Chapter 828: Chapter 811: Heavy Snow, Wintering Like a Cat??
Yue Feng displayed the fatal wound on the neck of the adult swan to the viewers, then calmly stuffed the entire prey into his backpack. The down from this adult specin is definitely more than the one from yesterday. Following the usual routine, he would sort it out carefully back at the shelter.
By comparison, dealing with the wolverine is more urgent, and since he was by the water, Yue Feng naturally began to handle it on the spot.
Xiao Bai, being full, put on his hat, and the distant swan flock gradually returned to tranquility. Yue Feng took a small knife and ticulously skinned the wolverine, then cleaned its entrails.
As he peeled the entire skin off, Yue Feng’s earlier judgnt was again verified,
Logically, wolverines should have a lot of fat reserves this season. Badger Oil is a great redy for burns. Yue Feng rembered being scalded as a child and his family seeking it from the old hunter in the village. He grew up without a scar.
However, the half-grown wolverine that Xiao Bai had roughed up and ultimately kicked to death, once skinned and cleaned, didn’t feel like a wolverine at all. Its entire body was extrely lean, more resembling the rabbits they’d hunted before.
The hunting mission was successfully completed, Yue Feng greeted the viewers and returned to the shelter with Xiao Bai, continuing to pluck feathers and tidy up. Today’s battle was over, marking another fulfilling day.
With the experience from the fatal strike, Xiao Bai provided Yue Feng with a swan catch every day for the next week.
Initially, Yue Feng was quite excited after each successful hunt, but as outings turned into a routine and Xiao Bai’s performance beca more predictable, he gradually stabilized.
As the days went round and round, before he knew it, it was the forty-first day of the challenge.
Yue Feng’s food reserves unexpectedly increased. Besides the yet-to-be-finished bear at and fish jerky, there was also simply smoked swan and rabbit at.
The storage cellar couldn’t hold all these supplies, so Yue Feng hung them in the shelter. Each ti he went live, the cara would capture a scene reminiscent of preparing for Lunar New Year in a rural hotown.
After the eighth swan was harvested, the swan hunting season for this year ca to an end with the arrival of the cold air.
The previous day’s weather was relatively bright, but overnight the temperature dropped sharply. Even sleeping in a heavily insulated swan-down sleeping bag, Yue Feng still woke up several tis from the cold.
The next morning, after stepping out of the shelter, what a sight—it had snowed last night, and the area outside the shelter was covered in a silvery blanket.
With the snow falling and the lake frozen, Yue Feng hurried with Xiao Bai to the familiar hunting ground, only to find no swans left in the vast waterbody. Unable to winter here, the flock had sensed the temperature drop and migrated to warr areas.
Despite the failed hunt after venturing out, Yue Feng’s mood remained good. However, upon returning to camp, he realized the first snowfall had caused quite a bit of trouble.
The outdoor sports shoes he wore were soaked after an entire morning, and his feet felt incredibly cold and numb.
More concerning were the nurous traces of various wild animals around the shelter.
Since eliminating the black bear threat, Yue Feng hadn’t encountered any dangerous creatures near the camp, but among the tracks in the snow, he detected signs of a wolf pack.
Judging from the tracks, the pack might exceed ten mbers, a relatively large pack. Since Yue Feng had ample food reserves, he didn’t want to risk a direct confrontation, making survival in the upcoming period a test.
anwhile, in the shelter, drying his shoes by the fireplace, Yue Feng pondered his next steps.
Use the previous pits to slaughter these wolves? After hesitating, Yue Feng gave up.
The strength of one person in the wilderness is really too little; Yue Feng couldn’t possibly confront a wolf pack directly. Especially now, with the temperature dropping sharply, the cold ground was difficult to dig, and added water quickly turned to ice, rendering previous pits almost useless.
Moreover, wolves are intelligent animals—even if by luck one falls into a pit, the others would never make the sa mistake. Creating a blood feud with the wolves and getting targeted by them would be dangerous.
After much thought, Yue Feng couldn’t co up with a good solution, except to clean up around the camp, or else he’d get his shoes wet from the snow every ti he went out.
Yue Feng tied so pine branches together to make a simple broom, clearing the camp and the path to the lakeside for fetching water. The rest of the ti seed to drag aimlessly.
The snowfall in the challenge area didn’t just impact Yue Feng; the other challengers still persisting faced even greater effects.
Though the snow was not vast, it reached a depth of six or seven centiters, covering many traps. On the first day of snow, all traps, including Yue Feng’s, yielded nothing.
Even more discomforting was yet to follow.
After a day of clear weather, it snowed nearly 24 hours, day and night, for the next few days.
Another night of howling winds ensued.
Though accustod to snow as a northerner, Yue Feng was still startled by the door-blocking morning snow.
Struggling to get outside for a look—wow, the snow on flat ground reached knee-deep, and in so unsheltered downwind spots, it exceeded half a ter.
This harsh weather made it nearly impossible for the challengers to venture out. In these conditions, staying inside the shelter seed the best option.
At this pivotal mont, the wolf pack loitering around the camp for days pulled a nasty trick.
Yue Feng had forgotten to remove the ladder from the lakeside fish drying spot after retrieving the jerky, resulting in over thirty fish jerky stored on the open platform being stolen clean overnight by the wolves.
Seeing the shabby and empty food storage area, Yue Feng shook his head helplessly.
With half a month left in the challenge, the food stored in the cellar was enough to last! Losing the fish jerky was just that—lost.
After the snowfall, a significant drop in temperature occurred; even in the thickly insulated shelter with continuous wood heating, it felt cold.
Cold could numb one’s mind, and having stayed in the shelter for consecutive days, Yue Feng soon couldn’t bear it anymore!
“I’m not used to hibernating like this, indoors!” he thought, “If this continues, I’d be done for!”
“No way! I can’t just hibernate till the end of the challenge.”
Thinking this, Yue Feng put on thick clothing and bravely pushed open the shelter door.
On the 47th day of the challenge, Yue Feng stood again under the outdoor drone cara.
“Brother Feng, Brother Feng, what are we doing today? Isn’t it cold outside?”
“Right, even Bro Number 8 has started hibernating in his shelter!”
“Indian Lady Number 6 has gone hungry for two days already! I reckon she might soon be eliminated!”
Yue Feng stretched lazily, saying, “Hello everyone, I’m Yue Feng! Being cooped up in the shelter for days, my back feels like it’s about to break!
The snow’s too thick, making hunting risky with potential for accidents! Taking advantage of no snowfall, I plan to make a pair of snowshoes and stroll around the camp! And give Xiao Bai so wheel bait training!”
“Uh, after watching all of Brother Feng’s high-energy livestreams, the content seems a bit boring since temperatures dropped and snow fell!”
“Hey, above comnter, don’t stir up trouble unnecessarily, Brother Feng isn’t worried about food or drink, and has Xiao Bai for company—better than starving and freezing like so of the others!”
“How about Brother Feng takes everyone ice fishing? It’s better than being bored in the shelter!”
The speaker wasn’t intentional, but the listener was. Upon hearing the words ‘ice fishing,’ Yue Feng’s spirit was instantly lifted.
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