Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

Pippi was full of curiosity about new things. He wagged his tail happily and jumped towards Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi's heart moved, and he picked up Pipi with one hand and pressed its little paw on the blank notebook.

In an instant, ink gushed out like a spring, and lines of ink quickly outlined a delicate image on the paper. A red dot and a claw mark overlapped, as if telling of some unknown connection.

Zhang Shi walked quickly towards the living room with the note in hand, only to see the red dot slowly moving.

Pipi followed Zhang Shi out. The dog paw marks on the notebook sometimes separated and sometimes overlapped, as if playing a silent game of chase.

A smile appeared on Zhang Shi's lips, and he had a preliminary understanding of the strange functions of the notebook in his heart.

"It's so late, why haven't the gray wolves come yet? I was thinking of doing an experiment on them."

Zhang Shi pondered this, inexplicably anticipating the wolves' arrival, hoping to test the magical power of the codex. However, the wolves, seemingly equally astutely aware of the shelter's unusual nature, chose to avoid a fight, forcing Zhang Shi to temporarily suppress this anticipation.

As the dawn broke, the familiar and inspiring prompt sound of the system broke the tranquility of the early morning and awakened the sleeping Zhang Shi.

The sixth day in the Wild World starts with signing in.

System prompts, congratulations on signing in and getting:

[Territory Control Module (Pink): Artifact-level item. After using it, you can achieve precise control over the resources within the shelter.]

Zhang Shi's eyes flashed with uncontrollable excitement. This was the first time he had seen a divine item. He activated the module without hesitation.

With the module's implementation, Zhang Shi's shelter interface took on a whole new look. The courtyard was digitized and presented in a 3D projection, allowing him to fully grasp the entire compound. Like an architect, Zhang Shi used his fingertips as a pen, effortlessly rearranging the guard towers, the walls, and even the entire courtyard. Every brick and stone, every inch of land, shifted to his will, demonstrating unprecedented freedom and creativity.

More walls were built, and the courtyard, viewed from above, now resembled a rectangle 20 meters long and 20 meters wide. More than three times its original size, it was both solid and beautiful, full of endless possibilities.

Zhang Shi struck while the iron was hot and not only rebuilt the poultry house, but also carefully planned the livestock pens and farmland, laying a solid foundation for future farming life.

Two precious Kun eggs were gently placed in the incubator, and Zhang Shi imagined with great anticipation the moment when the chicks would break out of the shells.

"We can talk about livestock later. Now that we have all the seeds, it's time to start farming."

He built a greenhouse and placed it on the farmland effortlessly using the territory control module.

Zhang Shi stood in front of the newly renovated shelter, looking at the land full of hope before him, his heart surging with unprecedented ambition and passion.

After making some basic farm tools, Zhang Shi hurriedly had breakfast and started planting in the greenhouse.

The land where the shelter was located was a plain with flat terrain and fertile black soil, which saved Zhang Shi a lot of effort.

Zhang Shi's impression of farming all comes from his childhood memories of living with his grandparents.

After randomly marking out a piece of land, Zhang Shi began to turn over the soil and level the ground.

Although this step was not difficult, it was physically demanding. Zhang Shi ate plums while pouring well water into his mouth, and plowed the land in one breath. He also plowed the land into several furrows according to his memory.

Zhang Shi used Dingzhen to appraise the land.

"Ding, confirmed at first glance, identified as: farmland."

[Farmland (White) x1: Ordinary farmland with average soil fertility and yield. Various methods can be used to improve soil quality and enhance farmland quality.]

Zhang Shi was very satisfied with the results of his work. In order to prevent any accidents, he specially selected some seeds with short growth cycles such as spinach, lettuce, cabbage and green onions for sowing.

Soak the lettuce and spinach seeds in high-quality well water and set aside. Zhang Shi first sows the cabbage and green onions.

Dig pits and cover the soil, and irrigate with high-quality well water.

At this point, the first stage of farming is completed.

Straightening up, Zhang Shi was surprised to find that snowflakes had begun to fall from the sky without him noticing, and Pippi was rolling around happily on the ground outside.

"I was wearing a Revenant Hunter suit and ignored the temperature outside. I didn't expect it to snow."

Zhang Shi returned to the stone house to rest, took out some meat, and prepared to cook some broth to warm himself.

When he was free, Zhang Shi opened the chat channel and found that everyone was complaining about the sudden drop in temperature.

Cheng Xiaobai: Oh my God, it’s snowing outside. I’m still wearing summer clothes. I’m afraid I can’t go out to collect supplies today.

Zhu Dachang: Hurry up and take advantage of the bargains. Go to the market and get some winter clothes. The prices are much cheaper than fuel and food.

Tang An: This is such awful weather! It's actually snowing! How can this wooden house withstand the cold? I've even got frostbite on my feet.

Hou Kun: Is there anyone who can give me a stone house design drawing at a cheap price? I have all the other materials, but I’m stuck here.

The severe cold is approaching, and it is unknown when the snow will stop falling. Many survivors who have no shortage of resources choose to give up going out and stay in the shelter for the winter.

Zhang Shi thought of the mining machine that was still working hard in the mine, and decided to go to the mine to recycle the mining machine in the afternoon while the snow was still not heavy.

"It's already the third day, so we should have mined a lot of iron ore."

Zhang Shi thought about the scene of receiving a backpack full of resources, and felt a little excited.

Lunch was still bread and broth.

No matter how high-quality the meat, eating it for a few days in a row would make you sick of it. Zhang Shi was now particularly looking forward to the time when the vegetables would ripen. Looking at the seeds soaking in the wooden barrel, he couldn't help swallowing.

After lunch, Zhang Shi took Pipi to the mine.

It had been snowing for a while, and the entire dense forest was dyed white. The mountains and fields were covered in silver, almost making Zhang Shi lose his direction.

It was the first time that Pippi followed Zhang Shi out of the shelter. Surprisingly, he did not run around everywhere. Instead, he sat obediently in the bicycle basket, with his two front paws resting on the edge of the basket, looking around vigilantly. If there was any situation, he would sound the alarm immediately.

As usual, Zhang Shi first came to the plum tree.

After three days, the plums on the tree were ripe. Zhang Shi shook off the snow from the treetops and picked all the fruits.

Thinking that this might be the last batch, Zhang Shi even began to think about transplanting it.

"Oh, forget it. I know nothing about this, so don't ruin these two only children."

Zhang Shi thought about it and finally decided to give the plum trees a chance to survive. As for whether they could survive the severe cold weather, that would depend on their luck.

The man and the dog walked through the woods, and without any accident, they soon arrived outside the mine.

The wood left behind three days ago was still blocking the cave entrance. Inside the mine, one could faintly hear the sound of metal clashing with stone.