《The Entire Interstellar is Watching What I Eat》 CH 1.1 ¡¾What is this newcomer doing? They¡¯ve been motionless in the tree for so long.¡¿ ¡¾I just voted that the newcomer will live for half a year. Don¡¯t let me lose!!¡¿ ¡¾You¡¯re really daring to vote on a newcomer to live for half a year. You must know that it¡¯s been a long time since a newcomer has lived that long.¡¿ A series of bullet messages floated through Ji He¡¯s vision, but the barrage that floated past didn¡¯t affect Ji He as he continued to hide firmly in the tree. [Host, what are we doing here?] The barrage was shared with Ji He by the system, so it could naturally also see the words. In addition to these messages, the system could also see that the number of real-time viewers had dropped from the original fifty thousand to three thousand. This data plunge was steep enough that the system found it a bit difficult to bear. Ji He did not answer the system¡¯s words. He looked at the covered passage not far away that led between where they were and the safe zone. According to the information provided by the system, he had been squatting here for more than three hours. In the first hour, two teams came by, each with about a dozen people; in the second hour, five teams came by, each with seven or eight people. Ji He¡¯s hiding place was high and he could see far away. He even saw that when one team left they bumped into another team coming over, and the two sides interacted a little. In the third hour no team came by, but instead there were a dozen people over the course of the hour interval. Most of them were in groups of two or three people. If they encountered others, they would stay far away to avoid contact. The system was still talking. Although the voice wasn¡¯t able to disrupt Ji He¡¯s train of thought, he still felt a bit of a headache because of the sharp mechanical sound. He frowned slightly and explained perfunctorily to the system. ¡®Of course to avoid these people.¡¯ The system was puzzled and continued to ask: [According to the previous information, as long as the host runs far enough or stays in one location in the protected area, these people will not find the host. It is obviously unnecessary for the host to stay here for so long.] Ji He didn¡¯t pay any attention to the system. He looked at the time and saw that almost four hours had already gone by total, and it had been twenty minutes since the last team had come to check the area. Ji He packed the backpack that he had hidden on the other side of the tree¡¯s crown after he had climbed up the tree and prepared to go down. It¡¯s just that the moment he moved, a few barrages popped up again. Ji He felt that these things floating in front of him would limit his movements. He paused and asked the system, ¡®Can the barrage be closed?¡¯ [Okay, now closing the barrage for the host.] As the mechanical voice fell, the bullet chat was indeed rendered invisible. ¡®Tem, what other surprises do you have that I don¡¯t know about?¡¯ Ji He said with a hint of surprise. When Ji He had woken up previously he had found himself inexplicably bound to this system. After he took a brief moment to understand that he was on a strange survival show, Ji He chose to walk out of the reserve and hide in a tree to observe. He hadn¡¯t paid much attention to the system. At first, he thought that the barrage floating in front of him when he woke up was from the strange show, but now it seemed that it was given to him by this system. [I¡¯m very useful! The host is definitely not losing out by being bound to me!] The system that had been neglected and ignored all the while was praised by Ji He, and the whole system couldn¡¯t help but stand up straight. It saw that the host still needed itself, cheered, and began to explain all of its functions all over again. The more Ji He listened, the more strange his expression became. In the end, he couldn¡¯t help interrupting the system: ¡®You said you can provide bullet screen support and maps, those I understand, but the offer to provide tasks and and experience accumulation visualization, these¡­¡¯ Ji He thought about it for a while and just felt even more so that the system was really nothing good and that he had gotten a bad draw. He had already thought that this system might be a useless system, but when he really faced the fact that the system was a waste, he was still bitter. The system is still explaining its own functions proudly: [When the host completes tasks, I can also unlock some additional functions for the host.] ¡®What functions?¡¯ [For example, making things made by the host stronger!] Ha! Ha! Ji He was amused at the fact that he had still had hope for this system deep down, and laughed dryly in his heart. It¡¯s okay, after all, compared to those who don¡¯t have a system at least the things I make can be made stronger. After sorting out his mood, Ji He checked the time again. It had been half an hour since the last time someone had come by and no one had come by yet. Apparently he would have to accept that it was looking increasingly improbable that someone would come by anytime soon, a fact that made Ji He slightly regretful. However, before Ji He got the chance to act, he saw he saw a very thin man slipping down a tree not far from him. After the man slid down the tree, he didn¡¯t rush to the passageway. Instead, he looked around under the cover of the tree trunk and made sure that there was no one around before walking cautiously towards it. Seeing this scene, Ji He was taken aback. When did this person climb the tree, and how could he have not known it at all? However, Ji He didn¡¯t spend too much time thinking about it. Since this person had continued walking towards the passage after coming down from the tree, it meant that he wasn¡¯t aware of Ji He¡¯s presence. He quickly slid down the tree. The other party had just observed that there was no one below. Ji He didn¡¯t waste any time and moved directly to the passage. He didn¡¯t choose to go in. He had already been inside the passageway and knew that the passage outside the safe area was narrow, and could only accommodate one person to pass through. He was of the impression that if he also went in after the thin man it wouldn¡¯t work out. Ji He chose to lie in ambush outside the passage, when he heard a faint voice coming from inside. ¡°Come out, we¡¯re both newcomers, let¡¯s go together.