Chapter 11 A Second of Pause

"Let's do it here."

Qin Chuan carefully observed the surrounding environment and stopped.

At his feet, Shui Hua followed closely.

In front of the man and the beast stood a large inward-concave rock. Under their feet was a relatively flat rock surface. The rock on the sunny slope was dry enough, and the erected rock could also be used as a rock wall to reduce the difficulty of building a shelter.

This place is only a few dozen meters away from the stream they found just now. Whether it is the terrain or other factors, Qin Chuan can't find any faults.

The textbook-like site selection made Qin Chuan, who had only read half of the wilderness survival guide, eager to try.

"First, prepare a stone knife and drill wood to make fire..."

Qin Chuan led Shui Hua to search around and found a head-sized stone.

"Shui Hua, rapids break!"

"Woof!" (Here it comes!)

Shui Hua responded, flicked his tail, and a powerful stream of water hit the stone fiercely.

The stone broke into several pieces. Qin Chuan went forward to pick them up and soon found a stone with a sharper edge.

The simple stone knife was done.

Qin Chuan was quite excited to successfully put the theory into practice. He quickly searched around to find some dead wood, and then found a vine that could replace the hemp rope with the help of Shuihua. He returned to the shelter with nothing and started to deal with it.

With the help of the stone knife, a simple fire-making equipment was quickly made.

"Shuihua, watch! I'll show you a magic trick!" Qin Chuan rubbed his hands, sat cross-legged, held the two ends of the vine with both hands, and began to pull it repeatedly.

The vertical wooden stick wrapped with vines rotated rapidly under the drive of the vines, and the polished end of the stone knife kept rubbing in the groove carved by the stone knife on another dead wood, making a dull sound.

Shuihua was curious about the meaning of Qin Chuan's actions, and now she widened her eyes and stared at the fire-making device in his hand without blinking.

Five minutes passed.

Qin Chuan looked at the unchanged device in front of him, and shook his slightly sore hands calmly, "It's really not easy to make fire by drilling wood."

"Woof?" (Is this for making fire?)

Listening to Qin Chuan's words and connecting with the picture he just saw, Shui Hua's expression suddenly became clear.

"Yes, in order to survive better here, we need a source of fire." Qin Chuan nodded, took out a fruit to restore physical strength and ate it, "You go to the nearby area to find some food to fill your stomach, I will continue."

He originally wanted to complete this historic achievement under the witness of Shui Hua, but he didn't expect that making fire by drilling wood would be more difficult than imagined. In this case, he would arrange some tasks for Shui Hua.

"Don't go too far, pay attention to safety." Qin Chuan rubbed his hands with a worried reminder, and once again devoted himself to the great cause of drilling wood to make fire.

Shui Hua glanced at Qin Chuan, turned around and walked towards the dense forest behind him.

Not long after, Shui Hua ran towards the stream with something in his mouth.

Beside the stream, a squirrel-like spirit beast with fiery red fur and a large tail made entirely of flames was drinking water. When it saw Shuihua approaching it, it quickly stopped drinking water, with a look of vigilance and dissatisfaction in its eyes.

Shuihua stopped and put the two fruits in its mouth on the ground.

"Woof! Woof!"

The little squirrel was stunned for a moment, and then made two "squeak" sounds.

After the two spirit beasts exchanged a few words, the little squirrel came forward and held the two fruits in his arms, quietly followed Shuihua to the shelter.

"Huh?"

Qin Chuan, who noticed the movement, turned his head and saw the little squirrel.

[Spirit beast race: Flame-tailed squirrel]

[Spirit beast attribute: Fire system]

[Spirit beast level: Juvenile level Lv3]

[Spirit beast status: Uncontracted]

[Spirit beast introduction: Fire system spirit beast Flame-tailed squirrel, greedy and naughty, as long as you don't steal its food, its personality is quite friendly. 】

"Shuihua..."

Qin Chuan was about to ask about the situation, but saw the flame-tailed squirrel use its big tail made of flames to touch the dry firewood piled next to it.

"Bear!!!"

Accompanied by a low explosion, the dry firewood was instantly ignited.

After doing all this, the flame-tailed squirrel shook its tail at Shuihua as a farewell, and walked away with two fruits in its arms.

Qin Chuan looked at the burning dry firewood, then looked at Shuihua with an innocent face, and after a moment of silence, he directly threw away the wood-drilling fire-making device in his hand that had just emitted a wisp of white smoke.

Damn it! The guide misled me! ——

"Finished!"

Qin Chuan stretched out his hand and washed it in a ball of water condensed by Shuihua, looking at the straight wooden pillars and the coiled hemp rope vines in front of him with satisfaction.

After several hours of hard work, his tool has changed from a stone knife to a more efficient stone axe. A pile of dead wood not far away is burning with a strong flame, and a strange-looking fish that is now roasted golden and oily is skewered on a wooden stick next to it.

A juvenile Lv1 rainbowtail fish, caught by Shuihua.

The next thing to do is to use these wooden pillars and vines to build a simple shed as a temporary shelter.

But there is no need to rush this step.

Qin Chuan glanced at the time.

[07:51:49/08:00:00][00:00:01]

There are less than ten minutes left before the entrance to the dream world closes.

The remaining work will be discussed next time when he enters the dream world.

After washing his hands, Qin Chuan sat cross-legged beside the fire, took the fragrant grilled fish, gave half to Shuihua, and tasted it while staring at the one second behind the panel time display.

Before, he thought this was a normal function.

But after the special affairs team explained, Qin Chuan had realized that this might be his special feature, or in the words of the novel, the golden finger.

Since it is a golden finger, it is necessary to understand its use.

Qin Chuan used his free hand to randomly tap on the panel, trying to find a breakthrough.

Suddenly, his hand paused.

【07:53:26/08:00:01】【00:00:00】

Looking at the new time display, Qin Chuan was stunned.

He just accidentally touched the panel area corresponding to "08:00:00", and accidentally used up this second.

This second was added to the original eight o'clock, does it mean...

Qin Chuan didn't care about tasting the delicious grilled fish, he ate the rest of the grilled fish in a hurry, stood up, "Shuihua, let's do a little experiment."

Shuihua looked at the grilled fish that had not been eaten reluctantly, and quickly followed.

Standing in the dense forest, Qin Chuan stared at the time.

【07:59:59/08:00:01】【00:00:00】

On the branch above Qin Chuan's head, a colorful sparrow suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, and its wings accidentally touched a fragile dead leaf, knocking the dead leaf flying down.

【08:00:00/08:00:01】【00:00:00】

The surroundings suddenly fell into absolute silence, and the abrupt silence allowed Qin Chuan to clearly hear his own heartbeat.

He stared at the fallen leaf that was frozen in front of him, suddenly raised his head to look at the colorful sparrow frozen in the air, and then turned his head to look at the water behind him that was curiously looking around.

"Woof?"

【08:00:01/08:00:01】【00:00:01】

【The entrance to the dream world is closed】