Now that we're going deeper to collect bark, let's also chop down those saplings and make some crossbow arrows.
Xu Yi went for half an hour, then came back with over a dozen whole strips of bark.
"The birds haven't returned yet?" Xu Yi asked proactively seeing Lu Ke still seriously weaving shoes.
"No, not a sign. Xu Yi, could it be that the birds returned on your way back, saw the eggs gone, and flew off?" Lu Ke shared her thought, as she was constantly paying attention to movements above.
"It's possible too." Xu Yi nodded, agreeing that what Lu Ke said could happen.
"It doesn't matter; let's just spend the night here, weave the things, and then set off." Xu Yi decided to stay for their first night because it was getting late, and going further might not lead to a better camping spot.
"Alright, I'll listen to you." Lu Ke smiled slightly, letting Xu Yi handle big decisions and taking care of small matters herself.
"Then I'll utilize these branches to set up an A-frame temporary shelter," Xu Yi looked at the umbrella trees he had sawed down and had an idea.
Then, Xu Yi took the engineer shovel and found a flat place, where he dug a square trench about 20 centimeters deep with the engineer shovel.
Next, Xu Yi bound one end of two two-meter-long umbrella tree trunks with bark and inserted the other end into the soil trench, forming a triangle.
The distance between the trunks is 3 cm, which saves some material.
Xu Yi spent nearly two hours to get the temporary shelter set up.
During these two hours, Lu Ke had woven two pairs of straw sandals and an arrow quiver.
The remaining materials were enough to weave a small backpack. After all, her frame is small, so naturally, her backpack needs to be smaller than Xu Yi's.
Xu Yi was about to let Lu Ke weave the backpack in the temporary shelter when suddenly they heard a loud call.
The bird was returning to the nest!
Xu Yi hurriedly grabbed the crossbow arrow and signaled to Lu Ke to be silent.
A bird, about the size of a goose, appeared in Xu Yi's line of sight, clutching a white animal in its talons.
Just as it was about to enter the nest, there was a 'swish' sound, and the crossbow arrow shot out.
"Got it!" Xu Yi saw the crossbow arrow hit the black bird and excitedly shouted.
At the same time, he quickly reloaded another crossbow arrow.
With a "puff," the prey in the black bird's claws fell down.
Lu Ke quickly reacted, rushed over, and picked up the prey.
Meanwhile, Xu Yi pulled the trigger again.
Because that black bird landed on the tree crown.
"Swish!"
"This should knock it down," Xu Yi grinned, as he hit it once more.
Sure enough, the black bird shot twice fell down as well.
Xu Yi rushed forward, raised the engineer shovel, and smacked the black bird's head several times before picking it up.
"Goodness, it's fatter than a four-five-pound duck, no wonder the eggs are large," Xu Yi grinned and said proudly.
"Rabbit, Xu Yi look, there's a rabbit here," Lu Ke raised the little rabbit in her hand and said excitedly.
The live streaming room became bustling again.
"Xu Yi accomplished a double kill with one arrow, there's even a rabbit, suggesting other animals might be around too!"
"His self-made crossbow arrow is so accurate, Xu Yi is really amazing, they deserved a feast!"
"Come on, that distance was less than 5 meters, if it wasn't accurate, then there's nothing to say."
"After watching, I also want to go hunting, but short crossbows are prohibited items, that's a pity."
"Then you might try using a slingshot, good for hunting too."
"Look at number 77, then look at my Ivica, I feel so bad for her, today she can only eat raw fish."
"The Goddess Yi is still okay, there's still half the people finding water, food, and campsites."
"I thought the loli group wouldn't survive the first day, but now they have a humanoid shelter, caught a big bird, and gifted a rabbit, I'm feeling envious. A 100,000 recompense, they sure are earning it."
Xu Yi and Lu Ke weren't thinking about this stuff; they needed to process the two animals.
Xu Yi took out the pot, plucked the feathers from the black bird's neck, and used the engineer shovel to cut open its throat.
The black bird wasn't dead yet, so the blood could still be drained.
Now, nothing can be wasted.
The black bird's blood mixed with a bit of sea salt coagulated under Lu Ke's even stir.
Then Xu Yi led Lu Ke back to the place they previously boiled water.
First, they needed to fetch some water to clean these two animals.
Lu Ke couldn't handle the processing, so she continued weaving the backpack.
Xu Yi poured the coagulated bird blood into a plastic bag and sealed it. This way, the blood scent would be lighter and wouldn't attract any animals.
Then Xu Yi while fetching water used the engineer shovel to dissect the two animal carcasses.
Due to slow water collection, Xu Yi had to abandon the animals' intestines and stomach.
However, Xu Yi collected all the large feathers from the black bird, planning to use them later to make arrow fletchings for bows and arrows.
It's unrealistic to rely solely on a short crossbow for hunting; he must make a bow and arrow.
To survive for 500 days, Xu Yi must think one step, three steps ahead, making many anticipations.
He's also skinned the rabbit's hide, stretched it on branches to prevent it from shrinking together.
The 500-day span is quite long, who knows they might experience winter.
Who knows how the winter here would be?
Collecting fur and making warm clothes is necessary.
By the afternoon, around 16:32, Xu Yi had cleaned up the two animals.
Lu Ke had already woven her backpack and also made a round basket for Xu Yi to store the processed food.
Xu Yi hadn't expected Lu Ke to be so attentive.
He placed the cut rabbit meat into the round basket, handed the uncut black bird to Lu Ke.
"We'll have rabbit soup tonight, then make the bird into smoked meat so we can eat it tomorrow on the road." Xu Yi shared his plan with Lu Ke.
"Great, tomorrow we can focus on traveling." Lu Ke greatly appreciated Xu Yi's arrangement and nodded forcefully.
"Then let's cook the bird blood first, then boil water and store it in plastic bags for drinking on the road tomorrow," Xu Yi continued.
Lu Ke took charge of cooking the bird blood, while Xu Yi fetched water with a plastic bag.
By the time the bird blood was ready to eat, Xu Yi had almost fetched enough water for one pot's worth.
After eating the bird blood, the two began fetching and boiling water.
After boiling three pots of water, the plastic bag was almost filled.