by Lazy Bird
Up to this point, he had been poisoned for only three minutes, and his Health Points only dropped by three points, while his Stamina Points dropped by 18 points. However, the toxin had already been under control.
Next, Li Siwen took out a dried Iron Head Poisonous Grass and quickly ground it into powder. Then, he made a wound on the tip of the five fingers on his right hand and sprinkled the powder onto the wounds.
The effect of this poisonous grass was to cause profuse bleeding.
Li Siwen was mainly afraid that there were still parasites from the toxin inside his blood, so he had to continue releasing blood.
Five minutes later, when his Health Points had dropped by 10 points, his right hand finally returned to normal and the numbness disappeared, starting to feel pain instead.
At this point, Li Siwen slowly but steadily sprinkled some anti-inflammatory and blood stopping powder onto the wounds. Now, he just had to wait for them to heal.
Then, he opened up the four skylights and came in front of the fire stove again. Previously, there was still firewood burning inside. But when the black-blood showered onto it, it extinguished half of the flames. It was fortunate that he was very cautious and directly released blood into the fire stove. If he had let the black-blood dropped onto the ground and let the parasite climb into the dried meat, it would be a disaster.
Taking the extinguished firewoods outside, using the light from the rising sun, Li Siwen realized that this thing was like a kind of black wax oil. After being burnt, it was wrapped onto the firewood.
Finding a stone slab, he pried the wax-like thing down. It was actually quite hard. Li Siwen wondered if this was considered a trophy and could it be absorbed and turned into Heavenly Workmanship Point?
After making sure that this thing had completely died and there wasn’t any toxin left, Li Siwen used his fingers to pinch it up. A few seconds later, the wax-like oil turned into ashes disappeared when the wind blew.
It really worked!
Suppressing his delight, Li Siwen hurriedly checked the attribute bar. As he expected, the figure in the blue orb had become 15/30.
“What the heck, the threat of this small thing is actually on par to mutated Zhao Da? No, in fact, its threat is even bigger than the flame beast that Zhao Da mutated into. At least humans can fight against that thing and resist for a while. But this thing hides inside a small scorpion and enters the body if bitten. No, what if that scorpion was a victim of the parasite too? This time, if it wasn’t because I had prepared all kinds of herbs in advance and reacted appropriately, I might have died to this little thing too.”
“Also, what if we think deeper into it? Zhao Da’s mutated flame beast came from the Feudal Lord’s fire amulet, and the fire amulet came from the statue. Then, is there a similar process for this thing today? Maybe it’s just a small minion, and in a certain part of the forest, there exists a high-level puppet like the Feudal Lord too?”
The water was too deep. He couldn’t afford to offend them!
Li Siwen’s sense of security dropped by 1,000 points!
Who would have thought that inside this seemingly quiet forest, there exists such an evil thing? He only met one today, but what if he met a bunch at the same time, or even met the Feudal Lord of this poisonous insect?
Momentarily, Li Siwen felt really worried and tremendous stress. He even had an urge to run away.
“No, I must increase my Health Points and Stamina Points even further. The other attributes can be placed aside for now, but this poisonous insect is hard to guard against. If it entered the treehouse and night and suddenly bite me without warning—”
“Damn, I must increase the level of sealing of the treehouse and continue to ripen the anti-inflammatory grass in large amounts. The effect of this grass against this poisonous insect is still quite obvious. Also, it’s time to build a level of hard armor for the treehouse. After all, a wooden walk alone is still too weak. I shall make a stone wall first, then add a brick wall to it in the future. I don’t believe that after that many insects can still sneak in.”
chapter 58
Because of this incident, Li Siwen had to delay today’s schedule for a few hours in order to recover his stamina and health points, and also drink some year 82—dew water to suppress his shock.
After being completely calm, he finally considered his gain and loss.
“Escaping is impossible. If the Feudal Lord had come after me three days ago when the wild boar family was annihilated, I might still have the heart to run. But now, I am only left with the heart to fight to the death, because if I give up on the territory here, I am afraid that I won’t be able to find such a good territory again. Also, I had already spent a lot of effort on the territory here, I can’t even imagine the thought of giving up all of this.”
“Then, the most crucial thing now is to build a stone wall. But other than that, there are still a few things I need to settle.”
