Chapter 29

“It actually worked! Big God, you’re awesome!”

“I, Xiao Shen, really wove this pile of weeds into a straw basket capable of bearing weight.”

“What’s so unbelievable? Big God’s technique? Clearly the work of a seasoned craftsman.”

“Come on, brothers, let’s raise a drink for the seasoned craftsman.”

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Yes, as the live chat comments now stated, Xiao Yi succeeded.

He filled the basket with a full load of stones for a test, this time adding his few precious ropes to the handle to increase its load-bearing capacity.

But the results were clearly good—the handle held the weight, and the basket didn’t tear.

“Friends, our load-bearing basket has succeeded, but now we still need a tool to save effort.”

“Does anyone here come from the countryside? Do you still remember those old-fashioned shoulder poles used to carry water years ago? Luckily, we have no shortage of hard wood here.”

Saying this, Xiao Yi picked up his axe and went to his pile of stacked wood.

Of course, the shoulder pole Xiao Yi made couldn’t be made like the old-fashioned ones at home.

It wasn’t so much about crafting a shoulder pole as it was about finding several sturdy, smooth wooden sticks.

After searching for a long time, Xiao Yi finally found a few sticks of suitable length and thickness.

Feeling the weight and texture of the sticks in his hands, Xiao Yi nodded silently in satisfaction.

To test the quality of the sticks, he deliberately took one and swung it through the air and against nearby trees.

Although the stick eventually snapped under Xiao Yi’s strength, this test let him know these sticks could at least withstand eight-tenths of his power.

Still, to viewers in the livestream, it seemed insane that someone could snap a stick as thick as a child’s fist.

“Friends, look at this stick in my hand—extremely resilient. Lashed together, it can carry clay, and it’s also our survival weapon.”

Xiao Yi himself was quite satisfied with having found these sticks.

With them, he no longer had to carry his big axe around whenever he went out.

It made him look like Cheng Yaojin—too damaging to Xiao Shen’s glorious image. Look, the boss always works with bare hands.

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“Ha! Our luck seems great today—what do you think this is?”

Compared to Xiao Yi’s close calls, Liu Hong’s, Mo Dekai’en’s, and Wang Xing’s misfortunes, the lucky streak of Fatty Mu Tingwei stood out.

Jiang Yiyi’s livestream, by contrast, had remained much calmer.

Since building her shelter on day one, Jiang Yiyi had leveraged her wilderness guide expertise.

She always managed to find wild fruits, mushrooms, and other food based on terrain and environment.

As a result, she earned the nickname “Vegetarian Sister.”

Just now, she discovered a patch of mushrooms.

“Damn, so many mushrooms! Yi Yi-sis is truly a wilderness guide—the ultimate vegetarian.”

“This many mushrooms? If we ration them, Yi-sis can survive thirty days on just these.”

“Even though Yi-sis always finds edible wild fruits and mushrooms in the wild, they only fill the stomach. Eating them long-term still burns body fat, and eventually she’ll hit her limit.”

“Don’t worry—compared to Wu De, who’s starving nonstop, Yi-sis at least has food giving her some energy.”

“Haha, talking about Wu De makes me laugh—he eats three meals a day and turns into a pile of dirt in a week.”

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“These are boletus mushrooms—their scientific name is Tamalak Jack fungus, one of the few fungi that can survive in the Arctic Circle.”

“They’re rare, edible fungi. Today is my big harvest day.”

“Still, compared to this harvest, I’m more eager for my fishing net to surprise me—I’m tired of this meatless life.”

Jiang Yiyi, true to her wilderness guide background, didn’t forget to educate her livestream audience on basic knowledge before picking the mushrooms.

Of course, Jiang Yiyi herself was also tired of eating only vegetarian food every day.

But she had no choice—her homemade fishing net had yielded nothing these past two days.

As for her homemade hunting traps, they’d all been washed away after a heavy rain. Fortunately, she still had food—even if it was all vegetarian.

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“Ha! This is an Arctic trout—looks like it weighs over twenty pounds. Its belly is swollen. From my experience, I think it’s full of roe.”

“Roe is excellent—it provides substantial energy. One hundred grams of roe delivers 143 kilocalories, the best supplement when you’re weak. God bless me.”

Despite his physical weakness, Mo Dekai’en mustered his strength and went to Lake Lyne to fish.

This time, luck finally sided with him—he waited by the lake all day.

Just as he was about to give up and collapse, his homemade fishing net finally rewarded him.

Catching a twenty-pound Arctic trout made Mo Dekai’en so excited he nearly fainted.

“What’s Uncle Kai’en doing? Is he going to eat the roe raw?”

“Does he think he’s not weak enough? Looking for extra thrills?”

“Uncle, you just recovered—aren’t you afraid of parasites? At least cook it first!”

“Don’t you know foreigners love eating raw? What’s the big deal? Besides, their environment is cleaner, so fewer parasites—why can’t they eat raw?”

“Damn, are shepherd dogs everywhere? Eating raw stuff in the wild—do you even have brains? Do you really think everything foreign is better?”

“Why even care about him? Just tell him to go abroad and find his foreign dad.”

“He’s twenty-eight—he should’ve grown up by now!”

“I have a feeling Kai’en will get diarrhea after eating raw roe. He’s not just unlucky—he’s just careless in life.”

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After removing the roe, Mo Dekai’en immediately began consuming it raw, sparking heated debate across the livestream.

The main reason for the debate, of course, was the difference between Eastern and Western dietary habits.

For example, in China, hot food is considered the healthiest.

So we boil water and cook meat thoroughly.

In the West, many do the opposite—like in Canada, they don’t cook steak well-done, and many love raw fish sashimi.

They also rarely drink hot water, preferring cold water directly—though this isn’t absolute.

They just don’t drink boiled water, thinking it has no flavor, but they still enjoy hot drinks like coffee.

But dietary habits aren’t inherently good or bad—some who drink hot water live to ninety-nine, others who drink cold water do too—it’s just different lifestyles.

But in the wild, eating raw and drinking cold beverages becomes extremely dangerous.

Of course, Kai’en’s habits may have made him accustomed to it.

Still, the fourth day of wilderness solitude passed in a flash.

Today’s wilderness was unusually kind to everyone.

All contestants made it through the day steadily, lifting their previously drained spirits.