

Lu Ning asked.

“…… There is a lack of relevant records in the database, and unfortunately the ship is unable to answer the captain's questions. ”

The ghost replied.

"Missing records?" Lu Ning was curious, "Why?" By the way, I remember the first time I made contact, I saw a lot of strange things...... The ship's location seems to be above a huge planet that is covered in strange things, the city is ruined, and there are no people, does your lack of records have anything to do with this? ”

“…… The relevant records could not be retrieved, and the ship was unable to draw conclusions. "But based on the ship's current condition, the ship surmises that it suffered very fatal damage a long time ago.

"The relevant records in the database may have been lost in the process, and everything on the ship has been dormant since then.

"Until not long ago, this ship sensed the captain's soul fluctuations, and due to the civilization guarantee agreement, this ship recognized you as the captain of this ship, and restarted the ship."

Lu Ning touched his chin: "In this way, you don't know why I have such a strange thing about my soul leaving my body...... Forget it, I can't figure it out, I don't want to. ”

Lu Ning shook his head, driving these messes out of his mind.

He didn't have the energy to play a puzzle game without a puzzle right now.

Lu Ning took the barbecue off the campfire and took a big bite.

It's a little burnt.

To be honest, without cumin, no condiments, not even basic salt, this meat doesn't taste much better when grilled.

It won't even be more comfortable to eat than a berry on the side.

However, counting the two months hanging in the sky, Lu Ning has not been touched with oil and water for a long time, and this slightly burnt barbecue meat made Lu Ning very happy.

"Purr ......"

Lu Ning devoured all the barbecue meat, and then instigated his fingers unsatisfied.

It's a pity that this "rabbit" is really limited in size, and Lu Ning ate another berry to barely reach half full.

However, no matter how little it is, it is meat after all, although it is only half full, Lu Ning can clearly feel that his physical strength has recovered rapidly, and his stomach has become very full.

After eating and drinking, Lu Ning grabbed a ball of snow and washed his hands, while calling the ship in his mind: "Ghost, how is the construction of materials?" ”

"It's been manufactured.

"Data reconstruction transfer in progress."

"The captain has been issued: Drawing and usage tips for the sling, please check it.

"The next aid is being manufactured in an accelerated manner, and the estimated completion time: 24 hours, please be patient."

Slings?

Lu Ning had heard of this kind of thing, but he really didn't have a specific understanding.

A piece of parchment was teleported to him. Lu Ning picked up the parchment and carefully read the contents of the drawing.

Perhaps it was the simplicity of this thing, or perhaps it was the "improvement of learning ability" that the ghost said had played a role, and Lu Ning had fully understood the manufacturing method of the slings after carefully reading the drawings.

The sling, whose origin has long been immeasurable, has a history older than the bow and arrow, is an extremely primitive, simple manufacturing process, and at the same time has reliable lethality of long-range cold weapons.

The basic manufacturing method is to use a rope, tie a soft pocket in the middle, put the stone on the soft pocket, and fold the rope in half and hold it with your hands.

Then pick it up, loosen one end of the rope, and the stone will be thrown out along the tangent.

With a range of about 100 meters, its lethality is enough to break the leg bones of large beasts.

Of course, the downside is that it's not easy to get started, and it's easy for newbies to hit themselves.

"With this thing, maybe you can try your luck out and see if you can hit another rabbit or something?"

Lu Ning thought of it, and it just so happened that he had the materials for this thing on hand:

Ropes are made from hay, and soft pockets are made from the "rabbit" skin that has just been peeled.

The steps on the drawings were very detailed, and Lu Ning tried to do them little by little while recalling the contents of the drawings.

Soon the facts ruthlessly told him: understanding in the brain and knowing in the hands are two unrelated things.

Rubbing hemp rope with hay is a very patient work, Lu Ning tried four or five times but failed to find a working rope, always accidentally broke it in the middle of the way, and could only use it to add fire.

Seeing that it was not too early, Lu Ning had to temporarily give up the work at hand and lie down to sleep.

When he got up the next day, Lu Ning simply rubbed his face, ate a bite of berries, and devoted himself to the cause of rubbing straw ropes again.

Finally, when the sun was almost three poles, Lu Ning rubbed out the first straw rope that could be used.

And this seems to have caused some kind of qualitative change - Lu Ning quickly rubbed out a second, a third, or even more straw ropes, and each of them was of better quality than the other.

Lu Ning picked out a rope of just the right length and rubbed it hard, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, that's sturdy enough."

He put the straw rope aside, went to fetch the animal skin and the hand axe, and simply cut a small piece that was not more than the size of a palm, and tied it in the middle of the straw rope with another thin rope.

A slinging line was done.

Lu Ning is very satisfied with his results.

He took a berry and placed it on a dead tree in the distance, and found a stone the size of an egg from the ground and put it on the sling, and began to train.

For the first time, the stone flew straight behind him.

The second time, the stone fell not far from the dead tree.

……

After a dozen attempts, Lu Ning was finally able to throw the stone accurately at the trunk of the dead tree, but it was still too difficult to hit the berries.

However, Lu Ning was very content with the speed of his progress, and even a little surprised.

This rate of progress is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

Perhaps, as the ghost said, after he established contact with the ship, some wonderful changes occurred in his body.

Seeing that it was still early, Lu Ning put the slinging rope in his pocket and started today's cleaning and search work again.

This time, however, he hadn't gone far when a low, terrifying, and murderous howl reached his ears.

Lu Ning was startled, and looked at the source of the howl.

But I saw a white shadow more than half a person high, jumping down from the top of the hill not far away, stepping on the wind and snow, and rushing towards Lu Ning!