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t understand¡­ I¡¯ll teach you¡­ nutrient solution¡­¡± Through this dialogue, Ji He determined that the person should have come after Ji He. He didn¡¯t even know Ji He had come out of the safe zone at all. Seemingly he thought Ji He was sitting in the safe area, and was now trying to call Ji He to come out. What do you want? Nutrient solution? Ji He didn¡¯t know that was, but he thought he would know soon because he heard footsteps. Pat¡­ Pat¡­ One step, two steps¡­ The voice was getting closer and closer. As he saw the figure come out of the passage, Ji He raised his stick and knocked the person out cold. CH 1.2 The system was stunned as it hadn¡¯t expected Ji He to do such a thing at all. By the time it came back to its senses, Ji He had already taken out a rope from his backpack and bound the opponent¡¯s hands. [Master, what are you¡­?] Ji He didn¡¯t answer the system¡¯s question. He tied the man up and put them aside, ¡®Can you show me the map you just mentioned?¡¯ The system didn¡¯t expect Ji He to adapt so well. Not only was he ruthless, but there were no superfluous words. Instead when approached by a veteran contestant he didn¡¯t hesitate to knock him out and tie him up. The system cleverly projected the map that Ji He needed. [Master, you can also set landmarks on this map. I will give you navigation at that time. You don¡¯t need to look at the map when you walk.] ¡®Good.¡¯ Ji He quickly checked the map given by the system. The map in front of him was a simple map. Fortunately, Ji He hadn¡¯t expected the system to give him anything good. He quickly specified a spot and said, ¡®System, how far are we from that river?¡¯ [A total of thirty kilometers!] Thirty kilometers would mean at least eight hours of walking. He already wasted four hours as soon as he came in, if he were to add eight hours on the road even if he were made of steel he would die on the road, right? ¡®Is there a nearby water source?¡¯ Ji He looked at the map for a while, but couldn¡¯t find any other places other than the marked river where there might be water sources, so he figured he may as well ask the system. The system lit up a location on the map, [There is a small stream here, about five kilometers from the master¡¯s current location.] The mark given by the system showed on the map that it was in another forest not far from the forest they were currently in. The five kilometers distance quoted wasn¡¯t too bad. Ji He made a decision to also help the person tied up on the ground. ¡®Navigate.¡¯ [Okay!] When the system responded, the map in front of him slowly faded, and a faint light stretched out under Ji He¡¯s feet. Ji He carried the person who was knocked out by him and walked forward along the cursor under his feet. The system didn¡¯t quite understand it, and asked with a little doubt: ¡°Master, why do you want to bring him?¡± ¡°I still have questions to figure out.¡± Fortunately, the person was thin and so wasn¡¯t very heavy. Although Ji He wasn¡¯t as fast as he would be if he were walking alone, he didn¡¯t lose much speed. After walking for about fifteen minutes, Ji He had carried the person to the edge of the forest. This time, another forest marked on the map appeared in front of Ji He¡¯s eyes. Surprisingly, the other forest was actually a bamboo forest. Ji He carried the man into the woods for a while before throwing the man on the ground. The man let out a muffled groan and woke up leisurely. ¡°You! Who are you!¡± Ji He was silent for a while. It turned out that these people didn¡¯t know who the newcomer was. Seeing that Ji He was silent, the other party thought of where he was knocked unconscious, and quickly explained: ¡°Brother, look at me, I¡¯m not the newcomer, I¡¯m also looking for the newcomer.¡± The man struggled to get up, ¡°Brother, that newcomer is probably still in the safe house. Let¡¯s call him out together! We¡¯ll split the nutrient solution four to six¡­ No no no, two to eight, you eight!¡± Ji He held the stick against the person who was struggling to get up, and spit out an astonishing message with an expressionless face, ¡°I am the newcomer.¡± ¡°¡­!!¡± ¡°I have a few questions to ask you. If you answer well, I will give you nutrient solution.¡± Wang Xuan nodded with a gray face. He didn¡¯t expect that when he went to catch the new player, he would be caught by the new player instead. Seeing that the new player made such a heavy move right from the start, Wang Xuan felt that this person should be more terrifying than those old players. Ji He sorted out the information he knew through the system. He was now on a show called ¡°Open Globe Survival¡±. Just like the name of the show indicated, this show was mainly to see how players who were put into the game survived here. At the beginning of the show, there were more than one hundred people, all of whom were criminals from Star Prison. They fought each other on the show, and later there were only fifty or sixty people left. The program group decided to randomly put players into the program every once in a while so that the number of players would always be around one hundred. Apart from this, Ji He doesn¡¯t know anything. His system is too rotten and many things are unclear. Some of his questions have even elicited the response that the topic cannot be touched upon yet and cannot be explained. There was no other way. He had to understand what was going on now, so Ji He could only shake down the information from old players. ¡°How is the nutrient solution distributed? Is it brought only by newcomers?¡± Wang Xuan was a little surprised by Ji He¡¯s question, but answered honestly, ¡°Every fifteen days, the organizer will distribute nutrient solution based on the number of live broadcast views of each player. If you can do this kind of thing from the beginning, your viewer count must be pretty high.¡± [Ding- completing the answer:] [Increasing the number of views can be done by killing players and robbing players. If you successfully survive for thirty days in the ¡°Open Globe Survival¡± show, the organizer will add an extra nutrient solution each time they are distributed.] [The nutrient solution provided is a low-level nutrient solution, which both provides all of the nutrients needed by the human body and will help maintain a functional level of satiety for one day.] [A man cannot live without water, but he can live without nutrient solution.] The sudden voice of the system startled Ji He, but he composed himself quickly. After thinking about it, he continued on to ask: ¡°I saw that you were the last to enter, why didn¡¯t you go with them?