Although his analysis of this star rating was merely his own deduction, with so many two-star panels as a foundation, Zhou Xu felt that his judgment should be more or less accurate.
Under this premise, it was perfectly normal for all the other tribespeople nearby to have two-star panel attributes as well, because they were all extremely ordinary ordinary people.
Of course, some tribespeople, Dashan included, had gone to gather branches, and Zhou Xu had not looked at their panels yet.
However, he would probably have to put that matter off for a while.
He could feel that his condition had already deteriorated noticeably, and he was even beginning to feel a faint ache in his head.
Under these circumstances, he could not be sure whether this negative state would completely recover after he slept or rested for a while.
If he could not recover within a short time and continued using Eye of Insight to examine Dashan and the others' panels, then judging from the negative feedback he was currently receiving, Zhou Xu had reason to suspect that he might risk fainting.
In this primitive world, they had not even solved the most basic problems of food and warmth. If he fainted, it would practically be a nightmare.
Zhou Xu had to avoid that situation at all costs.
By the time Dashan and the others finished gathering branches and returned, the sky had already grown noticeably dark, and along with it, the temperature had dropped.
The special circumstances of the nearby Black Forest, together with the barren Desolate Land surrounding them, made it completely impossible for Zhou Xu to determine whether the season was spring or autumn by observing the plants.
The seasons that followed those two were summer and winter respectively—one hot and one cold, requiring entirely different preparations. This left Zhou Xu with a terrible headache.
With no other choice, he could only approach the matter with a try-it-and-see attitude and chat with Dashan and the others about the climate.
Faced with the question, Dashan did not give it much thought.
"The climate should gradually grow warmer from here on."
Although Dashan and the others had no real concept of the seasons, anyone who had lived in this world for several years would inevitably learn something about the changes between hot and cold climates.
Now that Zhou Xu had heard this from Dashan, he immediately understood.
In other words, it's currently spring.
This answer made Zhou Xu breathe a quiet sigh of relief.
If Dashan and the others had summoned him in summer or winter, the situation would definitely have been even worse than it was now.
Just imagine it. His current predicament was already bad enough.
If the climate were changed to a scorching summer or a freezing winter, he might have died the moment he landed...
As his thoughts raced, a night wind blew over, making Zhou Xu, who was wrapped in nothing but a piece of animal hide, shudder.
Spring was still quite cold after nightfall. If he was careless, he could easily catch a cold.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu hurriedly moved closer to the Fire Pit before him, and his whole body immediately felt several degrees warmer.
At the same time, before Dashan and the others returned, he had already found a spare moment to tie together several torches with tree-bark rope.
They needed more wood at the moment, so it was impossible to stop immediately just because night had fallen.
Fortunately, as long as the torches provided them with light, Dashan and the others did not mind continuing to gather branches nearby during the early part of the night.
After giving them some simple instructions and watching Dashan and the others leave, Zhou Xu sat back down in front of the Fire Pit. His face was already showing exhaustion that he could no longer suppress.
Earlier, he had used Eye of Insight for a long time and examined the attribute panels of nearly twenty tribespeople in succession, which had taken a considerable toll on him. That was the main reason.
Besides that, everything he had experienced today had been so bizarre that he had remained tense the entire time, which was undoubtedly another factor.
And in this state...
"Gurgle..."
His stomach acid also began churning violently in his belly.
Those few insects had not even been enough to fill the gaps between his teeth, let alone fill him up.
As a result, his entire current condition could be summed up as tired, hungry, and cold.
By contrast, the tribespeople around him, perhaps because they were used to hunger, were clearly faring much better overall than he was.
With no other choice, Zhou Xu could only drink some water to fill his stomach for now.
As long as a person had water to drink, they would not die from going without food for a day or two, not to mention that he had at least eaten a little.
That fact reassured him greatly, though it was still somewhat miserable.
Zhou Xu worked quickly. Since the baskets did not need to be woven particularly well, he had basically finished weaving three small ones before the night grew deep, which was enough to cover some rats.
By comparison, the other tribespeople wove more slowly, but there were more of them. Even if each person only made one basket in an entire night, that would still make five altogether, and with Zhou Xu's three added in...
Eight baskets should be enough, right?
At this thought, Zhou Xu exhaled a long breath.
"All right, that's enough for today. There's still plenty to do tomorrow, so everyone should rest. To save wood, put out that fire for now, but keep the one for boiling water burning."
Zhou Xu stood up and stretched his limbs before directly announcing the arrangements for the night.
After the prestige he had built up earlier, the tribespeople now obeyed his every word, making it much easier for him to carry out his arrangements.
"At night, we need people in the tribe to boil water, watch the fire, and stand guard. Although one person could handle all of this, it wouldn't be particularly safe, so I've decided to arrange two groups of three. One group will be responsible for the first half of the night, and the other for the second half."
At this point, Zhou Xu paused.
"As for how to distinguish the first half of the night from the second half, just look at the moon in the sky. That glowing thing is called the moon. When the moon has moved roughly to this position, you can switch shifts."
Afterward, Zhou Xu gave them a few more instructions about boiling water.
Filling those several water bowls certainly would not require an entire night.
Therefore, for the sake of efficiency, aside from leaving half a bowl of water for the people standing watch to quench their thirst and hunger, all the remaining water was distributed among the tribespeople before they went to sleep.
They could not find food and could not fill their stomachs, and now they could not even drink a few more mouthfuls of water?
In any case, before they woke up the next day, the water bowls would definitely be full again. Either way, nothing would be wasted.
Within the tribe, Dashan and the others had naturally prepared an animal-hide tent for Zhou Xu to rest in ahead of time.
The tent was not large. Anyone entering it had to stoop, and even lying down was far from spacious.
Compared with staying outside, the greatest advantage of this animal-hide tent was that it could block most of the wind for them.
That was right—only most of it. Completely blocking the wind was impossible, as quite a few places in the tent let air through.
But considering the environment they were in, he could not exactly demand too much.
Tightening the animal hide around himself, Zhou Xu soon curled up and lay down.
This day had truly been exhausting for him. Even lying inside an animal-hide tent with wind leaking in from all four sides, Zhou Xu fell asleep the moment his head touched the ground, and waves of snores soon rang out...
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