The Top Fishing
Chapter 639 - 275: Pink Salmon_3

Chapter 639: Chapter 275: Pink Salmon_3

"To have enough energy for the work ahead, the fish is cooked and ready to eat!" Lin Yang stated and then began to devour it.

Having always eaten homemade meals and food, the taste of this naturally cooked fish was still fantastic, and he didn’t hesitate, gobbling it down ferociously.

"Wow, the host is eating so deliciously."

"A famous outdoor host, grilling fish online, earns millions annually."

"Seeing the host eating fish, the corners of my mouth involuntarily shed tears."

"I can’t take it anymore, I’m drooling through the screen. Host, do you have to be so cruel? It’s only past ten, and there’s still more than an hour until lunchtime."

Not until he had stuffed the entire fish into his stomach did Lin Yang finally let out a satisfied belch.

"Alright, the stomach issue is temporarily resolved, next up is some heavy lifting. I’ll catch my breath and start building the shelter. Although the daytime temperatures seem quite high, the temperature fluctuation between day and night here is huge, and it might drop below zero at night."

Moreover, with various wild animals around, including high-level predators like bears and wolves, my sleeping bag alone is far from enough. Only by building a shelter can I better ensure warmth and avoid fierce animals.

Before starting, some planning is needed. My plan is to use the readily available rocks and timber here to construct a two-story log cabin.

The rocks will serve as the foundation of the shelter, with a little space left beneath for a small cellar to isolate the cold air and store food. Above the cellar, I’ll chop these timbers down and lay them out to build a cabin facing southeast."

As he spoke, Lin Yang casually pulled a half-burnt log from the fire and began sketching with the charred end on a flat stretch of ground at his feet.

A small shelter for one person is much simpler than the large houses in civilized society. He just sketched out the rough location of the foundation and made some basic marks at several key areas, and that was sufficient for his purpose.

"I know this, I used to help people build houses in the countryside. First mark the line, then dig the foundation, then build the walls, install the beams, and roof it. It’s just that distances are far; if nearby, a small house for one person could take just three to five days to take shape."

"Awesome, upstairs. If the host has any questions, he can ask him."

"I’m a builder, but in the wilderness without all the amenities, it seems I can’t be of much help."

Lin Yang glanced at the comments and smiled, "In the wilderness, we don’t need anything so complicated. After all, our main effort should be to store as much food as possible before the harsh winter arrives. The shelter only needs to meet the basic functionalities."

"I plan to completely finish this building process within five days. Today’s goal is to straighten out the area for the stone cellar and chop the initial timbers for the base. We’ll top it with a simple lean-to to reflect the heat from the fire, enough to sleep under. Now that I’m fed, let’s get to work!"

With a plan in place, he began to busy himself.

He moved all the stones of various sizes in the vicinity, began stacking them in the marked area to form a rough shape, then stopped, grabbed an axe, and headed to the edge of the pine forest to cut wood.

Before making the first chop with the axe, Lin Yang had no experience using such an axe to cut wood, but he found it wasn’t difficult after trying.

The pine trees that grew in high latitudes were hard, but they also had a certain brittleness. With vigorous swinging, about a dozen chops could carve a deep notch in the trunk; switching directions and a few more swings would fell a pine tree as thick as a bowl.

He simply trimmed the tree at the tip and produced a smooth, uniform log.

Having just arrived, it was when Lin Yang’s energy was at its peak. Fueled by a full meal, he busied himself for over four hours, and before he knew it, it was already past two-thirty in the afternoon.

The actual progress was much faster than anticipated; he had chopped at least twenty pine trees of various thicknesses and gathered plenty of wood around the living area.

The stone foundation was basically ready. The trunks of the pine trees were buried on both sides with another trunk laid across in the middle. The previously trimmed branches were piled on top to complete the simple one-sided lean-to shelter.

After the vigorous activity, Lin Yang had begun to sweat from his forehead. He sat on a stone to rest for a while, catching his breath.

"Everyone, look, the simple lean-to I’ll use for tonight’s stay is ready. After sunrise tomorrow, we will continue building on this basis, so it doesn’t need to be too complicated.

In the remaining time, I’ll take you around the campsite and also set some snares to trap small animals. Salmon is indeed food, but we can’t survive on fish alone; other foods are also necessary."

Setting traps can passively capture food and significantly reduce the time spent searching for food.

Some might ask what kind of traps I’m preparing to make? It seemed I didn’t carry any trap-making materials when I came? Well, I have this...."

While talking, Lin Yang pulled out a spool of PE line from his bag and waved it in front of the camera.

"Imported eight-strand grade 4 PE line, with a straight tensile strength of over 20 kg, double-strand twisted, strong enough to set snares for catching small and medium-sized animals. Let’s go set up some traps."

During this time, Lin Yang had learned quite a few survival skills, including many simple and practical methods to set traps. With the PE line, he could easily set them up.

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