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be fooled by them!¡± Wang Xuan¡¯s tone was a little anxious, as if he was thinking of Ji He, and hurriedly said to him, ¡°They¡¯ll lie to these newcomers about forming a team, but really they¡¯re just scamming to get their nutrient solution! If you¡¯re lucky the team will just leave the newcomer in the forest, and whether they can live depends on whether they¡¯re tough or not.¡± ¡°The last time I saw a newcomer, he starved to death in the forest.¡± Starving to death in the forest? Ji He couldn¡¯t believe it. He just walked out of the forest with Wang Xuan. There were a lot of berries in the forest. How could he not hold out by eating berries until the nutrient solution was distributed fifteen days later? Ji He thought it and asked as such, but Wang Xuan looked at Ji He with a look of fear: ¡°Those berries are poisonous, and there isn¡¯t a single edible plant issued by the Star Alliance on this planet. Some people were too hungry to eat berries before, but they all died.¡± [Ding- Task Triggered] [Distinguish Edible Plants: 0/10] [Reward: Unknown] Um? Is this the task that the system said it would release before? Sure enough it¡¯s not a good system, and the rewards can¡¯t be announced. After coming out of the woods, the leaves covering the sky were gone, and the sky could still be seen through the gaps in the bamboo. Wang Xuan looked at the sky, ¡°Brother, let¡¯s hurry up and find a place to settle. It¡¯s getting dark now, and there will be a lot of wild bothering us.¡± ¡°Beasts? Then how do you usually go about it?¡± ¡°Look for a tree. Those beasts can¡¯t climb the trees. I¡¯ve also seen other gangs make a fire before. Those beasts won¡¯t approach because they¡¯re afraid of fire, but I can¡¯t make a fire¡­ Let¡¯s hurry up and find a tree.¡± [Ding- Task Triggered] [Catch Small Animals: 0/10] [Reward: Unknown] Climbing a tree would be in the opposite direction of Ji He¡¯s destination. He thought for a while and said to Wang Xuan, ¡°I¡¯m going to the bamboo forest. There are two options. First one is I¡¯ll give you a nutrient solution and you can go back to the woods. The second is you come with me, I¡¯ll give you five, and even more nutrient solution after that might be given to you.¡± With these two conditions placed in front of Wang Xuan, even a fool would know what to choose. Of course Wang Xuan chose to follow Ji He. ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Quest Log~~~~~ In Progress: 1: Distinguish Edible Plants: 0/10 Reward: Unknown 2: Catch Small Animals: 0/10 Reward: Unknown ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Corner~~~~~ You may see the MC call the system ¡°Tem¡±. In raws he just shortens the two character word for system (ϵͳ) down to the second character these several times. It you support the author by reading the raws it may also be translated as Tong (ͳ), but to keep with the joke/theme I likened it to the english second half of sysTEM. CH 2.1 Ji He didn¡¯t loosen the rope that he had used to bind Wang Xuan¡¯s hands. Instead he just dragged him along by the long segment of rope and continued to walk along the road that the system had just navigated him down. ¡®System, are the tasks you just mentioned mandatory?¡¯ Wang Xuan obediently followed behind Ji He for the sake of the five packets of nutrient solution. As Ji He wasn¡¯t caught up with being distracted by him, he simply prompted the system to continue explaining. [These tasks are ordinary tasks, such as hunting and gathering, which can be done slowly, but the rewards aren¡¯t as good.] [It¡¯s just that the host¡¯s level isn¡¯t very high right now so there are only five task bars. If these tasks aren¡¯t completed, then the advanced skills won¡¯t be made available, which will be a bit of a waste.] Ji He thought about it carefully. Through the fact that the conversation with Wang Xuan just now had been able to trigger some functions of the system, Ji He had a guess about both his time-travel and the show. Unfortunately since his guess was based only on what had happened just now, Ji He felt that he still needed more evidence to support his guesses. ¡®System, Wang Xuan just said that you can¡¯t eat anything from this planet. Is that true?¡¯ [No, there is actually a lot of food here!] The system explained, before it quickly corrected with embarrassment: [The host should quickly finish the first task to find ten edible things which will unlock more good things.] Good things? Ji He blinked, was this really all that the system would give in the way of a clear answer? That aside, it had been almost five hours since Ji He had come here. He was a little hungry and couldn¡¯t wait to find something to eat. However, Ji He still wanted to try the nutrient solution since he didn¡¯t know what it tasted like¡­ Without the burden of having to carry anyone, Ji He was walking faster and arrived at his destination faster than he had expected. The plants here were all very tall. In the wooded area they were in previously it took about three or four people holding hands to encircle the trunk of a single tree. Those trees were also very tall, and the leaves of the canopy connected together to cover the sky and block out the sun. After they walked out of the woods, although the branches and leaves of the bamboos weren¡¯t as dense, they could be seen for some distance. Just like the trees, the bamboos here were also unusually tall, though not as thick around as the trees of the woods prior. Ji He visually observed that the thinnest bamboos he saw were about one meter thick. These bamboos were also the relatively thin ones in this bamboo forest. They were so tall that he couldn¡¯t see the top of them, but could only look up to see that they just kept going and going¡­ The point selected by the system was the upstream section of a small stream. Just like trees and bamboos, although this small stream was called a small stream, Ji He felt that it was more apt to be called a river. The water depth was indeterminate, but it was about five or six meters to the other side. With this, Ji He began to think about how big something would need to be in order to be marked as a river on the map. There was a large open space beside the stream where there was no bamboo growing, which made Ji He relieved. He still wanted to camp out along side the creek, but if the bamboo was too close when he wanted to make a fire it would cause issues. ¡°Okay, let¡¯s rest here for the night first.