Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 255: Discovering the Reindeer

"There are still 33 days until a hundred days, so there’s no need to rush. Don’t worry, before the hundred days are up, we still have a chance to find Xu Yi and Lu Ke. If we don’t encounter them in 30 days, we’ll just go look for them in the last 3 days. As long as they’re still in this jungle, 3 days is definitely enough to find them," Lu Yao explained her plan, believing that the most important thing right now was to hunt carnivorous animals to earn points.

After a hundred days, the organizers might stop the exchange tasks, so by then, hunting carnivorous animals might not earn any points.

So, it was not worth wasting time searching for Xu Yi and Lu Ke now.

It’s been quite some time, and they only had 228 points. If they hadn’t encountered that Lightning Mica, they wouldn’t even have 200 points.

Lu Yao thought that Xu Yi and Lu Ke probably already had more than 300 points. After all, they were the first team to reach 100 points, while she and Wang Jin only had around 20 to 30 points at that time.

"Alright, it’s settled then," Wang Jin smiled sweetly, no longer bothered about searching for Xu Yi and Lu Ke.

Anyway, even if they found them now, there was no way to cooperate.

If she kept bringing it up, this cousin of hers might start suspecting whether she had a crush on Xu Yi.

So, Wang Jin focused her attention on their surroundings.

"Xu Yi, Da Bai is munching on the jerky!" Lu Ke handed the jerky to Da Bai and exclaimed loudly because Xu Yi was using a makeshift toilet.

"It seems like it’s not really a herbivore, but it’s quite docile with little aggression," Xu Yi commented after returning, figuring that Da Bai had been with them so long without showing any hostility.

Also, its teeth didn’t look very sharp, resembling those of typical herbivores.

If Lu Ke hadn’t fed it the jerky, Xu Yi wouldn’t have thought it was a carnivore.

"So can we continue keeping it?" Lu Ke glanced at Xu Yi and handed another piece of jerky to Da Bai.

"It depends on its appetite. If it eats more meat than us per day, it’s not worth keeping," Xu Yi felt. While Da Bai’s milk tasted great, if it consumed more meat than they did, it wouldn’t be feasible to keep it.

"Let’s try giving it some grass later; maybe it’s omnivorous," Lu Ke felt a bit reluctant to kill Da Bai since it provided fresh milk for her and Xu Yi.

"Alright, let’s go pick mangoes again," Xu Yi said, having already piled mangoes in the corner of their house.

So, Lu Ke and Xu Yi set out once more.

After locking in their destination, they moved much quicker since they didn’t have to dawdle on the way.

Upon returning, they brought back some fresh grass, which Da Bai devoured without hesitation.

Xu Yi was a bit surprised but didn’t delve too deeply into it. After all, he wasn’t an animal expert and wasn’t too concerned about these things.

He believed that in front of the livestream audiences, there were definitely many animal experts recording, studying, and analyzing.

Afterward, they took another trip out.

When they got back, it was a little past 4 PM, but they didn’t plan on going again.

With six baskets of mangoes, they had about five to six hundred pounds, which, when dried, could yield around a hundred pounds of mango dried fruit.

Therefore, there was no need to go again. Most of the mangoes left on the trees were small, immature ones.

The house was filled with the fragrance of mangoes, as they were piled in a corner.

Then, Xu Yi took down all the hides from the drying rack.

While they still had time, they could smoke them.

During the smoking process, they could also weave fishing nets, ensuring no time was wasted.

They worked until one at night before calling it a day. Since they had a lot of raw hides to smoke and Lu Ke insisted on finishing it all within a day.

Although they were busy until late, they managed not only to tan the hides but also to weave the fishing net, resulting in a pretty significant achievement.

However, the next morning, Lu Ke woke up half an hour later than usual.

Xu Yi woke up around the usual time and immediately did his check-in.

Today marked the 73rd day of check-ins and their 68th day in the wilderness.

After finishing check-in, Xu Yi headed downstairs.

As usual, the two completed their training and then had breakfast.

Today’s breakfast was once again fresh milk with jerky, but they also had some fruit afterward, which was considered one of the best breakfasts among the teams.

At least no other team could enjoy fresh milk like they could; Xu Yi and Lu Ke had that privilege.

After breakfast, Xu Yi and Lu Ke took the tanned hides to clean them.

The hides still contained ash, as they’d smoked them with thick smoke and rubbed and pounded them with ash for several hours the night before.

After letting them sit overnight, they could now wash off the ash.

The resulting hides wouldn’t reach the quality of modern tanning processes, but they were much softer now, suitable for making fur coats or blankets.

Besides these hides, there was a Black Scale Lion’s hide and two Armored Giant Forest Rat hides that were also tanned.

Xu Yi found the tanned result quite decent. If fashioned into soft armor, it shouldn’t hinder mobility.

With scale armor, hunting would be much safer.

After washing the hides, they hung them up to dry. Then, Xu Yi and Lu Ke spread the mushrooms they’d collected last night on the roof again.

A day of intense sunlight had reduced the mushrooms’ moisture significantly, leaving them rather shriveled.

Another day under the sun, and it would be the mangoes’ turn to bask in the sunlight.

Once everything was handled, Lu Ke and Xu Yi each had a mango before heading out.

"We haven’t picked strawberries in so many days; there should be a batch that’s ripened. Let’s go pick them first, then check the traps," Xu Yi suggested, setting their direction.

Lu Ke rarely objected, so after checking her Crossbow Arrow, she followed Xu Yi out.

"Reindeer!"

Xu Yi and Lu Ke didn’t expect to see the reindeer eating their strawberries.

So, Xu Yi took off his basket and pulled out his fishing net.

He gestured for a bit and then stealthily approached the reindeer.

Whenever a reindeer glanced at Xu Yi, he would use his Stealth Skills.

Slowly but surely, Xu Yi approached calmly.

Ten meters, five meters, three meters...

The reindeer finally noticed Xu Yi. Even with his Stealth Skills, being within two meters, if it didn’t notice him, the reindeer would have to be blind.

Nonetheless, Xu Yi successfully threw his fishing net over the group of reindeer.