Chapter 7 Simple Lifestyle
[Shouldn't life be a filling thing? - White Tiger 27th, 145th year of the 4th era of Guangming]
On the first day of the Golden Dragon's collapsed lair, I had already begun to regret it.
Because the big man went to bed, he didn't prepare anything for me to eat.
I'm going hungry now.
"No~~~, big man, don't sleep first, don't sleep yet, find something to eat for me before sleeping~~~"
Although he knew that his cry was very weak, he only wailed in order to vent his emotions.
After a wail, I obediently set off to find food.
The forest has always been a treasure trove, only those who don't know how to use it will starve to death, and the forest is also a big trap, and those who are greedy and anxious to find death will die.
I've always been simple-minded, so simple that I just need to eat enough; However, due to my own knowledge, there are few jungle creatures and plants in this strange world that I know.
In order not to die, I spent almost a day discerning and judging whether the food I collected was poisonous or not. Can you eat it? And how to eat things like that.
You say searching the treasure trove of dragon memories? Come on! If the dragon doesn't eat this, where does it come from?
At night, the wind from the mountains came very unceremoniously and overwhelmed me; At this time, I can only choose to retract into the collapsed cave.
After all, it can also provide some shelter for itself, unlike the open space in front of the cave, there is only the ubiquitous cold and cold wind.
Although the dragon's lair has collapsed, the cave space left behind is already very large for me, and with the path opened by the golden beast, the collapsed cave is already huge compared to me.
Gather firewood and light a fire in the cave to keep yourself warm as much as possible, and plan to make a pot of hot soup so that you can survive the first day.
The lair chosen by this golden dragon is really a treasure of feng shui, and there is a large waterhole not far from the side, and a waterfall rushes from the cliff into the big waterhole and flows to the stream below, so there is no shortage of water; The trees around are not only very tall, but also dense and straight, and the variety of plants in the forest is very convenient for me.
Set up a shelf, take out a silver basin from the nest, set it on the fire and start boiling water, and put the food that is confirmed to be okay into the pot and stew.
A burst of fragrance wafted by, and my stomach "gurgled" more happily, and I longed to eat it immediately, comforting my empty stomach for a day; But I knew I couldn't be in a hurry, because eating half-cooked food in this strange place would be fatal.
Remove the temptation in your heart and stir the food in the basin constantly so that it does not get burned.
Eventually, bubbles bubbled up in the silver basin, and I was still hungry and the food was tumbling even more.
After a simple dinner, I couldn't help but sigh comfortably: "Wow~~ Finally alive again, I'm so happy to eat!" ”
The first day was as simple as that.
The sun shines into the cave and brings me a touch of warmth; Feeling the call of nature, I cheered up and went outside the cave, stretched, and did a few more stretches to welcome the new day.
"It's another sunny day!"
The good weather also gives me a good mood and brings me full of energy; In order not to repeat the embarrassment of yesterday, I set out to look for food as soon as the morning dawned.
Before I set out, I gave myself a simple task for today: first, to look for fruits and edible plants, second, to find edible small creatures, and third, to find flammable materials and items that can preserve the fire or flints, so that there will be no friction and fire like yesterday, which will make my hands blister.
With these three tasks in mind, I strode towards the forest.
Yesterday I only dared to move within a radius of fifty meters around, and today I intend to increase it to a hundred meters; In order not to get lost, leave markers every few meters so that I am not afraid of not finding my way back.
The unfamiliar environment inevitably made me a little flustered, holding the dagger in my hand tightly, carefully exploring, and looking around from time to time.
The scenery in the mountains and forests is very good, and occasionally I will stop to enjoy this beautiful scenery, although it is not as mysterious and fantastic as the fairyland, but it is full of the atmosphere of natural simplicity and vicissitudes; The fresh air, the verdant mountains, the clear water, and the occasional birdsong and insects are equally intoxicating.
I had a good harvest in one morning, not only did I find some small berries, but also unknown wild vegetables, and even some plant seeds; I haven't found any fruit trees yet, but I'm happy that at least I've harvested enough for a simple breakfast.
With a happy mood, I continued to explore.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of running water, followed by the sound of fish crossing the water, which irritated my eardrums.