¡± Ji He loosened the rope that he had been pulling, intending to help Wang Xuan untie it, but as soon as the rope was loosened, Wang Xuan stumbled to the edge of the bamboo and looked at the river in horror. ¡°Big brother, you wouldn¡¯t want to camp here, would you?¡± Ji He saw how nervous Wang Xuan was and thought that something was coming out of the river. He readied his wooden stick and planned to hit it, but when he turned around everything was still calm and nothing had appeared. ¡°Yeah, what¡¯s wrong with this place?¡± Wang Xuan gulped and completely believed in Ji He¡¯s statement that he was a newcomer. If he had lived here for any length of time, he wouldn¡¯t be so unaware of the dangers that lurked in the water. ¡°There are a lot of inedible things in the water, and some are all shells and look like Kerr beasts! Do you know Kerr beasts? Those were the thing that the Covenant used to send a lot of people every year to destroy. These ones are small and can be killed with a stone, but if there are too many of them there are only two of us here. If we get caught, it will hurt!!¡± ¡°Also, this water isn¡¯t drinkable! Some people have drunk this water before, and they¡¯ve all gotten sick for a while after. As you know, we don¡¯t have medicines, so being sick is equal to death which makes water the most dangerous thing here¡­ Come over here quickly.¡± Following Wang Xuan¡¯s words, Ji He took a couple steps closer to the bamboo forest while grumbling inwardly. He figured that the people who died drinking water likely did so by drinking raw water. According to Wang Xuan, there were some strange species in the water, so the water probably wasn¡¯t very clean. If a person in good health drank this kind of water they might have dysentery. Meanwhile if a person in poor health drank it it would likely turn out as Wang Xuan had said, with the subject dying after falling ill CH 2.2 Ji He was baffled by this society. From this show to the appearance of the outside described by Wang Xuan, it should be a place where technology had developed rapidly. Why was it that people here seemed to not know so many things that should be common sense? ¡°Your nutrient solution.¡± Ji He didn¡¯t enter the bamboo forest. He stopped between the bamboo forest and the river, put the backpack down behind him, and dug out something similar to what he thought nutrient solution should look like. Wang Xuan stood in the bamboo forest and saw that Ji He didn¡¯t come over. He couldn¡¯t bear to leave behind the nutrient solution in Ji He¡¯s hand, so he could only grit his teeth and walk over. As a newcomer, Ji He had the benefits of a newcomer at the beginning. He had a total of twenty five nutrient solutions which would allow him to spend the first fifteen days safely, but it wasn¡¯t enough to be cocky about. If Ji He used it recklessly at the beginning and his viewer count wasn¡¯t high by the time distribution day came about, it might be troublesome later. As Wang Xuan had guessed before though, Ji He didn¡¯t lack viewers. The stick he had hit Wang Xuan with at the beginning attracted a lot of viewers to his livestream. Later, as a newcomer, he didn¡¯t choose a tree under Wang Xuan¡¯s suggestion. Instead, he took Wang Xuan to the riverside, which resulted in even more viewers entering his livestream room. As Ji He had promised before, he took two packets of nutrient solution and handed them to Wang Xuan, ¡°I owe you three more, and I¡¯ll give you one a day.¡± ¡°Okay!¡± Wang Xuan didn¡¯t mind. He didn¡¯t care whether Ji He kept his promise or not. He originally wanted to pick on the newbie, but he didn¡¯t expect to be beaten up. The fact that he was both alive and eating nutrient solution made him very satisfied. He put one packet of nutrient solution in the pack around his waist, and the other was torn open and was about to be poured into his mouth. Ji He reached out his hand to stop it. ¡°Give me a taste.¡± ¡°?¡± Wang Xuan didn¡¯t understand, but under Ji He¡¯s pressure he poured a little nutrient solution into Ji He¡¯s hand. Seeing that Ji He didn¡¯t ask him for any more, he drank the rest all in one breath. Afterwards Wang Xuan touched his stomach contentedly. Now, the one that Ji He gave him plus the ten that he had saved prior to their settlement would at least allow him to live a good life during this time. If it was true that Ji He would give him one every day, then he would have fourteen! By saving a little, you could live a long time. Ji He had asked for some nutrient solution. He first smelled it, but there was no smell. Seeing Wang Xuan¡¯s satisfied expression, Ji He licked it. ¡°¡­¡± Ji He began to be glad that he only asked for a little. This nutrient solution looked the same as water, but he didn¡¯t expect it to taste so musty. He looked at Wang Xuan, who seemed to still be thinking about it. Could it be a problem with his own perception? ¡°Wang Xuan, does all nutrient solution taste like this?¡± ¡°All of ours is like this. We can only eat the lowest-level nutrient solution. Ah, I tell you, before I came in, I ate a kind of nutrient cream product they have which can keep you sated for long time. It¡¯s said that all soldiers in the army eat that kind of cream.¡± Ji He was silent. He originally wanted to save some nutrient solution to eat later himself, but now that he had tasted it Ji He decided that this so-called ¡®good thing¡¯ should be left entirely to Wang Xuan. ¡°I need to go in to the bamboo forest. You wait for me here first.¡± Ji He made a decisive decision and took out another nutrient solution for Wang Xuan. ¡°Boss, what¡¯s this for?¡± Wang Xuan took the nutrient solution with trembling hands. Don¡¯t mention running away, Wang Xuan had no such idea left at all! ¡°I still have a lot of questions to ask you, but it¡¯s getting late, so you can stay for a few more days.¡± Ji He felt that it wasn¡¯t a loss to exchange things he didn¡¯t want for some information. Wang Xuan also felt that it wasn¡¯t a loss. He patted his chest and assured: ¡°I¡¯ve lived here for a long time, and I¡¯ll know the answers to any questions that boss wants to ask!¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Ji He put the backpack on his back again, held the small shovel taken out from the tool bag in his hand, and helped Wang Xuan untie the knotted rope from around his wrists. ¡°I¡¯m going to go in to the bamboo forest to find something.