Extreme Night Wilderness Survival: Waterproofing, Roofing

Wang Yu used four giant stones to build a shelter. There were gaps between the four giant stones, which he had already sealed with moss from the inside. However, Wang Yu couldn't guarantee a completely sealed shelter.

Coming outside the shelter, Wang Yu inspected the connection points of the four giant stones. He felt that if it rained heavily for seven consecutive days, the ground would definitely accumulate water. He wasn't sure how deep the water would be, but he wanted to ensure that even if the ground outside the shelter flooded, the water wouldn't seep into the shelter.

If the ground outside the shelter flooded, the water would definitely seep into the shelter through the connection points of the four giant stones. Therefore, Wang Yu decided to waterproof the connection points of the four giant stones.

Outside the shelter, Wang Yu found a spot with plenty of soil. He took out his entrenching tool and tin bucket and began to dig up soil.

He shoveled the dug soil into the tin bucket, then used the tin bucket to transport the soil to the connection points of the giant stones and dump it.

After piling up over one meter high of soil at the connection points, he patted the soil down firmly.

Wang Yu busied himself for an hour.

Afterward, he went behind the shelter into the stone pile to collect moss.

Moss was more effective for waterproofing.

Using the tin bucket again, Wang Yu filled it with the collected moss and carried it back to the shelter.

On top of the meter-high soil piles at the connection points of the giant stones, Wang Yu spread moss. This would waterproof the area and also prevent rainwater from washing away the soil.

Further up, at the connection points of the four giant stones, wherever there were gaps, Wang Yu used moss to seal them.

Wang Yu sealed all the gaps outside the shelter tightly with moss.

Doing a little more now would prevent it from being too late to fix leaks after seven days of heavy rain. If his shelter structure leaked, it would become a pool of water.

The area outside the shelter was relatively open. With his current measures, even if the water level rose one to two meters, it should not be a problem.

Wang Yu only hoped that the shelter's waterproofing would hold and not leak.

Just in case, Wang Yu also planned for the possibility of the first floor being flooded. If the first floor leaked and became uninhabitable, he would have to move to the second floor. Of course, this possibility was extremely small.

After waterproofing the outside of the shelter, Wang Yu checked the time. It was already past three PM. He could use his dice to increase the quantity of items again.

Wang Yu took out edible salt. He couldn't go without salt in every meal now, so he needed to increase his supply of edible salt.

He tied two packs of 200g edible salt together.

He rolled the dice.

Three.

Wang Yu rolled a three. Three phantoms floated above the dice, shadows of three large packs of edible salt.

Then Wang Yu took out the edible salt. He now had a total of 8 packs of edible salt. 8 packs of 200g edible salt, three jin two liang of edible salt, enough for him to eat for more than half a year.

Wang Yu put all 8 packs of salt into his [Backpack]. He didn't rest. Heavy rain was expected at midnight, and he still had a very important task to do: collect dry wood.

He had stored a lot of wood, but this wood was all from freshly cut large trees, so the burning effect would definitely not be good. Wang Yu still needed dry wood to burn together.

Wang Yu had never collected dry wood on a large scale near the shelter. Now, taking advantage of this period, Wang Yu planned to collect all the dry wood nearby.

After seven days of heavy rain, this dry wood would probably be unusable for burning. In the Polar Night World without the sun, this dry wood could not be dried, and would be useless in the future.

Wang Yu bundled up all the dry wood he picked up and piled it in the small storage room on the first floor of the shelter.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Wang Yu could use the dice again to increase the quantity of items.

Wang Yu came to the creek and stopped beside a large stone slab not far away. This large stone slab was huge, over six meters long, over five meters wide, and about over two meters thick.

The shape of the entire big stone was not very regular or smooth, but it was generally a large stone slab.

After walking around the large stone slab, Wang Yu decided to use the dice to increase its quantity.

He rolled the dice.

Three.

Wang Yu rolled a three again.

Looking at the phantom of three large stone slabs floating on the dice, Wang Yu held the dice in his hand. He didn't rush back to the shelter.

He wanted to check the situation of the 12 traps.

Soon, Wang Yu finished checking the 12 traps.

[Wild Rat Meat 360g]

[Wild Rat Skin * 1]

[63 Copper Coins]

The 12 traps had caught 2 wild rats.

He had caught 2 wild rats again today. Wang Yu obtained 360*2g of wild rat meat and 2 wild rat skins, as well as 126 copper coins.

It was about to rain heavily. Wang Yu collected the traps as soon as he finished checking each one. Otherwise, if it rained heavily, the creek would surely flood, and these traps would be washed away.

After collecting the traps, Wang Yu immediately returned to the shelter.

These 12 traps had caught a total of 20 wild rats in 7 days, which could be considered a not small harvest.

Back at the shelter, Wang Yu stood on the giant stone, holding the oil lamp. After observing the four giant stones, he decided to release a large stone slab to cover the top of the shelter on the four giant stones.

"Bang~"

With the release of the large stone slab, a loud bang echoed, and a large stone slab covered the top of the shelter.

The shelter finally has a roof.

Fortunately, no accidents occurred when placing the large stone slab.

Wang Yu inspected the shelter's new roof. The large stone slab rested securely on four large stones without any issues. There were various gaps, big and small, between the large stone slab and the four giant stones, but none were major problems.

Afterward, Wang Yu went to the gap in the giant stones. He pulled the small ladder up onto the giant stones, allowing him to enter the safe shelter.

Now, he could only enter the shelter through the opening above the gap. The opening was 1.6 meters high, 0.7 meters wide, and 1.1 meters deep.

This opening was convenient for Wang Yu to enter and exit, but he couldn't carry large items. That's why he gathered all the dry wood today before sealing the shelter. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to move the dry wood into the shelter.

Wang Yu squeezed through the opening and descended into the shelter via the big ladder.

With a large stone slab now covering the top, the entire shelter felt much safer.

It was time for dinner. After starting a fire in the fireplace, Wang Yu decided to have fish soup for dinner.

He still had the last portion of 213g of Pincer Fish Meat. He had caught this fish using a crossbow. Tonight, he would use this fish meat to make fish soup.

He took out the fish meat to make soup.

While Wang Yu was making soup, he received a message from Qiu Bo.

[Qiu Bo: You there?]

[Wang Yu: Yes.]

[Qiu Bo: I finished cutting down my big tree today. I'll still exchange the Entrenching Tool for the Small Hacksaw with you.]

[Wang Yu: Okay.]

Afterward, Wang Yu received a trade request.

[Ding, Player Qiu Bo has initiated a trade for Small Hacksaw *1]

Wang Yu took out the Entrenching Tool he had previously traded to Qiu Bo and put it up for trade with Qiu Bo.

After clicking confirm, Wang Yu now had a Small Hacksaw in his hand.

Wang Yu might not need the Small Hacksaw now, but Qiu Bo's Small Hacksaw had been a great help to him. Qiu Bo definitely wanted the Entrenching Tool, and Wang Yu had four Entrenching Tools, so he traded one to the other player.

Qiu Bo then sent another message.

[Qiu Bo: Brother, you're a good guy. Are you interested in teaming up? Now that we have the 'Game Map', if we're close, we can team up.]