But his breathing was steady and his heartbeat was strong.
The buff duration ended one hour later.
Su Wei also stopped what he was doing.
He slumped to the floor, panting heavily.
My muscles were sore all over, but it felt incredibly good.
Seeing that he wasn't moving, Cotton Candy obediently came closer, nuzzled his arm with her head, and made a soothing whimpering sound in her throat.
Su Wei rubbed its head, a sense of satisfaction rising in his heart.
After a good meal and a good sweat, the unpleasantness from the previous failure had long since vanished.
He felt he had regained his rhythm in life.
The afternoon passed slowly in this peaceful atmosphere.
The blizzard outside the window has finally subsided a bit.
The wind had died down considerably, and the snow was no longer so dense that it obscured everything.
The snowflakes grew larger, drifting down slowly, one by one.
Visibility has improved a lot; at least I can make out the outlines of the few pine trees in the yard.
Su Wei walked to the fireplace to add firewood.
He looked at the wooden crate next to him and found it was empty.
Only a few small sticks for starting a fire remained.
He then realized that, in order to combat the minus thirty degrees Celsius, the fireplace had been burning almost 24 hours a day.
The firewood was being consumed much faster than he had anticipated.
This is a big problem.
Without fire, being in this place is no different from waiting to die.
Su Wei put on his windbreaker and went to the door.
He pushed the door open a crack, and a blast of cold air immediately rushed in.
The snow outside is still deep, but the wind has died down, so at least people can move around outside.
We can't wait any longer.
The food supply can last for a few more days, but heating is the immediate problem that needs to be solved.
He closed the door and began to put on his gear.
Winter clothing, snow boots, thick gloves, goggles, hat.
Fully armed, he pulled out the heavy logging axe from the tool shed.
"I'm going to chop some firewood. You stay home and behave yourself."
Su Wei said something to the Cotton Candy at her feet.
The little fox seemed to know he was going out; it simply sat quietly, watching him with its blue eyes.
Su Wei pushed open the door and stepped into the fresh snow, which was knee-deep.
A chill swept over him, but his body, which had just finished exercising, still radiated warmth.
He didn't go far; he looked for his target in the sparse woodland beside the cabin.
Fortunately, wood is the one thing that is never lacking here.
Soon, he spotted a birch tree that had already died.
The trunk wasn't too thick, just right for firewood.
He cleared the snow from around the tree roots and steadied himself.
I gripped the cold axe handle tightly with both hands and took a deep breath.
"Drink!"
The axe blade whistled through the air as it precisely cleaved the tree trunk.
"Click!"
A crisp sound echoed through the quiet snow-covered forest.
Wood chips flew everywhere.
Once, twice.
His movements were steady and powerful, and he used the strength of his waist and abdomen with every swing.
Sweat soon broke out again, quickly freezing into frost in the freezing cold and clinging to his brow.
After being chopped a dozen times, the dead tree emitted a creaking sound.
Su Wei took a few steps back.
The withered tree slowly tilted before collapsing with a crash, creating a large crater in the thick snow and kicking up a cloud of snow.
"Bite."
The familiar panel unfolded in my mind.
[Successfully completed a logging operation, Life Experience +4]
[ Life Module lv2 (103/300)]
Can you gain experience by chopping down trees?
Su Wei paused for a moment, but it seemed she was right.
This also falls under the category of life.
He snapped out of his daze, looked back and forth without stopping, and continued searching for his next target.
Su Wei then chopped down two more dead trees of similar size.
[Successfully completed a logging operation, Life Experience +3]
[Successfully completed a logging operation, Life Experience +5]
The experience points may be few, but they add up over time.
More importantly, these three trees are enough to keep him burning for several days.
The next task is to haul these trees back.
He used an axe to cut off the excess branches, then grabbed one end of the trunk and dragged it laboriously across the snow.
The snow was very resistant, and every step felt like being stuck in mud.
He was breathing heavily, and his breath immediately frosted over his goggles.
By the time he had dragged the trunks of the three trees to the open space in front of the cabin, it was already dark.
He leaned against the doorframe, panting for several minutes before he could catch his breath.
The final step is chopping firewood.
He sawed the tree trunk into sections about one meter long, and then stood them on a thick tree stump to use as a chopping board.
He picked up another, heavier wood-chopping axe.
Align with the center of the log.
fall.
"Bang!"
The log split in two with a snap.
This is purely a combination of strength and skill.
Su Wei seemed to have found his rhythm, mechanically repeating the lifting and lowering motion.
The muffled sound of chopping wood, along with the snowflakes still falling in the distance, created a unique scene of labor in the wilderness.
By the time he finished processing all the logs, it was completely dark.
A small mountain of firewood had been piled up under the porch by the entrance.
[Successfully processed a batch of timber, Life Experience +10]
[ Life Module lv2 (121/300)]
Su Wei threw down his axe and exhaled a long, foul breath.
He took off his gloves; his hands were already stiff from the cold, but he felt incredibly at ease.
Food, shelter, warmth.
Of the three essential elements for survival, he secured another crucial link through his own efforts.
He was soaked to the bone, his sweat mixed with sawdust and dust, sticky and cold.
He only wants to do one thing right now.