“First, make full use of the remaining iron and the 15 Heavenly Workmanship Points. For example, making a small blade, an iron pan, some iron nails, buckets, and such. I must make sure that when I am maximizing my power, at the same time, I must maximize my ability to survive in this world too.”
“Second, I will not give up on this territory. Even if the Feudal Lord comes, I will fight with him to death. Therefore, I shall continue to increase my Spirit Development, and increase my Health Points and Stamina Points. Even if I can’t defeat, for now, I must at least ensure that I stay alive.”
“Third, not only must I continue the stone wall project, I must enhance the treehouse in all aspects, making it my Safehouse 1.0. I have completely seen through the facade of this world, although it looked beautiful on the outside, there are countless dangers hidden within it. Compared to all these hidden dangers, the threat of the Feudal Lord isn’t even worth mentioning.”
“Fourth, I need to be even more cautious, and more meticulous during my patrol to prevent similar insects from entering the territory. Of course, I also need to continue ripening the blood stopping and anti-inflammatory grasses in large amounts.”
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10 AM: Li Siwen’s stamina had completely recovered. Also, he had made use of the time to prepare himself a gourd of anti-inflammatory and blood stopping powder and used the Heavenly Workmanship Point to make stainless steel saw blade, a stainless steel knife, a wrought iron wok, a three-meter-long wrought iron chimney, two hundred 20-centimeter-long pig iron nails, and a wrought iron bucket. The piece of iron was barely enough to make these.
With the help of the Heavenly Workmanship Point, making this stuff wasn’t a problem, just that he felt heart pain for the cost of it. For example, the saw blade cost five points, the steel knife three points, iron wok two points, chimney one point, nails two points, and bucket two points, using up all the Heavenly Workmanship Points.
All of this stuff was stuff that he would need soon and had an enormous impact on the development of the territory.
However, he didn’t intend to use the saw blade for woodcutting, but only for fine carpentry work. He was more used to using the mountain ax for woodcutting, and it was also faster.
Next, Li Siwen tied the medicine gourd to his body, then cut out a piece of leopard skin and wrapped the steel knife in it, tying it to his arm. This way, he could quickly draw it out when he needed it.
Then, he pulled half a bucket of muddy water from the well and let it sit inside the treehouse. Only then did he leave and tend to the farmland and cut trees for Vitality Points. Next, he returned to the treehouse and cut out a straight pole. Using his own height as a reference, he made a measuring ruler.
This was very important. Since he planned to build Safehouse 1.0, he couldn’t casually build it like before. The square-circle structure must be accurate to an error of fewer than ten centimeters, otherwise, it couldn’t be considered being a Safehouse, right?
After some careful measurements and calculations, Li Siwen set three standards for his safe house p
roject.
One: The sealing project of the treehouse includes insect-proof, rain-proof, and cold-proof. Of course, this couldn’t be accomplished overnight, but the strategic plan must exist!
Two: The defense project of the treehouse includes the foundation, wooden wall, and stone wall. Now that he have completed the foundation and wooden wall, only the stone wall project remained.
Three: The practical project of the treehouse includes rest, storage, and operation room. A second-story treehouse should be built based on the original treehouse. It would have about 100 square meters of usable space more than the current one.
This was because Li Siwen thought the space in his treehouse was rather small.
Other things aside, he needed to store enough food for the entire winter, which the treehouse’s current space couldn’t accumulate.
He also needs to build a Kang bed-stove, a fire-stove, and place over one water tank and vegetable tank. In addition, he must also store some dry wood in the treehouse.
And he also needed space to do stuff like making wooden spears and ropes inside the treehouse next time, right?
He needed to consider these points to avoid duplicate construction. Wasting time was equivalent to wasting life!
“And if I start the second-story treehouse project, I have to consider the foundation and peripheral defenses. Now the first-story treehouse is five meters high, and the foundation is one-meter-deep stone. In the future, I can add one-meter-deep logs. This can satisfy the safety of the first-story treehouse, but for the second-story treehouse, where can I place the support for its weight?”
Li Siwen stood on top of the second layer wooden lay. If he placed the support for the second-story treehouse here, then the space of the second-story would be at least 150 square meters. Thinking of it, that would be quite outstanding, just that the defense would be thin. Depending on just one layer of the stone wall wasn’t very reliable.