"There are fish!"
I was thrilled and cautiously approached the sound.
A small mountain stream appeared in front of me, and the trees beside the stream were old and tall, and the huge trunks were covered with branches and leaves, blocking out the sunlight, but fortunately they were all tall and did not completely obscure my vision.
I saw through the gaps between the trees that the stream flowed down the raised boulder, fell into a pool of water below, and then continued to flow down; This pool is not big, it is not small, but it is not deep; I could see the fish swimming back and forth in the pool from a distance, and my heart became more and more excited.
But I did not dare to go any further, for there was a family of wild boars lying beside this pool, and I knew in my heart that if I appeared at this time, I would be attacked by wild boars.
In desperation, I had no choice but to give up the idea of catching a fish, and retreated more carefully and slowly, for fear of alarming the wild boar family by making the slightest movement.
This group of wild boars is not easy to mess with at first glance.
The two large wild boars have six long tusks, and their size is two or three times that of an adult wild boar, or a thousand pounds; If I get bumped into it, my little body that is not yet developed will probably become scum.
Since I can't afford to provoke it, can't I hide?
If you can't eat the fish, find something else to make a living.
Survival in the wild can not have too many requirements, nor can it be too persistent, let alone forced; Nature's law of the jungle has always been that the weak eat the strong, and if the enemy is not strong, retreat to the second best and find the weak, otherwise what awaits you will be someone else's plate and mouth.
Leaving this dangerous place, I meticulously carried out the original plan, rummaging through the roots of the tree in a targeted manner for small bugs.
I always remind myself: looking for weak and nutritious little bugs is the most practical food for me at present.
I have other purposes for this move.
At first, I was worried that something would happen – the problem of absorbing corpses and souls.
When I killed the insects I found again and again, nothing of my worries happened, which made me feel much better, at least not when such strange things happened to corpses like insects.
So I started to speed up my process and grasp more and more.
The food in the forest is varied and almost everywhere, and as long as you want and dare, you don't have to worry about running out of food.
I was so happy with what I found that I even caught a strange Jerry the size of Ah Huang, but it only looked like Jerry in general, and I couldn't tell what kind of creature it was.
In order not to let the strange species become an unknown danger, I didn't dare to leave it behind, so I used it to test whether strange events would happen, and I decisively killed this rodent.
Anything weird didn't happen, and I was relieved again.
At the end of the day, all three of my tasks were successfully completed, and all of them had small unexpected gains.
I thought to myself: then end the day's tasks early.
Go back to the cave and finish your food.
Satisfied, I began to think about tomorrow's tasks.
I know that here, there is no need to worry about living under normal circumstances, but this is not the simple life of another world that I want.
For the rest of the day, I was thinking about how to make my life easier and more comfortable, and I was constantly reading the memories of the dragon in my head.
The knowledge and wisdom of an ancient dragon god is definitely rich and superb, which can allow me to learn a lot and gain a deeper understanding of this strange world.
The next day ended with my memories of reading dragons.
After excavating the treasure trove of dragons' memories, it took more than a night to sort out and analyze.
Today I plan to set myself a different task:
First of all, I'm going to set a trap to kill the wild boar family. At first, I was a little hesitant, but when I read the dragon's treasure trove of memories, I decided to change my mind, and I made up my mind; The dragon's memory vault records that if you want to level up and evolve, you need to fight to achieve it, and if the prey you kill is strong enough, you can get the soul and body of the opponent.
According to the description of the Dragon's Memory Vault: under normal circumstances, the soul element is a small point of light of milky white, and the body element is a small point of light of tender green, and the stronger the strength, the darker the color and the larger the point of light; As I recall, during the day, when I was bearing out the rodent, there seemed to be two little things floating towards me, and I didn't pay attention at the time, thinking it was just the cause of the refraction of sunlight.
Second, make a bow and a few arrows for hunting. And this weapon, after I rummaged and finally found a ready-made silver-white crossbow in the dragon's treasure, I suddenly felt a little fluttering, and felt a great increase in confidence for a moment, and sighed that my luck was really good; When the dragon's lair collapses, you can get a strong crossbow in a hurry, and if you have a strong crossbow, you can miss a crossbow arrow, so you can do a few emergency first.
