Chapter 1548 Stable Survival

This is a small plant 30cm tall. It looks very thin and short, but the rhizome is as thick as a finger, and it looks white and tender. There are traces of squirrels gnawing on it. Obviously, this rhizome can be eaten.

After a simple check of the surrounding situation, it was found that there were quite a few similar root tendons. Although they were not all gathered together, they were scattered around, but a lot could be seen at a glance.

Without much hesitation, the young man used the axe as a hoe and started digging this plant on the ground.

Although this plant looks relatively small, it is still a difficult task to dig out the rhizome completely.

Because the rhizome spreads a lot underground, if you want to avoid damaging the rhizome, you need to dig all the way down, which is not only physically demanding, but also takes a long time.

It took more than three hours to dig out nearly 16 rhizomes. There were quite a few in his hands. The young man smiled and carried them back to the shelter.

If it is confirmed that this rhizome can be used, it means that he has a stable source of food, and his future life will be guaranteed.

After returning to the shelter, the rhizome was placed on the fire and roasted directly. No matter how it tasted, it was necessary to try it first to see if it was edible.

The young man roasted the rhizome directly until it was like charcoal, making sure that the inside was fully cooked, then peeled off the skin and took a careful bite.

Just this one bite made him frown. It was not because the taste was bad, but the fiber of the rhizome was very thick. It looked tender, but there were a lot of thick fibers inside.

Often after chewing a few times, a large mouthful of fiber would be spit out. The actual amount of starch that could be impacted was not much, and it was also very troublesome to eat.

However, in this wild situation, I could only sigh helplessly. It was good to have something to eat, and there was no need to be picky.

Moreover, in primitive conditions, whether it was vegetables, fruits or food, it was impossible for the varieties to be as good as those in civilized society.

After all, most of the food in civilized society was cultivated as excellent varieties after hundreds of generations of iteration.

In the wild, the yield of plants will not be very high, the fruit will not be very large, the sweetness will not be very sufficient, and the quality in all aspects will be greatly inferior.

After eating two rhizomes, the young man gradually adapted to this food. In fact, the taste is not very bad, and it is somewhat similar to... yam.

It's just that the starch content is not as high as yam, and a lot of crude fiber needs to be spit out, just like a panda eating bamboo. Even if you eat one, you won't feel full, and it's very troublesome, and a lot of it is wasted.

So after thinking about it, I came up with a new method this year.

He took a bamboo tube, put the uncooked rhizomes in it, and then smashed it with the handle of the axe.

As night fell, he no longer went out, and stayed in the shelter to tinker with it, completely smashing the rhizomes into mud.

Then, the crude fiber was taken out, and the remaining bamboo tube was pale white starch, which was not a small amount.

Next, you just need to precipitate it and skim off the water on the top. The big result is pure starch, which can be used directly.

This year, a look of joy appeared on his face. After simple processing, this kind of food can be eaten better.

So the next thing he did in the shelter was to convert these rhizomes into pure starch as much as possible.

This just made his boring night more interesting. He was busy until the second half of the night, and then he felt sleepy and hid in the shelter to rest.

Although he was still afraid of this strange world, this was the second night after all. It was impossible to stay awake all the time. If he didn't rest for a long time, his body would definitely not be able to bear it.

Moreover, he had already done a simple survey of the surrounding environment and knew that there were not many dangers. The shelter was protected by fire, so he could sleep peacefully.

He added a few pieces of firewood to the fire and hid in the shelter to rest.

Qi Yuan looked at this scene. He knew that although most people's ability to survive in the wild was not very strong, as long as they had normal thinking and were not very unlucky, they could still barely survive in this world.

What the young man had to do next was relatively simple, which was to build a residence suitable for long-term survival around the camp where he was now.

As for shelter, we need to build a solid shelter for long-term living. The triangular shelter we live in now is too simple and ventilated on both sides. The safety of living in it is very low, and the warmth effect is not good.

The young man now relies on the fire to keep warm, but it still feels very cold at night. This must be improved.

As for the water source, there is no need for further improvement. At most, a larger pond can be built next to the shelter to store more fresh water to prevent the water source from being cut off in the future.

Food needs to be further improved. The types of food and the sources of food need to be increased. Now the only food that can be eaten is wild fruits and roots, which is still too little.

If I stabilize in the future, I can explore farther and find more kinds of different foods to eat to ensure my future life

Some things look simple, but they are not simple at all. It is likely to take a lot of time.

Qi Yuan estimated that for the vast majority of survivors, it would take at least 2 to 3 months, or even longer, to build a stable and long-term shelter and ensure stable sources of fresh water and food.

This game, in three months, will open an exchange system, similar to a mall, which can exchange currency for items.

But currently, only Qi Yuan, as the controller of the game, knows about this, and the others don't know where this game will develop.

In this way, the young man's life became stable for the rest of his life, and he continued to explore the surroundings, find food, and improve shelter.

And in a further area, we successfully found a kind of food similar to pods. It was green in color and had a light fragrance. It was a very good food, but the quantity was relatively small.

His current staple food is still rhizomes. Every day he collects a batch of rhizomes, collects the starch in it, dries it into powder, and stores it in a bucket in a bamboo tube as his daily food.

And for the sake of sustainable development, he has begun to consider planting, carving out a small area around the shelter, and then planting the rhizomes inside. He has now planted twenty or thirty trees, but he is not sure whether they will mature. , it can only be regarded as an attempt.