Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 290: Weekly Gift Pack

By 11 o’clock, the Black Scale Lion was reduced to just a skeleton.

Xu Yi kept some bones to fashion arrowheads and burned the rest as firewood.

The bones gave off an unpleasant smell when burned, but Xu Yi and Lu Ke didn’t mind.

The meat still needed to be smoked further.

However, with the fence now in place, there was no worry of animals stealing it.

Giant Ha was already full, and its bowl still contained plenty of innards, so it wouldn’t bother with the dried meat.

So, Xu Yi added enough firewood for Lu Ke, then went upstairs to sleep.

Despite a tiger carcass hanging in the house, it did not attract other animals.

A calm night passed.

The next day, Lu Ke woke up on time.

Outside, light snow was falling.

On the ground, there was already a layer of snow.

That meant the snow had been falling for a while.

Daytime snowfall was not good news.

Lu Ke donned a fur coat and went downstairs.

The fire still had some warmth, so Lu Ke rekindled it and packed the smoked jerky into the basket.

There was still some room in the house, so Lu Ke continued to practice the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening.

Almost an hour later, Xu Yi opened his eyes.

Glancing to the side, Lu Ke was not there.

Xu Yi quickly said in his mind, "System, check-in."

Today marked the 84th day of checking in, and also the 7th day.

"Ding, seven days of check-ins complete, you have received a Basic Gift Package." A pleasant voice sounded in Xu Yi’s mind.

"System, open the package," Xu Yi said in his mind, holding back excitement.

"Ding, you have acquired a 1-cubic-meter Storage Space (Basic)"

Upon hearing this prompt, Xu Yi was momentarily stunned.

Another Storage Space?

Xu Yi sat up, feeling a bit annoyed.

Storage Space is great, but he couldn’t use it at all right now.

Now possessing two cubic meters is indeed substantial.

But under the host’s watchful eyes, there was simply no way to put the Storage Space to use.

Currently, there’s just a ceramic jar filled with oil and a B-class Liquid Metal inside.

Despite his frustration, Xu Yi had to get up.

After getting up, he realized the temperature was low.

He donned a fur coat and opened the door, confirming it was indeed snowing.

It was past eight and still snowing, which was not a good thing.

Xu Yi felt that today wasn’t a good day.

Not only did he open a useless package, but he also encountered a snowy day.

"Xu Yi, you’re up." Lu Ke greeted Xu Yi as he came downstairs.

"Yeah," Xu Yi replied, then entered the ground-floor room.

The pot was still cooking fresh milk, emitting a fragrant aroma.

Xu Yi practiced the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening a few times inside, then washed up with hot water.

"I don’t know when this snow will stop, daytime snow isn’t good. If the sun doesn’t come out and the temperature doesn’t rise, we’ll need to begin winter preparations." Xu Yi looked at the gray sky, worried there was no sunlight in sight.

"Maybe once the sun comes out, it’ll normalize. This snow started falling after midnight, and by morning there were already over ten centimeters of snow," Lu Ke said, feeling that once the sun appeared, the ice and snow would quickly melt away.

"Let’s hope so. Snow has its advantages too; it will cover the tracks from yesterday’s forest." Xu Yi said, then took the hot milk Lu Ke handed over.

The clay pot was still cooking Black Scale Lion meat.

After breakfast, the sky showed some sunshine, and the snow stopped.

As the sun grew stronger, the ice and snow began to melt.

Xu Yi and Lu Ke didn’t go out; they sliced the remaining tiger meat and smoked it.

After all, once the snow melted, there would be some puddles in the forest.

By around 11 o’clock, the water in the forest had been absorbed.

So, Xu Yi and Lu Ke each mounted their rides and headed towards the other side of the forest.

Xu Yi wanted to check out Wang Jin and Lu Yao’s camp.

They likely set up a new camp after finding a water source, so once the water source was located, finding Wang Jin and Lu Yao was possible.

After all, there were only 21 days left until the hundredth day.

Xu Yi wanted to know Wang Jin and Lu Yao’s current situation and see if they’ve gained strength.

If their strength remained the same, Xu Yi would consider finding new partners.

Without enough strength, the future would be tough.

In the long run, Xu Yi preferred to cooperate with strong individuals.

Time was running out, and if Wang Jin and Lu Yao’s strength hadn’t improved, they needed to find other teams.

The Zhou Family father and son had prepared for the hundredth day.

Previously, Xu Yi and Lu Ke didn’t have mounts and relied on their legs, limiting their range.

After two days, the reindeer were tamed by Xu Yi, at least able to control direction and speed.

At half-past three, Xu Yi and Lu Ke saw a small river.

"Xu Yi, Wang Jin and Sister Lu Yao should have built their camp by this river, right?" Lu Ke said happily, gazing at the river. After all, camps needed water sources; finding water made it highly likely to find Wang Jin and Lu Yao.

Covering such a distance, it would take at least ten hours on foot for Xu Yi and Lu Ke.

But riding Giant Ha and the reindeer, it only took three hours.

"Yeah, with the river’s strong flow, it likely runs through the forest north to south. They probably set up camp along this river," Xu Yi reckoned. If it were him, he’d definitely set up camp near a river.

"So, do we head back or keep looking?" Lu Ke dismounted, prepared to let Giant Ha drink some water, feed it jerky, then rest a bit.

If they returned, they could be back at camp by seven.

Continuing meant spending the night in the forest.

Staying by the seaside was safer without the threat of wild beasts.

In the forest, it was unpredictable.

"Let’s keep looking. We won’t go back tonight; tomorrow will be the 80th day," Xu Yi said, needing to determine if Wang Jin and Lu Yao were strong enough to partner with.

"Okay, let’s rest and continue searching," Lu Ke said happily. It had been a long time since seeing Wang Jin and Lu Yao, and Lu Ke looked forward to reuniting with them. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Xu Yi nodded, then got off the reindeer and went to the riverbank to observe.

If Wang Jin and Lu Yao were upstream, the river might show some signs.

Once he determined upstream or downstream, finding them would be easier.