Finally, it's all about finding more seeds. This is essential for a stable and simple life in the future, so prepare in advance, and the sooner the better, after all, it takes a long time from sowing to harvesting.
It takes materials and time to set up traps, as does the creation of crossbow arrows.
So, the first thing I did today was to find some wild fruits and vegetables and stew a pot of fruit and vegetable soup, and then I went out again to look for ingredients.
"It's a pity that there is no axe, only a dagger, it would be much more convenient if there was an axe." I sighed at a small bush.
Then my eyes lit up, and I opened the dragon's spatial ring and began to rummage through it.
"Hehe~ No axe, master, I have a machete, I will still make you!"
With difficulty, I held up a large, thick-looking knife and pointed at the bush very proudly.
It took all the strength to eat before the big knife was picked up in a circle; The knife was really powerful, and when it was swung like mowing grass, the bush turned into wood, and then the knife was plunged deep into the ground, and then a few large stones were brought in and pressed around to prevent the knife from falling, and began to be used as a cutting knife.
With a good start, my mood started to improve; But soon I was not satisfied, and muttered, "It is still too troublesome to make crossbow arrows from this bush, and it is not a waste of time to be straight, if only there were bamboo or fir wood!" ”
After all, I cut out fifteen long sticks from this little bush and made a few pieces of wood.
"Now you can find a few rattan to make strings, lay the trap, and then go hunting, so that your wild boar family dared to do a good thing yesterday!"
{Noise: EMO, how vengeful is this thing?} Did the wild boar family recruit you to provoke you? Get! They are prey when they are alive, I don't have to say! }
In order to find a suitable position, I hid in the distance and observed the wild boar family, while slowly polishing a few metal coins of indistinguishable material into arrowheads with fine stones and attaching them to wooden sticks.
More than a dozen crossbow arrows were ready, and I also figured out the rules of action of the wild boar family, so I began to act.
When they reached a little further away from the pool, they began to lay a number of traps of different styles, and as you can see from the pig's trotter prints all around, this is the daily journey of the wild boar family.
When I laid the first trap, I flicked my hand several times, and I sweated in pain, but I didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of being heard by the wild boar family.
After one trap was successfully laid, I grasped the essentials, and it was not much difficulty to become proficient in arranging the second one; This thing is also a one-size-fits-all way, and after one trap is mastered, there will be a lot less obstacle to arranging different styles of traps; Along the way, I laid no less than twenty traps, large and small; But I also know that these kinds of traps, which catch small animals, will be accurate one at a time, and for large prey such as wild boars, these traps can only trap them temporarily.
However, in my opinion, it is also sufficient, as long as you can trap these wild boars, you can give yourself enough time to hunt.
Once the trap had been set, I quickly fled the route and began to look for today's prey.
I didn't shoot the boar family with my bow right away, because I was worried that my head would not be good, and I didn't know how powerful the crossbow and the arrows I made were; If I rashly use these immature crossbow arrows on the wild boar family, if it doesn't work, then I may be the one who will be hunted.
This kind of situation of changing from a hunter to a prey is often happening, and in the final analysis, it is caused by a lack of care, so I did not immediately use crossbow arrows to shoot, but planned to use my own crossbow arrows to hunt some small animals, so that I can not only practice my own accuracy, but also test the power of my homemade crossbow arrows.
There was a sound of shaking in the grass ahead, and I hurriedly lowered my body, hid myself, and pointed my loaded crossbow in that direction, patiently waiting for the appearance of prey in the grass.
"Bang!"
I pulled the trigger, and the bolt flew at the prey.
"Hiccup!"
A sound like a rooster crowing came to an abrupt end.
I knew right away what type of creature I was shooting.
Even though it was a shot, I continued to hide; After all, the scene of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches in the mountains and forests is the norm, and I don't want to become that cicada myself.
After confirming that there was no other movement, I remained cautious and kept my body low, cautiously approaching my prey.
A bird bigger than Ah Huang caught my eye, which really scared me, I thought it would be nice to have a small pheasant, but I was directly shot by a super pheasant.