¡± ~~~~~The Author Has Something To Say~~~~~ It was supposed to be posted yesterday, but I forgot the timing, so I posted this morning hehe ~~~~~Skull¡¯s Little Theater~~~~~ Underling Wang: See this boss? This is a plant, and this is scary and poisonous. I know a guy who ate it once and he died, just like that! Boss Ji: Riiiight¡­.. And it looks like it¡¯s getting dark, which is even more scary. As soon as it gets dark lots of bad things are going to come get us! Boss Ji: ¡­I mean I guess that¡¯s fair¡­? Gasp! Boss! This is a river. This is not only just super scary, but the most absolutely super scary thing. Not only is is poisonous, but it¡¯s teeming with dangerous beasts the likes of which you can¡¯t even imagine! Boss Ji: ¡­¡­? Tem Tem: ¡­¡­? Random River Fish: ¡­¡­Glub glub? ****** Boss Ji: Give me a taste of that nutrient solution. Underling Wang: Here, try some. This is my favorite flavor! Boss Ji: Ptui ptui, gross, what flavor is this, cave wall? (flips over packet which reads ¡®Flavor: Cave Wall¡¯) ~Nutrient solution, now catering to the refined tastes of Open Globe Survival contestants! Try your free sample today!~ ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Quest Log~~~~~ In Progress: 1: Distinguish Edible Plants: 0/10 Reward: Unknown 2: Catch Small Animals: 0/10 Reward: Unknown CH 3.1 Ji He walked into the depths of the bamboo forest. After a while, he lowered his head worriedly, but the mark under his feet was still displayed. Unlike earlier, the cursor was now extended backwards. With this, Ji He could fully relinquish his concerns and continue to walk forward, not afraid of getting lost in the bamboo forest. [Master, what are you going to do?] ¡®Didn¡¯t you suggest I complete the mission? I have to look for things nearby.¡¯ Ji He answered the system¡¯s words while looking for something on the ground. After listening to his words the system didn¡¯t dare to disturb Ji He¡¯s task progress, so it obediently shut up. However, Ji He suddenly remembered something and asked the system, ¡®Didn¡¯t you used to call me host before? How did it suddenly change into master?¡¯ [I think master is more in line with your big shot aura~ If you don¡¯t like it though, I can continue to call you host.] The system trembled with a mechanical sound as it stiffly spoke with a forced happy tone. Due to watching Ji He whack Wang Xuan over the head, the system really did think that Ji He was a big shot. Ji He raised his eyebrows noncommittally. Just as he was about to answer, his attention was caught by something poking up not far away. He took two quick steps forward and began to dig away the surrounding soil with the small shovel in his hand. Soon, the small bamboo shoots that were had been poking out of the soil were dug up by him. [Ding- Task Updated] [Distinguish Edible Plants: 1/10] [Skill Unlocked ¨C Picking Lv.1] [Skill Unlocked ¨C Digging Lv.1] ¡®Tem, you work a lot like online games. Do you learn from them a lot?¡¯ Ji He listened to the system¡¯s broadcast silently, and when the broadcast was over, Ji He casually teased the system. The system wondered, [What is an online game?] Ji He didn¡¯t answer and just put the bamboo shoots he had dug up into his backpack. He knew that the things here were generally very large, but it was still terrifying to dig up bamboo shoots as long as his arm. Refilling the overturned soil back into the pit, Ji He suddenly thought of something. He no longer wandered aimlessly in the bamboo forest, but began to seriously search for the things buried in the soil. He soon found a second bamboo shoot in the dirt. Hearing that the completion of the task was +1, Ji He nodded with satisfaction. Sure enough there was no specified species, so grinding it out like this was fine. It¡¯s a pity that the two skills just unlocked didn¡¯t show an increase, but Ji He guessed that since they were both Lv.1 they upgraded based on accumulated experience. Maybe the more they were used, the faster they would level. With the method to complete the task known, Ji He completed it quickly. [Ding- Task Completed] [Distinguish Edible Plants: 10/10] [Reward Granted: Highlighting Mode] ? ¡®Tem, explain it?¡¯ [Master, you¡¯ll know when you turn on the map highlighting mode~ This is a very good function~] The system continued to pinch its voice to try to show cuteness towards Ji He as Ji He listened silently. Unfortunately due to pinching up its own voice to obtain a fake ¡®cutsey¡¯ effect, the voice contrarily become more shrill and trembling. Following the system¡¯s instructions of operation, Ji He opened the highlight mode from the reward he had just earned. Originally, Ji He thought that the highlighted position would be displayed on the map, but he hadn¡¯t expected it to be displayed directly through his sight. After turning on the highlight mode, Ji He moved to the highlighted clump of grass in the distance and carefully used his shovel to dig out the things underneath. ¡®This is¡­ ginger?¡¯ Ji He held the ginger carefully in his hand, and suddenly understood what the highlight meant. It looked like all of the things highlighted in his vision should be edible plants. He didn¡¯t know why there was ginger here. If they hadn¡¯t had a highlight around them he might have missed them. ¡®Tem, how long will this highlight mode last?¡¯ Ji He kept digging ginger while he began to ask the system specific questions about the mode. If this mode could only last for a certain length of time, he would finish up with this spot as soon as possible and move to another location to see if there was anything else to grab. [The highlight mode is permanent, but the current highlight mode level is relatively low. It can only display low-level nodes that can be picked by the master. Later on master will be able to upgrade the highlight mode by doing tasks, and then you will be able to see more things that you have not found yet.] ¡°¡­¡± For a moment Ji He wanted to ask if this system allowed micro-transactions so he could directly upgrade the highlight mode to full level, but after thinking about the system¡¯s previous words he cast the thought aside. This system probably wouldn¡¯t let you swipe money but would have you swipe your life instead. Still, even if he was dissatisfied with the current level of highlight mode, Ji He still felt overall quite satisfied. After all, he had just passed by this patch of grass so many times, but he hadn¡¯t noticed the ginger in it before. Ji He finished picking the ginger and followed the navigation trail back to camp with the bamboo shoots and ginger he had collected in his backpack. He saw several more bamboo shoots along the way, but the backpack couldn¡¯t fit any more and they were too big to carry by hand, so he could only regrettably leave them behind. Anyways, simply leaving behind those few bamboo shoots wouldn¡¯t cause him to lose any sleep. As long as he still had his highlight mode, Ji He could dive back into the bamboo forest at any time. CH 3.2 On the way back, Ji He also passed another highlighted area. He thought that the sky wasn¡¯t too dark, so he decided to go around and have a look. In the end, by the time Ji He returned to the clearing by the creek his backpack was filled with bamboo shoots, ginger and green onions. ¡°Boss, you¡¯re back!