Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 271: 77-Day Gift Pack

However, these wild donkeys were clearly being chased by some wild beasts, otherwise they wouldn’t be running crazily through the night.

So, Xu Yi poured a bucket of water over his head and prepared to go out and investigate.

After all, the beasts chasing these wild donkeys would soon appear.

Lu Ke tightened her grip on her short crossbow, her expression somewhat solemn.

Hundreds of wild donkeys running wildly—it was quite a scene.

Then, the silhouettes of some animals emerged.

Upon seeing those animals, both Xu Yi and Lu Ke let out a gasp of surprise.

Five ferocious beasts, larger than buffaloes, ran past. They were indeed the same beasts Xu Yi and Lu Ke had once driven away with boiling oil.

Xu Yi observed that their speed was not slow at all—they were definitely faster than buffaloes.

After the beasts ran past, Xu Yi and Lu Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

If they had attacked, it’s likely the fence wouldn’t withstand the impact of these five large beasts.

These beasts weighed over a thousand pounds each.

One might hold them off for a while, but five would be impossible to stop.

The Giant Wolf seemed to smell the scent of those beasts and shrank back into a corner.

"Should be fine now, right?" Lu Ke asked Xu Yi, insisting he move the pottery urn indoors. Keeping it outside could be dangerous.

"Yeah, first dry the Black Scale Soft Armor and put it on, just in case," Xu Yi said, then put on his arm guards before starting to dress.

Earlier, due to the urgency, he had rushed out wearing just his shorts.

Lu Ke nodded, realizing there was no escaping it and they could only prepare for battle.

If those five beasts returned to attack, she and Xu Yi would have no choice but to face them head-on.

After half an hour, Lu Ke went to the bathroom and put on the Black Scale Soft Armor.

Xu Yi was still stirring paper pulp—the fibers were still coarse and needed continuous boiling.

Time flew by and it was already past 10 o’clock.

"Lu Ke, go get some sleep, you’re really tired today," Xu Yi said, noticing Lu Ke. After dealing with the wild wolves, her energy was depleted, and she should rest early.

"Alright, I’ll go sleep then, but come to bed soon," Lu Ke told Xu Yi, feeling assured that those giant beasts wouldn’t appear again.

"Sure, I will. Good night," Xu Yi replied with a smile.

Then Lu Ke went upstairs to sleep.

To prevent any surprises, she didn’t take off the Black Scale Soft Armor.

Fortunately, the temperature was low now, so wearing it didn’t feel hot.

Additionally, both she and Xu Yi covered themselves with their respective coats, so there was no worry of bumping into Xu Yi.

Not long after laying down, Lu Ke fell asleep. After all, wrestling with the Giant Wolf for an hour was quite exhausting.

Xu Yi continued until past eleven, and seeing that the giant beasts hadn’t returned, he also went upstairs to sleep.

Tomorrow marked the 77th day of activity, which meant he could receive a new weekly package.

Back upstairs, Xu Yi lit a fire.

He also brought up the pot. In case boiling oil was needed, he could prepare it.

After making sure everything was in order, Xu Yi went to bed.

The next day, when Xu Yi woke up, Lu Ke was already up.

Last night was relatively peaceful, with no beast attacks on their camp.

"System, check-in."

"Ding, 7-day check-in complete. Received Basic Gift Package."

Xu Yi touched his nose and mentally commanded, "Open the package."

"Ding, acquired 5 pounds of B-level Liquid Metal (can perform one molding)."

Xu Yi was stunned—B-level Liquid Metal?

What was this metallic material?

Moreover, what did it mean to be moldable?

"System, extract the package," Xu Yi commanded, wanting to see what this B-level Liquid Metal was.

Yet after extraction, Xu Yi found no trace of the B-level Liquid Metal.

"What’s the situation? Wasn’t there supposed to be Liquid Metal?" Xu Yi muttered, searching all around but finding nothing.

"System, extract the package."

Once again, Xu Yi gave the command, perplexed by the situation for the first time.

Even after the command, Xu Yi still didn’t see the Liquid Metal.

This left Xu Yi feeling bewildered.

Did the system glitch?

Or, could the Liquid Metal be invisible?

"System, won’t you explain?" Xu Yi asked, feeling quite troubled since a system error would be disastrous.

Unfortunately, the system didn’t respond to Xu Yi.

"Could it be in my Storage Space?" Xu Yi speculated and quickly went to check.

"It’s really there," Xu Yi sighed with relief, knowing the item was there meant the system was functioning normally.

From his ’view’, the Liquid Metal was a small sphere, black-gray in color.

Xu Yi didn’t take it out. Though he was indoors and the outside couldn’t see the situation, he was unwilling to risk taking the Liquid Metal out.

Through mental contact, he understood the meaning of molding.

It’s about using a mold to shape this B-level Liquid Metal into a fixed form, after which it becomes permanently set.

This could be described as outright black technology.

Making a bow and bowstring from this Liquid Metal would surely be a Divine Artifact!

However, Xu Yi can’t use it for now.

Once he builds his iron furnace and gains the ability to melt metal, he can manipulate it, then stealthily use the B-level Liquid Metal to replace cast iron, and produce a bow and string.

So, Xu Yi was quite satisfied with this 77-day package.

Getting out of bed, folding his coat, Xu Yi went straight downstairs.

Lu Ke was almost finished with her training and greeted Xu Yi upon seeing him come down.

Xu Yi trained for a while and then punched the sandbag.

By the time they had breakfast, it was already 9 o’clock.

Today, however, Xu Yi didn’t plan to go out.

Because they needed to make paper today. Also, the mangoes dried earlier were ready, which meant they could gather them and lay out new mangoes to dry.

With the sieve Xu Yi made, making paper became easier. Placing the sieve in the pottery urn, letting the paper pulp into the sieve, then gently scraping with bamboo strips ensured the thickness was just right, and it could be set out to dry.

Xu Yi wove twenty such sieves, allowing twenty sheets of paper to be made at once.

The paper wasn’t thick, it dried in just over ten minutes.

Quickly, Lu Ke peeled off a sheet of dried paper. After kneading it, she found the toughness to be quite good.

This meant they reacquired toilet paper, and their quality of life had improved again.

In convenient times, they would use leaves.

The viewers watching Xu Yi and Lu Ke had long grown accustomed to them constantly creating new things.

Compared to other teams, it seemed they hadn’t considered improving their living standards, not spending time on such things.