Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 98: All-You-Can-Eat Crab

"This rule is actually quite vague, as long as there’s no explicit attack, it’s fine. Without an attack, I can directly snatch your things, even trick you, steal from you. And you can’t attack me," Xu Yi said as he patted Lu Ke’s head.

She was still too naive.

For ten billion, for survival, anything could happen.

"Can you really do that? That’s just shameless," Lu Ke never thought of doing such a thing, as her upbringing prevented her from considering it.

"Just because we won’t, doesn’t mean others won’t. Ten billion is a major test of human nature," Xu Yi said, packing the remaining crabs into the basket.

"But the team I encountered today probably wouldn’t do such a thing." Xu Yi felt Wang Jin, Lu Yao, and Loli Ke were similar to Lu Ke, unlikely to resort to deceitful tactics.

Hearing this, viewers from the 52nd live broadcast room refrained from attacking Xu Yi.

"Almost couldn’t hold back, I was about to lash out. Our Wanzi isn’t that low."

"At least you have some insight, regardless if it’s the special ops sister or Wanzi, they disdain doing such things."

"Can’t criticize this, folks, let’s pick another topic."

"However, this big brother isn’t wrong, for ten billion, there are those who trample morality, law, and even others’ lives."

"Who knows if committing crimes on this planet means jail time."

"You’ve arrived on another planet and still want control over others? You’ve been caged too long and think everything belongs in a cage?"

"Now I actually hope this team cooperates with our Wanzi, it should be quite harmonious."

"You guys worry too much, one rainstorm already eliminated over twenty teams. In a hundred days, there won’t be many teams left continuing."

"This guy has such a correct worldview, became a fan."

"I think this guy is a good match for our Wanzi."

"Go away, Xu Yi belongs to our Loli Ke, why are other teams causing trouble?"

While fans of the two teams tore each other apart in the live broadcast room, Xu Yi and Lu Ke had already packed the crabs.

Besides the crabs, Xu Yi also picked up and packed eight coconuts into the basket.

If it weren’t for the lack of space in the basket, Xu Yi would’ve packed more.

"Xu Yi, is it too heavy?" Lu Ke asked worriedly, seeing Xu Yi carrying the full basket.

"No problem, it’s not heavy at all. It’s almost three, let’s hurry back to camp before dark," Xu Yi said with a smile, indicating he was fine.

Xu Yi continued to lead the way, with Lu Ke following behind, holding a crossbow.

They took less than three hours to return to camp.

Once at camp, Lu Ke began cooking crabs.

Xu Yi skinned the rabbit, preparing the rabbit skin.

They were eating crabs for dinner, so the rabbit needed to be cured overnight.

"Xu Yi, the crabs are ready," Lu Ke shouted after Xu Yi finished securing the rabbit skin.

"Coming," Xu Yi hung up the rabbit skin and went to wash his hands.

With two clay pots now, they could cook over a dozen crabs at once.

All set out on the table, they looked very enticing.

One bowl was filled with crab claws.

"It’s such a treat to eat crab till I’m full, never got to do this before, never had this chance in the wilderness," Xu Yi marveled as he grabbed a crab and tore off a small leg to munch.

Eating standing up was a bit inconvenient.

So Xu Yi decided to make stools tonight.

"Crab roe is really delicious, and there’s plenty of it," Lu Ke said happily like a child, holding a crab.

Xu Yi agreed, nodding as he slurped crab juice.

They took over an hour to fill their stomachs with all the crabs.

"So happy, the feeling of eating crab to your fill is just amazing," Lu Ke said cheerfully, touching her stomach.

She felt that at this moment, laying on a deck chair, gazing at the star-filled sky, would be even better.

"We can go to the beach more often to improve life," Xu Yi suggested, still holding a crab leg in his mouth, looking a bit roguish.

After chatting for a while, Lu Ke took over the rabbit Xu Yi hadn’t finished processing and continued cleaning it.

Xu Yi began crafting stool legs, which were relatively easy to make.

Considering they didn’t have significant aesthetic requirements, they just needed to be sturdy.

After Lu Ke cleaned up the rabbit, she hung it above the fire for curing. Then, she placed the remaining clay models into the kiln and started a fire underneath.

Around ten, Xu Yi finished making the first stool.

Pleased with his work, Xu Yi then sawed off a piece of wood to start making a second stool.

With experience from the first, Xu Yi’s speed improved.

"Lu Ke, you should go to sleep,"

At eleven thirty, Xu Yi saw Lu Ke still burning firewood in front of the kiln and reminded her.

"Okay, I know, I’m about to go," Lu Ke glanced back at Xu Yi, then added some firewood. After burning for five hours, it should be enough, time to sleep.

After adding firewood, Lu Ke went to wash up.

"Oh, the stools are done," Lu Ke noticed the stool by the door and rushed over to sit.

"Very stable, impressive," Lu Ke praised Xu Yi.

"Once I make a long bench, we’ll have a bed. Being too close to the ground and moisture is a problem," Xu Yi said while splitting wood. Especially now, after days of rain, moisture was more of a concern.

"I really want to see how other teams’ camps look, if they’re better than ours. Xu Yi, do you think the 52 team is nearby?" Lu Ke asked, referring to Wang Jin and Lu Yao that Xu Yi had mentioned.

"Probably not, otherwise we would’ve seen their smoke and cooking," Xu Yi recalled Wang Jin saying they needed a few hours to return to camp, so they must be in a different direction.

"Makes sense," Lu Ke nodded, swinging her little legs.

"Given that they’re in our zone, we’ll likely meet them. I hope we become friends," Lu Ke said, having few friends aside from her hospital companions, longing for some new friendships.

"We’ll have a chance, they need to hunt for food too, meeting them is inevitable," Xu Yi said with a smile, considering Lu Ke friendly and likely to make friends easily.