¡± As he had promised, Wang Xuan had been obediently staying beside the bamboo forest and didn¡¯t leave. He watched Ji He come over with a large bag from a distance, then ran over and helped Ji He lug over the backpack. Wang Xuan looked through the open zipper and saw that there were a lot of bamboo shoots and grassy vegetation inside: ¡°Boss, why did you get so many bamboos here? What are you going to do with them?¡± ¡°They¡¯re useful. Do you want to try them later?¡± What¡¯s the use of bamboo? Could you eat it? Wang Xuan refused again and again, and said firmly: ¡°The nutrient solution I eat is enough.¡± Ji He got Wang Xuan¡¯s help, and the two set their backpacks near the creek¡¯s bank. Wang Xuan still hadn¡¯t gotten over his fear of the things in the river, so as soon as he put down his backpack he ran back to the edge of the bamboo forest. Ji He didn¡¯t pay heed to Wang Xuan, he simply poured out all the bamboo shoots in his backpack. There were ten bamboo shoots and twenty gingers in total, along with a pile of green onions he didn¡¯t bother to count. The backpack had a large capacity and could hold such massive bamboo shoots. Now that everything inside was poured out, Ji He realized that the storage capacity of the backpack seemed to be a little bigger than it ought to be. [Ding- Task Triggered] [Distinguish Edible Plants: 0/100] [Reward: Unknown] Um? Ji He looked at the small hill of ingredients piled up in front of him. He picked so many things but it hadn¡¯t triggered a task until just now. He figured it was because he had encountered some sort of system bug which also caused the system to give him a less simple task. He didn¡¯t expect such a random trigger. ¡°Boss, it¡¯s getting dark.¡± Wang Xuan was a little scared. The darkness here represented danger. In addition to the animals that you would normally see, there were also some purely nocturnal creatures that would cause problems at this time. Wang Xuan had been relying on hiding in the trees since he came here to pass each night. Although this had made his viewing rate drop extremely low, almost every distribution day he was able to get enough nutrient solution by relying on his survival time. This time, although he came here with Ji He under the bait of the nutrient solution, it both dark and they were riverside. The double whammy of danger made Wang Xuan¡¯s panic start back up again. ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Ji He looked around and saw that it wasn¡¯t too dark yet. It was probably around five or six in the afternoon and there was still plenty light out, but it was indeed much darker than before. Ji He beckoned to Wang Xuan, ¡°Come and help me peel these bamboo shoots.¡± Wang Xuan was a little hesitant. He wandered around the edge of the forest for a while, but when he saw that it was getting darker he came over. Wang Xuan was still in the observation period, so Ji He didn¡¯t give him the knife, but instead cut the bamboo shoots open and handed them to Wang Xuan for him to peel. Wang Xuan looked at the knife in Ji He¡¯s hands with envy and asked, ¡°Boss, why do you have a knife?¡± ¡°Oh, and that little shovel you can assemble.¡± Ji He looked at the Swiss Army Knife in his hand, which he found in his backpack after waking up along with his shovel. In fact, he had a whole set of tools in his backpack. The shovel could also be disassembled and reassembled into a saw, as well as other tools. He originally thought it was a novice benefit, but when he heard Wang Xuan¡¯s question Ji He realized that while it was indeed a novice benefit, it seemed to be one given by the system. Ji He scratched the bamboo shoots and asked casually, ¡°There are so many people here, does anyone have a knife?¡± ¡°Ought to still be some, but only a few. I¡¯ve only seen Qin Hu and his guys. Back once when I was spending the night in a tree I saw that they were attacked by a group of wild animals and Qin Hu had to take out the knife so they could escape.¡± ¡°I haven¡¯t seen much of the others. It¡¯s really big here, and I don¡¯t usually go out of the woods.¡± Wang Xuan recalled the things he had seen before. He suddenly realized something and quickly added: ¡°Even though I¡¯ve been in the wooded area all the time, I actually know a lot of stuff.¡± Ji He didn¡¯t prepare all the bamboo shoots, only half. ¡°Okay, you peel it here first, and I¡¯ll set the fire.¡± Ji He took the shovel and walked to the bamboo forest again This time he didn¡¯t go deeper, but stopped at the edge of the forest. Wang Xuan looked over curiously and saw that Ji He had used his shovel to whack at a two meter thick bamboo which was already tottering on the verge of collapse. Wang Xuan only felt a chill on the top of his head, He didn¡¯t dare to look at it any longer, and immediately lowered his head to concentrate on peeling the bamboo shoots. Ji He didn¡¯t know that what he was doing had once again reinforced Wang Xuan¡¯s visceral fear of him. He was just glad that the shovel was really sharp. There was only that and a saw to use, but there was no axe in the newcomer¡¯s gift bag. He had still been worried about how to chop down trees. He figured since the shovel was so strong it shouldn¡¯t be too difficult to cut down some branches. Soon Ji He came back with a pile of bamboo and a shovel¡¯s worth of bamboo leaves. ¡°B¡­ Boss, after all this is done, what else do you want me to do?¡± Ji He piled the bamboo leaves aside, looked at the river, and then at Wang Xuan, and decided to hand the shovel to him, ¡°Go and shovel some more bamboo leaves, and I¡¯ll pick up some rocks by the river.¡± Wang Xuan heard this as Ji He showing consideration and care for him by letting Wang Xuan be the one to go to the bamboo forest while in exchange Ji He himself would have to go to the riverbank. ¡°Understood!!