Ita Era

Chapter 68 The Primitive Era (3)

The reconnaissance team spent over two hours discovering a pattern. A 200-meter radius around the camp was a relatively safe area, where no wild animals were found, but traces of wild animals could be found beyond that radius. Within this 200-meter area, there were many edible fruits, most of which they couldn't name or confirm whether they were poisonous.

Captain Su led the three back to the camp and reported the situation to Yu Yuan. Yu Yuan looked at Xiao Liang's notes and listened to the report very carefully. He drew a circle on the ground with a twig and marked the resources and beasts.

Yu Yuan said, "You guys rest first. If you have any ideas, you can go to the fire brigade; they haven't lit a fire yet."

Yu Yuan dismissed the others and summoned the deputy leader of the gathering team, instructing his men to pick enough fruit for one meal today and one meal tomorrow morning, according to the locations marked on the map. Supplies were limited, with each person receiving three to four ounces of fruit per meal.

The gathering teams are the largest group in the tribe. Assigning them work areas can effectively improve the efficiency of harvesting.

The four members of the fire brigade were trying to start a fire in the camp. All four had some wilderness survival experience, and making fire by friction and using a bow drill were not difficult for them, but today they were stumped.

The biggest challenge was that they were on a mountaintop at an altitude of 2,000 meters. In the early morning, the mountaintop was shrouded in mist, which dampened the kindling. In the morning, the sun shone on the campsite, but they couldn't feel its heat. At noon, the sun was blocked by the mountain walls. They had planned to go into the forest to dry the kindling, but the trees were dense, and the sunlight was pitifully scarce.

Ding Shi took Xiao Liang's yellow paper and ink, using the excuse of returning them to their original owner, and went to watch the commotion at the Fire Team's camp. Just then, a handsome ninja from the weapons and tools team arrived, and the ninjutsu he was learning was called Fire Release: Breathing Fire. Ding Shi had no idea how it related to the Great Fireball Technique.

Because we are still learning, the failure rate is very high.

The handsome young man formed hand seals with a rapid, impressive motion. After completing more than a dozen hand seals, he glared and shouted, "Ninjutsu, Fireball Jutsu!" He then spat out two ounces of water at the small tree branch.

The handsome man was embarrassed. He chuckled and apologized, then made his handprint again. This time, he spat out a small cloud of fire, a red flame that flashed and disappeared in an instant.

A beautiful woman passing by couldn't stand it anymore and said, "You didn't do your seventh hand seal properly; your index finger must be straight. Also, the intervals between your hand seals are uneven."

The handsome guy retorted, "You try."

The beautiful woman didn't stand on ceremony. She walked to the handsome man's spot, lowered her head and closed her eyes slightly, smoothly making more than a dozen hand seals. Then, she raised her head, opened her eyes, and shouted at the various flammable objects in front of her: "Ninjutsu, Fierce Water Technique!"

"No!" the fire team cried out in anguish.

A basin of water appeared out of thin air and splashed forward. Although its offensive power was almost nonexistent, the water was real, soaking all the twigs, bird nests, dry grass, and other flammable materials.

The beautiful woman watched for a while, then realized she had made a mistake. She said to the handsome man, "That's it," and ran away.

Players who can choose Nightmare difficulty are usually quite skilled, but that doesn't stop some skilled players from being exceptionally good. One exceptional player is known as Crouching Dragon, and the other is known as Young Phoenix.

Seeing the four members of the Fire Team in despair, Ding Shi kindly reminded them, "There's a small ditch to the west."

One of them thought Ding Shi was joking and glared at him angrily: "What do you mean?"

The other three asked in surprise, "A ditch?" The ditch contained various stones, originally from within the mountain but washed to the surface by landslides and other causes. Experienced people could easily find two stones in the ditch that could produce sparks when struck.

Ding Shi nodded and said, "You'd better check with the chief before you go, as there are certain dangers near the ditch."

The fire brigade leader stood up: "If the danger is this close, we'll all be in great danger if there's no fire tonight." Ding Shi walked past the fire brigade, quietly went to the woods, looked around to make sure no one was there, took out paper and pen, and began to draw Golden Thunder Talismans. His method of drawing Golden Thunder Talismans was to draw them in mid-air, holding the talisman in his left hand and the pen in his right, swishing and swishing, completing four talismans in five strokes each, before rolling them up.

The boy was only wearing a pair of shorts, making it difficult to hide anything. But no problem, Ding Shi had cut a hollow vine during the reconnaissance and used it as a decorative belt around his waist. Now he could simply stuff the rolled-up paper inside the hollow vine. This would be used against Wang Meng. Once the mission was nearing its end, he would use his authority to initiate hostilities and send him to Four Symbols City to retire.

Ding Shi returned the paper, brush, and ink to its original owner and asked, "Brother, are you selling them? Do you sell the container that held the paper, brush, and ink?" Ding Shi didn't know what it was called, but he believed that the original owner had a container for packing the paper, brush, and ink; otherwise, the talisman paper, ink, and brush would have taken up three item slots.

The original owner said, "This is a bound item and cannot be bought or sold."

Ding Shi was disappointed, but still tried to learn more about these kinds of props.

Suddenly, a commotion arose from the northwest. A group of people emerged from the woods carrying a person and ran towards the camp. The leader shouted, "Who can cure snake venom?"

Ding Shi had treated Chu Yu for snake venom before, but the flesh-removing method has prerequisites: First, there must be no blood vessels near the bite. Second, the flesh must be removed within 15-20 seconds. Third, the removal must be deep and forceful. Under these three conditions, most snake venom can be removed.

Other methods: 1. Endure it. 2. Use serum. 3. Some kind of skill may exist in the world of Ithaca.

Ding Shi joined in the fun and inquired, only to find out that a member of a gathering team had been attacked by a venomous snake while picking bayberries.

Yu Yuan crouched down to examine the bite mark on her forearm and asked the injured woman, "What kind of snake was it?"

The beautiful woman shook her head: "I don't know."

Yu Yuan said, "Ask everyone if anyone has the skill to detoxify."

The beautiful woman grabbed Yu Yuan's shoulder and asked, "Will I die?"

The fire brigade captain, a wilderness survival expert, answered from the side, saying, "Bamboo vipers are quite common on bayberry trees, and the bite marks on your arm match those of a bamboo viper. So I guessed it was a bamboo viper. If you encountered a Fujian bamboo viper, the fatality rate is very low, so it's not a big problem. Even if you encountered a white-lipped bamboo viper, the fatality rate is only about 20%. Either way, your chances of winning the gamble are not small."

After asking a few more questions, the collection team escorted the young woman to the No. 1 women's dormitory cave to rest. The logistics team had already cleaned both caves, confirming there were no poisonous insects or snakes, and was currently collecting fallen leaves at the edge of the forest to lay grass and leaves on suitable sleeping areas.

To Yu Yuan and Ding Shi's surprise, they haven't heard anyone complain about the environment here.

Yu Yuan said to the fire brigade leader, "We must get the fire going today."

The fire brigade leader pulled down his shorts, revealing two bird nests, and said, "We've been working very hard, using our body heat to dry the ignition source. Chief, can't you find a lighter?"

Yu Yuan shook his head: "I asked a lot of people, but no one brought a lighter."

The core issue is that lighters aren't cheap; even the cheapest ones cost $5, and matches $3. The cheapest ignition tools are flint and steel. System stoves, kitchens, and other facilities that require fire are equipped with one-button ignition, so theoretically, lighters have no other use besides smoking.

(End of this chapter)