Chapter 1010 - 29: Exploration

The second fish was dragged to the shore by Gaston three minutes later. It was also an Anise Fish, but the first one was only about twenty centimeters long, still a young fish that had just grown. The second one, however, was a fairly mature cold-water fish, nearly thirty-five centimeters long, and its weight was quite decent, at least Gaston felt it had some heft. "It looks like a school of Anise Fish has been attracted here; no way, I need to speed up!" Gaston didn’t dare to rest. He quickly attached a beetle larva to the fishing hook, aimed at the spot he had baited, and cast his line. He hadn’t expected Chen Wen’s suggestion to be so useful; just a rotten bird egg mixed with some wood shavings could attract so many Anise Fish. Moreover, the beetle larva used as bait is an Anise Fish favorite. Anise Fish love to focus on swallowing insects that fall into the water, and beetle larvae are quite unique among insects. The hook pierces them, and once they land in the water, the protein inside them oozes out, attracting the fish drawn by the rotten bird egg to bite. It’s a chain reaction, and these silly cold-water Anise Fish falling for it seems inevitable. "Perfect!" Gaston smirked. But he quickly realized just how frightening Chen Wen’s suggestion was. "Did he predict everything? Or was it just a casual remark?" Gaston frowned, a bit uncertain. If Chen Wen had foreseen this, then this person is somewhat terrifying! Planning strategies from within, winning from afar! Gaston couldn’t help but shiver. Before he could think more, another fish bit the hook! ... While Gaston was continuing to fish. Meanwhile, Chen Wen. He had just woken up. After yawning, Chen Wen leisurely continued processing the bear meat. As he cut the fat, he thought: Speaking of which, I’ve been chopping trees for quite some time now, and have gathered some materials for shelter building. Once Adam finds enough stones, we can start constructing the shelter. Additionally, tonight, the Snowy Owl needs to ramp up its patrol. There’s an unfamiliar Wolf Mink near the camp, it can’t be allowed to sneak into the camp, or else all this meat will be in trouble! While the food reduction is one aspect, the bigger issue is that without sufficient food, we won’t be able to focus on building the shelter. Thus, the risky hunting of the brown bear would be meaningless. After some thought, Chen Wen decided to increase vigilance tonight and also have everyone in the team pay more attention to the surroundings. At the same time, Chen Wen thought of having the Wolf Mink King Kong which arrived with him, join the camp defense. But remembering King Kong’s greedy yet lazy nature. Chen Wen felt a bit troubled. Greedy he understands, after all, when he tamed it, it was due to its greedy nature. Not willing to work, that’s a bad habit spoiled in the zoo. In the zoo, the Wolf Mink just waits for food to be served; if not, it wouldn’t even move. The caretaker would only take it for exercise to prevent it from becoming a "mink pig", and wouldn’t let it hunt. Thus the current Wolf Mink is quite lazy. Perhaps find a way to restore its enthusiasm. Chen Wen thought. But at this moment, following the call of the Golden Eagle, Chen Wen looked up to see it approaching with flapping wings. "Your teammate is back!" The Golden Eagle shouted loudly, Chen Wen was stunned. Back already? So soon? What happened? Just as Chen Wen was wondering, Adam quickly appeared from the forest. Seeing Adam and the pile of things he was carrying, Chen Wen’s mouth opened into an O shape. He felt like he was hallucinating. Really? What has Adam brought back? A tent! Where did he get it from? Speaking of, this tent... Seems to be somewhat different. Chen Wen frowned slightly, stood up, and quickly approached Adam. After taking the supplies from Adam’s hands, Chen Wen couldn’t help but say, "Did you... rob someone to get all this? Also, these brown stains on the tent, is it blood?" Hearing this, Adam nodded, "It’s blood, the situation is quite complicated; let me tell you slowly." He placed the supplies nearby the camp before starting to talk about his discoveries. And Chen Wen listened with a frown the entire time. This forest, or precisely, this area they are in, has the presence of other people, which is not good! After hearing the entire process Adam described. Chen Wen started checking the supplies he brought back, looking for anything useful and searching for anything that might prove the belongings’ original owner. First was the tent. After Chen Wen and Adam repeatedly confirmed, they determined the brown stains on the tent might be human blood. After all, other animals are less likely to bleed this much. Moreover, if it were another animal’s blood splattered on this tent, the tent’s integrity shouldn’t be this good. Because if animals struggled, their strength could easily damage this tent. Chen Wen temporarily set the tent aside. Adam then took advantage of this time to head back to the forest to bring back the remaining supplies there. Chen Wen continued to rummage for useful items. "Bread?" Seeing the thing inside the bag, a hint of surprise flashed in Chen Wen’s eyes. He opened the bag, and a somewhat sour smell wafted out. But after the smell dissipated, there was still a bit of wheat fragrance on the bread. It looks edible! Chen Wen thought, placing the bread aside to dry. The color and smell of this bread were relatively normal, baking it before eating should be fine. Next, Chen Wen saw the large blue barrel. A water barrel, this thing is extremely useful! Chen Wen picked up the water barrel, checking the markings, it had a capacity of around seven liters. Bringing this thing along for two or three runs a day should cover the daily drinking water needs. Moreover, this water barrel is complete and sturdy, should be usable without issues. Then there were the cans. There were quite a few cans, although most were meat and fish cans, there was only one can of sweet corn and one can of fruit. As for condiments and a frying pan, these were quite surprising to Chen Wen. He indeed didn’t expect to find such things. Anyway, he didn’t care much for the camping stove. They didn’t need it much since they already had an earth stove. Then there were some miscellaneous items. Chen Wen found a rather exquisite cookie box which, although empty, still had some crumbs and oil on the box. It seemed just recently eaten. Clean this thing up; it could be used to store bear fat. Chen Wen thought.