“If this was the case, the foundation for the stone wall must be expanded to five meters wide and two meters deep, and the height of the stone wall needs to reach nine meters tall. Damn, it feels like I am building a pyramid. Spat spat spat! What kind of stupid thinking is this!”
Li Siwen hesitated, the workload was too much, it would definitely force him to delay his other plans. Was there really a need for it? A second-story treehouse with a stone wall project, plus making bricks and tiles, all of these required at least half a month’s time in total.
In this period, he wouldn’t be able to find food and also couldn’t spend too much effort on the farmland, it would affect even the rate of increase in his power.
If an accident occurred along the way, it would be all for nothing.
After hesitating for a long while, Li Siwen looked towards the snow mountain. In the end, he made his decision. He wasn’t the boorish Feudal Lord, therefore, he wouldn’t make the same mistake. Also, he was alone. Without a solid and reliable base, how could he survive? No matter how powerful a person was, it wasn’t possible for the person to fight endlessly too.
He was not the god of war; he was just a farmer. He shouldn’t force himself to do something he wasn’t good at.
“So it’s decided. I shall officially start the safe house project. While the weather is still suitable and I have enough food and water in my hands, and a series of basic tools for the light industry too, if I don’t build a Safehouse now, then when should I do it? Yup, 250 kilograms of dried fish are specially approved as a strategic resource for starting the safe house project, saving the time for finding food and collecting dew. I shall work 18 hours a day and strive to complete it within half a month!”
“Now, while the bricks are still not dry yet, let’s start digging the foundation for the stone wall. At the same time, use the resting time to cut down trees of suitable thickness. As for the level four woodcutting skill, I shall choose not to absorb the vitality in the trees when using it, because I need a whole batch of solid wood. Also, for my usual free time, I shall use it to get water from the well to make bricks and tiles. I need to carry out several projects that are alternated and synchronously. Time is precious and cannot be wasted!”
chapter 59
Digging was a simple task.
However, if the amount of soil to dig reached 400 cubic meters, it would be very terrifying.
When Li Siwen calculated out this figure, he was almost scared silly.
Even the muck trunks from his previous life also pulled tens of cubic meters of soil, wasn’t the plan he was making now a bit overboard?
“Damn, I have food in the house, water in the well, a shovel in my hand, and inexhaustible strength. Being a farmer, what is there to be afraid of?”
After hesitating for a few seconds, he still gritted his teeth and started digging. Without craziness, there’s no success. For his safe house, charge!
Of course, Li Siwen didn’t really dig crazily with his all in it. He only tried to maintain a constant speed and use the least physical exertion for the most suitable excavation efficiency.
It was said a normal grown-up, on average, could dig 10 cubic meters of soil per 10 hours. He wasn’t requesting for too much, digging 200 cubic meters of soil in two days wasn’t too overboard, right?
Yup, let the statistics talk.
Li Siwen started digging from around11 AM. By 1 PM, he had depleted six Stamina Points and dug about 20 cubic meters of soil, about 10 times faster than a normal person.
A normal person’s strength only had five Strength Points and 10 Stamina Points, while he had 24 Strength Points and 50 Stamina Points.
“What am I calculating this for? Not like I am writing an essay or novel on this. However, this signifies that I can complete this in two days.”
Li Siwen returned to the treehouse and cooked a pot of wild vegetable mushroom dried fish soup. After eating, he was 30% to 40% full. Then, after resting for only half an hour, his stamina had fully recovered.
This was just how advantageous 50 points in stamina were.
After lunch, he used his woodcutting skill to cut down a large tree without absorbing its vitality. Now, this solid tree had become a strategic resource too. If this was in a game, it would be at least of white-color quality.
Unfortunately, because of the cooldown, he could only cut one every 24 hours.
After returning, Li Siwen continued his digging. This time, while still keeping within the endurance level of the shovel, he slightly speeded up.
After another two hours, he had depleted eight Stamina Points, but he had dug about 30 cubic meters of soil, not bad.
He rested for half an hour, then went to the valley and carried back the bricks he previously molded. This didn’t cost him much stamina, and with enough food, he could even let his stamina recover quickly.
