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

After quickly putting on his clothes, Zhang Shi led Pippi out of the stone house.

As soon as Pippi came out, he rushed to the iron gate and barked at the creature outside, and all he got in response was even more violent slapping.

The night temperature was even more unbearable. Zhang Shi rubbed his hands, opened the system, and took a look at the situation in the territory. He found a group of upright creatures with hunched backs outside. The ground spike trap in front of the wall had been triggered, and there was a corpse of one of these creatures inside.

Zhang Shi climbed up the watchtower and, with the help of the searchlight, saw the invader's appearance clearly.

There were more than a dozen humanoid creatures covered in white fur, resembling the snow monsters from movies and TV shows. Zhang Shi, curious, paused, realizing they were beasts called "Snow Apes," all of them of ordinary rank.

Zhang Shi immediately felt relieved. In the dungeon, he even killed a green-quality elite monster with one blow, so why would he be afraid of this little Karami?

"It's a good time to try out the effects of the new weapon."

Zhang Shi calmly took out his compound bow and fired an arrow into the air, triggering its inherent rain of arrows ability. The iron arrow drew a graceful arc and fell towards the gathering of snow apes.

As the arrow fell, it turned into dozens of energy arrows, covering a small area.

Before they could even grasp the situation, a group of snow apes were pierced by arrows, becoming sieves. With just one strike, half of the snow apes were dead, becoming Zhang Shi's experience. The crimson blood dyed the snow in front of the gate a stark red, creating a stark contrast.

The surviving snow apes were horrified, howling and using their hands and feet to flee in the opposite direction of the shelter.

Zhang Shi retracted the compound bow with satisfaction, easily resolving the wild beast's attack.

Back in the warm bed, Zhang Shi began to think about how to strengthen the defense facilities so that he could get a good night's sleep.

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Nothing happened that night. On the second day of the severe cold weather, Zhang Shi opened his eyes sleepily and found that the sun had already risen.

Zhang Shi opened the regional chat channel, planning to stay in bed for a while longer.

Today, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again, and the temperature dropped again compared to yesterday. However, many survivors, relying on their physical attributes, still planned to go out and explore in the severe cold.

Zhang Shi took a look at the iron ore inventory, thought about it carefully, and decided to go to the mine and place the mining machine before the snow fell heavily.

After cutting some fresh meat and stir-frying a dish with some vegetables, Zhang Shi began to look forward to the farmland in the greenhouse more and more.

After breakfast, Zhang Shi fed the livestock some food. When everything was ready, he took Pipi out of the shelter.

Outside the enclosure, Zhang Shi collected the snow ape's carcass, which the system automatically decomposed into fresh meat and fur. Zhang Shi had some aversion to primate meat, but since he had plenty of food, he put it on the market for sale.

It was unknown when the light snow began to fall, and the bloodstains in front of the door were already covered by the white snow. Zhang Shi locked the iron gate and set off on foot with Pi Pi towards the mine.

After several days of strong winds and snowstorms, the forest path was already covered in snow. Fortunately, Zhang Shi's agility was not low, and even on foot, his speed did not slow down much. He soon arrived at the familiar plum tree.

The once lush branches and leaves and bright red fruits are gone, leaving only branches covered with white snow.

What surprised Zhang Shi was that there was a snow pit near the plum tree. It was obvious that some creature had been active nearby not long ago. Judging from its size, it was left by a large beast.

Zhang Shi became alert and became more careful on the rest of the journey. Fortunately, the journey was smooth and he successfully arrived at the mine.

Because they were worried that some animals might come in to avoid the cold, Zhang Shi led Pipi and carefully cleaned the inside of the mine with an oil lamp. Any animals that dared to try to fight back were turned into fur and fresh meat and put into the backpack.

Seeing that the surroundings had become completely quiet, Zhang Shi took out two mining machines, replaced them with newly made fine iron pickaxes, and added enough charcoal to last for seven days.

Zhang Shi blocked all the visible entrances with stones, then turned and left.

Wild animals often roamed near the mine, the mining machines were noisy, and the temperature outside was quite low. Zhang Shi decided to check on the mine every now and then.

"Hey, the shelter is a bit far from the mine."

In such extreme weather, the round trip took considerable time, and Zhang Shi began to consider relocation. With the addition of the Territory Control module, the entire shelter could be relocated. However, this would require a lot of redesigning, and the safety of the area would be uncertain. Zhang Shi decided that this matter needed to be considered carefully.

Back at the shelter, Pippi ran happily towards the birdhouse, chirping happily.

Zhang Shi was delighted, guessing that the eggs might have hatched, and hurried into the poultry house.

Sure enough, two chicks had hatched from their shells and were looking around in the birdhouse. Pippi carefully approached them, crouched down, and looked at them curiously.

The two chicks were not afraid of strangers. They chirped and circled around Pippi, seeming very happy.

Zhang Shi was overjoyed. After careful observation, he discovered that the two chicks were a male and a female. Thinking that he would have an endless supply of eggs in the future, Zhang Shi's mouth once again shed tears of excitement.

After the two chicks got familiar with the environment, they gathered around Pippi and chirped, apparently because they were hungry.

Zhang Shi hurried to the trading market to check, but did not find any resources such as chicken feed or insects.

Rubbing his forehead, Zhang Shi had no choice but to make the feed himself.

Back at the stone house, I first fetched some blue-quality well water and heated it to a boil. These newborn chicks must not catch a cold, so I'd pay attention to their diet and try to give them hot food.

Zhang Shi grilled two more fish, carefully picking out the bones. He then placed the fish meat in a container, tore up a piece of bread, added it, stirred it, and added some hot water to make a large bowl of batter.

Zhang Shi returned to the poultry house and poured batter and hot water into the trough. The two chicks trotted shakily over to the trough and pecked at the food.

After solving the chicken feed problem, Zhang Shi breathed a sigh of relief and went to the greenhouse to check the growth of vegetables.

In the fields, after four or five days of growth, the four vegetables were nearing maturity. Zhang Shi, thrilled by his first success, began to consider expanding his cultivation.

Remembering that there were two blue-quality potatoes in his backpack, Zhang Shi decided to plant them as soon as possible.

Zhang Shi did not dare to take these two high-quality foods lightly, and prepared to ask Wu Qing for advice and some precautions.

A video call was made and the other party quickly picked up the video.

"what's up?"

She still looked cold, as if he owed her a lot of money.

Thinking that he needed help from others, Zhang Shi lowered his attitude.

"Xiaoqing, I've cultivated a vegetable patch in my shelter. I happen to have two blue potatoes and I'm planning to plant them. I have no experience in this area, so could you give me some pointers?"

Wu Qing glanced at Zhang Shi.

"Just call me by my name, don't be so corny. Turn the camera to the land, let me see the quality of your land."

Zhang Shi was a little embarrassed and quickly and obediently turned the camera to the farmland.

Wu Qing opened her eyes wide and looked carefully for a while.

"Your crops are growing well, aren't they? They're almost ripe. Once the vegetables are ripe, don't rush to eat them all. It's best to save some for the seeds. Here's how to do it..."

Wu Qing began to explain in detail how to harvest and how to plant the second crop.

When talking about interesting topics, Wu Qing seemed to become a different person. She changed her cold look and started chattering about planting techniques.

"Oh, right. Potatoes are very easy to plant. You just need to cut them into pieces according to the buds, apply some wood ash or charcoal powder on them, and plant them in the ground."