Ye An

The snapping tortoise shell was dragged under the rock wall and faced across the water from the hole dug by the mutant python.

Ye An untied the rope, shoveled away the gravel near the tortoise shell with a shovel, and dug deep along the edge of the tortoise shell, so that the carapace was embedded in the ground for half a meter.Feel the same, and then fill the gap with mud and stones.

The snapping turtle is huge, with a carapace length of nearly ten meters and a width of more than six meters. Even if it is embedded in the ground half a meter deep, the highest point inside is three meters from the ground, which is enough for Ye An to move and live.

The minced meat was removed, but there was still a little smell on the carapace. Ye An went back to the cave to get a fire tool, lit a fire inside the carapace, and smoked for three full days before completely removing the smell.

The plastrons were also collected, cleaned in pools, and laid out on the ground.

In order to prevent moisture, a layer of gravel was placed under the carapace, and the gaps were filled with mud, and then dried with fire, fully raising the ground by four or five inches.

Unlike the carapace bristling with bony spurs, the plastron of the snapping turtle is very smooth, it feels like marble when stepped on, but unlike marble, it doesn't feel cold when walking on it barefoot.

The sides of the tortoise shell were not sealed yet, and the wind passed through the hall, taking away the smoky flame gas.Ye An sat cross-legged on the ground, not feeling cold at all, but rather comfortable.

In the next few days, Ye An started to deal with the wood in the cave.

The doors and windows were installed first, and there were not enough nails, so they were tied to the edge of the carapace with ropes.In order to fix the door leaf, Ye An took great pains to cut a gap in the tortoise shell, and lost three shovels.

Wooden windows are relatively simple and can be installed in half a day.It's just that Ye An wants to make a clay oven, and extra space needs to be left on the window to allow the flue to pass through.

"It looks simple, but it's not easy to do."

Before building the stove, Ye An carefully recalled the clay stove in the wooden house. It seemed easy, but when he actually started to build the stove, he found that there was a big gap between imagination and reality.I have been busy for two whole days, not to mention the stove, I didn't even make a furnace wall.

There is really no other way but to shelve the plan, dig out a hearth under the window, set up a bracket on it, and make do with it.

The furniture made before was all crushed under the gravel. Ye An took advantage of the rain to reduce and rummaged around the hole several times. In the end, only a few pieces of wood were rescued. They could not be pieced together, so they could only be piled up in the new home. Firewood used.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of ship boards in the cave. Ye An selected the available ones and made himself a low bed and a low table. The chairs were not made, and the animal skins were directly laid on the ground, which is far more practical than chairs and stools. .

Ye An also emptied a few wooden boxes and put them together against the wall, which can be used as both a box and a wooden frame.

The tortoise shell is very hard, with bony spurs on the outside, but very smooth inside.Ye An managed to pull a rope inside the house, took out part of the bacon in the hole, and hung it on a hook.After catching prey in the future, it can also be cleaned and hung on a rope. It can be dried and pickled.

The rainy season is coming to an end. After several consecutive heavy rains, we can occasionally see sunny days, but it will not last long, and the rain will fall again.

After the new home was built, Ye An packed up a box of necessities, and moved in with the ferret as a cage for the family.

The door and windows of the house were open, and the room was still a little dark. Ye An nailed nails on the side of the wall and hung several lanterns harvested from the ship.

Against the wall is a wooden bed that is only knee-high, with square stones under the bed, thick animal skins on the bed, and pillows wrapped in cloth.

The wooden table was placed two steps away from the low bed, and there were two wooden plates and newly carved bowls and chopsticks on it.Compared with when he was in the wooden house, Ye An's craftsmanship has improved a lot, the bowls and plates are carved in a decent shape, the basic circles are round and square, and there are no polygons.

A fire is burning in the hearth, and an iron pot is hung under the support. The water in the pot is bubbling, and the water vapor and smoke float out of the window together, and will not stay indoors.