With this super pheasant, you can end the hunt early today and go back to do something else early; I cut a handful of grass with a dagger, twisted it into a rope and tied it to the leg of the pheasant, and then happily began to look for my seeds and fruit trees.
Seeing that the sun was starting to set in the west, I hurried back to catch up, it had been a busy day, and the distance I had explored was almost more than 100 meters.
"Don't rush, take your time, there is time!" I said to myself.
Then, he said to himself, "Speaking of time, I should make a board to mark the number of days, and also, make a tool that can calculate the time—I'll do it when I go back—well, so happily." ”
There were no planks available, and the thirsty broadsword came in handy again, chopping off a piece of a log that had fallen in the middle of the forest and dragging it back to the cave.
When I got back to the cave, I started chopping wood and preparing dinner.
I didn't waste any of the wood I brought back, and I split it into three pieces, leaving the one that was wide in the middle, and I chopped the rest into firewood to be used for cooking.
Picking up the fire left over from last night, there was the fire I had specially covered, and I took out a handful of hay from the pocket of my torn clothes and put it on the spark, blew it lightly with my mouth, and then put the prepared twig on it, and there was fire again.
Seeing the small branches burning, I put the chopped wood on the stand, not daring to put it on at once for fear that the flame would be crushed, but crossed and erected three split logs to let it burn slowly.
After lighting the fire, pluck off the feathers of the pheasant caught during the day and keep them for later use; These are things that I thought about when I caught the pheasant, so it was a natural thing to do.
After cutting open the belly of the chicken and taking out the excess internal organs, a branch is skewered and the chicken is roasted on the fire, and then the pot from yesterday is taken out, the internal organs are cleaned and put in to stew a pot of soup, and then add some wild vegetables, and a delicious chicken offal and wild vegetable soup is completed.
"It's a pity that there is no seasoning, otherwise it would be perfect!" I drank the chicken offal and wild vegetable soup with some regret.
After eating and drinking, he did not sit idle, but continued to make crossbow arrows, this time adding the feathers of the big pheasant; A big feather is really big, and the feathers on the wings of the big pheasant can provide me with about five perfect arrow feathers, and even more on the tail, which makes me a little excited.
With the blessing of the arrow feathers, I am confident that I can shoot the crossbow arrows more accurately, faster and farther.
After making the crossbow arrows, the big roast chicken was almost cooked, and after I picked up the wooden board and carved the number of days with a dagger, I grabbed the big roast chicken and ate it deliciously.
I was also worried about the aging of the tools, so I carefully put away the chicken fat dripping from the big roast chicken and used it to maintain the dagger and bow and crossbow nodes.
After doing that, I started to sleep.
After daybreak, I didn't even have to wash, and I rushed to check the traps.
Sure enough, these traps did not disappoint me, and after checking the two small traps, I reaped two of yesterday's big pheasants; There is also a big Jerry at the third small trap, I have a pheasant I have a little dislike for the big Jerry, and then all the harvest of the small trap is included in the space treasure ring, I am full of confidence to walk slowly towards the main event, the traps arranged here are prepared for the wild boar family.
Before I could get close to the trap, I heard movement from the other side of the trap from a distance.
Everything was as I expected, I did not rush to harvest the wild boar members of this big trap immediately, but continued to check the next big trap, and then checked each big trap, and counted how many members of the wild boar family were in the big trap, and after making sure that the wild boar family was not in the big trap except for the wild boar mother, the others were in the big trap I had arranged, I slowly returned to the cave.
Why don't you take away the wild boar family right away?
I don't understand, this is my plan to consume the enemy, I want to consume this wild boar family, and after their physical strength is almost exhausted, it is not difficult to clean up.
For me, there is nothing to do today anyway, I have food and drink, so I am ready to repair the cave, and it is more comfortable to live, after all, I don't know when the golden beast will wake up, and the environment and scenery of this place are quite satisfactory to me.
At the same time, the secluded life in the quiet mountains and forests also meets the standard of a simple life when I come to another world, quiet and no one disturbs, there is nothing to hunt, plant fields, raise small animals or something, how comfortable; Therefore, if possible, I would like to stay here for a long time.
After making up his mind, he did it, and he did it for a month.