¡± Wang Xuan¡¯s enthusiasm was ignited. He took the shovel and patted his chest with resolve, saying that he would definitely bring back a lot of bamboo leaves. Although he didn¡¯t know why Wang Xuan was so excited all of a sudden, Ji He still thought that things were developing in a good direction. After watching Wang Xuan¡¯s overflowing enthusiasm to go shoveling for bamboo leaves, Ji He went to the river to move stones to build a fire pit. This would be the first time he had been to this river as he had been stopped by Wang Xuan the last time he had wanted to take a look. Ji He observed the stones on the bank and looked into the river. ¡®Tem, can I drink this water?¡¯ [Yes, it is not poisonous to the human body.] Ji He nodded with satisfaction, when suddenly a dark figure in the water swam by in front of him. ? Is that a fish? Ji He hesitated a bit not because of what it was, but simply because the shadow was really too big. It was probably as long as one of his arms¡­ How delicious is this!! Ji He, who had been hungry all day, decided to find a way to get that fish. In front of this fish, bamboo shoots are a thing of the past! ~~~~~The Author Has Something To Say~~~~~ Happy Dragon Boat Festival! ! ! ! (Happy holidays are coming!) ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Quest Log~~~~~ Completed: 1: Distinguish Edible Plants: 10/10 Reward: Highlighting Mode In Progress: 1: Catch Small Animals: 0/10 Reward: Unknown 2: Distinguish Edible Plants: 0/100 Reward: Unknown ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Skill Page~~~~~ Picking: Lv.1 Digging: Lv.1 CH 4.1 Ji He quickly moved the stones he had selected before, and Wang Xuan had already shoveled a lot of bamboo leaves and piled them together. He planned to make the fire quickly, then go catch the big fish that he had just seen while there was still some light in the sky. By the time Wang Xuan came back with another shovel full of bamboo leaves, Ji He had already set up the fire. Even the bamboo he had cut before had been put on a stone to form a simple shelf. ¡°Boss, do you still want these bamboo leaves?¡± Wang Xuan looked at the large amount of bamboo leaves he just brought back, but hadn¡¯t been used. There were still a lot of them left, which caused him to scratch his head and ask uncertainly. Ji He shook his head. Wang Xuan had gathered so many bamboo leaves that those plus the bamboo he himself had chopped before was enough. ¡°No, you can rest for a while.¡± Wang Xuan obediently put the shovel aside, sat down by the fire, and saw that Ji He was cutting a slender bamboo there. Soon he had sharpened a section of the bamboo. Wang Xuan gulped with lingering fear. He didn¡¯t look at Ji He¡¯s movements, and didn¡¯t dare to ask Ji He why he wanted to do such a thing. Instead he grabbed a bamboo stick placed by the fire in his hand to stir the fire. After cutting two pieces of bamboo, Ji He finally nodded with satisfaction. ¡°Wang Xuan, I want to go to the river again.¡± Wang Xuan immediately asked: ¡°Then what do I need to do?¡± Ji He glanced at a thick bamboo that he had just seen. The bamboos here grew strangely in that they all quickly shot upwards in thin poles, then gradually became thicker after becoming tall enough. The one he had just seen however was not. It was thick, but only two meters high and ultimately took a lot of effort for him to cut it. ¡°You can split some bamboo into strips with the shovel and then use that as firewood. Don¡¯t do anything with the thick one yet.¡± ¡°Okay!¡± Wang Xuan also looked at the bamboo that had been set aside on its own. The roughness of the cut surface as compared to the other bamboos that had been cut by the shovel seemed to show that it wasn¡¯t a simple thing. Ji He took two of the simple harpoons he had made himself and walked to the river. The place he had gone to earlier wasn¡¯t marked by the system, so he couldn¡¯t quite find the exact place again. He could only try to walk to the river. It was almost dark, and looking at the river in front of him, Ji He couldn¡¯t tell whether the fish was there or not. He was a little regretful. He shouldn¡¯t have gone back to make harpoons just now. He should have figured out another way to get the fish out. He couldn¡¯t go into the water in this situation. ? Could he? Ji He felt that the current weather was neither cold nor hot. He was in the woods at noon and in the afternoon, and he couldn¡¯t get direct sunlight at all. Once he arrived at the bamboo forest, the sunlight leaking from the gaps in the leaves was actually quite warm. Now at night, when he stood by the river, he didn¡¯t feel any wind. On the contrary, it was a little hot just sitting by the fire. Based on these circumstances, Ji He felt that it should be summer on this planet. But this was fine, he could just ask Wang Xuan when the time came. After confirming that he could go into the water, Ji He was happy for a bit. Now there was the more serious problem in that he wouldn¡¯t be able to see anything in the water once he entered the water. Ji He was a little frustrated when it suddenly occurred to him that he seemed to have a system. ¡®Tem, you talked a lot before. Why are you so silent now?¡¯ The system was currently helping Ji He monitor the barrage. Ji He didn¡¯t want to watch this kind of thing, but the system is was all too willing and watched it with relish. Anyway, since Ji He¡¯s tasks would trigger the automatic system, it could also ¡®paddle water¡¯ and ¡®catch fish[1]¡¯. As a result when it heard Ji He¡¯s words, the system was startled, [No, no, I¡¯m helping master manage the bullet screen to see if there is anything unusual on it.] [Master, many people in your barrage are wondering what those things you dug up are, and some people are wondering what you are going to do with the two sharpened bamboo sticks.] Ji He was silent for a while. He thought that the system had gone to slack off, but hadn¡¯t expected that it had been helping him manage the barrage so seriously. Ji He felt guilty for a second for his guess, but still firmly grasped the system as a tool. ¡®Tem, can you see any fish in the river?¡¯ [Wow! There are so many fish! If master catches these fish, you can complete the task again!!] The system didn¡¯t understand Ji He¡¯s sinister intentions, and simply followed Ji He¡¯s words and looked into the river. The system wasn¡¯t exaggerating. When he saw the fish earlier it had just started to get dark, and Ji He just casually glanced at the river and didn¡¯t see any such spectacular scene, he only felt that a big fish was passing by. Flocks of fish were swimming in the river, not afraid of Ji He who was standing beside them. Ji He was surprised by the system¡¯s words and tried to ask: ¡®Tem, can you let me see through the river clearly?