Chapter 86: Chapter 86: The Mission Arrives

Then, Xu Yi took out the eggs, a total of 8 eggs.

“Xu Yi, can these eggs hatch chicks?” Lu Ke looked at the eggs in Xu Yi’s and her hands and couldn’t help but ask.

“They should be able to. We’ll try putting them in the rabbit nest, and if they really can hatch, then we’ve hit the jackpot.” Xu Yi said with a smile, after all, he had no other way, so why not try the rabbit nest?

“Great idea, let’s put them in the rabbit nest right away.” Lu Ke laughed happily, then went inside and carefully placed the eggs in the nest.

“Little chicks, you must come out obediently.” Lu Ke caressed the eggs, saying with great anticipation.

After placing the eggs, Lu Ke came out of the house. After all, there was still a chicken to be slaughtered.

The big feathers, Xu Yi naturally needed to keep to make arrow fletchings.

Lu Ke also planned to keep the other chicken feathers, after all, down is very warm. Once enough is collected, maybe they could make a down jacket, which would be very warm indeed.

The two of them first gnawed on a few pieces of mutton to fill their stomachs, then Lu Ke started processing the wild chicken.

Xu Yi took a hatchet and went out to chop firewood, which was his main task for the afternoon.

Lu Ke plucked the feathers clean, opened up the stomach, and then chopped half a chicken to simmer.

Then she continued to process the chicken’s innards, after all, it would be a pity to just throw them away.

It was past two when Lu Ke finally finished stewing the chicken soup.

“Xu Yi, the chicken soup is ready.” Lu Ke saw Xu Yi just coming back with a bundle of firewood, quickly calling out to him.

Xu Yi nodded, went to wash his hands and face.

“Smells so good, even better than the homemade village chicken soup from my hometown.” Xu Yi sniffed and then took a sip.

It tasted very sweet and especially fragrant.

“It’s so delicious, I really wish we could raise a flock of chickens, just catch one whenever we want to eat it. We could roast it, boil it, stir-fry it.” Lu Ke fantasized as she gnawed on a chicken leg.

“I didn’t expect there to be wild chickens, I should set more traps in the forest in the future, hopefully catching more of them.” Xu Yi also really liked chicken meat, so he planned to make some traps specifically for wild chickens.

With half a chicken, the two of them ate until only some bones were left, still feeling a bit unsatisfied.

After eating, Xu Yi and Lu Ke rested for more than ten minutes, then went to chop firewood together.

The rain hadn’t stopped, so they needed to prepare more firewood.

Additionally, they also needed to make pottery, which required a lot of firewood.

The two of them kept busy, bringing bundle after bundle of firewood back to the camp.

It was past five when Xu Yi went to cut two bundles of thatch. This way, Lu Ke could make thatch slices in the evening.

“Lu Ke, let’s add some antler to the chicken soup tonight, I’ll cut it.” Xu Yi thought that eating some nourishing antler wouldn’t be bad.

The antler Xu Yi picked up was a newly grown deer antler, which should be quite nourishing.

Lu Ke naturally had no objections, so Xu Yi took out an antler, used a triangle horse to cut more than twenty slices from it, and added them to the chicken soup.

“The steel pot is still a bit small, let’s dry the firewood tonight, and tomorrow we can fire the pottery pot.” Xu Yi felt that the steel pot was gradually becoming insufficient for their needs.

Unfortunately, they hadn’t found any iron ore, or they could forge an iron pot.

Of course, with iron, they could make a lot of weapons.

With iron tools, Xu Yi would dare to face the Overlord.

Thinking of the Overlord, Xu Yi glanced at Lu Ke.

“Lu Ke, when I went out today, I unexpectedly discovered a large beast.” Xu Yi twisted a branch in his hand and started talking to Lu Ke.

“Ah, is it the one that was howling last night?” Lu Ke gripped a spoon, looked up, and glanced at Xu Yi.

She thought that when Xu Yi went hunting today, he might take a look at the animal from last night.

“It should be it, but I didn’t see its figure. Its footprints are very large, about between a fully grown buffalo and an elephant. And yesterday, it hunted a deer and two wolves.” Xu Yi watched Lu Ke’s expression as he said this.

“So, it’s an animal that doesn’t exist in our world?” Lu Ke’s expression didn’t change much. She figured this place was an alien planet, not all animals could be the same as on her planet, there should be different animals.

She just hadn’t expected it to be a kind of fierce beast.

“It should be, such a large carnivorous animal no longer exists on our planet.” Xu Yi was a bit surprised at Lu Ke’s calmness, he originally thought Lu Ke would be afraid.

“We probably can’t handle it, right?” Lu Ke looked at Xu Yi, somewhat worriedly asking.

“Definitely can’t handle it for now. If we encounter it, we can only run or yield. If this area becomes its territory, we’ll have to relocate elsewhere.” The main reason Xu Yi shared the ’Overlord’ news with Lu Ke was this. In case they needed to find another camp, he wouldn’t need to explain further.

“I understand, but let’s not give up easily. After all, we haven’t faced it yet, maybe it’s very clumsy.” Lu Ke smiled at Xu Yi, happy he chose not to hide it but to tell her proactively.

This was a sign of trust, trust in her.

“Hmm, it surely has its weaknesses too.” Xu Yi was very satisfied with Lu Ke’s attitude, the news of the ’Overlord’ didn’t scare her at all.

“Awoo!” A wolf howl suddenly echoed nearby.

At this moment, both of their Star Charts vibrated slightly.

“Team 77, you’ve activated the territory mission, please hunt the head wolf within 52 hours. Complete the mission and you will receive a medical kit. Failure to complete, or refusing the mission, you’ll lose all existing tools.”

“Now answer me, will you accept the mission?”

Lu Ke glanced at Xu Yi, knowing he also heard the mission message.

“We accept the mission.” Xu Yi immediately said, refusing was not an option. How could he not even try before giving up?

Moreover, the wolf pack had already appeared nearby.

Even without the mission, they might still have to confront the wolf pack.

“Mission accepted, countdown begins, wish you success in the challenge.”

After the voice ended, a new countdown appeared on both of their Star Charts.

“Xu Yi, what should we do now?” Lu Ke looked at Xu Yi, knowing this mission wasn’t simple.

The head wolf, they must kill the head wolf to complete the mission.

Often, the head wolf stays in the back commanding the action.

If it senses its wolf pack is at a disadvantage, it will retreat.

Once it retreats, chasing them in the jungle is almost impossible.

Time is limited, only 52 hours.

Lu Ke didn’t want to lose everything they had, if everything was gone, how would she and Xu Yi continue to survive?

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