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Chapter 20, Day 5 Settlement

The giant bird was very fast, like a gust of wind or a sudden downpour.

Air pressure churned the lawn, and its broad wings blocked out the sunlight, casting large shadows.

A person sitting on the ground a dozen meters ahead was suddenly lifted up by the shoulders and pulled into the air.

Her scream echoed through the sky.

She struggled desperately, and the giant bird released its claws, only picking her up again after she landed freely.

Only after the giant bird flew far away did the people who had been hiding in various places regroup in the sunlight. Looking at the departing giant bird, they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Qin Ziwen said in a low voice, "This guy really treats this place like a buffet."

The closer you get, the more you can feel the oppressive presence of this giant bird.

Like the alpha male crocodile in the river.

Zheng Yuan's face was grim: "If it comes a second time, then there will definitely be a third and a fourth time."

But faced with such a flying opponent, they didn't know how to deal with it.

Huang Tao stepped forward and asked the crowd, "Who was just arrested? Did anyone see clearly?"

"do not know"

"I didn't notice, but the voice sounded like a woman's."

"The bird flew too fast; I didn't have time to notice it."

Everyone was talking about it.

The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive; no one knew if they would be the next target. Faced with such a flying hunter, the only option was to stay away from open areas.

Someone cursed angrily at the sky: "Damn it, there are crocodiles in the river and man-eating birds in the sky. This damn world!"

"Cuifang! Cuifang!" An old man ran out panting and called out to the crowd several times.

Hearing no response, the old man looked around in fear.

He anxiously called out to the surrounding crowd, "Luo Cuifang, Luo Cuifang, where are you? Have you seen my Cuifang? She was just here. She sprained her ankle and asked me to go home and get her some medicine for her injury."

"I remember now, a woman was just snatched away by that big bird." Qin Ziwu stopped mid-sentence and turned his head away, unable to bear it any longer, because the woman who had just been snatched away by the bird had just lost her son.

The old man stood there, mouth agape, dumbfounded.

His chest heaved violently, and the bottle of medicinal wine in his hand crashed to the ground.

"what--"

He collapsed to the ground, howling in agony as he looked up at the sky.

He had seen the giant bird overhead on his way here and was worried about his wife's safety, so he ran all the way here.

Unexpectedly, the thing I least wanted to happen still happened.

The old man, his hands trembling, stood up and looked around at everyone.

Everyone tried to avoid eye contact with him.

In a single day, his son died, and his wife died too.

He hunched over and staggered back.

As evening fell, darkness descended.

"Bang!" The hydraulic shears clamped down hard, snapping the guardrail in the middle. Zou Sheng let out a long breath and rubbed his sore arm. "This broken guardrail is pretty sturdy."

Qin Ziwen picked up the broken railing from the ground. "It's better if it's sturdy, so it won't break under the weight of the crocodiles."

He squeezed the angular tip of the railing with his fingertip: "It's not sharp enough. This tip needs to be worked on."

Yang Chuhe picked up the dismantled railing from the ground, weighed it in his palm, and said with satisfaction, "The quality of this zinc-steel railing is good. It can be used to catch crocodiles, let alone hunt wild animals. It seems that the developers of Yujing Jiangcheng did not cut corners. This thing would be considered a divine weapon in ancient times. It can easily catch a crocodile."

Upon hearing what General Manager Yang said, many people around him exchanged strange glances.

Huang Tao glanced at the dozens of dismantled iron railing bars on the ground and said with a wry smile, "I can't handle this by myself, there are too many. Everyone will have to help grind them down tonight." Hearing this, the others looked somewhat conflicted.
After digging in the dirt all afternoon, no one was not tired and just wanted to go home and rest as soon as possible.

Qin Ziwen volunteered, "Give me some, I'll work a little longer tonight."

Seeing Qin Ziwen's initiative, Huang Tao was secretly pleased and looked at Qin Ziwen with even more kindness.

Some people secretly thought that Qin Ziwen was deliberately trying to show off, so how could everyone else slack off?

Zheng Yuan stepped forward and said, "I'll take some back to grind as well."

Qin Ziwen waved his hand and said with a smile, "No need. I haven't been sleeping well lately and I've been going to bed late. This is a good opportunity to find something to do."

Seeing his firm attitude, Zheng Yuan could not persuade him otherwise, so he had to take some spears from Huang Tao and take them back.

My brother and I carried the dismantled iron fence back home.

Qin Ziwu didn't understand his older brother's behavior. "Brother, no one else is doing it, so why are we bringing it back?"

"Go to sleep early, I'll take care of myself tonight."

Qin Ziwu thought his older brother was angry, so he quickly said, "I didn't say I wouldn't do it. I just think there are so many people, and it wouldn't take long for each of us to take one back and grind it."

Qin Ziwen glanced at him sideways: "Go and fetch two rough, hard stones for me."

He certainly couldn't explain to his brother that it was for the sake of getting a score.

He has now roughly figured out the pattern of this daily settlement and scoring.

Gathering resources, drawing maps, hunting prey—any positive survival behavior will earn you points.

He anticipated that if he succeeded in hunting down this alpha male crocodile, he would definitely gain a lot of points.

If I collect so many alloy rods, does that count as acquiring a large amount of materials?

In such a primitive society, zinc-steel alloy materials were extremely rare, as they were incredibly sturdy.

Whether used to make traps, spear-like weapons, or shield frames, it is a top-notch material.

Even if bringing these zinc-steel alloys back doesn't count as collecting materials, processing them would still make a greater "contribution" to the crocodile hunt.

As night fell, the curtains were drawn back.

Under the bright moonlight, the young man squatted on the ground, rubbing his zinc-steel spear against a stone with both hands.

"rustle."

until night.

A sound came from beside my ear.

"You have successfully survived five days in the wilderness. Your team hunted a crocodile, and you were allocated some raw meat. You encountered the alpha male crocodile of this watershed. The threat of the giant crocodile forced the community residents to cooperate in preparing traps. You participated in setting the traps, but it seems you've forgotten something. Overall score: 19 points"

You have received the following rewards: [Building Card] Level 1 Farmland, Rabbit Food *4, Woodcutter's Knife *1

What have I forgotten?
Qin Ziwen looked at the reward he had received, then shifted his gaze to the rabbit food.

"Damn it! I forgot to feed the rabbits during the day!"

Qin Ziwen quickly got up and went to the front of the animal cage.

Before leaving home in the morning, he put a little bit of wild vegetables into the feeding trough, but the rabbits didn't bite.

The food trough was now empty, and the two rabbits looked rather listless.

Qin Ziwen took out a portion of rabbit feed.

My palm suddenly felt heavy; a large 20-pound bag of rabbit feed appeared in my hand.

He tore open the packaging and poured the dry rabbit pellets into the feeding trough. As he poured, he smelled a rich aroma of hay and a faint scent of roasted grains.

After smelling the aroma, the two rabbits hesitated for a moment, then eagerly hopped to the food trough and began to devour the rabbit food.

Perhaps the aroma was too enticing, for they even ignored the large, gentle hand that was stroking their backs.

(End of this chapter)