Zhang Dahai might have profited by trading fish for mutton, but Wang Yu couldn't have lost out.
He had 13 Grass Carp, weighing about 13 pounds in total. After using Dice to Increase their quantity, he wasn't exaggerating when he said he could eat them for a month.
Wonderful.
He could alternate between mutton and fish at every meal from now on. He wouldn't have to worry about running out of fish and eating mutton all the time.
Wang Yu put 10 Grass Carp into his Backpack. He realized there was simply too much stuff inside.
He would have to clear some space in his Backpack from now on. Of course, it was best to keep meat fresh in the Backpack, but his one-cubic-meter Backpack simply couldn't fit that many things.
Wang Yu decided that from now on, whenever he ate Grass Carp, he would use Dice to Increase their quantity one fish at a time. Otherwise, the extra fish would take up too much Backpack space.
He grilled the fish and ate breakfast.
Wang Yu put on the Sheepskin Set and left the shelter. Sure enough, he didn't feel cold at all with the Sheepskin Set on.
After climbing down the Small Wooden Ladder, Wang Yu carried it into the grass and hid it.
It wouldn't be good if another Player found this place and used the Wooden Ladder to enter his shelter.
With the ladder hidden, even if another Player found this place, they might not be able to get into his shelter.
It was already past nine in the morning, so he could increase the quantity of items again. Wang Yu found a Big Stone. He wanted to keep increasing the number of Big Stones. Now that he had plenty of food, securing the shelter was even more important.
He rolled the Dice.
Four.
He was in luck. Wang Yu had rolled a four.
Then Wang Yu went and placed Big Stones on four of the stumps left by the trees he'd cut down. There were 10 stumps in all. Four were covered by stones, leaving six uncovered. He should be able to cover all of them with Big Stones over the next two days.
After that, Wang Yu headed for the creek. As he passed through the woods, he collected another 120 ml of pine resin from the Great Cedar Wood and poured it into the Tin Bucket.
He went down the Steep Slope and reached the creek, then continued to check the 12 Animal Traps.
The result filled Wang Yu with delight.
[Wild Rat Meat 360g] [Wild Rat Skin*1] [63 Copper Coins]
The 12 Animal Traps had caught two Wild Rats.
Wang Yu got Wild Rat Meat 360*2, two Wild Rat Skins, and 126 Copper Coins.
Another big haul.
At the same time, Wang Yu put Water Snail Meat on the Animal Traps as bait again.
Once he was done, Wang Yu followed the creek upstream. Today, he was going out to look for food.
Wang Yu had enough meat to eat. What he needed now was to stock up on plant-based food. No one could stand eating meat all the time, especially grilled meat, with no vegetables or fruit. Today, he was going to look for berries and other edible plants.
Wang Yu had a Camping Pot, but no seasonings. If he didn't eat grilled meat, the food made in the Camping Pot would be impossible to swallow.
There was a Strong Man Player downstream from him, and that Player had already searched the area there once. Today, Wang Yu wanted to head upstream in search of berries.
His priority today was to find more berries, as well as other edible wild greens and roots.
As he walked upstream along the creek, he stopped deliberately searching for Water Snails. He only picked them up when he happened to spot one. Wang Yu focused on the banks, searching for berries and inspecting every plant he came across.
Without having to look specifically for Water Snails, Wang Yu made good time walking upstream.
After more than two hours, Wang Yu came across many Berry Trees and gathered all the berries he found.
There were quite a lot of Berry Trees in this Wilderness World. Wang Yu had managed to find so many even in such dark surroundings.
Many other Players who couldn't catch prey had survived by eating berries.
Near noon, Wang Yu suddenly spotted a fruit tree ahead. No mistake—he could see fruit growing on it.
He recognized the fruit at a glance. They seemed to be tangerines, but very small ones.
Wang Yu immediately went over and picked one of the little fruits.
An information panel appeared.
[Wild Orange] [Edible.]
Seeing that it was edible, Wang Yu broke open the little fruit. He hadn't eaten fruit in a long time and wanted to taste it.
The fruit was only the size of a ping-pong ball, but its peel was so thick that it was hard to break open. Once he did, there was hardly any flesh inside, and it didn't look appetizing either.
Wang Yu put the flesh in his mouth.
"Whoa!" Wang Yu's eyebrows instantly scrunched together.
It was so sour, with a hint of bitterness.
How was he supposed to eat this?
Wang Yu raised his hand, about to throw the fruit away.
Then he stopped. It suddenly occurred to him that this fruit might be useful.
It was certainly sour and a little bitter, but it was still fruit.
He was short on fruit right now. He should collect it. Once he got tired of eating meat every day, he would need something sour like this to cut through the grease.
And eating too much meat made him feel overheated. This fruit would be perfect for cooling him down. Citrus fruits were rich in vitamin C, which was exactly the kind of vitamin he would need later.
Suddenly, Wang Yu realized how precious this wild fruit was.
So he immediately began picking them.
The tree was a little over two meters tall. Wang Yu could reach the fruit simply by standing on the ground and pulling down a branch.
He picked 27 fruits from the tree in total.
Then Wang Yu wandered around nearby, hoping to see if there were any more Wild Orange trees.
He searched a wide area but didn't find another Wild Orange tree.
Wang Yu didn't dare stray too far from the creek, so he gave up and continued upstream.
After about another half hour, Wang Yu suddenly saw a light ahead. His heart sank. He'd run into another Player.
He hadn't expected there to be a Player upstream from him, too.
Wang Yu hesitated, then headed toward the light.
As the saying went, what was unknown was what you feared most. He had to meet this Player. They were not far apart, and even if they didn't cross paths now, they would eventually. Better to meet sooner than later.
Of course, Wang Yu had the confidence to go meet the Player. He took out his Crossbow. He was sure most people weren't as tough as that Black Horned Sheep. One bolt would be enough to incapacitate them, and he could fire three bolts in rapid succession. What did he have to fear?
Wang Yu saw the Player walking toward him at an unhurried pace, too.
Could this Player be a tough opponent?
Soon, Wang Yu and the other Player had each gotten a clear look at the other while maintaining a safe distance.
"Holy crap—"
Wang Yu could only use "holy crap" to describe how he felt at that moment, because the other person was a stunning beauty, a little over five foot seven.
More precisely, she was a very young, aloof beauty, probably about his age.
What was a woman like that doing in a survival game? Wang Yu never would have expected it.
Then, however, Wang Yu immediately became wary.
He saw that the woman was holding a cat in her arms. Its entire body was silvery white, and its eyes gleamed like jewels in the dark. Even more frightening, the cat seemed almost human as it scrutinized him.
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