Ye An put down the cage, sat by the stove to dry off the moisture on his body, got up and cut a piece of bacon from the rope, and dug out a handful of millet from the bag, washed it and put it in the pot, covered the pot, and waited The millet is cooked.

With the house, the next thing is food.

Ye An sat cross-legged at the table, resting his chin on one hand, while waiting for his dinner, while thinking about the next plan.

After the rainy season comes the dry season. After the flood recedes, the mutant beasts on the island will definitely leave in large numbers. It is not so easy to obtain enough food.In order to cope with the next dry season and the more difficult snow season, in order to survive in the harsh environment, he needs to plan ahead.

"The fruit is not easy to store. If it is dried in the sun, it has never been done, so there is no way for the time being."

"There is salt to marinate meat, and bacon is also fine. There are also fish, you can catch more and make it into dried fish."

There is a lot of millet stored in the cave, but he can't sit and eat. He has to catch and kill as much prey as possible before the end of the rainy season, and try to store it up.

The taste of starvation is not good, Ye An never wants to try again.

There was a gurgling sound from inside the pot, the pot lid was constantly lifted by the hot air, and the sticky millet porridge was thrown out along the edge of the pot. Ye An hurriedly stood up, covered the pot with a cloth, took hold of the wooden handle of the iron pot, and The whole pot of millet porridge was brought down, and while the flame was still on, a special iron pot for boiling water was set up, and a few sticks of firewood were added to the stove.

Ferrets were not interested in millet porridge. When Ye An was serving a bowl of porridge, several ferrets gathered around and tore the bacon, almost fighting for the last piece.

Ye An ate and drank enough, and the water in the iron pot boiled a few times.

Put the hot water down on the table, Ye An used a wooden stick to pull it in the stove, took out a few hot stones, let them dry for a while, and when the surface was only warm, he wrapped it in a cloth and rolled it on the bed.

"Finally able to sleep well."

After testing the temperature of the bed, Ye An exhaled contentedly, put the stone under the bed, checked the doors and windows, made sure it was locked tightly, and blocked the door with stones, then fell down on the bed and yawned comfortably. .

He had not slept so comfortably since leaving the cabin.Although the cave is at a high place, the exit is wide open. Compared with such a relatively closed space, I always feel less safe.

It started to rain again outside the house, and the rainwater hit the tortoise shell like a lullaby, helping Ye An sink into a dream.

Ye An has been busy during this time, exhausted from brain to body, and after falling into a deep sleep, he snored slightly.

The ferret looked at Ye An for a while, then they all huddled together and fell asleep in the cage.The smallest one left its companions, boldly crawled across the table, jumped onto Ye'an's bed, and tried to get in by pushing the animal hide with its head.

Ye An slept deeply, but his vigilance did not disappear. Disturbed by the ferret's movements, his body's instincts were faster than his thinking, and he grabbed the hairball coiled on his chest.

The ferret screamed, Ye An opened his eyes and quickly woke up.

Feeling the ferret's grievances, Ye An shunned the snow-white fur, let it continue to curl up on his body, pulled up the animal hide, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

This time Ye An couldn't sleep too deeply, he woke up several times in the middle, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.

The rain stopped, and the window was opened. The sky hadn't cleared up yet, and it was still gray.

Ye An took out a handful of millet and cooked them, filled his stomach as quickly as possible, sent the ferret back to the burrow, took the weapons and ropes needed for hunting, left his new home, and walked east of the isolated island.

Passing by the pool, Ye An thought of the stone slabs under the water.It's just that the water in the pond is too deep, and there are large groups of mutated fish and snails, it's not wise to go down now, you can wait until the water level drops in the dry season.

According to his observation a few days ago, there is a herd of wild boars in the east of the isolated island. The population number is about 100. The largest one weighs seven to eight hundred catties, and the smallest weighs more than [-] catties.

Ye An locked his target on this group of wild boars.

