[Extreme Night Wilderness Survival] Berries, Water Snails

After checking the [Public Channel] and [Private Channel].

Wang Yu picked up a piece of burning wood, wanting to see whether it could be used for lighting.

He gave it a try, but the fire went out after only a few minutes. It seemed that relying on burning wood for continuous lighting would be difficult.

Wang Yu dismissed the idea of traveling with burning wood in hand.

He had four oil lamps, providing twelve hours of light. He needed to quickly find a place with a water source.

He could not save kerosene by traveling under the light of wood that would burn out after just a few minutes. That would waste too much time.

He needed to quickly find a suitable place and build a shelter.

Wang Yu put all the firewood he had sorted into his [Backpack]. A one-cubic-meter [Backpack] was not large, but it was one meter long, wide, and high, enough to hold plenty of things.

Dry firewood was now an extremely precious resource to him, something that could save his life. He had to carry it in his [Backpack].

Then Wang Yu took out an oil lamp, lit it, and continued on his journey.

Wang Yu walked for over half an hour.

The good news was that he encountered a patch of woods and picked up some dry firewood.

The bad news was that he had not found a satisfactory water source.

He had come across some small ditches and puddles, but they clearly could not provide a stable water source. He had to spend more lighting time searching for a high-quality water source.

Just then, Wang Yu suddenly saw many small fruits on a tree ahead.

Wang Yu walked over and picked a fruit with his hand.

A Prompt Message Popped Up.

[Berries]

[Edible]

Edible. Wang Yu was delighted. He had something to eat in the wilderness.

The berries were small, but eating enough of them could still fill his stomach.

Fortunately, there was the game's Prompt Message. Otherwise, he would not have dared to eat these little fruits carelessly.

The Game Tips said that it would provide important information throughout the game, which saved him quite a bit of trouble.

Wang Yu immediately built a fire beside the berry tree. Picking these small fruits would take quite a while, so he could not waste the oil lamp's kerosene.

After lighting the fire pit and turning off the oil lamp, Wang Yu began picking berries.

With nothing to hold the berries, Wang Yu took out the tin bucket and put the berries he picked inside.

There really were quite a lot of berries on the tree, and Wang Yu picked many of them.

He also tasted one. The berries tasted pretty good.

After picking all the fruit from the tree, Wang Yu took a burning branch and looked around near the berry tree. Sure enough, he found another berry tree nearby. Wang Yu lit another fire pit and began picking again.

After picking the berries from that tree as well, Wang Yu continued searching nearby for more berry trees. He did not find any, but he did see some beast droppings.

That meant wild beasts were active nearby.

This area was suitable for setting animal traps, but since he had not found a water source nearby, Wang Yu did not dare place them carelessly. Once he set the traps down, he might not be able to find them again. It was so dark that once he left, he would not know how to get back.

It would be safer to first find a place to build a shelter, then set animal traps nearby.

After searching the area once more and finding no additional berry trees, Wang Yu continued on his journey. All the way, he encountered several more berry trees. Wang Yu would first build a fire pit, then pick the berries.

Whenever he encountered dry firewood, Wang Yu would also casually store it in his [Backpack].

After walking for nearly three hours, he had filled almost half the tin bucket with berries, yet he still had not found a water source.

The fact that he had picked so many berries showed that berry trees were abundant in the wilderness. He was grateful for nature's gift. The Game Tips said that the first seven days came with a Newbie Protection Mechanism. This probably counted as a Newbie Benefit.

With food to eat, Wang Yu was no longer anxious. But if he still could not find water, the kerosene in his oil lamp would not hold out.

At twelve noon, Wang Yu was about to find a place to rest, eat some berries, and think about What To Do next. He could not keep burning through supplies like this.

At that moment, Wang Yu noticed that the terrain ahead looked different. The ground suddenly dropped much lower. He cautiously walked over and saw a slope ahead.

Wang Yu walked down the slope, growing more excited with every step. Given this terrain and environment, he had a rough guess. When he reached a big stone, he saw water ahead—a small stream.

"Hahaha~"

Wang Yu felt incredibly lucky to have found a stream.

The stream had a large water flow, and the rushing water meant there was no shortage of water. It could completely meet his daily needs.

He had walked for nearly two hours to get here, which meant his starting location in this Wilderness World was not bad. He had wandered around in the darkness and found a stream.

Of course, this was also because he had four oil lamps and twelve hours of lighting time, allowing him to travel like this. Other Players probably would never dare carry an oil lamp around in search of water. Once they used up their three hours of lighting time, it would truly be Game Over.

Having found a stream and solved the biggest problem of water, he could now safely look nearby for a suitable place to build a shelter.

Wang Yu cautiously approached the stream.

After all, in the wilderness, a water source meant danger. This was where wild beasts were most active, and the stream was full of rocks. Who knew what might be hiding in the stone crevices.

If some thing bit him, then in this place without medicine, he could only wait for Game Over.

Wang Yu held the oil lamp in one hand and gripped the entrenching tool tightly in the other, only continuing after clearly seeing the situation with every step.

There were fish.

Wang Yu saw small fish in the stream. They were tiny, probably only a few centimeters long. As soon as his lamp light shone on them, they instantly darted into the gaps between the rocks.

Small fish also meant big fish. If he could catch fish, then his future food supply would be secured. Wang Yu regretted not choosing a fishing net and fishing rod.

But regretting it now was useless.

Wang Yu walked downstream along the small river. After a while, he saw many broken branches along the bank.

So Wang Yu gathered those branches, then found a clean spot. He arranged several stones in a circle, broke several dry twigs and piled them inside, then lit a fire pit within the circle.

After adding some firewood to the fire pit, Wang Yu picked up a piece of burning wood and went to the stream, wanting to see if he could catch a few fish.

When Wang Yu reached the stream, he saw fish quickly hiding beneath the rocks. He moved the rocks aside, but the small fish swiftly vanished again. After struggling in the water for a while, he had not even touched a single fish.

It seemed catching fish in the stream would not be easy. Without fishing tools, there was no way he could catch fish barehanded in such deep water.

Just then, Wang Yu suddenly saw a snail in the stream.

A snail?

He hurriedly picked it up.

[Water Snail]

[Edible]

Edible. Wang Yu grew excited. This meant he had found another kind of food he could eat, and it was even meat.

Where there was one, there would be two.

So he began searching nearby.