Chapter 10 Preparing for the night
Xu Lai didn't have salt, so he couldn't marinate the fish. Besides, he thought the soldiers needed more meat.
So for lunch I just cooked two units of rice and a large pot of fish soup. By the way, Xu Lai personally grilled a few of the largest and fattest fish.
As the fish oil sizzled on the campfire, Xu Lai's thoughts drifted to the distance, and he couldn't help but think of relatives and friends he might never have the chance to see again in this life.
But he didn't allow himself to think about it for too long. He was deeply afraid that once he fell into that kind of emotion, he would never get out.
Campfire is a very magical thing. According to Su Ya, this thing can automatically absorb the free magic power in the air, and then convert it into any required production tool through the built-in formation of the campfire.
Unfortunately, the level of the campfire is not high, so the efficiency is relatively slow. Only 10 pieces can be produced per day, and the quality is extremely poor if used in combat.
Only 10 tools are far from meeting Xu Lai's needs.
Take the large buckets for water storage as an example. Two large buckets of water seem to be a lot of water. Even if 20 people use them sparingly, they will probably only be able to use them for two or three days.
Fortunately, they were born on the grassland. If they were born in the desert, even if they were born next to an oasis, it would not work.
A total of two tents were built in the camp. In order to allow the trainee archers to recover their physical strength faster and the most important thing is to recover their arrows, both tents were used by them. Xu Lai himself just lay on the grass to rest.
To be honest, with green mountains and green waters, blue sky and white clouds, if you just go out for an outing, this is definitely the place with the freshest air and the most beautiful scenery that Xu Lai has ever seen.
But if you live here and fight here, you will still feel a little lonely after all.
There was no mobile phone, no network, and no way to receive any messages. Even before Su Ya appeared, he couldn't even find anyone to talk to.
The actions in the afternoon were similar to those in the morning. The difference was that the farmer who fetched water no longer needed to fetch water, but he needed to use the dozen units of wood cut down in the morning to build a fence along the river.
Xu Lai, who had never spent a night in the wild, had to take extra precautions.
What's more, there are undead hiding in the woods not far away. Whether in legend or in reality, this thing is a dead thing that has a special liking for the night.
Of course, Xu Lai can also ask the farmer to fish along the river again. If he is lucky, he might be able to fish out another treasure chest.
It’s just that Xu Lai has never liked gambling on luck. He has never even bought a scratch ticket since he was a child.
The sunshine in the afternoon was more abundant, and several large trees on the edge of the forest were cut down. Coupled with the shift of the sun, Xu Lai took the shooters further.
But the further he walked deeper into the woods, the more hairy he became. Apart from the rustling of leaves when they stepped on them, there was not even a sound of insects or birds.
This made Xu Lai more and more convinced that there were definitely many undead souls lurking deep in the woods. Maybe their levels were not low, otherwise it would be impossible to capture even flexible birds.
However, even if you go more than ten meters deeper than during the day, you won’t gain much from walking around. Su Ya comforted Xu and said that the low-level undead follow their instincts more. It's because they don't want to go out and do activities.
So before the sun went down, Xu Lai hurried back to his camp with the shooters and farmers.
Xu Lai came back twice in the middle, mainly to transport wood for farmers.
If he doesn't use the space in his backpack and lets farmers carry it all by themselves, the output will probably be reduced by at least half.
Even when transporting wood for the second time, he brought back an extra farmer to help him make a fence. He didn't want to have no protection at all after dark.
Xu Lai originally thought that the fence was the wooden fence in the countryside, or the wooden guardrail in the city flower beds.
However, the fence that the farmers nailed is a full 2 meters of wood, but it penetrates more than 30 centimeters into the ground, and more than 160 meters are exposed above the ground. Xu Lai is not very tall, only 1.75 meters. He has never measured himself when he came to this world. He feels that he has grown a bit taller.
Even so, most of his body was protected by the fence, and only the part above his eyes was beyond the fence.
The tree trunk, which Xu Lai had to use a lot of force to wrap around, was divided into 5 or 6 sections, and almost every section was at least ten centimeters or even twenty centimeters thick.
After all, one unit of wood can make a 1-meter-long fence. It is understandable that it is thicker and has fewer gaps.
Fortunately, Xu Lai brought back another farmer in time, otherwise, it might not be possible to get it done before dark.
The fence planned by Xu Lai is circular, but it is not centered on the campfire. The campfire is relatively located farther outside.
The large circle formed by the fence encompassed not only the campfire, the tent, but also the two pieces of farmland.
Xu Lai didn't want to harvest food every three days, so farmers would not go to rest so early. Anyway, they only need to rest for 8 hours to have enough physical strength for the day.
In this way, even if there is any danger at night, farmers working in the fields will not suffer immediately.
The entire big circle, that is, the part near the river, is not fenced off. Firstly, there is really not enough time, and secondly, we cannot waste so much wood.
After all, this small river is three to four meters wide. It is unlikely that ordinary beasts can cross the river. He needs to prepare the remaining wood for the night.
The campfire at this time was just a small fire, just a kind of fire. It didn't require much energy, and the free magic power in the air could fully supply it.
But to let it light up the entire camp, Xu Lai needs to provide additional fuel. If there is no charcoal, thick wood will also work.
In addition, Xu Lai didn't know what the night was like, so he had to prepare some torches.
He had some fish oil that he had boiled at noon and night, but he didn’t have any cloth, so it might not be easy to make a torch. He could cut out some wooden sticks and cover them with a layer of oil, and they should be able to burn for a long time.
At the edge of the camp, the light of the campfire must be extremely dim. If it is attacked by a wild beast or something, flame is still the best magic weapon to drive away the wild beast.
Su Ya said that although there are many creatures in this world who are not afraid of fire, especially those demons living in lava areas.
But the vast majority of humans and animals are still instinctively afraid of fire, especially beasts with low intelligence and the undead that have no resistance to fire.
They happened to be right by the river, and wild beasts that needed water would easily come over. It was easier to be on guard during the day, but it was hard to tell at night.
There were undead around him, so Xu Lai personally made many of these semi-finished torches after dark and dinner.
No way, you can let farmers do it, but they need to have complete materials.
For example, a torch requires kerosene, flame stones or fire crystals, as well as cloth and wooden sticks. If these materials are not available, they will be completely unable to make them.
Unlike Xu Lai, even if the materials are incomplete, he can still think of ways to cut corners.
In the final analysis, these farmers and shooters cannot be regarded as pure humans.
(End of this chapter)