Chapter 16: Again Daytime Exploration

Lin Yifan's heart involuntarily grew a bit heavier.

Returning to the chat channel, he thought for a moment and still prepared to remind everyone.

However, just then, he saw a message from an old acquaintance.

Sexy Little Wildcat: "Oh my! Last night was really cold! I, being delicate, almost froze to death, but thanks to Brother Ye Yifan giving me a warm cotton coat, I managed to get through that cold night. Thank you, Brother Ye Yifan, brother I love you! From now on, only you are in my heart!"

As soon as this message appeared, the chat channel exploded!

"Holy shit, this little wildcat actually hooked up with Ye the big shot?"

"As expected, beautiful women always have an advantage; even a big shot like Ye Yifan can't escape their advances."

"If this little wildcat can hook up with the big shot, then we can too!"

"Big shot Ye Yifan, I'm a Sexy Little Wild Boar; I can sing and dance, and as long as you give me some food and clothing, I'll love only you."

"Then I can too, Brother Ye! I'm a Sexy Little Wild Ox, I'm skilled in all eighteen martial arts, please love me, brother!"

"I'm a Sexy Little Wild Chicken……"

"I'm a Sexy Little Wild Sheep……"

……

Lin Yifan looked at the scrolling messages in the chat channel, his vision suddenly went dark, and he sent a message with a speechless expression:

"Cut it out! I have something serious to say—go check the date and weather page. I've noticed the temperature has dropped and daytime has gotten shorter. I don't know if it will keep shrinking, but you must seize the time and gather more supplies."

As soon as he sent that message, the chat channel paused for a moment.

Now everyone is looking at the date and weather page.

After a brief moment, the chat channel's messages began scrolling again.

However, Lin Yifan no longer paid attention; he could give a reminder out of fellow‑countryman solidarity, but that was all.

He himself is struggling to survive—how could he have the energy to manage others?

Just then, he discovered that Ruan Qingtan, whom he had traded with yesterday, had actually sent him a chat message.

"Mr. Ye, you said daytime is getting shorter—could it turn into eternal night?"

Seeing the message, Lin Yifan involuntarily raised his eyebrows slightly.

Indeed, smart people are never few; what he could think of, others could naturally think of as well.

But regarding that, he couldn't answer either, so he could only say:

"I don't know, but this world has many natural disasters; the mosquito swarm crisis, even in extreme disasters, is only rated ★★★, so there will certainly be more dangerous ones—eternal night… is not impossible."

"But there's no need to think so much now; it's useless. Properly gathering supplies is the way to go!"

After sending the message, he turned his attention to the outside of the wooden house, because it was daylight!

The rain was still pattering down, and it was even heavier than yesterday!

Moreover, I don't know if it's an illusion, but Lin Yifan always feels that today's fog is much thicker than yesterday's.

Yesterday, standing inside the house, he could still see the distant fog, but today he can't see it clearly.

Daytime is getting shorter and shorter; he can't afford to waste a single second.

After directly turning off the light screen, Lin Yifan put on his raincoat, took the two empty treasure chests to the eaves to fill with water, and then set out directly to search for supplies.

Yesterday he went to the left side; although he merely did a perfunctory search, he had at least been there.

Of course, he also had another reason for not wanting to go left—to avoid the mosquito swarm.

Last night he clearly saw that hundreds of millions of mosquitoes were in the forest on the left; his not encountering them yesterday was just good luck.

But if he continued searching there, he might run into the mosquito swarm, and he hasn't yet made the 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】.

Rashly facing the mosquito swarm would be too dangerous!

So, he plans to go to the right side today; the forest there is relatively denser than the left.

The tree varieties are roughly the same, but the difference is that the right‑side forest, besides tall trees, also has many low shrubs.

Moreover, there are many thorny vines and brambles; one must chop them open with an axe all the way to get through.

The difficulty of searching for supplies has increased considerably, but Lin Yifan still decided to go this way.

His shelter is right here; he doesn't know if the shelter can be moved in the future, but in the short term he has no intention of changing locations.

Therefore, for safety's sake, he intends to explore all directions around the shelter completely.

Moreover, Lin Yifan does not plan to gather basic supplies today; his goal is only treasure chests and medicinal herbs like mint, as well as bird feathers and iron lumps for making feather arrows.

Needless to say, his luck is still not bad.

He hadn't walked long before he discovered two medicinal plants.

Wild chrysanthemum and plantain are common herbs with a cooling and detoxifying effect; back when he was in the countryside, he had seen elders use them to brew tea to reduce heat and detoxify.

So even if they aren't useful now, he still went ahead and collected them.

"Talent activated, gaining 8× critical hit reward!"

Wild chrysanthemum ×8

Plantain ×8

The harvest critical hit buff directly turned the originally single stalks of plantain and wild chrysanthemum into eight each.

Lin Yifan happily tossed those two bundles of herbs into his storage, then continued forward to explore.

Not long after, he saw a huge pine tree trunk with a bird's nest as big as a washbasin on it.

Seeing the bird's nest, Lin Yifan's eyes lit up instantly!

The bird feathers he needed—so far he hadn't found a single one.

There were birds in the forest, but one only heard their calls and never saw them; even if he held the 【Wind‑Chasing Cloud‑Breaking Bow】, it would be of no use.

Now that he could find a bird's nest, it was possible to find bird feathers!

As for the little birds, he didn't even fantasize about them!

He had roughly judged earlier that the season in this world was probably autumn.

Birds build nests and lay eggs in spring, so this bird nest must be empty.

But if luck is good, maybe we can find a few bird feathers!

Lin Yifan put the axe into the ring space, then spat a mouthful of saliva into his palm, rubbed it, and then began climbing the tree.

His tree-climbing skill isn't excellent, but having been exposed to it since childhood, he still managed to climb up with difficulty.

He carefully climbed along the branches and trunk to the front of the bird nest.

As he expected, there were no bird eggs or chicks inside the nest.

However, to his surprise, there was actually a treasure chest inside the nest.

Although it was only a white treasure chest, it was better than nothing.

Lin Yifan put the treasure chest into the space ring, planning to bring it back to the shelter before opening it; then it would be convenient to tidy up.

However, at that moment, he suddenly discovered that inside the bird nest beneath the chest, there was something else.

It was an egg, about the size of a lychee fist, with a bluish-green eggshell, a bird's egg.