Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 189: Tasting Red Wine

A massive storm is brewing over the sea.

Moreover, the organizers decided to have this storm hit the island.

The power of nature is something challengers must experience.

Only then, after a hundred days, will they be able to adapt to the true climate of this planet.

In the evening, Xu Yi and Lu Ke were processing honey.

All the honey had been drained, filling a large clay jar, with the rest all stored in a crock.

Preliminary estimates showed there was about 80 jin of honey, with another 60 jin in the crock. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Since it was quite hot during the day outside, these honeys needed to be moved indoors.

Moving them indoors wasn’t enough; a pit needed to be dug near the stone wall to maintain the temperature at around 20 degrees.

After digging a large pit and placing the crock and jar inside, Xu Yi smiled with satisfaction.

With so much honey, drinking it every day could last us four to five hundred days.

"Xu Yi, is the wine we’ve brewed ready? The secondary fermentation has been quite a few days now, right?" Lu Ke asked, looking at the five clay jars on the other side of the corner.

"Maybe it’s ready, let’s open one and see." Xu Yi said as he carried over a clay jar and pried the lid open with a dagger.

The lid was sealed with clay, providing decent airtightness.

Once opened, a fresh fruity aroma wafted out.

"It’s done, it should be done." Xu Yi said happily, placing the jar in front of the oil lamp to see the clear liquid inside.

"I’ll get a bowl to try." Lu Ke said, happily running out and returning with a bowl.

Xu Yi poured some into the bowl, and Lu Ke eagerly took a sip.

"How is it?" Xu Yi eagerly looked at Lu Ke, since this was their first time brewing themselves, and they didn’t know if it was truly successful.

"It’s good, it tastes like a drink, with a slight sweetness and some other indescribable flavor." Lu Ke honestly described, as she hadn’t drunk wine before.

"Let me try." Xu Yi said, feeling it was better to taste it himself to truly see if it was successful.

Then, Lu Ke lifted the bowl and fed a sip to Xu Yi.

"Not bad, we did it. The alcohol content is low, about the same as beer, and the taste is indeed good." Xu Yi said, smacking his lips.

Since Xu Yi hadn’t drunk much wine before, he couldn’t tell if it was good or bad. Anyway, he felt the wine they brewed was pretty good.

So, he asked Lu Ke to bring another bowl, and they prepared to drink some together.

"Drinking... nothing will happen at night, right?"

"What could happen? Really? That’s just an excuse!"

"No way, Loli Ke is my goddess, absolutely not!!!!"

"Xu Yi has solid character, and besides, he said the alcohol is about the same as beer, so nothing should happen."

"If something were to happen, it would’ve happened by now, it’s already the 44th day."

"Don’t worry, I’ll stay up listening by the wall tonight, and report back to you all in the morning."

Xu Yi wouldn’t know about the malicious speculations coming from the livestream viewers.

He and Lu Ke each held a bowl of their homemade wine, sitting at the table in the yard.

"I never thought I’d actually kill a black bear, something I previously never dared to imagine." Xu Yi looked at the bear skin beside him, still feeling incredulous.

After all, it’s a beast at the top of the food chain.

At least on Earth, it indeed has that status.

"Yeah, it’s really impressive, I was stunned at the time. I thought you might be able to kill it, but not so quickly." Lu Ke looked at Xu Yi with admiration, remembering that while she prepared to help and worried about his safety, Xu Yi actually took down the black bear.

Admiring the strong is instinctive to us. So now, Lu Ke holds great admiration for Xu Yi.

"This must have something to do with us getting stronger. Before, it would’ve been impossible." Xu Yi felt that even with a sharp machete, he couldn’t have easily killed a black bear.

"You can definitely feel it, just not sure why. If we knew, we could get even stronger." Lu Ke said, propping her chin with her hands, watching the bonfire.

"Next time we encounter weaker animals, I think we can try close combat. It could make us stronger." Xu Yi felt he should pursue this path, using combat with animals to spur progress.

"Isn’t that a bit aggressive? It’s easy to get hurt." Lu Ke gave Xu Yi a look, surprised by his thought.

However, close combat with animals would definitely make Xu Yi stronger and better at handling beasts.

"Perhaps not, maybe other groups are already doing that." Xu Yi felt that growing stronger is necessary for dealing with ’Overlord’ and creatures like the Flying Giant Beast.

Those are the crises they need to resolve in their survival challenge.

Now he increasingly believes that wolves, leopards, black bears, these might have been practice targets from the organizers.

The native beasts on this planet are what they’ll face in the future.

"Perhaps this is the organizer’s goal. They want to see how strong we can really become." Xu Yi speculated, feeling the tasks from the organizers were leading in that direction.

"I agree, from the initial territory tasks to the later score tasks. It’s all about challenging danger, not living comfortably." Lu Ke agreed with Xu Yi’s analysis.

"So, I plan to try. Starting with less dangerous ones, like goats, then wolves." Xu Yi wasn’t overconfident to challenge bears immediately, especially since today’s bear took two arrows, it would’ve been hard to kill otherwise.

"That puts me more at ease." Lu Ke said, raising her bowl to Xu Yi and adding, "Let’s hope we get stronger and successfully complete the 500-day challenge."

Xu Yi smiled, clinked bowls with Lu Ke, and drank the wine down in one go.

"Do you want more?" Lu Ke asked Xu Yi, feeling she’d had enough since her heart was racing and face was flushed.

She felt that this sensation was indeed pleasant.

"No need, let’s save the rest to drink slowly." Xu Yi said while standing up, preparing to work again.

The hemp strands were all stripped, and the flax stalks could be mashed and soaked for making the next batch of paper.

After all, it was still a bit early, too early to rest.

Especially since Lu Ke was drinking for the first time, if anything happened, it wouldn’t be good.

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