Chapter 116: Chapter 116: They’re Going In

The further you go, the harder it is to survive. Lu Ke quite agreed with this.

Because of the existence of tasks.

If there were no tasks to complete, it would actually get easier as you go along.

After all, your experience would become richer, your tools and weapons would increase. Moreover, your camp would become more fortified.

But tasks make it different. Today, you’re challenged to face a wolf pack, tomorrow a tiger, and the day after, a black bear. Even if you were Tai Shan, you’d have to kneel.

After lunch, Xu Yi went to chop wood.

They needed to fire some pottery today, so the firewood stock was low.

Xu Yi worried that if it rained for a few more days, he’d have to chop wood in the rain again. So, he decided to stockpile more while he could.

Xu Yi had been chopping for less than an hour when Lu Ke appeared.

“Lu Ke, why are you here?” Xu Yi stopped and looked at Lu Ke.

“I came out to see if there’s something else we can gather,” Lu Ke said with a smile. She had fired the earthen kiln and cleaned the hedgehog, so she wanted to walk around.

Xu Yi nodded and continued chopping wood.

Lu Ke, carrying her basket, held an Umbrella Tree Gun in one hand and a short crossbow in the other, said, “I’ll look around nearby to see if there are any wild vegetables.”

“Alright, be careful,” Xu Yi reminded.

Lu Ke nodded and then walked away.

Carefully observing the surroundings, Lu Ke moved through the forest. Whenever she encountered a new plant, she would go and check it out.

An hour passed, and she had not gone far.

After all, the vegetation here was abundant, so there were many plants she needed to examine, which naturally took a lot of time.

At this time, in front of her, a large patch of plants appeared, all of the same kind.

“Is this flax?” Lu Ke’s eyes lit up when she saw these plants.

She had seen this plant in books, so she was able to recognize it.

Flax is one of the earliest natural fibers used by humans. The cloth made from it is light and tough, with strong moisture absorption, resistance to abrasion, high temperature endurance, and its strength is 1.5 times that of cotton fiber.

It can be said to be a very good fiber material.

“Great, this is a good discovery. I have to go back and tell Xu Yi.” Saying this, Lu Ke cut some with a dagger and put it into her basket.

She left marks along the way.

Xu Yi always did this when going to new places, so she figured she should do the same.

After all, this is the jungle, and it’s very easy to get lost.

In less than 20 minutes, Lu Ke returned to where Xu Yi was chopping wood.

“Xu Yi, look, I found flax,” Lu Ke said happily upon seeing Xu Yi.

“Flax?” Xu Yi paused his actions, then looked at the plant in Lu Ke’s hand.

“It really is. With this, we can make strong ropes for snares.” Xu Yi said happily. Traps with snares are the simplest and most effective, and they’re relatively easy to set up.

There are many ways to make snares, but they are all more or less the same.

“Not only can we twist ropes, but we can also weave cloth and make paper. Paper made from flax chaff is softer and is a good material for making high-quality paper,” Xu Yi said, subconsciously peeling off the flax’s outer layer, leaving behind the stalk core.

“After peeling the flax, the stalk can be crushed into pulp. Flax pulp is easier to make than wood pulp. Lu Ke, you’ve done it again,” Xu Yi said happily, gently tapping Lu Ke’s nose.

Lu Ke smiled shyly, feeling a current running through her nose tip.

“You’d have discovered it without me, it’s not far, just over there,” Lu Ke said, pointing to the location.

“Let’s go, take me there to gather flax,” Xu Yi grinned, preparing to cut a few bundles of flax to take back, so Lu Ke could start stripping the fibers for rope weaving.

So, Lu Ke led Xu Yi towards the flax field.

In live room number 52, the viewers were all very tense.

Because Wang Jin and Lu Yao had finally found the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves.

There were three in total, and they were attacking a wild boar.

“Those claws are so sharp, one swipe and the boar’s got several gashes.”

“How do they handle this? Going up there is a suicide mission.”

“Without a fence for defense, there’s no way to deal with them.”

“What a freaking crazy task, is this something a human can accomplish?”

“A wild boar can’t even last 10 minutes before collapsing. What are Wanzi and the others supposed to do?”

“This is deliberately trying to eliminate Wanzi and her cousin, there’s no way to complete this task.”

“It’s not like other teams have it easy, look at team 102, those two Black Scale Lions are insane. Even wooden spears can’t penetrate them. If they weren’t trapped, team 102 would have been done for.”

“The easiest to deal with are the wolf packs, they practically deliver themselves to Xu Yi and Lu Ke.”

“Those who say it’s easy must be blind. That day Xu Yi got bitten, if his knife hadn’t been super sharp, he and Lu Ke would have been done for days ago.”

“Eh, is Cousin about to go for it?”

“Holy crap, she’s going straight in! That’s gutsy!”

“As expected of a female special forces soldier, impressive.”

“Go Cousin, I believe you can do it!”

Lu Yao had no choice but to charge. The Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves were still feasting on the wild boar, it was her only chance.

She carried a hammock, charging at the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves.

Wang Jin had already climbed up a tree, holding a spear in her hand.

Lu Yao had discussed with her that if the hammock did not ensnare the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves, she would retreat, and Wang Jin would seize the opportunity to kill one of them.

There was no other way. If they didn’t act, the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves would leave, forcing them to abandon the task and lose their current tools.

When Lu Yao charged, she made little sound, so the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves didn’t notice and continued tearing at the wild boar’s corpse.

She dashed within a distance of over three meters and then threw the prepared hammock.

“She hit it!”

Wang Jin, from the tree, shouted excitedly, and then slid down from the tree, running straight towards Lu Yao.

Two of the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves were caught in the net, Lu Yao smiled happily and pulled out her spear from her back, charging again.

The remaining Steel-Clawed Earth Wolf that wasn’t caught also lunged at Lu Yao, leaping up.

Lu Yao smiled even more as she thrust her spear forward.

The spear pierced the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolf’s stomach, taking it down.

At this moment, one of the Steel-Clawed Earth Wolves caught in the hammock broke free and lunged at Lu Yao.

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