Morning.
Today was the fifth day since entering the game.
After breakfast, Wang Yu took out his crossbow and practiced for a while. Then he went to the woods and collected another 120 ml of pine resin from the Great Cedar.
The Tin Bucket he already had contained pine resin whose quantity had been increased with Use Dice to Increase, so he naturally couldn't put any pine resin that hadn't been increased with dice into it.
So Wang Yu took out another Tin Bucket to hold the new pine resin. That meant the resin took up two Tin Buckets, but it didn't matter. Wang Yu had six Tin Buckets in total. One held clean water, leaving three others he could use.
A little after nine in the morning, it was time to use the dice to increase the quantity of an item again.
Wang Yu continued by using the dice to increase the quantity of one big stone.
Yesterday, he had chopped down five birch trees. He still needed to use big stones to weigh down the stumps.
Three.
Wang Yu rolled a three and gained three big stones. He used them to weigh down the stumps of three trees, then covered them with leaves and moss to hide them.
Once he was done, Wang Yu went to check his twelve Animal Traps as usual.
The night before, he had caught three Wild Rats. Today, he was full of anticipation.
When he checked the traps, the first few had nothing in them. Not only had they failed to catch any Wild Rats, but the Water Snail Meat on them had been eaten, too. Wang Yu could only put more Water Snail Meat on the traps as bait.
When he reached the fifth trap, he found that it was gone.
This had never happened before. Wang Yu's heart lurched, and for a Moment, all kinds of guesses raced through his mind.
As he searched the surrounding area, Wang Yu spotted some bloodstains.
Had it caught a large animal?
That was his first thought.
Wang Yu was overjoyed and immediately took out his crossbow. If the trap had caught a large animal, his crossbow would come in handy.
The Animal Trap surely couldn't kill a large animal, so the crossbow would be perfect for finishing it off.
With his crossbow in hand, Wang Yu followed the bloodstains and a few footprints onward.
The farther he went, the more uneasy he felt. He had been walking for too long and was already far from the creek, so he had to leave markers as he went.
If he went much farther, he might not be able to find his way back. In the Dark Night, his Lamp Light reached only a few meters, making it incredibly difficult to tell which way to go or find his markers.
Wang Yu knew he couldn't give up. The large animal caught in the trap might be his only chance to catch one, and it couldn't have gone far with the trap clamped on it. He had to find it.
After walking for about ten minutes, Wang Yu's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed.
He saw a white sheep with black horns.
The sheep's front leg was caught in the Animal Trap, and it was lying there. When it saw Wang Yu approaching, it looked extremely agitated.
Afraid the sheep might escape, Wang Yu immediately took out his crossbow and tried to shoot it.
Unexpectedly, the sheep didn't run away. It suddenly got to its feet and charged straight at Wang Yu.
Was this sheep really that bold?
Fortunately, its front leg was caught in the Animal Trap, so it wasn't charging very fast.
Wang Yu immediately pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh~"
The arrow struck the sheep.
But the sheep didn't stop. It kept charging toward Wang Yu.
This was bad.
Wang Yu immediately stowed the crossbow in his Backpack, then took out a second crossbow, already loaded with an arrow, and fired at the sheep.
"Whoosh~"
The second arrow hit the sheep.
"Holy crap."
Wang Yu couldn't believe the sheep still hadn't stopped. It seemed determined to take him down with it.
Something was wrong with this sheep. It didn't seem anything like the sheep he knew.
Wang Yu didn't fire a third arrow. There wasn't time, and he couldn't take it head-on.
"Help!"
Wang Yu turned and ran for his life.
He'd expected that two crossbow bolts wouldn't kill the sheep, but he hadn't expected them to leave it still able to move.
He couldn't fight it head-on.
Wang Yu knew that if the sheep rammed him with its horns, it would probably take half his life.
He could only avoid its charge for now.
Run!
Wang Yu ran a long way, then looked back. The sheep couldn't keep up with him, and only then did he relax.
The sheep's front leg was caught in the trap, and it had taken two arrows from Wang Yu. It was probably on its last legs.
Wang Yu had read about hunting online. A wounded beast's desperate counterattack was terrifying. When you encountered an injured animal, the first thing to do was protect yourself, then patiently wait for it to run out of strength.
But in this dark night, Wang Yu was afraid something might happen. He couldn't wait for the sheep to die slowly.
So when Wang Yu looked back and saw that the sheep was almost unable to run, he stopped, immediately took out a third crossbow loaded with an arrow, and fired at it.
"Whoosh~"
This time, Wang Yu was calm and took careful aim, shooting the sheep in the neck.
As expected, the arrow hit, and the sheep fell to the ground.
At the same time, several Prompt Messages appeared on the ground.
[Black Horn Sheep Meat 11.5 kg]
[Black Horn Sheep Horn*2]
[Black Horn Sheep Skin*1]
[Silver Coin*2]
[Blueprint*1]
There were actually five Prompt Messages on the ground.
Wang Yu hurried over and picked up the Black Horn Sheep Meat. It was a whole piece of meat, and it weighed a whopping twenty-three jin.
He'd struck it rich.
"Hahaha!"
Wang Yu knew he'd really hit the jackpot this time.
After putting the meat in his Backpack, Wang Yu picked up the two horns. They were straight, with incredibly sharp tips. If the sheep had rammed him, it might have gored him open.
That thought sent a shiver through Wang Yu.
If he hadn't had a crossbow, even with the sheep's leg caught in the Animal Trap, he might not have been able to take it down. He could even have ended up dead at its hooves.
This clearly wasn't an ordinary sheep.
Looking at the horns, Wang Yu had an idea. They were half a meter long and could easily be used as weapons. Their tips were no less sharp than an Iron Sword.
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