Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 213: Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat

Lu Ke first skinned the three wolves, then handed the wolf pelts over to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was already setting up a tripod so that they could secure the wolf pelts.

Once the three wolf pelts were secured, Xu Yi hung them up and prepared to saw the logs, then split them open.

"Xu Yi," Lu Ke suddenly called out, and then grasped the crossbow and stepped back.

Then Xu Yi saw three animals pouncing on the corpse of a wild wolf.

Xu Yi immediately recognized them as the animals he had painstakingly chopped down before, their Scale Armor extremely tough.

The three were slightly larger than rabbits, fearlessly tearing at the wolf meat, completely ignoring Xu Yi and Lu Ke.

Lu Ke fired an arrow, but it was to no avail.

After all, their scales were so hard that even Xu Yi’s knife took several chops to break through.

Xu Yi thought, if they used the scales from these animals to make armor, they could easily push back a wolf pack.

After all, his knife was so sharp, as long as he wouldn’t get hurt, the wolf pack was doomed to be slaughtered by him.

"Let me," said Xu Yi, as he went to lift a log.

Approaching the animals, they didn’t seem to even notice Xu Yi.

Maybe it was because their almost invincible armor gave them confidence, thinking that Xu Yi couldn’t harm them like any other wild animal.

He lifted the log and then swung it heavily at one of their heads.

With one blow, Xu Yi smashed it into the ground.

Then, he lifted the log and smashed it at the other two.

The tremendous impact, even if it didn’t kill them, certainly stunned them.

Then Xu Yi tossed the log aside and picked them up.

Their bellies were still very soft, but because they could lower their bodies very close to the ground, ordinary beasts were helpless against them.

Xu Yi even suspected they could curl up into a ball to protect themselves, just like hedgehogs.

But now, they couldn’t escape their fate of death.

After Xu Yi picked them up, he drove his dagger directly into their belly, then sliced it open.

All three were handled by Xu Yi using the same method.

"Hunted Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat, gained 2 points."

In total, he gained 6 points, plus 15 points from the wild wolf, making a total of 156 points.

Xu Yi hadn’t expected these creatures to be a type of rat.

"Solved it, they gave us three big gifts. Is this to celebrate the completion of our Stilt House?" Xu Yi joked, as he was rather fond of the taste of these creatures.

The taste of wolf meat was actually much better than that of the Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat.

Stewing a pot at night, it can’t get any more fragrant.

"Hehe, this counts as... a housewarming gift," said Lu Ke, as she skillfully skinned the Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat and handed it to Xu Yi.

Previously, she was quite distressed over the piece of Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat skin that the storm blew away. She thought it would be very good material for Soft Armor.

Whether used for hand or neck protection, it was very good.

Now, having three pieces all at once, they could surely be used for making Soft Armor, providing good body protection. Then, when encountering a wolf pack, Xu Yi wouldn’t need to worry.

Even if they ran into a bear, Xu Yi could directly deal with it with his knife.

"It really is a housewarming gift, we’ll eat it tonight," Xu Yi grinned, then started securing those scales.

He and Lu Ke thought similarly, wanting to make Soft Armor out of them.

Once Xu Yi secured them, Lu Ke returned holding half of a processed Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat.

She placed it on a cleaned stump, chopped it into pieces, then put it into the pot to stew. Afterward, she went back to handle the rest.

Xu Yi was busy sawing the logs into halves. After all, after sawing them, he would need to split them.

There weren’t many logs, only a total of ten, so Xu Yi finished the sawing in half an hour.

The pot was already emitting the aroma of meat.

Lu Ke also dragged the three wolves back to the camp, while keeping the two and a half Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rats submerged in water for preservation, intending to eat them the next day.

"Xu Yi, don’t be busy now, let’s eat first, and we’ll continue after," Lu Ke suggested to Xu Yi, as it was already past seven, and they were long hungry.

"Alright, let’s eat first," Xu Yi put away his knife, planning to fill up before continuing with work.

"This forest rat meat is really delicious," Xu Yi said in satisfaction while eating. The table made of two stumps was indeed nice, at least they didn’t have to eat standing up.

If all goes well, tomorrow they could finish laying the floor of the Stilt House.

The logs are about 20 centimeters in diameter, so 20 logs would cover a width of 4 meters. Tomorrow, they could surely finish laying the floor, then fix some pillars and use tree bark as walls.

The day after tomorrow, he and Lu Ke could find time to start hunting again.

So many days had passed, and they only had 156 points, which made Xu Yi a little uneasy.

Today marked their 54th day on this planet; tomorrow would be the 55th day.

Leaving only forty-five days until the hundredth day, it’s really hard to say what will happen then.

Lu Ke said nothing, continuously stuffing forest rat meat into her mouth, as if speaking more would mean eating less.

The two of them ate a whole pot, still not feeling full, so Xu Yi had Lu Ke cook another half pot.

After satisfying their hunger, Xu Yi started figuring out how to split the logs, while Lu Ke continued to cut and hang the wolf pelts for smoking.

Xu Yi first sharpened some stakes, then split the center of one end of a log, hammered the stake in, which would split open the log, and hammered in another stake to further split it open.

Of course, doing this would make the split surface not very smooth. However, for Xu Yi, it was good enough.

His knife was indeed sharp, but splitting a five-meter-long log was unrealistic.

The method Xu Yi used was quite primitive, with low efficiency, but being able to split the logs into halves was enough for his needs.

By past midnight, Xu Yi had split 20 logs.

Then, working with Lu Ke, they laid them onto the beams. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Xu Yi had peeled the bark off these logs beforehand, which was perfect for securing them to the beams.

"Finally, we can have a good night’s sleep," Lu Ke said as she filled a wooden bucket with clay and handed it to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi carried it up and filled the gaps with the clay.

Past two in the morning, Xu Yi and Lu Ke lay on the tree bark and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Xu Yi was woken by a noise.