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

Outside, the wind was howling and snow was falling heavily.

Inside the stone house, it was as warm as spring. Zhang Shi, wearing a short shirt, was sweating profusely in front of the boiling copper pot.

Make a dipping sauce with soy sauce and chopped green onion and garlic, dip a piece of boiled meat in it, and then swallow it in one gulp.

"Ah~ so cool!"

The stimulation of delicious food healed Zhang Shi's heavy mood caused by the sharp decline in the number of survivors.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Pipi was happily enjoying some high-quality bear meat sprinkled with barbecue powder when his ears suddenly twitched, as if he had sensed something. He quickly stood up alertly and roared towards the door.

Zhang Shi looked at Pippi's unusual behavior with a puzzled look on his face.

"Could it be another wild animal causing trouble? Isn't it daytime now?"

Put down your chopsticks for a moment and open the shelter interface on the system panel.

With the help of the territory control module, Zhang Shi seemed to have eagle eyes and quickly discovered the abnormality in the ground spike trap in front of the door.

"Is there anything alive in there?"

Zhang Shi immediately dressed himself, took out his bone bow and ran out of the stone house with Lao Duan.

The wind and snow outside were blowing even harder than in the morning. Large flakes of snow were everywhere in the field of vision, and visibility was very low.

When Zhang Shi approached the gate, he could hear a baby-like cry that sounded a bit like a cat's meow.

Zhang Shi did not open the door rashly, but climbed up the watchtower first and carefully investigated with the help of the searchlight.

Seeing that there was no danger around and Pipi also gave a warning, Zhang Shi came down from the sentry tower again, carefully opened the iron door, and went to check the ground spike trap.

A thick layer of snow had already covered the other traps, and only one of them was triggered, revealing a large hole in the ground. The childish voice came from the hole.

Zhang Shi held the oil lamp and looked inside. He found a small white animal. Because of the snow, it fell into the trap and was not injured by the sharp thorns, but it could not escape from it.

Zhang Shi thought about it and took back the ground spike trap.

The ground there suddenly returned to being a flat land, with snow everywhere around it, which was out of place with the surroundings.

The little animal suddenly appeared on the ground, a little surprised, and even forgot to scream.

Zhang Shi looked over and discovered that the little animal was actually a white tiger cub. He brought Ding Zhen and decisively performed an identification on it.

"Ding, confirmed at first glance, identified as: white tiger cub."

White Tiger Cub (Infant). Panel (Unlocked). Ability Value: 1. Comment: Future King of Beasts, infinite potential.

Zhang Shi stepped forward, grabbed the little white tiger by the scruff of the neck and lifted it up.

After the little white tiger was grabbed by the neck, it was as if it was under a spell of immobilization. Its whole body was frozen and motionless, only occasionally making a few babyish cries and symbolically resisting a few times.

"Hoho, you can scream all you want, but no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out."

Just kidding, a pet that comes to your doorstep shouldn't be rejected. Raise it up, and in this wild world, if any beast dares to block your way, just close the door and let it go.

Zhang Shi glanced around and observed his surroundings as usual, but he unexpectedly found something else.

Not far ahead, there were several obvious footprints. Judging from the size of the footprints, they were definitely not from the little white tiger in front of him.

"Could it be that Da Hu is seriously injured and is coming to entrust his son to someone before dying?"

Zhang Shi thought about it in his mind.

……

After closing the door, Zhang Shi brought the little white tiger into the house.

As soon as they entered the house, the little white tiger's cry stopped abruptly. Zhang Shi was still a little surprised, so he picked it up and took a look, only to find that its eyes were fixed on Pipi's food bowl, which still had some uneaten bear meat in it.

Seeing this, Zhang Shi guessed that it was hungry. Seeing that it was not injured, he put it on the ground.

The little white tiger regained its freedom and ran tremblingly to the food bowl, feasting on the bear meat, completely forgetting that it was a captive.

Pippi watched obediently from the side, not angry at all because his food was taken away.

After this little episode, Zhang Shi returned to the dining table and began to work again. He was completely unaware that a pair of green eyes were watching him from a distance in the shelter.

After having a good meal and a good drink, Zhang Shi lay on the bed and lurked in the chat channel out of boredom. Little White Tiger and Pippi were fighting, making a mess of the bedroom.

There was a warm scene in the stone house. Zhang Shi felt a little sleepy and fell into a deep sleep not long after.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Ow~"

Zhang Shi didn't know how many times he had been woken up.

Rubbing his eyes, Zhang Shi quickly regained consciousness. He checked the time and saw that it was already past eight in the evening.

Zhang Shi came into the living room. Pipi was still barking warily towards the door. The little white tiger followed suit, cheering him on.

"Are you annoying? Can't you let me sleep?"

Zhang Shi complained, dressed himself up again, locked the little white tiger in the stone house, and took Pippi out to check the situation.

"Roar!"

As soon as he stepped outside, Zhang Shi heard a resounding roar. The roar was so powerful that it pierced through the wind and snow and reached Zhang Shi's ears.

The tiger roars in the mountains and all the beasts are frightened.

Zhang Shi recognized the roar of a tiger and suddenly woke up.

"Gah! What's going on?"

Zhang Shi slowly approached the gate and could hear the sound of heavy objects hitting the iron gate. Pippi also stared at the outside of the door vigilantly and made no more sound.

The beast outside the door sensed Zhang Shi approaching, roared, and slammed the iron door even louder. Zhang Shi was frightened and opened the shelter panel and hurriedly checked the durability of the door.

Fortunately, the iron gate was made of fine iron, and ordinary beasts had no power over it. Zhang Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief and climbed up the sentry tower as usual to check the situation.

In the wind and snow, a snow-white tiger was pacing in front of the door, occasionally stepping forward and banging on the iron gate, trying to break in. Its pair of eyes as big as copper bells flashed a yellow-brown light in the night, and its ferocious face made Zhang Shi's heart tremble.

Zhang Shi suppressed the fear in his heart and performed an identification on the white tiger.

"Ding, confirmed at first glance, identified as: White Tiger."

White Tiger (Restricted) Panel (Unlocked) Ability Value: 55 Evaluation: King of Beasts, its strength and speed far surpass those of ordinary beasts. Due to the novice phase of the Wild World, its overall attributes have been significantly weakened.

Although the grade of the white tiger cannot be seen, judging from its ability value alone, this white tiger is definitely far superior to the wolf king, and its quality is at least exquisite.

Zhang Shi knew that he was no match for the enemy. Although he was protected by the wall, he did not dare to be careless and thought of ways to break through.

"The snow and wind are so strong that archery is impossible."

The white tiger below noticed Zhang Shi, but did not react at all and continued to stare at the iron gate.

Zhang Shi noticed something unusual and immediately thought of the little white tiger.

"I'm not going to be a human trafficker, am I?"

Zhang Shi quickly ran back to the stone house, took the little white tiger out, and returned to the tower.

The little white tiger howled. The white tiger below heard the sound, suppressed its anger, stopped moving, and stared at Zhang Shi motionlessly.

Zhang Shi was certain the beast was targeting the little white tiger. He took out a wooden barrel, tied it with a rope, placed the little white tiger inside, and lowered the barrel along the wall.

"I'm returning your naughty kid to you. He brought this upon himself. It has nothing to do with me."

The big tiger gradually calmed down when Zhang Shi put down the barrel. When the barrel landed on the ground, it grabbed the little white tiger by the scruff of the neck and, without looking back, disappeared into the snowstorm, leaving only a trail of footprints.

Zhang Shi looked at the direction it left, a little dazed.