Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 234: It Got Away

"Boiling oil, combined with a fire attack, what an idea, young man!"

"Xu Yi is so clever, I never thought of this method."

"They must have a lot of wolf oil, even though it’s a bit of a waste, but the method is definitely powerful!"

"If they can successfully burn it to death, that would be awesome."

"If they accidentally burn the post, then it’s over."

"That post is made of fresh wood, how can it burn? Even if it catches fire, there’s water on top to put it out."

Soon, a pot of hot oil was ready.

Fortunately, they kept their pot inside today; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so convenient.

"Xu Yi, the oil is ready, be careful." Lu Ke thought it was better for Xu Yi to handle the oil pouring. If she missed, wouldn’t it waste a whole pot of oil?

So, Xu Yi went in, picked up the oil, and said, "Hand me a torch."

Lu Ke nodded, grabbed the most burning stick, and followed Xu Yi to the door.

Outside, Xu Yi immediately poured the oil on the beast below.

"Sizzle..."

Xu Yi heard the sound of oil scorching the skin.

Then, the monster’s screams followed.

It ran away immediately.

Xu Yi took the burning stick from Lu Ke’s hand and threw it out.

He aimed accurately, but it didn’t ignite right away.

"It just ran away, that easy?" Lu Ke couldn’t believe the fierce beast actually ran off.

"That’s our advantage. Otherwise, why would humans be the rulers of our world?" Xu Yi smiled slightly, finding ways to use resources and crafting weapons to fend off beasts.

After all, they only have strong bodies but lack brains, don’t know how to protect themselves.

When Xu Yi thought of using boiling oil, he already expected it to flee.

It’s a pity it wasn’t burned to death.

Such a large burn area would likely cause an infection. If not treated properly, it probably won’t live long.

"True, there are many ways to defend; the difficult part is attacking." Lu Ke, who had studied history and seen many films, naturally understood some ancient warfare tactics.

As for modern warfare weapons—guns, cannon, laser weapons—they had no means, but they had some ways with ancient weapons like catapults.

"That’s because we’re too few. If there were ten of us, there wouldn’t be many beasts we couldn’t handle." Saying this, Xu Yi glanced at the hunting bow in his hand. Most beasts couldn’t withstand an arrow attack.

If they had iron, the power would be greatly enhanced.

Lu Ke nodded, if seven or eight people with hunting bows acted together, there really wouldn’t be many beasts that could withstand them.

Even a tiger, it would be hard for it to escape death.

"Are we safe now?" Lu Ke asked, as she still wanted to produce some clay vessels; otherwise, the night’s time would be wasted.

"Yes, that fierce beast ran quite far; there should be no beasts nearby now." Xu Yi felt the fierce beast’s screams likely scared off many other animals.

Then, they both returned downstairs.

After the night’s events, Xu Yi felt he should quickly set up the fence so it would be safer to stay downstairs at night.

While Lu Ke worked on the clay, Xu Yi continued soaking flax stalks, having brought them down.

Yesterday’s torrential rain was rare; the weather here was predominantly sunny.

With the rain over, Xu Yi figured they still had time until the paper was produced.

In one night, Lu Ke created two clay pots and a large clay jar.

The clay pots she made now were much larger than before, and she added a handle. Once fired and a wooden handle attached, it would be even more convenient.

"Our skills are getting better. Tomorrow, let’s dig a kiln to fire them, then use the fired clay bricks to build a brick kiln." Xu Yi praised.

Using all clay bricks for the kiln meant not worrying about water damage. Even after soaking, it could continue to be used.

Besides, they didn’t need to fire too many items; a brick kiln could last a while.

Lu Ke nodded, then went to wash up and prepare for sleep.

After working all night, she was a bit tired.

Xu Yi placed Lu Ke’s clay works in the hallway, to avoid any incidents.

After Lu Ke finished washing, she went to sleep.

Xu Yi waited a while, then also went to rest.

Early the next morning when Xu Yi opened his eyes, Lu Ke was already downstairs practicing basic combat.

"System, check-in." Today marked the 67th day of checking in, and there were three days left until the next weekly gift package.

After obtaining a skill package, Xu Yi had some expectations for the basic gift package.

After checking in, Xu Yi headed downstairs.

"What smells so good, what did you cook?" Xu Yi caught a whiff and couldn’t help but ask.

After all, yesterday they didn’t have any fresh meat.

"Mouse-eating Raccoon, this morning one was chasing a forest rat, and I shot it." Lu Ke explained, without pausing her movements.

After all, shooting the raccoon, and cleaning and stewing it took a lot of time, affecting her training.

"Chasing a forest rat?" Xu Yi rubbed his chin and continued, "Looks like the rain didn’t drown many animals, that’s good news."

If not many animals died, the chance of an epidemic outbreak was low.

Relocating the camp was a troublesome thing; Xu Yi thought it was best not to do so; it wasted too much time.

"Probably, quite a few forest rats were chased around by the raccoon and seemed quite healthy," Lu Ke added. She also didn’t want to relocate; she really liked the stilt house.

After practicing for a while, they both stopped to eat breakfast.

The raccoon tasted pretty good, and they could have more for dinner, so there was no need to hunt rabbits today.

To be honest, Xu Yi was getting a bit tired of rabbit meat.

Wild chickens and ducks were on Xu Yi’s mind instead.

After breakfast, Xu Yi and Lu Ke tidied up and then headed out.

They needed to check the condition of the forest to see if the heavy rain caused any damage.

The two first went to the strawberry area and found some mud on the strawberries but they were not killed, which was good news.

They also occasionally spotted traces of rabbits and forest rats, not much different from before.

Overall, the rain and standing water hadn’t drowned many animals.

At noon, the two stopped at a place to have lunch.

Suddenly, Lu Ke pointed into the distance and said, "Xu Yi, what is that animal? It looks like a jellyfish."