Wilderness Survival with Druid System-Chapter 527 - 26: Feast

Returning to the camp.

Chen Wen immediately placed the rabbit meat and innards into the black box.

He put the pot containing the innards and lake water on the makeshift earthen stove, then used an axe to chop the rabbit into pieces and put them into the pot.

However, Chen Wen didn’t chop up all the pieces from the two rabbits, as his pot wasn’t particularly large.

Therefore, Chen Wen tied up one of the rabbits and the unskinned rabbit with the remaining snare rope and hung them on a tree close to the shelter.

To prevent the home from being raided by black bears.

While the meat was cooking, Chen Wen sharpened some wood sticks, tied them simply with thin twigs, and placed them around the camp as barricades.

This was to make it harder for black bears to climb trees.

Once it tries to climb up to steal food, it will definitely make noises that Chen Wen can hear.

So he can react immediately.

After storing away the two rabbits.

To balance nutrition and enhance flavor.

Chen Wen picked some blueberries and added them into the rabbit meat soup.

In addition, he picked some pine needles and added them in.

While waiting for the rabbit meat soup to be ready, Chen Wen didn’t stay idle.

He continued processing the wood with an axe and saw.

Mostly he sawed grooves at the tops of the wood to facilitate construction.

Additionally, he needed to saw some thick pieces of wood in half lengthwise to use as a ceiling.

As time passed, the aroma of the meat slowly wafted out from the gaps in the pot lid.

Smelling the aroma, Chen Wen couldn’t resist.

This was his third day of survival, and also the first serious meal he’s having.

Looking at the sky about to darken, Chen Wen couldn’t help but sigh, "After three days of nine meals skipped, I have unknowingly become a mature survivor!"

This remark made quite a few people laugh out loud.

For the vast majority of survivors, their best skill isn’t hunting or survival, but enduring hunger.

If you can’t endure hunger, you won’t survive long.

This is consensus in the survival circle.

And Chen Wen’s experience of skipping nine meals in three days, drinking tea, eating berries worms, and ants.

Indeed symbolizes that he has become a mature survivor.

After the quip, Chen Wen felt the meat should probably be cooked.

He snapped off two birch branches, peeled off the bark, and used a hunting knife to whittle them into chopsticks.

He then poked at the bubbling pieces of meat in the boiling water with the chopsticks.

To Chen Wen’s surprise, it wasn’t cooked yet.

Really hard to cook!

To have a bite of tender rabbit meat, Chen Wen could only hold his patience and continue waiting.

But as someone who can’t sit still.

While waiting, Chen Wen continued working, and with the boost from meat, this time Chen Wen worked without holding back.

By the time the rabbit meat was about tender, Chen Wen finished processing all the wood.

He supported his aching waist and slowly sat up, then wiped off the sweat from his forehead.

"The raw materials are pretty much processed, tomorrow morning we’ll erect the main beam!"

This statement not only excited Lin Jiawei, who was watching on screen, but also made Chen Wen himself exhilarated.

After all, once the main beam is erected, it means the shelter construction officially begins!

With the construction materials he currently has stored, if focused on building the shelter tomorrow.

By nighttime, he’d be able to move into the shelter to live.

But surely that’s not going to be possible, as tomorrow he still needs to take time to check and set traps, and also gather blueberries.

Calculating carefully, all the time tomorrow afternoon will be spent on these tasks.

To move into the shelter, he can only wait until the day after tomorrow!

Chen Wen mused.

...

He casually wiped the dust from his hands onto his pants.

With chopsticks in his right hand and holding a can with his left, Chen Wen sat by the campfire.

As soon as he lifted the pot lid.

The rich smoke carrying the aroma of meat rushed around as if a beast released from a sealed container.

Fragrant!

Chen Wen swallowed, picking a piece that seemed like a rabbit leg.

He used the chopsticks to pick up the piece of meat and put it into his mouth.

In an instant.

A rush of sour liquid flowed from the root of his teeth, making Chen Wen squint.

But after the astringency passed.

A strong meat fragrance and heat wave blossomed in his mouth.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

Chen Wen’s right hand fanned his mouth quickly to cool it down.

"Haha, in a hurry, you can’t eat hot rabbit meat!"

As the temperature in his mouth decreased, Chen Wen remarked with a mischievous laugh.

The long stew time made the rabbit meat very soft and tender.

Though not quite falling off the bone, a forceful press with the tongue deformed the rabbit meat.

A vigorous bite and a few hasty chews later.

Chen Wen eagerly swallowed the meat.

Delicious!

Chen Wen breathed a sigh of relief, feeling his digestive system coming back to life.

He picked the rabbit meat and innards out to cool in the can, then ate the meat heartily.

Soft rabbit meat, crunchy intestines, a heart soft yet resilient, and truly kidney-like kidneys...

A whole rabbit plus the innards from three rabbits.

All were eaten clean by Chen Wen.

Seeing little meat left in the pot, Chen Wen used some leftover tarp as padding and slowly tilted the pot to pour the broth into the can.

Letting the broth cool.

Chen Wen closed his eyes, selecting the Arctic Hare entry.

This time, however, the Arctic Hare didn’t provide two positive entries, just one, leaving no choice.

Thus, Chen Wen decisively chose the only positive entry—[Little Ears].

[Little Ears (Purple): Although your ears are small, you can hear a wider range of sounds. Enhance hearing based on the size of your ears]

[Note: Little ears are to conserve heat, but do you really think our hearing is diminished? —Arctic Hare]

This entry is quite decent.

Chen Wen touched his ears, which weren’t particularly large.

Not exactly protruding ears either.

In proportion to his head, they should be considered small ears.

Therefore, the hearing enhancement he received was quite good.

Last night, he couldn’t hear the sound of beetle larvae in the distant wood.

But now, even with the campfire present.

He could still clearly hear the larvae gnawing in the wood not far away.

Not bad!

Chen Wen opened his eyes, very satisfied with this entry.

After all, what he lacks now is sensory perception.

Besides, in the forest, [Extreme Vision] is somewhat suppressed.

After all, Snowy Owl has [Extreme Vision], it can fly in the sky and isn’t as affected.

But for Chen Wen, he can’t ascend into the sky.

His view is severely blocked by trees.

But with [Little Ears], the impact on his perception is greatly reduced.

Now, if the black bear attacks again, Chen Wen is confident he can detect it before it approaches his territory!

Picking up the broth, after finishing the sweetish broth in one gulp.

Chen Wen used the campfire light and the night vision ability from [Extreme Vision] to continue weaving nets.

He kept weaving until he felt a bit sleepy, then Chen Wen fell asleep.

The third day of survival ended with Chen Wen’s rabbit meat soup.