Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 203: My Hands Are Numb

After having a full meal and resting for a while, Xu Yi prepared to start establishing the camp.

First, he made the fire blaze high, with flames over a meter tall.

Then, he took out the only hemp rope from his satchel to make his safety rope, and climbed up a tree.

At a height of over six meters, Xu Yi stopped and began to split the trunk, preparing to cut down the upper section at this spot.

This kind of chopping was not easy, even with the extremely sharp treasured blade in hand, Xu Yi took nearly an hour to cut each tree.

Moreover, it was very dangerous; if not controlled well, the moment the trunk fell, Xu Yi’s head could get hurt.

Using this method for one night, Xu Yi cut down a total of four trees, forming a quadrilateral shape.

After chopping down these trees, Xu Yi felt his arms a bit unable to lift.

After all, holding onto the tree with one hand while raising the knife high to chop is extremely strenuous.

"Xu Yi, should the ones in the middle be cut down?" Lu Ke asked while adding wood to the bonfire, because there were still three trees in the middle, and they were clustered closely.

"Yes, but not tonight, my hands are shaking a bit," said Xu Yi while squeezing his arm to relax his muscles.

"Sit down, I’ll give you a massage," Lu Ke said, knowing Xu Yi expended much effort cutting down those four trees.

"No need, you’d better go to sleep early," Xu Yi told Lu Ke, being a bit uneasy about Lu Ke guarding through the night alone, he decided better to stay awake the whole night himself, then sleep a few hours after sunrise.

After all, without shelter, there was no way for him and Lu Ke to sleep together.

"No way, it’s just after 11 PM, you go sleep, I’ll sleep once you wake," Lu Ke felt Xu Yi needed rest more, knowing he was exhausted from chopping those four trees.

"Alright, I’ll sleep for three hours, then get up and switch with you," Xu Yi thought if he slept for three hours then got two more hours after sunrise, it would be enough.

Lu Ke said nothing, silently unfastened the crossbow from her waist, and began her guard duty.

After all, this was an unfamiliar jungle, dangers could occur at any time.

Xu Yi laid down on the wolf skin he spread out, soon entering a sleeping state.

Xu Yi slept nearly four hours before waking up, opening his eyes.

Lu Ke was holding a chopping knife, trimming tree branches. Although cumbersome, making no sound that would wake Xu Yi.

After all, the firewood was almost burned up, had to prepare some, it might extinguish in the later half of the night.

"Lu Ke, give me the knife, I’ll do it," Xu Yi said, walking towards Lu Ke.

"Why did you wake up, did I disturb you?" Lu Ke said somewhat apologetically, since Xu Yi was so tired, she meant for him to sleep longer.

"No, I woke up automatically," Xu Yi said, taking the knife.

These branches were quite stout, arm-thick, and all over two meters long.

"Give me twenty minutes," Xu Yi said, quickly chopping some, then splitting them into several sections.

"Alright, you can sleep now, I’m well rested. Tomorrow, I still have a lot to do," Xu Yi told Lu Ke, then added some firewood.

The firewood he just chopped should be enough to last until daylight.

Once the sun was up, the temperature would rise quickly.

Lu Ke nodded, knowing Xu Yi couldn’t be easily persuaded. Rather than wasting words and time trying to persuade him, she’d better sleep quickly and get up early to let Xu Yi get some more rest.

Watching Lu Ke sleep, Xu Yi immediately told the system, "System, check-in."

Yesterday morning when he got up, Xu Yi also checked in.

So now he completed 55 days of check-in.

This also means they’ve been on this planet for fifty days.

Completing one-tenth of the time made Xu Yi quite happy.

Despite experiencing hardships over these fifty days, the gains were substantial.

It can be said, each day, they were stronger than the day before.

Watching the flames and the sleeping Lu Ke, Xu Yi showed a trace of contented smile.

They would persevere longer and their lives would keep improving.

Suddenly, Xu Yi grabbed the bow and arrows, quickly fitted a wooden arrow, and shot into the night.

"Woo woo woo..."

An animal cried out, seemingly hit.

Then Xu Yi heard it retreating.

The jungle was too dark, so Xu Yi couldn’t see anything.

Fortunately, through the night, only that animal shot by Xu Yi came, and no other animals bothered them.

"Xu Yi, what time is it?" Upon waking, Lu Ke asked.

"It’s almost 7 AM, get up and prepare breakfast, I cooked stewed meat," Xu Yi grinned at Lu Ke, despite only sleeping those four hours, Xu Yi felt quite energetic, needing no more rest.

"Ah, why didn’t you wake me?" Lu Ke lamented, tapping her forehead. Unexpectedly, she overslept. She originally planned to rise at 5 AM to let Xu Yi get more rest.

Instead, she woke later than usual.

"You were sleeping well, why disturb you? Take this charcoal powder I ground for brushing your teeth," Xu Yi said, standing up.

"Don’t you need more rest?" Lu Ke looked remorsefully at Xu Yi, deeply regretting getting up late.

"No need, I’ll sleep early tonight, nothing serious," Xu Yi waved his hand, then walked towards the cut logs.

He planned to saw off two sections and then burn a wooden bucket.

Though they had a ceramic pot and jug, both filled with things, they couldn’t be emptied for use. They needed new containers.

Tree cutting was something Lu Ke couldn’t do, and there was no tool for her to use.

Xu Yi planned to assign Lu Ke to burn the wooden bucket, if all went well, two wooden buckets would be made today.

After brushing, Lu Ke practiced the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening several times.

Being up late, she skipped Basic Fighting Techniques practice.

At breakfast time, Xu Yi had sawed off a section of wood.

While eating, he explained to Lu Ke how to burn the wooden bucket.

"So that’s how Sister Lu Yao and the others made buckets, I thought it was done slowly with a knife," Lu Ke listened, directing admiring glances at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi could tell how to do just by looking, far more amazing than she was.

Without comparison, there’s no harm!

"By the way, Xu Yi. If we cut down the trees, won’t the Flying Giant Beasts be able to fly down and attack us?" Lu Ke looked at the spot where Xu Yi chopped down the trees, asking.