¡¯ The system was silent for a moment. Ji He only felt a white light flashing in front of his eyes before the originally dim view in his eyes became like daytime. Ji He hurriedly lowered his head to look. ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Corner~~~~~ [1] »®Ë® / ÃþÓã ¨C Hu¨¤Shu¨« / M¨­Y¨² ¨C lit. paddle water & catch fish, slang and in this case awesome puns both for slacking off on the jo CH 4.2 It wasn¡¯t until then that Ji He knew what exactly the system had meant when it said that simply catching fish could complete the task. The group of fish that gathered together wasn¡¯t the big fish Ji He had seen earlier, but was instead a school of about thirty fish each about twenty centimeters long. Though the special effect soon disappeared, Ji He was satisfied. [Master, I¡¯m sorry, I can only last a minute.] The system¡¯s tone was a little low, as if full of guilt for not being able to help Ji He. Ji He thought for a moment and said firmly: ¡®No, Tem. You¡¯re already the most powerful system I¡¯ve ever seen.¡¯ [Really, master? I am the most powerful system you have ever seen~!] The system echoed cutely before chiming happily, [I will try my best to make the duration master can see clearly for longer next time!] Ji He showed a gratified smile: ¡®Then you can continue to watch the barrage and play around. If anything is wrong, just tell me.¡¯ [Ah! Good!] The system thought it was a little embarrassing that Ji He found out that it was slacking off, but thinking that the master himself who allowed gave permission to watch the barrage this time. The system went happily to watch, and thought that its master was very good. Due to the brief help of the system, Ji He finally saw the situation in the river. He looked at the homemade harpoon in his hand. If he used this to spear the fish, he would be able to get two fish at most. After that he wouldn¡¯t be able to see where the fish went, and the remaining fish would be vigilant against him and would stay away from him. Ji He lowered his head and looked at his jacket. He didn¡¯t know what happened to him. He was wearing a big-brand mountaineering suit he bought before, which was waterproof and wind-resistant. In order to be happier when going out in winter, he bought two more sizes. When he came over, he had several clothes inside, but because of the heat, he packed all other clothes into his bag, and now he only wears short-sleeved and coat. He thought about it for a while, then took off his jacket and fastened it to the two harpoons by the sleeves to secure it. The simple ¡°fishing net¡± was done, it¡¯s just that the make-shift fishing net didn¡¯t alow much water to readily pass through. With the tools ready, Ji He rolled up the legs of his pants. As he had heard from Wang Xuan that there might be creatures with big pincers appearing in the river, Ji He didn¡¯t dare to do something as risky as to take off his shoes. He walked cautiously into the river, not daring to go too deep, and stopped as soon as something touched his ankle. Fortunately, this group of fish was also close to the shore, and they were a bit stupid and not afraid of people. Seeing Ji He going into the water, they still swam around his feet. Ji He carefully felt the movement of the fish swimming beside his feet. When the fish swam past again, he quickly dropped his hands, dipped his clothes into the water and scooped them up. Sure enough, the clothes containing the river water and fish became very heavy. Ji He couldn¡¯t move, so he used all his strength to throw both the water in the clothes and the fish to the shore. After such a set of operations Ji He was a little overwhelmed, and he couldn¡¯t even tell whether he had caught them or not. [Ding- Task Updated] [Catch Small Animals: 3/10] [Skill Unlocked ¨C Production Lv.1] Oh, that can tell. Ji He thought about it and felt it was very convenient. He could get three fish just by catching blindly. After two more attempts, Ji He shook his head when he heard that five of the task had been completed. His physical strength couldn¡¯t keep up, and he couldn¡¯t catch many fish, so he might as well just stop. Ji He returned to the shore, picked up the fish that had just been knocked unconscious by being thrown to the ground, and carried the bag of fish back to the fire. Wang Xuan looked at Ji He¡¯s drenched body and was shocked several more times over: ¡°Boss, you went to take a bath!?¡± ¡°Boss, your clothes are all wet, what did you do at night?¡± ¡°What about it?¡± After taking out the fish from his clothes, Ji He put his coat by the fire to dry. After listening to Wang Xuan¡¯s questions, he asked his own casually. Wang Xuan said worriedly: ¡°The climate here is different from the outside. Don¡¯t look at the heat now. After a while, the temperature will start to drop.¡± ¡°Is the weather like this here? Hot in the morning and cold in the evening?¡± Ji He kept his hands moving as he spoke. He picked the largest fish and neatly cleaned it, then he stuffed the green onion and ginger slices he had just found into the fish¡¯s belly. The smallest bamboo shoot was picked out and cut in two, and the smaller portion was sliced and also stuffed inside the fish with the aromatics. Finally, a small lump of the fresh, raw ginger was used to season the skin of the fish. After the fish was done being prepared, Ji He picked out two of the bamboo shoots that Wang Xuan had just peeled and wrapped them around the fish. Two thin bamboo cords were cut with a knife and wrapped the parcels tightly before they were placed on the newly assembled bamboo grill. Wang Xuan watched Ji He hands rise and fall as each fish was cleaned. Although he didn¡¯t know what was happening, he felt that if he wasn¡¯t good, he would be the next one to receive such treatment. ¡°It should be spring now. Summer will be hotter, and there will be more wild beasts. There¡¯s no autumn here. After summer, it go directly into winter. If you aren¡¯t prepared, winter will be really difficult.¡± Looking at the crackling fire where the fish was grilling, the two fell into a brief silence. ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Quest Log~~~~~ Completed: 1: Distinguish Edible Plants: 10/10 Reward: Highlighting Mode In Progress: 1: Catch Small Animals: 3/10 Reward: Unknown 2: Distinguish Edible Plants: 0/100 Reward: Unknown ~~~~~Translator¡¯s Skill Page~~~~~ Picking: Lv.1 Digging: Lv.1 Production: Lv.1