The Top Fishing
Chapter 660 - 282: Discovering Raptors_2

Chapter 660: Chapter 282: Discovering Raptors_2

"Phew, that’s it for the first round of processing. It’s basically okay now. Over the next few days, the subtle reactions will continue. We can take some time to even it out with a few more taps, and then the hide will be ready to use."

"Every hair on the bear skin is hollow, providing excellent insulation. If you wear a jacket made from bear skin, even in temperatures of minus 30 to 50 degrees Celsius, you can stay warm. Whether you use it for clothing or as a mattress at night, it’s really great."

Lin Yang once again picked up the hide by two ends and shook it in the air, and indeed, it felt different already.

"Holy smokes, all that hard work really paid off."

"Impressive, we’ve got a powerhouse wilderness livestreamer teaching online here."

"Fortunately, the damaged parts are mostly around the head and neck area. The majority of this hide can still be used. I’ve learned a new trick today, my knowledge of odd and peculiar things has grown, it’s awesome."

"Other challengers spend their entire day scrambling for a bite to eat. If it weren’t for the constant livestream, I’d think he was cheating. The host is living a life of leisure."

"What’s next? There are still quite a few hours until it gets dark, right?"

Lin Yang thought for a moment, "I started working on the game as soon as I got up this morning, and I haven’t checked the traps for today. Let’s take everyone on a tour of the traps, and while we’re at it, see if there’s any edible wild vegetables or plants around. Eating meat all the time isn’t just greasy; it makes going to the toilet a real struggle."

"Is that something you should say? Complaining about eating too much meat – think about those starving out there."

"Digging for wild vegetables, gathering wild fruits, looking for grass roots. I saw that Indian girl in livestream room 6 - she’s gathered quite a lot of edible plants. If the host recognizes any, maybe he could try too."

Lin Yang nodded, "Alright, I’ll take your advice. Let’s go, bring some self-defense gear and patrol our territory."

Armed with a military knife and a backpack, Lin Yang left the camp with his equipment.

Out in the wild, he quickly noticed many details he hadn’t paid attention to before.

Take the simplest plants for instance. Previously, he only knew lichen and some berries, but on his stroll, he found that there were actually quite a few edible things nearby.

A ground-hugging plant resembling shepherd’s purse, virtually indistinguishable in color from the ground, with succulent leaves that are edible.

The dark purple crowberry fruit, which could be eaten raw or used to make tea.

Then, in the disorderly areas with dead trees and rocks, he could see traces of small animals everywhere. As he moved on, chatting leisurely with his viewers, he even flushed out a rabbit with fur that had turned greyish-white, causing a commotion among his audience.

It had been a whole day since he last checked the traps, plus a daytime, and this time he had a decent haul: two rabbits and a squirrel that had been unlucky enough to get its hind leg caught. But now that Lin Yang wasn’t worried about food, he decided to let the still-living squirrel go.

Perhaps releasing the squirrel brought him good luck. On his way back, he habitually scanned the pine trees.

Suddenly, he spotted a big dark clump in the middle of a stout pine tree.

Trees with a diameter of over forty centimeters, in cold regions like these, take at least decades to mature. Summer is short, so it’s uncommon for birds to build nests among the branches.

This kind of situation usually indicated a squirrel’s winter food storage.

He might release a little life, but upon encountering a food cache like this, he definitely had to check it out.

Lin Yang called out and, maneuvering the drone, slowly approached the position just above the tree branch.

Soon, the image from the camera transmitted down.

The dark mass turned out to be a storage cache indeed, filled with mushrooms, berries, pine nuts – all good stuff.

"Ha, struck it rich! This must be the winter food store of a prime-age squirrel. Judging from the scale seen in the footage, there’s plenty of stock here. Let’s raid it and teach it a lesson!"

Lin Yang gave a shout, secured the camera, and started to climb.

The bottom few meters of the pine tree were relatively smooth, but once he climbed up, the branches helped him ascend quickly, and with the agility of a monkey, he soon reached the middle part of the tree.

It was apparent that there were traces of construction here, with numerous twigs and bark laid out between two branches forming a wide, flat basket about thirty centimeters in diameter, resembling a small magpie’s nest common in the countryside.

In this cache, pine nuts, mushrooms, berries, and a variety of fresh tubers were sorted and stacked together, totaling at least a few kilograms.

"Wow, is this considered looting a home?"

"So much food, it’s like a three-squirrel deluxe package, isn’t it?"

"God, a three-squirrel deluxe package – looting homes is a serious matter, and here you have me trying not to laugh."

"Err, I was pretty excited when I found it, but then I suddenly thought of something. If I take everything, could it starve to death this winter?"

Initially, Lin Yang was quite excited too, but seeing the public channel discussing this topic, he couldn’t help but hesitate.

In this region, food on the ground is scarce, and the limited resources are only so much. For every animal to survive, they have to give a hundred percent effort.

This squirrel, having amassed such an abundant food reserve, must have worked its tail off.

If he were in a situation where he ate this meal without having another in sight, he definitely wouldn’t hesitate, but now his own stockpile of food was ample, and there was no need to completely dismantle it.