After he carried 2,000 plus bricks back. he picked the worse looking ones with more cracks and beyond saving, then use them to make a simple square furnace. It was about two meters tall with a hole on the top where a chimney could be placed. At the side, a hole was left too as a door.
As for the better-looking bricks with fewer cracks and still could be saved, he placed them inside the furnace vertically with some space between each other. The first layer was placed in a > shape, and the second layer was placed in a < shape, staggered so that the flame could burn them fully. Then leave a circle of space around and fill them up with dry firewood that he chopped and chose carefully. They were not wood that had their vitality absorbed, but wood with their vitality intact and with a hardness double that of normal wood. This type of firewood was more durable when burned and provides a better flame. He had tested these using the fire stove. However, Li Siwen didn't rush to light the fire. Because during the day, the smoke created would be very obvious. This was unlike the two stoves in the treehouse, which had only a small amount of firewood and a weak smoke. Plus, there were four skylights to spread out the smoke. From a far distance, it was hard to notice the smoke created. Therefore, he needed to wait until night
to light the fire. Then, even if the smoke rose over 100 meters, it wouldn't be easily noticeable in the dark. Details, mind the details. After finishing with these, more than an hour had passed. Although Li Siwen didn't purposely take time to rest, his stamina had still restored to 50 points. Therefore, he took the shovel and carried on digging for another two hours before stopping and doing his patrol of the territory, then draw water from the well to mold bricks. Doing these things alternately could not only increase his speed but also recover his stamina without wasting too much time. This plan was not bad, the only drawback being that he would become hungry quickly. When night descended, Li Siwen had dug almost 80 cubic meters of soil. This progress was quite comfortable. Placing other matters aside, Li Siwen cooked himself a pot of wild vegetable mushroom dry fish soup and ate it happily. It was worth mentioning that this wok could hold 20 kilograms of water, its capacity wasn't small. A wok of water cooked with wild vegetables and mushrooms, plus dried fish as a main, his food was better than last time and also more filling. After dinner, the sky had completely turned back, and only the stars in the sky were visible. Li Siwen took out the three-meter-long chimney and installed it on the furnace. Then, he lighted up the fire, using the remaining bricks to seal the hole for the door. Now, he only had to wait for the result. Actually, he only roughly understands making bricks, but he really didn't know the essential techniques. But no matter how lousy the bricks end up being, it definitely wouldn't be afraid of being soaked in rainwater. A short while later, the firewood in the furnace had burned, making cracking sounds as it burnt. A stream of smoke rose from the chimney up into the sky. It looks like he didn't spend the Heavenly Workmanship Point in vain. If not, he was really worried that the firewood wouldn't be able to burn properly. After half an hour, the fire in the furnace slowly became bigger, tongues of fire seeped out from the cracks in the bricks used in making the furnace. A few feet high, fire even sprang up from the chimney. Li Siwen held his mountain ax, looking quietly at one side, his heart feeling slightly nervous. He only knew that heat and sealing determined how hard the resulting brick would be. As for this simple furnace, it was impossible to seek a good sealing degree. Instead, he squeezed quite a lot of firewood inside, and there were gaps in the center too. Therefore, maybe, just maybe, it was passable? This time's roasting was purely to gain experience and to make better bricks. Next, he would use these resulting bricks to rebuild a better furnace. The tiles and water tank would depend on the new furnace to be made. In order to increase the chances of success in roasting mud, he had really thought of everything he could. Next, Li Siwen didn't continue to look at the furnace or continue to dig the foundation. Instead, he carried over a few logs and used the saw blade which he had already installed a handle on it to cut these logs into one-meter-long wooden sections, and then start from the cross-section, using a thickness of ten centimeters as the standard, and cut them into pieces of wooden planks. He could use these wooden planks as the flooring for the treehouse and also to lay on the roof of the treehouse, its use was very important. The fire in the furnace lasted all the way until midnight, and Li Siwen had also been sawing until then, making 200 plus wooden planks. Only then did he yawn. The work for one day had almost ended. He checked the furnace. The situation inside was unknown, and the temperature was too high. He could only wait until tomorrow to open it. Therefore, Li Siwen took down the more precious chimney and returned to the treehouse. He sealed the skylights and as usual added one Spirit Point to Spirit Development, bringing it to 48%. Afterward, he dropped asleep.