Compared with hares and gophers who are good at digging and hiding, the risk of killing wild boars is not small, but once successful, the harvest will be quite rich.He made a plan in advance and tried to avoid confrontation with the wild boar. The method was a bit tricky, but the success rate was greatly improved.

Passing through a tall grass, there is a muddy wetland in front of him. Every time Ye An takes a step forward, his calf will sink into the mud. When he lifts up, there will always be one or two leeches attached to his leg.

On the opposite side of the wetland is the bush where the wild boars are entrenched. There is a stream flowing here, and the wild boars are resting and looking for food by the stream.In just a few days, there were seven or eight more wild boars in the group, with three-color stripes crawling on their backs. They were not as big as Ye An's two fists, but they were as fierce as their parents. Two of them could tear apart a gopher.

Ye An came by coincidence, two adult wild boars were fighting for a badger carcass.Stronger male boars howl harshly and threaten opponents with sharp tusks.

Ye An hid behind the bushes, trying to assimilate the strongest wild boars, arousing their desire to kill and fight.

Fueled by tantrums, the scramble for food quickly turns into a life-and-death fight.All the male wild boars participated, and the female wild boar wanted to take the young wild boars back, but was controlled by rage in the middle and joined the battle together.

The young wild boars were affected by the battle, some escaped fortunately, some were trampled into meat, and the injured fell to the ground and howled, and the screams made the wild boar even more crazy.

The whole herd of wild boars fell into chaos, and all the adult wild boars had red eyes and attacked each other frantically.

Ye An can clearly capture their thoughts and emotions, and stimulate their killing instincts, but there is no pain in their heads.He has experienced mutant pythons and snapping turtles, and tried to actively assimilate with snapping turtles. The will of these wild boars will basically not cause him any harm.

Ye An continued to assimilate wild boars, further enhancing their anger and stimulating their nerves.The battle quickly heated up.

The howling of the wild boar alarmed the mutant beasts nearby, and black shadows sprang out of the forest one after another, most of them ran to the distance, and a few were attracted by the smell of blood, wandering around, trying to take advantage of it.

Ye An ignored these mutated beasts, clenched the short knife in his hand, and counted silently to ten. A large number of mutated beetles flew out of the forest and rushed towards the wild boar's battlefield.

Wild boars have rough skin and thick flesh, and are so powerful that they are not afraid of even wolves, only these poisonous insects.Their fangs and strength are useless to the poisonous insects, but the opponents can easily penetrate into their nostrils, ears and eyes. Even if there is only one wound on the body, the poisonous insects will tear off a large amount of flesh and blood.

The herd of wild boars encountered natural enemies and began to flee in panic.

The beetle swarm chased after it, and soon surrounded a huge wild boar, covering it like a black cloud.

Ye An appeared from behind the bushes, quickly untied the ropes on his body, tied up the two wild boars that died in the battle, and prepared to drag them home.There were also the corpses of a female wild boar and several young wild boars on the ground. They were trampled beyond recognition and entangled with the soil. Ye An couldn't take them away and could only leave them for other mutant beasts.

Not long after Ye An left, there was a sudden howl of wolves in the forest. The little beasts who were tearing up the wild boar's carcasses panicked and scattered, biting the pieces of meat in their mouths.

Not long after the sound came, the wolves came following the smell of blood. When they saw the wild boar on the ground, they raised their heads and howled, rejoicing at the free food.

The silver-white wolf king took the wild boar's liver and heart, and the other wolves began to eat.

Ye Anxin, who was about to walk through the wetland, felt something. He stopped and looked back. He accidentally assimilated the thoughts and emotions of the wolf king. It was very complicated, even more complicated than the life he had assimilated so far.

After staying for a short while, Ye An withdrew his mind and continued to walk home with the prey on his shoulders.

At the same time, a small merchant ship was going down the river, getting closer and closer to the isolated island where Ye An was.

The ship bears the mark of Merchant City, but there is no cargo or crew on board, only three young and beautiful women with bloodstains on their bodies.